Shower of gold and a Klondike dancer’s return
Freda Maloff, a Turkish dancer, returns from the Klondike with sixty two thousand dollars in gold. Miners showered her with nuggets after her World’s Fair whirl dance. She plans to tour, mentioning New York and Chicago, and says she will resume stage work next spring. Mary Aiken, her Yukon maid of three years, accompanied her briefly in Dawson.
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Shuttle
Wash
Freda Maloff
Klondike
Dawson
Chicago
New York
Coney Island
Mary Aiken
Yukon
Circle City
Freda
Seattle
Girl in Mourning Seeks Pistol After Elevator Harassment
A slender 20 year old girl in deep mourning in New York on September 11 explains the elevator man in her building keeps annoying her and she wants a pistol.
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New York
Kennel
Cora A. Reid
Perry Street
Cooper Union Woman's Art Association
Shd
West Virginia
Sigmund Langsdorf & Co
Broadway
Rochdsman
Klondike dancer Freda Maloff recalls rough trek to riches
Freda Maloff, famed dancer, recounts her Klondike tour from Dawson City to Bonanza Creek and Eureka Creek. She details hardships, wages drops, and a $60,000 haul, plus memories of Coney Island and Juneau engagements. She also notes dangers on rapids and a fire that ended her Dawson case.
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Freda
Coney Island
Klondike
Dawson City
Jack Smith
Midway
Freda Ha
Mr. Smith
Bill Roberts
Dawson
Pawson
Cairo
Freda Maloff
Atel
Juneau
Chilkoot Pass
White Horse
Rink
Dawson Opera House
Bonanza Creek
Eureka Creek
Gool
Miss Leiter Refuses to Discuss Water For Illinois Naming
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union reports Miss Nancy Leiter will not discuss using water in the naming of the battleship Illinois. A letter from Leiter to Mrs. Katharine L Stevenson declines comment. The union also appeals to President McKinley and Secretary Alger to oppose wine at the ceremony.
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Chicago
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Nancy Leiter
Tanner
Illinois
Leiter
Tower Place
Katharine L. Stevenson
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Union
McKinley
Alger
Cleveland man dies after Oxford Hotel shooting
W H Lawrence of Cleveland died today at St Luke's Hospital Lawrence's brother will escort the body to Cleveland. Florence Richardson committed suicide after shooting Lawrence and her body remains at the morgue unclaimed. Lawrence had a wife and family in Cleveland and had checked into the Oxford Hotel with Richardson as W H Rockwell and wife. jealousy over his plan to leave her sparked the attack.
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Denver
Col
W. H. Lawrence
Cleveland
Florence Richardson
Oxford Hotel
St. Luke's Hospital
Lawrence
Richardson
W. H. Rockwell
General Townsend Dies After Brief Illness
General Franklin Townsend died in Albany at age after a brief illness. He served as adjutant general of the state for nine years under several Democratic administrations and was a former member of the Assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Franklin Townsend
Assembly
Fitzgerald Seeks Probe of Camp Wikoff Deaths
Congressman Fitzgerald calls for an official inquiry into the Ninth Regiment deaths at Camp Wikoff on Long Island. He accuses incompetent surgeons and the Alleghany ship crew of using improper pills for dysentery and urges scrutiny of political appointees in the commissary. He credits Dr. Walsh and Dr. Hughes for uncovering the truth and urges accountability for those who arranged the appointments responsible.
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Congressman Fitzgerald
Post
Ninth Regiment
Camp
Wikoff
Ninth
Long Island
Alleghany
Montauk
Boston
Hughes
Walsh
General Shafter
Camp Wikoff
Fitzgerald
General Wheeler
Donovan
Miss Wheeler
Massachusetts
Alger
Cervera Plan Behind War Moves Rumors in Deputies
In Madrid the Chamber of Deputies debated war strategy with Captain Amnon defending ministerial actions. He said Admiral Cervera was in Santiago de Cuba when he became marine minister and that coal and food shortages prevented leaving. General Blanco ordered departure from Santiago. Rios reported an understanding with American authorities on Luzon.
