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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1907
Page
4
Washington reports a planned hard winter confrontation with Alaska Governor W B Hoggate. No charges yet, but expected soon as the dispute intensifies. The Rogue state politics promise a high-stakes showdown over authority and policy.
The annual report by Postmaster-General George von L. Meyer is filed with Congress and outlines broad recommendations to improve the service. It commends Alaska mail service as currently good and steadily improving. San Francisco December The prosecution closed its testimony in Tirey L. Ford bribery case against supervisors. defense rested without testimony. arguments set for today.
Northwestern sails this morning from Seattle for Seward and neighboring ports, taking the run of the Yucatan. The departure marks a routine transfer of duties to the steamship line, with expected service continuity to Arctic routes and Alaskan waters.
Saratoga arrives in Seattle today from Seward. Japanese Ambassador Aoki to travel to Japan to consult his government on official affairs. He has not been recalled but returns home on official business.
A-Y-P Fair seeks one million dollars in cash from Washington to support a grand exposition plan. Funds would be used to craft exhibits from Alaska Hawaii and the Philippines. Justice O Gorman rules state entertainment violates Sunday laws signaling broader legal limits. President Roosevelt backs home rule for Alaska, aiding territorial aims.
A six member house committee on banking and currency was appointed in Washington today. The panel will draft and submit to Congress a new currency bill but is understood it will not sanction any more issuance of paper money.
Attorneys for Mrs. Anna Bradley, recently acquitted in the ex-senator Brown case, filed suit to break Brown's will. They allege Brown acknowledged that Bradley's five sons were his, challenging the will's provisions.
In Washington on December 5 a presidential campaign push was launched for Senator Philander C. Knox of Pennsylvania with a bold political move signaling strong support from the capital.
The Saratoga faced a regular gale on its southbound voyage and halted two days at Katalla to land freight and take passengers but could not land any small boat ashore.
New York reports that Admiral Robley D. Evans departed on the battleship Connecticut without display and will proceed to Hampton Roads then toward the Pacific coast with a fleet. In Francisco, amid bribe indictment trials, prosecutions continue against the supervisors. Ford’s acquittal ends that charge as Calhoun faces immediate prosecution and jury selection begins.
Washington Dec 6 The senate and house adjourned last night until Monday. The action closes sessions for the weekend with lawmakers set to reconvene Monday in Washington.
The Alaska basketball championship will be decided in Vancouver next Saturday with Nome and Dawson facing off for the honors after a tie in the earlier round.
A wild eyed youth has hunted Howard Gould for several days aiming to kill him. He has eluded the police as authorities pursue leads and try to halt the threat.
Richard McCurdy formerly president of the Mutual Life Company is ill in New York. His son is also seriously ill. The family name and details indicate a distress note from a local obituary or society page about prominent figures and ailing relatives.
In Tacoma Washington on December 7 the wife of Alaska mine owner Thomas Wilson filed a cross complaint to their divorce suit. Wilson alleges cruel treatment since their marriage last September. She contends he threatened to beat her and treated her cruelly.
Pettibone case jury secured in late afternoon consisting of one student one prospector one merchant one printer two butchers two liverymen three farmers. Testimony to begin next Monday with Hal Orchard as principal prosecution witness.
The government has accepted the steam haunch built by W. E B. McCarty and the boat is now in commission in Valdez bay. McCarty will begin immediately a forty-foot boat to be used for prospecting along the coast west of Seward next summer. Crystalized nitrogen is tested as a chemical curiosity by cooling gas to 367 degrees below freezing and allowing it to expand into a solid snow like form.
Executive message urges land and irrigation laws expansion, forest reserves, and home rule for Alaska. Recommends liberal road and rail funding, stronger territorial governance, prohibition of liquor sales to natives, revised coal land laws, a new judicial division, coastal lights and buoys, completion of coast survey, support for the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, parcels post, and cheaper ocean mail service.
The president advocates tighter regulation of female and child labor and tougher enforcement of all laws against wealth and poverty alike.
The state experiences a wave of moral reform. Anaconda and Missoula adopt midnight closing ordinances. Helena considers a similar measure. Public gambling houses have been closed since the legislature’s action. A wine room ordinance aims to keep women out of saloons and enforcement is said to be strict statewide.
A local Alaska restaurant offers fresh moose meat cooked to order in various styles. Diners can choose from grilling, frying, or stewing options, with potential specials noted on the menu. The venue emphasizes unique regional fare and rugged dining appeal.
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