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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1906
Page
8
News item notes President Roosevelt ordered the public printer to adopt a reformed spelling for documents from the presidential office. The reform, including words like thru, may extend to all executive departments, with a list of about 300 words affected.
Followers flood Goldfield Nevada as Nelson and Gans prepare Labor Day bout seen as a real championship tilt. The fight draws thousands, wagers scarce, and public doubt fades with belief the contest will be on the square. Gans backs two thirds of the $30,000 purse amid concerns over betting and authenticity.
A D Burton was badly mauled by a mother brown bear after shooting a cub near Chickaloon flats. He broke his left arm, lost blood, and suffered bites to his right leg and hand before escaping with help from Winfield Taylor and other campers. Burton, now in Sunrise, expects several weeks of recovery and careful medical watch for blood poisoning. Governor Hoggatt said he will name Alaska directors for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition after his Alaska tour.
San Francisco reports a strike breaker from New York may arrive with 1800 armed men to break the street railway strike. Mayor Schmitz warns he may disarm them if riots occur as efforts to compromise fail. Conductors and motormen walked out, tying up all streetcars over wage demands.
The little gasoline schooner Three M of 35 tons anchored in Resurrection Bay near the dock after a voyage from Seattle begun July 25 with several layovers at Cordova. Captain Ernest F. Miller, an Alaska veteran, commanded the voyage. pilot Captain Lal Clements had previously steered City of Kingston and the Alert to Alaska. The crew consisted of four men.
In the Lepine district late last week a strike occurred while digging for power lines from the Guggenheim plant at Twelve-mile to the Klondike and Bonanza. White channel gravel signaled gold nearby and pay was found on Fish creek, a tributary of Lepine, then feeding Rock into the Klondike.
The Tacoma chamber of commerce has officially decided to install a traffic bureau in connection with its other work, signaling a broader civic initiative and resource for local transportation issues.
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