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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1908
Page
5
The federal jury on the first ballot acquits Edward Hasey who faced second degree murder charges connected to the Keystone Canyon riot shooting of Fred Rinehardt. Four other indictments may be dismissed. trial for those will be at the December term. The trial lasted thirty days and cost the government about $30,000.
New Orleans reports seven deaths from the Friday tornado with a large casualty toll still uncertain. An eastern Mississippi twister hit late yesterday afternoon, worsening the overall tragedy as details remain incomplete.
Cable reports the Pacific squadron battleships departed Santa Barbara at six this morning for Monterey after three days of hospitality from local citizens. Earlier a port arrival welcomed the ships, with a festival planned for the reception of officers and men.
The flotilla from Hampton Roads has arrived in San Diego and will soon link with the battleship fleet moving north. The voyage was described as remarkable and greeted with enthusiasm at every port of call.
Reno Nevada reports Governor John Sparks of Nevada has suffered a stroke of paralysis and is in a dying condition with no hope of recovery. The Daily Gateway notes the severity of his illness and the expected outcome.
The Sundry Civil Appropriations bill includes Alaska items such as $160,000 for ore and fey? inspections and $27,000 for care of the insane, plus $18,000 for support of reindeer stations and $5,000 for traveling expenses for federal judges and their clerks in the territory.
Tension rises as Colombia, Nicaragua and San Salvador feud amid warnings of a potential broad war. Dispatch from San Francisco cites imminent risk of bloody conflict involving the three nations.
April 2 report from Tehran notes the Kurdistan conflict entering a very critical stage. Kurdish forces have penetrated Persian land as clashes with Shah subjects intensify. Thousands are said to have been slain in ongoing predatory raids and bitter strife.
Captain E G Baughmart of the Humboldt criticizes the lighthouse service for neglecting Alaska. He cites missing and misplaced buoys in Wrangell narrows, with No 5 adrift for a year and a half and No 10 on the wrong reef. He notes ships steer to Puget Sound due to hazardous Alaskan aids in winter.
Roosevelt sends a special message to Congress urging a national incorporation law to curb illegal combinations of capital, enforcement of injunctions, postal savings banks, funding for ICC accounting systems, labor protections, and a new financial system for permanent prosperity. the message receives scant attention.
Washington measures move forward as Speaker Cannon drops opposition to Roosevelt’s reform bills. The package includes curbing illegal combinations of capital, establishing postal savings banks, ICC control of rail accounting, a new currency law, and a navy expansion adding four battleships.
Washington April 28 President Roosevelts urgent recommendation to strengthen the navy by adding four new battleships has met opposition and the bill to provide the ships has failed to pass the senate.
Judge C. H. Hanford ruled that a man in the same line of business as a potential defendant cannot serve on the jury in a damage suit. W. F. Smith v Puget Sound Mill Co involved a personal injury claim, with A. B. Graham drawn for jury service and challenged for cause when lumber-industry ties were revealed.
The Alaska territory liquor bill with a flat $1000 license fee for all towns passed the Senate after favorable report from the territories committee. Bishop Rowe from Seattle lambasted the U.S. government for neglect of Alaska natives and condemned officials for moral and physical decay in the territory.
Two gunmen boarded the St. Louis express at night in Pittsburg Pennsylvania overpowered the messenger and seized four bags of currency totaling about ten thousand dollars before fleeing. Authorities have not captured them and the money has not been recovered.
Bandits placed dynamite on the Burlington Express near midnight and attempted a robbery. The train wheeled, many crew killed or injured, and the car carried thousands of dollars in gold. No robbers were captured. The account also notes E M Walters predicting a rush into Alaska's Mount McKinley district for placer claims. He plans investments and exploration with a partner later this month.
In Buckingham Quebec a new Hamlet Notre Dame near the mountains was buried by a mountain slide. Strong people are believed to have died as heavy rains loosened winter snow causing the avalanche to sweep down the slope.
Mount Etna in the Catania province erupts again as villagers flee to safety. Authorities warn locals after months of unrest and fear the volcano's renewed activity may bring calamities seen in past eruptions.
Coal land entrymen from Alaska, led by D. A. McKenzie and R. S. Ryan, met Secretary of the Navy Metcalf to urge development of Alaska coal fields to fuel west coast ships. Metcalf called the issue important but said it had not been presented to him in a comprehensive form before.
New York City endures one of the severest snowstorms with heavy snowfall. Wires are down and streets blocked, bringing traffic to a standstill across the metropolis.
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