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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1906
Page
6
Subscription rates listed for one year three dollars and six months one dollar fifty. References to names and places such as Sewant Alastia Marek Wea and Minnesota appear in garbled text. The readable portion notes standard periodical pricing.
The Alaska Central Railroad project pledges vigorous push northward from the present end of track to inland terminus. Proponents frame it as a legitimate business venture unlocking mineral wealth, metals, and agricultural potential in Alaska, anticipating steady progress and lasting economic impact.
It is announced that W J Poland resigned as general manager and chief engineer of the Alaska Central Huilns and of the T 'unant Railway Construction Company on July 7 06 with agreement to remain while satisfactory arrangements are made for carrying on the work. Poland's successor has not yet been announced and no other changes are contemplated among the councils of the railway company.
The piece notes that year appears challenging for political fossils as the South sheds Ter tiary influences and northern prospects grow. It discusses Dryden of New Jersey facing possible replacement by a popular-nist senator, and GOP factions opposing Bourbon politics. Alaska is praised for railway-led opening to settlers. Russell Sage’s fortune is pegged at 60 million. The author criticizes a militant phrase about coal warfare on women and children.
A fragmented OCR text rails at autocratic power in Russia, claiming signs of regeneration amid failed uprisings and fear of renewed autocracy. It condemns nobles and imperial remnants while noting foreign observers and a chaotic world view, with stray references to propaganda and unrest.
Citizens warn Seattle faces a water shortage while local issues center on whisky quality rather than supply. Officials note disputes over product standards and storage practices, with critics citing potential health concerns and trade implications. The story contrasts public water scarcity with private sector quality debates in the city.
Fragmentary OCR reads as a quirky description of Alout guards caping poachers and serving Uncle Sam, but text is garbled and obscure with unclear actors, places, or events. The snippet hints at law enforcement or border control roles but offers no concrete details.
Relic recounts Frank H Democracie as a longtime Alaskan figure who Prospected and mined Sunrise country and arrived in 1888. He gained strong local regard and will be remembered by old friends on election day. Governor Hoggatt served in the U S Army and in the Spanish American War. Ex Governor Brady now resides in Boston and acts as treasurer of Reynolds Alaska Company.
A Seattle police judge rules that officers must not testify in their daily argot. He urges clear speech over sporting slang and asks them to speak plainly in court rather than with slang while on duty. The note highlights tensions between law and informal police language.
The money sharks of Europe aim to influence Russia's pending revolution as a cold blooded business proposition. Sentiment matters little to them while the public health anecdote contrasts with calls for Cossack mutineers to perish from appendicitis. Seattle plans to boost its population from 40,000 to 180,000 for advertising purposes.
A series of vessel movements shows Seward Steamer Santa Clara leaving Seattle on the eighth and arriving in Seattle via Portland on the third, with Excelsior and Dora sailing westward or toward Seattle by the tenth, Bertha heading to Seattle on the first, and Toledo bound for Cook Inlet on the fourth.
Walter Jones, resident engineer, expects completion of the last tunnel by mid October, about 700 feet long. Boring advances north at nearly 200 feet per month. Tunnels Nos. 4 and 6 will finish before No. 7. Miles 40-50-51 work shortened and cheapened by 16 000 cubic yards less rock and gravel, saving about 824 000 and time. Changes from original locations are common as construction opens new sections.
Railroad workers at camp 49 found a white quartz piece burned to expose gold near Falls Creek. The rock, resembling sylvanite, yielded about $4 in gold dust when mortared. The find signals rich vein potential in the Kenai Peninsula as prospectors pursue float to its source.
The Italian steamship Sirio sank off the east coast of the Philippine islands in August. About 300 passengers and crew drowned. survivors used lifeboats. A frenzy for seats broke out as officers helped women and children, but steerage passengers attacked with knives amid chaos. Fishermen rescued many women. deaths and injuries followed. Separately, Barbara Krupp announced engagement to Baron von Wilmowski, amid Krupp wealth. The steamer Nunivak waited at Point Thompson before crossing Bristol Bay with prospectors bound for the Kuskokwim.
The article notes the first discovery of gold in Alaska during Russian rule on the Anauk river, a Kusko Kwim tributary. Trader Simonsen Lukeen built Lukeen's fort near the Anauk mouth, later rebuilt as Kalmakoff redoubt. Russian supplies used distant routes via Sitka, Nushagak and the Anauk before branching to the Kusko Kwim. Gold was discovered in 1832 during this period, termed the Yellow River of the Russians, though large scale mining is unclear.
The government in Washington announces plans to purchase silver for coinage for the first time in thirteen years. Bids on bullion open August 15 and continue weekly. About one hundred thousand ounces are eyed, with purchases spread through the year to avoid market impact, driven by population growth.
A report from Seward states four men including Mike Bigelow and Mike Knudson drowned near Tuy again Arm. They were in an open boat from Sun to Knik and were seen stuck on a mudflat as the tide receded. The bodies were not confirmed by other sources yet. The poem and old textile note follow in the same column.
The text notes that about 70 A. D. Romans produced the first glass bottle, while England did not begin glass manufacture until 1558. It adds that brass coinage appeared around 1184 B. C. and gold and silver coins were struck by Pheidon, Tyrant of Argos, about 862 B. C.
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