Alaska Delegate Urges Home Rule and Aid in Washington
Alaska delegate Thomas Cale met with President Roosevelt to press for home rule and federal aid for navigation and transportation. He criticized mining laws and proposed changes while seeking support for Alaska’s territorial government. Meanwhile ash falls from a suspected northern volcano blanket Nome and nearby towns, with Teller and Tin City reporting the same, origin unknown.
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Daily Gateway
Washington, D.C
Thomas Cale
Alaska
Congress
Roosevelt
Cale
Nome
Teller
Tin City
Foraker Opposes Taft in Republican Convention Fight
Senator Foraker declares he will contest the Ohio delegation to the national Republican convention if it endorses Secretary Taft for the presidency. The statement reflects intra party tension during the Washington coverage dated November 30.
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Ohio
Daily Gateway
Washington, D.C
Foraker
Taft
Harriman and Hill at Peace in Long-Running Conflict
Cable reports J Pierpont Morgan brokered a peace between railroad financiers J J Hill and E H Harriman ending years of feud. The piece notes large profits from the Miscovery creek claim in the Tannana valley, owned by Frank Manley and five Aitken brothers, Webster and Ballard, with early estimates near 2 million dollars in proceeds and season yields around 500000 plus, plus a 80 by 400 foot spot yielding 250000. The mirror claims potential for next season. Also mentions a sea water spout rotating at 354 miles per hour.
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Daily Gateway
New York
James J. Hill
E. H. Harriman
J. Pierpont Morgan
Cleary
Tannana Valley
Frank Manley
Aitken Boys
Webster
Ballard
Alaska Republican convention call set for Ketchikan
Seattle Nov 30 J D Sheldon chairman of the Alaska Territorial Republican convention issued a call for the convention to meet in Ketchikan on the second Tuesday to name a candidate for congress. The dispatch notes the month and year were not specified.
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Seattle
J. D. Sheldon
Alaska Territorial Republican Convention
Ketchikan
U. P
Major Richardson Seeks 150000 For Alaska Roads
Major Wilds P. Richardson, in charge of Alaska road work, will ask the coming session to appropriate 150000 dollars for road projects in Alaska next year.
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Washington, D. C
Wilds P. Richardson
Alaska
Concoming
Federation Fights Cannon Candidacy for President
President Samuel Gompers of the National Federation of Labor issued a proclamation urging members and allies to oppose Speaker Joseph Cannon's candidacy for the presidency. The notice, dated Washington D C November 27, called for unified action within the federation to deter Cannon’s bid.
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Washington, D. C
Samuel Gompers
National Federation of Labor
Federation
Joseph Cannon
Adams released on twenty thousand cash bail in Idaho
In Rathdrum Idaho November 25 1910 Steve Adams was released on a twenty thousand dollar cash bail. The murder trial of Fred Taylor resulted in a hung jury with eight voting for acquittal and four for guilty. A bail petition for Adams was to be filed today. A separate report notes completion of the Jen nie Co and Tunnel claims sale to a syndicate including Nat C Goodwin with plans for a twenty stamp mill at Uyak Bay Kadak Island. Estimated ore blocks total thirteen thousand tons averaging eighteen dollars per ton. Projected mine output exceeds two hundred thousand dollars annually.
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Rathdrum
Idaho
Steve Adams
Fred Taylor
Adams
Jennie Co
Uyak Bay
Kadiak Island
Wanburg
Nat C. Goodwin
Jack Shepard Mine Sold to Guggenheim Interests
Guggenheim interests acquire the Jack Shepard mine near Orea. The owner Jack Shepard to receive 250000 dollars. Capt A T Armstrong of Tacoma mining circles shows interest in the deal. The mine was located about two years BC.
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Guggenheim
Jack Shepard
Orea
Sound
Capt
A. T. Armstrong
Tacoma
Fred Wagner and family sail to Tacoma for high school
Fred Wagner and his family left aboard the Saratoga for Tacoma. Mrs. Wagner will stay with the two boys to enroll them in the local high school while Mr. Wagner returns to Seward in a few weeks.
