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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1907
Page
7
In New York on November 2 the trial of Harey K. Thaw for the killing of Stanford B. White was postponed to January due to juror shortages. One prospective juror was excused for cause and others were unwilling to serve, delaying selection and potentially shifting venue. Thaw and his wife did not welcome the delay.
St. Petersburg dispatch reports the domn delivered a bold attack on the throne in a dramatic address. The speech signals strong dissent toward the ruling regime and hints at potential upheaval.
The Arete Brotherhood will formally open their hall tonight with a house warming reception. Refreshments will be served and a good attendance expected as Vagmeriti town and friends of the order are invited. The event runs from 7 to 9 o'clock. The Literary and Musical Society plans a popular concert in a few weeks as part of the season. Regular Sunday services will be held tomorrow at the Methodist church with Sunday school at 9:30 and evening service at 7. All are invited. Pastor J. Pedersen.
A new industrial trust organized in Chicago aims to consolidate control over the country’s vine millins and manufacturing. The group, capitalized at Shy vil, appears to be backed by Wisconsin and Mississippi interests. Acme Company is among the prominent members. The overall move signals a powerful, unified entity formed to regulate output amid economic tensions.
Sailings announced include Seward Steamer from Santa Clara to Seattle on the 26th Jeane departing Seattle on the 30th bound for Yucatan Dora heading to Seattle on the 25th Saratoga sailing to Seattle on the 26th and Bertha set for Seattle on the 29th.
The Gateway operates a department for determining metals and minerals. Inquiries with specimens receive free replies only if the sender provides full name and address. Assays are performed when the assayer's fee accompanies the sample.
Seward Circulating Library highlights fiction and standard works along with history and poetry. Mrs. W. M. Sayers Seward Commercial Co store promotes station and fountain pens. Owl Drug Co offers a large Waterman pen stock priced from 2.50 to 10.00, on sale at Owl.
The Daily Gateway reports severe coastal storms sweeping the Atlantic coastline on November 25. All steamers are urged to seek safety as many schooners and small vessels have been wrecked along the storm battered waters.
A Lyons scientist demonstrates energy transmission without wires at the Chateau Joes Cret grounds. A miniature rail vehicle propelled 200 yards by wireless power, with patents filed in August. A bankers syndicate plans to develop the invention. Paris Cable to the New York Times.
A girl swept to shore by a river current was saved on land under a landowner’s one dollar reward. Her father contested payment, triggering a suit over whether landowners may monetize access to bushes along banks and whether aid has monetary value. The piece notes a Chinese view where helpers may face punishment for failing to offer advice, contrasting laws.
The steamer Bertha reached port this afternoon after a fortyeight hour run from Kodiak bound for the south. She carried semi cured salt salmon from a barkentine at Seldovia headed to Germany. The Thanksgiving service at the Methodist church drew good attendance despite bad weather. A puzzling quip about hens and oranges closes the report.
Fayette S. Munro through agent Frank Watson applies for coal land patent in Alaska’s King River area near Chickaloon. The 143.607 acre claim lies 746 miles above King River’s mouth, with adverse claim filing required within sixty days of notice, published in Seward Gateway first on Sept 18 1907.
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