Seward gateway. [volume], August 11, 1905, Image 1

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SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 11. 1905. . SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS
GOVERNMENT CABLE
COMPLETE TO SEWARD
ixtension of Long Sea Wire Places
Town in Daily Communication
I With Outside World.
1'H o extension of the Alaska cable to Seward marks an epoch
i the history of the town, It signalizes the recognition by the
vrum,nt i the importance of the tidewater terminus of Alas
' ^ i>f . ailroad to the interior, and will give confidence to those
n t, ,.v planning and working to make Seward the metropolis of
]K! .'iv. t Northwestern territory. It places the business men in
, :. to touch with the outside interests which correspond to
; , i-own, and gives to every resident that daily communication
the whole world, lacking which the civilized man of the
a, t oth century feels that he has lost something of affinity with
ii> race.
The tirst message transmitted over the cable after it was con*
or. voted through was to A. C. Frost, president of the Alaska
Railway Chicago, by Major Glassford, as follows:
, first message transmitted over Alaska cable connects {Seward from
„ :o the great city ot Chicago.”
M or Glassford also sent the following to Governor Brady at
s tka:
•n ous of Seward send you their best wishes on completion of cable to
. . n notable event which will be of inestimable value to Alaska. We
, ,-u: the mining, agricultural and other industries will be stimulated thereby.
: \ thank God and Greely.”
A message was also sent to Governor Mead of Washington,
.ayor of Seattle, Senator Piles and Hon. F. W. Cushman, as
/ilows:
• seward citizens feel happy and fortunate at the completion of the cable
ii- riugs them more closely to Puget Sound and the great state of Wash
l\ S. Commissioner Hildreth sent a message to Attorney Gen
Moody retinesting him to extend greetings to the President
i the citizens of Seward. Also to the mayors of Valdez, Ju
v. Skagway and Fairbanks.
(following was sent to the mayors of Portland and San
. the beards of trade of Montreal and Toronto, Mayor
ger of Seattle and Mayor Dunne of Chicago:
■ v chamber of Commerce of Seward sends greetings announcing the
■iruf of Seattle with Seward by cable.
“F. G. HALE, President,
“F. L. B ALL A IN E, Secretary.”
V yor Ballinger of Seattle was the tirst to reply. He wired
_ • . ;lif of the people of Seattle l heartily extend congratulations to
I Seward on completion ot the cable which brings them in closer
with all the world. We all believe Seward will become one of the
• 0 • the Pacific Ct»a*.t by reason of its position as the Pacific terminus
- •: railroads now b inding to devolop the richest part of Alaska.”
> lent Frost of the Alaska Central sent the following to
or Glassford:
■erecting and hearty congratulations. May this connecting link make
a to Alaska wl at Chicago is to the United States. 1 recognize that the
.u-turn of the Alaska Central railway will insure development of the
resources of Alaska >o that its mineral, timber and agricultural pro*
wbi add to the commercial greatness of our country.”
v wernor Brady sent the following:
a you in rejoicing over completion of cable. It is a firm step forward
If our perts are sewed together with threads of steel it will require
;.ce to pull them apart. General Greely and his corps of helpers
and deserved the gratitude of all Alaskans.”
( • answers received were the following:
Governor Mead of Washington:
- convey to citizens of Seward my thanks for their cablegram and
• • tne state of Washington fully appreciates the great benefits
cable communication with them.”
Mayor W. B. King of Skagway:
> d Skagway extend congratulation on completion of cable to Sew
:... to continue the devolopement of this great territory which is now
- :• related by means of rapid communication.”
Mayor Henry W. Miller of Valdez:
- and progress have united us to make us great good fellowship and
a-pos • will make us greater. Valdez extends congratulations and
wishes.”
From Mayor John F. Malony of Juneau:
The citizei of Juneau congratulate you on the completion of the cable.
11 greatly ad l to th • development of Alaska.”
A reception was given to Major Glassford, Captain Wallace
the officers ot the Burnside, by the Chamber of Commerce in
Kenai Club rooms, Saturday evening, in honor of the comple
of the cable.
