Sister Esther Mitchell kills George Mitchell after trial plot
Esther Mitchell, 18, shot her brother George Mitchell as he turned from a Seattle train platform, following a motive linked to her alliance with Mrs Creffield. The incident sparked public outrage. Creffield’s faction claimed the shooting as retribution for previous trials and killings.
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Daily Gateway
Seattle
George Mitchell
Creffield
Esther
Holy Roller
Portland
George
Fred
Perry Mitchell
Creifield
Christ
Oregon
Esther Mitchell
Mrs. Creffield
Cable
Starr
Oregon Penitentiary
Alaskans Sail for Convention in Juneau Delegation
The advance guard of Alaska Republican delegates sails on the City of Seattle from Seattle, seeking postponement to allow proxies from across the territory. Some delegations will be unable to reach Juneau by July 11, risking a split in party unity. J. McChesney notes Tanana will abstain from contests. Walter E. Clack joins as a press visitor.
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Gateway
Seattle
Juneau
Lth
Republican Party of
Alaska
J. McChesney
Fairbanks
Walter E. Clack
Washington
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
New York Commercial
Toronto Globe
Youngs Ties Up With Perkins For Alaska Delegate
Beattie, suiy train co 4 vings of Seward says if he does not win the short term Republican nomination for Delegate at the Juneau convention he will run independent. He has a deal with W T Perkins of Nome to take the short term and give Perkins the long term. A large number of delegates to the Juneau convention are here and plan to sail on the City of Seattle July 10.
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Beattie
Suiy -Train Co 4
Vings of
Seward
Alaska
Juneau
W. T. Perkins
Nome
Perkins
Seattle
Alaska Day revival planned after July committee work
At Copper Center the Fourth of July committee voted to keep the small cash balance for a fund honoring Alaska’s annexation anniversary October 18 1867. Cecil H. Clegg to convene mid September meeting for citizen chairmen to form a new Alaska Day committee. Gov Hoggatt asked to proclaim a public holiday. Susitna reports strong season progress with higher pay for bench claims and 47 location notices issued. Valdez News notes mining expert F H Nettleton from Spokane visiting a Seward area proposition. Nettleton is an acquaintance of Frank Watson.
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Savurnay
J. L. Reed
Alaska
United States
I T
Cecil H. Clegg
Gov. Hoggatt
Copper Center
Susitna
Monahan and
Sweeney
Valdez News
F. H. Nettleton
Spokane
Oregon
Seward
Mr. Nettle“ton
Frank Watson
Red Flag Sweeps Twenty Russian Cities In Revolt
In St Petersburg and other cities revolutionaries fly the red flag and halt streetcars, compelling salutes. A Moscow mission officer is beaten back by mobs. Cossacks mutiny in several regions. newspapers are suppressed and monasteries barred from political action. Mutinies threaten fortress loyalty as the Douma attacks czarist reforms while famine relief funds face shortfalls.
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St. Petersburg
Moscow
Tom
Ustmedmeditsa
Wusevoka
Aj Crawd
Proposes to tunnel under Bering Sea
A St. Petersburg dispatch says Lovie Delobel organized a corporation to bore a railroad tunnel under the Bering Sea from Wierschnie Kotymk to Nome. The plan envisions a 61 kilometer tunnel 50 meters below the sea costing about 1.25 billion francs with a Siberian line from Irkutsk to the coast. Cecil H. Clegg and Mrs. Clegg sail west on the Dora for license collection along the Alaska peninsula.
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Benin
St. Petersburg
Lovie Delobel
Bering Sea
Wierschnie Kotymk
Siberian
Nome
Irkutsk
Cecil H. Clegg
Alaska Peninsula
Mrs. Clegg
Oregon brings 590 tons of steel rails to port
The steamer Oregon arrived at 4 am Sunday with 590 tons of railroad steel for the Alaska Central and 139 passengers, including 34 first class and 105 laborers. It sails for Seattle Tuesday evening. Dr Boyle reports copper fever amid Knight Island strikes and miners nearby. Theo Allen goes to Cook Inlet on the Dora to explore mining propositions.
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FP. M. Myers
Oregon
Cook Inlet
Alaska Central
Seattle
Theo. Allen
Placer Strike At Nenelchuk Draws Digging Stampede
A rich placer discovery on Deep Creek near Nenelchuk draws miners from Inlet camps. Russian settlers and prospectors Hansen Kashevnikov helped stake claims and return with dust as the stampede builds toward Deep Creek and Rainbow Creek camps. The Alaska Central railroad work continues with tunnels and bridges from mile 47 to 54, aiming to reach Placer Valley by October as crews push toward finished track and ferried timber trestles.
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Kenai Peninsula
Nenelchuk
Deep Creek
Neptune
Johoevnikov
Chris Hansen
Hansen
Kashevnikov
Seldon
Anchor Point
Welch Railroad
Rainbow Creek
Turnagain Arm
Martin Welch
States
John Rabi
Alaska Central
Seattle
Placer Valley
Placer Canyon
Turnagain Arn
Placer
Watson & Snow
Rich quartz strike near Seward sparks gold prospecting
A promising quartz discovery southeast of Trail Lake near Falls Creek draws prospectors. Skeen, Lechner, and brothers Stevenson locate a white quartz ledge with free gold and tellurium values after winter search. Stevenson party returns to Seward with new outfit to begin work. Geo D Marx and partners head toward the Susitna headwaters, outfitted by Charles D Lane.
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Trail Lake
Skeen
Lechner
Falls Creek
Stevenson
Seward
Susatna
Geo. D. Marx
Geo. McConkie
Geo. Heflin
Susitna River
Charles D. Lane
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