UNITED STATES OP AMERICA. (ALASKA.) 



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nation in 1904. The majority for adoption was 

 large. 



The ticket follows: For Governor, J. A. W. 

 Smith; Lieutenant-Governor, Charles P. Lane; 

 Attorney-General, W. H. Armbrecht ; Secretary of 

 State, J. H. Karter; Auditor, T. B. M'Nair; Treas- 

 urer, H. Lee Brown; Superintendent of Education, 

 J. C. Fonville, Crenshaw County; Commissioner 

 of Agriculture, T. B. Morton. 



The Prohibitionists met Aug. 13 and adopted a 

 platform in accordance with the party principles. 

 'I' lie ticket was: For Governor, W. D. Gay; Lieu- 

 t cnmit-Governor, H. L. Martin; Secretary of State, 

 T. 1). Witherspoon; State Treasurer, R. O. Simp- 

 son; Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, 

 Dabney Palmer; State Auditor, C. D. Alverson; 

 Superintendent of Education, O. E. Comstock; At- 

 torney-General, W. W. Whiteside. 



These names did not, however, appear on the 

 official ticket filed by the Secretary of State. 



At the election Gov. Jelks's vote was 07,760, 

 against 24,423 for Smith. The entire Democratic 

 ticket 'was successful, including the candidates for 

 Congress. The Legislature is almost entirely 

 Democratic. 



In May an organization called " the Colored 

 Man's Suffrage Association " was formed for the 

 purpose of fighting the new Constitution of Ala- 

 bama in the courts, and subscriptions were taken 

 for a fund of $2,000 to be used for this purpose. 

 Steps had already been taken to test the suffrage 

 provision by an action brought in the name of a 

 negro who made affidavit that he was denied the 

 right to register, though complying with all the 

 qualifications exacted by the Constitution. He 

 asserts that he was denied the right because he is 

 a negro, and invokes the fourteenth and fifteenth 

 amendments in support of his contention. 



In December negroes from all parts of the State 

 met at Selma to form a colored Republican party. 

 Resolutions were adopted indorsing the action of 

 President Roosevelt in not recognizing the " Lily 

 White " branch of the party in Alabama. An 

 address was issued to the negroes of the State, ad- 

 vising them to appeal to the Democrats to allow 

 them to register. 



ALASKA, a Territory of the United States, in 

 the extreme northwestern part of the North 

 American continent. It was ceded by Russia to 

 the United States in a treaty concluded March 

 30 and proclaimed June 20 1867, in considera- 

 tion of the payment of $7.200,000. The popula- 

 tion, according to each decennial census, was 

 33,426 in 1880; 32,052 in 1890; and 63,592 (whites, 

 native born 21,709, foreign born 8,798; Indians, 

 29,536; negroes, 168; Chinese, 3,116; Japanese, 

 265) in 1900. Its area according to the census 

 of 1900, is 590,884 square miles, including a strip, 

 known as Southeast Alaska, 600 miles long, 

 bounded south by Dixon Sound and Portland 

 Channel, and east by the summit line of the moun- 

 tains parallel to the coast; and where such a line 

 is at a greater distance than 10 marine leagues 

 (34 statute miles), by a line drawn parallel to 

 the windings of the coast, which shall never exceed 

 10 marine leagues therefrom. The position of the 

 boundary of this southeastern extension is now a 

 matter of dispute between Great Britain and the 

 United States. 



Government. The temporary seat of Govern- 

 ment is at Sitka, formerly the Russian capital. 

 The following were the officials of the Territory 

 in 1902: Governor, John G. Brady. Ex-offlcio Sec- 

 retary, William L. Distin. United States Land 

 Office Surveyor-General, William L. Distin, 

 Sitka; Register, John W. Dudley, Juneau; Re- 

 ceiver, T. M. Mullan, Juneau. Department of 



Agriculture Special Agent, C. C. Georgeson, 

 Sitka. Superintendents Fred. E. Rader, Sitka; 

 II. I'. Nielsen, Kenai; T. W. Neal, Copper Center. 

 Bureau of Education Agent, Sheldon Jackson; 

 Assistant Agent, William Hamilton; Superin- 

 tendent of Schools, W. A. Kelly. Internal Reve- 

 nue, John Cameron, Deputy Collector, Juneau. 



