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Seward weekly gateway., 1907-06-29
ANOTHER CHAPTER IN
 SWANITZ' DEPARTURE
Special to The Daily Gateway.

Chicago, June 9 President Stewart of the Valdez-Yukon Railroad Com pany has added another chapter to the volume of reasons why A. w. Swanitz was dismissed as chief engineer in charge of construction at Valdez before work was abandoned on the project last summer.
 According to Mr. Stewart in state- ments to friends, Swanitz sold company secrets to Steve Birch, representative of the Guggenheims in charge of the Bonanza mine, and trough Birch put the Guggenheims into possession of in- formation which enabled them to pre- vent the financing of the Valdez-Yu- kon project,
 This charge is in addition to reasons formerly given that Swanitz had mis- represented the amount of work done in reports to his superior officers and had misrepresented his own relations with persons and firms from whom Stewart had been lead by Swanitz to expect financial support.
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-06-29
LEARN HOW TO INVEST IN
 MINING.

It is the policy of Profit and Loss to teach investors how, and this popular investors magazine is growing daily, earning the confidence of mining stock buyers all over the world. Profit and Loss has scored a success unprece- dented in the annals of western fnan- cial journalism, and this success is based upon the exceptional service rendered the public.
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-06-29
SEWARD STEAMERS

Santa Clara: sailed for Seward by way of Katalla 24th.
 Bertha: sailed from Seattle 25th. Saratoga; sailed from Seattle 2Sth. Nucatan; sails from Seattle lst. Portland; sailed from Seward 24th Dora; sailed for Unalaska 18th. Elsie: due from sound ports 29th.
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-06-29

Judge Dunne, who tried the Schmitz case in San Francisco, seems to have acted as attorney for the prosecution, according to the press accounts of the trial. Every time Heney and the attorneys for the defense got into a row. Dunne threatened to commit the latter for contempt
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-06-29
SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1907
A SOONER CONSTITUTION

Oklahoma was first settled by soon CTS and now is coming into the union with constitution which might be called a sooner. This may be due to rhe long delay in the admission of the state, and probably is, because it it had been admitted several years ago, as i, was entitled Co be, when some of the fads which are now incorporated in ir, organic law were yet unborn, it is plain they would have been omitted because un,hought of.
 Theu new state Is young and orogres- sive. inhabited by hustler, and tr, constitution makers were tmbued with an ambition .o make che fundamental. law .s the ,,atea beacon o0 ,he htll top <. reform t1v al. the world Co won der a.. Instead therefore of writing o mer. constitution they ,eg.s.a,cd on eyc.s subject of present popular inter- est.
 !, E, said that with few exceptions the teregate, Go the constitutional con- venrt1n were men who knew nothing of either law or politics. By some strange fatality scarcely anybody but a freak succeeded in securing election to the convention. \ large majority wer. preparatory students in the science of government, wi,ha handful of freshmen and sophomore, thrown in Co annoy them IyreqUiyed desperate wor., bya few capable lawyers in the convention to save the mob from incor- pora,iug in the instrument several dj- rec, violation ot the constitution ot the United States and of ,he enabling act.
 Every time one of these amateur Constitution builders reads iu the morn- ing paper of a new pipe dream for the regulation of the human race he iuuo- duc.d 30 resolution a> soon a, he could get the floor proposing % rive it place in the constitution. As result a To, of provisions slipped into ,he inc strumeut on subjects which are usually left Co town councils.
 The sooner constitution Is facing an injunction to preveu, a vote on it's Re dop,ton on the ground that it doe, not proytd. for 80 republican form of goy- ernmeu,, which the federal govern men, is required by the 0ationa, con- sti,uiou Co guarantee. Several points are raised in the suit but the most imp9r,an, is the gerrymander of legis- Iative districts. The democratic ma j0ri.y in the convention undertook Co insure for all time a democratic ma1or- fly in the legislature regardless of the ! popular vote. The apportionment gave ! the republican districts from three to | seven times the population of the !. democratic districts.
 The only trouble with this apportion- . men. was that it carried an overload of sooner zeal. Both parties have per petrated outrageous gerrymanders in nearly all the states from time to time. They have carved out districts with like a small boy twisted up with green apple collie but withrare exceptions have preserved a semblance of the equities of population. The Oklahoma apportionment is more gross lv inequitable than the anticipated town representation of Connecticut and Rhode Island, which have the eN- cuse of age and precedent.
 The sOOners are little worried now by the fear that they were too soon en- tirely
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-06-29

