Death by suicide of Harry A. Smith former Astoria official
Seattle dispatch reports Harry A. Smith former Astoria sheriff and U.S. marshal in Alaska killed himself in Madison Park Seattle leaving a sealed letter for his wife who is en route to Seward. The narrative notes Smith’s Alaska Commercial Company ties and a web of associates in Seward Astoria and Cook Inlet as background to his death.
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Alaska
Seattle
Orca
Daily Gateway
Harry A. Smith
Astoria
Oregon
U. S
Madison Park
Harry Smith
Alaska Commercial Company
Sunrise
Karluk
Cook Inlet
Seward
Judge Hildreth
John Brownslow
Jack Smith
Brownslow
Portland steamer Portland brings prominent Alaska men
Steamer Portland reached Seward Thursday morning and departed for Seldovia carrying freight for Alaska Commercial Companys Inlet stores and supplies for Turnagain Arm mining operators James Girdwood and S W Wible. Passengers included W B Poland Alaska Centrals head and James E Pharo of Alaska Coast Company. Girdwood hydraulic operations near Crow Creek and Wibles canyon creek works have yielded gold. Capt H N Humphrey now captain aboard the Portland. The article also notes Mukden trade demand and mail address guidance for Alaskans visiting 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 has filed papers to control forty acres six miles south of Nenana where the Nenana joins the Tanana. George E. Baldwin appears as agent and linked 320 acre homestead protects the title. Baldwin leads survey work from Broad Pass toward Nenana river. Sitka Cablegram notes A E Dickerman heads to Seattle. Russians Liberal sweep noted.
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John Rosene
Orca
Copper River
Graves
Rosene
Mount Wrangel
Alaska Central
Tanana River
Valdez
Eagle City
Klondike
Alaska
Alaska Central Railroad
Recorder
Nenana
George E. Baldwin
Baldwin
Congress
Broad Pass
Susitna
Fairbanks News
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Harry A Smith
Teredos
Copper River & Northwestern
Orea
White Pass & Yukon
Copper River District
Valdez Bay
M. J. Heney
Pioneer Road
Orea- Copper
Close Brothers
London
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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