Gates Dies in Paris at Age 74
Paris August 11 John W. Gates financier and noted as the stormy petrel of American finance died in Paris from pneumonia. His son was with him at the end and the body will be shipped to New York for interment. Gates' fortune is estimated between forty and fifty million dollars with the greater portion left to his son.
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Paris
Wireless
John W. Gates
Andrew Carnegie
New Yo
Gates
Ial. Ve
Wireless Officers Must Go to Prison
United Wireless Telegraph Company officials convicted of fraudulent mail use must serve prison terms after losing their appeal in the Circuit Court. The decision upholds the prior conviction and mandates imprisonment for the involved officers.
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New York
Wireless
United Wireless Telegraph Company
United States
Circuit Court
John Jagob Projected Marriage Faces Episcopal Opposition
Five Episcopalian bishops condemn the projected marriage of Conde John Jagob to Miss Force. In Boston on August 11 the dispute centers on the engagement reportedly valued at $12,000 as the couple awaits approval from church authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
W Vial
Astor
John Nelly
Second Lorimer inquiry postponed to October
Washington August 11 Wireless Special The second Lorimer investigation has been postponed until next October. The inquiry aims to expose alleged whitewashing by Lorimer and his supporters in the Senate, with hopes it will be deeply unsatisfactory to Lorimer and his backers.
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Washington
Lorimer
Senate
Secretary Stimson Returns From Cuba Visit
Secretary of War Stimson, after a Cuban visit tied to regional unrest, left Havana for Washington aboard wireless service, ending his Cuban post in August.
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Secretary of War Returns
Havana
Cuba
Stimson
United States War Department
Washington
Rotting Fish Kills Family in Golovin
An Alaska Dispatches report from Golovin notes a native family died after feasting on rotten fish heads. A Teller area message confirms five deaths there from the same cause yesterday.
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Nome
Golovin
Teller
Flat City Ladies Plan Benefit Ball for Elderly Couple
Flat City ladies organize a charity benefit ball at the A. B. hall on Saturday August 19 to aid a deserving elderly couple. tickets are set at 3 with luncheon served at Pioneer Greenhouse and City Drug Store advertising various local goods.
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Flat
A. B. Hall
Roosevelt Talks Alaska Governance Amid Controller Bay Mixup
The Outlook quotes Theodore Roosevelt arguing Alaska should be governed by its people not Congress representatives. Fisher travels from Denver toward Seattle to assess conditions and support territory development. Wickersham and Humphrill introduce measures related to the Controller Bay investigation and its stalled progress.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Canadian Flag Burn Incident Sparks Probe in Woodstock
Wireless Special reports a Canadian crowd scene in Woodstock on August 11 where a Canadian hero burned the American flag. The U S consul at Woodstock has begun an investigation and will report to Washington. The event likely occurred at a political meeting on reciprocity as Canada nears a general election. Ontario shows strong opposition. The incident is deemed to have little political significance.
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Woodstock
Ontario
United States
Washington
Canada
Pipe Dream of Duke E Stubbs in Alaska
In May near Seattle P L Gown Alaska a tale from Duke E Stubbs the former Georgetown mayor and postmaster about a rich gold bearing quartz ledge near Sleetmut on the Kuskokwim river. Petuska the native guides a party including US commissioner with dogs sleds and provisions seeking the location before navigation opens.
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Duke E. Stubbs
Georgetown
Seattle P.L. Gown
Alaska
Kuskokwim River
Petuska
Hag
London Dock Laborers Strike Paralyzes Ports
In London a strike of 150000 dock workers shuts wharves and halts unloading. Rioting and troop patrols erupt as supplies dwindle and famine fears grow. Liverpool reports similar disorder with troops patrolling to safeguard shipping and docks.
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London
England
Liverpool
Wireless Specia
King
Quenees
Famous London hotel destroyed by fire
A blaze consumed the Carbon ty and the Mecca of London, August Jr.-Wirels hotel overnight. Guests fled in night clothes with only personal effects left to the flames. One known fatality was Jameson Lee Finney, the American actor born in St. Louis in 1863.
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Tondon
August Jr
Wirels Hotel
Jameson Lee Finney
Yocal Special Arts
London
England
Finney
St. Louis
Flynn Beats Barry In Ten Round Boxing Match
In York last night Porky Flynn out-boxed and out-pointed Jim Barry over ten rounds. Ad Wolgast, world lightweight champion, has received a $1000 per round offer to fight Knockout Brown. Brisbane saw Bill Lang KO Bill Squires in the fifth. Medford confirms Battling Nelson's mother died in a Chicago train accident.
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W York
Wireless Special
Jim Barry
Porky Flynn
Flynn
Ad Wolgast
Brown
Brisbane
Australia
Bill Lang
Bill Squires
Medford
Oregon
Battling Nelson
Chicago
Nelson
Suit for 48000 Brought Against Manley and Aitken
Papers filed in district court describe a dispute over mining property on Willow creek. Plaintiffs claim an option to purchase the Free Gold and Mountain Con claims matured into an absolute sale for 80 000, despite a later claim that the agreement was only an option. Defendants say the September agreement remained an option, with forfeiture limited to amounts paid. The case seeks injunction, deed reformation, and payment of the remaining 48000 with a vendor lien.
