Roosevelt on Law Violation and Federal Oversight
Keokuk October 1 President Roosevelt said his administration will continue to probe law violations by corporations or individuals and denied provoking a panic. He praised irrigation work in arid regions and noted investigations may trigger a panic engineered by moneyed interests. St Louis October 2 he reaffirmed federal control of railroads as essential, urged supervision for fair rates, and highlighted the Panama canal and its role in Pacific protection and Mississippi Valley trade.
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Gates
Keokuk
Roosevelt
St. Louis
Panama Canal
Pacific Coast
Mississippi Valley
Gold Dust in Four Pound Registered Packages Shipments
The Fairbanks News details a four pound registered mail system for gold dust from the Tanana, with weighed dust placed in gold boxes, sealed, taxed with 1.36 postage, and logged by registry clerks. It notes a gold dust robbery on the Tanana steamer and bankers shifting to registered mail to limit liability, while a survey party led by J. B. Cameron maps copper claims near Fox Island.
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Fairbanks News
Tanana
Post Office
Pridnary Mail
Seattle
Sullivan Knocks Out Squires In Bloodied 19th Round
Mike Sullivan outpoints and finally KO's Bill Squires in the 19th round after a brutal welterweight bout. Squires lands early blows, blood flows from Sullivan’s nose and Sullivan’s eye splits, but Sullivan dominates late and ends with a decisive knockout. Squires plans six round contests with eastern heavyweights afterward.
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Daily Gateway
San Francisco
Mike Twin Sullivan
Bill Squires
Squires
Sullivan
Innoko report and Tanana notes from Fairbanks dispatch
From Fairbanks the Innoko news arrives via the Tanana with Jim Whalen returning after three months of study and prospecting. He says 300 plus prospectors will winter on their claims, some mines opened on Gaines Creek, placer found near surface on seven creeks, and a heavy 100 pound rock rich with gold. Formation mainly granite and porphyry with scarce schist. Katalla Republicans elect A C Williams to the Juneau convention to press for territorial government. another faction claims a caucus elected J L Morrison.
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Innoko
Tanana
Fairbanks
Ecount
Gaines Creek
Whalen
Left Fork
Madison Creek
Katalla
A. C. Williams
Juneau
J. L. Morrison
Dohrman Drowns In Bay While Night Watchman
William F. Dohrman an 18 year old Seward resident and railroad night watchman fell from a dock into the bay last Sunday night while getting a can of oil. His body was recovered Monday by Diver Kempf of the cruiser Buffalo from six fathoms near the warehouse dock. Police believe a may have struck a timber rendering him unable to call for help. Dohrman had talked with his father a moment before disappearing and had not returned by 9 o'clock. He had lived in Seward since spring and worked various jobs. his family and a younger brother who went west were mentioned as part of his background.
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William F. Dohrman
Diver Kempf
Buffalo
Henry Dohrman
C. D. Mathison
Railroad Comms
Mathison
Dohrman
Seward
Gans Offers Retirement to Favor Memsic in Title Fight
Joe Gans proposes to retire from boxing and yield the lightweight championship to George Memsic on condition that Memsic agrees to fight colored boxers, including Gans if he returns. Gans says Memsic is the best light weight he has faced recently.
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Los Angeles
Joe Gans
George Memsic
Memsic
Gans
Labor Wars Cut Alaska Mine Output Estimate
The miner strike reduced Tanana district output to six million dollars from nine million last year. The Nugget claims labor troubles may cut potential output by two million more. Edison says most people sleep too much and that excess sleep dulls the mind.
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Thomas A. Edison
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J. B. Cameron
Clayson, Pitman, Redman, Gould and Conner
Fox Island
Mike Sullivan
MONEY
Mr. Quality
Clayson
Quality
Adler & Sons
Headquarters For Quality
Hart Schaffner
Marx
W. F. Dohrman
Knik Trading Company
Yenta
McKinley
Knik
G. Herning
Alaska
Geo. Sexton
Fourth Avenue
Seward, Alaska
Northern Saloon
E. L. Whittemore
Booth & GO
Hope and Girdwood
Booth & Co
Mi Election
Old Line
Hunter Rye
Nelson Co
Olympia
Girdwood
R. Booth
Latouche
Reynolds - Alaska Development Company
General Outfitters
Prince William Sound
Knight’s Island
Sound
Latouche Isl
THE
Alaska Transfer
Christie
Nsen & Laubner
Goal & Wood
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