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Fred Wagner
Tacoma
Currency Bill Rush Up Expected Before Holiday Break
President Roosevelt and Secretary Cortelyou say a new currency bill must be drafted and passed by Congress before the holidays. The rush stems from the need for a stable money measure and the belief that little other legislation will move until the currency issue is resolved.
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Gat
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Secretary of the Treasury
Geo. B. Cortelyou
Congress
Schooner Saint Paul Wrecked off Semidi Islands
The Saint Paul, a small schooner of the Alaska Commercial Company commanded by Capt. Andrew Anderson, was driven ashore during an October storm on a Semidi Island. Ten natives survived on corn meal and sea lion meat until rescue by the Dora, which then ferried the crew to Unalaska and Kodiak.
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Alaska
Pacific Ocean
Saint Paul
Dora
Little Semidi Island
Kodiak
Andrew Anderson
Semidi Islands
Unalaska
Kodia
Alaska , Commercial Company
Financial cloud passing away in Chicago banks
A fragmented notice notes Chicago banks abandoning clearinghouse certificates and retiring financial practices. The report hints at a broader shift in clearinghouse arrangements and bank market structure in the city.
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Chicago
Whitelaw Reid Optimistic About U S Prosperity
London November 29 United States Ambassador Whitelaw Reid hosted a large American social gathering for Thanksgiving and a reception in the evening He declared the United States was never in a more prosperous condition and voiced a highly optimistic view of the country’s financial state.
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United States
Daily Gateway
London
Whitelaw Reid
Seattle profits from Alaska gold in local trade
The Seattle United States assay office reports 135.4 million in gold coin and 314.9 million in Alaska gold received since June 1, 1907. Drafts to shippers paid at New York cover the difference, showing over a third of receipts circulate locally and suggesting about half the value of gold received is spent in Seattle on property and other expenditures.
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United States
Seattle
Alaska
New York
Bonds Over Subscribed and Legal Ruling in Washington
Washington reports 100 million three percent one year bonds already oversubscribed. Judge Sullivan of Spokane County Superior Court declares the anti cigarette law void for mismatch between its title and body. The note closes with a line on global mining employment around 35 million men.
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Daily Gateway
Washington, D. C
Sullivan
Superior Court
Spokane County
Washington
Judge Wickersham Recons in Third District Court
In the waning hours of Judge Wickersham I occupancy the bench the court records reveal eight year totals: trials 1726 appeals 33 reversals 10. Appeals affirmed 70 percent. Also notes that Earth’s population doubles every 260 years.
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Earth
Alaska miners urge suspending mining labor rule
Alaska miners meeting at the Alaska Club in Seattle passed a resolution urging Congress to suspend the law requiring $100 worth of assessment work on each mining claim for the next year due to money stringency and labor shortages. Similar actions were taken in Nevada Colorado Arizona and Utah.
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Gateway
Seattle
Alaska
Northern Territory
Alaska Club
Congress
Colorado
Arizona
Utah
Editorial urges Alaskans to unite at convention
In Seattle on November 26 the Post-Intelligencer editorial urges Alaskans to stop quarreling and come together for another general convention, advocating unity among factions and cooperation for progress.
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Seattle
Daily Gateway
the Post-Intelligencer
Bryan Delivers Banquet Address in Kington Washington
William Jennings Bryan spoke at a banquet in Kington D C last night and drew a crowd. He asserted President Roosevelt had adopted key Democratic doctrines, notably the income tax law and railroad legislation.
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Daily Gateway
Kington
D. C
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Roosevelt
Still More Gold in Rand as Prospects Grow
J B Robinson, chair of the Robinson South African Banking Co and mine owner, estimates a million million pounds worth of gold remains in the Rand with further untapped deposits in the Transvaal. If true, gold may not exhaust at current rates until 41907. An Arctic Brotherhood building for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific fair costs 25000 dollars and will later become university fraternity space.
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South Africa
J. B. Robinson
Robinson South African Banking Company
Rand
Transvaal
Robinson
B. C
Arctic Brotherhood
Brotherhood
University of Washington
Alaska
Yukon
British Columbia
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