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Founders, Machinists,
Blacksmiths.
Designers and Builders of
Sawmill Machinery, Wood
Working Machinery, Marine
Machinery for Steamhoists.
G. W. PALMER
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Prospectors Outfits High
est Prices Paid for Furs—
Knik P. O. Alaska
Seward Water & Power
Company
JOHN. A. NELSON. Manager
Office—Third and Washington streets
ARREST MEMBER
OF PARLIAMENT
Vragoff Charged With Complicity
in Murder of Police Ser
geant at Penza.
By Ca’-'le tc Tlic Daily Gateway.
St. |’ft,Tshurir. Auif. IT VrajrroH. aj
| member of the douiua in the late
' parliament, was arrested today at
Pan/a on the charge of complicity in
I the murder of a police sarjjent. In
! the same province the Cossacks were
! in conflict yesterday with the revolu
tionists and the Cossacks were de
j feat t^l.
Agrarian disorders are increasing
{everywhere. The terrorists seem to
! have the whole country roused to ac
! tion. The Polish revolutionists arc
constantly ^rowinjr more active. As
sassinations of police and Jews in
| Poland within the past few days, dur
im: the latest outbreaks, now number
more than 1000.
Refuses to Be Dictator
St. Petersburg. Aug. 13—Grand
Duke Nicholas declines the appoint
ment to be dictator of the empire, lie
recommends Gen. Linevitch because
the latter is a military man and is
therefore specially competent. It is
believed that the attempted assassina
tion of the grand duke by members of
the imperial guards last Wednesday is
‘ the cause of his declination.
Gen. Linevitch was the successor of
1 Gen. Kuropatkin in command of the
Russian army in Manchuria near the
| end of the Japanese war.
Try Sveaborg Mutineers
Hensingfors. Aug. 13 1'he court*
i martial of the Sveaborg mutineers be
gan \tsterday. Lieutenants ICochan
ovsky and KmilanotT were convicted
| and shot thi> morning. KmilanotT was
; the son of a colonel of the czar's per
sonal guard at the imperial palace at
St. Petersburg. His mother appealed
j to the czar for a commutation of the
sentence because the lieutenant s
: tiancee implicated him in the rebellion
but the czar refused to interfere.
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Organize Anarchist Bund
Seattle. Aug. 13 A Russian Jewish
bund has been organized here on an
anneal from Russian anarchists for
j money to manufacture bombs and other
munitions of anarchistic warfare. It
j is declared by the leaders that the
! whole red flag world will he organized
! and that the next outbreak in Russia
! will begin in September, when blood
i will Mow all over the empire.
Warsaw Mob Attacks Police
Warsaw, Aug. ltl-T Revolutionists be
gan a slaughter of police, gendarmes
! and infanti v today in revenge tor
arrests following tin* dissolution of the
douma. Fifty policemen, gendarmes
ami infantry soldiers were shot in dif
I ferent parts of the city this morning.
The police fired into the mob, killing
ven and wounding 130.
Troous re-in forced the police this
i afternoon and cleared the streets with
1 havonets. All shops were closed and
more titan lot) arrests were made. The
I ambulances were kept busy for hours
1 carry ir.-g the wounded to hospitals.
t This A a Catholic holiday and more
*
trouble is expected.
SANTA CLARA SAILS WEST
Brings 175 Tons Cargo Besides
Bridge Timber to Seward
Steamer Santa Clara reached port
I yesterday at 3 a. m. and sailed at
| 11 for Seldovia. Her cargo for that
port is small and she is due in Sew
ard returning this evening. She
brought fourteen cabin and seven
steerage passengers to Seward. Her
mercantile cargo was 95 tons for local
houses and SO tons for the Alaska Cen
tral. She also brought 21,777 feet of
bridge timber for the railroad.
The Santa Clara sailed from Seattle
the evening of August 8. Her tirst
elass passenger list was as follows:
Mrs. Kdith Thoda, Jos. Bjorn, W. W.
Van Cleve. Geo. Bettes, Mrs. Bettes,
Mrs. M. Verner, Miss K. Schage, Miss
E. Hare, C. S. Hubbell, \V. E. Bous
chor. S. Berry. T. J. O'Connell. S. S.
Lieber. G. W. Wald.
REAL ESTATE AND
MINING RECORDS
The following persons made coal lo
cations in the Cook Inlet mining dis
trict during July, each location cover
ing ltk) acres: Peter De Tumble, C.
W. Kotcher, J. A. Mathison, W. W.
Kelly. Clara Gibson, C. M. Phelps,
Chas. Gibson. E. C. Colbert, W. R.
Flail. Jus. Lewis, H. C. Barter, M. B.
St. Johns, H. M. Ferry, H. C. Steph
ens. W. E. Burgess, F. E. Rollins, R.
S. Brown, G. O. Vivier, P. F. Schnei
der, A. A. Adler, O. P. Gully, J. J.
