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The broad ax., 1907-10-26
Most Costly Thing In the World.

Most Costly Thing In the World.
Some idea Of the difficulties In TIE
way Of extracting radium from the
pitchblende waste may be appreciated
when we learn that pitchblende, the
mineral that is richest In radium, con-
tains but one-miIlIonth part Of per
cent Of radium, less than the proper
ton Of gold In ocean water. We would
think It a pretty thankless task to
mine gold, or extract 1t, from sea wa
ter. But the work would be far easier,
and we would get more gold from
cubic yard Of sea water than we would
radium from a ton Of pItchblende. Per
haps, then, 1t VIII not be hard to appre-
ciate how little radium there Is In the
worthless than twenty grains, GER
tainly not half q teaspoonful Of pure,
radium bromide. A grain Of gold can
be had for five cents or less. Dia-
monds are worth by weight much
more, perhaps SO grain, but the cost
Of radium Is truly fabulous-$7, 200 for
q single grain.-Harpers Weekly.
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-04-20
100 MUCH OF A RUSH

Betor. John c. Held. national cum- -ttr.mu for Alaska, call, 30 tami- .1r.a' convention in Alaska Co meet loN, November Co elect delegate, to
 no republican national convention of laO~. he should read up a little on urecedent~. Fora quarter of a cen- .Jry the call for the republican uattoua. convention has directed that delegate, be elected no less thauthirty nor more than sixty OF ninety days bee ore the date fixed tor the national convention Co assemble.
 The convention of 1908 will not be called until next December and the national committee might waive the long standing rule in behalf of Alaska, oUt i, would be somewhat embarra,s- ing if Alaska should elect delegates in November and a little later be order -j Co elect again.
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-04-20
Shocks Still Continue

City of Mexico, April lS-Earth- quake shocks continue in Southern Mexico, with considerable damage to property. Returns of death losses show the total to be larger than at first supposed The list includes many prominent MeNicanS
 Relief work is being organized on a large scale and the burial of the dead and the disposal of wreckage is being hurried to the utmost as a pestilence is feared. The odorS from the debris in some places are becoming intolcrabIe.
 It is reported that several hundred persons peri,hed in tidal wave which inundated large part of the coast of the state of Acapulco yesterday.
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-04-20
MODERN PADDED PAPERS

The Chicago Chronicle predicts 30 reaction against the modern padded .atIy metropolitan newspaper, swollen 70 thc proportions of 80 volume or the .nrycIorudsu with rubbish tha, mo sane man would ever undertake to burden his mind with. stun that isn't worth
 reading and ,hm would -,nerole brain storm, m any mind ,ha, wouIdattemp. .ran-.rr tta..
 T.. gurr.c,. .~rtga,. Tu. modern .... newspaper .u 80 great e.,l cone ...., .u.r.a-. which |, the sol. .N- u-. r. .,~ existence. md then cole .m.-.. lakes. O. ''..ur.ng' stories. u. .... wwaga wa u>..m about ..au improvements. ..aI aa. imaginary. -.rr...a. gossip, trivia. .u,a .n..- ..r.- . ... type which arr u.u.su..a .... given. .wa-aou in country ....... written in country "ueasE -..... ... ...r o.,.u1.U ~...r.E Ia. cry ...a-" bear ,ana.0.. tm- press . intelligence Co people who ..> ......-.ue. enough Co ,.n that 1T. 'un..h ], only newspaper sHo.ol.
 And Tn. ..v~uau.~> which sell this ..mu.#En- roc claim Go ha the .ua.a.na," %. rh. public. Iu way uey a-.. Guuw aaU ~oapy Smith .r,r ....n..U rne public.
 The city newspapers would oo oe,,er worth reading tt they would publish only legitimate news. Disre-ardtu- Sunday features 70 thi, wuuIdcurdowu n. daily news space oun-ho.l and nr.e-n.r.n, os that would no, be wort. remembering.
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-04-20
Summons For Publication

