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! u the ' L... By Cabla to The Daily Gateway. jo Investigate Standard Oil N.-w York. I Vo. 2 It is reported here on ;;e'*d authority that .1 mo\<.• tuent will he -el on foot at an early datt* for an investigation of the Stand ard Oil Company and its methods, ft is also allirmed that President House-1 velt is behind the movement. The in vestigation i* to be made by Con jf.es sional committee. Thi> investiv d ion. it is said, will be seat chin v. an 1 will run back through out the • liti.'e history oi the Standard Oil ;ls> f.||> i ossible. Particular at tent ion " ill be :-iv,‘n r" ibs rebate rec ord in railroad trans|K)i tation. German} Seeks Panama Trade Panama. P< c. - Germany is seek ing to control the trade of the Panama canal belt tfurinif cur struct ion. A! ready tier- an manufacturers are bmie inc factories in the canal zone for the manufacture of articles nor's>ar\ in canal cei.s'.rv.c’-: -n. e*j*- ct.u.y .,..u..<n cry. The fact that Germans have formeo this dc'i-u h.;s just bcc tue known. Ti e prei notary uesrut. tiioii" wer« conduct. ; u<d a way that it «a assumed that Americans wore the pro moters. 1 it - uc the actual wo, k o ercctin.tr ti e plants w.s commaucev. the Gern in ownership hu> o -e. as certained. Savs Natives Prink less Boorc washing ■ P G.. Pec. J « apt. Hamlet, m.rd. ‘‘ ’ ' ti.-‘ revenue CHer Bear, is ■ "v o f trial upon c ’ < > of illic.t ::; . e with Alaska naiiv. -. tank-ills-1.. >■ h women. II. •l:.v Ik..- c. --.in. li ui'liv ork; ka na'iv S i- tiecre.r ; ea He s'i e<" . in■ > ■ ef u 1 e"U r start an ■ .hi: ; Dale 1 ci d; et m -sir. *r.v > , -.ns in th aort h. MrS SttvTii'r “on Li’ke < 'hvr;t_ ■. . J t I rah <_>« . lv ■* hex n i - . ' ‘ «■*•? lU’' n *' WJ*> . Si " V, a- * •> • d Palma Rf-electei tvLu rresident 1'ivj . 0 o c«*nt « ' ■ n 'i mar - • v*‘ a w kinvr win deity ■ u | soruu- of. . to Ua-tr'ih t x* I Coi i, ‘m To, ,-s "• hoiv they are the a«e> i ' vy. Santa tiara Sails for Srxxard Scv.tth . P« . - Sto.itt. r Sc at a Clara sailed lav : .hi for >ow;.rf in the it. side i> .".o- -■ Sl.o carries an. oar.-- | cf freiyht and loft several hunureu tons ou ti ttoek for the x>n yon. 1 n tatter is >*• tieduled to sail Mon. ay. jack an and Johnson light I>raM Baltin . Doc. 2 Vouny IVt. • Jae’>or. end Jack dorr 'it *' - -1 twelvero - In t>last n: yhl toudraxx. Both m n eolured. Proposes tong Didancc Telephone S. :,r t; . IV •. J [t > st- .* d hotv tin s comt'tf.x i ho il:s‘* t'atfc, a Nk .me -,."t y u* to r »nst r.;ot n:us o;e-j rate iony dStance't ropinmo lim > j that oit; td the i.npot‘: ani4toxvn> i J Alaska. Corea Opposes Japanese Rule Sroui. k a, D> c. 4- i io* ; • • ' 'r' directs tine the higu*-»t iant*;*;•*.I hosier- i be paid :<• i-i- min:-tor. Mm k?u : j Won. w 1 i*< t; ii.it’ • u >u c:do ra l.t that', c-.i- :n to ti.. Jaj -tu- proU cto-1 rate < ver K, rca. Many ... r oil.* .1 s have r*‘- gi . and tl; Foe mg against Japan i- v* ry l»it?. - Whil-. > t m\ ha* her: j nn 'c :: g< ».■ l id,; o -tiuved tna ! whenever . ii ;,n 'f> rupi- to ox* it p<* itivc* author :y over Korean aT.iir> a revolt wiii iv-uSt. So f;*»* Jsman's t« tent ions ; ;vo not boon anno.meed fur tlier tbaa ti general dnolaration o: the pro’* urate, which was consented 1 to by Hat-- i in the i 'ort smooth t reaty, | but it is * \!>f u that th< Japan*-« govern met: t will -ek *0 dictate, in r.o rcan politic- 1- well as claim con titer rial advantages in tin o> try Fenn>\.vania Rivers Cverfiow Pittsburg, i *. c. 4 -The Ohio. Monon gahela ant Alleghany rivers are over flow! j;; tl bank- m ar tins city arm the lowlands are flooded. One small Ruhurivan town i< almost -ubtner/ed. Mm drred and Joommate VIsslnQ Seattle. Pec. 4 -Fred Ciagnon, a rich barber, wu- murdere 1 in his hotel room last night, and hi- roommate, a man name i lb'll, i- missing. Gagnon usually cartied a large sum of money with him. hut none was fouml in liis pocket - or bis room. Midshipman Acquitted and Fired Washington, ft. tDec. !