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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1908
Page
4
The Jos Printing Department of the Daily Gateway offers printing and job work with prompt careful attention. Mail orders are welcome and specialty requests considered.
We have founded an institution in which the people can deposit their money with a feeling of the utmost confidence and safety. Bank of Seward.
Paris January 31 The supreme court refused Maude Gonne's petition for an absolute divorce from her husband. The couple wed in Ireland and a special act will be required before any divorce can be granted.
Indianapolis January 20 John Mitchell second vice president of the American Federation of Labor has been granted a six month release from duty due to illness. His expenses are paid and he enjoys high regard among miners for his work and leadership.
In San Francisco Abe Attell, featherweight champion, delivered a merciless beating to Frankie Neil. Neil’s seconds threw in the sponge in the thirteenth round as Neil landed few blows. The report also notes President Clinton adding 78,000 acres to California forests and cites Harrimanism in administration actions.
A New York Sun recaps Americo Scarlatti’s view in Minerva on the motto In God We Trust and coin inscriptions. It notes how readers misinterpret designer intent, citing Sicilian king Charles and Louis de Bourbon examples to show public irony over coin legends.
President Roosevelt engages Congress members from California Oregon and Washington on Pacific coast defenses. He notes Puget Sound and Seattle needs improvements citing Seattle channel width and heavy fogs that could let a cruiser slip in and bombard Seattle.
Owing to labor troubles the Nevada legislature passes a bill to police the entire state. Governor John Sparks signs the measure. The report notes the move amid tensions and outlines preliminary enforcement intentions.
F. E. Youngs, an Alaska Home Railway Company official, visits New York City after handling a large stake in the Kenai Mining and Milling Company, a hydraulic project near Kenai Lake on the Kenai peninsula, as reported by the Valdez Prospector.
Charles Tecklenburg completed an 80 by 130 foot dock on Latouche island just south of Beatson, opening for business over a week ago. The structure sits beside Phoenix townsite, reaches 23 feet depth at low tide, and cost $3500 to build. Tecklenburg owns the dock outright, previously steamers moored off the roadstead with transfers by small boats.
Jan 30 report states the wife of Felix Pedro, noted Alaska pioneer and familiar to old sourdoughs, has begun divorce proceedings against him. Evidence or grounds not disclosed. The case marks a notable family dispute involving a famed prospector.
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