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Seward weekly gateway., 1906-06-02
TYlNRS YERTRA DISTRICT
 WILL PROVE VERY RICH
Paul Buckley Intends to Invest There and Says It Cannot Fail to
 Be a Winner

Paul BueNIeg who knows as much .ru. interior north of Cook inlet as any man in Alaska, is firm in the be- lie. that the Ycnna district will prove rich camp. Whether jt will be a bonanza camp he says only time ..a demonstrate. but his faith in it has induced him go invest there "sight unseen" and he win sail west on the Dora to see what else he can pick up.
 In 1897 Arr. Buckley went up the Su,fna to the Panama with ". G. Jack and two other men, exploring creeks. Evarvwhera they found gold in Quan- titles which by simple processes paid miner, wages and he believes that the same must be true of the Yentna, which is of similar formation. This opinion is upheld by all old Alaskans wuo have been in the district
 Mir. Buckley also expects that this summer will bring some revelations from the upper Susina. When his party prospected there nine years ago tbey worked on half a dozen creeks and everywhere obtained good results but they were looking for bonanzas and kept going. When they started from the Inlet there were seventeen white men and nine natives in the party but the total number was re- duced to nine when they reached the falls, and only four went beyond that point The climb around the box canyon looked to the others like the fumping-ofT place and they turned back. It was on the creeks above the falls that Buckley and Jack found the richest deposits.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-06-02
Senate Considers Question of Confirmation but Fails
 To Reach Vote.
NELSON AND OTHERS OPPOSED
FOraker Says FOur-FifthS of Mem berS Favor the Judge and
 Will Force the Issue.
az oable to rno paily aateway.

Washington, D. C., June l-Senator Foraker, acting for the majority of the judiciary committee, forced the senate to take up the question of Judge Wickersham's confirmation yesterday afternoon. The subject was debated for two hours but the executive session adjourned at o'clock without vote. Nelson, Hansbrough, McCumber and Pettus furnished the opposition.
 The issue will be brought up again this afternoon by Foraker, who says he will keep the matter before the senate until it is disposed of. He said the case had been fully considered and that four-ffths of the senate was in favor of Wickersham's confirmation. He insisted that to hold up the nomin' ation any longer was an injustice to the people of the district, which had been without a judge for many mouths
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-06-02
SANTA ANA ARRIVES
 AID SAILS SOUTHWARK
Carries Cook Mountain Climbers and Geological Survey Party With
 Large Outfits.

Steamer santa Ana arrived in port Sunday afternoon ar o'clock and -,iIed westward ar midnight. She .en- to SeIdoyta to take the Cook o,rrv of mountain climbers who will .eas 10 scale Mt. Mckinley. and a .e,roufcaI survey party who win work durfpr rhe summer on the Alatauuska and Tarkeema rivers and the country between. The two exploring parties have alr9ge.her thirty-stN horses and the Cook party large launch.
 The santa Ana brought fifteen cabin and th.ry-.aree sJeerage passengers and stxty-dye tons of freighJto Seward. She had rvyuy-three passengers for SeIdovia and three for Homer besides those she took on here. She returned Wednesday morning and sailed that night for Seattle.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-06-02
MAKE NEW RECORD
 IN TUNNEL BORING
Crews on Three Faces Draw Biz Extra Pay for Exceeding Limit
 Set by Engineer.
A Few Days, More VIII let Air Through No. } Which Is To Be
 1000 Feet long.

