Stevens' Decision Declares Beach Road Not a Mining Claim
In Nome a U S Commissioner ruled the sixty foot beach roadway along the Bering Sea does not exist as a public highway and that mineral locations along the shore are valid. The decision voids the old roadway concept and upholds mining claims, prompting protests and a miners mass meeting to form a protective organization and seek repeal of the Alaska code section cited.
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Seattle
Cape Nome Gold Beach
United States
Stevens
Bering Sea
Centennial
Frank Sieger
George W. Beardsley
8. R. Calden
Ophir Beach
Alexander McKenzie
Alaska Gold Mining Company
Beardsley and
Calden
Alaska
Seiger
Answers’ Association
Ward District
District of
Congress
Mineral Lands of
Wanted for Murder O Neill A Desperate Escape Risk
The Devils Lake News outlines John O Neill’s two prison escapes from the state penitentiary, his burglary conviction for Morgridge Merrick store in Grand Harbor, and his glare toward Illinois murder charges. Recaptured at Hebron, he plans escape again, threatening to kill officers who helped convict him.
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Devils Lake
O'Neill
John “O'Neill
John O'Neill
Morgridge & Merrick
Grand Harbor
Ever Wagness
Kaeding Bros
Penn
McClory
Morgridge A& Merrick
Glendive
Mont
Yellowstone
Hebron
Ilinois
Asoon
P. J. McClory
Herman Rutten
Roosevelt in the Bad Lands Cowboy Times Reminiscence
Chicago editor A T Packard recalls Theodore Roosevelt as ranching on the Little Missouri. He recounts Roosevelt taming a notorious horse Devil, earning cowboy friendship, and handling frontier justice from Medora to Mandan. A bold tale of rough frontier law and the early Morton frontier era.
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A.T. Packard
The
Bad Lands Cowboy
Theodore Roosevelt
Chicago
A. T. Packard
Roosevelt
Missouri
Bat Lands
Altweld
Toledo
Chimney Butte
Medora
Roosenfelder
Four Eyes
Mr. Packard
Evil
Devil
Atirrops
Macmondes
Wyoming
Bill Jones
Bacco
Bismarck
Marquis de Morea
Luffsey
Tramarck
Mandan
Manana
Mues
Marquis de Mores
Finnegan
Elkhorn Ranch
Sewell
Don
Dickinson
Retired Dewet Fends Off Pyramid Hills Pursuit
Retired at Pretoria on August 21 Dewet has retired from Pyramid Hills fifteen miles north as a strong force moved to meet him.
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Pretoria
Dewet
Pyramid Hills
Death of Yuan Shi Kai Shantung Governor Cited
Shanghai reports Yuan Shi Kai governor of Shang Tung is dead with death details undisclosed. War Office orders one hundred thousand pairs of shoes from the British India depot at Cawnpore due to army clothing strain.
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Shanghai
Yuan Shi Kai
Shang Tung
War Office
Cawnpore
British India
Paramount Fallacies in Democratic Platform and Policy
A historical reprint argues the Democrats misstate the party line on tariffs silver imperialism and free trade. It contrasts Bryan’s shifts with McKinley era policy and defends U S governance of Porto Rico while warning against class conflict and the dangers of wealth inequality.
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Washington
Aug
Colemnity
Congress
Bryan
Jefferson
Chicago
Nebraska
United States
Porto Hico
McKinley
Atlantic
Spain
Veragnas
Executive Council
House of Representatives
Allver
Bryan Down
Savings Bank
Bryanism
Northern Pacific VP Sees Higher Grain Tonnage Ahead
Vice President Hannaford in St Paul says Northern Pacific will handle more than 51 percent of next year's grain tonnage after closely observing crop conditions during the annual inspection trip with President Mellen. The prior year was remarkable in many respects.
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St. Paul
Hannaford
Northern Pacific
Mellen
Admiral reports fighting near Tien Tain Aug
A dispatch from London dated August reports Admiral Bruce’s forces fighting six miles west of Tien Tain. Berlin meanwhile notes a German naval battalion marching on Pekin reports heavy and continued firing to the northwest as of August 22.
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Tien ‘Tsin
London
Bruce
Tien Tain
Berlin
Pekin
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Cape Nome
Paramount
William J. Bryan
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