Telegraphic Briefs From All Quarters
Taft signs Reciprocity bill while Haiti reports Simons rebels in control and US gunboats guard the coast. Pope slight improvement. Western fires threaten millions in damage. Jeffries will hunt bear in Kodiak. Gates gravely ill. Nelson to fight Attell or Brown next September. Cholera outbreak checked in New York. AFL to prosecute Burns agency over McNamara kidnapping. Stephenson election probe opens, likely to rival Lorimer disclosures.
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Port-au-Prince
Republic of Haiti
Simons
United States
Rome
Oregon
Chicago
Nebraska
James J. Jeffries
Los Angeles
Kodiak Island
John W. Gates
Spokane
Coeur d'Alene Reing
Cypriano Castro
Battling Nelson
Knockout Brown
Monte Attell
New York
American Federation of Labor
Burns’ Detective Agency
McNamara
Terrible Northern Ontario Fires Detonate Wide Devastation
The July inferno across Michigan and Northern Ontario left over 1 000 dead and thousands homeless. Porcupine and Cobalt towns suffered major losses as shafts and camps burned, with North Bay at the center of destruction. Fire control came late but helped stop the area-wide disaster. Found an appetizer lemon soda at Johnstone's.
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America
Michigan
Ontario
Cobalt
Porcupine
Porcupine Lake
North Bay
Fairbanks Commercial Club Formed and Mining News
After an enthusiastic meeting the Fairbanks Commercial Club launched with permanent quarters and a paid secretary. A. J Nordale elected president. club opens with two members. Rich strikes reported on the Niggerhead group and Aubert Voegtlin on Goldstream. Two dredges to be installed next summer. W H Isom seeks quartz experts from Dawson for Fairbanks ground. Government losses cited at 150090 yearly. Gabe Anderson locates pay on Squirrel river. Northwestern Commercial Company to close out interests in Nome. Nome merchants order a two stamp mill to develop meal quartz prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbanks Commercial Club
A. J Nordale
Niggerhead
B. Perry
Yukon Gold Company
Guggenheim
Fairbanks
W. H. Isom
Dawson
Isom
Creek
Aubert & Voegtlin
Northwestern Commercial Company
Nome Nome
Pioneer lode dispute ends in out of court settlement
McDougall, proprietor of the MacCarthy Lodge, reclaims the Pioneer lode at the head of Fairbanks and Wolf creeks after a protracted dispute with L. J. McCarthy. The agreement returns the property to McDougall with 8 000 dollars already drawn by McCarthy as the basis for a royalty share, cash held in escrow. McDougall preparations to leave for Copper River for months of prospecting before resuming development plans in Fairbanks.
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McCarthy
Fairbanks
Wolf Creeks
Angus McDougall
L. J McCarthy
McDougall
Copper River
Tsquar
Civc Ie
Grand Forks Nearly Wiped Out By Fire
Grand Forks suffered a devastating blaze that destroyed half the town with 200 miners joining the effort to save the rest. The Queen's hotel, Mounted Police barracks, and several businesses perished while residents leaped from windows to escape the flames. Police and miners used pumps and engines to quell the fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mounted Police
Gold Hill
Townscape Narrowly Saved as Fire Wrecks Outbuildings
The fire consumed all outbuildings of the establishment and left the town perilously exposed. Only a few structures survived and a stronger wind could have destroyed the remaining buildings.
Sailors' Desperate Desertion From Jeanette Ends in Insanity
Two sailors on the whaler Jeanette attempted to desert at Port Clarence. They built a raft from life preservers and drifted 24 hours among ice floes. Rescued by the crew, they are now violently insane due to exposure in the freezing water.
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Name
Jeanette
Port Clarence
Bothmen
Mary in Whimple’s store becomes foreman’s bride after trial
The poem narrates Mary a Wool shop salesgirl in Whimple’s store who defends herself against a rude customer by striking with a bolt of cloth and a chair. Despite violence she faces no jail time as jurors acquit her and she marries the foreman Walt Mason cean gown.
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Whimple
May
Mary
Walt Mason
Paystreak Found On Fairbanks Creek Bench Claim
A new pay layer up to 210 dollars per claim has been struck by Fox on his 3-b bench claim on Banks Creek. Bedrock depth unclear. Fox mined 5 feet above bedrock and encountered the new pay. Gold described as very coarse and higher on the bench than previously seen, width undetermined.
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Fox
Banks Creek
Sullivan Estate Valuation Details Incomplete Record
The late Mark L. Sullivan's estate shows real estate and personal property valued at $83,100.05 with cash in of 34.4. The description notes the Dome group property and mentions Elite Baths on Caribou Street amid a report of fine weather for a steam trip.
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Mark L. Sullivan
Fairbanks
Caribou Street
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Eading Jeweler
Taft
Johnstone's
Iditarod
Flat City
T. A. Firth
Saloon
Anuel Gularte
F. B. Fontas
Cascade Steam Laundry
Max Simiel
Diskaket
Ophir City
Nome
Major Carr
Alaing
Gabe Anderson
Squirrel River
Grand Forks
Mark Sullivan
Sheweux
Himburger House
Roadhouse
Connecti and
Civats Tel
Summit Roadhouse
J. J. Johnstone
Samson Transportatio Company
E. B. Kellogg
Rambaugh, Hamilton & Kellogg
Ray Brambaugh
H.C. Hamilton
Trumbaugh & Hamilton
Alaska
Tor Ray Brumbaugh
Ray Brumbaugh
P. E. Kellogg
Tun
ROYAL
E.L. Byers & Co
Bikeman
Slippern’s Mall
Builders’ Supplies
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