Record boring was accomplished in three tunnel faces last week. The uang on the south end of No. | drove twcnty-nine feet. which is the highest mark they have ever made. In the south end of No. the gang bored the remarkable distance of fifty feet, the greatest progress ever made on any face in the series, and the men drew Sg extra pay for each man. In the north end of No. 3 the men bored thirty-seven feet, which equals their best previous record and they drew S2.5O extra per man. In No. l they drew S2.25 extra pay.
 The extra pay allowed is 90 cents per foot per man for all distance be- yond 32 feet in week in tunnel 3 and beyond 24i feet in tunnel 1.
 Tunnel 3, which is the longest of the series. about 1000 feet, will be bored on the heading early next week. The total heading length on the two ends was exactly goo feet last Saturday night. The heading is the upper half of the tunnel. The headings now eX- ceed half the total length of the tun- nels and the bench totals nearly half. Boring was resumed this week on Mo-. 6, which caved in a short time ago. The outside work at the north end of the last tunnel, No. ', is about com pleted and pipe is being laid to con meet with one of the compressorS so that boring there can begin.
 A large quantity of timber for the trestleS has been hauled out to mile 49, where the first are located and con- struction will be under way within a few days. As soon as the snow is gone from the side hill beyond the end of the track grading will be resumed there and the rails carried to the first tunnel as soon as possible. Enough snow remains on the hill to interfere with work and it is very sluShy. The warm weather of the last week has ruined the snow road from the end of track to Camp 49 and no more team ! ing can be done until the ground is dry.
 The status of tunnel work last Satur- day night was as follows;
 ! Tunnel Bench Heading Total
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-06-02
ACTIVE WORK ON
 TURNAGAIN ARM
Crow Creek Company and Others Around New Town of Gird.
 wood Employ Many Men.

Crow creek is buster than ever in it's history this summer and as a conse- ouence the new town at mile 75 on the north side of Turnagain Arm, which the inhabitants propose to call Girdwood, is a lively little place notwithstanding the removal of the railroad graders to other portions of the work, leaving only small number of loggers still there. More than 100 men are employed by the big hydraul- ic mines in the vicinity and half as many individual miners are doing devel- oprlent work on a small scale are on adjacent creeks.
 A petition has been sent to Wash ington asking for the establishment of a post office at the town on the Arm, which is to be called Girdwood in hon. or of James Girdwood, who owns a group of hydraulic claims on upper Crow creek, above the property of the Crow Creek Placer Mining Company, which he has been working with ann pie results for several years and on which he is prepared to carry on op- erations this season upon larger scale than ever.
 Nr. Girdwood owns the land where the new town stands at the mouth of the misnamed Glacier creek, of which Crow creek is tributary, He is a New York man and comes out every summer to superintend operations on his Crow creek property, which is equally as rich as the ground of the famous Crow Creek Company.
 The Crow Creek Mining Company's property. which was sold last winter to a California syndicate for $25O,OOO, is the scene of extraordinary activity under the direction of Andrew Nisbet, superintendent for the new owners. Between sixty and seventy men are now employed and are engaged in building additional and larger fumes for the transmission of water for hy- draulic purposes. It is the intention of the new owners to work the prop erty to the utmost limit of possibility and as the group embraces fifteen claims of which only small area has been washed out they are certain to extract a fabulous sum before they eX- haust the gravel deposits.
 The California Mining Company has fifteen men at work and several dozen men are developing or prospecting on their own account on different creeks. On the other side of the Arm at Sun rise and Hope the usual summer opera tions are in progress. The big dredger at Hope which the Rainbow Creek Mining Company installed near Hope last year will be kept busy all summer under the direction of M. E. Davis.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-06-02
CASWELL REACHES INLET
Little Steamer Makes Long 1NOyage
 From Seattle in Safety

The little steamer Caswell IS no doubt safe in Seldovia by this time. The Santa Ana met her Tuesday night off Cape Elizabeth. This is the boat which Capt. Swift bought for the Yentna river run. She is a stern wheeler.
 Captain Keller, who came up as master of the little steamer on, the ocean trip, left her in the hands of Capt. Swift when they met the Santa Ana. and boarded that vessel to re- turn to Seattle. He reports that the voyage was made without serious trouble and the boat came through in excellent order.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-06-02
Crowds Fill Madrid

Madrid, May 3l-The Spanish capi- taI never presented more brilliant gala day aspect than iJ does this morn inc in honor of the nuptialS of King Alfonso with Princess Ena of Batten- berg. The city is filled with people from outside and the entire population seems Co be in che streets All hotels Are crowded and everything wears a holiday appearance.
 The officials have beeuuo,ileu of ,hc presence of anarchists from other countries and every precauuou Is taken by the police Co unoynn, gcy.s, af srrar-.rs to near proximity .o inc royal couple.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-06-02
Takes Lease at Rainbow Creek

