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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1906
Page
7
The Republican state convention passed a resolution urging President Roosevelt to accept the 1908 nomination as a reward for public service and to continue reforms. It renominated Issmon Cushman, Jones, Haumphrey, and the supreme court justices whose terms expire. Delegates reported plans for a direct primary plank and Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition funding.
The Roosevelt and Higgins backed organization led by Herbert Parsons won a majority of New York City districts, securing county party control. Odell faces ouster from the state committee chair as upstate districts lean toward Higgins' renomination, while Odell and Platt seek Hughes nomination amid the life insurance probe.
The steamship Portland arrived at Seward at 8 30 p m after calling at five ports on its run from Valdez. It carried fifteen passengers and about thirty tons of local goods then sailed for Seldovia and Kodiak. Reports say the Oregon ship lies damaged with a large hole, and no salvage action was taken yet.
A historical overview details gold recovery by dredgers across regions including California Alaska and New Zealand. It notes high profits from dredging even on low grade ground, references Klondike and Gugggenheim investments, comparisons of yields from different sites and the broad global spread of dredge operations. It also includes a finial courtroom anecdote about a will case and monetary sums.
A powder house at camp 54 exploded Tuesday morning, containing twenty four cases of No 2 giant powder. The powder man had just left moments before after thawing powder. Fragments of glycerine paper near the stove likely overheated to the explosive point. The hillside magazine suffered damage but no injuries reported.
The steamer Toledo arrived in Seward carrying lumber from Aurora for a Reynolds copper mine at Latouche and thirty passengers. Miners from the Yentna wait at Seldovia to go outside on the Portland. Local merchants back a run by the Tyonic from Seward to Prince William Sound.
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