Theison. T. B. Simons, T. R. Sharp,
F. FI. Wolf, C. Raeber, J. Quesenberg,
C. T. Luckon, R. R. Howard.
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peared in 1714, the work of Henry
Mills.
FIERCE SHOCK
AT VALPARAISO
Reported That Chilean Seaport
Was Destroyed by Earth
quake This Morning.
By Cable to The Daily Gateway.
New York. Aug. IT It is reported
In cable that Valparaiso, Chile, was
partly destroyed In earthquake this
morning. Account* are meager but it
may prove another disaster like that at
San Francisco. Dangerous tires are
burning in many parts of the city.
('aide lint's to all South American
port* are out of commission and the
only communication i* by way of Lis
bon. Portugal. It is reported that
many were killed and injured in the
wrecks caused by the tremor.
(,'hik* is subject to frequent earth
quake shocks. The most violent of
seismic movements recorded was in
1822, when the coast near Valparaiso
was thrown up permanently between
three and four feet over an area of
more than 100,000 square miles. In
1 s;f) Concepcion and Tnlcahuano were
destroyed by a tremor which produced
disaster over all the southern prov
inces.
Valparaiso (vale of Paradise), is the
chief seaport of Chile, built at the base
of steep, bare hills, at the head of a
bay. Its population is about 150.000.
FLOAT DISCOVERY
AROUSES CURIOSITY
Pick-up of Gold-Studded Quart? at
49 Suggests Possibilities
of Glacial Deposits.
The little piece of gold-studded
quart/, which Frank Kelly, foreman at
45». picked up there last week, is a rare
specimen. One small patch of the
rock is almost plastered with yellow
metal. If anybody could tell where
that mite of rock came from the rail
road camps would he deserted. Having
found its way down a narrow valley to
the 'pot where it was picked up such
uncertainty surrounds its previous ca
reer that the hoys are suppressing
their excitement and holding to their
jobs.
The fragment is of peculiar forma
tion and irregular shape. It hears
such evidence of contact with lire that
it is 'apposed to have been in the
forge of the blacksmith shop, or in a
stove. The mite of rock could almost
he contained in half the shell of a hen's
t«gg: the part carrying the gold ap
pears to he decomposed quartz, cor
roded by heat. Through it runs a
>treak of bluish slate or porphyry, it is
hard to tell which, as igneous action,
apparently, has given it an appearance
different from any rock fresh from the
ground, or ordinary Iloat.
This queer iloat may have traveled
a long distance. It was found in a low
strip <>f oottom land beside IMacer
river, chosen for the railroad con
struction camp on mile 4h because it
was the only level tract iu the vicinity
big enough for tin* purpose. Hack of
it lie low foothills through which the
little rivet* winds its devious course.
All the.-e arc of glacial formation of
different ages. Some are barren piles
of gravel and boulders. Older ones
are covered with rank vegetation.—
bushes and grass, in which a dozen
varieties of gay wild flowers grow in
profusion. Hack of them tower pre
cipitous mountain walls, also covered
with rank verdure. In one deep can
yon stretches the blue ice of a rapidly
receding glacier with a graveled lower
slope which buries itself in the gravel
wash below.
This dazzling fragment of Iloat may
have come from any of these higher
levels and its later movement may have
been recent, or ages back, hut its
discovery has fanned somewhat the
belief that quarts deposits exist all
through the region. Every rock cut
and tunnel has revealed quartz ledges
or streaks, many of them carrying
colors. Cropping out from a gravel
ridge separated by a narrow gulch
which carries away the waters of the
dying glacier is a ledge of decomposed
quartz with iron stains which has been
located as a mineral claim. All
around are mineral indications and
every new discovery of a color rouses
the prospecting spirit.
Because of the overcrowded condi
tion of the Nome and Fairbanks post
offices, the department has granted an
allowance of $4,240 for additional clerk
hire for Nome between July 1 and
September 30, with $400 permanent in
crease annually and $425 for additional
temporary clerk hire at Fairbanks,
together with a permanent annual
increase of $600.
The only volcano in Southeastern
Alaska is Mount Edgecombe, on Kru
zoff, a small island lying west of
BaranotT island.
In 1869 a steamboat was first used on
the Yukon for trading purposes.
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TO TRY JAPS ON
j PIRACY CHARGE
Solicitor of Commerce Depart
ment Thinks Case Will Lie
Against Poachers.
By Cable to The Daily Gatoway.
I Seattle, Aug. Hi Before leaving
| for San Francisco today Solicitor Sims
| of the department of commerce and
labor said in a newspaper interview
that the Japanese poachers captured
off St Paul island and now in jail at
Valdez, would probably be tried for
piracy. He said the law on the sub
ject. is indefinite but he believes it
reaches the ease.
Secretary Metcalf of the commerce
and labor department is now in San
Francisco and if lie decides to make
the piracy charge it will be tiled at
once. In case of conviction the Japs
will be executed.
EXPERIMENTS IN FRUIT
CULTURE IN ALASKA
Prof, (ieorgeson Expects Hardy Va
rieties to Thrive on the Sou
thern Coast.
