Returned Klondikers Confirm Famine Fears From Skagway
Five Klondikers aboard the Corona report no late news and confirm famine fears this winter as provisions run low in Dawson. They warn supplies may only arrive in spring while Yukon rivers open and describe harsh travel conditions, heavy river ice, and cold temperatures.
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Yukon
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Avson
Dr. van Sant
Peoria
Allen Kdov
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Big Salmon
Walsh
Ohn Kill
Seattle
Fort Selkirk
Dawson Test Mer
D. GB. Elmore
Idaho
W. F. Johnson
Juneau
McGuire
Ma Oon
Flag burning aboard the St Louis sparks official action
The World reports William Randie and Chief Beckwith aboard the St Louis witnessed British stewards burn an American flag on Christmas Day during dinner. Investigations show all crew may be discharged from the American Line. Second Officer Campbell calls it an act by drunken British sailors.
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York
William G. Randie
Beckwith
St. Louis
Athantic
Imdignant
Atd
Ican
Rds
Ateriecn
Ohave
Eral Timiult
Campbell
Embezzler's botched suicide amid Bruns- Ga police action
Mac Mae, an embezzling agent of the Southern Express Company, was captured in Kannah Ga and reportedly attempted suicide in a Bruns- Ga police station. He cut an artery with a penknife, smeared blood on walls, and wrote the company name and the date of the robbery, before being taken to a hospital.
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Kannah
Mac Mae
Ermlexpress
Brnns- Ga
Sat
Lin
Southern Express Company
Britain plans to reinforce Asia in case of war
A Minneapolis dispatch reports Britain plans to resist Russian moves in Port Arthur and Corea with Japanese fleet aid. Ottawa allegedly ordered 3500 troops to Vancouver Esquimalt for possible transfer, to reinforce naval forces, with a secret Britain Japan agreement cited and no Anglo Japanese alliance expected. Captain Ronald Rolf confirms potential Pacific squadron reinforcement but says no alliance.
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Port Arthur
Corea
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Canadian Pacific
Montreal
Vancouver
Esquimalt
Japan
Asia
Ronald Rolf
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England
New York
Pacific
Russia
Orient
Havana Port Opens to Export After Weyler Edict
A Havana dispatch says the port will open to export within 24 hours, ending a May 14 blockade aimed at harming US tobacco shipments. About 70,000 bales of tobacco sit ready in Havana warehouses, signaling revived Cuban commerce and US cigar factory activity.
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United States
Tampa
Key West
Cuba
Indian Territory
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Neal Dow
Sagasta Ministry
Spain
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Connecticut
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Philippine Islands
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Opelika
Ala
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Florida
Stittsville
Ont
Cincinnati
Triton
Caribbean
Windsor
N. S
Chas. A
Dana
The
New York Sun
Geo. M. Pullman
Luetgert
New York Central
Garrisons
N. Y
Blairsburg
Iowa
Wabash
St. Louis
Henry George
New York
Wheat market turmoil centers on Leiter's position
Weekly market letter analyzes Leiter’s 8 million bushels cash wheat and 4 million bushels mags as bulls and bears debate coping with supply. Traders weigh May versus July and September delivery, potential price moves to 1.25 for May, and how milling demand and exports may absorb stocks.
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Leiter
Lester
Armour
Weare
Fire damages at Jermyn and Perry dry goods store
A fire at the dry goods store of Messrs. Jermyn & Perry in High street Kings Lynn caused the local fire engine to collapse. Flames quickly spread to nearby businesses and total damage is estimated at 100000 pounds. In a separate note from Constantinople dated January 8, powers deny Turkey permission to replace 4500 time expired troops on Crete.
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London
Messrs. Jermyn & Perry
High Street
Kings Lynn
Lynn-Regis
Norfolk
Constantinople
Turkey
Crete
Prices Spread Across Commodities At Local Market
Wheat and oats lead a wide price list from early market with values for Valley and Bluestem wheat, best four-breed graham, oats grades, barley by ton, millstuffs, hay, eggs, butter, cheese, poultry, potatoes, onions, hops, wool, mohair, and meats. Includes per unit and per ton figures, with regional references to Oregon and California products and various varieties.
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Walla Walla
Valley
California
Oregon
Wool—Valley
Washington
Market prices for farm produce and dairy plus Balzac monument plan
A list of per pound and per ton prices for Wool Nevada Oregon Northern hops millstuffs onions eggs citrus cheese potatoes and hay with terms like new red new silverskin navels Mexican limes and California lemons. The piece ends noting French admirers plan a Balzac monument in Tours, his birthplace.
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Nevada
Oregon
California
Balzac
Tours
Northwestern Fruitgrowers Convention Heads to Portland
The Northwestern Fruitgrowers Association outlines plans for its January 11 to 13, 1898 meeting in Portland Oregon with committees led by Buell Lamberson and Henry E Dosch. Transportation rates are set at one and one fifth fare for Northern Pacific Great Northern and Union Pacific lines and one third fare on Southern Pacific. exhibits may ship free. The event will discuss fruit shipping to Eastern markets and reform of refrigerator car charges.
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Northwestern Fruitgrowers’ Association
Oregon
Idaho
Washington
British Columbia
Portland
Buell Lamberson
Henry E. Dosch
M. Williamson
L. M. Spiegel
Alfred Tucker
Frank Lee
A. H. Devers
H. R. Lewis
T. D. Honeyman
Edward Tlughes
David M. Dunne
J. H. Hazeltine
Mark Levy
F. N. Page
John A. Bell
W. F. Carroll
M. L. Harvey
C. V. Coper
H. M. Williamson
E. C. Masten
Walla Walla
North Yakima
St. Paul
Omaha
Chicago
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Front Street
Great Strikes and Conflicts Mark 1897 World Events
A panoramic chronicle of 1897 detailing the Greco Turkish War, Cuban insurgency, Ohio-Pennsylvania coal field strike, Dingley tariff enactment, floods, fires, and yellow fever. It lists notable incidents by date, including wars, political shifts, bank failures, natural disasters, and notable deaths, highlighting the year’s global volatility and political changes.
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Turkey
Greece
Cuba
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Mississippi Valley
Government libraries and political reform in 1897
The article surveys U S library usage with 1 600 000 volumes and 3 820 daily readers noting 700 readers can borrow books. It reports petitions to Congress for morals laws and touches on socialite receptions, Hawaiian treaty opposition, and postal banking plans. It mentions Cuba, Leila Serbert’s death, and pension cancellations, plus copyright growth and bank geography.
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United States
Washington
Congressional Library
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