Miners Report Fair Prospects in Innoko and Kuskokwim Regions
A party of eight from the Kuskokwim region, including H J Scott and J L Newcom, reach Seward with word of fair returns on Gaines Creek and broad prospecting elsewhere. They note 200 to 300 men wintering in Innoko, limited provisions due to a failed cargo, and difficult travel through snow and running streams along Happy River and surrounding creeks.
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Kuskokwim
H. J. Scott
Charles Sanders
J. L. Newcom
Gaines Creek
Innoko River
Tanana
Upper Kuskokwim
Scott
Kuskokwim Trading & Transportation Company
Simpson's Slough
Hattie B
Newcom
Seward
Valdez
Sanders
Susitna Station
Koik
Dalzell Creek
Happy River
Skwentna
Yentna
Thaw Case Set for January 6 in White Murder Trial
The second trial of Harry K. Thaw for the murder of Stanford White will begin January 6. Mrs. Thaw will testify again in her husband's defense and recount a story agreed upon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Gateway
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Bertha Arrives From Seattle After Rough Voyage
Bertha arrived at 10 30 Priday morning with a small passenger list and light cargo for Seward. Sixteen days out from Seattle she reported one of the roughest trips, facing fierce storms nightly and forced to lay to nearly every night. The Bertha sailed westward today at 9 30. The federal food and drug board ruled coffee may be grazed but must be labeled and caramels must be labeled truthfully.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha
Seward
Seattle
Federal Food and Drug Board
Taft Defends Administration Over Financial Flurry
Secretary Taft told an audience in Boston that President Roosevelt bears no responsibility for the recent financial flurry. He praised the administration’s fight against unlawful trusts and said legitimate interests suffered no harm from law enforcement.
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Boston
Roosevelt
Smith Attacks Standard Oil in Annual Report
Herbert Knox Smith, commissioner of the bureau of corporations, attacks Standard Oil over a rebating case. He cites the $29,400,000 fine by Judge Landis in Chicago and says the company’s excuses are flimsy. The rebating act is described as deliberate and part of the firm’s policy.
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Washington, D. C
Herbert
Knox Smith
Bureau of Corporations
Department of Commerce and Labor
Standard Oil Company
Landis
United States District Court
Chicago
Jury Acquits G A Pettibone in Idaho Murder Case
A Boise jury found G A Pettibone not guilty in the assassination case tied to the Governor Steunenberg murder. Pettibone’s wife had been suspected as an accessory due to awareness of labor union plots. the jury deliberated fourteen hours. The report also notes a separate Alaska mining strike on Nolan creek yielding rich gold ore.
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Daily Gateway
Boise
Dako
Pettibone
Governor Steunenberg
Frank E. Howard
Fairbanks
Koyukuk
Nolan Creek
John Olsen
Louis Olsen
John Anderson
Nolen
Wiseman Creek
Roosevelt Sets Coast Reserve for Sea Birds
President Roosevelt designates a fifty mile coastal strip in western Washington as a sea bird reserve to protect gull populations. The note cites long standing Indigenous hunting of young gulls and emphasizes government protection for the birds.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Alaska Democratic Club Organizes In Seattle
The Alaska Democratic Club formed in Seattle with Ex-Delegate Frank Waskey as president and John W. Troy as secretary. Resolutions favored territorial government and the group will meet twice monthly to push party work in the territory. In San Francisco, Brown and Barnett of the Treadee awal well mine faced indictment for alleged embezzlement with heavy bail set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Alaska Democratic Club
Frank Waskey
John W. Troy
Fortifications for Alaska to be strengthened by Congress
Representative Julius Kahn of California pushes to fortify Alaska coasts. The Pacific slope is deemed the greatest strategic value in the vast Northland, with Kahn as a member of the Committee on Coast Defenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Gateway
Washington, D. C
Julius Kahn
California
Alaska
Pacific Slope
United States
Kahn
Committee On
Gov Hoggatt to Wed Again in Alaska
Announcement from Utica New York December thirty first says Gov Hoggatt of Alaska will marry Miss Clarissa Millard of Utica next spring. They met years ago when she toured Alaska. Dr J H Parker Cordova railroad physician dies in Cordova pneumonia funeral held Valdez under Arctic Brotherhood auspices.
