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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1907
Page
3
A major fire gutted the Courier-Journal building in Louisville, largely consuming tile records and the linotypes and presses. The blaze began on the top floor and spread quickly downward, destroying valuable newspaper property.
Tangier reports Raisuli the bandit chief holds the sultan captive in Fez as anarchy grips the district. Moroc coal advices say Mull Hati may be sultan while revolt against Muley Abdul Aziz grows. Europeans ask for more troops and warships amid the crisis.
Reports from Quebec and Alaska detail a bridge collapse causing nearly 100 deaths with 102 feared lost and only ten escapees, two dying. Divers search wreckage while officials prepare prosecutions. Separate items note 20 bodies recovered, a smallpox scare debunked at Nushagak, quarantine fears for Bristol Bay salmon vessels, and appointments.
Mrs Alta Kincaid sues Alaska Central at Seattle seeking 10000 dollars for the death of her husband Frank Kincaid fatally struck by a dropping hammer from a pile-driver at the Seward dock on May 15 1906 claiming negligence by the company. Tanana Valley railroad announces trains to Dome and Vault creeks by September 1.
A San Francisco jury found Louis Glass guilty in ten minutes on charges of bribery against Supervisor Lonergan. The verdict marks a prosecution triumph and Glass faces a possible three to four year state prison sentence. Patrick Calhoun of United Railways is slated for next bribery trial.
Ex Chief of Police Dinan secures warrant for arrest of noted writer George Kennan for criminal libel in a McClure's article accusing Dinan of graft money. Dinan seeks to have S S McClure tried with Kennan in San Francisco.
Luke E. Wright retired as ambassador to Japan declares no danger of war after arriving from the Orient. Ex Congressman Towne of New York warns that war is extremely probable, also freshly arrived from Asia.
Vancouver reports Canadian operators refuse US messages while awaiting an official letter from President Small. Brokers threaten to cut private wires unless union-backed closed shop is signed. Alaska message flow tied up. leaders seek Roosevelt intervention as a long, unsettled dispute looms. Grain talk from Secretary Wilson cites vast Alaska arable land and future farming prominence.
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