Death by suicide shocks Seattle and Alaska news
Harry A. Smith a former Astoria sheriff and U S marshal, killed himself in Madison Park Seattle after leaving a sealed letter for his wife who is en route to Seward. The report also covers Alaska railroad plans, Orca and Valdez terminals, and wood shortages as teredo threats affect wharf piles in Wrangell and ongoing rebuilding after a fire.
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Alaska
Seattle
Orca
Daily Gateway
Harry A. Smith
Astoria
Oregon
U. S
Madison Park
Portland Steamer Portland Brings Prominent Men to Alaska
Steamer Portland arrived Seward Thursday morning and sailed for Seldovia in the afternoon with freight for Alaska Commercial Company Inlet stores a stock for O G Herning bound for Knik and supplies for Turnagain Arm mining operators James Girdwood and S W Wible who visited on the voyage. Also twenty tons of Turnagain Arm goods. Passengers included W B Poland Alaska Central general manager and chief engineer and James E Pharo Alaska Coast Company manager. Girdwood and Wible have hydraulic claims on Crow Creek and Canyon Creek respectively with plans for larger operations this year. Capt H N Humphrey now master. Daily Telegraph reports Japan demands China open Mukden and Antung to foreign trade next month. All Alaskans going to Seattle urged to address mail to themselves c/o Industrial Bureau Alaska Central Railway Co Seattle.
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Portland
Seward
Seldovia
Alaska Commercial Company
Inlet
O. G. Herning
Knik
James Girdwood
S. W. Wible
Turnagain Arm
W. B. Poland
Alaska Central
Washington, D.C
James E. Pharo
Alaska Coast Company
Alaska
Bertha
Pharo
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
Messrs. Girdwood
Wible
Girdwood
Crow Creek
Crow Creek Mining Company
San Francisco
New York
Bakersfield
Canyon Creek
Sunrise
H. N. Humphrey
Masor
Railroad selects Tanana terminals near Nenana river
Alaska Central Railroad selects a forty acre terminal site on the Tanana River six miles south of Nenana with George E. Baldwin named as agent and engineer in charge of surveys. Baldwin also files a 320 acre homestead adjoining the forty acres to secure the title.
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Tanana River
Alaska Central Railroad
Recorder
Nenana
George E. Baldwin
Baldwin
Congress
Broad Pass
Susitna
Fairbanks News
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Harry A Smith
Valdez
Teredos
Harry Smith
Karluk
Cook Inlet
Judge Hildreth
John Brownslow
Jack Smith
Brownslow
Copper River & Northwestern
Rosene
Orea
White Pass & Yukon
Copper River District
Copper River
Valdez Bay
Graves
M. J. Heney
Pioneer Road
Orea- Copper
Close Brothers
London
John Rosene
Mount Wrangel
Eagle City
Klondike
Wrangel Sentinel
Wrangell
Portland Brinds
Mukden
Daily Telegraph
Tokyo
Japan
China
Antung
Alaska Central Railway Company
Lumber Exchange
Wash
Alaska Central Railway Co
Railroad
Tanana
Nenana River
Sitka
A. E. Dickerman
Chignik Coal
Neck of Woods
LEE & White’s
A. C. Ry
Frank H. Lasgy
U. S. Mineral and Land Surveyor
District of Alaska
Orcare
Dora
O. Lasgy
THE
Rainier-Grand Hotel
Wilson & White Co
Chas Perry
Mgr
Hildreth Notary Public and Conveyancer
Knik Trading CO
Mer
McKinley
Glacier Saloon
R. Weierman
H. Hitchcock
Glacier Creek
Turuagain Arm
J. E. Fitzpatrick
Alaska Transfer
Christiensen & Laubner
la Grippe
Ward Owl Drug CO
Kien
Chas, A. Tecklenburg
Olympia
Fourth Ave
Washington St
Fourth Avenue
Peterson & Brown
Hotel McNeiley
Seward, Alaska
Arthur R. Boyle
Bank of Seward
Oregon Gate
Quinlan Liquor Company
Coleman House
Seward Construction & Development CO
Ares
Ral
Fifth Avenue
Adams Street
D. C. Brownell Hardware
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