BLUEJACKETS
' LAND IN CUBA
Palma Said He Could Not Protect
Americans and 120 Marines
Went Ashore.
UNITED STATUS HOLDS VLOOL
Administration Orders Armed Men
Back to Cruiser t uept Small
Guard for legation.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Havana. Sept. I*-—tine hundred and i
twenty armed >atlor> and mat im -
landed last night from the cruiser
lK-nver and camped in front of 1‘resi
dent 1‘alma's palace. This action was
taken following a conference in which
Palma told the American minister j
terests in the city.
State Department Explains
Wa-homton. D. C., Sept. H The
,tate department issued a statement
tom the Denver had been ordered
tack to the cruiser except a small
guard for the American legation. The |
>tatemonr n:ost emphatically affirms
that the landing was for no other pur
pose than the protection of American
ntetvsts and that the administration
wa> not advised of the action until
after the landing was made.
The navy department today ordered
a fleet of small war vessels to prepare
to sail for Cuban waters. It is not the
intention, however, to land any more j
marines unless rioting begins which
will call for the protection of Ameri
cans and American property. The
United States government has no in
tention of taking sides. It is merely
preparing to care for American lives
and property.
May Send U. S. Army
Washington, I>. C., Sept. b"» The
whole regular army of the l nited
States is held in readiness for trans
portation to Cnba at a moment’s notice,
although the administration acknowl
edges that it "ill not interfere in
Cuban affairs unless the situation there
makes intervention necessary to pre
vent anarchy in the island. It is re
garded as certain that intervention
would drag the I'nited States into a
worse war than that with Spain.
It is estimated that rebels are
now in the field and their number is
increasing daily. The United States
government will keep several war ves
sels near the Cuban coast. The cruis
er Denver reached Havana yesterday
and the gunboat Marietta arrived in
Cienfuegos. The Des Moines remains
at Key West.
United States Watching Closely
Washington, D. C.. Sept. 12 It is
admittoi by the administration that
the cruiser Des Moines has gone to
Key West, awaiting the course of
events in Cuba. It is the intention to
employ the vessel as an asylum for
Americans in case conditions arise
which threaten the safety of Ameri
cans in the island. The president is
keeping in close touch with Cuba by
wire and the government is prepared
to take instant action whenever needed.
SAYS HERNDON TOOK OUT
$93 PER MAN ONE DAY
T. J. Jeter Writes That Miners on
Kahiltna Creeks Nearly All
Have Ounce Diggings.
Herndon's men on Nugget creek
took out #'3 per man in one day's
work recently, according to a letter
written by T. J. Jeter to Judge Hil
dreth. just received this week. That
was above the average but Jeter says
the ground is yielding marvelously.
Mr. Jeter is on Thunder creek and
says In- i> taking out at least an ounce
a day. He confirm* the reports
brought down from the upper Kahiltna
creeks as to what different miners are
doing and says that nearly all of those
w ho are working claims where any
thing has been found are getting an
ounce a day or better. The men on
Poor Man's creek, he says, are getting
from three to four ounces a day.
Home-grown celery with stems two
feet long. i* on the Dawson market. It
was raised in the open air.
The Indianapolis Sun says that
school teachers are paid less than un
skilled laborers in Indiana.
FIGHTING AGAIN
ON CUBAN SOIL
Government Troops Meet Rebels
in Battle Twenty Miles
From Havana.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Havana. Sept. 13 Fighting is again
in progress in Dinar del Kio and Santa
t iara provinces. A battle was fought
vesterduy twenty miles south of
Havana.
More castle today signaled the ar
rival ol the I’nited State", cruiser
Denver. (Treat excitement prevails
among the populace and the docks are
crowded. Many people are trying to
leave the cit\ and other'remain there
to hear the news from the water, t on
ditions in the capital grow more men
acing every hour. The insurgents are
blowing up the railroad bridges near
Havana and railroad tratlicto and Irom
the city is suspended.
Rebels Defeat Government Troops
Pa*o Heal. Sept. 1" Gen. Guerrera.
leader of the insurgent army in Guhn.
attacked a government train near here
vcsteniay ami a pitched battle ensued
with the government troops who were
yuardiuj? the train, Gne ot tlie lattei
was killed ahd six wounded. Guerrera
is now tuarehiny toward Havana. ,
MARTIAL LAW
RULES IN CUBA
Palma Suspends Constitution in
Havala, Pinar del Rio and
Santa Clara.
