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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-07-27
THE DIAMOND CURE.

The latest news from Paris, IS, that they
have discovered diamond cure for con-
If you fear consumption or
it will, however, be best for
you to take that great remedy mentioned
by W. T. McGee, of Vanleer, Tenn. II
had a cough for fourteen years. Nothing
helped me, until l took DR.. Kings New
Discovery for consumption, coughs and
colds, which gave instant relief and
effected a permanent cure" Unequalled
quick cure for throat and lung troubles.
At all druggists in Bamberg; Fielder &
Matthews, Denmark. Price SOC andSl 90,
guaranteed. Trial bottle free
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-07-27
Strategy.

Young man. said the stern matron in
the hallway, Il don't think I would care
for you to call on my daughter again"
"Why not?" asked the young man.
turning pale.
"Well, to begin with, you are too disre'
spectful. I heard you say that l used
powder"
Eyes, baking powder, and you are the
best cook in the neighborhood."
And after that mamma always met him
at the door when he called and gave him
a flower.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-07-27
How it Looked.

Dear john" wrote Mrs. Newlywed
from the shore, II enclose the hotel BILL"
Dear Jane, I enclose cheque,'' wrote
John, "but please don't buy any more
hotels at this price-they are roobing
you.'-August Smart Set.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-07-27
A SURPRISE PARTY.

A pleasant surprise party may be given
to your stomach and liver, by taking a
medicine which will relieve their pain
and discomfort, viz: DR.. Kings New
Life Pills. They are a most wonderful
remedy, affording sure relief and cure, for
headache, dizziness and constipation.
AT all druggists in Bamherg; Fielder and
Matthews, Denmark. Price Csc.
Seward weekly gateway., 1905-12-30
lndlans Sell Meat 10 Dawson

A great train of dog teams arrived in Dawson this morning from the Rocky mountains with tons of fresh meat for the Dawson market. Twenty five Peel river braves, two mothers of the tribe and two children made the journey with the party.
 The outfit was eight sleeps making the journey from the hunting grounds to Dawson. The meat brought is cari- bou and mountain sheep. Little moose was found by the Indians this time.
 The dog teams are among the finest ever seen here, and all the animals are gaily decorated with ribbons and TO- settes made by the native women. Dawson News.
Seward weekly gateway., 1905-12-30
BEGINS WORK OF
 TUNNEL BORING
Railroad Engaged al Both Ends of First Hole on Placer
 River Slope

Tunnel boring began the present week at both ends of tunnel No. l, on mile 49 of the railroad. This is the tunnel which will be constructed by the railroad company. At the nearer end the work will be done by hand. At the farther end steam drills are being driven by a compressor. Most of the boring will be done from that end The tunnel is to be 7lO feet long.
 Track laying proceeds slowly. The rails are now close to the big rock cut on mile 45, which will soon be com pleted, and before the end of January the track will extend to the end of mile 47, which will be the terminus for the winter. The extension of the rails is gradually lessening the length of the sled road over which supplies for the tunnel camps are taken. The work is not rushed because only a few tracElayers are now employed and the cuts on the new grade are pretty well showed in, which makes a lot of shovel ing necessary just ahead of the track layers.
 Little snow has fallen out on the line during the past week, and the temper ature until day or two ago was only a few degrees below the freezing point. The cold snap has dropped the mercury close to zero at the front but the work in progress is such that sharp weather does not interfere with operations. It is nearly all rock work now.
 Mechanics are engaged in putting together the pig rotary blow which came up on the santa Ana, and it will be ready 10 20 out on the line in an- other week. There are several car- loed- Dr the pieces ard the task of com bining them requires no little mechan- teal skill as well as hard work. The work is being done at the railroad dock, where the machinery was taken off.
 General Manager Poland has Teen out over the line for two weeks, going aS far as Turnagain Arm to inspect winter operations. He will not return until after New Years Day. J. B. Cameron, engineerof construction, has been at the front almost constantly for several weeks, experimenting the pre- parations for tunnel work and other details.
Seward weekly gateway., 1905-12-30
Mlsslnn Buoy Was On Rocks

