Roosevelt Strike Avoided in Rail Labor Row
New York World reports Harry K. Harriman alleges Roosevelt solicited campaign funds. Roosevelt denies the claim and vows to respond. Labor tensions ease as a wage settlement appears near, with 150,000 eastern railroad workers seeking a 10 percent raise amid a broader dispute over eight-hour days.
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Strain Too Hard For Roosevelt
Washington reports that President Roosevelt is breaking down under the strenuous life and may collapse without rest. Trusts are organizing to block a third-term nomination, with claims they have pooled 5 million dollars to fight him in the next campaign.
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Daily Gateway
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Sailors Strike For Higher Wages Across Pacific Fleet
The entire lighthouse tender district of Oregon Washington and Alaska is idle as sailors strike for higher pay. Efforts to fill vacancies falter while John T Towers of the Boston Exploration Company leases Robert Michaelsen's hydraulic mill on Mills Creek to operate with a crew this summer. Michaelsen's property has long yielded substantial gold returns, and Towers plans a larger scale operation with Michaelsen’s guidance. A 40 pound gold brick was recently recovered by Harry Ellsworth’s plant from Kodiak mining dust.
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Alaska
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Boston Exploration Company
Robert Michaelsen
Mills Creek
Michaelsen
Mr.Towers
Harry Ellsworth
Kodiak
Beach Rgold
Bear Creek Hydraulic Mining Company
Palmer Creek Mining Company
Hope
Alaska Mining and and Development Company
John Renner
L. Lauritsen
Bedrock
Oklahoma Republicans win by landslide in local races
Guthrie Oklahoma reports a Republican landslide in local elections as Democrats had won 100 of 112 delegates last fall to the constitutional convention. The article notes the shift in party strength and the dramatic margin in the latest voting.
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Daily Gateway
Guthrie
Okla
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Claims czar will abdicate and Hill resigns
A London report states Coul Nicholas is mentally enfeebled and will resign within a month. Duke Michael would reign as regent during czarevitch’s minority. The Daily Gateway notes James Hill resigns the presidency of the Great Northern railway. Louis V Hill to succeed, with F. H. McGuigan as first vice president. No policy change expected.
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Thaw
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Pittsburg
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Great Northern
London
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Czarevitch
St. Paul
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Great Northern Railway Company
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F. H. McGuigan
L. W. Hill
Peace in Prospect for Central America
Representatives at the peace conference announced a tentative agreement after adjournment and said a further conference would be held Monday. The statement came from delegates of the Central American countries gathered in Washington D.C. to discuss terms.
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Daily Gateway
Washington, D. C
Great Northern Fined for Granting Rebates to Grain Shippers
A St Paul jury found the Great Northern Railway guilty of granting rebates to grain shippers. The court fined the company 1000 dollars on each of fifteen counts after thirty minutes of deliberation.
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Great Northern Railway Company
Public road effort to homesteads in valley discussed
Citizens seeking a new road to homesteads in the valley north of town have proposed a route near the railroad and prepared a plat marking the farms. Waskey advised presenting the plan to the Alaska road commission, noting funding limits this year for Sunrise trail completion in Kenai precinct. Hibbard Jr. of Hibbard Stewart fur Co reports buying George Palmer’s winter fur stock in Knik, including fourteen black and silver fox furs worth hundreds each, with rest to arrive by boat when navigation opens. Steamer Dora arrived from Unalaska and departed for Valdez at 1 am Thursday. Vault creek strike reported by Fairbanks Miner, with payoff of 15 to 17 dollars per pan.
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Station men to begin work on Turnagain Arm
Rock work on Turnagain Arm will start with a small number of station men, while a larger crew handles the mile 68 to 105 rock stretch toward Girdwood. Forty men service the big trestle near mile 49, set to finish in ten days as pay for Alaska Central labor rises to 3.25 a day. Three Friends Mining pays a 270000 dividend on 300000 capital.
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Feeches
Alaska Central
Seward Peninsula
Three Friends Mining Company
Twelve Drown In Boat Wreck At North River
New York report details a deadly collision in a snowstorm on North river between the ferry Musconetong and the tug Daly. Twelve passengers drowned, many aboard the ferry were saved by small rescue boats as the wreck occurred at dawn. Survivors were removed from the water as daylight arrived. Sunrise notes also report mining prospects near Hope and activity on Mills creek, with local families preparing for summer work and a mistaken Easter church tale involving two young boys. The Whitehorse Star mentions regional mineral speculation and a $1,000,000 bond tied to the de Groff gold claims on Chicagof island.
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Daly
Reindeer Scandal: Interior Official to Investigate Alaska Service
Harlan Updegraff of Iowa named assistant commissioner of education in the Interior Department. He will be sent to Alaska to investigate the reindeer service, spending half the year there and effectively replacing Sheldon Jackson.
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Alaska
Washington, D
Harlan Updegraff
Iowa
Department of the Interior
Sheldon Jackson
Portland crime and voyage notes mix in single dispatch
A Portland report states L-Roscoe Jameson, superintendent at Oregon State Penitentiary, killed his sweetie Grave Disney then died by suicide last night, jealousy given as motive. A Ship Bina sailed from Snug Harbor with miners to develop a copper vein near Knight Island, while ore carriers Iroquois and Chippewa were bought to haul Alaska copper ore. Also noted, Mrs John Hedberg wed Miss Dot-Na-Naw near Talkeetna with Judge Goodell officiating and Mayor San as best man.
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Daily Gateway
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Roscoe Jameson
Oregon State Penitentiary
Salem
Grave Disney
Knight Island
Frank E. Youngs
James O'Reilly
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Scheffler
Knik
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Talkeenta Belle
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