By Cnble to Tbe Daily aatcwiy.
Havana. Sept. 11 President Palma j
today suspended the constitution and
proclaimed martial law in the provinces
of Havana. Pinar del Kio and Santa
Plant, lie also revoked the order
made a few days ayo yrantiny amnesty
to all who laid down their arms, and
ordered the arrest of every revolu
tionist and of every prominent liberal.
The peace conference adjourned this
mornitiy and most ol the members
joined the revolutionists. Several
liberal congressmen are in jail and the
others have fled from the city.
Rebels Surround Havana
Havana, Sept. 12 Bands of rebels
surround Havana and people living in
the outskirts are begging for protec
tion from the government. Only boo
troops-are in the city. They paraded
the streets yesterday but aroused no
enthusiasm.
Popular sentiment seems to be in
different to the fate of the government
and tin* Palma administration is re
pressing open opposition. The editor
of t he Liberal was arrested today and
hi> newspaper plant coniiscated. No
vehicles are -permitted to leave the
city. _
Havana Much Alarmed
Havana, Sept. 10—It is retorted to
day that a iarge revolutionary force is
concentrating in the outskirts of the
city and preparing for attack. The
people are greatly excited and the
general alarm is augmented by all
sorts of wild rumors, one of which is
that the rebels have confederates in
the city who are planning to make a
prisoner of President Palma.
Guerrera Standing Pat
Havana, Sept. 8—Gen. Guerrera,
leader of the insurgent forces, refuses
to consider any peace propositions un
less the Palma government will agree
to annurthe last presidential election
and call a new one. The insurgents
have 3000 men in the field, well armed
upd equipped. Guerrera refuses to
I agree to an armistice of ten days pend
ing peace negotiations. It is beieved
' he will precipitate a battle very soon.
Steamer Dora Sails Westward
Steamer Dora arrived on her west
j ward trip Sunday night and sailed next
i morning at 10 o'clock. She was
crowded to the limit with passengers
and was obliged to leave freight on the
j Seward dock, which was left by the
I Santa Clara to be taken to Seldovia.
It was turned over to the Toledo.
Japan proposes to subsidize a steam
ship line from Dalny. Manchuria, to
North Pacific ports on the American
side.
MASSACRE IN
i POLISH TOWN
Terrorists Attack Soldiers at Sied
lee and Troops Retaliate
on Jews.
GENERAL SLAUGHTER FOLLOWS
Hundreds of Hebrews Murdered and
Mutilated Bodies Left Lying
in the Streets.
By Cable to Tlic Dally Gateway.
Siodlee. Poland. Sept. 10 Terrorists
attacked the police and soldiers on
ji’uard here yesterday, killing several.
The t roups were re-in forced and made
an attack on the Jewish quarter,
slaughterin'; all, including women and
children. The streets are reported to
Ik- running in blood and the town is in
llauies.
Jews Panic-stricken
Warsaw, Sept, lo Jewish residents
of this city are panic-stricken at the
news from Seidlee. They realize that
a general terrorist attack may l*e
made an excuse for a wholesale massa
cre of their race bv all factions.
Slaughter of Jews Continues
St. Petersburg, Sept. 11 The massa
cre of Jews at Siedlee continues, (low
Kngelke demanded the names of the
members of the Jewish self-defense
association but the Jews refused
to give tiie information. The
slaughter was then renewed with in
creased violence.
Soldiers and the rabble alike are
engaged in the massacre. All the
rioters are drunk and are committing
unspeakable outrages, women and
children being made victims wher
ever found. Frightful scenes are be
ing enacted but details are suppressed
by the censor.
Describe Seidlee Massacre
Warsaw. Sept. 12 Newspaper cor
respondents from this city who have
gone to Seidlee report that the
slaughter of Jews was horrible beyond
descript ion. J n one st reet t hey counted
l.*»0 mutilated Jewish corpses. Many
houses were riddled with bullets and
Jewish shops were looted and burned.
