Hardships for Klondike gold seekers amid rush and rumor
Washington dispatch quotes Louisa A. Coolidge noting no remaining Klondike claims and a vast gold belt beyond the small territory. Directors urge balanced reporting on brutal Alaskan hardships, warning many diggers face freezing, starvation, and poverty after years of toil. Vancouver and Skagway reports say 460 camped at Skagway Bay and 30 at Dyea, with freight and access bottlenecks hindering emigration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Klondike
Louisa A. Coolidge
Alaska
Blinc Presfon
Highdike
Stock Exchange
Victoria
B. C
Skaz
way bay
Dyea
Skagway bay
Army officers plan Alaska post near Circle City
A telegram from Fort D. A. Russell reports Captain P. AH Ray and Lieutenant QV PB Richardson of the Eighth Infantry plan to proceed to Alaska to prepare a United States military post near Circle City in the Yukon mining region. They will winter at Circle City under the direction of the secretary of war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
ward
Fort
D. A. Russell
ptain
P. AH. Ray
QV. PB. Richardson
Eighth Infantry
Beatle
Alaska
United States
Circle City
Yukon
Klondike
More Steamers For the Yukon and Rumors Denied
The Northern Transportation and Trading Company hired Maran Bros. to build three river steamers for Yukon service from St Michaels to Dawson City and a tug near St Michaels. It will also bring three steamships around the Horn this winter for the Fun to St Michaels. Portland rumor of a wreck denied. the steamer Portland was not lost and with about 400 passengers aboard most from Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yukon
Seattle
Wash
Northern Transportation and Trading company
Maran Bros
Yukon river
St. Michaels
Dawson City
Horn
Atlantic
Portland, Or
Port Townsend
Portland
Indictments Ordered Quashed in Leadville Case
Leadville Colo August 3 Judge Owens ordered 27 of 7 indictments against city and county officers nolled on request of the district attorney for failure to enforce laws and neglect of duty The judge said the indicted were reputable persons and trying them would be persecution He refused to nol l the two indictments against himself but said they will be nalled when another judge sits in the court
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leadville
Colo
Owens
grand
Tornado hits Green County Iowa and causes damage
A small tornado moved through northern Green county Iowa near Jefferson Aug 3 sweeping away barns houses and grain stacks. Several persons were lightly injured as crews assess the debris and damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Jefferson
Green county
Labor Convention Opens for American Federation of Labor
The 1897 meeting of the state branch of the American Federation of Labor opened in Boston with President J. D. Pierce of Worcester presiding. Delegates from across the state, representing 66 000 workers, focused on committee appointments and Pierce’s annual report. He urged an eight hour day and the use of the union label on all goods bought by union members, aiming for May first, 1898 as the start of eight hours constituting a full workday nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Federation of Boston
Boston
American Federation of Labor
J. D. Pierce
Worcester
Pierce
chia stata
organized labor
National League scores and standings snapshot
Brooklyn and New York split a doubleheader with batting hits and errors outlined for each game. Washington swept Boston in a pair, while Chicago and St Louis clashed with varying hits and errors. Cincinnati and Pittsburgh also posted wins as Louisville and Baltimore shows in standings with Cleveland and Philadelphia nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
New York
Washington
Boston
Chicago
St. Louie
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Louisville
Cleveland
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Cinbe
BROSSGM
Balttmore
Cintinnati
Philadephia
Condensed Dispatches From The Day's News
Solomon Gardner, a New York bot tier, was cut in the left side by an explosion of a soda water generator. The gunboat Pennineth arrived at Sandy Cal Bie and will remain a week or two. Gus Zimmerman, American champion, won first prize. Tenatz Martin of the New York Sthuetzen corps took second at the tournament in Bangen-on the-Tihbe. Weyler has not offered expulsion from Cuba. Eduardo Garcia and George Fugene Bryson, New York correspondents, face removal. William Luckwood, 14, of Jersey Clits, may lose both arms after four minutes in ice cream freezing mixture. Forest fires rage in Tolagh district, Algeria, now over 20 square miles, with 1500 Foreign Legionnaires fighting daily without success. Kansas City heat peaks at 99 degrees, corn crop prospects in Kansas and western Missouri remain discouraging amid scorching weather and scarce rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomon Gardner