Capt. W. N. Armstrong has taken a lease of the dredging ground os the Rainbow Creek Mining Company on Rainbow creek, north of Turnagain Arm, and will work it this summer. He went through on the Santa Ana 10 make a trip to the Yentna district but will be back soon. The Rainbow Creek Mining Company, of which M. E. Davis is manager, is preparing to work the property at Hope on large scale with the big dredger installed last fall.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-06-02
Rebuilding Called off Because Insurance Companies Fail
 To Settle.
MANY MEN OUT OF JOBS
No Information Can Be Obtained as to Probable Date of Pay
 ment of Claims.
By Cable to The Daily Gateway

San Francisco, May 3l-All rebuild ing stopped today because the fire in- surance companies have taken no steps toward paying losses and without in- surance funds no means of paying laborerS can be obtained. Thousands of workmen were discharged because there was no money to pay them.
 No information is obtainable from the insurance companies concerning $ contemplated date for the settlement of claims. Great hardship will resul. to the poorer classes unless they can be given work very soon.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-06-02
AlaSkanS in Seattle Say RepubIi- can Call for Convention
 Is InequitabIe.
FAVOR NON.PARTISAN MEETING
Claim Big Delegations Are Given to Small Towns While larger
 Ones Get None at All.
By Cable to The Daily Gateway.

Seattle, May 26-Alaskans in Seattle disapprove of the apportionment made in the call for a Republican territorial convention. They say that it is in- equitable and not based upon fair estimate of the population.
 As an example objectors point to Candle Creek, which is given five dele gates, and say there are larger towns in the territory that are given no separ' ate representative at all. Other in' equalities are pointed out which are said to be sure to create dissatisfac' ton.
 The belief is prevalent that the Re publican call will result in general demand for non-partisan convention.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-06-02
Steamer Dora Sails Westward

Steamer Dora came into port Tuesday night and sailed for the westward after midnight. She spent considera- ble time at King bay unloading a min ing outfit. To that fact her delay in reaching Seward was chargeable. Among her westward passengers was Deputy Marshal Vawter of Unga, Thomas Hanmore, a well known Cook inlet mining operator, who goes to Ili- anna to work copper property, C.. Warner, who goes to Chignik to devel- op pumice stone mine Nr. Warner was in Seward last year, and delivered several lectures.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-06-02
TO MAKE SURVEYS IN
 MATANUSKA REGION
Party of GeoIogists and TOpOgraphi- cal Engineers Pass Through
 on Santa Ana.

Four men attached o.the division of Alaska mineral resources in the U. $. geological survey bureau of the inter- for department, went to the Inlet bound for the Matanuska region, where they will spend the summer in researches concerning the mineral de- posits of that locality, extending their investigations to the Talkeetna and the area between the two rivers. They have four helpers to look after equipment, which includes sixteen horses.
 The survey party is headed by T. G. Gerdine. He and R. H. Sargent are typographical engineers. The other two members are Sidney Paige and Adolph Knopf, geologists. All are un- der the general direction of Alfred H.. Brooks, head of the division of Alaska mineral resources.
 The party will divide at the head of Knik Arm. two of them making a short eXploration.oi that region, while the others will go directly up the Matanuska, where they will soon be reioined by the Knik river party. They will spend a great deal of time on the Matanuska and the Chickaloon, and after that will proceed slowly across country to the Talkeetna, the east fork of the Susitna. They will ,,ep,oir inEtba field until October.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-06-02
Asks for Vote on wiekersham

Washington, D. C., May 30-Attor- ney-General Moody sent letter to Senator Clark of Wyoming, chairman of the senate judiciary committee yesterday afternoon, asking that he bring about vote on the confirmation of Judge Wickersham immediately.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-06-02
Steamer sheIlkoff Calls In

Steamer ShelikofT, the cannery ten, der of the Northwestern Fisheries Company, came in from Uyak Tues, day afternoon to cable to Seattle. She left before morning. Capt. Johnson reports meeting the steamer Ecuador, which was bound for the westward with Capt. Jarvis, superintendent oi the Northwestern canneries, aboard. Capt. Jarvis is on his annual tour ot inspection of the canneries.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-06-02
Discover Plot to Kiu

