Hughes Boost Drives Republican Rally for 1908 Nomination
Gov. Hughes gains strong support from New York Republican leaders and press as delegates likely back his 1908 nomination. A separate report reveals fraud confessions by policy holders at Mutual Life and New York Life, prompting a full-scale investigations. Coal exploration near Homer on Kachemak Bay by Michigan men promises extensive Labor and ore output, Latouche Island to become a mining hub with Reynolds Copper property planning a tram and port shipments expected this month. Katalla survey clash triggers legal action by Alaska Pacific Railway Terminal against Copper River Northwest. Wheat price surge to 1.25 and flour up 14 barrels amid frost fears and market turmoil.
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Michigan Syndicate
Reynolds Company
Bruner
Northwest
Michigan
Kachemak Bay
Homer
Beatha
Messrs. Ross
McAlpine
Brownell
Cook Inlet
Latouche Island
Guy R. Banta
Latouche- Tron Mountain
Reynolds Copper
Seattle
Portland
Jeanie
Banta
Juneau
Alaska Pacific Railway Terminal Company
United States District Court
Copper River & Northwestern Railway Company
Katalla
Secretary of the Interior
Indictment Alleges Police Graft and Election Fraud
The Daily Gateway reports Chicago police chief Collins and six officers were indicted on graft and election fraud charges linked to Mayor Dunne’s campaign. The article cites long standing party practices, notes the statute of limitations clears most offenses except those in the Dunne administration, and highlights funds raised within the department for political aims.
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Chicago
Somes. Collins
Busse
Police
Dunne
Dunnt
Queen Victoria Birth Brings Madrid Jubilation
Madrid reports Queen Victoria gave birth to a boy at 12 45 p m this morning. The queen and child are reported well this afternoon. The mayor notes she nursed the baby herself in a move that unsettles court protocol. The royal nurse has been discharged.
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Madrid
Queen Victoria
Victoria
Steamer Portland Sails Tonight for Alaska
Seattle May 11 The Steamer Portland will sail for Alaska this evening with Bishop Rowe of Alaska as a passenger bound for Juneau and then to the Tanana Nome and Point Barrow. The Dora has returned from the west ward after twenty five days away with hunters and miners and multiple calls. she will proceed to the sound and plans a westward trip after May 16 following the Saratoga from Valdez.
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Seattle
Portland
Alaska
Bishop Rowe
Juneau
Tanana
Nome
Point Barrow
Dora
Seward
Valdez
Cyclone Wipes Towns In Texas Tragedy
May 7 Mount Pleasant Texas reports a cyclone that destroyed Birthright and Ridgew wiping them from the map. Dozens died or were injured as houses and crops were devastated over a wide farming area leading to millions in property losses.
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Mount Pleasant
Texas
Birthright
Ridgew
Sail North in Tiny Launch Meteor Aims Alaska Voyage
Seattle May 11 L. L Masson and Oscar Weber prepare to sail from Seattle within a day or two in a small gasoline launch named Meteor bound for Knight Island Alaska. The Meteor is smaller than any prior craft attempted to reach Alaska and the trip will use the inside passage.
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Seattle
L. L. Masson
Oscar Weber
Knight Island
Alaska
Northwestern Steamer To Start South Today
The Santa Clara delivered a small coal stock for the Northwestern and the vessel is slated to sail for Seattle today. It will traverse the inside passage for safety, aided by temporary repairs. Pilots include Capt. Truebridge Capt. Knudsen and Capt. Daniels who came aboard from the Santa Clara.
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Santa Clara
Northwestern
Seattle
Truebridge
Knudsen
Daniels
FUR BUYERS PICK UP BIG STOCKS IN ALASKA
Furs valued in the thousands were bought at Cook Inlet and Alaska peninsula stations this winter. The higher quality hides came from regions inland behind the inlet, including black and silver gray foxes, with large quantities of blue red cross fox bear marten lynx otter and other furs. On Fidalgo bay below Ellamar T W Blakney is developing copper properties with ore grades 8 to 17 percent and three large ore bodies in sight. Alaska and Yukon territory have 12000 varieties of plants.
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Cook Inlet
Alaska Peninsula
Inlet
Fidalgo Bay
Ellamar
T. W. Blakney
Five Japanese Sailors Rescued From Wreck Near Kodiak
The steamship Portland arrived from Seward bringing five Japanese sailors picked up from the wreckage of a whaler lost near Kodiak. The men are believed to be the sole survivors of the crew.