Banking. The only national bank in Alaska 

 is the First National Bank of Juneau. Its con- 

 dition at the close of business Dec. 10, 1901, was: 

 Resources loans and discounts, $45,524.20; Uni- 

 ted States bonds, $87,500; stocks, securities, etc., 

 $7,359.08; banking-house, furniture, and fix- 

 tures, $2,480; due from national banks, $4,464.62; 

 due from State banks and bankers, $9,046.43; 

 due from reserve agents, $13,079.08; checks and 

 other cash items, $10,100.33; total specie, $41,- 

 796.05; other resources, $10,119.81; total re- 

 sources, $231,469.60. Liabilities capital stock, 

 $50,000; surplus and undivided profits, $2,641.- 

 88; national bank-notes outstanding, $4,370; 

 dividends unpaid, $62.50; individual deposits, 

 $99,659.12; United States deposits, $53,419.28; 

 deposits of United States disbursing officers, $21,- 

 316.82; total liabilities, $231,469.60. On Nov. 

 25, 1902, the liabilities were: Capital stock, $50,- 

 000; surplus and undivided profits, $4,060.71; na- 

 tional bank-notes outstanding, $2,870; dividends 

 unpaid, $1,120; individual deposits, $133,929.13; 

 United States deposits, $24,763.72; deposits of 

 United States disbursing officers, $50,236.28; to- 

 tal liabilities, $266,979.84. Resources loans and 

 discounts, $68,927.15; United States bonds, $87,- 

 500; stocks, securities, etc., $17,121.70; banking- 

 house, furniture, and fixtures, $2,300; due from 

 national banks, $2,432.06; due from State banks 

 and bankers, $25,518.24; due from reserve agents, 

 $16,616.35; checks and other cash items, $637.71; 

 total specie, $39,536; other resources, $6,390.63; 

 total resources, $266,979.84. 



Commerce and Navigation. Alaska forms a 

 single customs district of the United States, with 

 Sitka as its port of entry. The following are 

 classed as subports of entry: Dyea, Eagle City, 

 'Wrangel, Mary Island, Juneau, Kadiak, Una- 

 laska, Cook Inlet (Homer), Orca, St. Michael 

 Island, Skagway, Unga, Karluk, Kechikan. In 

 the fiscal year ending June 30, 1901, 15 sailing 

 vessels, of 6,040 tons, and 298 steam-vessels, of 

 191,664 tons, were entered by the district of 

 Alaska, of which 7 sailing vessels, of 5,519 tons, 

 and 179 steam-vessels, of 128,768 tons, were 

 American; during the same period 8 sailing ves- 

 sels, of 1,845 tons, and 261 steam-vessels, of 164,- 

 678 tons, were cleared, of which 1 sailing vessel, 

 of 1,332 tons, and 149 steam-vessels, of 102,031 

 tons, were American. During the fiscal year end- 

 ing June 30, 1902, 15 sailing vessels, of 3,870 tons, 

 and 292 steam- vessels, of 188,471 tons, were en- 

 tered, of which 6 sailing vessels, of 3,136 tons, and 

 180 steam-vessels, of 123,504 tons, were Amer- 

 ican; during the same period 11 sailing vessels, of 

 775 tons, and 226 steam- vessels, of 149,386 tons, 

 were cleared, of which 3 sailing vessels, of '2.V> 

 tons, and 131 steam- vessels, of 93,253 tons, were 

 American. 



The total values of exports for the fiscal year 

 ending June 30. 1901, were gold, $1,800; mer- 

 chandise, $2,534,318, of which $2,018,104 repre- 

 sents the value of domestic products and manu- 

 factures and $516,214 that of foreign products 

 and manufactures. The imports were: Gold (from 

 British Columbia), $15.816.907: merchandise, 

 $557,992. The total value of exports for the 

 year ending June 30, 1902. were: Gold. $806,817; 

 merchandise, $2,612,021, of which $2,537,325 rep- 

 resents the value of domestic products and manu- 