It i* related that a crowd of drunken
soldiers invaded a hospital and fired
upon the wounded Jews who had been
taken there, killing several. Other
appalling scenes are described.
VEGETATION THRIVES IN
CENTRAL ALASKA VALLEYS
Cereals and Tubers Mature Well and
Wild Fruits and Flowers (irow
in Profusion.
Kahiltna, Aug. 28—The spontaneous
growth of hardy wild vegetation and
! experiments made with agricultural
products show that great jiossibilities
exist for profitable cultivation of the
soil in the valleys* of Central Alaska.
Although the season is short the long
hours of sunshine cause vegetation to
grow and ripen at an extraordinary
rate. The climate of the interior is
! warmer and the season longer than
around Cook inlet.
On June 15 I planted some seeds here
to test the fertility of the soil. It was
then rather late in the season but the
barley is now matured, the crats in the
milk and the beans growing well. I'
believe any kind of crop could be
raised in the Yentna valley.
At Susitnu station last year F. A.
Churchill planted potatoes early in
May and raised a splendid crop.
Through this region many species of
wild flowers bloom in profusion: red
raspberries, currants and cranberries
fire now ripe, and wild birds of many
descriptions are numerous.
The land for about 100 miles
north from Cook inlet is low, of a gla
i cial sedimentary formation, with an
I occasional glacier gravel bank running
sixty or eighty feet high as the foot
hills of the Alaskan range are ap
proached. All gravel in the river bars
carries gold, varying from colors,
along the lower ends, to coarser gold
as higher elevation is reached.
Extending from the mouth of the
Yentna to the foothills, or about eighty
miles, there is a dense growth of
■ spruce, birch, cottonwood and alder.
It is common to see spruce trees two
and a half feet in diameter and twenty
feet to the first limbs. Birch will run
as large as two feet.
The prices of all metals continue
1 stiff.
/
GOV. HOGGATT
VISITS SEWARD
Welcomed by Citizens’ Commit
tee and Taken out on
Railroad Line.
—
EVENING RECEPTION IN TOWN
Large Number of Citizens Meet
Territorial Executive in
Club Rooms.
Gov. lloggatt reached Seward last
Saturday morning on the revenue
cutter McCulloch and was met by a
committee of citizens. Deli ('larks
band was at the dock also to give the
executive of the territory a musical
greeting. Arrangements had already
been made to run a special train to the
end of tlie Alaska Central track in
order to show the governor the results
m> far accomplished in railroad con
struction.
The train started from town about
'.CIO with Gov. fioggatt. several rail
road officials, the officers, sailors and
marines of the revenue cutter, and a
large number of citizens aboard. The
train returned late in the afternoon.
The railroad excursion was directed
by President Ramsay of the Tanana
Railway Construction Company. An
ample supply of refreshments was
taken along.
A foamal reception was given in
honor of Gov. lloggatt in the rooms of
the Kenai cluband Arctic Brotherhood
Saturday evening. It was managed
by the ladies, to whom the task was
assigned by tin* men because most of
the male population went out on the
excursion to the end of the railroad
line. The excursion was strictly a
stag party. The evening reception
was given both to honor tlie governor
i>e > i ,•* the Judies am; everybody else
an opportunity to meet him. Capt.
Cantwell and other officers of the rev
enue cutter McCulloch were present.
After an hour spent in introductions
Dr. Gibbons read a poem dedicated to
the governor. In response to insistent
demand Gov. lloggatt then made a
short speech. This was followed by
dancing. Music was furnished by Mr.
Shankland on the violin and Ernest
Hyde on the pitino. A stock of claret
punch with champagne trifhmings was
compounded by Jack Deyo and served
by the ladies^
Governor lloggatt sailed for Valdez
on the McCulioch early Sunday
morning.
MINERS BRING GOLD
FROM KECHATNA RIVER
Three Prospectors Come Out With
Dust and Will Go Back With
Winter Outfit.
Kahiltna, Aug. 28—Correspondence
of the Gateway—G. Keller, Ben Fish
and O. Heiseter have returned from
the north. During the past two
months they have prospected the Ke
chatna river, going nearly to the
source, where they located claims.
The boys say the country looks good
to them. The samples of gold they
bring with them from their claims
would certainty look good to any one.
