Territory Bonanza Camps Control Mining Trade
A fragment notes the territory's bonanza camps control the mining trade. It stresses the region’s railroad access, wealth potential, and ability to supply large quantities of ore.
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Newspaper
Seward Weekly Gateway
Location
Seward, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1907
Page
3
Investigating Seal Company Leases Amid Sealing Controversy
The House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries opened hearings on Prof. Eliott's charges against the North American Commercial Company. He alleges pelagic sealing despite a lease limiting sealing to Pribilof Islands and accuses Senator Elkins of stockholding and protection from scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Gateway
Washington, D. C
House Committee On Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Prof
Eliott
Pribilof Islands
Elliott
Senator Elkins
Washington
Elkins
Seal Islands
Deadlock in Rhode Island for senator seat persists
Providence Jan 17 the first joint ballot for Rhode Island senatorship deadlocked with candidates R H S Goddard Samuel Colt and George P Wetmore. Goddard leads among Democrats while Colt enjoys Republican backing from the party machine. Wetmore may switch support to Goddard to spite the Aldrich machine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Gateway
Providence
Rhode Island
R. H. S. Goddard
Samuel Colt
George P. Wetmore
Goddard
Ter Colt
Wetmore
Aldrich
Captain Newth Pleads Guilty in Eskimo Case
Captain E W Newth, Arctic whaling master, pleaded guilty to a lesser offense in U S district court for seduction of an Eskimo girl in Bering Sea. Judge Hanford sentenced him to one day in jail and a 2500 dollar fine plus costs. Newth paid the fine and was released. The case drew government interest amid prior calls to dispatch the Thetis for investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Gateway
Seattle
E.W. Newth
Nome
High Seas
United States District Court
Hanford
Newth
Thetis
Bering Sea
North
Rivers Running Out of Banks
Ohio and Mississippi rivers overflow their banks as thaw continues. Lowlands flood in many areas. In Ironton Ohio, 100 families are driven from homes. Portsmouth hosts 1000 refugees in schools. Newport reports 300 families homeless as the region remains flooded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ohio
Mississippi
Ironton
Portsmouth
Newport
Murdock Missing Believed Dead After Hunting Trip
T P Murdock left Knik five weeks ago on a hunting trip and has not returned. Blankets and articles carried by him were found on Eagle river near Knik arm, suggesting drowning or freezing to death. Earlier in 1905 he survived a raft wreck above Chickaloon but lost companion Smith. Murdock reached Knik starved but alive. He had been around Knik since first arriving and last summer worked for O G Herning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. P. Murdock
Knik
Eagle River
Knik Arm
Murdock
Smith
Matanuska River
Chickaloon
O. G. Herning
Old Indian near Knik found frozen to death
A long-time resident of Knik was found dead from exposure a few miles from the village beside a wood pile and soaked matches. He apparently tried to start a fire, failed, and sat with folded arms beneath a tree before dying. The scene suggests fatal exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knik
Matanuska
Moore's Girdwood Hotel Burns With All Contents
James M. Moore's lodginghouse in Girdwood occupied by Mrs. Watson burned recently. Fire started by an overheated stove spreading to woodwork. an adjoining small building was torn down to stop spread. Tenants lost nearly everything. Mrs. Watson's loss around 1500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Moore
Girdwood
Canadian Fisheries Value Tops 29 Million in Year
The annual report notes season catch valued at 29,479,562 dollars, near total gold and coal output, with salmon in British Columbia driving the rise by about 5 million. Lobster totals reach four million, cod drops almost 250 thousand, and over 16 million worth of fish are exported, employing 98,908 people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion
British Columbia
United States
Missionary preacher near Salt Lake City in Garfield town
Rev J F Baker formerly with the Seward Baptist mission has settled in Garfield a new smelter town fifteen miles from Salt Lake City. Last year eighty houses and six hotels were built, with a population of fifty families and about 200 men in the hotels. Services are in a tent and a reading room and club will soon have a dedicated building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Baker
Baptist Mission of
Seward
Garfield
Salt Lake City
Also Mentioned on This Page
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Alaska
Cook Inlet
Susitna Valley
Middle West
Alaska Central Railroad
Territory
Tanana
Upper
Kuskokwim
Cook
Atlantic Coast
Alaska Central
North Pacific
Prince William Sound
Seal Company
House
Brown & Hawkins
General Merchandise
Chas. A. Tecklenburg
Bohemian and
Olympia Beer
Fourth Ave
Washington St
Seward, Alaska
Galdon
E. L. Whittemore
William McCarty
Elmer Cameron
Valdez
Pennsylvania
McCarty
Harry Moore
Hammond
Moore's Girdwood Hotel
Burns
Macy and
Watson
Fourth Avenue
Peterson & Brown
Hotel McNeiley
the Bank Theatre
del Glark
Board of Trade
F. V. Thomas
the Palage
W. P. Henry & CO
First Glass Gate Income
Ard
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