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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1908
Page
4
The Jon Printing Department of the Daily Gateway offers varied print ing and job work with prompt careful attention to all orders. Mail orders are a specialty and given priority service.
In Nome a desolate snow area yielded a leather mail sack with a preserved human hand. After hours, authorities recovered the body of a mail carrier missing since 1901, surrounded by his dogs and team in the icy grave.
Cabinet member in the Chamber of Deputies quotes that the king is no longer in a normal condition of mind. Reports of mental breakdown in King Leopold have appeared for several months as Belgium faces a difficult political situation.
Manila report states Senor Gomez was unseated by a 4035 vote after a lengthy session begun February 3. Gomez had appealed February 0 accusing party leaders of false play. the speaker was forced to restore order before the final vote declaring his election void.
The fur market is dull as buyers panic and prices fall. Fur lots sent outside last fall remain unsold in U S warehouses, delaying realization for months. Last year shipments totaled nearly half a million dollars, a large share from the Tanana district, signaling broad industry strain.
A former Tanana and Dawson man in Seattle writes how coastal towns are crowded with idle men and inland towns fare little better. Wages on the coast are 31 and board per day with scarce work, hinting at plans to move North once a payment is made as strikes worsen conditions for workers nationwide.
The United States produced platinum in 1901 totaling 200 ounces valued at 34160 dollars. In 1905 production was SIS ounces valued at 5920 dollars. In 1906 production reached 1439 ounces valued at 0 18 2. This shows a fourfold rise in quantity and more than an eightfold rise in value since 1905.
Washington reports strong efforts in congress to kill the Alaska game law aimed at protecting game in the territory. The measure would establish a closed season and fur animal protection, but faces likely defeat.
The world’s annual gold output totals about 400 million dollars, drawn mainly from Africa, America, and Australia. Africa contributes around 150 million, the United States about 95 million, and Australia roughly 85 million. Russia, Europe, Asia, Mexico, Canada, and others share the remainder.
Portland, Oregon former U S District Attorney John H Hall was found guilty of conspiracy with the Butte Creek Land Live Stock and Lumber Company to maintain a fence enclosing 20 000 acres of public land in Wheeler County. The trial lasted twenty days and the jury reached a verdict in just over three hours.
The Chinese government accelerates modern troop organization at former points amid border tensions with Mongolia and Tibet. Prince Su is again proposed for frontier planning, while a skeleton brigade heads to Tibet to form a Tibetan division.
Seventy American teachers are spread across Alaska delivering education to Eskimo and native children. The program, run by the U.S. Bureau of Education from Washington, differs from local public schools serving white children. Native schooling began twenty years ago, with segregation formalized two years ago to support a separate system.
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