New York
new ver
George Fugene Bryson
Journal of New York
Wiliam Luckwood
Jersey Clits
Tolagh
Algeria
the
Foreign legion
Rolling Mills Open in Cleveland After Coal Strike
Cleveland rolling mills reopen across all departments with about 2000 workers rehired. Several divisions that shut during the coal strike resume, but General Manager Chisholm cannot say how long full production will last.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Cleveland Rolling mills
Chisholm
Sale of First Cotton in Savannah Auction
Savannah opened with the first sale of new cotton at the Cotton Exchange. Estere & Co. bought the lot at 10 canta, classed as fully midding, in yesterday's auction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Cotton Exchange
Estere & Co
Miners Hold Delegates Meeting Demand Higher Wages
A Montgomery West Virginia delegate meeting with 22 delegates and 29 miners led to resolutions for a 50 cent wage rise and a check weighman at every tipple. An agreement to strike until a universal price scale is adopted was endorsed, defying Judge Mason’s injunctions. Deliberations featured W D Mahon Detroit and Chris Evans urging workers to assert rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Montgomery
here
W. D. Mahon
Detroit
West Virginia
Chris Evans
Mason
Mahon
Result of Autopsy In the Barrett Case
Boston August 3 The autopsy report by Medical Examiner Steadmen on Alice M Barrett is filed with District Attorney Stevens. It states death from a pistol wound to the heart with no ruling on whether it was suicide or murder. An inquest likely remains possible. Barrett’s body was found in her office by firemen responding to a fire believed started by lightning. It was initially thought she died in a Dell incident, but the bullet wound determined otherwise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BBarrett
Boston
Alice M. Barrett
Steadmen
Stevens
Miss Barrett
alfret
Dell
Convicts Attack Keeper in Auburn Prison
Auburn South Carolina August 3 Charles V Wilson a Homer county man serving three years and months assaulted guard Captain P F Barber as Barber escorted him from the jail They rolled on the floor Barber freed himself used a stick to subdue Wilson who was placed in solitary confinement after the attack
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
S. C
Charles V Wilson
Homer county
PF. c. Barber
Barber
Wilsun
Wappingers Creek Skiff Plunge Wounds Three
John Cramer of Salt Point took his wife and 11 year old daughter Pearl rowing in a skiff on the Wappingers creek. A 32 foot waterfall swept them over and threw them to the shore. Draper and his wife were rescued and the daughter saved by hair as she sank. All three were bruised but expected to recover per physicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poughkeepsie
a. XY
Aus
John Cramer
Salt Point
Pearl
Wappingers creek
Draper
Riots in Madrid Injure Many and Wreck Shops
Riots in Madrid on August 3 injured many as police clashed with rioters who wrecked shops in principal streets. Women blocked mounted Sendarmes in efforts to clear the streets as disorders persisted into the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Life Sentence for Wife Murderer in Wilmington Case
James Harvey, convicted July 10 of murdering his wife Ida on December 18, was sentenced to life in the penitentiary by Judge D B Vanpelt. A motion for a new trial was overruled. The defense plans to appeal, but reversal is not believed likely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
James Harvey
Ida
D. B. Vanpelt
National Wheelmen Meet Attracts Large Crowd In Philadelphia
Philadelphia hosts the national meet of the League of American Wheelmen with hundreds arriving by rail from nearby towns and anticipated arrival of groups from New York New Jersey and several states. The Willow Grove track sets the training base for top racers as officials prepare the Winter Circus building for registration and a prized souvenir program awaits attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
League of American Wheelmen
New York city
Jersey City
Massachusetts
Maryland
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Wilow Grove track
North Broad street
Pennsylvania
Brooklyn Charities Board Allows Convicts to Work
At a Brooklyn meeting the board adopted resolutions permitting prisoners at Kings County penitentiary to perform work for the city parks department without pay, provided they do not compete with free labor. The move follows concerns over insanity among 19 inmates and prison officials’ inability to provide work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn board of charities and corrections
Kings County penitentiary
city department of parks
Certificate of Reasonable Doubt in Fitzgerald Arson Case
