Miners Strike Hurts Alaska District Cattle Move to Kodiak
Tanana miners strike for six dollar day eight hour shifts and two crews. Operators refuse and may idle mines all summer. Cattle from Port Hand headed to Kodiak for government station as Prof. Georgeson oversees stock initiation with Coo from Kodlak orphanage aiding.
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Kodiak
Prof
Georgeson
Fairbanks
Yunana
Kodiak Ishind
Portland
Clp
Coo
Kenai
Vale of Tears
Seattle
Champaign County
Linois
Red Cloud
Nebraska
Alaska
Dora
Nome Mining Troubles End
Reports indicate labor troubles ended as miners returned to work after three new gold strikes. Winter output is projected at 36,000,000 dollars despite coal shortages and strikes reducing production. activity is expected to surpass last year.
Naval Review At Exposition Opens In Norfolk
The Jamestown exposition opened with the greatest naval review in American waters. Fleets from all leading nations and nearly all U S ships gathered as crowds filled the grounds. President Roosevelt spoke at opening ceremonies, with Henry St George Tucker representing the fair commission.
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Norfolk
Atlantic
Roosevelt
Henry St. George Tucker
Fair Commission
Goldfield Miners End Lockout as Operators Win Wage Battle
Goldfield Nevada April 22 miners return to work after a mine lockout ends with operators winning the wage dispute. The work resumes in all Goldfield mines this morning.
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Goldfield
Goldfield, Nev
Ferry Disaster Drowns Thirty Four in Neva River
A ferry boat foundered in the Neva yesterday with thirty four passengers carried under the ice and drowned. Other passengers were rescued. John F. Stevens, recently quitting the Panama Canal job, is back home and says the ditch will be dug by 1915. The Treadwell mine paid dividends totaling 3 385 000 up to last October.
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St. Petersburg
Neva River
John F. Stevens
Panama Canal
Treadwell
Seven Die In Morgan Mine Explosion In Black Diamond
Report from Black Diamond Washington describes a Morgan mine explosion at 7 am that caused a cave in. Four men died initially with fifteen seriously injured and five fatally injured. By April 27 two more victims died bringing total deaths to seven as coroner’s inquest cites the cave-in and gas release.
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Black Diamond
Daily Gateway
Wash
Morgan
Alaska Freight Car Shortage Protest Hits Commission
A protest presented to the state railroad commission claims Alaska freight car shortages result from large cargos stored in freight cars awaiting shipment until navigation opens to the Bering Sea. The event occurred in Olympia on April 25.
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Olympia
State Railroad Commission
Alaska
Bering Sea
Jury acquits Hermann after long deliberation
Bin ger Hermann former commissioner of the general land office was acquitted by the jury of the charge of conspiracy to defraud the government. The verdict was returned at 12 45 this afternoon. The jury went out at 3 o clock yesterday afternoon.
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Daily Gateway
Washington, D. C
Binger Hermann
General Land Office
Hermann
Placer Strike Reported in Kusko Region With Post Office Petition
Arthur Eaton reports discovery on Gaines creek a tributary of the Kusko region near McGrath fifty miles from the Tachatna junction. About 200 miners sign a petition for a McGrath post office with Eaton as postmaster as the district shows rich surface quartz indications and a growing rush to the area.
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Arthur Eaton
Innoke
Tachatna
McGrath
Raton
Nome
Chicago
Kuskowim
Gaines
Spencer
Mackey
Anvik
Yukon
Eaton
Kuskokwim
Tachatna River
Gaines Creek
Hughes May Be Named President In 1908
Henry Watterson, editor of the Louisville Courier Journal, predicts Charles E. Hughes of New York as the likely Republican presidential nominee in 1908. He praises Hughes as able and independent and believes he is the strongest candidate. Rhode Island adjourns without electing a US senator, leaving Wetmore’s seat vacant until next fall. The delay stems from Republican rifts between Aldrich, Colt, and anti Aldrich faction. Valdez elects T. G. Quinn as mayor by city council vote.
