Man Buried Beneath Avalanche of Snow
Wednesday evening a vast avalanche buried the Lowell Creek Cabin near Deadwood Dick mine. John Rector reported the cabin and attendant buried beneath fifty feet of snow as crews rushed to dig with shovels and lanterns. By midnight no trace was found and morning searches extended the tunnel to reach the water pipe line. The Lake Creek road house on the Yenta river was destroyed by fire last week causing heavy losses.
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Lowell Creek
Ca Ard Light and Power Company
Deadwood Dick
John Rector
Dakota
Colorado
Susitna Station
Lake Creek Road
Yentna
Lake Creek
J. E. Kenny
Geo. Purches
Alaska Road Funding Trimmed in House Appropriations
Washington D C The House Committee on Appropriations voted to grant Alaska 250000 for road construction in the coming year instead of 400000 for two years as proposed. Officials believe the item will pass and a similar or larger allocation may follow for the next year.
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Washington, D. C
House Committee On Appropriations
Alaska
Alaska Gets New Cutter
A Senate approved bill authorizes a 250000 dollar appropriation for a Pacific coast and Alaska revenue cutter. Alfred Lowell delivered mail from Knik to Tyonik in record time, crossing difficult terrain on foot with a pack after abandoning sleds. The Senate also passed an urgent deficiency bill with over 324000000 in Navy funding, prompting debate on executive department overspending.
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Senate
Washington
Pacific Coast
Alaska
Alfred Lowell
Knik
Girdwood
Susitna Station
Tyonik
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition bill passes senate
The senate approved the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition measure with 3.7 million in appropriations for Alaska Hawaii and the Philippines displays and government exhibits. senators Piles Ankeny Carter and Depew backed the bill while Rosene remains a key figure in Northwestern S S Co and plans Siberia and southern California Mexico routes. A party returning from the states reached Seward aboard the Northwestern and will push to the Yentna mining claims.
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Washington
Senate
Alaska
Hawaii
Philippines
S. H. Piles
Ankeny
Carter
Montana
Depew
New York
Messrs
Jacobs
Morris
Larson
East
Carlsten Brothers
Seward
Yentna
Unions Ordered to Pay Damages in Boycott Case
The Supreme Court ruled that a labor union or general organization is liable for damages from a systematic boycott carried out by the union. Unions denounce the decision as a severe blow to their methods. The court also recently held the Employers Liability Act unconstitutional and upheld a law banning corporate employee blacklists.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
Appointments in Abeyance and Ship Tavern Closure
Washington D C nominations for postmasters at Valdez and Skagway were withdrawn amid Delegate Cale’s objections. J D Jefferson and A S Kindell are said to be the towns’ choices, but Gov Hoggatt calls them unfit. an investigation into all candidates is ordered. London Ship Tavern in Greenwich, famed since Pitt era, closes after centuries of operation.
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Washington, D. C
Cale
Henry W. Miller
Valdez
M.S. Whittier
Skagway
J. D. Jefferson
A. S. Kindell
Gov. Hoggatt
London
Greenwich
William Pitt
Fort Pitt
Pittsburg
Pitt
Prospector Miller Found Dead on Yentna River Trail
Special to The Daily Gateway reports Charles P. Miller, a Kahiltna prospector born in Lubeck, Germany, died eight miles above Susitna Station on the Yentna river after a heavy snowstorm. A miners committee prepared his burial, and notice reached his mother and an uncle in Chicago. The Susitna to Kahiltna trail is described as in good winter condition with miners planning increased claims work for next summer.
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Susitna Station
Charles PF. Miller
Kahiltna
Yentna
C. Hammerschmitz
Miller
Lubeck
Germany
Chicago
Cache Creek
Susitna
Bryan A Runner Hard To Beat
The Nation states Bryan is virtually certain to be the Democratic presidential candidate this year. Republicans must consider a top candidate like Gov. Hughes, as New York’s electoral vote is crucial to Bryan. Hughes offers calm progress and steady justice to counter demagoguery.
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New York
Hughes
Bryan
Gov. Hughes
Louis Strauss to Extend Alaska Commercial to Susitna River
Louis Strauss of the Alaska Commercial Company, San Francisco, plans expansion westward via the Dora and will establish a store on the Susitna River at the Yentna mouth when navigation opens this spring. He promises ample interior supplies for miners and prospectors.
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Louis Strauss
Strauss
Alaska Commer Company
San Francisco
Susitna
Yentna
Manila Bay Fortifications Rapidly Under Way
Washington orders drive fortifications in the Philippines. Labor on Corregidor island at Manila Bay and Olongapo. Mines from the transy Warren planted in Manila harbor. Powerful searchlights placed around the Pacific edge. The collier Justin arrived with $7 guns from Cavite to Corregidor and is mounting them.
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San Francisco
Washington
Philippines
Corregidor Island
Manila Bay
Grand Island
Olongapo
Manila
Pacific
San Fr
Cavite
Seizure of Japanese Steamer Satsuma at China Coast
Chinese cruisers seize the Japanese steamer Satsuma as it lands rifles and ammunition to aid Chinese revolutionists. This marks a second seizure of a Japanese vessel with contraband of war and suggests Tokyo agents are aiding the Chinese rebels.
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Satsuma
Hankong
China
Yukon Caribou Herd Moves Southward Across Sixty Mile
Government explorers report a vast caribou migration from the Tanana valley heading toward the Yukon head. The crossing at Sixty Mile river has continued about 100 days with an estimated 100000 caribou having passed and potential totals possibly reaching several hundred thousand. Explorers observed a prior 1 to 2 million herd in barren lands over ten days.
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Dawson
Yukon
Hudson Bay Barren Lands
Joseph B. Terrell
Tanana Valley
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Lack Creek
House Committee
Nators
Seattle
Rosene
Siberia
S. S. Company
California
Mexico
John Rosene
Northwestern Company
Altho
Cordova Alaskan
Valdez and
Ventna Trail
Ventna District
Charles F. Miller
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