Seward weekly gateway., 1905-12-30
Breaks Typewrltlng Record

1 Breaks Typewrltlng Record
 Pueblo, Colo.. Dec. 27-Ray T. Van. nettisch, state service editor of the Pueblo Chieftain, last night broke the worlds typewritiug record for both the 30 minute and one hour tests, talk ing 2,6OO words during the first 30 min utes, and finishing the hour with i,Ol7 words. The dictation was received over the long distance telephone from Denver, distance of l20 miles. The previous hour record, 3.S3O words, direct dictation, was made by Paul Munter at Madison Square Garden, New York, November f, 1905.
 To Change Assessment Law
 Washington, D. C., Dec. 27-Con- gressman Lacey of Iowa has prepared bill to change the mining law so as to require an annual tax of $25 on each claim in Alaska, instead of the $lOO worth of assessment work, and to ap- ply the proceeds to the construction of Alaska roads. The bill applies only to Alaska. This measure was recon mended by the recent Alaska conyen- tiou in Seattle,
 Tanaaa Expects Big Output
 Fairbanks, Dec. 27-Reports from all parts of the Panama indicate that the gold output of the district the coEing season will beat all records of all Northern camps, the Klondike not ex- cepted. An output Of Sl5,O0O,OOO for Cleary creek alone from the beginning of the present fall until the end otneXt summers operttionsis predicted. The total output of the Panama camp by the end of next fall is even put by some at S25, ,O0O. .OOO, which is $5,OJO,OOO better than the best year the Klondike ever knew. This time last year everyone l though, Tanana would do we'll if a yield of S3,OOO,OOO was had by the close oI the season Of 1905, and the output actually was S7,OOOOOO.
 Fercign Union Cards Are Good | Pirsbrrg, Pa, Dec. 27- The Ameri- can Federation of Labor has decided to accept union cards Of wcrkmen coming to the United States from foreign countries.
 Chicago Cuts Cat Boxing Chicago, Dec. 2S.-All boxing con- tests will be forbidden In this city hereafter. The iuterdict applies to amateur contests and will prevent the annual tourney of the Chicago athletic clubs.
 Centeaarah Commits Suicide
 Berlin. Dec. 2S.-A Hamburg paper announces that an inhabitant of vil- ! lage near Lubccl; has committed sui eide by hanging himself on the eve of celebrating the centenary of his birth. ! The old man had, it seems, looked for ward to the day with an anxious heart. He knew that great preparations were being made to celebrate his birthday As the anniversary approached he grew Respondent and finally was driven to take his life.
 Frozen to Death in Wagon
 Reno, New, Dec. 2S.-Covered with snow and sitting bolt upright in his spring wagon, G. C. Spears was dis covered frozen to death thirty-fye miles from Humboldt House on the road to the Mill City copper mines, in Humboldt county. Though the man l. had been dead perhaps twenty-four hours, the horses, mindful of the hands on the reins, had been standing knee deep in snow, waiting for the word to go.
 Runs AmuCk In Steerape
 Naples, Dec. 2S-On the Austrian steamship Francesca, when in mid ocean a mar named Nicolo Forgione ! went suddenly mao anU rdu @uuSh, firing revolver shots at random among his fellows in the steerage. He killed Domenico Vallina, young miner, who, having saved @ goodly hoard in seven years hard toil in America, was returning to his Neapolitan home.
 Want Duty OH Art Work
 Paris, Dec. 2S-American artists here arc taking the initiative in monster petition to Congress appealing for the suppression of the duty on imported works of art. The petition will be drafted by the Paris Society of Ameri- can Painters, of which Dannat is presi- dent, and will be exhibited in al! l Ar,o,ico~ cOps,,lateS in EurODe for