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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1908
Page
3
Washington D C January Roosevelt meets with operating vice presidents of leading railroads to discuss legalizing agreements that pool each company total receipts and distribute them pro rata under a common plan.
Secretary of War William H. Taft attended the McKinley memorial banquet in Cleveland and delivered an optimistic speech avoiding political mentions. The event honored the late president with attendees wearing carnations.
Portus Weare of Alaska has filed voluntary bankruptcy in Valdez. Debts exceed 1 million dollars, assets total just over 350 thousand. The item also mentions rumors about E. C. Hawkins declining to back a Cordova interior route. District Attorney L. V. Ray seeks Seward jurors for the current term amid venue talk linked to the Valdez Home Railway attack. A separate anecdote recalls Dr. Lunt in Maine using carrier pigeons to notify patients and neighbors of illnesses, a system he once trained for outreach.
Retiring banks in Tacoma are rapidly canceling clearing house certificates and paying checks in coin or currency. The total issued certificates reached $500,000, but P C Kauffman, banker and secretary of the State Bankers Association, says never more than $200,000 remained outside banks, and that amount is being reduced daily.
Edwin May, a prominent attorney, has had his Hall and May land fraud cases dismissed due to lack of evidence. Hall's case remains active. Heney plans to return to San Francisco once the verdict is reached.
Charles Newell Fowler of New Jersey, a Republican U.S. Representative, persistently urges passage of updated banking laws as Congress considers new regulation. He argues for rapid action and stronger safeguards in the financial system.
San Francisco February 1 Abe Ruef pleads not guilty to each of four indictments connected with the Parkside franchises. The sparsely reported piece notes ongoing national defense prep and a broader editorial flourish on liberty figures.
The deficiency bill totaling 23 million dollars moves forward in a legislative session. It outlines funded programs and adjustments to prior appropriations, with key committees noting impact on various agencies and upcoming votes.
Private message indicates the Saratoga departed Valdez last night and is expected to dock Monday morning, signaling an upcoming arrival.
The list reports vessels Sailings and departures including Seward Steamer from Valdez, Jeanie heading west on the 28th, Portland from Seattle on the 30th, Faralon from Seattle in February, Dora bound for Unalaska on the 18th, and Northwestern sailing to Seattle on the 26th. Bertha remains in Seattle.
The morning service on February 2 covers Matthew 5 9 39 and the evening sermon explores The Making of a Name. Sunday school starts at 12 15. Public invited. Pastor L H Pedersen. Mackinaws at Clayson’s.
The Baltimore American quotes a playful note about sentimental maiden Algernon preparing to publish a poetry collection. The writer jokes that the poems are self similar and should be bound in calf leather.
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