Delegates fight plans stir Alaska politics in Seattle and Juneau
U S Marshal Shoup heads to Juneau to back a Republican delegate bid while Democrats prepare a rival convention Seattlers predict large Orca turnout and proxy support from distant districts McChesney backed by Fairbanks News and Tanana miners Nome faction opposes Ryan as factions rally around Shoup and McChesney in a split field Gold discovered in Yentna district attracting 300 prospectors with crews ready to wash gravel once creeks thaw Fronts report ice break up around May 20 and optimism grows for pay dirt across upper Kahiltna creeks
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Daily Gateway
Seattle
U.S
Marshal Shoup
Juneau
Cottage City
Congress
Alaska
Dick Ryan
Territory
Wickersham
Orca
R. J. McChesney
Fairbanks
McChesney
Fairbanks News
Tanans Miners’ Association
Ryan
Nome Miners’ Union
Nome
Cabell Whitehead
Whitehead
Yentna
Kahiltna
N4ke
John A. McDonald
D. H. Conklin
Seward
Lake Creek
Knik
Susitna
McDonald
Alvah Eames Visits Seward on Postal Mission
Alvah Eames chief clerk of the railway mail service for Southern Alaska with Valdez headquarters rode the steamer Tole do home from Seldovia where he studied postal conditions. He has pushed for more frequent Cook inlet port service. Also noted are Tampico voyage, Conrad tramway plans, and Sumatra biodiversity.
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Alvah Eames
Alaska
Valdez
Toledo
Seldovia
Eames
Cook Inlet
Burleigh Road Bills Favor Alaska Rail Lines in House
Washington mayor report notes Higgin bill to grant a federal charter to the Alaska Railroad Company favorably reported by the house committee on territories. It would grant lands for terminals and coal lands while opponents warn of discrimination for Alaska lines. The panel also endorsed a similar nonchartered bill for the Alaska Central Railway, extending completion time, granting terminals, and repealing a tax. A $35 000 appropriation for a Tanana head of navigation to Seward peninsula wagon road survey was approved, urged by Taft and Alaska road commission head Maj Richardson.
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Washington, D. C
Higgins
Alaska Railroad Company
House Committee On Territories
Burleigh Road
Cordova Bay
Alaska Railroad
Alaska Central Railway Company
Committee On Territories
Tanana
Bering Sea
Seward Peninsula
Taft
Maj. Richardson
Alaska Road Commission
Russian Parliament Opens Amid Silence and Demands Amnesty
In St Petersburg the czar's opening speech met absolute silence as Liberal Mourouitseff was welcomed amid cheers. Ivan Peterunkevitch urged amnesty for freedom fighters, while officials were ordered from the floor. Witte resigns. Goremykin becomes premier as reform pressures rise and a new cabinet forms.
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St. Petersburg
Mourou Itseff
Ivan Peterunkevitch
Mourountseff
Imperial Court
Count Witte
Witte
Goremykin
Petersburg
Empire
Durnovo
Popular
Toledo Visits Seward on First Inlet Steamer Run
The Inlet steamer Toledo, commanded by Capt. Shaw, made its Seward harbor debut to transport L. J. Caswell’s party of nineteen engineers who mapped the Chickaloon railroad. A 250 ton vessel, the Toledo then headed to Orca with thirty-five men awaiting work and later returned to Turnagain Arm.
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Toledo
Seward Harbor
Shaw
Mate Brown
Seward
L. J. Caswell
Alaska Central
Chickaloon
Turnagain
Knik
Orca
Onca
Yenta
Knik Arm
Steamer Oregon Arrives in Port After Voyage
Steamer Oregon reached port at 2 o clock yesterday with eighteen cabin and ninety five steerage passengers. The ship carried 160 tons of cargo and will sail again this morning. It left Valdez Thursday night at 10 and will call at Latouche on return. The vessel brought two weeks mail from Seattle covering April 20 to May 4.
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Oregon
Alaska Central
Valdez
Latouche
Seattle
Alaska stock trials and tunnel progress near Cook Inlet
Eleven cattle head from Missouri arrive to test Galloway stock in southern Alaska under Prof C C Georgeson. In Susitna valley native grasses promise sustenance. moose and shrub forage noted. Alaska Central tunnels advance about 150 feet weekly. seven tunnels total near 4000 feet. Bridges and a key loop trestle to descend into Placer river canyon planned. crews receive extra pay for overrun. Campbell Point to Knik Arm section located. Chickaloon branch mapped by Caswell party aboard the Toledo.
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Cook Inlet
Government Agricultural Department
Alaska
C. C. Georgeson
Scotland
Jeanie
J. W. Gray
P. H. Ross
Kenai
Kodiak
Carroll County
Missouri
Charge Son
Eral
Jersey
Prof
Georgeson
Galloway
Susitna
Alaska Central
Placer River
J. B. Cameron
Mr. Cameron
Chicksloon
Knik Arm
Campbell Point
B. Lewis
Seward
Chickaloon
L. J. Caswell
Toledo
Strikes Blow at Coal Roads in Rate Bill Action
The senate backed a railroad rate bill provision restricting railroads from carrying commodities in which they hold an interest. The rule aims to curb coal railroads from controlling coal prices, risking mine shutdowns if producers must serve only their own needs. Also notes Chichagoff island gold strikes stir Sitka prospectors and Jay Whipple being declared insane at Nome. Native sulphur appears in gold veins due to pyrite oxidation.
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Washington, D
Senate
Pennsylvania
Oregon bee fancier follows river route to homestead
Morrell Warren, a bee fancier from Oregon, is booked on the Toledo for the Inlet. He will stay at Kenai until the rivers are open and then proceed up the Yenta to locate a wild flower garden and establish a homestead for his bees. He has seven thriving stands. He started from Portland with eight but one stand died when taken off the boat in Seward.
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Morrell Warren
Oregon
Toledo
Kenai
Yenta
Portland
Seward
Seldovia Dock Project Tames Alaska Cargo Skip
A. Herbert of Seldovia arrives in Seward aboard the Toledo to oversee a dock under construction. The new dock will ease cargo discharge from ships rather than using lighters. F. P. Skeen, an early Falls Creek quartz discoverer, wintered in Oregon. Frank Kelly in Seattle sourced men for the Alaska Central. Portland Telegram notes Alaska merchants' rising orders.
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A. Herbert
Seldovia
Seward
Toledo
F. P. Skeen
Falls Creek
Oregon
States
Frank Kelly
Seattle
Alaska
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Conrad Consolidated Co
Windy Arm
Venus
Conrad
Skagway
Sumatra
Gzar
Constitutional Democrats
Moscow
Doubasoff
Sterday
Elizabethpool
Russia
Go Rolvich
New Inlet
No. 8
Cooper, Gulch
Grant's Pass
San Francisco
National Association of Letter Carriers
Dinky Society
Washington
Chichagoff Island
Sitka
Jay Whipple
Eldorado Creek
Klondike
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