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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1897
Page
5
Seattle reports a Klondike gold rush surge with plans for new ships and expanded shipping routes. The Wil Namette sailed with 9 passengers and cargo to Dyea while miners press for passage through British Columbia.
The National City and other vessels push decks beyond capacity as crowds pack onto steamers heading to Alaska. Extra launches and a barge are added to rail and river transport plans, with doors closed to provide unsafe seating amid the gold rush rush. The South Coast sails for Dyea with 112 passengers, old water front men say she may not survive the voyage.
News from French Gulch California reports a rich gold strike at the Milkmaid mine owned by Senator J. P. Jones and others of Nevada. The discovery occurred while sinking on a ledge of average grade ore at thirty feet in the shaft.
10 000 men will leave this port for Dyea Juneau and St Michael before Sept 1. The schooner Bryan, once a scaler, is docked for Klondike trade, the fourth vessel changed in a week. North American Transportation Company contracts for three boats a barge and a tug for the Yukon River and two steel passenger steamers from Cramps for Seattle to St Michael service. The company plans rapid expansion as Alaska and the Yukon lure tens of thousands from around the world. Secretary Ling asks Washington about Canadian trade policy amid Democratic free trade debates. No new gold-field arrivals today.
In San Francisco Aug 8 crowds surge toward the Klondike. An estimated 1007 have left the city and 2800 Seattle residents have departed for the Northwest before freeze up. Steamers sail weekly as miners seek rich ore, with mint payments higher than private firms.
A July report recalls Charles L. Wise leading fourteen Hebrews from Boston toward Klondike gold fields on foot. The group, dubbed Boston Hebrew Pilgrims, has grown to thirty four and arrived in Pittsburgh Penn. Wise notes wide newspaper coverage and visits through Connecticut New York New Jersey while continuing to Pennsylvania. Desertions occurred but the band expanded as they pressed on.
The writers describe a trek through towns with brief stops of four days or two in each place. They state they have earned money for provisions and feel confident they will reach the promised land, noting many have returned rich. They pledge to send a report again.
Washington announces on official maps that the northern gold diggings will be named Klondike. The designation applies to all future maps published in the capital.
The Worcester Wine Clerks traveled to the city to be guests of honor of E. H. Ten Eyck who received a banser upon his return. The Be Game Club escorted the visitors with a National Guard Band. A special steamer carried the Worcester crowd for a harbor sail and a social day ending after 6 p.m.
Many towboats carried groups on outings including the Hisle with Hibernian Knights, the Juno chartered by J Reed Whipple, and Tug Nathaniel P. Doane hosting the Hastern Avenue Outing Club. A Pittsburgs baseball game, music, and a chowder bake followed a day on Bakers Island with returns to Thieves Ledge and Marblehead.
Charles L. Hunter former superintendent of the Dutch Reformed Church in Paterson New Jersey is hospitalized after a mental breakdown linked to business stress and family loss. Doctors note alternating religious fervor and violent outbursts as his condition shifts between earnest benediction and coarse profanity.
FELS NAPTHA soap touted as a boon to tourists and boarders enabling washing without water. It claims handkerchiefs stockings and small articles can be washed in a basin. FELS & CO., Philadelphia.
In Tarrytown New York a claimed bid of 350000 for Rockwood Hall surfaced as real estate dealer Cruikshank sought Rockefeller’s superintendent Hawkes. Rockefeller, in Europe, disputes rising taxes and valuation while assessors call the offered price ridiculous and say it sought to influence tax judgments.
In London August 8 the death of Philadelphia art student Gertrude Weil in Paris is linked to a hostile family ultimatum in a note: disownment if she marries a Christian. Authorities delayed notifying her friends after her body was found in the Seine, with questions over motive and circumstances.
Nahant line steamers carried thousands to Bass Point amid a romantic cliffside visit. Lynn crowds arrived by bicycle and coach to hear Larricain's Naval Brigade Band and Stiles's Military Band of Lynn perform an extensive programme into the night.
A fragment from the Detroit Press quotes Mrs Pace and Mrs Mauve debating child care and chores. The dialogue implies relief from chores through keeping a child away from the house to reduce dishwashing and breakage.
The Post's Sick Baby Fund seeks donations to fund free doctors, nurses, prescriptions, and milk for impoverished tenement babies. Since July, two physicians and a nurse have worked, with the staff expanding and Cambridge cited as an example. readers are urged to double the fund to sustain all efforts.
Mrs. Avery, wearing a blue silk suit and white hat, spoke at a public square in Roslindale despite a police warning. Sergeant McCausland warned of arrest for speaking without a permit, but she continued for eight minutes before agreeing to stop. She cited constitutional rights and family history of fighting for free speech, arguing police protection should apply across the city.
The crowd cheered as Mrs. Avery was taken away with no further demonstration. Mr. Goldstein searched for a hall to organize a meeting but failed. A gathering was planned for Wednesday at Wittekindt Hall, Roslindale, amid mild disapproval and orderly conduct. Mrs. Avery spoke to a Post representative later in the day.
David Goldstein warned the law will be tested as he vows to contest arrests and push the case to the Supreme Court if needed. He declares plans to organize Socialist Labor party sections in every ward in Boston amid police efforts to suppress public gatherings. Mrs Avery and Goldstein addressed large crowds on the Common yesterday.
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