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Madrid
Chamber of Deputies
Amnon
Senor Canalejas
el Heraldo
Cervera
Santiago de Cuba
Cuba
Amon
Santiago
Blanco
Senor Moret
Rios
Visayas Islands
Philippines
Luzon
Spanish evacuation commissioners seek Madrid instructions then Alfonso XIII arrives
In San Juan de Porto Rico on September 11 the Spanish evacuation commissioners cabled Madrid for guidance as their instructions were due tomorrow. The Alfonso XIII arrived from Barcelona with orders, mail, and returning residents. The ship then sailed to Havana while American commissioners met in a rented San Jose street building chosen by Colonel Hunter. Senor Munoz Rivera greeted the Americans this morning.
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San Juan DE Porto Rico
Madrid
Alfonso XIII
Barcelona
Havana
San Jose Street
Hunter
Senor Munoz Rivera
Bicycle boat on Charles River stirs curiosity and praise
A three rider bicycle boat, built by A W Kent, traverses the Charles River at Cambridge with three saddles and pedals. It uses a chain driven rudder and claims eight miles per hour. Safety chambers along the sides promise stability, retractable in calm water.
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Charles River
Cambridge Street
A. W. Kent
Kent
Benefit Matinee of Way Down East for Volunteer Aid
Tickets for a Tremont Theatre matinee of Way Down East go entirely to the Massachusetts Volunteer Aid Association. The company offers free services and covers all expenses, ensuring no deduction from receipts for any purpose.
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Tremont Theatre
Massachusetts Volunteer Aid Association
Controversy Over McKinley War Department Appointments
Washington Sept 11 The War Department inquiry into President McKinley’s appointment of a commission to investigate the War Department draws criticism. Critics say the panel favors Secretary Alger and harms General Miles, noting ties of chairman General Schofield Lamont and Gordon figures to opposing Miles. Colonel Sexton’s G A R position sparks fears of bias.
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Washington
McKinley
War Department
Alger
Miles
Schofield
General Miles
Lamont
Congress
Gordon
Georgia
Sexton
Grand Army
Dreyfus Case Spark Prompts Possible Resignations
Paris report says if the cabinet pushes for a revision of the Dreyfus case, General Zurlinden minister of war and M Lockroy minister of marine are expected to resign their posts.
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Paris
Dreyfus
Zurlinden
M. Lockroy
Collier Cassius Afloat After Grounding Near Norfolk
The United States naval collier Cassius weighing 3500 tons of coal ran aground at Boush Bluff near the Norfolk lightship at 10 o clock this morning. With a 24 foot draft she lay 300 feet off the channel edge and one and a half feet high on the water. No pilot was aboard as she hurried to the yard. Calm seas limit damage and she will be floated at high tide and taken to the Norfolk Navy Yard.
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Norfolk
United States
Cassius
Boush Bluff
Norfolk Navy Yard
Hampton Roads
Smoke Talk on the War by James B Connolly at St Omer Hall
James B Connolly, Boston athlete and Athens Games representative, will give a talk on Friday evening at St. Omer Hall 376 Broadway South Boston under St Augustine's C T A S. He served with Company I Ninth Regiment in the war and returned in good health. He treasures Major Grady's leggings as a war souvenir. Over 300 complimentary invitations have been issued for Private Connolly's talk titled My Experience in the War With Spain.
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John Hayes
Ninth Regiment
Hig
Santiago
P. J. Grady
Hayes
Murray
Keefe
Sullivan
Boston
Cuba
Charlestown
Major Grady
Colonel Logan
James B. Connolly
St. Omer Hall
Broadway
St. Augustine’s
Grady
Connolly
Spain
Murder at Greenfield ends in self defense claim
Greenfield Massachusetts September 11 1910 Patrick Toomey was shot and killed by Melvin Hamilton after a heated road dispute. Hamilton age 46 married with no children says he fired in self defense. Autopsy shows heart wound. Hamilton to be arraigned on manslaughter charge.
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Greenfield
Mass
Patrick Toomey
Melevin Hamilton
Hamilton
Toomey
Peters May Die From War Wounds
Most soldiers at local hospitals recover or hold steady states as convalescence advances. Private John Peters of Company D Ninth Regiment at Massachusetts General is very low and may die. Peters, a Charlestown native and former Parker House porter, is among the gravest cases, while others at City Hospital Carney and Homeopathic hospitals show improvement or stable conditions. Sylvester Lane at Carney Hospital remains critically ill but is holding his own.
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Massachusetts General
John Peters
Ninth Regiment
Peters
Charlestown
Parker House
City Hospital
Carney and
Homeopathic
Carney
Sylvester Lane
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East Boston Company
Patrick J. Grady
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