How is this? A Georgia judge de- nounces the unwritten law and the At lanta Constitution backs him up. Now what hope is there for civilization if a Georgia gentleman cannot go out cunning for a fellow mortal whenever he feels SO disposed and be acquitted by a jury of his peers?
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-06-29
ACTIVE MINING WORK
 AROUND HOGAN BAY

Hogan bay, near the southern end of Knight island has several mining oper- ators engaged in development.
 The Happy Jack Mining Company ha, two tunnels under way, The up- per one 800 feet above the water, is in for,y-eight feet and the ledge which at the surface was four feet in width, has wideued to over five feet. Assays from this ledge average S9O95 copper, The ore blocked out in this tunnel shows llO feet of stopping ground. A second working tunnel has been started Co tap this ore body at a depth of 35O feet. Three shifts of miners are be. ing worked on each of these tunnels and work is progressing rapidly. The wharf and uamway will be completed in about ten weeks, when there will be plenty of ore ready to start large shipments at once. This is the Juluis Singer property.
 The claimsowned by Mullen Broth CTS ofCleveland which are being de- veloped by Mr. Wilcox are turning out well. A tunnel which he has been running has cross-cut the vein at a depth of l2j feet and the ore carries higher value than on the surface. A new discovery has also been made on the property which is very promising.
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-06-29

Those San Francisco boodlerS want Go do what isright and therefore object Co conviction under an illegal indict- meny.
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-06-29

The telegraph operators want a fed eral investigation of the charge that the companies are in a conspiracy in restraint of trade but they were too busy to notice the conspiracy before the strike was On.
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-06-29
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Seward weekly gateway., 1907-06-29
OF INTEREST TO ALASKANS

Seward has two dental parlors that are equipped with the best and most modern appliances that can be found anywhere. The two operators are grad uates in the east, of years experience, and established reputation, guarantee ing the very finest in workmanship and materials. Prices are the same as for same grade of work by reputable men anywhere.
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-06-29

That insane woman who thought Gov Hoggatt was trying to poison her simply got herself confused with Alaska.
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-06-29

Yes, but see here, Mr, Trowbridge, how about that mail contract which requires a Northwestern steamer to reach Seward within twenty-four hours after leaving Valdez?
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-06-29

Will somebody please get out a search warrant for that Chinese re- bellion which agitated the correspond ents few days ago?
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-06-29

When Chinaman was deported from California the other day his white wife wen, along with him.
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-06-29

The Bonanza Creek Gold Mining Company of Dawson has a reservoir that holds 5S,O0O,0OO gallons of water.
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-06-29
WEEKLY WEATHER RECORD
TEMPERATURE.

Weather record for the week ending June 2g:
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-06-29

An attempt was made 10 wreck the rock crusheu at the Perseverance mines back of Juneau last week. Five hundred dollars reward is offered for the apprehension of the guilty r9rrip,
Seward weekly gateway., 1907-06-29

The Central American minstrel show is on again.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-26
TATE BOARD
CANVASSES
VOTE
Forts Plurality Is S,Ol6
According to the Off
cial Report.


