Inside Passage riots in Shanghai leave Chinese casualties
Amid Shanghai disorder on December 20 foreigners face attacks by Chinese mob. Twenty Chinese injured, two foreigners killed, German and American consuls struck, shops looted, marines landed from harbor ships to restore order. Foreign settlement fortified as tensions rise between Chinese locals and foreign residents. Marine protection extended with international dispatches and cable line funding discussed by War Department.
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Hanghai
Dee
Troibie
Shanghai
Angel Mnatinye
Carshite
Tanana Electric Company opens Alaska power project
A Tanana based plan led by Spring and J.B. Chillers aims to electrify Tanana and surrounding Creek areas using a plant from the Kansas Electric Camp. The project would power mining operations and thaw trees for gravel processing, with initial funding reportedly reaching $100,000 as machinery moved via Seattle and White Pass routes to Nome boats and up the Yukon.
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Cleary City
Clears Creek
Tanana
Power Furnt
Tanana Electric Company
Fansas Electric Camp
Imsant
Fairbanks
Moncike
Seattle
J.B
Tanans Electric Company
Uly
Yukon
Spring
White Pass
Hotel Office Enlarged Expanded Rooms At McNeiley
The McNeil hotel addition increases capacity by twenty three rooms and doubles the public room between the parlor and hall. A new room for a Wales is furnished, with a bar planned behind the south side office. Carpenters work continues and fittings will be installed soon.
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McNeiley
McNeil
Wales
Rush 10 Yentna Coming in Spring
A chaotic 19th century mining era note describes exploration on the upper Veogtra river led by C. G. Horning and miner activity near Willow Creek and Ait Meintex. The report mentions preparations, gear, and varying employee turnout, with hints of rich ore nearby and expectations of new finds along the interior routes.
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Cory
Shipping and sports scene report from Ventnor and local bowling
No Sulamer this week after Christmas and tents banished again as Santa Ana nears port after the 16th. The Grace Dollar and Bertha follow, with Oregon and Portland due near January 1. The Santa Ana and Sant Vara stand fifteen apart as seven steamers, plus Dora, converge within half a month. Northe bowling opened with a crowded night. Cyclones beat Invincibles 82 to 120. D. Sheldon won a cigar prize for top score while 18 football players are said to have died this fall, prompting grim debates on the sport’s dangers.
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Santa Ana
Bertha
Oregon
Portland
Nicholas Thayer
Sant Vara
Cael Tam
Cyclones
Invincibles
D. Sheldon
Whittemere
ORDER STRIKE AND DEFY GOVERNMENT
A chaotic dispatch from St Poperstring reports a broad strike across Vaians aimed at opposing government authority. The piece notes widespread unrest, political overtones, and alleged mobilization of workers, with incursions against supply and calls for revolution. Shots, mutinies, and disarmament actions are cited, alongside labor leadership responses and regional military movements.
Believe Scott Was Murdered In Remote Mine
Los Angeles reports Walter Scott, famed Death is believed murdered. He disappeared after November 1 leaving a nude clue. A week later a man found blood on a saddle blanket near the mine. Scott kept the mine location secret and only one man worked there. The returning messenger described gunfire and pursuers. The motive and location rumor suggest a hidden mine fortune at stake.
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Los Angeles
Walter Scott
Miter
Tie
Mit
Scott
Tawny Case
War for Assembly Speakership Pits Odell Higgins and Roosevelt
Gov Odell criticizes bad faith by Gov Higgins and President Roosevelt over the upcoming assembly speakership fight. Roosevelt reportedly backs Isworth while Odell backs Merritt. Charges fly between Higgins and Odell as Sen Platt lines up against Odell. Also notes a Chicago gold strike and a mysterious Moses leading whites to a promised land in Chicago.
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Odell
Higgins
Roosevelt
Assembly
Seins
Isworth
Cox
Wadsworth
Merritt
Repu
Platt
New York
Chichago
Moses
Subcity Rail Subsidy Sought for Rawroad Track Laying
Washington proposes a bill to widen Alaska Railroad funding including a 30000 bond guarantee and a four section land grant to accelerate track laying from a bay to a yukon area. Construction progresses with tunneling, bridge work, and transfer station moves planned. weather and terrain slow pace but engineers report steady gains.
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Washington
Dot
Alaska Railroad Company
Finnish Colonists Prepare Route to Alaska Colony
Readers report a Finnish colonization plan tied to The Alaska Colonization & Company led by O Tiornhors. Immigrants will move to Cook Inlet area to farm, mine, and work in construction with access to vast lands, fisheries, and coal. climate and soil promise robust harvests and opportunities in Southern Alaska.
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Cha
Alaska
Teswink
The
Alaska Colonization
O Tiornhors
New York
United States
Ruiles
Finland
Seile
Cook Inlet
Organizing A B Camp Forms New Areti Lodge
Twelve Areti Brotherhood members with proxies met to organize a local camp starting with twenty members. A committee will arrange for a charter with the council and record office. Cecil H Clegg H A Hildreth C T Daggett serve. I P Wybrant is deputy grand chief empowered to handle institutional formalities. The aim is to recruit many new members and equip a lodge room once chartered.
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Areti Brotherhood
Wganise
Sand Recorder
Godfrey Chealan
H. A Hildreth
C.T. Dagget
Cecil H. Clegg
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