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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1907
Page
5
A defective hoisting apparatus caused a long span of the new St. Lawrence cantilever bridge under construction five miles from Quebec to plunge into the river, killing several workers. The planned $10,000,000 project, begun seven years ago, will be demolished and a criminal inquiry is expected.
The document reveals a payment of 383 to Rockefeller covering fees and mileage. Notes indicate a parish or court context with a certificate and items related to a stand and trial.
Chester Runyan, Windsor Trust Company teller who fled with 20,000, says Laura Carter planned the heist and later told authorities he was hiding in her apartments. Carter arrested. Runyan alleges she hid most money. Also notes winter activity at Umalik silver mines near Golown Bay with new machinery and planned shipments in summer 1908.
Arrangements mount to force arbitration in the telegraphers dispute as messages flood to President Roosevelt. In Alaska, Mrs. Frank Kimball buys a one fourth interest in Kodiak copper property for 5000, bonds 35000, intends development without delay.
In Valdez Judge Wickersham imposed fines on ten Japanese poachers and their schooner owners. The Kaiya crew members faced fines, the Nite sailors were fined 200 dollars each, and the Nite captain was fined 400 dollars. Companies were to cover penalties, with some funds redirected or paid as ordered. Descendants and others transported to Seward and Yucatan. tensions and communications followed.
Richard Mansfield died this morning after a liver ailment and shock to friends. He suffered a rapid decline, left a widow and daughter, and estate details were filed in New London. Funeral plans for Monday will be simple with interment at the cemetery near his home.
The Roosevelt crew returned to New York today and Peary confirmed delaying the fourth dash to the pole until next year, deferring plans announced earlier.
San Francisco reports Andrew Wayback, Wilson of Seattle, aboard the schooner Dolin Miller, rescued from Unimak Ishid Alaska after months stranded while prospecting for gold. They were grubstaked by the First National Bank of Seattle and saved by John Mille. Gelineau and Lathrop found a 700 pound native copper nugget on their Roaring Creek property near the Gray mines at Kotzina and plan to cart the specimen to Seattle for the fair.
An internal mail bomb partially exploded at a Philadelphia sub post office when a clerk struck the marking stamp. The clerk suffered severe burns. The device was wrapped to explode on opening and was addressed to Secretary Cortelyou of the treasury. No clues about the attacker are known.
Portland Maine August 20 in the convention of the American bar association a resolution criticizing President Roosevelt for meddling with federal law by unwarranted interference with its execution was turned down after a sharp debate. Several speakers reviewed the president's action in certain cases with ach severity.
Secretary Taft in a speech urged short-term prison sentences for mag nates who grant or accept railroad rebates and other violations of corporate law. He claimed imprisonment would be more effective than fines. The secretary then left for Yellowstone Park. Mrs Taft accompanied him as he traveled. Steamer Dora departed Monday noon carrying passengers and freight.
King and Wing of Ihe prepare to establish a cod fishing station at Bristol Bay Alaska to store catch from schooners until sent to Seattle. The station will allow winter fishing and extend the schooners' season beyond May or June departures, with boats previously making a single northern trip and returning by mid August before shifting trades.
The Maine mail steamer Acapulco sank beside the dock as she prepared to sail for Va n tin. Passengers and crew escaped in narrow margins as the vessel lurched and went down in ten minutes. Ports were open, and divers expect weeks to raise her.
A heated Illinois Cent railroad board session ended with Stuyvesant, the ousted president, striking successor J J Harahan. Tracklaying resumes at mile 51 on the loop trestle as rails move toward the second tunnel and Howe truss bridge across the Plac er river.
The Alaska Coast Company chartered the steamer Santa Barbara to run from Seattle to Seward Valdez and Prince William Sound this coming winter. The bio freighter will specialize in shipments for Reynolds Development Company.
Seattle Aug 30 The valleys tributary to the Yukon river are rich in coal deposits of remarkably high quality report W W Atwood and H M Eakin of the United States geological survey who have arrived from Alaska en route to the east They spent the summer in explorations of the Yukon region Harry Elliott says the Ellamar mine is sold to the Venture Co of London with the deal all closed Valdez Prospector reports another large copper strike near Cordova
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