-■ Mid-hit man Merriw* atber was acquitted of tl e charge of manslaugt ter for cau-.ng the death o‘ Midshipman Branch iu a fight at t «> Annapolis naval academy, but wa- immediately afterward dis rois-ed from the academy. Mini- fable Breaks and hill-. Ore Kavensdal \ Wash., Dee. 4 One man was killed and two injured by tin-: breaking «>f a cable on a slope in the mines of the Northern Pacific Hailway Company here last night. Dirk R>a.i (ices to Washington Seattle, Dec. I Kichard S. Cyan, one of t he delegates to Congress named by the recent Alaska convention in this eity, wi.l have tonight for Wash ington. ili* say s he M ill refuse a seal unless th** i ther t vo Alaska delegates are also admit b d. Seattle Chamber IDs Mew Secretary Seattle. Dec. t C. B. Yandell was elected secretary of the Chamber of j \ opip-.eree today to -uoceed .Janu s B. .Yeik'e. who has resigned to enter a trust company. Yandeli is one of the !v st-knowu newspaper men in Seattle mi has been for the last seven yea is on the editorial staff of the Post-ln telligev.eer. ,J. P. Parkinson, eity editor of tlie Post-Intelligencer. and j W. M. Shettit-id. secretary of the Alaska i , bsb. we.-c also candidates for the j place. Congress Begins Annual Session Washington. D. C.. Dee. 1 The lirty j ninth. ( - met today for Its lirst i ses-ion. .loM-ph Cl. t 'anno’i of Illinois J was re-elected speaker oi the House In j too Kennbiiean majority, .iolu: Sharp t William-of Mississippi was again the' Democratlc caucus nominee. I os Angeles Wins in Coast l eague San Francisco, l Vo. J The sccotui Ivilf-df ti Pad tic Coils t base ball h-.i-gi • i ,, -i end- S’ *«t:t v With la's Vngcles j . .* i-' . t >,!!•; . Y:*d. S lour* h, Port la no t liftii . ... Tacoma la*.?. Tacoma was' t’.rst ..i m drs> half of tlu seysob sit » 11 play a ->-i';e> with. Co* Angelo- fo-. j the c1 - • • i ' *'■ '. lew Cut-can f -ini? frauds Pori. imi. < Dec. 1 Mxl- tisiv • hirv.l frair is inv ■: ■ iu a forged e« vtiiieaes , m* "•« t- 'a-- - -. ■ 1 . .kscuveivd. 11 1 •* it.p .-»siii.! - iime t-j to.i llie ex it-:,t « ‘ f: ati' - * .! v .a'. v., re a, r-osi wholly e-ast. rners. bn* the number . i> kiviwn t » be .siege. No record is available yet. ftm’ivcr G?ts Two Railroads t *' a t i ; >.V. *• Tin ( itv;nuati, IT•;. : Jton ae.i IX-\. 'i mi ha a-* a: •; tin* i‘i, ; tv Mar r:»* ra:I road were placed a clnuvo i-i a !■ e*ov r today by an cr ib r in the l'. S. iT.vuh court, .fub-oi: Harmon, ai: o.v -.y-yvnera! its the sec ond Cleveland c • mt. was appointed bets G‘i.; a ;b fra.n Colorado Washington. I). C., Dec. a—A trnidfi. heart, of m. tal pr »1 ic'd in Colorado mines, was pres, .ted to President Ibtosevelt today in bchr.lf of the )> pie of Colorado by a delegation of citizens of that stat e. Find land Frauds in Kansas Topeka, K'n -ns, Dec. •*> A jyrar.d jury in the 1*. S. d strict court today hi ya an invc -titrait m oi land fraud t Kansa-. John A. Kelly is accused of '’cueing !n fiftyur square n dies in Steve us c >unty for pasturage, con trary to federal law. Just Onr MasKa Appeal Case Washington, D. Dec. The only ! Y.asku ca e in ibe >upr<••.!••• court 01 i th<- l niteu Stu' •> at the present term! of r*' ;.‘t is that of the Nome Heac!) ; !.; ha i.. ;■ Cv Tra: »i* • ; tat ion Company ! v.*ains». t :*• XtvmUrd Marine Insurance' Company. J. involves liability for «j .e.; cargo belonging to Catherine l X (1' e U.s. Bonapar c hunts Ten Battleships Wusitington, D.C.. Dec. ”* x.oeretary Bonaparte of ttie navy department it) his annual rejKU't to Congress recom mends tim eo!>; r:i,!