Tuu... May E' \ u.H. has been discovered to a--a--.aa-. King Alfonso of Spain when ta. wedding party Iaav.- -l. church u.aE Fifty an0- ehi,., O. France and Spain hay. been de,aue. .r .au task au. they ane now .u Na.r.. H.e plot was revealed her. through leaks from -EmHa.u.".r,.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-06-02

In 1900, it is said, 100000 bales of cotton would have lasted the Lanca- shire mills, England, for year; now the same amount only feeds their spin dles for a day and a quarter
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-06-02
no Call Eyak Cordova

A petition has been sent to the post al departmeut at Washington asking rb,r n post office be established at Eyak and called Cordova, the name sot the bay.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-06-02

Pans running from S25 to S35 are numerous on No. above on Wonder creek. near Nome, according to the Nome News.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-06-02

An Illinois paper says Gov. Hoggatt looks like a good man, over six feet tall
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-06-02

Whales avoid the gulf stream and are never found there.
Seward weekly gateway., 1906-06-02
Find Boats Waiting

The Cook party of mountain climbers and explorers and the geological sur vey party found the Toledo and Nep- tune waiting for them when they reached Seldovia on the Santa Ana. By coming to Seward and meeting them here Capt. Shaw captured the Cook party, but the survey party went up the Inlet on the Neptune.
 Goldstream in the Panama is one of the most popular of recent discoveries.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-04
THE aoLpgNsfLEEcE
Most Highly Iersred Of the snrvlvine
Otders of ChiVaIrVs 49,

Most Highly IaE4sed Of the SnEV1ying
OfdeHs. OF ChIVaIrvs 49,
OF an the orders OF mediaeFaI chIv-
airy which have survived the shock OF
successive revolutions on the continent
of Europe since the great entacIysm Of
ITs9. that of the Golden Fieeee Is per-
haps the most distinguished and the
most highly coveted by personnses of.
royal birth or of illustrious patrfciaE
lineage.
The badge OF the order IS the figure
of a sheep IN embossed gold suspend
ed from n heavy chain OF gold, The
full robes consist or along mantle Of
crimson velvet, cut In the faslIsoa OF q
sacerdotuI cope. richly Embroidered at
the borders with emblematic- devices
of stars, half moons and fieeces in
gold and lined with white satin. over
n doublct and hose of crimson dhInask.
The fun robes also comprise ''ci.ap-
eron.' or hood. with long flowing
streuiaer of black satin, but this head
gear ias In uioi,eru times been gen
orally dispensed WITT.
originals the robes Of the order.
which was founded III 1920 by Philip
the tsOol. luke of Burgundy. We're OF
crimson cloth lined with white lambs
wool. and this circumstance has some
what strengthened the theory that tile
golden fleece was instituted by Philip
the Good IL grateful recognition of.the
immense treasures which the Duke OF
Burgundy had acquired from the
wool of the locks reared on his vast
estates in Flanders BE It as it may.
the wooden costume was changed in
14T3 at u chapter held Mt VnIencfennes
for the more costly materials Of vel
vet, t:fTetI. damask md gold embrold-
ery.--London Telegraph.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-04
rbe TuIlerIe. Gnrdena.

Early in the reign OF Louis XVI. the
authorof book entitled lie Parterro
Geographlque ct HIstorique" suggest-
ed that these gRrdens should be laid
out to represent the provinces OF
France, ON Sept. 4. 1898. a deputltion
came to the national convention. and
the spokesman. Anaxagorns Chau-
mette. said that 1.-THE eyes Of repulJ-
leans would rest with mora pleasure
on that former domain OF the crown
when 1t produced objects OF prime me-
eesslty. Would It not be better to
grow plants which were needed for
the hospitals than to leave there slut
ues, fleurs-de-lls, box trees and other.
objects which niinlstcred to tie lt;S-
ury sud pr.da OF kilss2''- -sSotes and
QCer:es,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-04
rho1o Amateur. a study

