Alaska Trade Row and Freight Rates Stir Seattle Toward Alaska
Seattle and Portland merchants clash with Northern Pacific over a special Portland to Seattle freight rate to ship Alaska bound goods. Portland demands parity to Seattle, while Seattle dealers push to reverse the rate. Alaska steamship plans and local mining finds also feature amid coast trade tensions.
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Seattle
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Alaska
Northould
Mailroad Company
Speer
Vorlland
SANTA CLARA AND BERTHA SAIL WEST IN SEWARD RACE
Steamers Bertha and Santa Clara reached Seward after a seesaw race with Bertha finishing eleven hours ahead despite leaving five hours later. Bertha arrived 1 p m Saturday, Santa Clara 8 a m Sunday. Both then sailed for Seldovia toward the Yentna district carrying many passengers and modest freight, with Bertha racing ahead to Eyak.
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Santa Clara
Seward
Tampico
Seldovia
Yentna
Seattle
Eyak
Alaska
Seattle Steamship Companies
John A. McDonald
Lake Ereek
P. R. Backus
J. B. Briggs
J. Sutton
A. D. Farnsworth
H. Halstead
W. H. Ferguson
William Sones
H. P. Gallagher
Dr. L. David
J £. Fitzsimmons
G. Burkhardt
W. Fergson
John Alan
Ralph McDonald
N. L. Tyler
D. H. Conk
Arthur R. Rommaney
Big Horn Gold Mining & Milling Company
Mr. Rommaney
Oregon
Northwestern to add outside steamers to Alaska run
Seattle May 12 The Northwestern Steamship Co will inaugurate a new Southern Alaska schedule July 1 with three to four outside steamers on the Seward route, plus two on the inside passage. No changes before June 30. mail contracts require at least four monthly mails to Valdez. Tampico delivered piles for Alaska Central docks and cannery supplies for Northwestern Fisheries. AP reports David B. Hill resurrected.
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Seattle
Northwestern Steamship Company
Alaska
Seward
Santa Clara
Oregon
Saratoga
Valdez
Tampico
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Northwestern Fisheries Company
Trail Route Guards From Stores To Roaring Roadhouses
Along the route to the Yentna diggings travelers find stores and roadhouses lined up for supplies and rest. The text notes stations and facilities serving freight teams and miners as they traverse the trail.
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Yentna Diggings
Republicans Plan To Call A Juneau Convention
Charles Herron of Nome sails to Juneau to attend a meeting to call an Alaska Republican convention. Col Perkins expects the convention in Juneau early in July. Rumors say the nomination may not heavily influence the election, with sectional rivalries likely to dominate.
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Seattle
Charles Herron
Nome
Council City
Denver Votes Against Municipal Ownership
Denver election returns are incomplete but show the municipal ownership ticket likely defeated. Republicans elect one commissioner and seven aldermen. Democrats elect six aldermen. The contest centered on city takeover of the tramway franchise amid voter eligibility concerns.
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Gateway
Denver
Alaska Cable Lines Financing For Extensions
Washington May 14 The conference committee approved a 179000 appropriation derived from last year’s receipts of the Washington Alaska military cable and telegraph system to fund extensions and repairs. The secretary of war will decide the use, with possible lines to Ketchikan Wrangell and Seward Dutch Harbor under consideration. Gov Hoggatt sworn in April 30 at Juneau then went to Sitka.
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Daily Gateway
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Juneau
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Sitka
Rate Bill Opens Campaign Of Lying In Senate Row
Washington May 17 a dispute over railroad rate amendments erupts after Bailey denounces a Chicago Tribune dispatch as a malicious lie. Tillman, Chandler and Roosev el tangle over loyalty and power as Chandler backs Tillman claims of presidential hostility toward railroad interests. Bailey pushes for White House staff firings while Roosevelt defends his position and reiterates no misstatements to Chandler.
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Daily Gateway
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D. C
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Lodge
Pillman
United States
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South Carolina
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Spooner
Sails With Big Passenger List
Seattle on May 17 steamship Santa Ana sailed to Seward via the inside passage carrying 150 passengers. Seventy are laborers for the Alaska Central, plus scientists led by F A Cook aboard. Capt William Armstrong, a Kenai peninsula mining operator, also on board. The Cook party intends to travel north for scientific work and plans to attempt Mt McKinley ascent later, likely not starting until July.
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Seattle
Santa Ana
Seward
Alaska Central
F. A. Cook
William Armstrong
Kenai Peninsula
Nome
Cook
Mt. McKinley
George Adams fights government over 150000 suit
Seattle May 17 George E Adams the embezzling cashier of the Seattle assay office filed an answer in the government suit to recover property valued at 150000 to apply on his embezzlement He denies embezzlement and any loss to the government He also pleads the statute of limitations plus the May 14 demurrer ruling in Seattle district court He was arraigned May 16 and pleaded not guilty to the indictment Common sentence notes that a watt equals one ampere flowing at one volt, a nonessential filler fact.
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Seattle
George E. Adams
Adams
U.S. District Court Today
Hanford Oy
George Adams
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