Stamp Mills to Knik and Willow Creek Mines
Bartholfs with McCoy and Thomas transport a three stamp mill to head of Willow Creek near Knik to mine free milling ore. A two stamp mill will be installed by McCoy and Thomas, with plans to reach by April 15. A sled saw mill was delivered, signaling growth for Knik and Willow Creek camps. Roosevelt and GOP leaders back Aldrich currency bill and tariff committee plans.
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Bartholf Brothers
McCoy
Thomas
Portland
Bartholfs
Alaska Gold Quartz Company
Willow Creek
Knik
Herning
Daily Gateway
Washington, D.C
Roosevelt
Ten Stamp Mill Goes to Uyak
Mr Be D Westbrook manager of the Kodiak Gold Mining Co is a passenger on the Portland taking a new ten stamp mill and a six drill air compressor to set up and operate on his property on Uyak bay. The company will also work other property near there.
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BE. D. Westbrook
Kodiak Gold Mining Co
Portland
Uyak Bay
Stamp mill planned for Falls Creek mines by buyers
Skeen and Lechner, discoverers of the Falls Creek gold properties twenty five miles back of Seward, have sold part of their claim to the California Alaska Mining Company. A stamp mill will be installed this spring. The Falls Creek quartz properties are among Alaska's best free milling prospects with ledges about three feet wide and mine run around $60 per ton.
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Falls Creek
Seward
California-Alaska Mining Company
Alaska
Valdez
Remarkable Egypt Discovery at Thebes Tomb of Tele Unearthed
The Theodore M. Davis expedition at Thebes uncovers Queen Tele's tomb with signs of religious zealots. The doorway doors and catafalque were breached and Amenhotep IV’s name removed from the gold sheet, reflecting pre Moses era religious upheaval.
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Amenhotep IV
Moses
Portland Telegram
Alaska Packers Association Fishermen Strike Ended
The Alaska Packers Association and fishermen leaders reached an agreement on wage scales after a planned 3000-man strike. Fishermen will sail for the North this week, concluding months of wage dispute and work stoppage.
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San Francisco
Alaska Packers Association
Rich strike in Siberia by American prospectors
American prospectors report a new goldfield across the Bering Sea from Nome in Siberia. Discovered by L C P Nadeau on a creek feeding the Anadyr river, 84,000 in gold mined so far by primitive methods. Forty-one men wintered at Anadyr with thawing plants and drills. a Cossack station and penal colony lie upstream. Siberian Development Company runs a trading post near the river mouth and trades with local Eskimos.
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Siberia
Bering Sea
Nome
Siberian Development Company
Valdez
L. C. P. Nadeau
Anadir
Eldorado
Valdez Prospector
Limit on Alaska Soldiers Time in Service
The War Department in Washington orders withdrawal of all soldiers in Alaska who have served two years or more at the opening of navigation. Research shows that two years in the harsh climate adversely affects men, so the limit will be strictly applied going forward.
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War Department
Washington
Alaska
Ambassador Not Accepted By United States on Hill Nomination
Cable dispatch from Washington reports Germany’s rejection to accept David Jayne Hill as American ambassador to Berlin. Emperor William allegedly declined reception, noting the prior snub of Prince Henry during a U.S. visit, and thus refuses the American envoy to the Prussian capital.
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Washing
D. C
Germany
David Jayne Hill
C.rt
Empeor William
Prince Henry
United States
Blood Flows In Convention At Nashville Rally
Nashville March 27 two GOP factions led by Congressman Brownlow and Ex Commissioner Evans clashed at the Republican state convention. A general melee followed with pistols hats and fists. Chairman Sanders reappeared with blackened eyes and a bleeding head. The Brownlow faction claimed victory as order was restored.
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Daily Gateway
Nashville
Tenn
Brownlow
Pensions
Evans
Sanders
Proceedings Pending in Bankruptcy Action
Bankruptcy proceedings against the Reynolds Alaska Development Company and Reynolds bank were brought before the court at Valdez. Judge Reid consolidated the petitions and appointed E. E. Ritchie as receiver, noting misused revenues. The case may be tried at the October term. creditors seek about 111,000 with Valdez property valued at 200,000 and rentals at 800 monthly.
