Seward weekly gateway., 1906-05-12
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 Urges Better Jails for Alaska

NaSnlngJOn, b.N.s tndg -N' request of the department of the attor- ney-general Judge Wickersham ot Alaska appeared before a sub-com- l nittee of the house to urge appropria- ! tions for the construction of jatlS m Alaska. He specifically recommended tbe appropriation of SlOOOO for new iail at Fairbanks. SlO,OOO for addition And repairs at Nome and 5000 for ad- dition and repairs at Valdez.
 Picking Exposition Grounds
 Seattle, May "A large tract of land along the waterway between Lake Washington and Lake Union is | under consideration for the site of the Alaska exposition. The Seattle Elec- tric Company promises to double-track the University Streetcar line 1T this site is chosen in order to give car service and the Northern Pacific prom ises to run hourly trains to the ground over it's coast line.
 Indict Adams on TOO Counts
 Seattle, May 5-The grand jury in the U. $. district court this morning returned a true bill against George F.. Adams, the assay office embezzler, in- dieting him upon more than loo counts.
 Adams Intends to Make Fight
 Seattle. May George E. Adams l has decided not to plead guilty to the ! the charge of embezzlemeut from the Seattle assay office. He will stand l trial and try to secure acquittal on technicaGties
 The case is much complicated be- sause the indictments naE,es the own CTS of pokes from which the gold dust is claimed to have been abStracJed. Adams will undertake to make the prosecution prove the ownership of the gold in defending against each count. It is practically impossible to prove the specific property in any case.
 Adams Trial Set for June
 Seattle. May S-The trial of George F. Adams, the embedding cashier of the Seattle assay office, was set today for June l9 in the U. $. district court. The government will have witnesses from New York and other states.
 Played Twenty three Innings
 Seattle, May 5-The Seattle and San Francisco base ball teams played a anne of tweuty-three innings here yesterday afternoon, San Francisco winning by a score of %. In the twenty-third San Francisco, going first GO bat, made three runs and Seattle was unable to score.
 Smallpox In Zion City
 Chicago, May 7-Smallpox is raging in Zion City. Followers of Dowte de- clare that a plague is upon the city because of its desertlUn of the prophet. The Chicago board of health has Suarantined the city and will keep it isolated until the epidemic is sup pressed.
 Fire Destroys Seattle Dock
 Seattle. May 7-The Arlington dock and government warehouse were total Iy destroyed by fire starting at o'clock this morning. The transport Sherman was lying alongside the dock . and her rigging was adame before she ! could be pulled into the stream, where ! the fire was extinguiShed, with slight . damage. The steamer Corwin, loaded ]. and ready to sail for Nome, was saved ! after a hard fight and the French ship Daniel was saved although she lost her rigging and for 8 long time seemed l doomed.
 Desperate work by the fire deparS ment was all that kept the entire waterfront from going as the flames were fed by large quantities of in- Hammable material. The government lost ar immense amount of supplies in- tended for shipment to the Philippines.
 Charged With Land Frauds
 Portland. Ore. May 7-The federal grand jury returned twenty-six indict- ments today charging extensive land frauds against bankers, former gov ernment officials, millionaires and lumber kings of this and other states. The fraudulent operations covered 900 square miles, valued at SS,OOOOOO.
 It is said that the conspiratorS by misrepreseutatious secured letters | from Senator Fulton and Congressman l Williamson urging the issuance of I patents by the general land office. . The case embraces many sensational ! features because of the prominence of ] the parties involved and because of the methods they employed