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New York
Henry Watterson
Louisville Courier Journal
Charles E. Hughes
Col. Watterson
Gov. Hughes
Aldrich
R. H. S. Goddard
Giant Powder Ellamar Runs at Large for 1,000,000
Dynamite drifts off Katalla coast and onto nearby islands after lighter towing powder fails. One thousand cases of giant powder spill from a lighter as waves push toward shore. No explosions occur and crew fears tidal wave or ship damage. Elliot of Hubbard-Elliott buys Ellamar copper mine for 1 million and contracts to acquire nearby copper properties.
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Katalla
Portland
Gregor
Jeanie
Jean
Uy Cable
Seattle
C.eliott
Hubbard-Elliott Company
Ellanar
Prince Wham Sound
Port Blakeley Mills Burned In Massive Fire
Port Blakeley Washington April 23 The Port Blakeley Mill Company the world’s largest lumber mill burned since midnight Fire started by friction in bearings. 300 workers escaped unharmed Seattle fire department aided in controlling the blaze Strong wind from the sound hampered fighting the flames Loss estimated at 250000 with 75 percent insured Rebuilding planned without delay in Port Blakeley April 24 Seattle will rebuild the mills without delay.
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Port Blakeley
Wash
Port Blakeley Mill Company
Seattle
City Fire Department
Port Blakeley Mills
Bound for Cook Inlet to Open Coal Mines
A party of twenty two Michigan men led by George W. Ross sails tonight on the Bertha to Homer Cook Inlet to develop and operate coal mines. They expect to employ miners at Seldovia.
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Seattle
George W. Ross
Bertha
Homer
Cook Inlet
Seldovia
Emma Eames Divorced From Julian Story
New York reports Emma Eames the prima donna was granted a salutes divorce from Julian Story the noted painter. The Bunker Hill and Sullivan silver lead mine in the Coeur d Alenes Idaho has paid dividends totaling eight million four hundred six thousand since discovery by a mule twenty years ago. Capitalization stands at three million with a six percent February dividend. Citizens carried Fairbanks over the Business Men in the city election.
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Daily Gateway
New York
Emma
Julian Story
Bunker Hill & Sullivan
Coeur d’Alenes
Idaho
Fairbanks
Inlet Coal to Go to Nome This Summer
Nome will take most of the output of the Port Graham coal mine this summer. The Pacific Coal Storage Company has contracted to take the output. Nome will send steamers to fetch it. W.G. Wharf reports expected mine yield 7000 to 10000 tons, mostly for Nome, with large potential contracts blocked by fuel shortages. The first run will go to San Juan Fish Company for Kenai plant equipment.
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Nome
Port Graham
Pacific Coal Storage Company
W.G. Wharf
Seattle
Vilia
Seldon
San Juan Fish Company
Kenai
Amel
Volcanic Eruptions Ravage Santiago de April
Volcanos erupt near Santiago de April 26 destroying Valladia district. About 1000 people killed and thousands homeless as lava and ash cover the city two feet deep. Inhabitants flee, abandoning homes and belongings.
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Santiago de Chili
Valladia
Versal
Santiago de
Tremors in Northern Italy Stir Panic Across Regions
Repeated earthquake shocks were felt in multiple parts of Northern Italy this morning. Inhabitants reported panic as tremors continued, with authorities assessing damage and monitoring aftershocks.
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North
Italy
Rome
Deputy Shoots Man After Friend Remark in Wallace
William Quinn was shot by Deputy Sheriff Hicks after calling him "My friend from Missouri" in Wallace Idaho. Hicks claims self defense. Quinn died the following night. The Orr stage meanwhile set a new record between Fairbanks and Valdez at six days and fifteen hours.
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Wallace
Idaho
William Quinn
Hicks
Missouri
Sheri Hicks
Fairbanks
Valdez
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