‘oi. of ton new buHieship> to repLe* v* ssels and mon itors of' old typeji. He urges th‘> hi addition to *h<* new v--ss. l.srecommend ♦ i th nava1 board, lie also favors the construe) loj! of a drydock in the Cuvet Sound navy yard. C Urr.dc hark Twain’s 7dlii Birthday New York. D* o • ■ A dbiing isbett crowd gave a banquet last night to Samuel L. Clemens, (Mark Twain) in honor of too nut hoy’s 70th birthday. Tue veal date was Nov. 3>. but as that wa> 1 hauksgivh.g Day the banquet was held later. Letters were read from many noted men, including' 1’resi lient Roosevelt. ,\ortli Pale Pushers Report Seattle, Dec. 7- A message received at Viable City, Alaska, by Roland Amum >, n from the Deary North Role exploration party state- that the party left Ilorsciiel island and was mushing •lortitwaid, having found a northern passage. The message came by courier from Nansen, a post on the route taken by that explorer. To keep Put foreign fishermen Washington, i>. C.. Dec. 7—Senator Fulton of Oregon today introduced a bill into the Senate to prohibit foreign fishermen irom fishing in Alaskan waters. The bill is aimed at the Jap anese. who for several seasons have been encronc ing upon American fish ing preserve*. To Separate Churrh and State l’aris, P v. 7 Tho Senate today passed a t>ill providing for the perpet ual separation of church and state in France, by a vote of 1*1 to 10'J. r.liu hell Resigns Chairmanship Portland. Ore*.. Dec. 7 Senator Mit chell of Oregon, who was convicted las sunni er in the V. S. district court, of accepting fees for otllciai influence in . (I mattei s before the general land I office, today sent to Washington his r.W;:: at ion of the post of chairman of th . nat« committee on the inler oceanic canal. Would Veto Anti-Jap !’,iil Washington, D. (b. Dec. 7 Presi dent Koosevolt today informed a dele-; gat ion of t abiocnians who called upon him to urge tin* enactim ut v>f a letlecal law prohibiting Japanese immigration into the I'niled States that it such a | law was pr.sred he would veto it. Th-- Pi odder,t manifested consider- '■ able heat as he told the Californians! that their proposal would ho impobtic and wrong in principle. 'J’he visitors were much disappointed as tins had; hop-si to he able to obta'n the passage of at least a restrictive measure against ,i; pan so laborers, if not tho absolute prohibition of th ir entry into the country. The attitude of the Pres ident would make tlie p . age i f such a bill I : :lr--’ as its advocates could not |h -sii>l\ hope to carr; it by a two thirds vote oc r the execntivi \eto. To lb !;> H. ild Japanese Fleet S- .a’t' -. Dee. 7 Consul flisamidzu. ,h:p;U.« represent at: W lit this port, is arvi • local Japanese to subscribe t< th Mi'.d ti* 1> odd a national voluntt i ■ an auxiliary to the Japanese «;ivv, iie sa.*s that one-tl.:cd e.f 1 :>• . • ssaty hits ;t .'y been >ti! SCCiln 't. Pr.Mik Strychnin** h F«*er Viiii'Otivi'r. ii. Do*. 7 Thomas .achy ii. a i doing man v. know:.; ,pth * • .• o a-t. and his wife drank i -alt i'.i ho* ' htst r.ignt. darns* r> oieo , a Ii". i, ,r.n‘.. s later in c- nvai-.'u-.s.anb . Mi-, Jackson's lih* wa- barely suv-ri. 1 ,\i-i .-i- -hi"t that the salts contained .vthi ra. Its presence in the >ah is a my stery. Ora \!j'ka rclepatc h- in Capita! W a -11 •: gt* ... 1). C., D> r. 7 < ..j*: - < *• ; .!, li phrey i- the only of tin j Alaska delegates to ('< eg; vs* who 1 ne ap hi ,’ ii Washington. Dick iVyai ,> f.voerteu t« arrive here by S eday. h i-j believed that the deh-.'