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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1907
Page
5
San Francisco June 29 telegraph operators demand reinstatement and threaten a general strike across the country if old jobs are not restored. By tonight or tomorrow the nationwide planned action hinges on company response. The situation remains unchanged this afternoon.
Special to The Daily Gateway Sunrise June 11 A jib and main sail sloop was driven onto rocks at the mouth of six mile creek in a strong flood tide. An apparent man clung to the mast and another to the bowsprit as the vessel submerged. Local witness J H Brownlow could not reach the wreck. A roll of bedding found later in Hope bore the name A Kelly, offering the only clue to the boat's identity. No one has come from Knik to provide information.
John Kelly denies that anyone was drowned in the sloop wreck near Sunrise arm last week or at any time. He says he and three companions were not in the sloop when it went on the rocks and recounts their separate trip to Girdwood. A flotsam bearing his name was found, and he puts his loss at 20. Captain Armstrong sought more funds for trail work, noting current funding is insufficient for the Sunrise route. Maj. Richardson indicates any necessary funds will be approved.
The crew mutinied yesterday attempting to seize the ship and escape to shore. Officers called the revenue cutter Thetis and arrested five leaders, ending the mutiny and placing them in federal jail.
A Pacific Steam Navigation Co steamer bound between Panama and the South American coast was wrecked in a heavy squall fifty miles offshore. About fifty people perished. only one passenger and one officer survived. The two survivors were rescued by a passing steamer and reached Santiago with the tale.
A cloudburst in Billings Montana caused five Stillwater River railroad bridges to wash out and disrupted train service. Many houses were destroyed and crops wiped out in the surrounding area. Property damage is estimated at $100 000.
Two Kodiak miners accused of rape were defended on preliminary examination by Congressman W. E. Humphrey of Seattle and Emerson Hough. The U S Commissioner Silverman dismissed the complaint on motion by Deputy Marshal W W Bowers. The hearing drew praise for the notable counsel and involved little testimony.
Cable report from Lisbon dated June 26 says at least 100 people were killed and 600 wounded as soldiers clash with mobs. Cavalry troopers trample crowds while women throw hot water on soldiers from upper floors amid a democratic wave threatening King Carlos.
Secretary Taft denies impending disruption of the Panama canal commission and states the entire construction may be let out by private contracts. He remarks the alarm is unfounded and indicates no immediate changes in the commission’s operation.
Dis patches from the Caroline Islands report 200 persons drowned in a tidal wave after a hurricane. In New York City, June 7s the city faces an ice famine due to a teamsters strike for drivers union recognition, with garbage wagon drivers also on strike endangering health.
A massive fire in Hong Kong last night claimed five hundred lives with many foreigners among the victims. A separate dispatch from Harrisburg reports the Democratic state convention declined to adopt a prank favoring William J. Bryan for the 1908 presidential nomination.
Judge Aldrich in state court appointed a master in chancery to conduct an inquiry into the mental condition of Mrs Mary Baker Eddy Christian Science leader The move follows a suit for control of church property and reflects the court action to determine her mental state and capacity in the dispute over church assets.
Seattle June 25 Delegate Thomas Cale of Alaska arrived today en route to Alaska from the east. He predicts President Roosevelt will urge territorial government in his annual message and says the president will heed the views of elected delegates rather than Gov Hoggatt. Cale plans to sail soon and spend the summer in Alaska.
Vancouver reports United States customs retaliate against Canadian actions restricting American cattle. Skagway shipments of Canadian cattle to the interior are denied entry unless accompanied by inspection certificates proving soundness and health of the animals.
Hon William E Humphrey of Seattle Washington and Mrs Humphrey passed through Seward on the steamer Portland from Kodiak He spent time with local and Seattle acquaintances while in port He had come from Kodiak after hunting game and studying conditions He supports game law reform and plans to reintroduce a bill in the new Congress He is regarded as one of Alaska s best friends in Congress backing measures favored by territorial residents
Alaska Central tracklayers laid 2000 feet this week extending the terminus across the Howe tross over the glacier stream on mile 50. Work on the trestle will pause for a few days before a 2900 foot jump to a bridge at the mile 50 end, advancing toward the next span.
Judge Wickersham fixed July 20 as the convening date for the summer term of the U S district court at Valdez. It will be decided within two days whether it will be a jury term. The call must be issued thirty days before the first day of the term, which falls on Saturday, June 29.
Seattle reports John Rosene spoke highly of the Alaska Central railroad from Seward to the terminus after his Alaska trip. He praised the construction as the best he has seen on any railroad. Sam Heeter sowed wheat at Rampart on May 1.
A Russian count named Bardschaul organizes a company with capital of 81,000,000 to establish trading posts in Alaska. A large strike is reported from Dawbon creek in the Rampart district with an exhibit of 11 nuggets.
The Guggenheims now control the Northwest Hydraulic Company and the Yukon Consolidated Company, uniting ownership of the Klondike placer fields. They plan to acquire five more major Yukon gold properties, consolidating influence in the Klondike watershed.
Report from Richard Butler and F Jackson in Seward says the Yentna district will yield more gold this year but blanket staking by power of attorney blocks ground. They saw widespread discovery stakes on Kahiltna creeks and note work active on Poor Man's Gulch and Nugget with early returns of ounces per man and expected gains.
H K Love special agent of the interior department reported a rich strike by Sam Wagner on Wagner's gulch in upper Lake creek during a Portland trip through the Yentna country. Details were few, but miners call the discovery a bonanza.
Captain Bartell arrived last night with the launch Lina K bringing several passengers for the Sunrise route to Seward. The Lina K operates from inlet ports along the Susitna and Yentna rivers and has been fitted with new machinery for faster, more comfortable travel and substantial freight capacity. The Alaska Perseverance Mining Company has begun a large new mill at Silver Bow basin four miles from Juneau with fifty stamps, to be expanded to 100 and then 300, with a plan to employ about 3,000 workers.
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