I' t canneries will have a larger!
* • salmon pack this year ihun
• < rding toC’apt. Jarvis, manager
Northwestern Fisheries cauner
savs the Bristol bay pack will
f’ly exceed that of last season.
~nik canneries, which had a
■ last season, will have al>out
' it* output as in 1904. Other can
’ ' generally will show an increased
; The run will close about the j
’’ August. I Apt* Jarvis sailed^or
t z on the Uertlht. A little later
111 sriareett the coast to in-!
1 vanneigr operations.
Building Viork is Active
Building operations have assumed j
additional activity since the arrival of
a large stock of lumber on the Port
land and Bertha. Work which has
been suspended because of lack of ma
terial has been renewed, and a start
has been made on several new buildings.
Wants a Cool Place
B. C. Kingsbury, a wealthy mining j
0|>erator of Spokane, came on the Santa j
Clara to get away from the heat of the I
grtland Empire, 'which he says was
Mouiethitog tierce when he left Spokane
late in July. Ho will return on the
£xcel*ierv j
GENERAL NEWS
BY CABLE TODAY
Japan Demands $1,000,000,000 in
demnity and Territorial
Cessions
Portsmouth, N, H. Aug.ll- ^"heJap-!
ariose peace plenipotentiaries yesterday
submitted the peace terms of Japan to
Russia. Japan demands an indemnity
of $1,000,000,000, the cession of the is
land of Sakhaien and Vladivostok
and tiie entire and permanent evacua
tion of Manchuria by the Hessians.
The Russian enuoys express a willing
ness to pay a war indemnity of some
amount but are retricent us to terri
torial concessions,
M. Witte, the chief Russian envoy,
cabled the Japanese proposition to the
Czar, and the meeting then adjourned
until Monday to await an answer from
the Russian government. The Russian
plenipotentiaries stated that they con
sidered the Japanese terms very hard
and expressed doubt of their acceptance
by the Czar’s government. It is con
sidered here, however, that the pros
pects for peace are good, as pressure
will be brought to bear bv the powers
to induce both sides to make concess
ion.
Tokyo, Aug. II—It is officially an
nounced that the Japanese have raised
the Russian warship, Variag, which
was sunk at Port Arthur.
Odessa, Russia, Aug. 11—Mayor
Yaroshenks of this city, who was re
cently elected to that office as a liberal
has been exiled to Olonetv by Governor
General Karantosoff'. No reason is
given but it is assumed that the pur
pose is to show disapproval of the pro
nounced liberal views of Yaroshenks.
Washington, D. C., Aug. 11 The
weekly crop report of the department
of agriculture annouces that there will
be a bumper wheat and corn every
where. Tho recent hot wave which
threatened the crops of Washington,
Oregon and California, has subsided
without doing any damage.
Manila, P. I., Aug. 11 Secretary
Trft and party were banqueted last
night by the Catholic archbishop of the
province and party of friends. In a
speech toasting President Roosevelt,
Secretary Taft said that it was the
President's policy to treat Catholics as
he would have a Catholic president
treat Protestants.
Glen's Ferry, Idaho, Aug. 11—The
overland passenger train on the Oregon
Short line collided with a freight train
near here early this morning. Both
trains were badly wrecked but there
was no loss of life, althrough several
persons were injured.
Chautauqua, N. Y., Aug. 11—Presi
dent Roosevelt addressed a large crowd
at the Chautauqua assembly this after
noon.
St. Paul, Aug. 11—Gov. Johnson of
Minnesota is trying to bring the strik
ing telegraph operators and the rail
road officials together and to settle the
strike by arbitratin. Chief Perham of
the telegraphers’ union lias expressed
his willingness to accept arbitration.
Seattle, Aug. 11—Steamship Senator
arrived from Nome this morning, bring
ing $218,000 in gold.
