Mining for gold and a poet’s neglected verses
The piece notes California and Colorado offer easier access than Alaska and jokes about enlistment and loneliness in Alaska. It mentions an Alabama poet who wrote with over a thousand poems yet published none, and a St. Louis girl who married twice and won damages from a railway company in three months. The article observes people suddenly speaking up about Klondike gold fields.
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Alabama
St. Louis
Klondike
Immigrant groups and Yale police holiday note
German immigrants to the United States last year brought a per capita cash of 48 dollars while English 25, Irish 13 and Italian 8. These figures show the value of American opportunities. When Yale students are absent from New Haven, many policemen enjoy unpaid leave. Preserving order in college towns is proposed as a prize essay topic.
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United States
Yale
New Haven
College Towns
Immigration crackdown targets archists from Europe
European nations ship suspected archists to this country. The immigration commissioner is vigilant and will return them quickly upon detection.
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Commissioner of Immigration
Melon Patch Brings Tale of Love to Tennessee Wedding
A playful notice recounts a romance between a man aged 104 and a woman aged 97 in Tennessee. The couple faced age gaps with humor and the bride’s family reportedly provided a melon patch as encouragement.
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Tennessee
Swiss Cantons Help Poor Parents Send Children to School
In Switzerland parents are fined for keeping children out of school for six years. If a parent is too poor to educate, cantons provide aid. Each year about 40,000 children are placed in school with state assistance.
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Switzerland
Senate payroll grows with expanded public business
Thirty years ago seventy employees served the United States senate. Now three hundred fifty four workers are on the payroll. The rise reflects a larger senate and a dramatic increase in public business from national development, requiring more staff to handle tasks.
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United States Senate
Senate
Philadelphia Youth Faces Trial Over Scorching Claim
A Philadelphia youth, unrepresented by counsel, defended himself by citing the late hour and a trek to see his girl. He invoked the constitution’s guarantee of liberty and happiness, and the judge waived the fine, advising an earlier start next time.
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Philadelphia
German Supreme Court allows trusts amid self-preservation logic
The German supreme court rules that trusts and combines are legal to prevent ruinous competition and protect the public from industry ruin, a stance opposite to the U S supreme court's approach on the same issue.
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Supreme Court of Germany
Supreme Court of the
United States
Niagara Falls Leads World In Chemical Factories Powered by Electricity
Niagara Falls now hosts more electric powered chemical plants than any city. The chlorate of potash plant marks the United States entry into the industry. Annual imports range from 5 to 6 million pounds, used in calico dyeing, matches, blasting powder, smokeless powders, and even medicine.
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Niagara Falls
United States
United States Army Reaches Full Enlisted Strength
The Army regains full enlistment with recruiters back in regiments and a notable rise in native American enlistment. The condition of service at thirteen dollars a month is accepted, as country youths replace city loafers, promising benefits to the force.
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United States Army
Uncle Sam
There She Is The Massachusetts Gender Snapshot
A Massachusetts portrait notes 70 000 more women than men and 90 800 women heads of families. It lists 15 600 mothers in law to 5 000 fathers in law and says 58 percent of the 2 500 000 residents live in owned homes. A little over half were born in the state and 80 cases show a woman as head of a family. The Tub area is described as having good timber spokes.
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Daniel Webster
Massachusetts
Alaska Rail Link Promises Gold Fields Access
Investors turn toward Alaska as mineral wealth grows and transport improves. A major company plans 36 miles of railway through a new pass to reach gold fields, signaling a flood of emigration. By next century Juneau and northwest ports will be linked by rail.
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Alaska
Yukon
Juneau
Sherman Replies on Hawaii Annexation and Hawaii Interests
Secretary Sherman addresses Japan's note on Hawaii annexation, affirming U S rights and promising safeguarded interests. Internal Revenue records show July collections at 19 472 658 dollars, up 5 213 976 from July 1896. In the U S seven days ending the 20th there were 223 business failures, down from the prior week and 1896.