In the District Court for the Territory of Alaska, Third Division.
 Julius Singer Plaintiff
 NO. 'NO NJ II sullivan. Defendant
 The President of the United States of Amcri- ca Co M. H sullivan, defendant above naned, greeting:
 You are hereby summoned and required Co appear in the above entitled action and answer the complaint herein within thirty days from the period of the completion of the publication of this summons. tOwit:- within thirty days from the 27th day of April. laO7, that iN to say, on o- before the %7th day of May. 10O7, or Judg- ment for want thereof will be taken against And take notice if you fail to answer the c0mpaint herein the paintf will apply Co the Court for the relief demanded in said com This action is brought to forccloNca certain chattCl mortgage made and executed oy M. H. Sullivan iu favor of Julius Singer at Sunrise. Alaska on the 10th day of September. l9O5, which said mortgage was made. executed and delivered Co plajntin herein aS security Tor the payment of a certain promiSsoTy note Gated at said time and place payable on December lgth 1905 in favor Of Julius Singer Paintln herein. for Inc sum of Four Hundred and Twenty-Five Dollars (Si25OO with interest at the rate or l2 per cent per annGm. the property mentioned m said chatCl mortgage being certain hydrauNc machinery. pipes. fumes, derrlckN, holNtS cables pcltOn wheel and all personal property used in the business Of mining situate on Jht mining claims of defendant on Cullen creek Kcrai precinct. district of Alaska: and in which said action plaintin asks said Court that defendant be fOrCClOScd of all interest, lien and equity of redemption in said mOrtgaged prop erty: that the said property be sold and the proceeds thereof applied in payment Of the amount due on said note and mortgage. costs expenses and attorneys fees and the Defendant be adjudged Co pay any deficiency that may re- main after applying all said moneys aS atore- said and for such other relief as to the Court may seem meet
 Said summons was by an order of said Court dated on the 7th day of March, 1907, at Valdez. Alaska. directed to be served upon defendant by publication.
 Date of first publication March 9th. l9Ol
 Date of last publication April 27th. l9O1
 Last date within which appearance can be made May 27th, l907
 Witness the Honorable James WickerSham, Judge of said Court this 7th day of March 1907, at Valdez, District of Alaska.
 F.. J. STEER CLERK.
 S. A CRANDALL, DEPUTY. w. T. Scott and c, H. Clegg. Attorneys for the Plaintiff.
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-04-20
To Cancel Klondike Concessions

Informations to cancel the Klondike gold concessions have been filed by the attorney.general of Canada in the exchequer court of the Dominion, and the court will sit in Dawson this sum- mer to take testimony It is claimed that the concessionaires have failed 10 comply with the obligations imposed upon them by the grants. To help on the fight the Dawson News is printing the informations, which in each case set out the concession in full.
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-04-20
REDUCING PASSENGER RATES

Several state legislatures last win ter reduced passenger rates to , cents a mile. and thereby brought forth a chorus of iercmiads from the down trodden railroad magnateS, who insist that the reduction will drive them into bankruptcy. Nobody seems to have any sympathy with them or have any fear that the railroads will quit business.
 Thu, does history repeat itself. From time Co time legislatures have com pcIIed reduction in passenger rates and in each case the same vail of i'm. pending bankruptcy has gone up from the railroad officials, yet in each case a steady increase has been noted in passenger receipts. Twenty years ago the Kansas legislature reduced pas ,ruger rates ,o 8 cents a mile. The vro,, receipts for the first month at B cent, and every month thereafter were larger than they had ever been at 1 cents. The same history was enacted ten wears ago in Washington.
 The reason iN plain. \ man will mk, trip twice at S3 where he would 20 only once at S5. Then the
 railroad alway, cmtails passes and makes more people pay every time rate, are reduced Twenty-Five years ago every third passenger ou the rail- roads wa, dradhcad. Now mo, one man .u twenty rides free
 There t, mo bu,luos, in the United States which ua, brought forth ,o uuch corruption and mi,managemeut ., rur railroad traffic Men have been placed u position, of enormous Fee >nau,u.fry both in operation and con -.r.,uou who ought to have been t..r,uc tor somebody. These j9com- ua,ca. pct, have wasted millions and then tried Co rgcoup Jhc waste, and n. ro,>e, by rcbatiug and other fayort,i,m, by overtaNiny the general public.
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-04-20
A SampIe Sound Charting

Here iS am illustration of the jn- accuracy of the charts of the waters of Prince William sound; While anchor ed at ElIamar last trip Capt. Moore of the Saratoga took Soundings where the chart shows B faJhoms of water and found only l6 feet at low tide. This k over the rock out from Ella mar wharf. It is certainly high time that the government was having proper surveys made of these harborS, which are visited by large steamers every trip. Valdez Prospcctor.
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-04-20
Notice to Co-owners