TRENTON, Nov 26.--With Governor
Stokes as chairman, the State Board Of
Elections canvassers met In the Senate
chamber this afternoon to pass official
ly upon the vote cast November 5.
The board is composed Of Senators
Frelinghuysen Bradley and Hutchin-
son, Republicans, and Hinchliffe and
Price, Democrats. all of whom were ap-
pointed by the Governor.
The board has before 1t two sets Of
figures which it Will have to consider.
This is due to the fact that in some
counties there are discrepancies be-
tween the figures certified to the Sec
retary of State by the various district
election boards and those filed with him
by the county election boards.
According to the county board figures
Fort carried New Jersey by a plurality
of 5000, while the figures from the dis
trict board, as compiled by the Sec
retary of State IN readiness for the
State Board, show that New Jersey
went for Fort by S,016 votes, or IA votes
less than the county vote figures.
Under the election law the district
boards igures are to be considered, the
county board returns being taken merely
ms a check upon the returns. 1t is ex-
pected therefore, that the State board
will certify 10 the figures as filed by the
district boards and will declare that John
Franklin Fort was elected Governor of
the state by a plurality of S,Ol6 votes
These figures may be changed in a very
slighs degree In case the State board
should conclude to count any of the few
rejected ballots
The plbraiities by counties as compiled
by the Secretary Of State from the dis
trict boa-ds returns are as follows:
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-26
TRY TO BREAK
ASSEMBLY
SLATE
MoxOn and
Jess Yet Hunting for
Speakership of House
rFrom a stafr correspondent. l

TRENTON, Nov. 26.-So few MEM
bers of the next Legislature put in an
appearance here today that gossip
going the rounds is not taken very
seriously Only three members of the
upper branch, Senators Robbins, Hand
and Colby. and eleven Assemblymen,
Martin, Colgate, Morgan, Gibbs, Jess,
Cattell, Thompson, Buxton, Prince,
Smalley and Moxon. were in the cor
ridors taking part in the discussion.
Assemblyman Moxon, with Frank
Smith, chairman of the Union County
Republican Committee, is busy trying
to get strong prop for his boom for
the speakership. 1t is rumored that
these Union men are trying to make a
deal with the South Jersey representa-
tives, who are said to be dissatisfied
nth the Prince -Martin-Pa slate of
last week.
The Union plan is to have Moxon get the
speakership, Mr. Jess the leadership and
Captain James Parker clerk of the House.
Just how this can be accomplished the
rumor does not explain.
1t was stated several times today that
the South Jersey men are not in favor of
being out of the running altogether, as the
aforementioned slate has them. They are
ready for a deal to overcome that situa-
tion it is said. The men, from the North
ern part of the State, who were RESPONSE
BILE for the slate that is now said to be
opposed, are looking out for their interests,
(COntinued ON Seventh Page)
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-26
FIRE RATE WAR
BEGINS AT
TRENTON
I2O Essex-HudSOn COmpa.
MES Cause Being Argued
in Appeals Court.
Especial to the Evening star.I


TRENTON, Nov. 26.-Argument was
started today in the Court of Errors
and Appeals in the case Of the Attor-
ney- General against the Fireman's In-
suranee Company, and others, of New
ark. This is the case which will de-
termine the legality of the combination
entered into by 12O fire insurance connn
panies of Newark and a certain secs
tion of Hudson County.
Attorney General McCarter appears
for the State and Richard V. Lindabury
and former Justice Bennett Van Syckei
for the defendant companies. When
the case was opened today the court
allowed each side two hours for argu-
ment. No other argument win be heard
by the court today.
BY the creation of the insurance exc
change the companies involved, the
prosecution claims, turn over their corr
porate powers of fixing rates Rates
are fixed by twelve men, who represent
quorum Of the 120 companies, and
rates once fixed are irrevocable.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-26
FIGHT AGAINST
REDUCTION
OF $5
Election Officers Will Meet
TO Consider Fight in
Courts for Money.

