Seward gateway., 1905-09-23

district. Several members of the party are here and freely express the view that the district has aeen much neg lectcd, and iS entitled to varioitS acts of legislation to aid in it's developmebt
 The view of Speaker Cannon already published, that one delegate for tlts entire territory would be insuIliceht because of it's vast area and widely divergent interests, k generally coin- cided in by other members of the party, and the speakers opinion that three delegates should be allowed is in general favor.
 Still another plan proposes that each house of Congress should appoint q joint committee To have special charge of legislation concerning the territory. This plan would give the territory a government similar ,o that of the Dis uict of Columbia
 Nome. Alaska, Sept 20 Delayed in
 transmission Nome was swept by a fire last night which for time threat cncd destruction ro the entire city. ] Five blocks of the business district
 were swept by the flames and the buildings and nearly all their contents
 are now in ashes. Several of the most important mercantile houses were l burned out. Nine saloons were put out ] of business hy the fire and their alco-
 holic stores added to the fury of the flames. The property loss is computed
 at $25O,OOO.
 The fire was stopped within halfa block of the telegraph station and the 1 lire is intact. When tac flames ap-
 preached the station special efforts
 were made to save it and all the build ! ings fora block were saturated on their |rooGs and sides with water.
 Seattle. Sept. ? United States Dis
 ,riyt Attorney Frye will appeal from 1 the decision of Judge Hantorj iu the United state, district court few days ago that the act Of Congress passed iu ! 1902 allowing federal conyicts "rop- per" of ten days for each month og ,cu-
 teucc for good behavior applies lo all prisoners. Mr. Frye contends that the
 act applies only to prisoners convicted IaUrr the act went into effect, and that others are entitled to only five day, a
 month.
 Seattle, Sept. 2l-Thc Chamber of ! Commerce after investigation of the complaint, made by Alaska merchants of excessive charges and slow delivery,
 and following report of the commit tee which made tine inquiry today de- cIarcd the complaints JO be grOundlcaS.
 The committee reported that Seattle sells more chcuply and delivers more quickly than am Francisco. John Ro- sene assured the Chamber that the city need not fear amy los, of Alaska trade. 1 Portland Ore, Sept. 2l From rc-
 por, received r1c Oregoniau e,tiwale, the wheat crop of the Northwest a,
 follows: Washington, 3O0o0,OOO: Idaho. 5.o)D00D: Oregon Hetwcon lO,Oo'o00 and I2.oOo,noo f1c Oregon crop was
 injured by hot weather.
 Washington, n. C.; Sept. T For rc- fusug to assist the gunboat SyIph, which was disabled off the coast Of
 North Carolina last April after landing . Mrs. Roosevelt there, Capt, ColvilIc of the steamer Otero has had his license revoked by the bureau of navigation. Pekin, Sept. 2l The streets of the l Chinese capital were packed with i'm passable tmongs today behind the lines of the imperial body guard to welcome Miss Alice Roosevelt and her party. American flags decorated every ship in the harbor and waved over every shop. A continuous ovation was given to the imperial car in which the daughter or the NmetICdh IvN- ident rode as it was driven slowly to the palace of the empress.
 Dawson, Y. T., Sept. 2l-An epidemic of dySentery k prevalent here which iS puzzling physicians as to its origin. Many persons have been suffering from it, and there have been numerous deaths:
 Dawson; Y. T.; Sept. 2l-Godfrey ! CReaiander is fu Dawson in the interest of his project Go hold an AIaska fair in Seattle in 1907.
 Constantinople, Sept. 2l--The Turk ish government today yielded to the | demand of the United States govern