Saloons Closed Under Sunday Law Enforcement
Seattle records show Mayor Moore ordering a Saturday midnight close of all saloons with strict enforcement. The liquor dealers threaten to shutter all businesses on Sunday except undertakers and drug stores, while Laconia reports similar shutdowns and a pledge to extend the policy next Sunday.
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Cally
Gateway
Seattle
Moore
Liquor Dealers’ Association
Laconia
Feb
Seattle Association
Orders destruction of 6000 slot machines
Tacoma February 20 an order in superior court directed the sheriff to destroy 6000 slot machines confiscated under the law prohibiting their use.
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Tue Dany Watewas
Tacoma
Scripps News Assoc Expands Alaska Papers Coverage
The Star reports Scripps News Association has arranged a deal with Alaska afternoon papers to supply a day press report larger than current, improving world contact. The service begins March 1, with details on scope and control to be disclosed later. The war department tolls may limit changes, and The Gateway may be unaware of the scheme.
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Scripps Association
North
Seattle
the Star
Scripps News Association
Alaska
War Department
Gateway
Saratoga Sails South from Seattle with Passengers and Cargo
Steamer Saratoga arrived from Seattle with twenty passengers, twenty-five tons of general cargo, ten tons of hay and 30 000 feet of lumber for the Alaska Central, and one horse. She carried two passengers for Orca and a dozen for Katalla but weather prevented a Katalla call. The voyage featured delays from storms and wind yet reached Valdez in under two days and Seward in two and a half hours. The Ketchikan Mining Journal praised Alaska’s mining, with Arizona second in production.
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Saratoga
Seattle
Alaska Central
Orca
Katalla
Pacific
Sitka
Moore
Valdez
Seward
Latouche
Sympathy for Union Leaders Across the Nation
Socialists and labor unions met nationwide to mark the anniversary of the secret seizure of Moyer Haywood and Pettibone by Colorado and Idaho officials and Pinkerton detectives. They denounced state officials and started new defense fund subscriptions for Western Federation of Miners leaders with plans to raise 250000 more.
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Gateway
United States
Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone
Colorado
Idaho
Pinkerton
Denver
Gov
Steanenberg
Western Federation of Miners
Adams Organized Conspiracy to Murder Claims Trial Testimony
In Wallace Idaho on February 20 witnesses testified that a woodsmen conspiracy existed to kill land jumpers. Steve Adams was described as the ringleader and $100 payments were offered for murders of obnoxious men.
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Wallace
Idaho
Steve Adams
Adams
Whites Provoke Riot Allegations From Senate Hearing
Testimony from Corporal Nolan a white soldier says the first shot came from behind the commissary during the Brownsville riot. Two Black soldiers allege white men assaulted their wives with no redress from authorities. Evidence is promised of long standing white persecution of Black soldiers and self defense by the Blacks. Judge Howlett files deeds transferring Alaska Commercial Company trading posts to Omar J. Humphrey and W. J. Erskine for ten gold dollars. Posts listed include Kodiak Sunrise Hope Yonok Afognak and others with furs, cash, and one steamer excluded.
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Daily Gateway
Washington, D. C
Nolan
Twenty-Fifth Regiment
Senate
Brownsville
Acheck
Wood Island
Brooklyn
Unalaska
Drowns After Fall From Launch Near Galena Bay
Tom Doherty proprietor of the Prince William sound launch Buttin sky fell overboard in Galena bay and drowned with the body not yet recovered. He leaves a widow in Valdez. Rumors link Jack Kavanaugh’s drowning to months ago in a river above the inlet, though a January 19 Susitna station letter mentions Tack’s presence there. News on Guggenheim railroads remains unsettled. The Yucatan, sister ship to the Northwestern, arrived in Seattle. Copper prices hold at 25 and 25.25 in the metal market.
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Tom Doherty
Prince William Sound
Buttinsky
Galena Bay
Doherty
Valdez
Jack Kavanaugh
Susitna Station
Yucatan
Northwestern
Northwestern Steamship Company
Saratoga
Seattle
Chandler
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Alaska News Service
The
Ketchikan Mining Journal
Arizona
Frank Watson
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Guggenheims
Lake
Brown & Hawkins
Practical Outfitters
Allen
Alaska A Drug Co
Hotel McNeiley
Gooleman House
Fourth Avenue
Seward, Alaska
Chas. A. Tecklenburg
Bohemian
Olympia Beer
Fourth Ave
Washington St
Erson & Brown
W. P. Henry & CO. Wines, Liquors and Cigars
Brangh
J. E. Fitzpatrick & CO
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