Natives Lost at Sea and Alaska Political Notes
The schooner Silver Wave from Seattle on May 4 reached port after a storm, finding a wrecked native vessel 69 miles offshore with the native crew lost. In Valdez the Independent Republican convention May 29 nominated James Wickersham for reelection. delegates and proxies sent to Chicago, with Roosevelt favored, amid dissension. Nome notes a new Republican candidate Simmons appears, and Wickersham’s following grows as Jennings and Krauczunas campaign elsewhere.
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Seattle
Valdez
Pioneer
James Wickersham
Congress
Wickersham
Emery Valentine
Juneau
L. V
Roosevelt
Chicago
Nome
Simmons
Gilmore
Dutch Harbor
Jennings
Kazis Krauczunas
Ketchikan
Laymen Clean Up Lower Flat Area In Initial Effort
Pantilan and Dawson, laymen of the Myrtle association at the lower end of Flat, completed their first cleanup last Tuesday and earned 7 50. They paid all hibovers, saved a surplus, and report improving outlook with two feet of tunnel and visible pay, signaling a profitable season despite earlier low wages and labor difficulties.
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Pantilan & Dawson
Myrtle Association
First Ocean Boats Name
June 7 report states steamships Senator and Victoria sailing from Seattle last weekend are expected to arrive Monday and Tuesday respectively.
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Senator
Victoria
Seattle
Tueday
BRIEFS BY WIRELESS AND AGENCIES
Three German battleships with Prince Adelbert arrive at Fort Monroe Virginia. Jack Jolson is in Las Vegas New Mexico. Americans in Messey warned to flee as lives are in danger. Heat wave grips the Pacific coast. In Philadelphia Wolvust leads in six rounds. Young Jack OBrien and Bombardier Wells arrive in New York seeking fights. Harding of Port Angeles elected commander in chief for the Grand Army of the Republic Department of Washington and Alaska.
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Prince Adelbert
Fort Monroe
Jack Jolson
Las Vegas
N. M
Messey
The
Republic
Pacific Coast
Philadelphia
Wolvust
Jack O'Brien
Bombardier Wells
New York
KR. Harding
Port Angeles
Wash
Grand Army of the Republic
Department of Washington
Alaska
Ing
Las
Eye Injury Causes Possible Blindness at Local Mill
Seesta sustained a severe injury while drilling at Riley & t works above Otter. A sharp object cut the eyelid and penetrated the eyeball, risking permanent blindness. He was rushed to the emergency hospital at Flat City and his recovery remains uncertain.
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Seesta
Riley & T
Otter
Flat City
Suter
Mrs Thurston Hosts Whist Party With Prizes
Mrs M J Thurston hosted a Saturday afternoon whist party from 2 to 5. First prize went to Mrs W Hooks, consolation to Mrs A E Light. Other players included Mrs M L Peterson Mrs Henry A Weir Mrs Bolton Mrs C P Wood Mrs Joseph H Smith and Miss Maltby Rockefeller.
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M. J. Thurston
W. Hooks
A. E Light
M. L Peterson
Henry A. Weir
Bolton
C. P. Wood
Joseph H Smith
Maltby
Tanana Region Short News Items
J J Crossley and Bion A Dodge seek Third judicial division judgeship. Henry Roden named assistant district attorney for Iditarod. CD Mulson of Gen J W Jacobs drowned in the upper Tanana. Nenana coal claimants appeal Interior withdrawal as arbitrary. L B Rhoads brings 1099 dollar cleanup from Bedrock mill. Newsboy till reports 20 dollar ore average after waste. Ein 1 dredge began on upper Mastodon May 27. Fairbanks creek dredge operating steadily. rain and water plentiful.
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Farbanks
J. J. Crossley
Bion A Dodge
Third Judicial Division
Henry Roden
Iditarod
Mulson
J. W. Jacobs
Tanana
Nenana
Secretary of the Interior
L. B. Rhoads
Bedrock
Newsboy
Mastodon
Circle Country
Fairbanks Creek
USUAL HORSEPLAY AT WASHINGTON
Senator John W Democrat advocates expulsion while Lorimer faces calls for removal. Taft prompts rehearing for socialist Leonard Olson whose citizenship was cancelled by Judge Hanford. Berger files impeachment, Alaska hearings feature Pinchot and Wicker. Fisher opposes Alaska mineral claims. McKinzie blames delays in coal land opening.
