Langdon Still Holds Office Amid San Francisco Graft Clash
San Francisco reports judge Graham rules Langdon remains district attorney with Heney as assistant amid graft prosecutions. Ruef and supporters clash with police as tensions rise. injunctions loom over ousting Langdon and Ruef. A mass meeting backs Heney and denounces Ruef and Schmitz.
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Graham
San Francisco
John M. Langdon
Francis J. Heney
Jud Graham
Ion
Abe Ruef
I Viday
Otice On Jager
Dodge Seawell
Atty Tangdon
Coleman
Ruef
Superior Court
Langdon
Heney
Gallagher
Benjamin Lde Wheeler
State University of California
Wheeler
Alaska's Territorial Move and Infrastructure Needs Highlighted
Washington delegates address Alaska issues urging territorial status to curb abuses in mining laws and secure road and rail links from Valdez to the Yukon and interior regions. They seek federal school aid and more life-saving stations, praising Major Richardson's road work while opposing railroad subsidies and a railroad monopoly.
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Washington
Congress
Piles
Cushman
Alaska
Strorn
Valdez
Yukon
Richardson
Tanana
Waskey
Miners Travel to Kuskokwim and Nearby Camps
Reports from Kahiltna describe Bat Woolsey's boat bringing three passengers and outfits bound for the Kuskokwim with plans to cache supplies until winter trails open. Wanberg party camps along the Kahiltna. a four box sluice line yields fair wages as old timers discuss mining routes and terrain.
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Kahilina
Woolsey
Yentna
Kuskokwim
Pete Walter Nelson
Peter Jackson
Maskan Range
Mt. McKinley
Foraker
Peters Creek
Split Rock
Kahiltna
Wanberg
Kodiak
Body of E. A. Spencer Found Near Glacier
The body of Edward A. Spencer, timekeeper for the Alaska Central, was found face down on a slope above the glacier near mile 53. He left Camp 52 November 16, 1905, and wandered in darkness until death by exposure. Spencer, a Oakland high school graduate and former Stanford student, was 1905 returning to camp after warning notes from Walter Jones. The area’s fatal events include the ill fated Valencia voyage and several railroad and disease fatalities among Seward workers.
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Edward A. Spencer
Anborer
Spencer
Camp 52
Walter Jones
Oakland High School
Stanford
Seward
Valencia
San Francisco
Vancouver
Rains and social notes from Sunrise and mining mentions
Heaviest rainfall of the year to date records 1 inch in the last 24 hours with monthly total 1.54 inches. A party gathers in Sunrise for dancing with musicians Samuel May and John Brownstow. Six prospectors from Susitna and Yentna arrive in Seward. Lon Phillips and W H Foster among them. Mining Topics reports a Leadville pocket yielding 400 pounds of nearly pure gold and an 18 pound nugget, valued around 50000 dollars, and invites readers for a free copy of the mining journal.
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United States Weather Bureau
John J. Kaskenivkov
Samuel May
John Brownstow
Robert White
Seward
Susitna
Yentna
J. H. Cann
F. W. Hemlow
C. B. Munson
D. Charbreau
Lon Phillips
W. H. Foster
Mr. Foster
Kahiltna
Leadville
Colorado
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OR. C. T. Daggett
A. B. Drug Building
OR. C. L. Hale
Brown & Hawkins
Cecil H. Clegg
Fourth Avenue
Seward, Aka
L. V. Ray
Shawhan Rid
Ington’ St
Samuel M. Graff
Bank of Seward
Sewarin
E. R. Gray
Arctic Brotherhood
Brotherhood
Commerce
G. Norpyke Arctic Recorder
Frank H.lasgy
U. S. Mineral and Land Surveyor
District of Alaska
Seldovia
Cook
Care Mail
A . Alaska
Mer Dora
Coleraan
Seward U
H. S. Waterman Mining Engineer Assay Office
Valdez, Alaska
H. E. Ellsworth
Assay Office
Gonne
E. L. Whittemore
G. W. Palmer
General Merchandise
Prospector
Knik P.O
Seward Bakery
CG. Werner
Schmitz
Assatsai
G. Beasle
Army Office
Webb
Cale
Clayson
Cravenette
E. A. Spencer
Glacier Trail
Fulton Street
New York
A.b.drug Co
Seward, Alaska
Board of Trade
F.V. Thomas
W. P. Henry & CO. Wines, Liquors and Cigars
Kenai Lumber & Fuel CO
the Seward News Co
Wagner
Ted Wagner
the Seward Light and Power Company
Chas. A. Tecklenburg
Seattle
Olympia
Nurth Ave
Washington St
Hotel McNeiley
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