Washington Post / August 14, 1898

Odd Traits of the Gambler Who Was Killed in Skaguay.

From the San Francisco Examiner.

A man of contradictory characteristics was Jefferson Randolph (“Soapy”) Smith, who perished in his boots the other day while attempting to maintain his self-conferred director generalship of Skaguay’s destinies.

“Soapy’s” power as a leader of ruffians was attained through his ability to accurately measure men at a glance and to adapt his method to meet any exigency. Sincere only in his basic purpose to scare or cajole, he could assume at will the reckless bravado of the frontier bully or the subtle finesse of the business

Syracuse Evening Herald / April 21, 1898

George W. Steele Writes to the Herald.

His Story of the Recent Awful Avalanche -- Helped to Dig Out Victims -- Difficulties in Climbing the Pass With Tons of Provisions to Be Hauled Through Snow.

George W. Steele of this city writes to the Herald of the awful avalanche in Chilkoot pass. Mr. Steele was encamped with his party about 1,000 feet below the slide at the time he wrote. He says a fierce snow storm had been raging for four days. The slides, he declares, began at 3 A. M., and continued for six hours with a roaring sound, which could be heard miles away. He was camped about three miles

Ten Workmen on the Kansas Pacific Railway Killed - The News Confirmed - Nine Murders in Arizona.

A report from The New-York Times / Published May 17, 1870

ST. LOUIS, May 16. -- The officers of the Kansas Pacific Railroad here confirm the report from Omaha yesterday of the Indian raid on their road. The attack was made on working men, between Kit Carson and Willow Springs, a distance of forty miles. Ten men, belonging to grading parties, were killed.

Six cowboys brand cattle in South Dakota near Deadwood in 1891. Photograph by John C. H. Grabill.
This is a detail from the above photo.