Delegates Pleas For Alaska Home Rule and Aid
Alaska delegate Thomas Cale met with President Roosevelt in Washington to press mining law changes and demand home government for Alaska while seeking aid for navigation and transportation. In Nome ash from a volcanic episode darkens snow as reports spread from Teller and Tin City that a northern eruption may have begun.
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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
Washington December 30 Senator Foraker declares he will contest the Ohio delegation to the Republican convention if they endorse Secretary Taft for the presidency. The action signals a sharp split within the party over Taft's bid and Ohio's support.
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Ohio
Daily Gateway
Washington, D.C
Foraker
Taft
Harriman and Hill at Peace end long railroad feud
Cable reports J Pierpont Morgan brokered a peace between J J Hill and E H Harriman ending a years long rivalry among railroad financiers. Also notes Miscovery creek claim near Tannana valley yields over $1 million to Frank Manley and partners from 20 acres, with prospects of further profit as season closes. Estimates cite a single 80 by 400 foot spot producing 250 000 and a season total around 500 000 plus, with potential near 2 million from the ground. A weather note mentions a surface water spout estimated 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
Sheldon Calls Republican Convention for Alaska Seat
Seattle Nov 30 J D Sheldon chairman of the Alaska Territorial republican convention issued a call for the convention to meet at Ketchikan on the second Tuesday to name a candidate for congress. The U P Seattle cable does not specify the month or year of the meeting.
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Seattle
J. D. Sheldon
Alaska Territorial Republican Convention
Ketchikan
U. P
Major Richardson Seeks 150000 For Alaska Roads
Washington November 25 Major Wilds P Richardson head of Alaska road work will ask the coming session to appropriate 150000 for road construction in Alaska next year.
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Washington, D. C
Wilds P. Richardson
Alaska
Concoming
National Federation Proclaims Opposition to Speaker Cannon
Washington D C November 27 President Samuel Gompers of the National Federation of Labor issued a proclamation inviting all federation members and supporters to oppose Speaker Joseph Cannon for the presidential nomination.
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Washington, D. C
Samuel Gompers
National Federation of Labor
Federation
Joseph Cannon
Steve Adams Released on $20,000 Cash Bail
Rathdrum Idaho November 26 Steve Adams was released this morning on 20000 cash bail The murder trial of Steve Adams for Fred Taylor has seen a jury disagree eight for acquittal four for guilty The bail application will be made today plus the Jinnie Co and Tunnel claims property deal at Uyak Bay Kadak Island has closed A syndicate led by Nat C Goodwin bought the property to build a twenty stamp mill with ore a 13000 ton block averaging at least $18 per ton could yield over 200000 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 ownership of the Jack Shepard mine near Orea, with Jack Shepard to receive 250000 dollars for his property. Tacoma mining man Capt. A T Armstrong 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
Wagner family sails to Tacoma for high school plans
Fred Wagner and his wife and two sons travel aboard the Saratoga to Tacoma where Mrs. Wagner will stay with the two boys to enroll in local high school. Mr. Wagner will return to Seward in a few weeks.
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Fred Wagner
Tacoma
Currency Bill Rush in Congress Before Holiday Recess
Roosevelt and Secretary Cortelyou urge rapid drafting and passage of a new currency bill in Congress before the holiday recess. The measure is deemed essential despite broader distress as little other legislation seems likely until the currency question is settled.
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Gat
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Secretary of the Treasury
Geo. B. Cortelyou
Congress
Saint Paul Schooner Wrecked Off Alaska Coast
The Saint Paul, a schooner of the Alaska Commercial Company commanded by Capt. Andrew Anderson, was driven ashore on a small Semidi island during a fierce October storm. Ten natives crew endured near starvation on corn meal and sea lion meat for weeks before rescue by the Dora, which carried them 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 clouds drift over Chicago banking scene
The report notes a decline in clearinghouse certs as Chicago banks retire from the clearinghouse system, signaling a shift in local financial operations and stability concerns for institutions and customers alike.
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Chicago
Whitelaw Reid Optimistic On U S Prosperity
London November 29 United States Ambassador Whitelaw Reid hosted a large American society gathering for Thanksgiving and a reception. He stated the United States was never more prosperous and gave an upbeat view of the country’s financial condition.
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United States
Daily Gateway
London
Whitelaw Reid
Seattle profits from Alaska gold flow to local trade
The Seattle United States assay office reports 135.4 million in gold coinage since June 1 1907, about 1 million monthly, with total Alaska gold receipts around 314.9 million. Drafts to shippers are payable in New York, and much money pays out in Seattle through property investments, suggesting about half the gold received circulates locally.
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United States
Seattle
Alaska
New York
Bonds Oversubscribed and Court Voids Anti Cigarette Law
The government’s 100 million three percent one year bonds are already oversubscribed. Judge Sullivan of Spokane County Superior Court voids the anti cigarette law for mismatch between its title and body. The mines of the world employ about 35 million men.
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Sullivan
Superior Court
Spokane County
Washington
Judge Wickersham's Recons in Third District Court
In closing hours of Judge Wickersham's occupancy, years of record show eight years with 1726 cases tried and 33 appealed, 10 decisions reversed, and 70 percent of appeals affirmed. Also notes that earth's population doubles every 260 years.
Alaska miners seek suspension of mining claim work law
In Seattle on November 27, Alaska miners from across the northern territory met at the Alaska Club and passed a resolution urging Congress to suspend the law requiring $100 in labor on each mining claim for the next year due to money stringency and labor scarcity. A later meeting will discuss other district matters. 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
Alaskans urged to unite at convention in editorial
Seattle editorials urge Alaskans to stop quarreling and get together for another general convention. The Post-Intelligencer comments on the need for unity among Alaska delegates and residents during a forthcoming gathering.
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Seattle
Daily Gateway
the Post-Intelligencer
Bryan Speaks at Banquet in Kington Washington
William Jennings Bryan spoke at a banquet in Kington Washington last night. He said President Roosevelt had adopted many Democratic doctrines, led by the income tax law and railroad legislation. The event drew wide attendance and focused on fiscal policy and regulation themes.
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Daily Gateway
Kington
D. C
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Roosevelt
Still More Gold in the Rand and Arctic Brotherhood News
J B Robinson of the Robinson South African Banking Co says there remains about a million million pounds in gold at the Rand with untapped treasures in the Transvaal. If correct, gold there would not end at current rates until the year 41907. Also, the Arctic Brotherhood building at the Alaska Yukon Pacific fair will cost 25000 dollars as a home for the brotherhood and later pass to the University of Washington for student fraternity use from Alaska Yukon and northern British Columbia.
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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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