The steamer Portland was wrecked because the Spjre island buoy had difted out ofi.s place to the reef where the vessel struck. This is a safe pre- sumption because the Bertha brought rhe news Cnau tne ouoy was uu, ot L.dce. Purser sam Christian said in Seward that the Bertha saw that the buoy wa, misplaced and in a dangerous spot and the fact was reported at Juneau.
 The officers of the Bertha heard nothing of the miShap to the Portland until they reached Valdez. They passed the luckless steamer a short distance this side of the scene of her disaster, and left Juneau before a later boat brought the story north ward.
 When informed of the cable story from Seattle in Thursdays Gateway stating that the Portland went ashore while trying to pick up the Sp.ye island buoy Mr. Christian promptly said that i, was not strange a, the Der tha had found tine signal misplaced He said the Portland must have ap preached the buoy in heavy weather which made it impossible To see that it was out of it's bearings auo on th" roei.
Seward weekly gateway., 1905-12-30
PROGRESS IN SURVEYS
Government Work in Alaska Ex-
 tends Over Wide Area

Progress of government surveys in Alaska is reported as follows by the secretary of the interior in his annual report:
 "The work..of the division of Alaskan mineral resources was continued along the same general lines as in previous years, with the aim, as far as means permit, of keeping abreast of the ac- tive mining developments. This nec- essitated the limitation of the opera tions to the fields of know economic importance, to the neglect of unex- plored regions.
 "Nine expeditions were dispatchedto to Alaska during the summer of 1904. As some of these were Subdivided, four teen parties in all were engaged in surveys during most of the summer. The geologic work included continu- ation of the study of the gold and cop per bearing regions of Southeastern Alaska, of the gold-placer districts of the Yukon-Tanana region, of the Sew ard Peninsula. and of the Cook Inlet region; also a reconnaissance of the Cape Lisburne coal fields and contin- nation of the study of the coal-bearing rocks of the Pacific littoral. Incident al to this further study of the petro- leum fields and tin deposits was made. Topographic reconnaissance surveys (scale l:25OOOO) were made of 4,5OO square miles in the Yukon-Tanana re- zion, and of l,6OO square miles in the Cook Inlet region, and detailed map Q:62, ,5OOl was made of about 500 square miles near Nome. Of greater immedi- ate interest to the miner was an inveS- tigation of the methods and costs of placer mining in Alaska, the report on which has been published (Bulletin No 262).
Seward weekly gateway., 1905-12-30
.EIRTCET CEDFB IN
 FFFECT J38UARY 1
[. finch Putnam Comes to Seward to Take Charge of Custom
 House Business

Among the pa sengers on the Santa Ana was F. Finch Putnam, the deputy collector of customs for this port, who will open che local customs office Jan uary |. The order of the secretary of the treasury creating a support here takes effect with the beginning of the new year MT. Putnam was accom- panied by Mrs. Putnam and their child. He was formerly stationed at White Pass, but has spent the last month in Juneau studing up the methods of a seaport office.
 It was arranged by cable some time ago to erect @ building specially for the custom house, but the lack of building material has made that inn possible, and temporary quarters will have to be secured until the new build ing can be constructed. Work will be- gin upon it as soon as lumber arrives, which will be very soon, as two large cargoes are daily expected to sail from Seattle.
 The creation Of a support does away with the sonding of Seward boats around by way of Valdez when their entire cargo is for this port. After January ] they can clear both ways from Seward and need not report else where unless they have business re- Ouirinp it.
Seward weekly gateway., 1905-12-30

Steamer Portland ran upon Spire Island eight miles below Ketchikau last week and is a total loss All passengers were saved, as we'll as freight, being taken of in small gasoline boat.
 The steamer carried no mail nor express except a small quantity of local. The passen- gers were taken to Ketchikan ana the Santa Clara carried them to Seattle.
 The news came over the cable last Saturday to Operator Faust from other operators on the line. It is supposed that the news was carried first to Juneau by Lynn canal boat as nothing has been received from Seattle
 The statement that the Port. land carried no mail except local seems at first thought to be an error, until it is remembered that she sailed just ahead of the Oregon, and all through mail was left for the outside and faster boat.
Seward weekly gateway., 1905-12-30
Alaska Gable Pays Its Way

