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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1908
Page
5
Cable reports from Mexico City say Chilapa, about sixty miles northeast of Acapulco, was totally destroyed by a quake. Fire followed the tremors, great cracks opened in the earth, and hundreds may have perished. communications are down and the death toll is unknown.
An unnamed volcano opposite Santa Maria in Panama erupted suddenly on March 31, spewing ash nationwide. Citizens flee homes in alarm as ash clouds blanket towns and disrupt daily life across the country.
In Central Point Indiana a drug store known as the blind pig, long suspected of illegal liquor sales, was stormed by enraged citizens who used dynamite to destroy the establishment. Police report several injuries among the assailants and bystanders as the mob carried out the attack.
Gary Indiana April 1 Fred Appleman an opponent of saloons and liquor sales along with his mother and baby were seriously injured when dynamiters struck. Cable dispatch notes Bryan urged Democrats to frame a platform appealing to Republicans. Indianapolis reports the Republican convention opens to elect delegates for Chicago with likely endorsement of Vice President Fairbanks.
The Aldrich financial bill, long discussed, has been brought to a vote in the senate and passed by the body. Washington reports the measure now proceeds to the next stage in the congressional process.
The United States issues an ultimatum to Venezuela, prohibiting import of coffee and asphalt until the American Asphalt claim is settled. Separate dispatch reports the American car in the around the world race arriving in Seattle and preparing to sail north on the Santa Clara, with foreign cars advancing through Nevada and California.
In Washington on March 30 Congressman Thomas Heflin of Alabama confronted a man named Thomas Lumby who was drinking liquor. Heflin fired twice. the first shot killed Lumby and the second shot struck a bystander.
In Little Rock Senator Davis faces arrest after an altercation with Prosecuting Attorney Helm during a criminal case. The incident follows tension between political figures as authorities move to detain him amid ongoing legal proceedings.
Governor Hoggatt argues for a territorial liquor bill aimed at restricting retail sales to settled towns and wiping out makeshift camp saloons near railroad construction. He says such camps foster disreputable establishments selling villainous liquor.
Seattle April 1 plan to traverse Alaska abandoned cars to be shipped on the first vessel sailing to Vladivostok altering the global route of the round the world race two notable changes in navigation and logistics emerge from officials and teams involved.
The steamer Santa Clara sailed yesterday from Seattle for northern ports carrying an American auto aboard.
Washington March 30 Secretary of War William H. Taft announced after a cabinet meeting that troops have been ordered to Treadwell to maintain order and protect property on Douglas island.
William Barrett Ridgely resigns as comptroller of the currency in the treasury to become president of the National Bank of Commerce of Kansas City, which has reopened for business in Washington D C on March 30.
Washington April 2 David Jayne Hill will become ambassador to Germany replacing Charlemagne Tower who resigns June 1. The move counters rumors and sets Hill to assume duties in Berlin.
An Austrian electrician in Berlin seeks American-Black Sea colony backing for a device claimed to nullify wireless messages during war. He describes a revolving tower with ten or more batteries emitting flash signals to blur all messages within about 700 miles, making them indistinguishable to operators.
Indianapolis April 2 mine workers in the bituminous coal fields have gone on strike after failing to reach an agreement with mine owners. The strike involves a large workforce and is expected to affect not less than 250000 people across the region.
A Chicago socialist meeting last night led by Haywood condemned President Roosevelt and Governor Gooding. It denounced federal troop deployments to Treadwell and interference elsewhere. Resolutions criticized both major parties for opposing labor unions and claimed bombs were thrown by the poor and downtrodden workers.
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt and lawmakers urged swift legislation to curb lawless anarchist activity. In Alaska, a new copper find at Fidalgo bay expands the Fidalgo-Alaska Copper Company ledge, with prospectors Gleason and Mason reporting a seven foot wide high grade chalcopyrite vein in the Manhattan group, and mining engineer W. Harrington upbeat about its permanence and shipping ore potential.
Powell reports a marked overland trail from Knik to the Yukon offering the best Nome access from the south. He traveled from Susitna Station in twenty eight days and notes about 400 people in the Kuskokwim region with mining on Gaines creek yielding valuable ground. Powell, in interior travel for two years, came out for treatment of an old bone injury and plans to return. The trail, previously used by the government party led by W L Goodwin, promises low construction cost and strong prospects for future development.
Washington April 2 led by democratic votes the bill to reinstate negro soldiers dismissed after the Brownsville shooting affair was defeated in Congress. The measure sought to undo Army dismissals of these soldiers.
Pensacola reports a shell exploded during marine target practice, severely damaging torpedo boat Blakely. In Los Angeles a prolonged sleep ends briefly for Beulah Hawkins who drifts back to nap after waking from a fifty eight day sleep.
Abe Attell and Battling Nelson boxed fifteen rounds in San Francisco last night and the bout ended in a draw.
Knickerbocker Trust Company opens its doors in New York after a panic last October. Publicly visible gold in the counters drew attention, but there is no bank run and officials believe the bank remains solvent and will continue operating.
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