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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1906
Page
3
A report from the steamship Kanagawa Maru arriving at Seattle notes thousands in famine districts 40 miles northeast of Tokio face severe deprivation after months of rain ruined crops. Relief promised by the United States could be pivotal amid dire need and heavy shipments for aid.
Andrew Nisbet of San Francisco arrives to lead work at Crow Creek Mines. Nisbet will supervise hydraulic operations with W Shick T Ootale and S Wickman assisting. A large stock of hoses and gear from San Francisco is en route as inspectors assess needs for a high output season.
The Alaska steamer Dora drifted south toward San Francisco during a January gale as engines failed after seaworthy damage. Captain Moons steered toward Saghatle, seeking shelter while stormy seas and shifting winds hampered progress. Reports note a descent toward the Strait and the ship’s limited fuel and supplies.
Sun reviews Mkisku interview with Dolomate Dick Nyan of Nome and editorializes Alaska’s drive to Congress. It cites 10,000 alert citizens demanding justice, railroads from Prince William Sound to the Yukon, and repeal of oppressive licenses. It notes Ireland’s bondage compare and Russian territories, with critique of taxation without representation and the push for Alaska’s own representation. A London London-note contrasts Japan, Germany, and Britain, ending with a wholesale grocers’ plea to delay preservative labeling requirements amid pure food law debate.
Alfred Lowell offers Fox Island ten miles from Seward for sale. The island is two miles long and one mile wide. He will sell his squatter’s claim and 423 fox skins, valued at about 20 each, for 2500 total, less than a third of the skins’ value, to fund a year’s prospecting trip up the Susitna.
The list records vessels with departure ports and dates including SEWARD STEAMERS from Seattle on the 4th and 5th, Farallon on the 10th, Excelsior from Seward on the 27th, Santa Ana from Seward on the 7th, Bertha from Seward on the 8th, and Melville Dollar from Seward on the 7th.
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