Ship Wrecked in Bering Sea with 280 aboard near Nelsons Cove
A vessel named John Currier en route from Nushagak to Astoria ran ashore at Nelsons Cove in fog and head winds. The 1857 ton ship carried 30,000 cases of salmon and 280 people including 130 whites and 150 Japanese and Chinese, mostly cannery workers. All reached shore and await aid. ship and cargo total loss. home port Astoria. Also mentions republican primary call for delegates to territorial convention in Juneau in 1908.
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John Currier
Nushagak
Astoria
Oregon
Nelson's Lagoon
Bering Sea
California Shipping Company of
San Francisco
Alaskan Fishermen’s Packing Company
Nelson's Cove
H.W. Rinn
D. A. Young
Packing Company
Seward
Dora
John T. Spickett
Republican Territorial
Juneau
Cuatella
Chena
Circle City
Birch Creek
Cold Foot and Vicinity
Dome Creek
Ellamar
Eagle
Easter Creek
Forty Mile Distri Fairbanks
Gold Stream
Hot Springs
Kantishna
Kodiak
Latouche
Little Eldorado T
Cleary Creek
Tribali Ove
Roosevelt
Bird
Sunrise
Seldovia Ez
Roosevelt attacks trusts in nationwide control plan
In a Provincetown speech the president denounces Wall Street tips and brands capitalists as pests. He calls for absolute government control of large corporations and urges a national incorporation law for interstate firms. He supports strengthening the Sherman Act as a starting point.
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Provincetown
Sass
Dent Roosevelt
Wall Street
Teddy Causes Stock Tumble
New York experiences a market slide after President Roosevelt’s Provincetown speech promising continued action against trusts. The stock exchange opens shaky as investors react to the address. Meanwhile David T. Ham S G Philbrick from Spokane and F R Brown from Seattle board the Saratoga awaiting Dora to sail west to examine mining propositions.
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New York
Roosevelt
Provincetown
Stock Exchange
David T. Ham
S. G. Philbrick
Spokane
F. R. Brown
Seattle
Saratoga
Dora
Mr. Ham
Washington
Building School at Seldovia Nears Completion
A government school for native children is under construction at Seldovia and is nearing completion continuing a priority project.
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Seldovia
Taft outlines tariff reform and tax aims in Columbus speech
Secretary Taft outlines his presidential platform in Columbus speech. He supports tariff revision and an inheritance tax, opposes government ownership of public utilities, and would continue the administration’s trust policy. He accepts Roosevelt’s radical measures in full.
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Columbus. O
Secretar Taft
Toto Roosevelt
Plague Outbreak Report in San Francisco
Cable reports bubonic plague in San Francisco with three deaths. Authorities vow vigorous measures to curb spread, noting origin in Chinatown. Rats aboard incoming ships to be exterminated as part of port protection. Local officials say cases are controlled and no widespread alarm is felt.
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San Francisco
Chinatown
Scientists Explore Makushin Volcano While One Lost
Scientists of the Jaeger party probe Mt Makushin on the Alaska peninsula an active volcano. One member is reported missing. Prospectors study surrounding sulphur deposits and face mining challenges due to extreme heat melting drill bits.
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Jaeger
Mt. Makushin
Alaska Peninsula
Capta in and Six Sailors of Schooner Nito Found Guilty
Valdez August 21 The jury convicted the Jap captain and six sailors of the Japanese schooner Nito of poaching in American preserves. The jury, out overnight, returned with a guilty verdict after the court urged a settlement to ensure a verdict.
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NITO
Valdez
Kiowo
District Court
Salmon Pack for Year 1907
Alaska hopes for a smaller salmon pack than last year as Bristol Bay nears closing with an estimated 13,000 cases. Central Alaska from Owen cannery to Chignik may reach about 475,024 cases, with 380,040 already counted before the season ends. Alaska supplies roughly four fifths of world canned salmon production.
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Alaska
Bristol Bay
Central
Owen
Chignik
Maska Peninsula
Rich Ledge Discovered on Crow Creek by John Sheridan
Persistent prospecting by veteran miner John Sheridan yields a four foot wide ledge on Crow Creek, Glacier Creek tributary to Turnagain Arm. Two feet carry free gold and galena in white quartz. two feet consist of iron sulphides. The find matches Crow Creek’s historic placer gold area. Sheridan traced the vein from surface float, suggesting high ore values and potential origin of gravels’ gold.
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John Sheridan
Cook Inlet
Crow Creek
Glacier Creek
Turnagain Arm
Sheridan
Four ring leaders captured in Mexican revolution plot
The Daily Gateway reports four leaders of a Mexican revolutionary plot have been captured after a six month chase. Arms of the movement were found stored in St. Louis and confiscated. In Philadelphia, James Shu maker says he will reveal graft linked to the capitol building project, alleging funds were manipulated by high officials to cover a treasury shortage and shield a former U.S. senator.