Buffalo August 3 Judge Haight of the court of appeals in private chambers considers a certificate of reasonable doubt for John W Fitzgerald jailed ten years for arson. The appeal court affirmed the conviction, decision reserved, application filed by David N Sal on behalf of Fitzgerald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Haight
court of appeals
John W. Fitggerald
supreme court
David N. Sal
benalrt of
Fitzgerald
National Guard Mem Attack Citizens in Springfield
National Guard members from the Seventh regiment in Springfield clash with citizens over beer at Camp Lincoln. Three soldiers were struck and a kitten was wounded by a thrust as the crowd dispersed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard
Mem
Citizens
Springfield
Illl
linnis national guard
Camp
Lincoln
kitven
Aabarynet
Cigarette Makers Protest New Tax Packaging Rule
Washington reports protests over an internal revenue order interpreting the new tariff law as forbidding compensation prizes in cigarette and tobacco packages. Manufacturers have appeared before Secretary Gage, Commissioner Berman, and Deputy Commissioner Wilson seeking a loosened enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
commissioer of internal revenue
Gage
Forman
internal revenue
Wilson
Mortgage to Avoid Paying Interest Shock in Lockport
An officer of a life insurance firm alleges a mortgage was created to dodge interest on loans from banks. The case targets a troubled local company and claims the action was not due to financial distress but to sidestep interest payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TLockport
N. FL
Aus
Mutual Life Insurance Company of
New York
wes
morignuse
Merk
Trvily AMaculyeluring company of
thiavaty
comyparty
Auction Sells Florence Companies Property for 60000
The Florence Land Mining and Manufacturing company and the Florence Educational and Development Company sold at auction to XN CL Filing, agent for creditors, for 60,000. The property, once valued at 3,000,000, had been acquired by the land company before the 1988 boom.
Death of Brooklyn Banking Co Treasurer at 7
William R. Beeston, treasurer of the United States Banking Company of Brooklyn, died at his Brooklyn home after six weeks of illness. He was 7 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brenton Deed
New York
William R. Beeston
United States Banking Company of
Brooklyn
Protest Against Tariff From Memphis Joins New Law Debate
The Morriss Bros. of Memphis filed the first domestic protest with the U S board of general appraisers over the new tariff law. The marble statuary from Carrara arrived aboard Sarnia July 15 and reached Memphis July 26 for entry under the law. Morriss argues the statue entered before the law. the Memphis collector insists duty applies to goods previously entered without duty due to a mandatory clause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
New York
board of
United States general appraisers
Morriss Bros
Carrara
Sarnia
Cuban Forces Down Insurgents in Three Encounters
From Sancti Spiritus three engagements at Cuevas Cabezas and El Laurel report General Gomez facing Spanish forces. Brigadier Calixto Ruiz says insurgents defeated dispersed with heavy losses while his side suffered minor casualties. A Santiago dispatch notes three Jura-ura iron mine staff employees executed on rebellion charges after court martial. Charles Fox named vice consul at Santiago de Cuba succeeding John F Hyatt who resigned after his wife died of yellow fever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Sancti Epiritus
Cuevas
Cabezas
El Laurel
Gomez
Calixto Ruiz
Santiago de Cuba
Jura- 2ura company
iron mina
Charles Fox
Cienfuegos
John F. Hyatt
Cherry Juice Imported for Higher Tax Seizure in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati 156 casks of Mahalovitch, Fletcher and Co. cherry juice were seized by U S Customs Surveyor Lemon for customs law violations. Entry was reliquidated with a duty of 1.80 per gallon on red cherry juice over 18 percent alcohol, raising the total duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Mahalovitch, Fletcher & Co
United States
Surveyor of Customs
Lemon
Killed by a Trolley in Brooklyn
Brooklyn Aug 2 William Brerkling a boy about years old of 1348 Third avenue was playing and stepped backward onto the track A Third avenue trolley car struck him severing both legs just below the knee He died instantly being the one hundred eighty seventh trolley road victim in Brooklyn
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
William Brerkling
Third avenue
rapidis lawn
Pioneering Pigeon Race Shatters Records
A dramatic pigeon race near Mishawaka and Watka attracted key fliers from Australia and Europe. Pigeon Tollons of Mishawaka set a new distance record, covering roughly 00 miles in under five hours, surpassing European and United States benchmarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Furst