To l. NJ. Cummings. Jay Hoover, J. Carson, r,
 A SilyerStone, C. Beyer, Otto Langel J. l..
 Reed their heirs and assigns and all persons
 having or claiming an interest m the placer
 mining claims hereinafter described ana to
 all whom it may concern;
 You and each of you are hereby notihed that the undersigned Charles VecklenDurg, CO owner with said J NJ. Cummings Jay Hoover, p A SilyerStOne, C. Beyer Otto Langel and l. L. Reed in eight certain placer mining claims situated near the mouth of knik river Tn COOK Inlet precinct, Territory of Alaska to-wlt- the Gravel Group, Northern Group. Montana Group, Cottonwood Group, Southern Group
 A. C. Group Gold Dust claim and Fine Gold claim. located october 18th, 1905 by and for the nartieS herein named,-haS during the year ioO6 eypended the sum of eight hundred dollars
 (SSOO) in work and laDOr TOT the ueNeloPhicuO of said placer claims: D., That of the proportion of each of you m Sald expenditure, tOwit the sum or one huuureu dollars GlOO) there remains unpaid ana uncOn- tributcd the sum of one hundred dollars (SlOO each: or seven hundred dollars (S7OO due rom all of you for work and labor expended upon said eight placer mining claims .,. And you and each of you are hereDy lurther notified that if within ninety days after puDh- = cation of this notice by publication any one or yOu shall fail to contribute his proportion or | said expenditure for annual Work ana IaDor upon said eight placer mining claims to-Wlt' ! inc sum of one hundred dollars (GlOO), eNpenu- | ed Inv the undersigned as hereinbefore stated, | the interest in said claims of said co-owner so l failing to contribute will be tortelteG to anu become the property of the underSlgheu Charles | Tecklenburg cO-Owner; according to the pro- | viSionS of Section Twenty-three hundred and twenty-fouT (232D of the Revised SJaIuVes Ol | the United States. ,., o,, ,ooo
 Dated at seward, Alaska, February 2nd, lSV'' CHARLES TECKLENBURG, Co-Owner as aforesaid.
 Address, Seward, Alaska. ,oo- hate of first publication, February 9th, l9OI' Date of last publication, May llth' lSO''
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-04-20

Fairbanks has new deal in news papers so often that it hardly gets through taking notice of one before another starts. The latest IS the de- but of the Fairbanks Miners Record, a weekly, published by G. NJ. Arbuckle and edited by William H. Raymond, who went from Seattle to Fairbanks a year ago to edit the News, then moved over to the Times, and now lands in the new venture.
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-04-20

The Portland Telegram notes that at least ten of the Thaw jurors were active bu,iuc,, men and that several of them lost considerable money by ueglec, of their business while sitting on rhc ease. One of them lost con- tract on which he could have made sl5.OOo. Two others figure their loss Q, in the thousands. The Telegram cyuicaly comments.
 "Tho,e are heavy sacrifices Co de- mauj oG private citizens because of tne quarrel ot couple of libertiues over a Soj.ed womau.'
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-04-20
TREMOR JARS
 MEXICO CITY LEnntinmnd from nnwe n
Continued from page D

shocks. It is reported that the shore line of the Pacific in that vicinity is sinking and m many places has sub sided below sea level.
 The loss of life in all the towns de- stroyed is reported to have been heavy.
 The remors are widespread over many parts of Mexico and Central America and the inhabitants are tcrror.stricken.
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-04-20
Recover TOO Bodies

City of Mexico, April l9-Ahout loo bodic, of victims of the earthquake have been ,O far recovered and indcn- tifcd. Some corpScs were too much mutilmed for ndcntiicalion. The number of dead will be largely aug mcntcd by further removal of the debris. Tremors continue daily and strange odor, are emitted from the ground
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-04-20
REAL ESTATE AND
 MINING RECORDS
Deeds

F. l.. Ballaine to C. FagerSon, lot 20, block l3, Seward
 Alfred Lowell. Alafar Lowell, his wife, Alice SchehIer and her husband, H. W. ScheHler, Eva Revell and her husband, II. F.. Revell, Edwin Lowell, by II. F.. ReveIl, his guardian, to r. L.. BaTaine. all that portion of land em- braced within U. $. survey No. I26, on Resurrection bay, territory of Alaska.
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-04-20

