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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1906
Page
5
News dispatches describe two days of brutal rioting in Bialystok with thousands killed or maimed, streets littered with corpses, and fires consuming much of the city. Reports warn of further violence as mobs clash with troops amid political upheaval and growing calls for revolution across Russia.
State Insurance Commissioner Hendricks calls for revoking licenses of fire insurers unwilling to fully pay San Francisco fire losses. In San Francisco, most claim offers settle at 40 percent of policy face value and are likely to be refused. Washington supports a $10 million government loan with San Francisco bankers to aid relief. Construction advances on a railroad tunnel system with multiple miles and trestles, aiming for completion in weeks and early September track extension.
Report from Seward via the Dora details Japanese fishermen at Attu Island at the western edge of the Aleutian chain. They burned camps and fled after a cutter Perry engaged them, then sailed west to avoid pursuit. With Attu near 172 East longitude, near Japan and Seattle-Japan routes, locals note continued peaceful industry amid wartime tension.
Reports from the Yentna district note favorable results as two prospectors H Anderson and John McDonald worked upper Yentna river areas. Anderson yielded 7 dollars a day on a creek near navigation head and McDonald collected 7 to 10 cents a pan on Peters creek. Steamer Dora returned from the westward with six passengers amid rough weather early in the voyage.
Fishermen report a fresh island rising above the sea near Boroslov and another small islet forming a triangle about seventy miles west of Unalaska. Water around the site remains seething from the eruption, preventing close approach. observers note the event as a recent upheaval in the Aleutian volcanic belt.
Agent Stiles reports the steamer Dora will alter its sailing date to July 1 and depart from Valdez on about July 5 heading westward. He cannot explain why Valdez departure precedes an outside passage boat due in Seattle on July 7.
Alaska road plan promises a Sunrise Trail from Hope and Sunrise to the railroad on Turnagain Arm with a pack trail first and a later road. Maj. Richardson, Alaska Road Commission chair, arrived in Seward to oversee surveys and summer work.
The Tanana Construction Company gains an eighteen month window to reach the Matanuska coal fields after an amended contract with Alaska Central directors. Alaska Central plans to put more workers on the project soon. Patrick Welch and P Welch Co report progress on the Turnagain Arm rock contract. L L Bales dismisses recent Alaska gold hype as exaggerated. Russia operates one village school per twelve thousand people.
Steamer Portland arrived Thursday evening at 8 and sailed after midnight toward Seldovia Homer and Kodiak, returning Monday morning. 76 passengers disembarked at Seward including Maj. Richardson of the Alaska commission. 24 cabin 51 steerage and one stowaway. steerage laborers for the Alaska Central. Seward cargo 95 tons. Delay caused by routing via Valdez Or Bay and Cordova towns. Portland was eleven days from Seattle with nine days mail.
John Durand reports placer strike on Nushagak creek and quartz discovery upriver west of Kuskokwim range in Seward. The discoverer bore the news via Dora to Knik to record three location notices. Location is just below Malchata river mouth with quartzite slate and mica schist noted as gold carriers.
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