A meeting of district election officers
to protest against the cutting of IS
from their pay for services on the cleo
ton boards will be held Monday night
at Johnson's Hall in Plane street. The
election officers were paid today and
received $25, instead of $50. as paid the
last four years.
While they accepted the money, they
will leave no stone unturned to get the
additional $5 man they think due
them
Thomas Ii. Curran of SOC High
street, an election officer of the fourth
district of the Second Ward, has been
chosen chairman OF the preliminary or
ganzation of officers, and definite ac-
tion will be taken Monday night to
get the money.
There have been fights on this ques-
tion in number Of cities. The law
provides that $50 shall be the remuner-
alton, but recent decision of the
Union County counsel in the case of
Elizabeth officers stamped the action as
Illegal, and it has been followed in this
county.
When the matter was brought UP by
County Auditor Conklin the Freehold
ers referred the matter to County
Counsel Crane. The law making the
payment S25 in cities with over 10000
Inhabitants was approved the day after
the one to make it $50
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-26
FRIEND
ESTATE; WILL
CONTESTED
$4,000 Property Of Mrs.
Healy Went to Nurse.
Allege iDcapacity.

Testimony was taken before Deputy
Surrogate Charles r. Kocher, sitting as
special master in the Orphans Court
today, in an attack on the will of the
late Mrs. Mary Healy. She was a
widow when she died at 1856 Commerce
street, on October last, and left prop
erty valued at about $4,000. The bulk
of ii went to Mrs. Mary Ann Clark, a
relative, who attended Mrs. Healy DUR
ing her last Illness.
Soon after Mrs. Healy's death steps
were taken to break the will on the
ground of lack Of testamentary capac-
lty by filing caveat
The caveators, who were represented
by former State Senator Michael Z.
Barrett, are Michael Mcdonnell, a
nephew, and Margaret Mcdonnell, a
niece of the deceased, who did not re-
ceive anything under the will.
Mrs. Clark, who was represented by
James M. Trimble, lived in the house
in Commerce street with Mrs. Healy.
James Mcdonnell, also a relative is in
terested in the outcome of the fight.
They are all children of Margaret and
Francis Mcconnell.
Mrs. Healy was married twice. She
left no children.
After the taking of testimony the case
was adjourned to December 2.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-26
INDEPENDENT MILKMEN
TO FIGHT TRUST RAISE.
Hudson Dealers viii Keep Price at
Eight Cents Per ouart--Get
Buyers Support.
[specIal 70 the Evenlng stnr. |

JERSEY CITY, Nov. 26.-The talked
of raise in the price of milk from eight
cents quart to nine cents will not
affect Hudson County buyers. Hudson
County milk dealers, members of the
Hudson County Dairymens Associa-
ton, assert that they win continue to
sell milk at eight cents quart
throughout the winter, even though
they may not make as much profit
from their business as in former years.
The raise in price has been decreed,
they say. by the milk trust The trust
has already raised the price to nine
cents a quart, but not an independent
milk dealer has followed suit, nor do
any intend to.
The trust has for years been trying
TO put the Independent dealers in Hud-
son County out of business. They have
absorbed the entire business of some
and have secured large part of the
trade of others, but have not succeeded
in breaking the spirit of the independ-
ent men These are banded together
in an association for mutual protec-
ton, not only from those who would
raid their business and steal their GUS
toners, but to prevent theft of their
bottles and other property.
The members of the Dairymen's As
sociation are already beginning to reap
good fruit from the raid on the con-
sumer by the trust crowd. Many Of
the customers who left them to patron
izc the trust have returned to them.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-26
FATAL ATTACK
BY MASKED
ROBBERS
Customer in New York Sa-
loon FrightfulIy Beaten.
Three Held Up.

