Chenoa Boom Sees Mining Prosperity Spread
Special to The Star reports Chenoa booming with rapid town growth. Over 200 buildings and 100 tents rise as about 250000 dollars in gold dust circulates and local provision dealers profit from early shipments. Officials hint next council may run loose under federal option while Judge Wickersham bets on bank consignments. Charles B Jones of Jones Hay in Seattle notes 3600 dollar profit on a ten ton hay shipment.
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Dawson
Gambis
Chenoa
Tt le
Charles B Jones
Jones & Hay
Seattle
Judge’s Alaska Clean-Up Estimate Sparks Banking Move
Reports show a judge in Fairbanks wired an estimate of 400000 for Tanana cleanup and later signaled the actual amount would exceed that figure. The wires traveled from Mage to Wagle to Valdes and appeared in Valdez, Juneau, Skagway and other papers. The judge then enters the banking field at Pulrbanke.
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Hin
Fairbanks
Aceme
Mage
Wagle
Valdes
Valdez
Juneau
Skag- Way
Judge le
Pulrbanke
Klondike Mines railway planned from Dawson to Klondike Creek
A telegram from H B McGivern, received in Dawson, states the Klondike Mines railway will be built from Dawson to Klondike Creek. McGivern in Ottawa says he has had several messages from B C Hawkins, chief promoter, and that the entire road as planned will be built.
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Dawson
W. Oirten
H. B. McGivern
Klondike Mines
Klondike
McGivern
Ottawa
B.C. Hawkins
Exorbitant freight rates on Tanana River to Fairbanks
Advices from Chenoa state that freight moves on the Tanana to Fairbanks face high charges. The Isabelle, only steamer crossing the bar, ferried by bidders at 20 dollars per ton for transfer of goods. Men from Chenoa and Fairbanks earned wages by stowing goods upriver.
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Dawson
Monarch
Cudahy
Chenoa
Tanana
Fairbanks
Isabelle
Ber
Monarch Steamer Clears Dawson With Provisions for Chenoa
In Dawson on June 15 the steamer Monarch departed for Chenoa carrying an almost entirely provisions cargo. On June 13 John Lawrence Timmins won his seat as Dawson city alderman after a court decision upholding a pardons authenticity. A party of US War Department surveyors arrived in Dawson en route to Eagle to begin engineering work on the Valdes-Eagle road, with four survey teams planned.
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Dawson
John Lawrence Timmina
Dawson City
Territorial Court
Craig
Thomins
Timmins
United States War Department
Wawson
Eagle
Valdes-Eagle
Elsior
Hent
Wold
Hunt
Valdes
Blue Ticket System Drives Out Seattle Hombres in Dawson
The Star reports that within three weeks about 100 Seattle designees have arrived in Dawson only to receive a blue ticket from mounted police. They are told to move on after a quick vetting of their past, with vagrancy charges used to remove them. Another two hundred roughs gather in camps as authorities patrol routes toward Tanana. Judge Morrin considers a $12 000 damage suit over a 1903 arm injury at First Avenue and Virginia Street.
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Dawson
Mounted Police
Seattle
Chenoa
Tanana
Morrin
Mra
Nicholas Schmidt
Schmitt
First Avenue
Virginia Street
Verdict Likely Tonight In Steamboat Slocum Disaster
New York June 27 The coroner's inquest into the Slocum disaster is expected to end tonight with a verdict. The jury joined the coroner at the wreck and inspected the hull in Erie basin. A police boat tour showed potential beaching spots as witnesses had described. A team searching for bodies was dismissed and few more bodies are expected.
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New York
Slocum
Erie Basin
Exoneration for Work Train After Sierra wreck
A coroner's jury exonerated the crew of a work train that collided with a Sierra passenger train near Melones Tuolomne County killing two women. The verdict blamed excessive load on steep Sierra grades for the wreck.
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Stockton
Cal
Sierra Railway
Melones
Tuolomne County
Manthel Tries to Delay Extradition Fight in Canadian Courts
Edward Manthel, who previously refused extradition, now aims to force the American government to contend in Canadian courts if returned to Nome for trial on charges of falsely swearing Helen Wagner into the United States. The extradition process stalls with possible Nome witnesses required, signaling a long, contested affair.
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Dawson
Yukon
Nome
Edward Manthel
Helen Wagner
United States
Metropolie
Idaho Third District Federation Ends Annual Meeting
The Idaho Third District Federation of Women’s Clubs wrapped up its third annual meeting in Wardner Idaho on June 27 with officers elected for the coming year Mrs W J Baker of Wardner was named president Mrs H H Barnett of Lewiston as first vice president Mise Pearle Wickersham of Wallace as second vice president Mrs Wallace Scott of Grangeville as third vice president Mrs J H Farney of Moscow as secretary and Mrs L M Swift of Moscow as treasurer Moscow chosen as next season’s meeting site for the district which covers northern Idaho counties
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Wardner
Idaho
Idaho Third District Federation of Women's Clubs
W. J. Baker
H. H. Barnett
Lewiston
Mise Pearle Wickersham
Wallace
Wallace Scott
Grangeville
J. H. Farney
Marriage Licenses Granted in Seattle and Nearby Areas
Garfield Sullivan aged 24 and Della Myers aged 26, both of Seattle, receive marriage licenses. John Durane aged 40 and Stella Newby, both of South Park, are listed as of legal age. Adolph Gerard aged 29 and Mamie McGrew aged 27, both of Bellinghem, also obtained licenses.
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Garfield Sullivan
Della Myers
Seattle
John Durane
Stella Newby
Legal Age
South Park
Adolph Gerard
Mamie McGrew
Bellinghem
Hold Up Men Relieve Keeper and Patrons of Valuables
Bandits held up a tavern staffer and patrons, taking valuables in a nighttime robbery. Police searched for suspects after the incident near the city center. Authorities described the thieves as masked men who vanished before responders arrived.
Five masked robbers hold up Great Northern saloon in Hutth
Five masked robbers entered the Great Northern saloon in Hutth Montana early this morning and held up four men. They took $12 and watches valued at $100, while a purse containing $200 was overlooked behind a stove.
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Hutth
Mont
Great Northern
Well Known Colorado Politician Dies by Own Action
Pueblo, Colo June 27 Charien Montgomery a prominent politician killed himself this morning after a brief marriage to the former wife of a newspaper man. The couple quarrelled during their honeymoon following her recent divorce.
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Pueblo
Colo
Charien Montgomery
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