Gov. Swiueford has bought the Ketchikan Miner and Mining Journal from Walter $. Coutant and conSolidat- ed those publications with his own paper, the Mining News, which he re- centlv started. He keeps the name of the Miner for the daily edition. Mir. Coutant goes back to the Juneau Re cord-Miner. which has united its busi- ness department with that of the Alaska Monthly.
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-04-20

Gov. Hughes of New York insists that No man i, friendof the repub- '.can party who asks me OF anyone in authority Co appoint man or retain a man who is not equal tohis job" He objects Co reappotnting the state com- missioner of insurance, Kelsey, because the latter Is notoriouSly incompetent, t not worse. but the professional pol- .Ictau> think they need Kelsey in their business and they want to con- r.Due him in office as che tool of the Insurance companies. 10 is plain shat .Gov. Hughes i, a mi,ft in New York politics.
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-04-20

The Seattle real estate boom Is said 70 have farteued out The boomers are frautically trying to save them selves by windmill advertising but the wind is settling into a calm. The city will continue to grow in spite of the perforation of the boom and thereby demonstrate for the miilionth time that the real estate boomer iS 30 para site who creates nothing and is as use- ul as the stock exchange gambler, Cities are builded by men who create industries.
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-04-20

The belief generally entertained by mining men that copper mines are the most persistent of all metals which carry their values to great depth is upheld by conditions at Butte, Mon tana, where ore bodies are found at the 24OO-foot level as rich and exten- sive as any nearer the surface.
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-04-20

". F.. Corey, the steel magnate who quit his wife for MabeIIe Gilman, an actress, and has been divorced by Mrs. Corey, is going to marry the fair Ma belle. It is easy to see where the lawyers and newspapers are going to get some more excitement after while.
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-04-20
SEWARD STEAMERS

Jeanie; sailed from Seattle 3rd. Portland; sailed from Seattle 10th Pennsylvania; sailed from Seattle l6th.
 Yucatan; sails from Seattle 24th. Bertha: sails from Seattle 18th. Santa Clara: sailed for Seattle 18th. Dora: sailed for Unalaska l3th.
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-04-20

Tine Copper Queen Mining Company of Bisbee. Awzona, whose output in 1906 was valued at Sl5,OOO,OOO, has filed 30 protest against the increase of it, assessment from S56,5l3 10 to S90L2l+.4O. Some people would be willing Co pay all the company's taxes for a half interest in the net profit.
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-04-20

\ lot of hitherto unknown relatives of the late silent Smith have risen up from uncharted depths to extend their claws toward that S75OOO,OO0 he dropped on the hither bank of the StyN, which proves that reticence was a family trait in his lifetime.
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-04-20

One of the curiosities of the mail service to Alaska is that money order usually arrives from one to othrse weeks ahead of the poStmaSter'S ad- vice authorizing its payment. This seems to be the rule in Seward,
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-04-20

The Seattle Star has a story about rhe "Steel industry in Seattle, " The Alaska papers run articles regularly on the same subject but they spell It with an "a.
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-04-20

The news story that submarine mines are to be placed in Puget sound should have read additional subma- rine mines. Mines were planted there six years ago and military gen. temen were very sore when the fact was published.
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-04-20

Mir. Bryan wrote to Mayor Dunne
 offering to speak for him in the Chicago campaign but the mayor de- ,lined the offer in a polite letter of thanks. and some editorial writers have been mean enough to suggest that Mayor Dunne wanted chance to
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-04-20

Some old-fashioued people maintain hat a man never makes anything by working on Sunday but here IS a Montana stage robber who picked up s2S. .o0o by an odd job on the day of
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-04-20

Since the Ruef was taken of San Francisco there seems to be no end to the bad smells that escape.
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-04-20

In 1906 there were 13,455 railroad accidents in the United States, in which 977 persons were killed, l2,6S6 injured and SlO,659,l ,lS9 in property destroyed.
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-04-20

And so Bill Squires, the Australian pugiliSt, has come all the way to Amer ica to look for trouble.
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-04-20
WEEKLY WEATHER RECORD
TEMPERATURE.

Weather record for the week ending April 20.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-04-16
CONVICTION STANDS
Court of Appeals A#ifms Decision
Against Alton Officials for Rebatins
Fines of 100000 Must be Paid by
Company and Two Officials.

