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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1907
Page
1
A defective hoist caused a long span of a new cantilever bridge across the St Lawrence, five miles below Quebec, to drop into the river killing several workers. The structure, planned to be the world’s largest, had been seven years in construction with a projected cost of $10,000,000. The entire project will be demolished pending criminal action.
A legal notice records payment to Rockefeller totaling 383 for fees and mileage. The document references a petitioner or payee and mentions a court context with associated formalities and attestations.
Chester Runyan, a Windsor Trust teller who fled with bank funds, claims Laura Carter helped plan the theft and revealed the location of most money after being arrested. He asserts she is hiding the money. she was detained in New York. The piece notes a separate report on Umalik silver mines development near Golovin Bay with expected summer 1908 shipments.
Influential businessmen press for arbitration as telegraphers strike escalates. Messages flood President Roosevelt urging intervention while officials in Canada board a firm stance against arbitration. Meanwhile, Mrs. Frank Kimball of Seattle purchases a one fourth interest in a Kodiak copper property for 5000 dollars and bonds 35000 dollars for the remaining stake.
Convicted Japanese poachers at Valdez face fines set by Judge Wickersham. Schooner owners will cover penalties, with specific captures including the Kaiya crew and the Nite sailors fined at 200 dollars each. The Nite captain faced a 400 dollar fine. Titan and Yucatan linked firms pledged payment. Most crews were moved to Seward and later. The Nile captain was convicted. others faced varying outcomes and releases.
Richard Mansfield died this morning after a sudden decline from liver trouble and shock. He suffered a fall and had been weak. his death followed liver illness and complications. He leaves a wife and daughter. The funeral will be simple and held Monday with interment in the cemetery near his home.
The Roosevelt crew returned to New York and will go home. Peary has decided to defer the fourth dash to the pole until next year.
Andrew Wayback of Florida and Wilson of Seattle arrived in San Francisco aboard the schooner Dolin Miller. They were rescued from Unimak Ishid Alaska where they were stranded months while prospecting for gold and nearly starved before being taken off by the John Mille. Grubstaked by the First National Bank of Seattle, they stayed on the island until rescue. Gelineau and Lathrop found a 700 pound native copper nugget on their Roaring Creek property near the Gray mines on Kotisa, and plan to move the specimen for exhibition at the Seattle fair this fall.
An internal mail bomb partially exploded in Philadelphia during a clerical stamping. A clerk was severely burned by the device intended to detonate when opened. The weapon was marked to harm Secretary Cortelyou, and no suspect has been identified.
In a speech Taft urged short prison terms for magnates who grant or take railroad rebates or otherwise violate corporate laws, arguing imprisonment would be more effective than fines. The secretary then departed for Yellowstone Park.
King and Wing of Ihe plan a cod fishing station at Bristol Bay Alaska to hold catch from schooners until sent to Seattle. The station lets schooners fish through the winter, unlike earlier seasons when boats made one trip May or June and returned mid August for other work.
The Maine mail steamer Acapulco sank beside the dock while readying to sail for Vantin. Passengers and crew escaped unharmed though several had close calls as the vessel lurched and went down in ten minutes. Ports were open and recovery will take weeks.
A heated Illinois Central directors’ meeting in New York reports Stuyvesant, the deposed president, striking successor J J Harahan during a personal altercation. Tracklaying resumes on mile 51 as rail and bridge work proceeds toward tunnel one, with Howe truss plans for Pla cer river and tunnels two and three.
The Alaska Coast Company chartered the steamer Santa Barbara to operate Seattle to Seward Valdez and Prince William Sound routes this winter. The Santa Barbara is a bio freighter and will handle shipments for Reynolds Development Company.
Seattle August 30 valleys tributary to the Yukon river are rich in coal deposits of remarkable quality, according to W. W. Atwood and H. M. Eakin of the United States geological survey who just returned from Alaska. Harry Elliott says the Ellamar mine is sold to the Venture Co of London. deal reportedly closed. Valdez Prospector notes another large copper strike near Cordova.
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