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Ly Cable
Daily Gateway
Los Angeles
Revolutionary Movement
St. Louis
Philadelphia
James Shumaker
Capitol Building
United States
Heavy rain slows Yentna district mining work in 1907
In late July long rains delayed work on Yentna and Kahiltna streams. By July 23 Yentna rose a foot above last year’s high water mark and on July 30 twelve men camped on the Kichatna river awaiting lower water. Murphy’s launch carried a party up the Kichatna around July 20. Gold found is coarser than bar gold, including a nugget worth $1.50. Reports say crews are doing better than last year with sluicing on Wagner gulch and nearby creeks paying more than wages. L L Bales, famed Alaska guide, and Miss Minnie Halverson wed in Seattle recently.
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Yentna
Kahiltna
Kichatna
Murphy
Kashiltna
Peters Creek
Wagner Gulch
Coal Field Found on Alaska Peninsula
On Hook bay east shore of the Alaska peninsula W S Warner found a ten foot wide semi anthracite coal vein. He has worked on the property for four years and followed a tip about a large copper deposit mentioned in yesterday's Gateway. Seventeen thousand dollars in gold was stolen from the steamer Seattle No 3 along the Yukon river by breaking a registered mail sack while pursers slept. Nome council passes an ordinance requiring dogs to be muzzled or chained due to hot weather and safety concerns.
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Hook Bay
Alaska Peninsula
W. S. Warner
Seattle No. 3
Yukon River
Council of
Nome
Coal Mine at Port Graham Seeks Faster Extraction
At Port Graham, eight miles below Selda, W. G. Wharf launches coal claims with a steam hoist and pump to speed mining. The coal is of excellent quality, with deeper work promising better grade. The site carries historic notes from a Russian penal colony era and old shafts. The report also notes a copper rich prospect at Prospect Bay on the Alaska peninsula, with substantial ore and high copper percentages. Owned by W. J. Warner, the mine was located last spring after his initial voyage on the Dora, with plans to develop further.
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Prospect
Alaska Peninsula
Selda
Port Graham
W. G
Alaska
Hisory
Prospect Bay
Chignik
W. J. Warner
Warner
Rich copper strike on Knight Island extends at Hogan's Bay
On Knight Island at Hogan's Bay Julius Singer's property hosts a rich copper vein. Miners cross-cut a ledge and report solid ore in sight, with a 200 foot tunnel driven to strike the ore body at depth. High grade sulphide ore has already attracted substantial development funds.
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Julius Singer
Hogan's Bay
Knight Island
Singer
Latouche precinct to be created with Crandall as commissioner
Special to The Daily Gateway reports Latouche and adjacent islands will form a new precinct with S A Crandall as commissioner. Judge Wickersham will issue the order before term adjourns. Crandall, currently deputy clerk of the Valdez district court, was named at the request of mining men on Latouche and Knight islands.
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Valdez
Latouche
S. A. Crandall
Wickersham
Crandall
Knight Islands
Sand Point Gold Property Bonded and Mining Ventures
Oscar Olsen and D F Cook bonded their Sand Point gold quartz claims to Seattle represented parties led by J L McPherson. Louis Herman bonded his Sand Point claims, Udo Hesse with eight arrive from Herendeen bay aboard the Dora, surveying coal claims. A rich cinna bar ledge was uncovered on the Kusko Kwim river thirty miles below Seckmut, owned by Parks who has three tons of ore ready for shipment for assay.
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Oscar Olsen
D. F. Cook
Sand Point
J. L. McPherson
Seattle
Unga
Alaska Commercial Company
Alaska
McPherson and Olsen
Dora
Louis Herman
Udo Hesse
Party of
Herendeen Bay
Hesse
Kuskokwim River
Seckmut
Parks
Stock Raising on Islands in Alaska Suggested by Official
A. L. Snodgrass of the government station at Kodiak advocates stock raising on Kodiak Island. He believes the region is suitable for cattle and sheep, plans to import sheep to start a ranch, and notes successful hay curing there during last summer to feed on hand stock.
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Kodiak
A. L. Snodgrass
India
Snodgrass
Officer Joins Quiet Panic on Cutter Manning
When the cutter Manning struck a rock near Knight Island the Japanese prisoners nearly stampeded. Executive Officer W. W. Joins calmed the situation with decisive orders, moved five boats over the side in minutes, and kept the crew from tumbling overboard. The prisoners were landed then returned to the vessel as it floated to Valdez without mishap. District Attorney Ray praised Joins for his admirable leadership. Joins is a graduate of Annapolis and has served in the revenue service for years.
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Knight Island
W. W. Joins
Joins
Valdez
Ray
Lieut
Annapolis Naval Academy
Revenue Service
Peter Iverson Locates Copper on Alaska Peninsula
Peter Iverson, a Seward figure, arrived on the Dora from the west and reports copper claims on the Alaska peninsula with promising surface indications. He has been seriously ill but is now rapidly recovering.
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Peter Iverson
Seward
Dora
Alaska Peninsula
Iverson
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Nelson’s Lagoon
Teddy
Taft
Columbus
de John Sheridan
Yentna District
L. L. Bales
Minnie Halverson
Prince Williams Sound
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