En Route 10 Gold Fields Derby Bound for Susitna Prospects
Henry Anderson travels aboard the Bertha toward the Susitna region with six men and plans to bring more, bringing a steam pump, Ruble elevator, and 600 feet of pipe. Florence Christensen travels with Anderson to assess mining claims for potential investment after prior Dawson earnings. A sizable party also heads for the Susitna river area, reflecting winter talk of mining prospects and spring plans.
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Henry Anderson
Yentna
Portland
Anderson
Florence Christiensen
Dawson
Susitna
Government aid sought for rail bonds in Alaska and Valdez
Representatives of the Alaska Central and the Valdez Marshal Pass railroads told a congressional railways committee on April 6 that they need a government guarantee for four percent bonds. They warned the rail project would be abandoned without U. S. backing.
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Washington, D. C
Alaska Central
Valdez Marshal Pass
Congressional Committee On Railw
United States
Tacoma Elects Linck on Republican Ticket
Tacoma voters elect Linck as mayor on the Republican ticket. Captain Wm. N. Armstrong arrives around April 15 to start development work on the Rioux copper claims near the sound, secured by option. Rioux prospected for Charles Tecklenburg of Latouche island. Valdez Prospector notes. Washington state department to adopt a new secret cipher code after theft of the current code by a Bucharest consulate cook.
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Gateway
Tacoma
Linck
Wm. N. Armstrong
Rioux
Leon Rioux
Charles Tecklenburg
Latouche Island
Valdez
State Department
Washington
Bucharest
District Attorney Harlan Resigns Amid Health Concerns
Washington April reports that District Attorney Harlan has sent in his resignation and President Roosevelt will delay naming a successor. Harlan, arriving from Fairbanks, cites failing health and plans to depart on the Santa Clara or the steamer Yucatan on its next return.
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Y Cable
Daily Gateway
Washington, D. C
Harlan
Roosevelt
Valdez
April
Fairbanks
Santa Clara
Yucatan
Reynolds 60 Promoter Arrested Over Mail Fraud Claim
Promoter of Reynolds-Alaska Development faces charges of mail fraud as the daily reports that Vice-President Teter arrives to arrange payments for labor claims and to reclaim steamships while mines and railroad plans are paused amid unrest. In Lisbon riots after April 7 violence, troops fired on rioters, killing twenty.
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Battle
Teter
Reynolds-Alaska Development Company
Hes
Lisbon
Judge Silas H. Reid Arrives in Fairbanks
Judge Silas H. Reid and party completed a Valdez to Fairbanks stage trip and arrived in good condition at 2 p m last Saturday. He will be ready to open court at the appointed time.
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Fairbanks
Silas H. Reid
Valdez
Huron South Dakota Primaries Favor Taft Delegates
Delegates chosen at Huron primaries were instructed for Taft for the presidential nomination at the Chicago Republican convention next June. The report notes a split field elsewhere with mixed support for the electric company and local officials. A Valdez creek mining strike described as remarkable is tied to a discovery by the original discovery crowd.
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Daily Gateway
Huron
Taft
Chicago
Bedrock
Claim No
Tammany Beach
Valdez Creek
Vim Rock
William Gregg
Gulkana
Pete Monahan
Monahan
Doc Blalock
Mark Medaris
Valdez
John Clark
John Johnson
Jim Smith
Dan Kain
Valdez Prospector
Former Reynolds Alaska Development head arrested on fraud indict
Boston April S H D, former president of the Reynolds Alaska Development Company and promoter in Valdez, was arrested on a federal indictment alleging fraudulent use of the U S mails.
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Boston
S—H. D
Reynolds: Alaska Development Company
Valdez
United States
Interior secretary opposes Alaska coal land laws
Washington April reports indicate Secretary of the Interior James R. fields tells lawmakers that he opposes special coal land laws for Alaska. He argues for uniform policies identical to those elsewhere.
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Daily Gateway
Washington, D. C
the Interior
James R. Fieldy
Cale
Ryan
McKenzie
Territory
Alaska
Admiral Evans Confined to Bed in San Francisco Move
Paso Robles April 11 Rear Admiral Robley D Evans who commands the Pacific fleet is confined to his bed after a severe rheumatism attack. He will likely resign as squadron commander when the fleet reaches San Francisco.