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Reynolds-Alaska Development Company
Reynold’s Bank
Valdez
Reid
E. E. Ritchie
Ingersoll
Reynolds
H. D. Reynolds
New Road to the Pacific Opens Westward Link
A new Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul route from Aberdeen South Carolina to Tacoma Washington is slated to be operational within three months. Two workforces building the line expect to meet around May 15 as construction advances toward an open corridor to the Golden West. The extension runs through a rich, largely untapped region offering scenic views and strong commercial potential while following a path near the Northern Pacific but venturing into the northwest.
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Pacific Slope
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Aberdeen
S. C
Tacoma
Washington
Golden West
Northern Pacific Railroad
Northwest Country
United States
Endorsed for President by Illinois Republican Delegates
The Republican state convention in Springfield endorses Joseph B. Cannon for the presidential nomination and calls for tariff revision. Delegates to the Republican National Convention in Chicago include the two U.S. senators, the governor, and Mayor Busse.
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Springfield
Joseph B. Cannon
House of Representatives
Busse
Chicago
American Car to Try Alaska Race Route
The American auto in the race around the world will not be shipped directly to the Orient by steamer. Instead the management will take the car to Alaska on the route. A later notice says Alaska is off the route and the machine will be shipped today for the Orient.
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Orient
Northland
San Francisco
American Auto
Alaska
Los Angeles
Samoans Object to Change in Government
San Francisco reports advisers in Tutuila Samoa anticipate anxiety over civil government. Chiefs favor maintaining the current system and will petition the president to delay change. They seek continuation of the annexation era administration until the Samoan people grasp the U S style government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Tutuila
Samoa
United States
Shuster Praises Philippine Congress as Island Progresses
W Morgan Shuster, former Manila port official and now Philippine Commission member, hails the congress as successful. He notes native lawmakers act responsibly and enact sound laws while urging tariff reform to help sugar tobacco and other exports gain U.S. access. He cites improvements in Manila including water sanitation lighting streetcars harbor upgrades and shipping facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Morgan Shuster
Manila
Philippine Commission
Board of Public Instruction
Philippine Congress
Philippines
United States
Saratoga Abandoned After Wreck Off Raft
A survey board led by Captain Mickle sen and Captain Swensen on the steamer Elsie reports the Saratoga a total wreck resting on rocks with engine and smokestack raised. All portable property will be removed as the Elsie likely secures the salvage contract. passengers praise Captain Schage and blame the accident on no one.
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Board of Survey
Elsie
Sen
Swensen
Morris
Dora
Saratoga
Schage
Alaska to get Fourth Judicial Division created
Seattle dispatch reports Marshal Shoup arriving from Washington stating that a bill to form a Fourth Judicial Division for the Alaska territory is likely to pass this session. The move aims to expand territorial judiciary services and establish new legal administration.
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Bill
Alaska
Daily Gateway
Seattle
Marshal Shoup
Washington
Congress
Territory of
Lost Shefflin vein found in Oregon mountains
Douglas County resident B M Armitage reports locating the long sought Shefflin vein of free milling gold in the Umpqua range. The discovery ends decades of prospecting by others who hunted the famed vein after James Shefflin allegedly died of heart failure holding the pan and mortar nearby.
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James Shefflin
Umpqua
Douglas County
Oregon
Shefflin
Umpquas
B. M. Armitage
Famine in British India Forecast To Prolong Hunger
A devastating Indian famine unfolds across Punjab and northern regions including Allahabad Lucknow Cawnpore Benares and Agra with Rajputana and Central Provinces affected. An advance estimate of a million deaths is feared depending on plague among emaciated victims. March to May are the worst months unless June rains rescue fodder and vegetables.
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British India
Punjab
Allahabad
Lucknow
Cawnpore
Benares
Agra
Rajputana
Central Provinces
Benjamin Aitken
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Uyak
E. D. Westbrook
Falls Creek Mines
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Will
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Henry
Tennessee
Pacific
Illinois State Convention
Speaker Cannon
March
Mickle
Sur
Oregon Ranche
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