Bomb Threat Fails at Spanish Royal Wedding
Madrid reports a bomb from the queen dowager’s house missing the king’s carriage. sixteen killed including officers and nobles. two horses died. The royal couple reached the palace unharmed. Earlier, gala wedding day crowds cheered as nuptials of King Alfonso and Princess Ena proceeded. A separate preface described anarchist plots reported from London and Madrid.
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Madrid
Alfonso
Vladimir
Barrossa
Colusa
Cardinal Sancho
San Jeronimo
del Ris
Ena of
Battenberg
Santa Ana Arrives and Sails Southward
Steamer Santa Ana arrived in port Sunday afternoon and sailed westward at midnight. She went to Seldovia to take the Cook party of mountain climbers aiming to scale Mt. McKinley and a geological survey party for summer work on the Matanuska and Talkeetna rivers. The exploration parties carry thirty-six horses and a large launch for the Cook party. The Santa Ana brought fifteen cabins and thirty-three steerage passengers and sixty-five tons of freight to Seward, with twenty-three passengers for Seldovia and three for Homer. She returned Wednesday morning and sailed that night for Seattle.
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Santa Ana
Port
Seward
Seldovia
Homer
Seattle
Petition for Cordova Post Office at Ryak Bay name
A petition has been sent to the post office department in Washington requesting the establishment of a post office at Ryak and designation of its name as Cordova, the name proposed for the bay.
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Postal Department
Washington
Ryak
Cordova
Bay
Record Tunneling Beats Previous Best with Longest Faces
Crew across three faces earned extra pay for exceeding limits as record bore progress was reported last week. South end No 3 reached fifty feet, No 1 added 2.25 per man, No 3 logged thirty-seven feet, and overall headings totaled about 900 feet with tunnel 3 headed to begin next week.
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No. 3
No. 1
No. 6
No. 7
Mile 49
Camp 49
Thinks Yentwa District Will Prove Very Rich
Hunt Buckley, expert on Alaska prospecting, believes the Yentwa district may yield riches similar to Tanana gold as old Alaskans note. Buckley recalls Creeks above Susitna, where nine years ago crews found bonanza gold, with deposits on No. 1 and Wonder Creek showing $25 to $35 pans, per Nome News.
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Hunt Buckley
Cook Inlet
Alaska
Yentwa
Dora
Buckley
Tanana
W.G. Jack
Quant
Box Canyon
Jack
Wonder Creek
Nome
Judge Wickersham Confirmation Vote Fails in Senate
Senator Foraker pressed the Wickersham confirmation in the judiciary committee and forced a senate debate that ended without a vote. Opponents include Nelson Hansbrough McCumber and Pettus. Moody urged an immediate vote while asserting a four fifths majority supports confirmation. Seattle readers note inequities in Republican convention apportionment harming larger towns.
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Daily Gateway
Washington, D. C
Foraker
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Judge Wickersham
Nelson
Hansbrough
McCumber
Pettus
Wickersham
Moody
Senator Clark
Wyoming
Senate Judiciary Committee
Shoup Urges Alaska Code Reform by Commission
U S Marshal Shoup of Juneau arrived from Washington and urged a commission to modify Alaska laws. He proposed two lawyers from each district and two at large chosen by the president and delegate in congress to study districts July 1907 from Nome to Fairbanks and Nome to Seward, aiming to craft a bill creating a fourth judicial district.
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Seattle
Alaska
U. Marshal Shoup
Juneau
Washington
Shoup
Hichiel
Seward
Janeau
Caswell Reaches Inlet Safe After Cape Elizabeth Passage
The little stern wheeler Caswell reaches Seldovia safely after a voyage from Cape Elizabeth aboard the Santa Ana. Captain Kevler left the Caswell with Captain Swift aboard the Santa Ana and returned to Seattle. Rainbow Creek Mining to work Hope property with large dredger. W. Armstrong to oversee dredging ground for Rainbow Creek Mining Company. M. E. Davis manager anticipates a busy summer on Rainbow Creek and Hope.
