Roosevelt strike avoidance noted amid Harriman clash
In a tense patch of reports from New York and Washington April 2 4 details emerge on Roosevelt Harriman feud with claims of campaign fund solicitation denied by the president. Labor and railroad talks continue toward a wage settlement as tensions rise across cities including Chicago Skagway Nome and Juneau amid strikes and labor pressure.
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Strain Too Hard for Roosevelt Threat to Third-Term Bid
Washington reports indicate President Roosevelt is breaking down from the strenuous life and may collapse without rest. Sources claim trusts are uniting to block a third-term bid, having pooled five million dollars to oppose him in the next campaign.
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Sailors Strike For Higher Wages Across Coast Fleet
The entire lighthouse tender fleet in Oregon, Washington, and Alaska is idle as sailors strike for higher pay. Efforts to replace workers falter. John T. Towers, for Boston Exploration, leases Mills Creek hydraulic property of Robert Michaelsen to run with several men this summer, aiming to expand operations after years of gold yields. Harry Ellsworth’s plant assays a 40 unit gold brick from Kodiak dust.
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Oklahoma Republicans win by landslide in local polls
Guthrie Oklahoma reports a decisive Republican victory in local elections. The article notes Democrats held a strong majority in the previous constitutional convention with 100 of 112 delegates, highlighting a stark shift in this voting day outcome.
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Claims czar will abdicate and hill quits
London reports Coul Nicholas as mentally enfeebled and likely to resign within a month. Duke Michael would reign as regent for the czarevitch, a child under two. Separately, James Hill resigns the presidency of the Great Northern railway. his son Louis V Hill succeeds, with F. H. McGuigan becoming first vice president.
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Peace Prospect for Central America Conference
Representatives from Central American countries reported a tentative agreement after the peace conference adjourned in Washington. A further conference was scheduled for Monday to continue negotiations and finalize terms.
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Great Northern Fined for Granting Rebates to Shippers
A St. Paul jury found the Great Northern Railway guilty of granting rebates to grain shippers. The court fined the company $1000 on fifteen counts after about thirty minutes of deliberation.
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Road to Homesteads in Valley Faces Slow Start
Several citizens have quietly pressed for a public road to homesteads north of town. They presented a route near the railroad and a plat showing affected farms. Alaska road commission is unlikely to fund it this year due to Sunrise trail costs. The update includes fur dealer Hibbard Jr arriving from Knik with fourteen valuable fox skins and other purchases to come by boat. A Vault Creek strike reports earnings of 15. to 17. per pan, per the Fairbanks Miner.
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Station men to begin work on Turnagain arm
Work on the Turnagain Arm railroad continues as station men start rock work from mile 67 toward mile 105 with breaks at valleys near Girdwood. A. L. Snow and Watson & Snow will review ground and may let several station contracts, while forty men finish a large trestle beyond mile 49 in ten days. Alaska Central labor pay rose to 3.25 per day from 3.00, and dredgers on Seward peninsula posted strong profits. Three Friends Mining paid a 270000 dividend on 300000 capital.
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Twelve Drown in Boat Wreck in North River Blizzard
New York reports twelve drownings after a collision in North River between the ferry Musconetong and the tug Daly during a blinding snowstorm. Many aboard the ferry were rescued by small boats. some passengers saved by early morning responders.
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Reindeer Scandal Probe to Start in Alaska This Year
Harlan Updegraff of Iowa is named assistant commissioner of education in the interior department and will be sent to Alaska to investigate the reindeer service. He will spend half the year there, effectively replacing Sheldon Jackson.
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Iowa
Department of the Interior
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Copper mining plans amid multiple Arctic Ocean ventures
A Portland report notes L-Roscoe Jameson, Oregon penitentiary superintendent, killed his sweetheart Grave Disney and died by self-inflicted harm in the city, jealousy cited. A group including Jameson and three miners sailed from Snug Harbor on Knight Island aboard the Bina for copper development on property taken by themselves and associates. The Alaska Steamship Company purchased Iroquois and Chippewa freighters to haul copper ore from Alaska, signaling expected copper output growth. In Knik, Mrs John Hedberg wed Miss Dot-Na-Naw, with Judge Goodell presiding. couple to reside on Graveyard Hill.
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