Sitka—Prof. C. O. Georgeson, the
government agricultural expert in
Alaska, is devoting the most of his
energies to experiments calculated to
produce a hardy variety of fruit adapt
ed to the climatic and soil conditions j
of this section of the territory.
The work now in progress is not
only interesting but gives good prom
ise of success. If success should crown
it, Alaska will not only be able to pro
duce much of the fruit it consumes,
but will place upon the market sever
al new varieties of berries, which,
from the nature of things, should be
delicious.
The principal experiment is in the
crossing of the raspberry with the
native salmonberry of both the red
and yellow varieties. The Alaska
berry shows every symptom of taking
kindly to the pollen of its delicate
brother, and it is hoped for a berry
containing all the size and juiciness of
the salmon berry and the lusciousness
of the raspberry.
Other berries are receiving their
quota of attention, notably the native
strawberry, which i> declared by epi
cures to be far superior to the old
! fashioned kind. Strawberry plants
! from all over Alaska have been
brought to Sitka and are now being
nursed and cajoled into a hardy
j growth. In a hothouse at the govern
ment farm two strawberry plants are
i in the agricultural hospital. They
came from a point several degrees
| north of the Arctic circle and they
| were so long in transit that the spark
of life had nearly departed when they
were turned over to K. W. DeArmond,
the professor’s right hand man. Daily
sun baths and artificial heat are re
storing the plants rapidly. Somebody
, has remarked that Arctic strawberries
ought to be peculiarly adapted for
j ice cream.
Out in the fields where formerly
i wheat and oats made futile attempts
I to llourish. a miniature orchard is
about ready to produce it> first fruit.
' Most of the trees are apple and cherry,
| with a sprinkling of other varieties
here and there. The cherry trees are
loaded with fruit, but the apple trees
are not so generous. The latter were
selected from the hardiest varieties
common in the most northern states,
and it is confidently expected they will
produce plentifully.
Over 10,000 seedings have been sent
out from the experiment station to all
parts of the territory to learn which
are best suited to the soil and climate
of different sections. The recipients
of the young trees are expected to
watch their progress carefully and
make regular reports to the expert-1
ment station here.
Currants have proven themselves j
very prolific and considerable attention
is being paid to them. Alaska pro- ■
duces a blue currant which may be:
improved upon by crossing with some
of the best varieties from the states.
Vegetables have not been lost sight
of in the time being devoted to fruit.
All sorts of garden truck are receiving
unremitting attention. — Correspon
dence Juneau Dispatch.
Will Build to Tacoma
Tacoma, -The Great Northern is
preparing to fulfill its plans of build
ing its lines to Tacoma. Arrange
ments are now being made for the
purchase here of terminal grounds and
freight yards. Included in tha Hill
plans is a project for building a union
station for the use of the Great North-,
ern and the Northern Pacific. Mr.
Hill says it will be necessary to use
Tacoma warehouses for the stor
age of wheat from Great Northern
territory because the road must have
warehouses that can be reached by
deep water ships. He cannot find de
sirable sites for these warehouses in
Seattle. __
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f ST. CHARLES 1
EVAPORATED CREAM
makes an excellent cream for fruit,
especially for such as contain a
large proportion of acids. It is
better than ordinary cream because
it will not curdle. I'or the same
reason it is more digestible and
healthful. It can l>e used by per
sons with whom dairy cream does
not agree.
St. Charles Cream is equal to the
best ordinary cream for any pur
pose. In using it you take no chances.
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BUILDING YUKON RAILROAd)
—
Construction Proceeds Steadily on
Klondike Mines Line.
Eighty-six tons of steel rails for the
Klondike Mines arrived at Klondike
City recently. This is one of the first
big rail shipments of the year.
The railway track has been laid two
thirds of the distance to the Forks,
and the remainder will be laid very
shortly. The company has ilOO men
working on the road.
The road will be built this year with
out question to the Dome.—Dawson
News.__
Caswell Running Again
The steamer Caswell, operating on
the Susitna, was not so seriously dam
aged in her contact with the boulders
on the beach as was first supposed.
She has been repaired and has re
sumed her accustomed route.
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CLUB ROOMS IN CONNECTION
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C. S. HUBBELL
Civil Engineer
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Coleman House Seward
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shirt collars and cuffs when you
can have them returned as new
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SEWARD PLUMBING &
HEATING COMPANY
J. W. SPtNCER, Proprietor
Basement of New Hale Bldg
ARCTIC BROTHERHOOD
SEWARD CAMP NO. 21
Meets every Saturday evening at S:.*»<)
in Kenai club rooms over Commerce
restaurant.
C. H. Gibbons,
Arctic Chief.
G. NORDYKE
Arctic Recorder.
Seward Bakery
Opposite Postoffice
Fresh home-made Bread. Pies
and Cakes every day.
Whole Wheat, Graham, Rye
Bread and Potnpernickle al
ways on hand.
C. WERNER, Proprietor