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Daily Gateway
Paso Robles
Robley D. Evans
Pacific Fleet
Evans
San Francisco
Honey output worth twenty five million dollars in a year
A practical scientist from the apiary bureau of the Department of Agriculture explains that US honey production could fill a freight train extending from New York to Detroit and be worth about 25 million dollars at wholesale prices.
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Washington
Apiary Bureau
Department of Agriculture
New York
Detroit
Employers' Liability Act Passes in House
The House passed the bill known as the Employers' Liability Act by a vote reported by The Daily Gateway Washington D C on April 8. The measure aims to address employer liability and workers compensation standards.
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Daily Gateway
Washington, D. C
House
Rawhide Nevada Camp Rapidly Expands Housing
A Nevada mining camp named Rawhide has erected over a mile of tightly packed houses in three weeks. Miners earn about five dollars daily, with some payments in stock from the mines. Water is hauled six miles to town and sold at five cents a gallon, while wood sent twenty five miles away costs twenty five dollars per cord.
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Nevada
Rawhide
Bridge Bill Before House
Washington officials report Dele introduced legislation to permit the Copper River and Northwestern Company to build bridges across Abercrombie canyon Bering and Childs glacier in Alaska with representatives pushing the measure.
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Daily Gateway
Washington, D. C
Thomas Cale
Repr
Copper River
Northwestern E Company
Abercrombie Canyon
Bering
Childs Glacier
Milwaukee Delegates Push La Follette Victory
Milwaukee primaries deliver a clean La Follette sweep with delegates elected. Rose, a gone Democrat, is named city mayor. Gray of Delaware opens Democratic campaign headquarters in Washington for presidential contender.
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Daily Gateway
Milwaukee
la Follette
Rose
Washington, D. C
Gray
Delaware
Boston mining dispute over stock promised to Martha Smith
Martha Smith of Seattle sues Otis Sleeper of Boston and the Ready Bullion Copper Co in superior civil court claiming in 1903 she and Sleeper and a man named White located Alaska mining claims. She says a $3 million Bullion company was formed and mining claims were exchanged for 2 million shares while she received only 100000 shares and seeks to enjoin transfer and compel delivery of her remaining stock.
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Boston
Superior
Martha Smith
Seattle
Otis Sleeper
Ready Bullion Copper Company
Miss Smith
Sleeper
White
Alaska
Standard of Pure Gold Carat Fineness Explained
The passage defines 24 carats as pure gold and describes fineness below 24 carats as the presence of another metal. An alloy making up a quarter yields 18 carats fine and six alloy, illustrating fineness in karats.
Automobilists Abandon Alaska Run After Snow Breakthrough
In Valdez, April, the American car from the around the world race arrived aboard the Clara. A reception followed as the team attempted a brief sled trip, then abandoned plans to drive the car through Alaska due to heavy snow. The machine will be shipped home on the Bertha.
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Bertha
Valdez
Alaska
Deserted His Own Funeral in Surprising Escape
In Nogales Arizona during April Charles Davis fought with knives. Davis was stabbed and declared dead. Arrangements for his funeral proceeded until the procession reached the burial site. The coffin was opened and Davis emerged, refusing a carriage and walking home in protest.
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Daily Gateway
Nogales
Arizona
Charles Davis
Davis
Post Office Cancels Alaska Mail Contracts for New Bids
The post office department rescinds Alaska mail messenger contracts and advertises new bids after agents state messengers refused interior trips beyond contract weight. A winter backlog at Valdez totals 13,000 pounds as officials aim to haul more mail into the interior under revised terms. W. W. Jermane. Seattle.
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Post Office Department
Alaska
Interior
Valdez
W. W. Jermane
Seattle
Copper in Sight at Bonanza Mines in Copper River Country
A. J. Woodlock told Katalla Club that Bonanza mines hold 22 million dollars in copper in sight and possibly more unseen. About twenty men work on development and surveying under Mr. Baldwin, with Katalla, Alaska cited as the focus.
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Bonanza
Copper River
A. J. Woodlock
Katalla Club
Katalla
Baldwin
Mining News
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