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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1908
Page
8
The recount in the New York mayoralty contest between William R. Hearst and George B. McClellan shows Hearst gaining. McClellan has served most of the term Hearst contends he would have won with a fair count.
Harry Landapt of the Dawson Board of Trade travels to Ottawa and Washington to present to Earle Gray Sir Wilfrid Laurier and President Roosevelt unique Klondike visit invitations. Each Moose skin invitation is decorated with gold nuggets and valued at 3100.
Japanese laborers in Honolulu express consternation as federal Pure Food Law takes effect in Hawaii. Inspectors ban sake imports after discovering salicylic acid preservative in all imported bottles, triggering official action.
Joe Irving once a prominent Alaskan pioneer stays at the Northern hotel in the city. He has lived in Alaska for thirty three years with a recent winter in Seattle after a Cariboo mining period in British Columbia. Irving shows little astonishment at modern city life.
At the opening of the Men’s church Rev Syd ney Goodman smoked in the pulpit during his sermon. A three story brick edifice housed about 200 men who filled the space with smoke as they gathered for the first meeting and anticipated a larger turnout at the next service.
A Tribune essay argues many women marry for provider roles and urges wives to love their husbands and children. It claims selfishness harms marriage, noting a wife who loves her husband also loves her children, and that children exist to deepen spousal affection.
Jane Addams at Hull House is described as having a larger constituency than any college president. About nine thousand men women and children visit Hull House to attend clubs and classes and to learn cooking sewing hat making dancing painting clay modeling tea dramatics literature philosophy and political economy.
The Trinity River near Dallas has risen to record levels after heavy rains. Dozens died and thousands are left homeless as the great flood covers wide farmland and towns along the 600 mile course through Fort Worth and Dallas County.
The Daily Gateway notes flood losses from the Trinity River overflow with at least 1 million dollars in property damage and about 4000 homeless. About twenty deaths are reported in the district as many bridges remain out and conditions worsen across Oklahoma.
The Indian agency at Muskogee collected about $500,000 in oil royalties from Indian allottees in the first three months of the year. At this pace the annual total would hit $2,000,000, double last year, representing roughly one tenth of oil sold and about $20,000,000 in annual value. The figure covers leases on Indian lands only and excludes deeded lands, which would likely raise totals by about 25 percent.
The first grass fire of the year scorched over 500 acres on Truxtun Beale's land south of the city. Witnesses saw a large eagle strike Edison wires and be electrocuted, touching two lines and causing a short circuit. The burning bird reportedly dropped to the ground, starting the blaze that burned a swath about four miles long and two miles wide.
The initial mail of the season dispatched from Seattle to the Yukon begins delivery to camps. Within a week it should reach White Horse and then be carried downriver to miners and North territory residents awaiting American newspapers and magazines since last fall. By June first, many will open Christmas presents and read a Stateside newspaper for the first time since autumn.
A severe electrical storm hit Chicago last night causing property damage and several deaths. Reports from Topeka note the storm also swept Kansas and Missouri. In a separate note, the Russian battleship Peter the Great struck rocks in the Gulf of Finland, piercing its bow.
Dawson George Hutchinson of First National Bank Fairbanks reports Tanana region ready for an active season within a 100 mile radius of Fairbanks. He predicts output near ten million dollars with labor conditions improving and gold coming from Creeks Cleary Dome Vault and Gold Stream.
A Victoria dispatch reports Harvey and Horace Waters, who left Victoria five weeks ago for a prospecting trip up the Tahasas river, are missing. Their boat, loaded with supplies and gear, lies deserted at the river mouth, and local Nootka Indians say the brothers have not been seen, believed to have wandered into the dense forest.
The editor warns a new reporter to avoid asserting facts without proof and to hedge libel risk by noting allegations. A cautious social note appears about a First Ward card party hosted by an alleged hostess, rumored to be Mrs. Smith, with festivities said to run until 11 30 PM.
Mr W McNeiley, Seward weather recorder, received a new thermome ter after breaking his prior one and sent to Sitka for replacement. The Yukon river at Dawson broke on the seventh and cleared the next day. Steamers along the Yukon prepare for a record busy season with Fairbanks expected to supply the main traffic.
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