CUBANS AGREE TO RESTORE ORDER AS TAFT TAKES CUBA
Secret correspondence shows Palma asked for U S intervention and resignation of his cabinet while Taft assumes control. Reports say rebels to be interviewed, marines landed, and a new ministry planned as Cuba moves toward stability under American protection.
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Washington, D. C
Root
Palma
Cuba
United States
Havana
Congress
Taft
Louisiana
Copper Strike on Knik River Promises Rich Vein
Reports from Knik describe ore assays reaching 17 percent copper with about 5 percent gold and silver. The vein is a two foot pay streak in a defined fissure vein four miles from Knik arm head. Prospects suggest significant copper deposits east of Knik, though surface exposure is limited and seasonality curtails extensive prospecting. Government geologists Paige and Knopf deem the ore promising but have not mapped extent. Local weather and industrial notes follow, including August gold output and Seattle Nome voyage plans.
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Knik
Knik River
Seward
Paddy Marion
Paige and Knopf
Hydraulic for Canyon Creek project ships large plant
A forty ton hydraulic mining plant with drill electric motor Pelton wheel and hoses is loaded on the next steamer to Seward for Canyon Creek seven miles above the Forks and fifteen miles from Sunrise. Joseph Wilson plans road and rail moves via Moose Pass to commence mining next spring and has raised funds for Canyon Creek Mining Company with H Clegg and HJ Marx as partners. The venture aims to prove rich gravel in gold and to start two or three large operations. The Santa Clara also carried a diamond drill to Latouche for the jameee company to explore copper near Beatson mine.
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Seward
Joseph Wilson
Canyon Creek
Turnagain Arm
Ska Central
Moose Pass
Wilson
Forks
Sunrise
Canyon Creek Mining Company
H. Clegg
H. J. Marx
Carstens Packing Company
Seattle
Clegg
Mr. Wilson
Santa Clara
Latouche
Jameee Company
Julius Singer
Beatson
Miners To Stay In Yentna District Through Winter
Miners operating in the Yentna district will remain there during the coming winter. Many are at Station or Typonok for outfits, with the last outside party leaving Susitna Station September 22. Finches plans to sell at Typonok and a heavy draft may hit stores at Palmer and Herning in Knik before winter. R C Richardson reports Kahilina creek diggings may produce around fifty thousand dollars this season with over half already shipped to Seldovia or en route.
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Yentna
Station
Typonok
Susitna Station
Churchill
Finch
Typonok J
Palmer and Herning
Knik
Gallagher
Kahiina
Seward
R. C. Richardson
Cook
Seldovia
R. ©. Richardson
Peters Creek
Kahilina
Susitna
Geot Houckaert
Romache
Miners Headed West with Large Gold Output Hints
Correspondence from the Gateway reports miners heading toward the Susitna and Kahiltna districts with estimates near 50 000 dollars in output, plus 10 000 from smaller producers. Cook and party reached Mt McKinley summit amid 16 degree conditions with gear failures. Bouckaert and Hanson confirm ascent from the east side and say only one climber joined Cook at the top.
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Cook
Mt. McKinley
Hanson
Seward
Dr. Cook
Mr. Hanson
Packer
Mt. Redoubt
Geo. Bouckaert Alpy
Monda
Dr. Ki
Steater Tyonic
John J Kashevnikov
Trail to Kenai Not Expensive
From Kenai on Cook Inlet to the Alaska Central at mile 29 an easy trail about eighty miles long can be built for roughly 13000 dollars. W H Reel, Alaska Central engineer, surveyed the route with Jerome Hatchey, noting the path follows the Kenai river toward Kenai lake then Moosepass divide, Moose Creek to Trail Lake and to the railroad. The report highlights open valleys, minimal rock work, potential fertile land and mining along Kenai river, plus local prospects for year round access and profit.
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Kenai
Cook Inlet
Alaska Central
W. H. Reel
Railroad Company
Alaska Road Commission
Reel
Seward
Jerome Hatchey
Kenai Lake
Quartz Creek
Moosepas
Moose Creek
Trail Lake
Skilak Lake
Territorial Road Commission
Three Pans Miner Finds Gold on Discover Claim
Chris Hanson arrived from Lake Creek this week with $1.85 measured from three pans on the Discover claim about eleven miles up Lak ereek. High water halted work this year as sluice and ditch washed away three times. The claim is believed very rich.
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Chris Hanson
Lake Creek
Lakereek
Juneau Curfew Law Forbids Under-18s After 10 P M
Juneau enacts a curfew ordinance restricting infants under 18 from street presence after 10 PM from April through September and after 9 PM the rest of the year. It permits accompaniment by a grown person on errands but bans loitering or loud or disruptive behavior that disturbs town quiet.
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Juneau
Khe
Mrs Kelsey Appointed U S Commissioner at Kodiak
Mrs Kelsey the Commissioner temporarily appointed US commissioner at Kodiak in place of her late husband Frederick D Kelsey who died September 4 The appointment was announced to Cecil H Clegg assistant US attorney by Judge Harlan US Attorney The temporary post will stand until a competent man can be found There is little for the commissioner to do at present except act as recorder.
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F. D. Kelsey
U.S
Kodiak
Frederick D. Kelsey
Cecil H. Clegg
S. Attorney
Harlan
U. Attorney
Wickersham Hold
Act
Secret junta plans revolution in Central American nations
A reported secret junta is said to be organizing a broad revolution across all Central American republics. The note mentions a growing farmer migration into Saskatchewan, Canada. It also states there will be no attempt to save the steamer Oregon.
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Oregon
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Clallam Beagh
Frost Wires
Stewart
Kahiltna
Bowa
Citizens For Independence
We of
Citi
Cvt. A. Moetiyavns
War Department
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Roosevelt
North Atlantic Squadron
Newport News
New Orleans
Des Moines
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Cleveland
Cien
Ver
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Clailam Bay
Cape Flattery
Santa Ke
Cape Attery
Cape Beate
Alice Gertrude
Seatte Deck
Cape Beal
Gateway
Chicago
O&i
Frost
Alaska Central Wyday
Leab
Matanuska River
Stewart Listo
Placer Valley
Placer River
Snyder
Jays
Tom Jeter
RC. C. Richardson
Enduring
Dick Richardson
Conklin
Richardson Brothers
Nome
Victoria
Fairbanks
Dawson
Daniel Guggenheim
Klondike
MT. Mkinley
Harriman
Roald Amundsen
North Magnetic Pole
Kelsey
Canadian
Saskatchewan
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