Alaska Trade Row Stirs Seattle Importers Clash Over Rates
May 1 reports Northern Pacific Railway promotes new Portland to Alaska freight tariffs to lure shipments north, sparking protests by Seattle and Portland merchants who call it unfair to Portland. Alaska Steamship plans a Seattle to Southeastern Alaska run while Portland seeks Alaska access and frequent cargoes. Caswell update notes Bertha reports Caswell near Juneau. Captain Swift anxious.
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Bellingham
SANTA CLARA AND BERTHA SAIL WEST IN SEWARD RACE
Steamers Bertha and Santa Clara arrived in Seward after a seesaw race, Bertha winning by eleven hours though departing five hours later. Bertha docked briefly due to Tampico tie up, Santa Clara reached Seward Sunday morning. Both headed to Seldovia with many passengers bound for Yentna. little freight.
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J. B. Briggs
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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
Three Vessels On Outside Run
The Northwestern Steamship Company plans a new Southern Alaska schedule starting July 1 with three or four steamers on the outside run to Seward. Santa Clara Oregon and Saratoga will sail outside, a fourth likely later, while inside passage service remains with at least two vessels. No changes before June 30 when current mail contract ends, with at least four mails monthly to Valdez. Tampico arrived with 149 creosoted piles for Alaska Central docks and cannery supplies for Northwestern Fisheries Company. AP notes the resurrection of David B. Hill.
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Yentna
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Susitna
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Halstead
Yentni
George W. Palmer
Knik
Man
James Bartlett
Palmer
Palmier & Bartlett
Capt. Swift
Caswell
Wallace & Thompson
Jennie
Seldovia
To Line Trail With Stations Along Route to Yentna Diggings
The report notes stores and roadhouses peppering the line along the trail to the Yentna diggings. Businesses appear to cluster at strategic pullouts and forked lanes servicing travelers and prospectors, reflecting a busy inland supply corridor.
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Yentna Diggings
Republicans Plan To Call Convention For Nomination
Charles Herron of Nome and Nome Council City prox will sail to Juneau to attend a meeting to call an Alaska Republican convention. Col Perkins of Nome expects the convention in Juneau early in July. Rumor says convention nominations will have limited impact on election amid sectional rivalries. Wild of Skagway seeks delegate to Congress and supports territorial government.
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Denver Votes Against Municipal Ownership
Denver voters cast ballots in a tight municipal race with indications that the municipal ownership ticket will lose, aside from two commissioners and three aldermen. Republicans elect one commissioner and seven aldermen, while Democrats secure six aldermen. The contest centered on municipal control of the tramway franchise amid opposition from non taxpayers.
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Alaska Cable Lines To Receive 179000 For Repairs
Washington May 14 The conference committee agreed on appropriating 179000 of Alaska cable and telegraph receipts for repairs and extensions. The money may be used for extensions to Ketchikan Wrangell Seward Dutch Harbor and the inside passage. The War Department will approve extensions and a duplex system may raise costs. Gov Hoggatt sworn in April 30 at Juneau and moved to Sitka. The Nome mail steamer sails May 10 from Seattle toward Nome and Dutch Harbor.
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Juneau
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First Judicial District
Sitka
Rate Bill Sparks Senate Clash Over Lying Claims
Washington May 17 to 18 reports detail Bailey denying a Chicago Tribune dispatch as a malicious lie linked to White House aides. Tillman and Chandler assertions surface about Roosevelt, Knox Spooner and Foraker, with Bailey demanding firings and Roosevelt defending his stance on railroad rate legislation.
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Chandler
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Foraker
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Texas
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Lodge
Pillman
United States
Sails With Big Passenger List Sails With Big Passenger List
Seattle on May 17 the steamer Santa Ana sailed for Seward via the inside passage with 150 passengers including seventy laborers for the Alaska Central. The Cook expedition led by F A Cook includes scientists and Capt William Armstrong a mining operator from Kenai peninsula, formerly Nome. They aim to reach Mt McKinley top this summer, likely starting ascent around July after interior travel from Seward.
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Seward
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William Armstrong
Kenai Peninsula
Nome
Cook
Mt. McKinley
George Adams Fights Government Over 150000 Claim
Seattle May 17 George E Adams the embezzling cashier at the Seattle assay office filed an answer in the government suit to recover $150000 of Adams property to apply on his embezzlement He denies embezzlement and any loss to the government He also pleads the statute of limitations. Seattle May 14 Judge Hanford overruled Adams demurrer to the indictment charging embezzlement of gold dust entrusted to him Seattle May 16 Adams arraigned and pleaded not guilty to the indictment In electricity a watt is one ampere flowing at one volt.
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