Chinese Revolt Spreads Across Empire and Alaska Debate
Cable reports describe widespread uprisings in China with 30 000 rebels near Hong Kong and mass killings in Wong Hong. Disturbances extend to Canton Swatow and other districts as residents resist the empress’s rule. In Alaska officials challenge Gov Hoggatt’s ground breaking role for the Seattle exposition.
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Alaska
Hong
Kong
Daily Gateway
Washington, D. C
Hong Kong
London
Wong Hong
Canton
China
Swatow
Poker raids disrupt games in Fairbanks
Three quiet poker games were raided Sunday in Fairbanks and the players arrested. The note adds that the order for a closed town will be enforced to the letter and no monkeying will be tolerated.
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Daily Gateway
Fairbanks
Governor Hager's Resignation Tied to Father's Land Frauds
May 31 report from Albuquerque states President Roosevelt noted Governor Hager's resignation was urged because his father faced land fraud charges in the territory. No proof against the governor was found, but officials believed his continued tenure could hinder prosecution progress.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Roosevelt
Hagerman
Queen Maud Survives Carriage Run Into Versailles Fountain
Queen Maud of Norway narrowly escaped injury when her carriage bolted toward Versailles. The team leapt into a fountain pool, the carriage halted at the edge, and the postilion sustained a broken arm. The horses were drowned in the pool after becoming tangled.
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Paris
Queen Maud of
Norway
Versailles
Actress May Irwin Marries Her Manager
May Irwin the comedienne wed her manager Kurt Eizfeldt in her summer home yesterday. Eizfeldt has supervised her engagements for four years and Irwin plans to continue on the stage.
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May Irwin
New York
Irwin
Comedienne
Kurt Eizfeldt
Eizfeldt
Miss Irwin
Roosevelt Delivers on Railroads and Lawton Monument
In Indianapolis on May 30 President Roosevelt spoke at the Lawton monument unveiling. He urged federal control of railroads to prevent stock watering and rebates, saying only federal oversight can protect the public from railroad extortion and that the interstate commerce commission must have power to enforce laws.
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Indianapolis
Henry R. Lawton
Roosevelt
Two Dead in Southern Pacific Train Wreck
In Los Angeles on May 2 the Sunset Limited crashed after an open switch near Bradley, killing two passengers and injuring many. It marks the third wreck on the line within two weeks due to an open switch.
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Los Angeles
Southern Pacific Sunset Limited
Bradley
New York Senate Passes Mayoralty Recount Bill
Albany reports the state senate approved a bill to recount votes in the 1905 New York City mayoral race where McClellan defeated Hearst. Amid legislative news, world gold production figures since 1492 total about 12.08 billion dollars, with 1906 output near 404.56 million and global gold stocks around 6 billion.
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Senate
Albany
N. Y
State Senate
Greater
New York City
McClellan
Hearst
America
Coal Shortage Could Delay Nome Steamer Sailings
Steamship sailings from Nome may be delayed due to a continuing coal shortage on the Pacific coast. The Pacific Coast Company controls most Washington coal supplies and says it is working mines to capacity, with officials predicting a worse shortage next winter.
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Gateway
Seattle
Pacific Coast
Nome
Pacific Coast Company
State of
Washington
Telegraph Operators Secure 10 Percent Pay Rise
York June 1 Western Union telegraph operators will not strike as of today after a 10 percent pay increase and eight hour work day were granted. About twenty thousand workers were involved in the threatened action.
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Gateway
York
Western Union Telegraph
Cooper Creek Operated By Kenai Mining This Summer
The Kenai Mining & Milling Company plans three giants and a Ruble gravel elevator on Cooper Creek by August 1. Hydraulicking will run mainly in the flats where a pay gravel bed was found last week. Average yields run 37 cents per yard with higher profits in some spots. The deposit is nine to ten feet deep with pay four to six feet deep. About forty workers will be hired, many along the ditch line to bring water three miles to a flume and an iron pipe line to convey water 2500 feet to the work area.
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Kenai Mining & Milling Company
Cooper Creek
Alaska Trade Shows Big Increase This Year
Washington May 28 Alaska trade statistics indicate that the increase in the territory business this year will be 15000000 dollars over last year. The total exports and imports last year amounted to 85146000 dollars.
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Washington, D. C
Alaska
Nineteen Condemned for Attack on Cabrera
Guatemala May 31 Nineteen death sentences are ordered by the special court for those accused in the plot to assassinate President Cabrera. The conspiracy involved several women and a bomb that struck Cabrera’s carriage on April 30, killing the horses and leaving the president seriously injured. A Pittsburg man sues for divorce claiming his wife is too far to suit him.
