BLUE JACKETS LAND IN CUBA AND U S PREPARES FOR CUBA
Armed sailors landed from the cruiser Denver and camped before President Palma's palace in Havana. Washington issued orders to recall most troops to the ship, while keeping a small guard and preparing other vessels for Cuban waters. Interventions risk a broader war, with reports of fighting in Pinar del Rio and Santa Clara. In Poland, mass killings of Jews in Siedlce prompt fear of a wider massacre. Governor Hoggatt arrives in Seward for Alaska railroad showcase and reception before sailing to Valdez.
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Havana
Denver
Palma
Washington, D. C
State Department
Legation
Navy Department
United States
Ives
Gov. Hoggatt
Seward
McCulloch
Dell Clark
Territory
Alaska Central
Gov. Boggatt
The
Revenue
Ramsay
Tanana Railway Construction Company
Guv. Hoggatt
Kenai Club
Arctic Brotherhood
Capt. Cantwell
Revenue Cutter
Dr. Gibbons
Miners Report High Yields Across Alaska Creeks
A letter from T. J. Jeter to Judge Hildreth notes Herndon’s men on Nugget Creek averaging about an ounce per day with some claims producing three to four ounces. Jeter reports ground yielding marvelously on Thunder Creek and Kahiltna upper creeks while Poor Man’s Creek miners see strong daily ounces. Also mentions home grown celery on the Dawson market and a note that Indiana teachers earn less than unskilled laborers per The Indianapolis Sun.
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Herndon
Nugget Creek
T. J. Jeter
Hildreth
Jeter
Thunder Creek
Kahiltna
Greewey
Haily
Apne
Edgar Davis
Davis
Thunder
Billy Peterson
Doc
Carlson
Peters Creek
Canyon
Gus
Peters
Dollar Creek
Eberhart
Falls Creek
Gadigan
Hammersmith
Dick Richardson
Cache
Yon Wonlse
Martial Law Rules In Cuba
Palma suspends the constitution in Havana Pinar del Rio and Santa Clara provinces and revokes amnesty orders while ordering arrests of revolutionaries and liberal leaders. Rebels surround Havana as troops dwindle 600 in the city. editors and presses face seizure amid rising tensions and rumors of planned battles. Guerrera demands annulment of the last election and a new vote as insurgents gather 3000 men for imminent conflict. A steamer, Dora, carried passengers westward after docking at Seward. Japan proposes subsidizing a Manchurian to North Pacific line.
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Havana
Palma
Pinar del Rio
Santa Clara
O—Uen
Guerrera
Vegetation Thrives in Central Alaska Valleys
Kahiltna Aug 28 reports wild flora thriving in Central Alaska valleys with long sunny days accelerating growth. Seeds sown June 15 show barley mature and beans thriving. Susitna station previously yielded a fine potato crop. Reports of abundant wild berries and birds accompany notes on glacial sediment soils and rich river gravels bearing gold along an eighty mile stretch from Yentna mouth to foothills.
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Kahiltna
Alaska
Cook Inlet
Yentna
Susitna Station
F. A. Churchill
Alaskan Range
Yentnna
W. E. Lennox
A. W. Purdy
Skwentna
Lennox
Anchor Point
Purdy
Mt. McKinley
Road survey for Kenai to Alaska Central line planned
Capt Pillsbury of the Alaska road commission requested a preliminary survey for a government road from Kenai to reach the Alaska Central. W A Reel of the Alaska Central engineering corps and Jerome Hatchey sailed to Kenai to start from there. A cable estimate of cost was received and the survey party was detailed. Reel, who recently studied a Hope trail, recommended improving the Johnson Creek trail from Sunrise to the railroad. The Kenai route is expected to follow Tumagain Arm to Hope.
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Capt. Pillsbury
Alaska Road Commission
Kenai
Alaska Central
Railroad Company
W. A. Reel
Alaska Cstral Engineering Corps
Jerome Hatchey
Ste
Dora
Marines Misused Says Navy Admiral Evans Seeks Protection
Admiral Evans writes that sailors and marines of the North Atlantic fleet were clubbed by police and refused entry to amusements in Portland Maine for wearing naval uniforms. He urges land protections for bluejackets and hopes his command need not visit cities that mistreated them. The notice also reports Alaska prospects and Yukon mining expansions with Guggenheims buying claims and a planned giant hydroelectric system.
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Shington
V. C
Sep
Evans
Navy Department
North Atlantic
Portland
Maine
Convict Jap Poachers Face Guilty Verdicts at Valdez
Japanese poachers arrested at St. Paul Island pleaded guilty in U S district court at Valdez. Several others were tried and found guilty. One jury hung but the second convicted the men after thirty hours of deliberation. L V Ray of Seward J Y Ostrander and J W Leedy of Valdez defended the Japanese.
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St. Paul Island
U.S
Valdez
L. V. Ray
Seward
J. Y. Ostrander
J. W. Leedy
Copper development in Prince William Sound
Extensive summer prospecting near Prince William Sound indicates large scale copper deposits on Latouche Island Knight Island and surrounding shores. Mines at Ellamar and along the Kenai belt show copper outcroppings and promising yields with several claims bonded to eastern capital and new tunnels and ledges located by local prospectors.
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William Sound
Islan
Sound
Reynolds mi
Boulder Bay
Fof
Reynolds
Latouchend
Beatson
Latouche Island
Knight Island
Promi
Mummy Bay
Tverson Brothers
Seward
JL |Gray
W. M. Sayers
E. E. Hale
Kenai Peninsula
Prince William Sound
New Chandler District Created by Judge Wickersham
The Circle City commissioner's district has been split by Judge Wick ersham into the new Chandler district. Samuel L. Marsh is named as the commissioner for Chandler.
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Circle City
Wickersham
Chandler
Samuel L. Marsh
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Cuba
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Sied
Administration
U. S. Army
Washington
D. C
Trix
Mavana
Marietta
Cienfuegos
Des Moines
Key West
Have Moro Castle
Jaso Realy
Cub
Jacter
Guerrerato
Siedlcn
Poland
Vorists
Warsaw
Seidlve
Siedlce
Ike
Jewish Self-Defense Association
Cehildren
Seidlee
Isaw
Svidlee
Dawson
Indianapolis Sun
Indiana
Liberal
Theity
Pat
Seward Dock
Seldovia
Toledo
Japan
Dalny
Manchuria
North Pacific
Kechatna
G. Keller
Ben Fish
Reiseter
Lake Creek
Henry Anderson
King River Mining Company
Bars Creek
Caswell
Tyoonok
M. E. Davis
Hope
Kahilina
Budapest
Hungary
George Washington
Columbia River
Portland Telegram
Alaska Commission Railroad
Engi
Neers
Admiral Evans
Guggenheims
Dawson Dispatch Sa
Hunter Creek
Bonanza Creek
Lovett Gulch
Bonanza
Yukon Valley News
Baker Creek Hot Springs
Dad Karshner
Frank Manley
Fairbanks
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