Katalla Blizzards, Alaska Rail Plans, and Mississippi Floods
Cable dispatches report Alaska railroad terminals at Katalla with H A McClure named general superintendent of construction and Cordova to be abandoned as a terminus. Minnesota and Dakota blizzard halts rail traffic, worsening coal shortages and fueling in many towns. Louisville and New Orleans flood damage follow along the Mississippi with rising water and ruined stores. Kingston relief efforts see U S warships withdraw after a salute dispute. In Alaska, gold channel findings near Kahiltna River indicate bedrock at 50 to 125 feet and a promising old channel system guiding mining work for inbound prospectors and local investors.
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Daily Gateway
Seattle
Guggenheim Copper River
Katalla
H. A. McClure
Alaska Central
Cordova
M. J. Heney
Heney
Louisville
Ohio
Kahiltna
James Densmore
Densmore
Alaska
Linng
Hetek
Cache
Wile
Pete
Seward
Tokosima
Krom
Ution
Vamer
Santa Clara
Capt. Schage
Hare
E. R. Lockhart
Billy Young
Cutter Rush Rescues Five From Yakataga
Sitka January 16 The Rush came from Yakataga with three men a woman and child nearly starved after a long perilous voyage landing them only with great difficulty. Starvation loomed as the party endured a month long shortage of fuel and food. A small gasoline launch brought thirty pounds of flour and beans per person last August but no boat reached the beach again until the Bush arrived.
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Sitka
Rearene
Yakataga
Star
Wickersham Sold Property to Gamblers Disputed Agreement
Washington January 21 An agent for Judge Wickersham filed with the attorney general a statement claiming he sold Wickersham’s Ford in Fa’ks to four gamblers. Judge Kellum now in the capital denies this, saying he and associates bought the jet, none tied to gambling. President Roosevelt prompts statements from Wickersham’s friends to counter Hoyt’s report.
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Washington, D. C
Wickersham
Fot
Fa’ks
Kellum
Roosevelt
Hoyt
Murder trial of Harry Thaw begins
New York June 21 the murder trial of Harry Thaw opened in criminal court with District Attorney Jerome stating the state will present direct testimony over two days. The defense uncertainty centers on insanity versus justifiable homicide as Thaw objects to the insanity plea.
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Daily Gateway
New York
Harry Thaw
Stanford White
Jerome
Thaw
Dakotas Still Storm Swept Across The Plains
The storm rages across the Dakotas and Minnesota with forty two mile an hour winds. Train service is paralysed and a passenger train at Dawson is buried in snow. Two North Dakota snowplows are stuck in drifts, temperatures are below zero, and reports tell of widespread suffering with no relief until the storm ends.
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Jans Stke Duzant
Dawson I
North Dakota
Dakotas
Minnesota
Waskey urges employers to stand pat in miners strike
Cable dispatch from Washington reports delegate dl to Nome mining operators urging patience in the miners dispute. Accounts note appeals from both sides for support and mention various port and ship updates including the Santa Clara's return voyage and crew changes. Copper prices are cited near twenty five cents with historical quote confusion noted.
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Datby
Washington, D.C
Nome
Buffalo Suffered Severe Storm and Flood Woes
Buffalo reels from a ferocious windstorm followed by a waterspout. Two lives lost, docks and buildings damaged, waterfront losses pegged at $2,000,000 with wider destruction along the Niagara River and Tonawanda docks. City plunged into darkness as electric power lines failed.
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Buffalo
Fabing
Lake Cried
Niagara
Congress Grants Temporary Land Claim Chill Due To Fuel Shortage
Washington report notes both houses passed a resolution allowing settlers on public lands to abandon claims and stay away until May 15 because of severe cold and fuel scarcity. Widespread hardship from lack of timber and coal affects settlers across the northwest and prairie states. Nomeites remark on coastal erosion and the beach line advancing about thirty feet since 1899, as observed from Nome News.
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Congress
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Prairie States
Nomeites
Nome News
Public meeting condemns Gov Sweetenham over marines pullout
Kingston residents adopted resolutions denouncing Gov. Sweetenham for asking the withdrawal of American marines and praising their role in maintaining order. Newspapers attack Sweetenham as losing his head. Secretary Root returned from Canada and conferred with the president about the Kingston incident with no conclusion announced. The Northwestern steamship Pensania schedule shows a February 16 Seattle sailing after refit delays.
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Kingston
Sweetenham
Washington, D. C
Root
Canada
Northwestern Steamship Company
Seattle
Northwestern
Fierce Battle With Yaquis Near Paso Texas
Report from Paso describes a fierce fight between Mexican troops and Yaqui warriors in Sonora. Soldiers claimed victory with heavy casualties on both sides. On the field were found the bodies of two notorious American criminals among the Yaqui dead, indicating they fought with the natives. January 26 update notes runners.
Thirty Yukon sleds bring fresh furs to Knik in winter caravan
The report notes thirty Yukon sleds loaded with furs arrived at Knik from the Matanuska and Copper river regions. Alfred Lowell observed the caravan as he returned with Tyonok mail. The shipment included black, gray and red fox, lynx, mink and other pelts, with George Palmer managing most of the cargo.
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Susitna Station
Knik
Tyonok
Seward
Kmik
Camp 49
Matanuska River
Copper River
Alfred Lowell
George Palmer
Alaska Buys Extensively of Mechanical Products
During the last fiscal year Alaska fed and received from the pured 60,582 worth of jewelry, 16,806 of paper hangings, 6,155 of perfumery and cosmets, 2,164 of silks, 1,210,007 dozen of eggs valued at 209,691. Mowers, reapers, plows and cultivators were sent here, over 110,000 of horses and 10 per cent of that value in mules, over 112,000 of books, engravings and etchings, over 87,000 of clocks and watches, over 100,000 in electrical appliances, 25,000 of printing presses, steam fire engines, organs, automobiles, over 45,000 yards of carpet, 1,425 of painting and statuary, 7,725 of children's toys.
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Alaska
House votes to abolish all pension agencies
Washington D C Jan 25 The house passed a bill to abolish all pension agencies nationwide and centralize pension business in a Washington bureau. Current setup includes eighteen agencies across as many cities. Alaska’s early spring ooligans appear, with fishermen showcasing rows of them. The ooligans outpace the groundhog annually.
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Daily Gateway
Washington, D. C
Washington
Alaska
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