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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1908
Page
8
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In Nome a desolate scene exposed a leather mail sack with a frozen hand and the body of a mail carrier missing since 1901. Federal investigators found the dated letters in the sack, with dogs of the deceased's team nearby as authorities retrieved the remains.
Reports from Brussels indicate King Leopold shows signs of mental decline over several months. A cabinet member told the Chamber of Deputies that the king is no longer in a normal condition of mind, signaling a potential political crisis for Belgium.
After a february session the Assembly declared Senor Gomez s election void by a vote of 4035. Gomez appealed on February 0 accusing party leaders of fraud as the speaker was called to order before the unseating vote.
The fur market has collapsed as buyers withdraw, leaving unsold fur lots from last fall in warehouses in the States. Prices drop due to slack demand and a year of lost sales, foretelling further business suffering. Last year shipments totaled nearly a half million dollars, with a large share from this district.
A former Tanana and Dawson man writing from Seattle reports widespread unemployment on the coast with wages at 31 and board per day and little work. He notes inland towns fare slightly better and vows to move north at the first chance as strikes worsen conditions for workers in Fairbanks.
In 101 the United States produced 200 ounces of platinum valued at 34160 dollars. In 1905 production was SIS ounces valued at 5920 dollars. In 1006 the country produced 1439 ounces valued at 0 18 2 dollars, a fourfold rise in quantity and over eightfold rise in value compared with 1905.
Washington reports indicate the Alaska game law aimed at protecting wildlife faces strong opposition in Congress. The bill proposes a closed season and fur animal protections, and lawmakers are moving to kill it within weeks.
The world draws its gold mainly from Africa America and Australia with about 400 million dollars value mined annually. Africa leads at 150 million followed by the United States at 95 million and Australia at 85 million. Russia Europe Asia Mexico Canada and others share the remainder.
Portland jury convicts former U S district attorney John H Hall of conspiring with the Butte Creek Land Live Stock and Lumber Company to maintain a fence around 20 000 acres of Wheeler county public land After a twenty day trial the jury reached a verdict in just over three hours
Reports say Chinese authorities push modernization of border troops after rebel successes on the French border. Prince Su may be sent to Mongolia to plan frontier defenses, with a skeleton brigade heading to Tibet to form a Tibetan division.
Seventy American teachers are spread across Alaska to staff a separate system of native schools under the U.S. Bureau of Education. These schools, distinct from the white public schools run by local authorities, began native education two decades ago and were placed on a separate basis only two years ago, with operations controlled from Washington. The article notes the teachers' remote postings from the Aleutian Islands toward Asia and the Yukon region as part of a new educational civilization for Esquim or native communities.
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