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Gateway
Seattle
Portland
Seward
Kodiak
di Tance
Wree
Men in Small Boat Escape Daring Sea Rescue
Dora crew and passengers faced a near drowning as mail clerk Thwaites fell overboard near Cold Bay during a landing with mail and passengers. He and ter W. E. Springston were rescued after going under the boat. The Dora’s first officer and fur buyer H. C. Hibbard Jr. were aboard the boat as rough surf and breakers left the vessel stranded for hours. The boat reached shore on the evening of May 4.
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Cold Bay
Thwaites
Ter W. E. Springston
H. C. Hibbard Jr
Breaker
Springston
Dora
Innoko Strike Excites Miners in Kuskokwim District
Seattle May 1 The news of a large placer strike on the Innoko river in the Kuskokwim district stirs mining men. The steamer Portland from Seward arrived with details, and several parties prepare to venture to the district when navigation opens.
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Seattle
Innoko River
Kuskokwin
Portland
Seward
Development underway on Mummy Bay copper claims
Reports indicate copper prospecting expanded across multiple claims at Mummy Bay Knight Island despite heavy snow. Owners plan active development this summer with work on veins near the water edge and surface finds guiding ongoing efforts by Gray Thompson O'Reilly and others with Seward connections.
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Mummy Bay
Knight Island
E.R. Y
E. E. Hale
W. M. Sauer
Gray
Julius Singer
H. W. Ross
E. Thompson
Seward
Capt. Scheffler
Bina
Thompson
Jim O'Reilly
Snug Harbor
Latouche Island
Start Work in Sunrise District by Noted Miners
S W Wible and M H Sullivan, leading Sunrise district miners, travel west on the Bertha to direct hydraulic operations. Sullivan, manager of Elmore Mining Company on Six Mile. Wible owns Canyon Creek property that yielded nearly $20 000 last year. A Brooks monograph on Railway Routes in Alaska notes Lynn Canal as deep but stormy, Resurrection Bay as ideal, and Yakutat Bay and Controller Bay offering vessel protection.
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S.W. Wible
M. H. Sullivan
Sunrise District
Mr. Sullivan
Sullivan
Elmore
Mr. Wible
Canyon Creek
Alaska
Alfred H. Brooks
Alaskan Division
United States Geological Survey
Lynn Canal
Fence William
Resurrection Bay
Prince William
Yakutat Bay
Controller Bay
Santa Clara Arrives and Sails Westward
Steamer Santa Clara arrived in port at midnight and sailed westward at 6 45 this morning. She carried twenty six passengers to Seward and 92 tons of freight including 28 370 feet of bridge timber for the railroad. About a dozen passengers left Seward for the inlet while Alaska exported 30 tons of gold and 4 tons of coal in 1906. Refined copper stays near 25 cents in the market.
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Santa Clara
Seward
Inlet
Steam shovel dispute delays Panama Canal wage demand
Secretary Taft rejects steam shovel workers wage hikes saying Alaska pay levels and year round work on the canal justify current rates. A separate Bay Area murder spree ends with the killer captured after a three hour siege.
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Taft
Canal
Muti
Non-Union Men Load Steamers in Seattle
Steamers in Seattle are being loaded today by non-union workers. No serious trouble has occurred, though bad feeling exists among longshoremen.
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Gateway
Seattle
Steamship Companies Declare For Open Shop
Seattle May 7 steamship companies today declared for the open shop system for longshoremen and will employ any who offer regardless of union membership. Trouble is anticipated when the wage increase takes effect May 15. May 10 Negros were imported from Everett to load steamers in Seattle and fear of longshoremen trouble grows.
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Seattle
Everett
Jeanie and Saratoga Booked for Saturday Sailings
Seattle reports that the steamer Jeanie is set to sail again Saturday evening while the Sara toga is booked for a Saturday voyage. The Valdez Prospector notes J L Steel moved forty tons of supplies to Landlock Bay for Standard Copper. The district tram work paused for winter after a fall installation. Olympia visited Uyak with cannery supplies as Dora remained in the area.
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Seattle
Jeanie
Seward
Saratoga
Valdez
J. L. Steel
Landlock Bay
Standard Copper Company
Train Hold Up Kills Engineer in Montana
Northern Pacific Eastbound North Coast Limited, carrying $100000, was robbed near Butte at 4 am by two masked men. Engineer Clow died in a fight and fireman was injured. robbers escaped without loot. A posse tracked them with bloodhounds within hours but failed to catch them.
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San Francisco
Walter Davis
Pierce Street
Davis
Gateway
Butte
Mont
Northern Pacific
North Coast Limited
Clow
Crow
Helena
Col Thompson heads Seattle cable office transfer
Col Richard Thompson succeeds Lieut Col Gif ford as head of the Seattle cable office. The transfer was completed today and Thompson will be in charge on Monday. He declines to propose changes in the office at present.
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Seattle
Richard Thompson
Gifford
Col. Thompson
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Ridgeway
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