Railroad Men Reach Seward And Wrecking Tug North
The Santa Clara brought contractors and carpenters to Seward to speed up railroad construction with trestles and a bridge near mile 50. The Yucatan will replace the Northwestern on the Seward run on April 1 as Salvor Victoria heads to Latouche to aid the stranded Northwestern off the reef.
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Northwestern
Alaska
Yonduran
Burns
Col. Thompson
Santa Clara
Victoria
Strand
Reef
Gateway
Seattle
Yucatan
Seward Run
Salvor Victoria
Latouche
Seward
Puget Sound
Valdez
Chester
Pennsylvania
Anniversary of Railroad Start in Seward Chronicle
Three years have passed since March 28, 1904, when the Santa Clara landed the first railroad builders in Seward. By 1906 the track reached mile 46, halted by tunnels to miles 49 53 and timber shortages for a large trestle. The grade to mile 69 is mostly done, with bridge work remaining to lay twenty more miles of rails.
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Santa Clara
Seward
Wock
Lake Kenai
Frost Syndicate
Mile 46
Mile
San Francisco Plans Alaska Steamer Line
A meeting of San Francisco businessmen is underway to raise funds for a direct Alaska steamer line from the city. A Portland fruit trust has been formed to control Pacific Coast fruit trade.
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San Francisco
Alaska Steamer Line
Gateway
Alaska
Portland
Pacific Coast
Santa Ana Narrow Escape From Wreck Off Columbia River
The steam schooner Santa Ana narrowly escaped wreck and fire off the north bank of the Columbia, then reached the Coquille river. Heavy seas doused the blaze as the ship, part of Northwestern Steamship Co and chartered to a Portland lumber firm, was seen breaking on rocks. Provisions for Knik were scarce at Seldovia, with Palmer planning a risky spring voyage. Primary public school grades open next Monday in the Episcopal church basement, with Mrs. Tillett in charge.
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Astoria
Ore
Columbia River
Coquille River
Santa Ana
Northwestern Steamship Company
Portland
San Francisco
Seattle
Seward
Alfred Lowell
Knik
George Palmer
Seldovia
Palmer
Episcopal Church
Tillett
Dakota Wreck Inquiry Opens Amid Ship’s Loss
Seattle dispatches detail the steamship Dakota wreck off Japan with captain Francke to face marine inspectors for alleged negligence. Twenty seven crew members arrive from Yokohama blaming Great Northern Steamship Co. for harsh treatment. the ship broke apart and sank. Concurrently, Bucharest reports brutal riots nationwide as troops quash protests, with widespread killings, plunder, and Jewish persecutions amid a state of siege.
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Gateway
Seattle
Francke
Dakota
Board of Marine
Tremont
Yokohama
Great Northern Steamship Company
Butte Strike Settled and Papers Issue Again
In Butte on March 28 after six weeks of suspension the daily papers resumed publication as stereotypers yielded to printers. Publishers offered no concessions beyond allowing strikers to return while continuing to resist the stereotypers with doubt of next day’s issue.
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Daily Gateway
Butte
Federation Officials to Be Tried May 1 in Boise
Judge Wood denied change of venue in the case against Moyer Haywood and Pettibone on alleged complicity in Ex-Gov Stellenberg’s assassination. Trial set in Boise to begin about May 1. Northwestern Steamship Co ships a stern-wheel river steamer to Copper River for spring navigation and miner support between the river mouth and Copper Center.
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Denly Gateway
Boise
Idaho
Wood
Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone
Stellenberg
Northwestern Steamship Company
Copper River
Copper Center
Bertha Not Coming to Seward on This Trip
A message from Alaska Coast Company states the Bertha will not sail to Seward on this trip. The Jeanie is scheduled to sail March 30 and will pass through.
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Bertha
Seward
Thirty Die In Train Wreck Near Los Angeles
A South ern Pacific Sunset Limited train derailed after striking an open switch sixty miles south of Los Angeles. Thirty people were killed and about 100 injured. Actress Florence Roberts and her company were in a rear coach unharmed and aided the injured. Also reported: a Cordova store, Dykes and Feaster, burned with $5700 loss, insured? none. Jacob B Bailey sentenced to twenty five years for second degree murder. a Nebraska woman seeks her third divorce from the same man.
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Los Angeles
Southern Pacific Sunset Limited
Florence Roberts
ofDykes & Feaster
Cordova
Valdez
C. J. Dykes
Henry Feaster
Jacob B. Bailey
Wickersham
Robert McIntosh
Sound Mills Out of Grain
Seattle reports the flour mills association plans to compel wheat shipments as mills close from grain shortage. Elevators are full while railways ship little, leaving farmers with no delivery options. The association may seek state railroad commission aid if railroads persist in slow shipments, risking a wheat shortage in weeks.
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Seattle
Flour Mills Association
Millers’ Association
State Railroad Commission
Hill-Morgan Interests Form Bull Stock Pool on Wall Street
New York March 26 A bull pool of 25 000 000 was formed today on the stock exchange by operators allied with the Hill Morgan interests to keep up prices of railroad stocks and prevent a panic. Copper is breaking on the stock exchange.
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New York
The
Stock Exchange
Hill-Morgan
Wall Street
Hearst Calls Independence League Unity Across Parties
Steamer Saratoga reached Valdez from Seattle at 10 this morning and will depart noon tomorrow for Cordova then Seward by Tuesday evening. William R Hearst, in accepting re election as Independence League president, urged independence from old parties yet willing to unite where it serves aims. Politicians read this as Hearst effectively quitting the Democratic Party.
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Chicago
Knapp and Neill
Saratoga
Valdez
Seattle
Cordova
Seward
Independence League
William R. Hearst
League
Democratic Party
Hearst
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Glassford
Nilla
Schmitz Seward
A. W. Watson
A. L. Snow
J. B. Cameron
Northwest
Mile 54
Placer Valley
W. A. Glassford
Signal Service
Cable and Telegraph Service
Scripps News Association
Scripps Association
War Department
Choluteca
Honduras
Bonilla
Tegucigalpa
Mexico
Washington, D. C
United States
Central America
Labor
Secret Service
Schmitz
William Gerster
Home Telephone Company
Abe Ruef
Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Charles P. Neill
Western Railroads
Sgsin
Alaska Central
Bulgaria
Coun
Try
Bucharest
Southern Pacific
Bailey
Nebraska
Association
Bull Stock Pool
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