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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1906
Page
2
A garbled 1908 item mentions Seward Alaska and a congressional matter with references to August and names like Chas I Aske. Likely a brief note about a local or federal action needing attention, with unclear details and several misspellings.
The article urges Congress to fund additional beacons and light houses along dangerous straits to protect ships such as the Valencia and the Clallam disasters. It argues life saving services, better recharting of channels, and reallocation of funds from other uses to save lives and property as shipping increases along the northern and southern coasts. It also criticizes ship companies for outdated safety gear and calls for safer life belts.
The piece describes unwritten law in a remote mining camp where newcomers without provisions are quickly expelled. It condemns tenderfeet rushing to the Yentna district, likening it to past Klondike horrors. Miners with supplies boast survival while newcomers risk starvation and begging. Senator Tillman is referenced.
Seattle aims to secure Alaska trade by placing a steamship on a regular Seattle route, challenging Tacoma and other ports. The piece notes Seattle’s long push into Alaska commerce, tensions with rival cities, and local political precedents affecting the mercantile scene. It also mentions Tacoma grand jury actions, army expansion talk, and a Seattle real estate dispute involving Viola Allen.
The piece notes most papers ridicule Jacob H. Schiff predicting a bank panic unless banks are allowed to issue more paper. It contrasts bankers’ motives with Valencia wreck rescuers and ponders whether rescuers deserved hero status given the perilous sea conditions.
The Seattle Municipal Ownership party and labor unions nominate Ex-Judge Moore for mayor. They expect Democrats to nominate Moore as well and warn the Republicans that a united opposition could challenge their organization.
The piece notes groundhog day in Seward showing no shadow and jokes about slipping to see stars. It mentions Alaska weather links to the groundhog and hints at a political move to change dates by the first territorial legislature. The rest references a Hearst political piece, Copper River line plans, Harvard attendance, and a moon stock claim.
Testimony at the Valencia inquiry describes rescue boats as merely sent to observe the spectacle. A man named Wustof was run over and killed by a railroad train near Seattle. The report notes confusion over identity and status in a troubled civic moment.
An interview with Camille Flammarion in a Paris paper pictures life on Mars as more agreeable and advanced than Earth, arguing Martians may reflect humanity’s future. The piece also notes Alaska’s economic potential and upcoming territorial development, with recent arrivals in Seward aboard the Excelsior including D. P. Lea and traveling salesmen.
Bertha and Santa Clara depart Seattle on the 25th and 1st respectively. Santa Ana sails from Seattle on the 6th, Farallon and Oregon from Seward on the 28th and 1st, with Excelsior leaving Seward on the 2nd.
Federal board named by Secretary Metcalf to probe Valencia disaster parallels 1904 Slocum inquiry. Seattle and coast voices demand full government examination. survivors accuse rescuers of cowardice. life belts faulty and crews ill prepared.
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