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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1906
Page
3
Reports from Excanaba Michigan dated May 21 note forest fires wipe out fifteen towns in the lumber region leaving about 7000 homeless and $10 million in losses with fires still active in scattered areas. Victims plan to rebuild once flames are quelled.
Mrs. Mary Lowell died last Monday at her family’s Sewant residence near the bay from pleurisy. She had battled recurring attacks lowering her health. A native of English Bay near Seldovia she moved with her husband to Sewant twenty three years ago. Her husband left thirteen years ago but she stayed on the homestead with nine children and seven grandchildren survives.
Fur buyer H. Moses returning from the Alaska peninsula with 100 sealskins bought from natives at Dutch Harbor sparks a seizure dispute. Deputy collector E. Finch Pitman is notified to seize the skins, which passed at Kodiak before transfer toward Valdez. Dr A M McMasters sails for Seldovia to assess quartz claims.
The three masted schooner Marion belonging to the Alaska Cod Fishing Company of San Francisco was wrecked on Sanak island near Unga island on April 11. The entire cargo of supplies for company stations was lost, the crew were saved, and remnants scattered. Authorities suggest the vessel may have been the old barkentine Marion. Fairbanks and Nome each reported large city votes: Fairbanks 737 and Nome 639.
William B. Poland as assignee of William J. Eakin and Wyllis S. Walkley applies for additional land under the 1862 statute. Lands near Resurrection Bay Alaska, U S Survey No 242, totaling 160 acres, with reference corners and magnetic variation. Public notice in Seward Gateway. May 4.
Cable report from Victoria B C dated May 25 describes the Hunghy band in Fengtien Southern Manchuria seizing a position thirty miles from Mukden and mounting three anti aircraft guns. Chinese troops and Japanese police were sent but driven off with heavy losses and valuable arms. Outlaws looted towns west of Mukden and could not be met with adequate force.
Steamer Corwin departed Seward for Nome after arriving Sunday morning and sailing at 3 pm with a full passenger list. Captain West refused second class seats to some, refunding 140 to eleven men left behind. Notable passengers from Seward included Frank X Gowans and A W Johnson as they headed to the bonanza camp on Boring Strait.
Steamer Portland arrived Tuesday forenoon and sailed for Seldovia and Kodiak in the afternoon with fourteen cabin and sixteen steerage passengers bound for Seward and several for the interior. The vessel returned from the westward yesterday afternoon and proceeded to Seattle. Prospectors from Arizona and other southern regions joined the voyage to reach the interior. Gov. Hoggatt expects to move the territorial capital to Juneau about dune.
Notice serves William B. Poland assignee of William F. Isbell and Edward McArdle applying for entry under the 1862 statute granting lands to Civil War veterans. Land lies in Resurrection Bay Alaska, survey No. 21, with description and corner markers. Adverse claims must be filed with the U.S. Land Office at Juneau within the statutory period. First publication May 4.
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