Shanghai, China, Aug. 11—The boy
cott of American goods because of the
rigid enforcement of the United States
exclusion laws against Chinese merch
ants and students, is spreading through
out the empire and into Indiai It has
reached Singapore. Wu Ting Fang,
former Chinese minister to the United
States, declaims responsibility for the
boycott and says he is not in sympathy
with it.
Wilmington. Del. Aug. 11—Personal J
property of J. Fdward Addiita #as'
seized today upon an execution to sat
isfy a judgement against him in favor
of Charles J, Henchman. It is under
stood that Addicks is in a tight place
financially.
MacArthurin Port
The coast survey steMMr McArthur,
('apt. Densen, arrived in port late i
yesterday afternoon and will remain !
until Monday, when she will sail for
Cross Hound to engage in survey work
there.
SANTA CLARA
NOW IN PORT
Steamer Arrives from Seattle With
Passengers and Much
freight
Steamer Santa Clara, Capt. Sch&go,
arrived in port shortly before two
o’clock yesterday, seven days out
from Seattle, She brought a full cargo
of general supplies for the Alaska Cent*
ral beside some freight for local business
houses. She also brought 100 tons of
coal for t he coast survey steamer Patter
son. The vessel left Valdez, Wednes
day morning at nine, as reported by
cable, but she spent twelve hours unload
ing lumber at Fort Liscum and left
there at 10:50 that night,
Among the passengers on the Santa
Clara was J. R. VanCleve, master me
chanic of the Alaska Central, who
went outside to purchase machinery for
the railroad. He was accompanied by
Mrs. Van Cleve and their two children.
Among the freight brought on the
Santa Clara was saw mill and machine
shop supplies for the Alaska Central,
purchased by Mr. Van Cleve, This is
only a part of the machinery bought
by him for the railroad. A new cylin
der press and other office supplies for
the Gateway also came on the steamer.
The Santa Clara left Seattle the
morning of August J. Her only stops
were at Ella mar, Valdez, and Fort Lis
cnm. She reports that the Edith sail
ed for Seward August 4 by the outside
passage, bringing material for railroad
construction.
The first-class passenger list of the
Santa Clara for Seward, numbering
twentyone, was as follows; G. W. Ma
honey, James Butler, I. R. Crouse and
two children, H. E. Crouse, P. Burling,
B. C. Kingsbury. L. M. Turner, Will
Griffith, H. N. Summers, .T. H. Quinn,
A. Lambeth, J. R. VanCleve, Mrs.
VanCleve and two children, Mrs. Mc
Innes. W. Armstrong, W. H. Hickey.
B. C. Taylor. Fifteen steerage pass
engers were also carried.
COAL EXPERT HERE
Comes to Investigate Deposits
Along the Matanuska
William Griffith, the mining engin
eer and coal expert from Scranton,
Pennsylvania, who arrived in Seward
on the Santa Clara, was sent by Pres
ident Frost of the Alaska Central to
make an exhaustive examination of the
coal deposits of the Matanuska. He
will sail for Seldovia on the Excelsior
and go around by Cook Inlet to the re
gion he is to investigate. He stated
last night that he had no instructions
except to learn everything possible of
the coal measures of the Matanuska
and report hL opinion. He will prob
ably be engaged six weeks in the work.
Mr. Griffith saw President Frost in
Chicago as lie came through that city.
He says that Mr. Frost did not definite
ly inform him that lie will visit Sew
ard this fall but Mr. Griffith under
stands that if he comes it will be very
soon.
A party of Detroit speculators headed
by Win. L. Me Alpine of that place,
: passed through here on the southward
trip of the Portland. They have spent j
I the past few weeks at Anchor point on J
Cook Inlet where they located 125 coal!
ciaims of 160 acres each. The party
recordered their claims during their
stopover here and stated that they
would open work extensively in the
spring. It is their intention to rush J
the work of development and to further
that end they will put on a steamer of
their own to carry their products to
Sounds markets.