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Guatemala
Special
Cabrera
Pittsburg
Troops Considered for Katalla Amid Rail Rivalry
Cable report from Seattle May 27 states the steamer Yucatan brought word that troops may be sent to Katalla due to escalating friction between rival railroad factions. Since the Morrison pile-driver explosion several outbreaks have threatened to riot and citizens fear open war between parties.
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Seattle
Yucatan
Katalla
Iron Workers Strike Settled in San Francisco
San Francisco. The iron workers strike ended today with 10,000 men returning to work. They secured an eight hour day and increased wages marking the first improvement in the city’s labor troubles.
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San Francisco
Alaska Central bridge progress on mile 50 loop
Engineer J B Cameron reports good progress on the Alaska Central bridge at mile 50. The Howe truss over the moraine will be finished in ten days and track laying will resume after, with work shifting to Placer river trestles on mile 51. Snow delays eased by warm weather as Watson and Snow seek 300 extra workers in Seattle.
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J. B. Cameron
Alaska Central
Placer River
Watson & Snow
Seattle
Gold Shipment by Mail From Fairbanks Could Alter Express Service
The First National Bank shipped $50,000 in gold bullion by mail from Fairbanks to Seattle. If successful, the experiment could end a major express service as mail rates are cheaper than express shipments.
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Fairbanks
First National Bank
Seattle
Cabrera Plans Escape If Guatemala Warms Up
Guatemala la Nueva reports President Cabrera may flee to Germany on short notice if unrest rises. Revolutionary sentiment grows daily casting doubt on his grip on power. The piece notes a recent silver price drop linked to reduced Indian demand amid growing global output.
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Guatemala la Nueva
Cabrera
Germany
Rivers Opened Early for Summer Navigation on Susitna and Yentna
Breakup on May 6 cleared ice by mid May with open rivers enabling limited transit. By May 21 no boats ascended the Susitna and Yentna yet, though Red Jack brought flour from Susitna Station. Miner P. R. Strong reports about 400 men in the districts and describes passage to Tyonok and Sunrise.
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Yentna
Red Jack
Susitna
Tyonok
Woolsey
Seldovia
P. R. Strong
Clearcreek
Talkeetna
Sleem
Strong
Clear Creek
Onok
Churchill
Grubstake claim denied by appeals court ruling
In San Francisco on May 28 the circuit court of appeals ruled Isaac Marks cannot recover a 20 percent grubstake interest in claims located by Swiftwater Bill Gates in the Tanana district. The decision reverses long standing grubstake rules and holds Marks advances to Gates too remote to grant an interest.
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Daily Gateway
San Francisco
Circuit Court of Appeals
Isaac Marks
Swiftwater Bill Gates
Tanana
Marks
Gates
Zion Church Property Sought For Sale By Receiver
The Zion City receiver filed in federal court a petition seeking an order to sell church property including real estate. The petition argues the church’s disorganized status has led to steady deterioration in value.
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Chicago
Zion City
Church of Zion
Minstrels Nets Big Take in Seattle Shows
Saturday and Sunday performances by Arctic Brotherhood ministrel troupe in a local Seattle theater drew crowded houses and produced a substantial net above expenses. The piece notes Alaska natives may take 160 acre homesteads under a May 14 1906 act, and cites Goldfield Nevada bank deposits exceeding 6 million dollars.
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Seattle
Arctic Brotherhood Ministrels
Alaska
Congress
Wireless for Alaska boats telegraph system to be installed
Seattle May 30 Northwestern Steamship Company will install wireless telegraph apparatus on all its steamers this summer.
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Gateway
Seattle
Northwestern Steamship Company
Planning construction of Alaska lighthouses
Col Roessler of the Pacific lighthouse district discusses building a lighthouse station at Cape Hinch in Brook on Hinchinbrook Island at the entrance to Prince William Sound. The Alaska lighthouse service additions approved by the last Congress will be installed this summer.
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Seattle
Col. Roessler
Pacific Lighthouse District
Cape Hinchinbrook
Hinchinbrook Island
Prince William Sound
Oregon
Alaska
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition breaks ground in Seattle
Seattle on June first marks the ground breaking of the Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition with a grand street parade and speeches by J E Chilberg Gov Mead and John Barrett. The weather is reported perfect and a ceremonial spadeful of dirt signals the start.
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Seattle
J. E. Chilberg
Gov. Mead
John Barrett
Hottest May Weather Logged in Tanana Since Settlement
Fairbanks May 29. For three straight days highs above 80 degrees set a new record for May in Tanana since white settlement, marking the hottest May weather ever known in the area.
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Tanana
Fairbanks
Mercury
May temperature record for Seward notes 1908 comparison
The Seward May average temperature was 47.55 degrees, with 1908 averaging 47.77. April’s average this year was 37 degrees. Highest May reading reached 66 degrees on the 19th, while the lowest was 32 degrees on the 17th. Ten clear days and ten partly cloudy days were recorded.
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Seward
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