NEW YORK, Nov. 26-Five men.
masked and with revolvers in their
hands, entered the saloon of Richard
Wendellken, on the northwest corner
of First avenue and Twenty-sixth
street, across the street from Bellevue
Hospital, today and, after holding up
the three men who were in the place
at the time, rified the till of $42, and
got about as much more from the bar
tender and two customers.
One of these latter, Frank Somer-
vile, 81 years old, of 314 East Seventh
street, ran to Bellevue Hospital as
soon as the robbers left, where he was
met by DIR. T. j. Kerns and Head
Nurse Jessie Want.
Somerville's face was mass of
black and blue marks and bruises
from a blackjack with which one of
the hold-up men had struck him. 1t
was found that his skull was fractured
and he may die.
Herman Wendelken, brother of the
proprietor, was tending bar, and he
also was forced to stand against the
wall while the men went through his
pockets.
AS soon as the five men had escaped
Wendelken ran out into the street, try
ing to keep track of the men until he
could find policeman, but they dis
tanced him.
During the hold-up Miss Want and
Miss Costello, nurses in Bellevue, wit
messed The hold-up from window, and
they aroused the neighborhood with
their screams.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-26
DERAILED CAR
BLOCKS FOUR
LINES
Bloomfield Car Thrown
Across Street, Causing
HOId.up Both Ways.

Business men and women from the
North End, the Branch Brook section
and from the municipalities that feed
the Bloomfield line of trolley cars, who
are prone to get the last possible car
to get to business ''just on time" sus-
talned rude shock today by the de-
railment of Bloomfield car No. 1912,
at BelIeville avenue and Crane street.
The rear trucks left the track COM
pletely, the rear platform of the vehicle
going almost to the curb. There was
no one injured and a large audience
was on hand in a short period, made
up of vexed passengers who knew they
would be late and many outsiders.
The derailment tied up the Newark
Paterson, Bellevilley Broad street and
the Bloomfield cars on both the north
and south tracks.
More than half an hour was neces-
aary to straighten out the tangle and
get the long line Of cars moving once
more.
1t was necessary for passengers on
the bleeted cars to get transfers and
walk to eighth avenue and other points
south to get cars to take them to the
-Four Corners, only TO be late for their
business duties.
A car Jumped the tracks on the
Broad street line in Belleville avenue
near Clark street at 1880 o'clock this
morning and delayed traffic about ten
minutes.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-26
TO RELIEVE
RECEIVERS
OF Big CO.
Westinghouse Plans PrOpO-
SitiOn for Holders of
Floating Debt.
WILL SECURE CREDITORS
Electric Concerns Founder to
Place Securities Worth $780,.
O0O,OOO Against His $S,O0O,-
900 Notes for Personal
Obligations.
SECURE CREDITORS

PITTSBuRG, Pa, Nov. 26,--A prop
osition is about to be submitted to
holders of the floating debt of the West
inghouse Electric and Manufacturing
Company looking to the taking of that
company out of the hands of the re-
ceivers, appointed four weeks ago, when
four of the Westinghouse concerns got
into financial difficulties. 1t is prob
able that the proposition will be ac-
cepted and the property restored to the
direction of George Westinghouse, it's
founder.
An advance copy of the proposition
has just been sent out. According to
it's provisions, holders of the floating
debt, estimated at $5,000,0OO, are to re-
ceive 33 1-3 per cent. of their claims
in per cent convertible bonds at 30;
SO 1-3 per cent. at par, and the remain
ing one-third in per cent. notes of the
company. Equal amounts are to be-
come due in one, two and three years.
1t is also reported that the receivers
of this company, pursuant to an order
of court have deposited additional se-
curity for the outstanding 3-year col
lateral per cent. notes of the COM
pany, dated August !, 1907 making
good the requisite amount Of collateral
under the term of the agreement se-
curing these notes.
Ii was learned that Mr. Westinghousc
proposes 10 secure fhe notes for his $500
600 personal obligations with securities con
servatively estimated at between SOS, 09i
and $50, 100000. Practically all of the
holders of his personal obligations have sig
nified their purpose to accept the propo-
sition made by Mr.. Westinghouse, by
which he is to get a three-year extension
on his obligations, one-third falling due
each year.
Wher the Westinghouse concerns were
placed in the receivers hands, Mr.. West
inghouse predicted that they would be out
OF such hands within a short time. 1t APP
pears that the largest concern, the West
inghouse Electric and Manufacturing Com
pany. is to be resorted to the stockholders
before the end of the current year.