Chicago April 16.-The United
States court of appeals today affirmed
the conviction in the district court of
the Chicago & Alton railroad and John
II. Faithorn and Fred A. Wann, for
mer officials of the line, for granting
rebates. The company and two Of
ficials were found guilty last year. Ag
gregate fines of 100000 were imposed.
The company was fined $4,000, the
officers $4,000 each. Conviction of
defendants followed the prosecution of
the government, which alleged that
rebates had been granted the Schwarz-
child & Sulzberger company in ship
ments of meats. The rebates are said
to have been paid to the packing COM
pany under the guise of a refund of
terminal charges the amount being
81 on each car for use of the tracks
of the packing company in getting cars
of freight out from the packing house
to the main line of the Chicago &
Alton
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-04-16
Speaks Before the Meeting of
the National Publicity Law
Organization
MEANS CLEANER POLITICS
Both Parties, He Says, Are Guilty Of
Receiving Fund. from Corporations
Samuel eomper. Also speak'-says
Corporate Domination Will Continue
Until Policies Are Changed.

New York, April 16.-The adoption OF
an effective national publicity law
which would require the publication Of
contributions to the national and con-
gressional committee as well as the
expenditures of these committees, was
the question discussed today at the
special meeting of the national public
ity law organization. Perry Belmont.
president of the association, was chair
man of the meeting. The invited guests
included William j. Bryan. and Sam
uel Gompers. Many states were rep
resented.
Bryan was introduced as q man who
had given powerful aid to the public
ity movement. In brief speech Bry,
an told what he thought the nation
al publicity law should be. He said
all contributions above the minimum
should be made public before the cleo
tions, both by the committee receiv-
ing them and by the person or corr
poration making them. Failure to COM
ply with this should be punished
as a penal offense The publicity move
ment, he declared, rests upon the prin-
ciple that politics should be honest,
but he declared there could be no hon.
est politics when any interest could
purchase before election. a promise
that certain things shall be done after
election, and when this promise Is con-
cealed from the voters. Bryan said the
evil of campaign contributions was not
confined to any one party, and quoted
evidence given before the congression-
al committees to prove his statement.
The only sure remedy, he averred, was
the publication of contributions before
the election. Samuel Gompers said tpe
corporations made their campaign con-
tributions for specific purposes, and a
continuation Of that policy means the
continued corporate domination of par
ties
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-04-16

forts to properly raise her two child
ren. She says her daughter first posed
for an artist named Storm, of Phila-
delphia, who met Evelyn at a summer
resort when little girl.
Florence" she says. was in low
with the stage" She did everything
TO discourage her, but 1t was useless.
The story of Florence's first meeting
with White. she says, is substantially
as told by her on the witness stand
When Florence returned she told her
mother she had met the grandest man,
and later, when White sent for her,
she went TO his office White. SHE says,
warned her specifically against several
young men whom Florence had been
acquainted, but did not refer to Thaw.
His manner. words and actions were
the personification of whole hearted,
disinterested generosity. Mrs. Holman
says. and if ever a woman imposed I'M
plicit confidence in man. she says she
did.
Mrs. Holman then asserts that II
Florence underwent the experience
that is said to have befallen her. she
did not take her into hef
confdence Continuing. she says:
Had she told me what she told the
Thaw jury, 1t would not have been ne
cessary for Thaw to kill White. l
would have done it myself"
Speaking of the European trip. Mrs.
Holman says:
Every detail of that trip was and is
a nightmare to me. Thaw Joined us
in Paris. Florence and l shared the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-04-16
GETS LIGHT SENTENCE.
Ten Months in Jail for Ed Owens.
Who Nearly Killed Old Man.


Who Nearly Killed Old Man.
Speci,li to Republican. 5.
Creston, April 16.-Ten months
hard labor in the county Jail was >
sentence given Ed owens in the :
trict court yesterday by Judge' 3 IS.
Owens was indicted on the CT ) OF
assault with intent to maim * tn
jury returned a verdict of {, " ;.
assault to commit great bot . inju.y,
one degre smaller than the = ge CIV
en- in the Indictment The rime for
which Owens was indicted was the
smuggling last fall of w. s. Smock,
resident of Cromwell: Iowa, who was
in the city on business. Smock was an
old man and it was thought carried 4
large amount of money on his person.
This is supposed to have been the in
centive for the crime. He was stand
ing in the door Of a restaurant when
he was approached by Owens and
number of others. who knocked him
down and beat him to insensibility
but were frightened away by the ap..
proach of officers before they had sue
ceeded in robbing him. Smock sus-
tained fracture of the skull and lost
the sight of his right eye. Owens Is
one of a gang of thugs who have in
tested the city during the past year.