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Antony Cannon
John Curran
Roger Dixon
Mike Ferry
Barney Haggerty
Dennis McGee
Bob Pritchard
John Curry
John Coyle
Frank G. Manley
Thomas P. Aitken
Willow Creek
Free Gold
Mountain Con Association
Manley and Aitken
Association
Manley
Aitken
Miss Helen Grant Appointed to Lead Iditarod School
The Iditarod school board selected Miss Helen Grant to take charge of the soon to be opened school. Formerly of Fairbanks public school she earned broad praise from colleagues and parents. No separate schoolhouse will be built. part of the new city hall will house classes due to a small local pupil population.
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Iditarod
Helen Grant
Miss Grant
Fairbanks
Iditarod City
Byers & Co Deliver Freight Despite Low Water
Byers and Co. continue daily freight runs from Dikeman regardless of low water. They supply lumber and corrugated iron, roofing paper, cigars from Empire Commercial Co, and a range of beverages including sodas and fizzes via Gold Belt products.
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Byers & Co
Dikeman
Ross & Nes- Select
Infinito
Humboldt
Cuerto Rey
Optimo
Lovera
Bock
Fine Line of
Puerto Rico
Empire Commercial Co
Judge Bordwell Receives Threatening Letter in McNamaras Case
In Los Angeles on August 11 a threatening letter is alleged to have been received by Judge Bordwell, one of the judges handling the McNamaras dynamite outrages trial.
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Los Angeles
Wireless
Bordwell
McNamaras
Large Mining Plant Closed Down in Nome
Nome August 11. The largest hydraulic plant in the Seward peninsula has been closed down due to an attachment suit for 100000 dollars in the case of Ashby versus Topkolditeh company.
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Nome
Wireless Special
Seward Peninsula
Ashby Vs. Topkolditeh Company
Nome Photographer Sells Studio to Lomen Bros
Dobbs, a pioneer Nome photographer, sells his business to Lomen Bros of Nome and Iditarod. He will focus on moving pictures and Northern scenes for outside shows. Heavy rains hit the Nome District as mining activity remains strong.
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Nome
Dobbs
Lomen Bros
Iditatod
Saved Millionaire But Died Penniless
New York August 13 Wireless Special William Laidlaw died penniless in a sanitarium here yesterday. Laidlaw is the man used by millionaire Russell Sage as a shield when a crank attempted Sage in his Wall Street office. He stopped the bullet intended for the cherished man.
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New York
William Laidlaw
Laidlaw
Russell Sage
Sage
Wall-street
Potato Famine Relieved by Victoria Arrives Nome
Nome reports relief from potato famine as the steamship Victoria arrives. Prices had reached 12 dollars a sack in Nome with 84 cents elsewhere, but the vessel's arrival eases shortages and stabilizes supplies.
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Victoria
Nome
Seattle Nid at Dike man Thursday
A fragment notes Seattle Nid at Dikeman Thursday with finger for ditarod. It is unclear whether any outside mail was aboard.
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Seattle
Pius X Undergoes Operation for Gangrene Knee
Rome August 11 Pius X, suffering from a gouty knee, underwent an operation yesterday. The pontiff’s condition was described as satisfactory and aimed at relief.
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Rome
Pius X
Oper
General David Gordon Dead in Memphis
Brigadier General David Gordon, who retired from active service in 1896, died in Memphis. The notice notes his lifetime from military service and his connection to local events, reflecting on his public role and death.
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David
Gordon
Memphis
Teen
David 8
Gorlon
GOMING AND GOING IN FLAT CITY BUSINESS MOVEMENT
Dick Hussey, Flat City businessman, came in Monday on business. Jaffe, N. N. Jaffe of Flat City, arrived back from New York and visited large centers for business. also in Seattle during the Golden Potlatch. Duncan Michie returned from Flat Friday. Hill, As of the pay James Wells on Harry Siebe, deputy U.S. marshal, has returned to the Kus kokwim. Ed Donnelly visited from Happy during the week. Special prices at City Drug Store. opposite N. C. Co. Lord's offers best value for the price.
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Dick Hussey
Hill
James Wells
Harry Siebe
U.S
Georgetown
Kuskokwim
Duncan Michie
N. N. Jaffe
Yesterck
New York
Mr. Jaffe
Seattle
Ed Donnelly
Happy
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John Jagob
Senator Lorimer
Pioneer
City Drug Store
Mencham
Dawson and Fairbanks Jeweler
N.C. Co
McMastore
Flat City
Geo. Rouleot All i Drug Store
Germany
Milwaukee
Ramps’ Pioneer
Waterman's
Fouuin
Gold Belt
Roosevelts
Wickersham
Salt Lake
Stary of the Interior
Fisher
Pacific
Humphr
House
Controller Bay
Famous London
Red Cross Drug Store
Lord & Ceelers
Johnstone
Manuel
Manley & Aitken
Johnster
S and Gladstone
N. C. CO
Lord's
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