They intend to sled in a supply of pro
visions next winter and develop their
property next summer.
The Keehatna Hows into the right
limit of the Yentna river about thirty
miles above here and is about seventy
five miles long.
Puts Lake creek at 3>/uuu
Henry Anderson, manager of the
King River Mining Company, which is
putting in a hydraulic plant at the
lower end of Lake creek, estimates
that $7000 will be taken from the bars
of the creek by individual miners.
Caswell Running Again.
The river stoamer Caswell, which
was caught in a storm while taking on
coal below Tyoonok, sustaining some
i damage, has been repaired and is
again on her run on the Yentna. On
August 22 she called in here and took
on the .\L E. Davis drilling outfit for
Hope. The drill reached the upper
end of the claims, stopping at a glacier
bank about four miles up the Kahiltna
river, it is understood that the dredger
which is toTollow will commence oper
ations at that point in the spring.
The city of Budapest, the capital of
Hungary, will unveil a statue of
George Washington September 16.
Whales are numerous off the Colum
bia river bar lately, according to the
Portland Telegram.
TO BUILD ROAD
FROM KENAI
i
At Request of Alaska Commis
sion Railroad Sends tn^i
neers To Make Survey.
At the request of Capt. Hillsbury of
tne Alaska road commission a prelimi
nary survey for a government road
from Kenai to reach the Alaska Cen
tral will be made by the railaoud com
pany. \V. A. Keel, of the Alaska < 'en
tral engineering corps, and Jerome
| llatchey sailed on the steamer Dora to
j go to Kenai and begin the survey from
11 here.
Capt. I’illsbury cabled a few days ago
to know whether the railroad officials
would be willing to undertake the sua*
I vey, and an estimate of the co>t was
I promptly cabled buck. The request
' that the‘work Vie done came back yes
terday and the men were ;it once de
tailed.
Mr. Keel is the engineer who re
cently investigated and reported on a
trail from Hope and Sunrise to the
railroad. He recommended the im
provement of the Johnson creek trail
from Sunrise. *i’he trail front Kenai i>
j expected to lead along Turnagain Arm
| to Hope.
SAYS MARINES
WERE MISUSED
Admiral Evans Complains of
Treatment of His Men in
Portland, Maine.
By Cable to The Daily Gateway.
Washington, D. Sep . 14— Admi
ral Evans writes to the navy depart
ment that sailors and marines of the
North Atlantic fleet wen clubbed by
the police and refused admission into
places of amusement because they
wore the naval uniform while in Port
i land, Maine, recently.
legislation for the protection of the
navy blue jackets on land is 'urged bv
Evans and he expresses the hope that
his command may never be required
again to visit cities which treat the
men as they were treated in Portland.
Dust from the Skwentna
Kahiltna, Aug. 2&-(’orrespondence
of the Gateway—W. E. Lennox and A.
W. Purdy, who have been on the
Skwentna river this summer, have
gone down the river, carrying with
them two modest pokes of bright gold.
Mr. Lennox is one of the old timers,
hoving lived in Alaska continuously
for 18 years, and is a well known hunt
er, trapper and prospector. He goes
to Anchor point, where he located a
homestead three years ago. Both
Lennox and Purdy intend to return
this fall to the Mt. McKinley country
and take up their quarters in the foot
hills for the season’s trapping.
Guggenhelms Buy Heavily
A Dawson dispatch says: The Gug
genheims have begun buying Hunter
creek claims. Already they have 90
per cent of Bonan/.a creek and are
about to take over Lovett gulch. All
this means the expenditure of millions
in the purchase price alone. The com
pany is building a giant water system
to hydraulic the hills and installing
fifty miles of electric line to convey
power from Twelve-mile river to
Bonanza, where three big dredges are
being assembled.
Alaska Farm Sells for $30,000
The Yukon Valley News reports the
sale of a farm at Baker creek hot
springs for $30,000. It was owned by
Dad Karshner and sold to Frank Man
ley, a Fairbanks mining man. The
warmth from the subterranean springs
causes vegetation to grow at a marvel
ous rate while the surrounding country
is still frostbound, and the practical
results of summer are evident four
months longer than in other localities
of the district. Nearly $10,000 wort!
of vegetables was sold from it last
year. __
Convict Jap Poachers
Five Japanese poachers, arrested at
St. Paul island, pleaded guilty in the
U. S. district court at Valdez. Severa
others were tried and found guilty,
One jury hung but the second con
victed the men after deliberating
thirty hours. L. V. Ray of Seward
J. Y. Ostrander and .1. W. Leedy o:
Valdez, defended the Japanese.
