State rests in Haywood trial crowding pages
The Haywood murder case moves through repeated motions as the state rests its case. Defense seeks acquittal claiming no link to Steunenberg’s murder and arguments over admission of Miners Magazine articles dominate the courtroom reports from Boise.
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Haywood
Boise
Iano
Sune Zi
Wood
Harry Orchant
Tony
Idaho
Darrow
Orchard
Federation of Mals
Daho
Uutse
Fiarry Orchard
Caldwell
Swunentwig
Turin
Sesson
Jodie Wood
Federation 10 Invade Alaska in Labor Move
Western Federation of Miners adopts plan to organize local unions in Alaska. Organizers to be sent north this summer. Socialists win a resolution urging advocacy of socialism. Judge Gunnison to hold court at Skagway on July 8.
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Denver
Western Federation of Miners
Alaska
Gunnison
Skagway
No Wires From San Francisco Rocked By Sympathy Strike
Reports from San Francisco indicate telegraph operators walked out for a 10 percent pay increase, spreading fears of a nationwide sympathy strike. New York discussions moved toward arbitration, while Russia faced arrests around the dogma crisis and growing mutterings of unrest across Warsaw Sevastopol and Odessa.
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Sacramento
San Francisco
New York
San Franscisco
Railroads Adopt 2 Cent Fare Nationwide
Western railroads agreed to adopt a 2 cent passenger fare on all lines starting July 1. Several states have set 2 cent limits and managers say uniform rates across regions will aid travel. The new rate has already taken effect in several states, increasing travel.
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Gateway
Chicago
Western Railroads
Alaska Ball Teams Vie For State Championship
Juneau reports Skagway Whitehorse Fort Seward and Ketchikan preparing for a four team knockout July 4. The winner advances to Daw son and Fairbanks to determine Alaska’s champion. Yukan Birteen men travel to Seward aboard the Portland to work on Sunrise trail under Capt Armstrong. About twenty five workers now, to be increased.
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Juneau
Skagway
Whitehorse
Fort Seward
Ketchikan
Dawson
Fairbanks
Alaska
Birteen
Seward
Portland
Capt Armstrong
Riots in Lisbon Spill Blood as Parliament Dismissal Triggers Uprising
A Lisbon dispatch reports hundreds killed as crowds clash with troops after the king dismisses parliament and issues a new decree. Rioting continues in multiple city areas. Separately, Boston reports a copper market surge amid a proposed consolidation of Heinze with Bingham Mining & Smelting, aiming to acquire copper properties in Alaska and beyond.
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Boston
Heinze
Bingham
King
Daily Gateway
London
Lisbon
Heinze Association
Bingham Mining & Smelting Company
Utah
L. E. Holden
Cleveland
Alaska
San Francisco Suffers Extreme Heat Wave
San Francisco officials report yesterday as the hottest day of the year with temperatures reaching 85 degrees in the shade on the sunny side of streets and numerous prostrations from the heat.
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San Francisco
Mercury
Twenty Die in Chicago from Excessive Heat
Chicago coroner reports twenty deaths yesterday due to extreme heat. The city faced a heat wave with high temperatures stressing vulnerable residents and emergency services.
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Chicago
Walter Hill Auto Fatality In St. Paul
June 19 at St Paul Walter Hill son of James J Hill driving with Fredrick Schroeder a prominent citizen sharply turned a corner Schroeder was thrown from the car and killed his head struck the pavement Hill is prostrated with grief.
Tunnel Run Planned at Mummy Bay by John Dubreuil
John Dubreuil will voyage to Knight Island this evening to oversee a tunnel project for the Prince William Sound Development Company. He works on a vein uncovered in a company claim near Mummy Bay tide water. A remarkable ore deposit has been exposed near the surface.
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John Dubreuil
Knight Island
Prince William Sound
Tide Water
Mummy Bay
Women Become Insane on Voyage From Nome
Two women aboard the steamer President traveling from Nome succumbed to mental illness. One passenger, Mrs Dean Lyons, believed Governor Hogatt plotted a poison conspiracy and refused to eat for the journey.
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Seattle
Nome
Dean Lyons
Alaska road plan eyed for Bear River link and Homer coal push
Maj Richardson endorses a six mile Bear River road from Seward with surveys showing low cost and early construction while coal development around Kachenak Bay moves fast. George W. Ross leads a Michigan syndicate aiming 3 000 to 4 000 tons daily next year and a Homer coal town with bunkers, barges to San Francisco, and a revived Homer railroad.
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Bear River
Seward
Alaska Road Commission
Maj. Richardson
Resurrection River
Kachenak
George W. Ross
Bay
Ross
Portland
Bertha
A. B. Lewis
Ross Syndicate
Mr. Ross
Homer
San Francisco
Michigan
Detroit
Judge Wickersham to Hear Special Term in Valdez
Judge Wickersham announced he will not hold a court in Skagway this term and plans a special term in Valdez in about ten days. He will return to Juneau in August to sign bills of exceptions and issue opinions on cases he has under advisement.
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Juneau
Wickersham
Skagway
Valdez
Unusual Sunrise district mining and hotel robbery report
Deputy U S Marshal Wybrant reports unusual mining activity across Sunrise creeks and notes increased output near Turnagain. James McLeod, Alaska mining man, was robbed of 800 in money and jewelry while asleep in the Hotel Stander in Seattle. Steamer Dora's voyage to Bristol Bay ends in Seward awaiting next trip.
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Sunrise
U.S
Wybrant
Knik
Girdwood
Seattle
James Mcleod
Alaska
Turnagain
Stander
Rich Woman in Jail for False Impersonation
Seattle reports Mrs. V. E. Bradley, wife of a wealthy lumberman, arrested for impersonating Mrs. James Brace at stores to obtain apparel. She is jailed. The June 20 note states the stores will not prosecute, the matter arranged by her husband and the case dropped.
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Seattle
V. E. Bradley
James Brace
Coast Defenses to Strengthen Pacific Rim Fortifications
Admiral Dewey urges the naval board to build strong defenses for the Pacific coast. Secretary Metcalf will travel west to inspect strategic points and join coast war maneuvers. The administration rejects sending the entire battleship squadron to the Pacific as a precaution against Japan.
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Washington, D. U
Admiral Dewey
Naval Board
Pacific Coast
Metcalf
Navy Department
Japan
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Federation
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Woj
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Warsaw
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Wiren
Odessa
Black Sea
Andrew Robinson
Theaule
Beatson
Latouche Island
A. K. Leatson
Latouche
St. Andrew's Hotel
Broadway
Seventy-second
Guggenheims
Ellamar
H. C. Elliott
Elliott
Western Railways
Tanana
Mine Owners and Operators’ Association
Inc Nvnes
Walter Hill
Commission
Kadhemak Bay
Cook Inlet
Sandspit
United States District Court of
West Virginia
James H. Caldwell
Pennsylvania
Washington
Dora
Bristol Bay
Mrs. Bradley
Naval
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