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Clarissa Millard
Utica, New York
Daily Gateway
Utica
N. Y
Gov. Hoggatt
Alaska
Millard
de. J. H. Parker
Whiting
Cordova
Valdez
Elsie
Parker
White Pass & Yukon
Skagway
Alaska Central
Seward
Katalla
Arctic Brotherhood
National Forests Expand to Over 150 Million Acres
The National Forests now total more than 150 million acres. Nurseries have been set up to grow seedling trees and seeds have been broadcast over burnt lands to reforest, with efforts focused on rapid regeneration and habitat restoration.
Ohio to Choose at Primaries and Convention
Columbus reports Republicans in Ohio will hold primaries in February and a convention in March to express direct vote preferences for a Presidential candidate. Cincinnati notes Senator Joseph B. Foraker opposes the primaries while Taft leads in the race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Daily Gateway
Columbus
Republicans of
Cincinnati
Joseph B. Foraker
Taft
Northwestern Merges Into Alaska Steamship Company
Seattle Jan 2 Northwestern Steamship Company is merged into the Alaska Steamship Company. Charles E Peabody leads the new company with D A Jarvis as treasurer and Frank E Burns as VP and manager. Historic notes say 1866 saw Columbia river canneries yielding about 4000 cases, while today Pacific coast canneries around Puget Sound Alaska reach over five million annually with thousands of workers and numerous ships. Captain J J Doyle warns that waters must be kept stocked or the fish will be exhausted.
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Daily Gateway
Seattle
Northwestern Steamship Company
Alaska Steamship Company
Charles E. Peabody
Cap. D. A
Columbia River
Astoria
Pacific Coast
Puget Sound
Alaska
J. J. Doyle
Oil Discovery Near Eyak River and Inland Ore Ledge
Pat Murphy, Billy Crum and Jack Harris report oil seepage near the Eyak river mouth about seven miles from the city after prospecting in the area. They claim large quantities of crude petroleum rise to the surface. A separate ore ledge fifty miles inland from Iliamna Bay on Cook Inlet measures 146 feet wide and assays 6 percent copper.
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Pat Murphy
Billy Crum
Jack Harris
Eyak River
Cordova
Iliamna Bay
Cook Inlet
Miners Return to Kahiltna Region for Winter Digging
Kahiltna December reports five outfits bound for creeks with several others arriving. Cromer and Hellman reached December 6 with Dick Richardson and two others prospecting Cache and Nugget creeks. Prospects show shot gold while natives bring moose meat from upper Yentna and Skwentna diggers push toward Kuskokwim. Moose run strong this season.
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Cromer
Hellman
Dick Richardson
Cache
Cache Creek
Yentna
Skwentna
Kuskokwim
Five Travelers Reach Seward After Forty Day Kuskokwim Trek
From Kuskokwim Myron Kirkpatric T Odale Jack Clausen and Way Bowker arrive in Seward last night after about forty days on the trail from the Kuskoim and Gaines creek. They describe Gaines creek as looking well while the Kuskokwim region remains a hard country to navigate. The men plan to ride the Northwestern to Valdez and the states.
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Myron Kirkpatric
T. M. Odale
Jack Clausen
Way Bowker
Seward
Kuskokwim
Gaines Creek
Valdez
States
No Decision in Powers Case Discharged Jury
Georgetown Kentucky January 4 The Caleb Powers murder trial jury was discharged after failing to reach a verdict in the case against Caleb Powers for Governor Goeble. Georgetown Kentucky January 2 Jurors in the Powers murder trial for Governor Taylor remained in deliberations.
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Georgetown
Caleb Powers
Goeble
iKy
Taylor
Northwestern Arrives with Passengers Back to Seward
The Northwestern landed at 5 30 p m yesterday after a fine voyage. Returning passengers include F J Conner Henry Anderson and S O Morford. The ship is to sail for Seattle at 4 oclock this afternoon.
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Northwestern
Seward
F. J. Conner
Henry Anderson
S.O. Morford
Seattle
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Innoko Region
New Gold District
Smith
Standard Oil
Commissioner of Corporations
G. A. Pettibone
Steunenberg
Territorial
Treadwell
Clubfornia Bank
San Francisco
Geneva
Brown
Treadee Awal
Juneau
Rector Barnett
California Safe Deposit & Trust Company
National Forests
Buckeye State
Indiana
Foraker
Kahiltna
Arrivea
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