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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1907
Page
7
A fire trapped more than 100 miners in the Tenarse copper mine, with no escape found since yesterday afternoon. Rescue efforts have failed to halt the blaze, and officials fear the miners will burn to death. the mine is owned by the Guggenheims.
Gov. Gooding conducted a private visit to Harry Orchard in the Idaho penitentiary triggering concern over jury influence in the Haywood case. Judge Wood ordered a full defense attorneys inquiry and may cite the governor for contempt. Proceedings reveal uncertain progress toward impaneling a jury as coverage intensifies.
The Journal prints the ICC findings on Harriman railroads. Testimony portrays Harriman as the dominant railroad figure using sinister methods to expand, linking western acquisitions to eastern purchases and weakening western lines while consolidations curb competition. The Journal rejects claims of a Washington advance copy.
Local marine officials find Capt Emil Francke negligent in the loss of the steamship Dakota but cannot discipline him as his master’s license expired two weeks earlier. Formal findings will be issued next week.
May 13 report notes Steamer Yucatan sailed for Seward yesterday morning and the Portland sailed last night. Capt Blodgett to start for Girdwood with the Tyonie as Santa Clara left Seldovia. Ice free to head of arms. supplies for Turnagain Arm railroad men. In Dutch Guiana the family wealth is converted into jewelry and worn by the wife.
Chicago May 18 a 19 year old girl Katherine Hill says she is the daughter of actress Mabelle Gilman who married W E Corey the steel magnate this week He lives with her grandparents and claims they took her when an infant and never told her her mother’s identity until recently
May 14 1907 in New York a Congregational minister of Brooklyn marries W E Corey and actress Mabelle Gilman. The couple sails aboard Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse to Europe after a gift of 1 000 000 chateau near Paris. The minister resigns amid church criticism as a movement grows to bar divorcees from marriage ceremonies.
The longshoremen's strike was ordered at midnight and union members walked out. Picket lines are planned at Seattle docks as several vessels prepare to sail with non union labor aiding. By May 16 the waterfront remained quiet with no disturbances reported.
L V Ray becomes assistant United States district attorney for the Third judicial division with headquarters at Seward. The appointment to fill Cecil H Clegg’s resignation in Fairbanks was made April 20 but notified today by cable. Ray, a Massachusetts native, moved to Seattle in 1900 and Seward in 1906, where he has since practiced law.
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