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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1907
Page
5
Cable report from Elmira says Gov Hughes demands honest supervision to end control by big financiers over insurer funds. He attacks State Insurance Commissioner Kelsey and the senate for opposing removal, urging decisive reform to curb speculative finance.
Three prominent men connected with New York Life and Mutual Life were arrested on forgery charges tied to proxies used in director elections. The case signals a major scandal with allegations that a group of financiers aimed to seize control of the insurers to access funds, echoing past investigations by the Armstrong legislative committee.
Sonape New York April 2 thousands of workingmen refused to participate in the parade to show sympathy with Moyer Haywood and Pettibone against the attack upon them by President Roosevelt. Chicago April special members of the labor unions of Chicago are preparing a statement for the house to impeach Roosevelt over his remarks about the miners’ officers. The socialists say the men are innocent until proven guilty and that Roosevelt’s comments prejudice the trial.
Boise Idaho May 2 Moyer Haywood and Pettibone issued a statement detailing alleged efforts of the prosecution to railroad them to the gallows The trial is fixed for May 9 and there will be no attempt to secure a change of venue The attorneys on both sides are ready and say that the trial will probably occupy four months They expect that it will take a month to impanel the jury
May reports from Boise describe letters warning Gov. Frank Gooding of threats linked to his role in prosecuting miners federation leaders. A special guard was assigned for protection while jurors in the Steunenberg murder case were to be housed near the jail with outside contact restricted. Attorneys for Moyer Haywood and Pettibone arrived in Boise as trials loom and prisoners enjoy yard time with families.
President Roosevelt declared that talk of running for a third term is absolute nonsense and that under no circumstances will he be a candidate. The assertion was reported by The Daily Gateway from Washington, D.C., on May 3.
Washington April 29 officials indicate Elihu Root will soon retire from the state department. Robert Bacon, current assistant secretary, is named as his likely successor. Also noted are Seward April temperatures and a voyage to the Yucatan for saloon building by J. L. Pilcher and crew aboard a nine ton scow.
In Canton on May 3 a massive explosion of a powder magazine caused hundreds of deaths and injuries. Fire and debris shattered nearby property as responders battled wreckage to prevent further destruction.
The Daily Gateway reports a destructive hurricane sweeping the gulf coast of Campeche in Mexico this morning. Many persons were killed and property damage runs into millions. Details are awaited.
A group of business leaders, led by James Bartlett, promotes a winter trail from Knik to Fairbanks. They estimate $3000 to clear a near level route along the Alaska Central line, using higher ground by the Susitna river, with summer work to build passes along Turnagain Arm for sled traffic. They plan to press the railroad to fund and execute the project to gain paying traffic.
Henry Anderson as manager and P V James as president announce a large hydraulic plant to be built on the lower end of Lake Creek this summer by the King River Mining Company. They will operate the plant and have taken extra equipment and several men aboard the Yucatan voyage. A Milwaukee baker was fined for warming his feet with warm bread and selling it.
Fox Island at the entrance to Resurrection Bay will be turned into a marten farm, the first of its kind in Alaska. Phillips brothers take a half interest from Alfred Lowell, who has raised blue fox there. Lowell will depart for the Yentna River to obtain breeding martens.
Steamers carrying more than 3000 passengers are trapped in a broad ice pack sixty miles wide blocking Cabou's strait between Newfoundland and Cape Breton. Vessels drift with the floes, not in serious danger but could be held for days. A Yukon River break at 9 am marks the earliest on record since Klondike days, with typical break dates in Alaska Almanac noting Fort Reliance May 10, Eagle May 11, and Fort Yukon May 13.
City of Mexico reports preparations for war as Mexico demands the surrender of Gen. Jose Lima over alleged involvement in Gen. Aurillas assassination. Insurrection brews, President Cabrera mobilizes forces, and 100000 troops line the border.
Washington reports that Mexico and Guatemala are to sever diplomatic relations amid a dispute over Guatemala’s surrender of Gen. Jose Marie Lima to Mexico and alleged assassination involvement. In Guatemala City a bomb injured President Manuel Estrada Cabrera, his carriage destroyed and the assailant unidentified.
The Alaska road commission allocates 7000 for summer road work and surveys in Seward Territory. Five thousand dollars goes to the Sunrise trail and two thousand funds a survey for a trail from Knik to the Kuskokwim river, bringing the total allotments to 263500.
At Seldovia on April 24 the ice had receded from Cook Inlet though large chunks rode the tides. George Palmer reached safely from Knik in a dory, Capt Blodgett planned to depart for Tyonok on April 25 aboard the steamer. Three men from the Susitna accompanied Palmer and traveled to Seward on the Portland.
The Pennsylvania notes Captain Blodgett’s voyage to Tyonok and back aboard the steamer Tyonic with some ice remaining in the inlet. J. M. Lathrop, chief deputy U.S. marshal at Valdez, is named agent for the Northwestern Steamship Company at that port.
Kenai will host a new fishing plant this summer, employing sixty men. The San Juan Fish Company of Seattle plans the project, with the barge Amelia unloading lumber and materials for buildings. The Amelia is towed by the Grant, a converted revenue cutter now a tug, reported by W. G. Wharf from Seward. Cook Inlet remains a famed deep sea fishing area with large, tide-loving fish.
On May 1 Seattle steamer Clara departs for Katalla Seward and Seldovia with many passengers headed to the interior mining districts of Cook Inlet. Coal famine persists as northwestern mines stay steady while demand surges, hampering steamships and industry. The Tanana Valley Railroad Co and Tanana Mines owners plan to build lines through the Tanana district to Rampart and toward the Yukon, crossing the international boundary at the first meridian.
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