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Washington
John Wdemocrat
Lorimer
Taft
Wieckershaim
Leonard Olson
Cornelius H. Hanford
United States
Victor L. Berger
Wisconsin
Hanford
Alaska
Gifford Pinchot
Wickeram
Senate Committee On Territories
Gary Fisher
Donald McKinzie
Fisher
Gompers Denies Darrow Bribe Link in Trial Testimony
Bert Franklin testifies Darrow offered bribe money said to come from Samuel Gompers. Franklin claims immunity after pleading guilty. Darrow calls Franklin a liar as Burns and prosecutors faced criticism for implicating Gompers via Darrow. Washington and Los Angeles dispatches note Gompers’s denial.
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Bert Franklin
Darrow
Franklin
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Burns
Gompers
Washington
Los Angeles
U S Marines to Preserve Order in Cuba
Key West Florida June 7 400 United States Marines have been landed at Genera and battleships Minnesota Missouri Ohio and Mississippi head toward Cuban shores ready to land 3500 more The landing of American marines gives general satisfaction throughout Cuba.
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Key West
Fla
Cuba
United States
Genera
Minnesota
Missouri
Ohio
Mississippi
Havana
Northwest Congress Favors Home Rule
Northwest Development Congress in Seattle endorses home rule with resolutions sent to Congress. Governor Clark of Alaska was represented by Falcon Joslin who delivered a fiery speech urging passage of the measure.
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Seattle
Northwest Development Congress
Clark
Alaska
Falcon Joslin
Congress
Nevada Senator Nixon Dies After Appendicitis Operation
Washington June 7 Senator George S Nixon of Nevada has died from blood poisoning after an appendicitis operation. Nixon, a Republican, was elected under the Oregon plan and his election was ratified by a Democratic legislature.
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Washington
George S Nixon
Nevada
Nixon
Oregon
Fairbanks Case Decided on Appeal
The circuit court of appeals sustains Barlight to the mineral claim in the Barker versus Long case from Fairbanks district, ruling that Barker staked first and Long overlapped.
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San Francisco
Circuit Court of Appeals
F. B. Barker
John Long
Fairbanks
Barlight
Long
Fourth of July Planned in Flat City Alaska
The Fourth of July will feature a baseball game between Flat City and Discovery in the afternoon and a fireworks display in the evening. Various sports are slated, with details to be announced, promising a great day for local patriotism.
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Flat
Flat City
Discovery
Alaska
Anniversary Ball at Camp Iditarod Promises Gala Event
Camp Iditarod No 27 hosts its first anniversary ball next Monday June 10 with decorated hall gallery for ladies, rugs on the floor, and an orchestra rehearsing special music. Committees include Executive Trustees Program Decorations Music and Floor with listed members. The notice also announces city appointment applications for chief of police fire captain and municipal clerk at the meeting on June 19.
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Camp Iditarod
Tak
Iditarod
Camp
A.E. Maltby
Albert W. Andrew Nerland
Ira Weed
Fern
Ralph Lomen
R. Simpson
I. Goldstein
Chas. Kemp
J. D. Barnes
A. E. Ma
T. L. Thurston
BE. G. Lindbe
P. Wood
A. Slip
Iditarod City
Roosevelt Likely to Bolt as Taft Loyalists Rule RNC
The Republican National Committee hearing on contests began with Victor Rosewater presiding. Taft partisans control the committee, potentially eliminating Roosevelt-favorable delegates, fueling speculation Roosevelt will bolt and Bryan voices support. Other states show Taft and Wilson alignments shaping convention outcomes.
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Chicago
Republican National Committee
Victor Rosewater
Nebraska
Taft
Roosevelt
Teddy
William Jennings Bryan
Columbus
Flat City Notes Highlight Iditarod News and Local Doings
Miss Halley repairs from surgery outside and studies at a business college. A swarm of residents prepare to leave for the Outside while others return from long trips across Alaska. Accidents, visits, and new business openings fill Plat City and Otter Creek scenes with names of Shropshire, Shonbeck, Mading, and many more.