One Of the most interesting places in
New York to study human nature Is at
counter Ia a photographers shop
where the customers come to get ANA
teur photographs they have had devel-
oped and printed. The anxiety they
display to get the products OF their
shots would seem to be out Of all
proportion to the results. when you
catch n glimpse of them. and their dis
appointment IL the prints are not ready
Is almost keen. apparently, as Il
some Important business transaction
had fallen through. And when they do
get the prints their faces are even
moro interesting. The satisfaction of
these amateur photographers over a set
Of fairly good pictures is absolutely
ldIotic. and their dismay at lot Of
failures. Ia tragic. The frankness Of
these exhibitions Is not the least inter
esting phase OF the whole thipg.-New
York Press,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-04

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I-. .tNt.N rI
f.e III oIoiIt rl
lor t llgt Il llu
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hers - - rel mus ~
81 hen e
&C ~ l 19
then tran n l1s liris enetlls
Sol love ne catast q the
GerlldiE does nobotiy else Eears OF
teach lie Bird 50 ~; md ,log-
tdIi 81 q culries iul{iqf -
eopatry 9re bonght ~ eerlnaEis 4 Ineti-
is6tIi i1sr and "a q Oh world the.
* rili rs form Bird elnlls ana carry
them on wild great enthusiasrn. study
inc tie pecu afitfe5 q their faYori
~ iiiS ltst6 aiii,s eritiel ny u. tlielr.
SONGS and discussing them with al the
tiit IS slnehsto criticism
% the opera
such clubs are 10 be found IN an
elites With a large German populat ton
III CiiicaEo. st. Louis and New York
for instauees, and IN many Of the slnaii-5
er Pennsyl Vania towns. The Green
sichg = reet dealer slSeys t9ne1
stnte Is fairy srseRted with them, ths.
nuuIiier of IiIrd cIfib5s within tts bound.
hties being great thait In any other.
state. Contests between canary birds
2or at least the holding Of comparative
e1hfbitions OF their pOWer Is singers
are not at an uncommon wherever
there are German canary eqthustas
ana It Is from the members of such.
clubs that the importers and the breed
ers get fancy prices for fancy birds.
Americans sometimes work up a de-
Eree OF enthusiasm for canartesi but
their devotion to the melodions birds
never compares with that shown BY
itbe Germans, either II degree, persist
ence. or, Il the truth must be told. IN
Intelligence. The Americans interest
In the canary, to put the case datly, e
always faddist and deetlng. while the
Germans IS serious. lasting and. with
regard to the birds. song. oflthe nature
Of true music worship. York
Telegraph. $500
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-10-04
THE BOOMERANG.

one OF the Most Peculiar weapons OF
Is war Ever Inyenteds
The boomerang Is an instrument used
both IN war and in the chase by the
aborigtnes of Australia. It Is usually
about two feet In length, made OF hard
wood bent into curve resembling an
obtuse angle, nat on one side and
rounded on the other. The method Of
using this curious weapon Is very pc
culiaE. The thrower> takes it In one
hand. holding the bent side downward.
ana hurts It forward as II to hit some
object twenty or twenty-five yards IN
advance. Instead of continuing to so
directly Forward In accordance with
the Newtonian law 1t slowly ascends
In the air. whirIiuS round and round.
describing a beautiful and geOmetrical
curved line till It reaches IA considera-
BILE height. when IL begins to retro
grade. fiIaiiy sweeping over the head
of the protector. striking the object for
which II was Intended, which IS al
ways in the rear.
An English officer has this to say OF
the singular weapon: THE boomerang
Is one OF the most curious weapons OF
war ever invented. at least by a bar
barous people, nor IS it easy to compre-
bend by what law of proJectiles 1t is
made to take the singular directions
that 1t frequently does. have seen a
native throw one so as to make IT go
forty or fifty yards horizontally and
not more than four feet from the
ground. It would then suddenly dart
Into the air to the height OF fifty or
sixty yards, describe very copsider-
able curve and finally fall at his feet
In aIl cases, no matter how thrown,
the boomerang keeps tlrninE with
great rapidIty, like as IL on a pivot,
making a loud, whizzing noise all the