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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1907
Page
7
News from San Francisco and New York report the Ruef conspiracy jury seated after many challenges as delays linger over counsel friction in the Thaw case. Separate trials loom for Mayor Lehmitz and Thaw counsel disputes persist amid ongoing grand jury activity.
Washington Virginia April 20 Ex Congressman Wadsworth of New York accuses President Roosevelt of fakir in a published statement. The dispute concerns beef trust legislation from the last congress. Wadsworth likely to be placed in a club by Viar, while J H White builds two river boats for Ventra region for shallow streams and passenger launches for local use.
Chicago reports that Mayor Busse will permit boxing contests in the city. Jack Root issues a heavyweight championship challenge, naming Bill Squires the Australian champion as the rival. Squires recently arrived in San Francisco prompting a forfeit posting.
The Harriman letter that provoked a president’s clash was a private note to a New York lawyer. It was sold to a newspaper by Harriman’s discharged stenographer who copied it from his notes. Harriman had the stenographer Hill arrested under a New York law prohibiting publishing private letters without owner consent.
Attorneys for the Tanana Alaska Mines Company filed placer mining claims totaling 26 720 acres on tributaries of the Wood and Tatlanika rivers near Fairbanks. The filing was made by Tozier acting as legal representative.
In a starving Yakataga community four men Halver Jensen Peter Boyce Peter Johnson and an Indian guide named Shorty sailed for Katalla in an open boat and have not been heard from since. A new stage record between Fairbanks and Valdez was set at six days and seventeen hours.
Seward hosts two dental parlors boasting the best modern appliances. Operators are experienced East graduates with strong reputations. They guarantee finest workmanship and materials with prices set at standard reputable rates.
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