Internecine Strife in Finland and Russia Rages
A cable from Copenhagen reports Finland in open revolt against the Russian government with women active in protests and threats of harsh reprisals. Across St. Petersburg and other major cities, strikes, mutinies, and evacuations unfold as troops are deployed to suppress unrest, with key figures and ministries shifting amid escalating violence and censorship.
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Finland
Trepoff
Copenhagen
Denmark
Helsingfors
Wommn
St. Petersburg
Che Czar
Welch & Co Takes Over Alaska Central Railway Contract
The Alaska Central Railway assigns construction to Welch & Co with J B Cameron in charge of engineering and track at Seward. O G Laberee oversees work. Martin Welch pledges rapid progress to mile 55 toward Turnagain Arm and prepares for expanded winter efforts.
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Alaska Central Railway
Welch & Co
J. B. Cameron
Seward
W. B. Poland
Santa Clara
Martin Welch
Alaska Central
Matanuska
Mile 55
Turnagain Arm
Rail link progress from Seward toward Nome steady
Rail construction advances from Seward along the Susitna valley toward Nome with track to mile 48 planned by mid August, tunnels and trestles under way, and large timber bridges ahead. Officials expect tunnel completion by early September and rails through the tunnels soon after, as grading nears Turnagain Arm and the Placer canyon area.
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Lure
Placer River
Watson & Snow
Placer Canyon
Poachers Captured on St Paul Island by Native Guards
Aleut natives on St Paul Island capture twelve Japanese sealers after an attack amid fog, killing three and wounding others. The prisoners are sent to Kodiak for trial before the district court for killing seals in forbidden waters. Revenue cutter McCulloch reports to Washington.
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Kingdom of Japan
St. Paul Island
Valdez
Hakodate
Japan
Pribilov
Bering Sea
Seal Islands
Lembke
Wau
Revenue Cutter
McCulloch
St. Paul
Kodiak
Sitka
Washington
Trict
L. L. Bowers
Perry
Unalaska
United States
T Hat
Pribilov Group
I Co
Sea otter decline and Alaska mining ventures noted
The article surveys dwindling south central Alaska sea otter habitats and the fur value, describes the otter as solitary and feeding along rocks, and notes Frank Brown and Waln brothers installing a 5 ton stamp mill at a mine near Unalaska with the Dora transferring the mill. It also mentions I Swineford as a former Alaska delegate candidate and first Alaska governor, plus a remark about England's first glass window in an abbey circa 680.
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Alaska
Frank Brown
Apollo
Unga
Waln Brothers
Unalaska
Dora
England
State Dept Backs No Apology Over Aleut Seizures
The state department sent a full statement to Japan regarding the killing of three and capture of twelve Japanese seal poachers by native Aleut guards on St Paul island. It regrets the incident but offers no apology, citing illegal sealers. A speedy trial is ordered for the prisoners at Valdez district court.
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Washington, D
State Department
St. Paul
Bering Sea
Valdez
Davis & Co to Open Seward Wholesale Liquor House
A. F. Davis & Co will open a strict wholesale liquor house in Seward once a suitable location is secured and all arrangements are settled. It will supply all liquors and cigars and sell bar, bank and office fixtures only to licensed government retailers. Davis and partners are veteran Alaska businessmen. Baill y and Fletcher from the Apollo mine at Unga were en route, marking the mine wind up after producing over three million in gold and costing machinery over 300 thousand dollars. Alaska Commercial Co. was the mine's principal owner.
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Seward
Nome
Alaska Central
Susitna Valley
Yentna Valley
Alaskan Mountains
Kwim Pass
Kuskokwim
Yukon
Great
Alaska
Ward Chamber of Commerce
War Department
Fairbanks
Tanana
Yenta
Koyukuk
Yukon River
Yentpa Placer
Yentna
Susitna
Matanuska
Pacific Coast
Seattle
A. F. Davis & Co
Davis & Co
Davis
Messrs. Bailey and Fletcher
Unga
The
Alaska Commercial Co
American Prospectors Strike Gold on Siberian Peninsula
Reports say American prospectors struck rich gold on the Tchakotsk peninsula in Siberia opposite the Sew ard peninsula.
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Tchakotsk Peninsula
Siberia
Seward Peninsula
N Gray Resigns as U S Commissioner at Unalaska
N Gray, who served for many years as United States commissioner at Unalaska, has resigned from the post after lengthy service and local authority duties in the Alaska district.
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N. Gray
United States
Unalaska
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Russia
Nicholas
Stolypin
Rambertot
Samara
Bogatyr
Kharkoff
Kharkof
Trepoft
Cronstadt
Kasarkof
Goverpee
Myer
Ness
Czar
Moscow
Usevoka
Warsaw
Poland
Odessa
Sevastopol
Douma
St.Petersburg
Monipko
H. W. Mellen
Congress
W. J. Bryan
Legislative
Alexander del Spina
Cane Woroe Vally Uaveway
Sulle Ae
Cattten
Ter McCulloch
Swineford
Gatewa
Apollo Mine Abandone
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