.ite. wii! be accorded floor | rivileges. To Refund Money to Chtna Wa-hinvt m. I). Dec. v S. nator: i*i!es of Washington introduced a h li n;o t; e Senai** uxtay providing for re funding to the city of Ciiena. Alaska, the >tuii of fltii". paid as license money to the ch-rk in the Idnited Stales dis-! trie', court of that district fora right 1 of way for a telegraph and telephone line. Moats to Know About Ir ranee \h w Vor . Dee. " - District Attorney .for••mo today asked the committee ; wiii i. is conducting tlie life insurance j investigation when he might have: caai - of its ret orts. It is believed , ti.it 1 if int i.-.s to institute criminal j pro: ecu t ions. COLLISION KILLS m \ AfiB Ili&iS nineteen Freight engineer on Union Pa cific Disobeys Orders and Wracks Two Trains. It; Ci.'.l'. *-0 TI : r.r’ly Gateway. Omaha. He; . s fon persons were! killed ami nineteen injured in a head on collision bct wi - n a freight aud a pavscng-T train on tho Union Pari.ic .;car Hock Sittings, Wyoming, last night. Engineer Brink of the freight had, an order it.' v. ait tor four passonget trains to pass, ij.it pulled out after tlie I ibird had pa.-.sou him. Brink is among t lie dead. l»ut it is supposed ihat lie became confused in his count and thought that four trains had. passed. Tho o nductor of the fr •ight >ays he gave no signal to the ! engineer to start. Eleven of the in jured person* are railroad employes. Necklace of Ants A necklace made of black ants is an article of adornment, in New Guinea. The Anglican mission there gives par ticulars of one which measured over! eleven feet long and was composed ofj as many as l.vl.t b dies of ants. Three little pieces of sin'll and a dozen Eng-1 lish beads were incorporated into it. a:.d there was a native string holding it together, yet ii* weight only reached 2 drams 2 scruples 13 grains. These large black a;.is make big- nests in the native garde is, and the native women and girls catch them, null oil their heads, bitoil ai d swallow the other end and thivad the thorax. i’ll! OfFICIAlS ON DEATH LIST A Russian Terrorists Plan to Assas-j sinate Obnoxious Men, Including Trcpoff. 3y Cablo to The Daily Gateway. Si. I Vtersburg, Dec. 8 The terror ists have condemned numerous high ollicials to death, including (Jen. Trc polT. A11 arc guarded closely by troops. j Some of the telegraph operators are! returning to work, but the strike gen- j orally is in force. The industrial de pression is bringing on a financial cri sis ami the banks are refusing to lend money to anyone. It seems impossible to avoid a financial crash. Witte Becoming Discojr.igcd London* Dec. 8- A special from St. Petersburg says that Witte is losing i heart. He seems to stand absolutely! alone, and is the sole prop of stable! government. It is believed that if bis cabinet falls the deluge of revolution! will come. Jews \\k Aid of Rothschild London. Dec. 8 Lord Ilothscbild has been appealed to for financial a hi for! Kussian .lews, and to exert bis inllu- j once t«> st- p persecutions. Russians Would Have Republic S-. 1 'eioishur/, Dec. 2 Talk of a republic is grow in;; throughout Russia, and Republican sentiment is beeomm/ dcliant. On every hand men advocate the estah!in!.iii"',t of a republic with t'ae United S’ :tes a> a model* The 'e• p*1 rial /overnmcnl no lon/er at tempts to repress the free expression ■v swh (minions, a** it has mere th in 1 is able to rope with in soepil dis O1 . ,‘S, The O issaeks alone M>om loyal to the throne. The revolutionary spirit is spread in/ anioi/tlie national troops, especially here ami at Moscow, amt th . overtime;-; lea. • that they may jo n t; • in - .r-'criion in a body in ease of an outbreak. »r. I :r* at vc COW Mo, aiw, a I An h • t o ary tin is "a/.n/ here, winch has d* stuyt il h»e or. d> of ‘..ti.es s>nc" it sta**te<; last te/ht. ic'errap1) Hi ar.’y \!i C «t Off Moscow, hi-. .V The tel /raph op erators* strike lets -nia ad until it now e Kiiolctely cuts olT till communication by wire throughout the etnphe, except that the military telcj/rnph bet writ; Moscow aim Vibor/. Finland, and that ho, woe:. Mo?row and the imperial p 'aeeut Tsai ski.c Selo, aro st ill wot k it,«/. 