The annual report of Gen. Greedy, chief of the government signal service, shows that the earnings of the govern ment cable and telegraph lines in and to Alaska earned more than SlOO,OOO from commercial business in less than year and a half, since the cable was laid. During the same time govern ment messages were transmitted which at commercial rates were worth $7l, ,349
Seward weekly gateway., 1905-12-30
HITCHCOCK FAVORS
 ROADS FOR ALASKA
Secretary of Interior in Annual Report Says they Are Nee.
 ceSSary for District

In his annual report to Congress Secretary Hitchcock of the interior de- partment urges extensive building of railroads and wagon roads in Alaska, saving that the permanent population of the territory cannot be expected to increase rapidly nor can its agricuI- tural lands be settled until better transportation facilities exist. The secretary says:
 "Complete developments of Alaska'S resources must await improvement of transportation facilities. This can be brought about only by the construction of one or more trunk lines of railway, supplemented by the building of wagon roads. The locations of such railways and wagon roads must be determined by explorations which shall ascertain not only the best routes but also the dis uibution of the mineral wealth. While the present investigations will in time cover this field, it would be advantage ous to complete these explorations at an early date-say, within two years. It is estimated that the total cost of the necessary explorations, covering an area of about 5O,O00 square miles, will be S2O0,OJ0.
 "The governor of Alaska, John G.. Brady, in his report discusses generally the condition of affairs in that district and among other things, urges the pro- viding of better transportation facilities to the river valleys as an incentive to settlers to locate and make their homes there.
 Several lines O: railroad, in addition to those already built, have been pro- iected. The Alaska Central, leading from Seward, at the head of Resurrec- tion bay, on Kenai peninsula, has cleared more than 100 miles; and when completed, will terminate somewhere in the Panama valley, towards Fair hanks, distance of 42C miles. It is intended to keep l,7OO employees on the road construction during the entire year, as was done last year, owing to the favorable climatic conditions. This road will be of incalculable assistance to the gold feld expected to be opened up in the Susitna valley.
 ''In order to encourage transporta- tion facilities, the governor inouires whether it would not be advisable to remit the license tax on railroads of $lO0 per mile for each mile operated, and the tax of $I per ton per annum on the net tonnage of ocean and coastwise vessels doing local business for hire. '"
Seward weekly gateway., 1905-12-30
TRlFS 10 LEASE
 ALASKA CABLES
J. T. Flynn in Washington for a Syndicate Which Promises
 to Reduce Rates
By Cable to The Dary Gateway.

Washington, D, C., Dec, 28-J. T, Flynn of Seattle is trying to obtain a lease of the government cable lines to Alaska for eastern capitalists. He re- presents a syndicate which was plan ming to lay private cable line to Alaska when the government took the initiative'
 Flynn claims that his syndicate can operate the lines at lower rates than the government is now doing and he denounres the Nome residents who are opposing the lease.
Seward weekly gateway., 1905-12-30
REVOL OLU1IONISTS IN
 CONTROL AT MOSCOW
One Regiment of Soldiers Goes Over Insurgents While Remain ing Troops Are Wayerng-WOmon Fight in Trenches Beside
 Men and Battle Area Extends Over Eight MICS

number were wounded. Part Of the gendarmes and Cossacks joined the re- volt but the great body of the troops remained loyal, and drove the reyolut- ionists through the city with q battery of machine guns which wrought featul havoc,
 The army Is absolutely isolated, AS the revolutionists have cut of all com munication, and the troops are fighting for their lives as much as for the gov ernment. The numbers of the reyout- ionists are constantly increasing and in spite of their temporary defeat a re- newal ofthe fighting is hourly expected.
 St. Petersburg, Dec. 25.-The czar fears for his throne as the revolution ists are daily becoming stronger and their attitude more menacing. An outbreak is possible at any hour. Witte las ordered the troops not 10 spare ammunition in case of disturb ance, and any open disorder will doubles, be followed by bloCd,hcd Throughout the empire the army officers in charge have been iu- atructed 10 put down any attempt a revolt by the most relentless methods.
 Warn Car to leave Russia
 St. Petersburg, Dec. 23-The czar has been warned by missives to leave Russia. and he fears assassination at the hands of revolutionisrs. He is closely guarded in his palace at Tsar- skoe-Selo by large bodies of troops, strong enough to resist almost any at tack if they remain loyal
 Nicholas planes Witte for not stop ping Liie disorders througnoU, the en pire. lie believes that more drastic measures should be taken against the revolutionists, and the reactionaries around him are constantly urging that Witte is unequal to the situation.
Seward weekly gateway., 1905-12-30
ALASKA SRlPgM0 GH0WS
Annual Report of Secretary Of the
 Interior Shows Big Total

