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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1907
Page
4
National committee chairman Harry New signed the call for a national convention in Chicago on June 1 to nominate candidates for president. The message appears in Washington and New York dispatches as the party moves toward formal nominating proceedings.
Fairmount Virginia December 9 The rescue operation at the Monogam coal mine after the Friday explosion proceeds with bodies buried promptly and over four hundred lives reported lost. Petersburg Virginia December 11 Evidence in today’s hearing at General Stossel’s trial for alleged cowardice in the war with Japan suggests more witnesses will testify against him.
The Harriman fish fight for control of the Illinois Central railroad will be resumed today in the courts.
Steamer Saratoga sailed yesterday morning at 10 for Seward and way ports. In Millbury, Mrs Taft mother of Secretary of War William H Taft died yesterday morning and will be buried Tuesday in Cincinnati.
Early this morning at one o'clock the six day bicycle event began at Madison Square Garden with sixteen teams represented.
The Post-Intelligencer editorial calls for unity between Alaska political wings to back home rule after delegates to the national Republican convention were cut from six to two. In St Petersburg the final hearing opens in General Stossel’s court martial for alleged cowardice in the Russo Japanese War.
E. H. Harriman won a postponement in the injunction suit of Stuyvalent Fish until next Tuesday in Chicago.
Tommy Burns reached agreement with Palmer for a two year contract. The deal inked in December ties Burns to Palmer and sets terms for the tight end partnership at Pantry.
Washington D C December 11 Attorney Hawley opened in Pettibone trial saying Pettibone is the central figure in the conspiracy tied to the death of Governor Steunenbergs The remarks place Pettibone at the heart of the case as the investigation unfolds in Idaho court proceedings.
In a city election held yesterday Boston voters backed the Republican ticket by about two thousand votes as Democrats who have controlled city government for six years faced defeat. George Hibbard won the mayoralty defeating Mayor Fitzgerald.
The fleet of sixty battleships is assembled in Norfolk Virginia and prepared to begin a long voyage to the Pacific coast. They will likely depart next Monday.
In Guthrie Oklahoma on December 11 the state legislature elected two United States senators for Oklahoma, selecting Robert Owen a Cherokee Indian and Thomas Gore a blind man to fill the seats.
Attell and Moran signed articles here yesterday for a twenty five round featherweight championship bout in San Francisco on New Year’s Day, to be staged on New Year’s afternoon.
Senator Jett Davis of Arkansas delivered a forceful Senate speech denouncing trust magnates and criticizing the administration. He attacked extravagance and charged the president's personal allowances are excessive and out of line.
Harry Orchard testified for the state in the Pettibone trial at Boise Idaho. The defense says his testimony will be brief and that he will be disposed of this week as an inhuman monster unworthy of belief.
In Goldfield Nevada December 12 deputy sheriffs and detectives guard every mine while 150 men resume work in two mines. Strikers' pickets surround mines but no disturbance occurs. Workers at the big power plant join the pickets and General Bunston arrives to take charge of the situation.
Mrs. Al ice Longworth was successfully operated on for appendicitis in Washington today Dec 12. The procedure occurred in the morning and was reported as a routine operation with a satisfactory outcome.
Ketchel defeated Joe Thomas by decision after twenty rounds in San Francisco. This marked the third meeting between Ketchel and Thomas, with prior results a draw and Ketchel winning the welterweight title earlier.
Campaign managers secured quarter hotels for all Republican candidates today in Chicago for the national convention to be held here. The move sets the stage for candidate arrivals and organized lodging arrangements ahead of the event.
The prosecution in Caleb Powers trial for complicity in Gov Goebel's assassination wrapped yesterday. the defense opened today in Georgetown.
In San Francisco officials indicate the prosecution plans to grant Abe Ruef full immunity to obtain a detailed confession that could help convict Heney’s targets. The move aims to secure the necessary convictions through testimony and corroboration.
Dec 4 eight of the sixteen teams from the start of the six thy bicycle race will continue to finish at 6 pm tonight. Contestants are far behind last year's record in similar events.
Jack O'Brien knocked out Bill Heverson in the first round last night in Philadelphia Dee. It marked O'Brien’s return to the ring after his earlier fiasco with Burns and his admission of habitual faking.
Francis J. Heney will arrive next Tuesday to prosecute men accused in land fraud cases in Portland. In San Francisco the Patrick Calhoun trial was postponed to mid January to allow a business trip east. The document advocates territorial Alaska government and progressive constitutional evolution.
Open letter argues that bank failures in New York and nationwide are linked to public confidence and federal policy. It cites a Chicago merchants' loan official blaming the administration for conditions leading to bank troubles and warns against excusing the damage.
The editor instructs country correspondents to cover quiet weddings concisely but allow lively details to break monotony. They rate tar and feather groom weddings for full-column treatment and headlines, warn about delays before the ring, and demand complete early returns with fresh, newsworthy details.
A man at 4 a.m. tried to load beef into a wagon in front of a Seattle butcher shop. He asked an officer for a lift and claimed he forgot to deliver it. A “bull” helped lift the steel fragment and the man drove off. Hours later police were notified of a quarter beef theft.
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