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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1906
Page
7
Fifteen Michigan lumber towns wiped out by forest fires with about 7000 homeless and at least 10 million dollars in damage. Fires continue in several areas as residents begin plans to rebuild once flames subside.
Mrs Mary Lowell died last Monday at the family residence near the bay from pleurisy influenza. She was aged about years. Born at English Bay near Seldovia she moved with her husband to Sewant twenty three years ago and stayed on the homestead with her children after his departure. She left nine children and seven grandchildren surviving.
Spokane fur buyer H. Moses returns from the Alaska peninsula with 100 sealskins bought from natives at Dutch Harbor. Deputy collector E. Finch Pitman considers seizure as Moses asserts he acted within his rights. Skins pass Kodiak and head to Valdez with Juneau and Valdez officials apprised. Dr. A. M. McMasters sails for Seldovia to assess quartz claims.
The three masted schooner Marion of the Alaska Cod Fishing Company was wrecked near Sanak Island on Unga Island in April. The crew were saved by the Dora, and the entire cargo of supplies for company stations was lost. Local residents Buckley and Tansey report possible confusion with the barkentine Marion that brought a Cook Inlet mining expedition in 1896. Territory election results note Fairbanks and Nome voting tallies.
William B. Poland assignee of William J. Eakin and Wyllis S. Walkley seeks entry of 160 acres in U S Survey No 242 Resurrection Bay Alaska under additional lands provisions. Description lists corner markers, bearings, and adjoining entries from 1872 and 1808, with notices to adverse claimants to file within published period at Seward Gateway.
Cable dispatch reports that the Hunghy band of brigands sparked a major insurrection in Fengtien province Southern Manchuria. They entrenched thirty miles from Mukden mounting ind-fired guns. Chinese troops and Japanese police were driven back with loss of men and arms as outlaws looted towns west of Mukden.
Steamer Corwin arrived in Seward Sunday morning and sailed for Nome in the afternoon with a large passenger list. Captain West refused second class overbooking and refunds were issued to eleven men left behind. The ship made a single stop at Comax Vancouver for coal, then coal bins at Seward and another land, proceeding directly to Nome. Notables aboard included Frank X. Gow ans and A. W. Johnson, longtime Seward merchants returning to the booming north for summer. The article also notes coinage profits covering mint expenses.
The steamer Portland reached Seward Tuesday forenoon and departed in the afternoon for Seldovia and Kodiak with fourteen cabin and sixteen steerage passengers. It carried several on westward and picked up a squad at Port. Returning from the westward yesterday, it headed for Seattle. Prospector travelers from Arizona and the South joined the voyage to the interior, while Gov Hoggatt anticipates moving the territorial capital to Juneau around a date not specified.
William B. Poland acting as assignee advertises an entry under the 1862 Revised Statutes granting additional lands to soldiers. The notice covers U.S. Survey No. 21 in Resurrection Bay Alaska with bearings and bounds, totaling 150.75 acres, linked to William F. Isbell and Edward McArdle. Claimants must file adverse claims with the U.S. Land Office in Juneau within the publication period or 30 days after first publication May 4.
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