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Vigilante laborers in the Cascades take matters into their own hands, using dynamite to destroy a saloon they claim was robbing their comrades.
“When the bar was cleaned out, a stick of dynamite was set off in the piano, shivering it into small bits.”
Two more immigrant laborers succumb to injuries from a dynamite blast, bringing the death toll to seven.
“Two more of the Italians injured by last week's blast on the Monte Cristo road had died, making seven deaths in all.”
A young city engineer vanished while surveying mineral claims, only to be found dead in the rugged wilderness by a passing prospector.
“Meager details received lead to the belief that he might have met with foul play.”
A local rancher takes his own life following a period of declining health.
“Hall had been in poor health for some time, and in consequence became nervous, irritable and dispirited.”
After signs of erratic behavior, a local union man is found dead in the Stillaguamish River.
“Whether the drowning was intentional or accidental no one knows, but the former theory is credited, as he had been talking and acting irrationally shortly before his death.”
A Seattle lumber firm tests the market for a mysterious, golden-hued wood from the Monte Cristo wilderness.
“Although a great deal has been heard of the Alaska cedar, very few people have ever seen any or know much about it.”
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