South fend Tod
Aus
Pedray
pritceery
Peter Tollons
Mishawaka Hennigelieh
oTh Thursting
Misha- Watka
Momiliar
Roulaye
United States
Wylays
Woman Hanged to Death in Australia Home Fire Cause Unknown
Mrs Lizzie Fieldst aged 82 perished in a house fire in Harrison Australia. She had been an invalid for some time and could not escape when the blaze destroyed the dwelling. Her husband was away at the time. The fire’s origin remains undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
Aus
Lizzie Fieldst
Chicago Cloakmakers Strike at Sinmel & Bros Firm
About 350 cloakmakers in Chicago walked out after the firm refused wage talks. The strikers demand higher pay while the company counters with a claim that requests would raise costs by 30 to 60 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chisnan
FL Sinmel & Bros
Fire destroys barns and granaries near Poughkeepsie
Five miles from Poughkeepsie a fire wiped out barns and granaries owned by Leonerd Meyer. The loss is about 25006 dollars with partial insurance coverage noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poughkeepsie
Leonerd Meyer
Neidringhaus Granite Works Closes Amid Coal Shortage
The Neidringhaus Granite Ware works at Granite City shut down due to coal supply exhaustion and inability to buy more at a price that would allow profit. About three hundred workers are suddenly unemployed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creal
St. Touts
Neidringhaus Granite
Granite City
Floods devastate Silesia and Saxony with great misery
Reports from Berlin and Vienna describe massive floods in Prussian Silesia and Saxony with 168 drowned, 12,000,000 marks in damage, railways blocked, castles inundated, and survivors destitute. Danube overflow worsens in Upper Austria, submerging Enns and endangering Gmunden as waters rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Prussian
Silesia
Saxony
Pilsnitz
Saxe-Meiningen
Vienna
Danube
Enns
upper Austria
Trausenau
Bohemia
Trautenas
Traun
Gmunden
Buxton Held on Assault Charge After Siege
Bridgeport Conn Aug 3 Frederick Buxton Easton farmer captured after a four hours siege and days of police effort over a pair of Moses Ogden's se sses held for assault with intent to kill Constable Osborne. He pleaded not guilty and was bound over to the superior court on 1200 bond and jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Conn
Frederick Buxton
Easton
Moses Ogden
dam
May Test the New Tariff Law in Import Case
New York August 9 Pulbridge T Gerry imported antique Louis XV furniture from Europe aboard the Paris arriving July 4 the day the new tariff took effect. Under the old law furniture before 1700 entered free but now manufactured wood is subject to 35 percent ad valorem. Gerry plans to file an appeal if the rate is enforced on his import.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pulbridge T. Gerry
Europe
Paris
Louis XV
Gerry
Uniforms of ex Volunteer Officers
Acting Secretary Blenkeljohn writes on regaining uniforms for ex volunteer officers. He interprets that wearers should not display regiment numbers or staff corps devices to avoid conflicting with the rights of officers holding actual rank in the regular army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bletkeljonn sais
posular
Milwaukee Bonds Sell at High Price for City Debt
Milwaukee sold bonds valued at 120000 for Estabrook & Co of Beaton at 15s4, 14040, or a 2.827 percent premium. The issue carries a rate of interest at 5 percent and is redeemable in lawful money of the United States. This marks the highest price seen for Milwaukee city bonds in years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwauker
Milwaukee
Estabrook & Co
Beaton
Milwaukee city
Tragic Knife Incident Leaves Barber Dead in Saloon
In New York on August 2 Vincent Santina a 30 year old barber from 157 East Twenty first street drank beer at a West End Avenue saloon then retreated to a rear room where he slit his throat with a razor. He had been out of work long and drinking heavily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
West End
Vincent Santina
Yourteenth street
Well Known Baptist Preacher Day Dies in Indianapolis
Aug 3. The Rev Henne ty Day D D, a famed Baptist preacher and editor, dies at his Indianapolis home. Born in Westfeld Mayn in 1618, he had suffered from palsy for several years, ending a long public life in faith and letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tadianapolis
Hennety Day
D. D
the
Baptist church
thie city
Westfeld
Mayn
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LABOR CONVENTION
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Btrikera
Belleville
Grefton
A. P. Goedecke
Flemington mines
Andrews
Providence
Brown university
Milwaukee Bonds
Roy
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