The strike on Trail creek which re- j
■alted in a small stampede to that place |
some days ago is showing up very favor
ably. Mr Babbage the jeweler who
staked the original looators rei>orts i
that the two foot ledge has been un
covered for 500 feet. From present in
dications the gold will run from $500 to j
$500 to the ton. Ten pounds of the j
' quartz in which no gold was visible to |
| the naked eye was pulverized and
extracted as a rnsnlt. The quartz is a j
white1 par phofy carrying fi‘ee gpR Mr.
Graham of the firm of Biggage & Gra
! ham left on the Portland Sunday *fotf
Juneau where he will purchase if pos
sible a three stamp mill which is locat
i ed there. (
ALASKA NEWS
CONDENSED
Mining and Other Items from all
Over the Territory, Collected
and Boiled Down.
There are indications that the oper
ation of profitable quartz mines which
always follow the working out of placer
fields in mining countries will not b*
so fur behind the van of civilization in
the Tanana as usually is the case.
There are several large crews sinking
shafts and driving tunnels into the
Pedro dome discoveries and it is said
the prospects are getting better all th
time. Capt. Barnette, who is working
many men in the quartz claims, is con
fident that the Tanana will be noted
for its quartz production as greatly as
for its placer output within a few years.
Swiftwater Bill is again to the front,
having struck rich pay on his Gat* '
City ptopert.v on the Tanana. It is
said he is now maintaining two home',
one at Fairbanks, the other at Gates
City, and lives in pomp and oriental
splender. He certainly is. to quote hi'
own language, “de swiftest ting dat
ever- hit de country.”
A genuine quartz proposition has
been diseouvered in the Little Windy
Arm country, on the uppei Yukon, ten
miles from Carbon Crossing, on tin
White Pass & Yukon Railway. The
ledge extends for ten miles and cos’
Mr. Conrad, the owner, in the neigh
! borhood of $25,000. He expects to ship
1100 tons of gold and silver ore daily,
and all told, declares lie has the great
est mining proposjtion to he found any
where in Alaska.
Fight million dollars is the sum
which the operators from the Tanana
country claim will come out of that dL
triet this year. They say that the
gold is there ready for shipment as t 1m
result of the season’s clean-up. and that
the Tanana will surprise the world b*
j fore its resources are anpwhere near
I exhausted.
J. J. Underwood of the Nome News
has charge of the Seward Penisula ex
hibit at the Lewis A Clark fair, which
is said to be one of the mort attractive
there.
The exhibit for the most paat is min
eral and there are samples of pay dirt
from 130 different creeks winh an ounce
sample of gold from them, There are
also two tons of tin ore from fifteen dif
ferent mines. Also coal, galena and
talc. He also has a very good exhibi
tion of the flora of that part of Alas
ka, as well as birds and fish. An inter
esting feature of the display is $3,000
worth of Alaska furs. This exhibit
was gathered by the Nome Chamber of
Commerce, which raised $3,500 for tlu*
purpose.
STEAMER VALENCIA ARRIVES
Sttamer Valencia arrived in port
| Monday at 5 a. m. with 443 men to work
on the Alaska Central. She also
brought 25 horses and several hundred
tons of supplies for the railroad comm
issary. Men were placed on trains and
sent to the front as fast as they could
be ticketed through. About 150 were
sent around to Seldovia and from there
taken up to Turnagain Arm to work on
that part of the line.
Among those who were billed for the
railroad on the Valencia was a women
who gives the name of Mrs. S. E. Curtis.
She cut her hair short, dressed in men's
clothes, and with a pipe in here mouth
passed muster with the employment
agent and at the gangplank of the
steamer. On board however, her sex
was discovered and she was transferred
to the cabin, wheer she resumed female
attire. She was travelling with a bar
ber named Young, who, she says she
intends to marry. Both will remain in
Seward.
The Valencia also brought one stow
laway, a boy of 14. wlro has obtained a
I job as water boy.
The Valencia made a fast trip. She
left San -Francisco July 31 at (1:30 p. m.
She reached the enterance of Resur
rection bay at 10 p. m. Sunday, but did
noi?cotne inside until daylight because
no *one on board had ever navigated
the bay. She belongs to the 'Pacitic
Coast Steamship Compaq