Annual Report of Secretary Of the
 Interior Shows Big Total
 The annual report Of the secretary of ;he interior shows that the shipping of merchandise to Alaska is reaching large figures. The secretary says:
 Domestic merchandise shipped from the United States to Alaska from custo.as districts in Oregon, Puget Sound and San Francisco aggregated I.227,5I9, oi which S0,G79, 500 was car rieI in American steam vessels, and sL54T,Sly was carried in American sailing vessels. The shipment Of do- nestle merchandise from Alaska 10 the United States was of the value of sIO,GJs, ,6q4. The shipment of gold and silver coin from the United States to Alaska amounted to S4%7, ,O36, and ship ment oi coin from Alaska tothe United States amounted to SS9,2S4. The total shipments of gold and silver from Alaska to the United States aggre- gated in value, ,Sl9, sol, ,l6O.
 The imports of merchandise into Alaska from foreign countries were of the value of Sl,459,9l0, and the ex- po~ts to foreign countries were SlO72, ,O26.
 "The consolidated receipts from GUS toms, including SIl6,5SO.37 for duties on imports, were $I33,2+Sl5, and the expense of collection amounted to S60,- l39.35.n
Seward weekly gateway., 1905-12-30
wOrklaO on Latouche Mine

George Barrack is working a force of fifteen men on the Blackbird group of copper mines at Latouche, which he recently purchased for an eastern syndicate. A tunnel, $50 feet in length, will be run to tap the ore body at a depth of 140.feet. This property adioins the Beatson property on the north end 4 Latouche island.
Seward weekly gateway., 1905-12-30
Ind Platinnm ln Brltlsh Colnnbls

On Bear Creek in the Nicola Valley, in British Columbia, find of platinum has been made which is remarkable according to the report. The ore al- ready ran $50 ton in silver and gold, and 1t was never suspected that there was any platinum in it.
Seward weekly gateway., 1905-12-30
Takes in Farm Implements

Buck Hoyt, of the Gulkana road house, is in town this week after SUD- plies and farming implements. He will take in a mower rake, blow, harrow, wagons, etc., to be used in the homestead near the roadhouse.-Valdez Prospector.
Seward weekly gateway., 1905-12-30
Mad Romantic History

The Portland was An old boat and boasted of romantic history. She was built on the Atlantic coast and was launched as the Haytian Republic, She ran for several years on the At lantic and then was brought around to the Pacific, where she has since en- gagged in the cOastwiSe trade.
 About ten years ago the vessel was seized by the government as a contra band opium carrier and was sold un- der the condemnation aJ Portland. She was purchased by Portland men, who gave her the name of their city. When she WAS coDdscated as an opium carrier she was on the Seattle-San Francisco run. She had long been suspected of being engaged in the opium trade for the famous opium ring which had its headquarters at Portland, and in which a '. S. senator, now dead, and 9 special treasury agent were involved, She was suspected of carrying opium both ways from Vic toria and was finally caught with the goods.
 lc. gauns Ia ssrlnR Sea
 When the Nome gold discoveries created an important port there che Portland was placed on that run from Seattle. In the spring of 1902 sbe was caught in the ice ir Beriug sea while trying to get into Nome before the ice went out, and wes ice-bound dt.y-fve days. Capt. Lindquist, then as now. was her master, and be took the yes sel safely through 70 Nome a'ter days of ceaseless vigil which won cCmmea- dation from the crowd Of passengers on board. They passed Q set cf reso- lutions, complimentirg his services in the most eulogistic terms.
 The Portland and Jearie sailed lcte in April that year for Nome, and sl- though both were ice-bound for nearly two months, were carried far out of their way and never sighted eech other, yet they sailed into the harbOr at Nome almost together in July, be- ing sighted from the shore at the same hour. The Nome City, sailing later, carried passengers upon a contTact to refund $50 Ct the passage money if she did not reach Nome first, and she won the race.
 About two years ago the Portland was placed on the run from Seattle to Seward and Valdez, where she has since remained, sailing monthly by the inside passage. She was operated by the Alaska Commercial Company.
 Departure Was lll-Stsrred
 On her last trip the Portland sailed from Seward the morning of Decem- Der II. Expectations persons may point with pride to the bad omen indir cated by the i'll luck which signalized her departure. In leaving the wharf in a heavy sea she was dashed against the fender piles of the viaduct be- ywSSp Ghs twV whsrves, knocking tbs
Seward weekly gateway., 1905-12-30
By Cable to The Daily Gateway.