GETTING GOLD
ON KAHILTNA
Each Report of Output on Upper
Creeks Adds to Previous
Estimate of Yield.
ONE MAN BRINGS OUT $I7l
Miners Working Steadily in Produc
ing Region fxcept Those Who
leave for Supplies.
Kahiltna. Any. IP < bi t • :!' ■
of the Gateway Reports hum tii>■
p|r creeks, which are cor ny
l most daily, indicate that ih>- yob ,,
I put of tlie Kahiltna f -k. to* ti
| season will b< laryer than h i- '•<
! anticipated. The men at work app>
1 to he doiny better al t lie •; > >.
lulyar Davis cam'1 dow; .nu
I creeks a few days ayo a * ' .
I here from the Inlet today on W o >.
| launch, the I lat. with two '■»; -
i visions which he will each here
sled up the river next wint< r.
Mr. Davis yives data ot op-•••■.it:
in his vicinity this stitnim r. IF
operatiny on Thunder anti Frl- e; t.
which How into the Kahikn ...
brouyht out --^1 Too.
Hilly Peterson, ou Tliund« . ' >ok ■ o
nine ounces in seven days. Due. if* -
don. on Nuyyet. ha- taken o il a- 1..: ’•
as £s0 per day to the man. On Pool
Man's creek ('one.Iluddleson and < -.w
son took out forty-oiyht ounce, in ibn
days. Carl-on. on Peters creek. b*
low the canyon, istakiny out one ouno
per day. Gus. Peters i- workiny on Do
lar creek and takiny out about ore
ounce per day. Kherhart is workin.
on Falls creek and takiny out yo<
money. Gadiyan and Hammersmith,
on Falls creek are takiny out H I to '*-•»
per day. Dick Richardson is workii .
on Cache. Thunder and Xu y yet cm
and domy well.
COPPER DEVELOPMENT IN
PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND
V
Bxtensive Prospecting Done I his Ve.i
and Active Work in Progress
flany Places.
Copper developments around lVinc
William sound are multiplying a g.
metrical ratio. Extensive prospectin
and locating have been done durie.
the present summer, induced by ti
favorable results of development work,
and it is the opinion of mining experts
that the copper deposits in the island*
and shores of the Sound are of incalcu
lable extent and value.
This summer the Reynolds mine a'
Boulder bay has been added to the li*
of producers and another Reynolds
property on Latouche island will soon
bo a shipping mine. This and other
properties near the famous Beat son
mine indicate that Latouche island is
nearly all copper.
Knight island is believed by the
mining men who have examined 'ft to
be a copper bonanza. Copper lodes of
good value have been found in all
parts of the island and a great many
claims have been located this season.
Considerable development work has
been done also and every effort in that
line has been rewarded with an excel
lent showing. Various promising
claims have been bonded to eastern
capital.
On both sides of Mummy bay, at the
southern extremity of the island, cop
per sticks out every where. The Iver
son brothers are driving a tunnel on a
lode which carries copper value of * >
a ton and has the appearance of being
very extensive. On the opposite side
of the bay three Seward men, E. R
Gray, W. M. Sauers and E. E. Hale,
recently located a ledge and brought
specimens of the surface rock back
with them which assayed $13 a ton.
Other islands of the Sound have
been prospected less, but copper indica
tions are visible on all of them, as
well as on the mainland on both sides
of the Sound. On the eastern shore
is the great Ellamar mine, which has
been shipping for several years. A
wide copper belt, beginning at the
southern end of Kenai peninsula, ap
parently embraces the whole area of
Prince William sound, extending
northeasterly to the far interior.
Copper outcroppings are found almost
at random throughout this belt.
The Circle City commissioner’s dis
■ trict has been divided by Judge Wiek
ersham. The new district is called
' Chandler and the commissioner is
Samuel L. Marsh.