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Miss Kotsch
Miss Halley
Iditwood
Jimmy Gibbs
Weir
Miss Smith
Iditared
Seattle
Spirit City
Mr. Peekirbaugh
Rthur Shonbeck
Riley & Stetzer
Otter
Mort Marston
Discovery
F. Reghin
Wk Wallace
Rathskeller
Ostrom
Kovkon
Hensley
Otter Creek
Smelt Flood Nome Beach Draws Large Turnout
Great shoals of smelt stranded along Nome beach last Tuesday evening drew huge crowds. The waterfront was filled with millions of fish as residents filled cans sacks and baskets.
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Nome
Unusually Busy Freight Movement Through Dikeman and Flat
Freight operations show hundreds of tons moving from Dikeman toward Flat and the Yukon Gold Company yards. Light-sea scows, launches Narey Bell and Yentna, and a big steam derrick facilitate transfers from deep water barges to lighter draught craft. Improvements along Flat Creek Road and tramway terminals at Iditarod and City depot promise easier, cheaper movement to Marietta once work completes.
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Dikeman
Linavod
Yukon Guld Company
Maters
Narey Bell
Yentna
Drafeoal
Iditarod
Flat Creek
Fe City
Marietta
Keystone drills working on Otter in idled town
Stone drills arrive at Otter key area with one freighted to Hat City by a traction company and another set up by its own power. Horses assist in soft spots as the machine is dragged along Willow street, drawing attention amid the Iditarod week activities.
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Otter
Discovery
Hat City
Scrod Traction Company
Willow Street
Incoming and Leaving Messages From the Island Town
Christopher W Johnson departs on the Navey Bell to join a boat bound for St Michael with plans to settle permanently on an Oregon ranch. Volney Richmond, manager of the CCO, leaves Iditarod on the Nancy Bell to connect with the Delta for the Yukon. Mrs Richmond and Volney Jr accompany the Frank Lawson bound for Ruby. Richard Thorne, the moving picture man, travels on the Nancy Bell toward Ruby to show Dkeman if needed. The steamer Pup Captain Jack Green arrives from Ruby.
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Christopher W. Johnson
Navey Bell
St. Michael
Oregon
Ed. Donnelly
Summit Association
Happy Cheek
Volney Richmond
C.C0
Iditarod
Nancy
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Mrs. Thurston
Rockefeller
Carnegie
Guggenheims
Imperial Baths
T. Lewis
H. Boas
Willow St
Charley Knell
Moore Creek
Forrest
Sunderbruch's
Eastman Kodaks
Lomen Bros
Cot Glass
W. Taylor
Tanana Region
U. S
Northwest Congress
Sunderbruch
Attlat
Frank P. O'Farrell
Tom Nestor
Baltimore
Theodore Bell
California
Democraticention
Den
Coeur d'Alene
Toledo
Harmon
Duluth
Wilson
Albert’ Arndt
da Roscor
Duncan Michie
Webb Mading
Harvin
Anna Clifton
Plat City
Albert Permenter
Koyukuk
Ruby
Iditatod
Friedman's
Front St
Angus McLellan
Hurley
the American Bank
Chas. H. Walters
Anca Olson
Margaret McKenzie
Red Mills
Rose Murray
Minneapolis
Thos. P. Aitkee
Howard R. Broad
Red Ellis
James Chronister
Black Creek
Arudi
Grand Hotel
Second Avenue
A. Shonbeck
Bill Lewis
Henry Riley
Infinito
Humboldt
Cuerto Rey
Oscar Olson
Olson & Larson
Time
Lovera
Bock
Puerto Rico
Empire
Tism. Mere
Mudge Sy
Plat
Kerwin Wales
Wales
Frank Morgan
Mud River
Kilroy & Martindale
Henry Weir
Mrs. Ives
Dec Mading
Whitehorse
Fred Peterson
Jack Shropshire
Witarop
Alfred Boas
McGibney
Yu Con Gold Company
Government Road
George Phillips
Yukon Gold Company
George Albright
Willow Ereek
Ea. Friedman
Old American Bank
Front Street
Shorty Kells
Willow Creek
Bill Keith
Slate Creek
George Marsh
Billy Bevins
Danny McCarty
Mr. Paulsen
Aniak
Franzen
Joe Woods
Plat Creek
Stewart & Vogler’s
den Gate
Mes. U. 2
Nome Beach
Keystone
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Friedman
Vew
Idit Acod Traction Company
Depo
First Avenue
Otter Street
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