DAR - Events of 1903

In Sitka

Marine Corps exercises on Sunday mornings disrupted Church services at the Presbyterian Church

W.P. Mills and Constance Stowell blocked the entrance to Public School no. 1 to prohibit native children from entering

The Mills Company and John Brady settled a law suit out of court regarding use of Swan Lake water

Capt. Pendleton ordered the burning of several native boats and buildings on Alice Island, ostensibly to prevent small pox (no white-owned property was similarly affected)

Governor John Brady wrote a letter to Marine Corps Capt. Pendleton’s commander complaining of his actions

Relating to ALASKA

Jack London publishes Call of the Wild

Roald Amundsen begins his trek to discover the Northwest Passage

The long dispute between the U.S. & Canada over the Alaska Boundary is finally settled by the Alaska Boundary Commission

Elsewhere

Henry James publishes The Ambassadors

W.E.B. DuBois publishes The Souls of Black Folk

Orville & Wilbur Wright pioneered the 1st flight

First Treaty with Colombia for building the Panama Canal signed by Congress

Colombia rejected the treaty, but the Congress began building the canal by 1904

Careid Metropolitan Opera Company established in New York

Caruso gave his American debut

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