'I bey are stror./ly /uardid by troops at d mi tar a sul'icient force c>f opoiaitors lir.s been ivtaiiud to send . m ini me* -;.ye*. over them. A1 i new*, now has to he sent out of the country by way of this city to Vibei as St. Ietm-sbur/ has no out Mdc wire except the inililary te!e/raph - hrou vb ti s coy. A lor;/ the border . (.01 can he ?’ ui out, hut the inter ior is completely isolated except the r.artow zone near the military tele Ziaph line. Witte Refuses to Treat It is r* ported from St. Petersburg u.day t}i:i• V. itte has refused to give and cnee to a delegation of operators j H-pteM l.tii theorgat ization,.and that j he l as declared that he will light to j tlie end against further concessions. j Kaiict ad:< peiatives in gieat numbers an steadily joining the telegraphers, and i ni!n ad operation has practically ceased. Thirty-four provinces are in volved in the -trike, and all industries j in iluv-e districts arc almost at a stand still. In St. Petersburg yesterday, it is re ported, the government opened a lew factories. German fleet In Baltic St. Petersburg, via scow, Dec.' A hu t of Kern an warships is in the Pal tic. oil' Kronstadt, ready to -ail at a it on ent’s notice fur: that port with! the czar if he should he compelled to j Sloe for his life. Seu ml villages along the Baltic shore have organized a provisional re-, public for their own government and declined the ir independence ol the im perial authority. Witte t< day made an appeal to the zemsiovoists to aid the government in the present crisis. jews Tear Gtreral Va.nacre Cdessa. Pec. •! -By courier to Pod \vo.ocz.»ska, Calicia,—'1 he Jews here fearanothe t geneial massacre and to day issued : i. ai } cal to ti.e world for p i t, ctit n. They assert that ti.e n ili tuiy are plotting revenge on the Jews. Governor-General Kaulbars claims that he i-, powerb^s to prevent a slaughter if one is attempted. New York Jiws Protest New York, Dee. 5—New York Jews to the number of 100,0(10 marched here last n-ght in a big street parade pre ceding a meeting to protest against the porseciui net Jews in I.ussin. At il,o l eet ir g i .solutions were passed asking President Roosevelt to aid in j Holiday Goods Now on Display. Presents Suitable for Everyone. One of the finest assortments of Jewelry, Toilet S«ts, Alask Souvenirs, Candy and Cigars. Fanciest line of Stationary, in Xmas packages ever displayed in Seward. We invite you to come and ex amino our now goods as it is a pleasre to show them. OWL DRUG & JEWELRY CQ. ^HOTEL McN ILEY j EUROPEAN PLAN Rates 50c to $2.00 per day Accommodations Strictly First-class II A W K 1 N S & W II ITT EMORE, PropR[ eto t Fourth Avenue, ... - So ward, Alaska x &. .---^ If HE COMMERCE fourth avenue ^ A Gentleman’s Resort and Club Rooms. furnished rooms Wo Purchase Gold Dust at Regular Rates ; PETERSON &. BROWN, Proprietors Board ©f Trade Fourth avenue, ___-S.>ward, Alaska 7 the choicest floods dispensed j Club Rooms in connection Furnished Apartments up stairs > New, Neat and Comfortable. T. V. THOMAS, Prop. v i> i r g protection for tho Jews of Kussia. \i!Js to Capital forces St. Petersburg, via Moscow, Dec.fi v-two battalions of infantry, fifteen 1-.(j'latiroes of cavalry and twelve lat-j teri*-s of machine guns have been added t to the forces protecting this city from r. volu.i..nary attack. Yesterday the 1 HU rial forces were reviewed by the | ( ;.r. No overt evidence of disloyalty n as offered. A cone* rted plan to raid tho imperial tnasurybya large armed force was tipped off to the government this morn ing by a confederate who weakened on t h*' plot. All industries are tied up by the ; trike, and great suffering results to; all the people. This is causing a re action in favor of tho government. Women Kill Gen. Sakharoff St. Petersburg, Dec. 7—Lieut-Gen ; Snkhan IV. former minister of war. was I assassinated yesterday at Saratoff by i 1 w; men belonging to a flying column of revolutionists. He was shot down in the street at the head of a sq.uad of t roopers. (Jen. Sakha rod had been sent to Sar atov to suppress riots in that province. Ward Cabinet to Retire. Moscow, Dec. 7—A resolution was passed here today by tli» convention of agriculturists demanding the dismissal of the pie.