Ny CaDlo Lo Tne 1dlly Sdbe"ay'
 Moscow, Dec 2S,-Twenty thousand well,armed and organized rebels are in control of the city of Moscow, backed by tens of thousands of wOrkingmen and women all oyer tbe city. with a variety of weapons. Women are fight ing in trenches beside the men. Part of the troops have gone over 10 the revolutionistS and tbe remaiRder are wavering.
 The fighting area covers a district of eight square miles. During the past two days the actual fighting has been desultory and the damage 10 life and property has been insignificant com pared to what it was previously.
 St. Petersburg, Dec. 2S,-Govern- ment officials admit that one regiment of soldiers has joined the insurgents in Moscow. It is reported from Poland that armed rebellion on large scale is planned there and that an outbreak Is hourly expected.
 In this city no serious disturbances are occurring as the city is completely patrolled by large bodies of troops, but it is known that the revolulionists are actively planning revolt.
 Capture Revolutionary LeadeS
 St. Petersburg, Dec. 27-The police last night captured all the members of the fighting revolutionary committee in a conference. Their leader is a man named Schoolman. The police also seized a detailed plan for an uprising in which bombs were 10 be employed simultaneously in various parts of the city tn hagin the fighting. It also 0ut- lined plans for the distribution of arms and the disposition of the revolution ariy forces.
 Moscow, Dec. 27-Telegraph lines are being cut and bridges blown up in all directions by the insurrectionary forces to prevent outside communicat- ion and the arrival of re.inforcements to the troops. Fighting has practically ceased for the present. Among the wounded are large numbers of young boys and girls.
 The revolutionists have a story to- day that SO,OOO armed workingmen from outside towns are on their way here to fight in the rebel army.
 St. Petersburg, Dec. 26--Revolution- ary leaders in the capital have adopted a plan for a republic, which they an- nounced today with a proclamation declaring armed resistance to the auth ority of the government. The working men have been arming steadily and will be able to offer desperate battle whenever an outbreak comes.
 Orders were issued this morning to the military commanders to test the loyalty of the troops by assigning them to positions where they will be in contact with the revolutionaries, so that any indications of mutiny are apt to become palpable. It is also expec- ted that disorders may frequently oc- cur and the conduct of the troops in suppressing them will afford a test of their feeling.
 Wholesale arrests of revolutionary leaders and workingmen are made daily and the prisons are filled with suspected persons. No public assem- plies are permitted and all revolution ary meetings are held secretly and at night. Many of these have been brok- en up by the police and the partici- pants arrested.
 Thousands kllIec and Wounded
Seward weekly gateway., 1905-12-30
Thousands klllec and Wounded

Moscow, Dec. 2G.-Fighting is still in progress here and 5000 have been killed already and l@,0O0 wounded. The revelutionistS are throwing bombs with deadly effect and thous- ands of houses have been burned. Many streets are like shambles, while the blackened ruins of burned build ings add to the ghastly appearance of the region where the battle has chiefly been fought.
 The revolutionists are useing Eng fish machine guns and the troops are barely holding their own, although they have several times swept the streets by cannonading. The greater number of the revolutionaries enables them continually to renew the fighting in new quarters and they harass the troops from all directions. No pros pect of cessation of the fighting is in sight.
 Moscow, Dec. 25-Desperate fighting between the troops and revolutionistS began yesterday in this city, and 1000 men were killed and a much larger