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Caswell
Seldovia
Santa Ana
Cape Elizabeth
Swift
Yentna
Kevler
Wift
Santeid
Seattle
W. 8. Armstrong
Rainbow Creek Mining Company
Rainbow Creek
Turnagain Arm
M. E. Davis
Hope
Active Work on Turnagain Arm
Crow creek and Turnagain Arm bustle with hydraulic mining and development. More than 100 miners toil at large hydraulic mines near Girdwood planned at the arm’s mouth named for James Girdwood, while a New York investor expands Crow Creek operations and a California syndicate drives flume construction at Crow Creek, Hope, and Sunrise. A dredge at Hope remains active under M E Davis as regional mining booms unfold.
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Crow Creek
Mile
Turnagain Arm
Girdwood
Washington
I Post
James Girdwood
Crow
Crow Creek Placer Mining Company
Iwood
Crow H
New York
Crow Creek Company
Ow Creek Mining Company
California
Andrew Nisbet
California Mining Company
Sunrise
Hope
Rainbow Creek Mining Company
M. E. Davis
Chickaloon Coal Ready for Railroad Markets
Frank Watson reports from Seward that Chickaloon coal veins have been exposed and tested, showing outstanding quality rivaling Pocahontas soft coal. With the railroad not reaching the mines for about a year, mining progress stalls though tests confirm steam coal fit for Navy ships. A sample shipped with Watson is slate free and yields only ashes.
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Chickaloon
Frank Watson
Seward
Santa Ana
Watson
United States
West Virginia
Pacific
Navy Department
Matanuska Region Survey Party Heads North for Summer
Four men from the Alaska Geological Survey bureau plan summer research in the Matanuska region to study mineral deposits with sixteen horses and four helpers. Led by Gerdine, Te, and R. H. Sargent, they will split at Knik Arm, explore the region toward Talkeetna, and work until October under Alfred H. Brooks. Meanwhile Northwestern Fishery Company steamer Shelikof arrived from Uyak to wire Seattle, as Captains report the Ecuador’s westward voyage and Jarvis on cannery inspection. An 1800 note claims cotton needs in Lancashire mills would today feed spindles for only a day and a quarter.
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Civil Alaska Mineral Resources
Geological Survey Bureau
Integor Department
Matanuska
Gerdine
R. H. Sargent
Sidney Adolph Kn
Talkeetna
Susitma
Northwestern Fishery Company
Uyak
Cable
Seattle
Johnson
Ecuador
Jarvis
Northwestern Canneries
Stop Work in San Francisco Strikes Labor Force
San Francisco May 31 rebuilding halted as fire insurance firms have taken no steps to pay losses. Thousands of workmen discharged due to lack of funds to pay laborers. No information from insurers on when claims will be settled. Hardship looms for the poorer classes without immediate work.
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Daily Gateway
San Francisco
Knik to Get Mail Twice Each Month
Knik will receive regular mail service twice a month through October 31 via the Inlet. The notice, from Alvah Eames, chief clerk of the Southern Alaska railroad mail service, hints the contract may go to the Cook Inlet Transportation Company operating Toledo and Tyonie from Seldovia. Captain Shaw of the Toledo expressed interest, and a land service may follow next winter after failed attempts last year to settle compensation.
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Knik
Inlet
Santa Ana
Alvah Eames
Alaska
Cook Inlet Transportation Company
Toledo
Tyonie
Seldovia
Tyoonok
Eames
Capt. Shaw
Seward
Yentna
Skwentna
Nystown
Regula
Boats Waiting At Seldovia After Coastal Expedition
The Cook party of mountain climbers and explorers and the geological survey party reached Seldovia aboard the Santa Ann y. Captain Shaw captured the Cook party while the survey party proceeded up the inlet on the Neptune. Goldstream in the Tanana is highlighted as a popular recent discovery.
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Cook
Suvvey
Toledo
Neptune
Seldovia
Santa Anny
Seward
Capt
Shaw
Tanana
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Monarch
King Alfonso
London
Spain
Frante
Taxic
Geological Survey
Ryak Cordova
Paul Buckley
Candle Creek
New Town of
Illinois
Gov. Hoggatt
Gulf Stream
Shelikoff
Lancashire Mills
England
King Bay
Marshal Vawter
Unga
Thomas Hanmore
Cook Uate
Ililamna
C. Warner
Chignik
Warner
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