-eut cabinet. The Liberals j in the convention were particularly | emphatic in their demand for Witte’s r tin n.ent. Distribute $2,000,000 4ntong Jews London. Dec. 7 More than $2,000,000 has already been distributed among the Jewish victims of recent Russian riots. The commissioners who disbursed the money report that the destruction of life and property, and the consequent .suffering among the people is in describable. Cana.la’s Increased Population William E. Curtis, in writing of the wonderful increase in population being sc *■< (• by the Northwest territory says: “hi L'-l Canada had 4,324,810 inhab itants. Luring the next ten yews it increased 18.97 per cent to 4,833,239. During the next ten years it increased 11 .(',(> per cent to a- total of 0,571,115 in i 1 oi. and according to the best author | itii s net less than 500,000 iiave been I added to that total during the past lour years. “The greater part of this increase— practically all of it—has been in the northwest. British Columbia, during the last ten years, has increased 82 per cent, Manitoba 07 per cent and the territi ries—the now provinces which 1 wrote :.b ut—have more than doubled their population during the last four years. For example, in 1891 tho ter ritories had 98,907 inhabitants: in 1901 they had 2il,649, end they are n<rw credited with 500.000 people.” Seward Assay Office Chemical Analyses and Assays Made Price List for Assaying Gold or Silver. $1.50 Gold and Silver.$2.00 Silver and Lead. $2.00 Gold, Silver and Lead $2.00 Copper. $1.50 Gold and Copper.... $2.50 Gold, Silver and Cop per . $3.50 Gold, Silver, Copper and Lead. $4.00 Prices for other metals and min eral on application. Gold and silver bullion refined, melted and assayed or pur chased. H. E. ELLSWORTH, C. E. Lava Streams It isscieniilieally reported that thx> lava streams from Vesuvius- in 1S<V$ were so hot twuhv years later that steam was issuing from the cracks and crevices, while tho lava beds from the eruption of Ktna wore found to be steaming hot just below the top crust as lato as 1*40. But still more remirk abla are tho scientific reports of the volcano Jorullo, in Mexico. This sent forth immense streams of lava in LTofi. In I",SO the lava beds were examined by a party of scientists, and it was found that a stick thrust into the crev ices instantly ignited, although there was no discomfort experienced in walk, ing on tho hardened crust. Again some forty years after the eruption, it was visited by scientists and report d to bo steaming in many places, and. even eighty-seven years after the eruption two column of steaming vapor were found to be issuing from the crevices. Sometime* the upper- crust of such a stream of lava cools so that plants and lichens find a precarious growth on the surface while a few feet beneath the lava is almost red hot. Tho Pope has directed the parish, priests throughout Italy to read in their churches on Sundays the inform ation given by the Italian department of emigration as to the condition of Italian emigrants inforeigu countries. The idea is to discourage emigration of Italians. The Pope also has given his approval to the plan for placing a chaplain aboard each of the transatlan tic steamers to care for the spiritual needs of the Italian emigrants.