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Sherman
Hawaii
United States
Japan
Steinway sale and markets in brief
Steinway and Sons in New York are said to have sold to an English syndicate for 6 million dollars. Week's exchange activity at leading U S clearing houses totaled 1.1298 billion dollars, slight drop from prior week. Massachusetts Republicans set Boston convention for September 29. Warren Bush and Charles Glasner with Frank Webber perished after going over Niagara Falls.
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Steinway & Sons
New York
United States
Army of the Potomac
Troy
N. Y
McKinley
Alger
George Ruggles
U.S. A
Philadelphia
Minneapolis
West Superior
Wis
Chicago
Ienry C. White & Son
Chapachet
N. I
Boston
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Louisville
Washington
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Unity Mines
Massachusetts
Tire
J. P. Thomas & Sons Company
Paulsboro
N.J
Warren Bush
Charles Glasner
Frank Webber
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Political Nominations and Incidents Across the Nation
The Cedar Rapids Republicans nominate I M Shaw for governor and others for statewide offices while Des Moines hosts middle of the road populists ticket. Other notes include deadly dust explosion in Davenport and various political, labor, and crime items across Illinois Indiana Michigan Tennessee and Kentucky.
Curley Chief Native Leader Dies Near Perry Oklahoma
Curley Chief a renowned Pawnee Indian elder dies at home near Perry Oklahoma at age over 100. In Chicago Star Pointer wins three straight mile heats at Washington Park clocking 2 02 2 04. Indianapolis crash claims Mrs Will G Scarlet and injures Mrs Josephine Kebler. Kinsey Indiana crossing kills George Sherburne his wife and child.
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Curley Chief
Perry
O. T
Star Pointer
Joe Patchen
Washington Park
Chicago
Indianapolis
Will G. Scarlet
Josephine Kebler
Kinsey
Ind
George Sherburne
Exiled Spaniards head to America as unrest grows
Several exiled Spanish anarchists arriving in England depart for America. Turkish forces raid Salmas on the Turco Persian frontier destroying a Armenian village and killing 200. Spain’s regent queen names Gen Azcarraga premier and keeps the cabinet unchanged. Fires in Rapid City burn the Hudson home killing four children. Anarchist Michele Angiolli who killed Spain’s prime minister is executed. Five children drown after a boat capsizes in Toronto harbor. Major powers back Spain’s call for international anti anarchist measures. Athens crowd urges King George to reject peace with Turkey and resume hostilities.
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England
London
America
Salmas
Spain
Azcarraga
Rapid City
Man
George Hudson
Senor Canovas del Castillo
San Sebastian
Toronto
Austria
Italy
Russia
Germany
Athens
George
Greece
Turkey
National encampment of Grand Army opens in Buffalo
News from LATER: Buffalo hosts reception for Commander-in Chief Clarkson and civic society parade as McKinley departs Plattsburg for the event. Also reports Faure arrives in St Petersburg welcomed by the czar.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Buffalo
N. Y
Clarkson
Faure
France
St. Petersburg
Russia
George H. Steel
Sam Young
Leslie County
Hyden
McKinley
Plattsburg
Grand Army
Peter Crozer
Merchants’ Building and Loan Association
Trenton
N. J
India
John C. Bills
Davenport
Cairo
New England
Madrid
United States
Glenwood
Lew Holley
William Porter
van Inkfield
Grundy County
James W. Paul
Philadelphia
Victoria
B. C
Alaska
Minor News Items From Across the World
The potato crop in parts of Ireland has succumbed to blight. Peru orders stamps made in the United States. John T. Sullivan plans to run as an independent mayor of Boston. Grand Duke Adolph of Luxembourg at 80 is Europe’s oldest temporal sovereign. A new date for the world’s end is set for November 13, 1899. Prof Falk of Vienna is the prophet. Maj Elijah Malford, Harrison’s ex secretary, built a Denver reputation as a church debt raiser. Judge Wellhouse is called the apple king with 1 630 acres and 100 000 trees in Kansas. Samuel R. Callaway, new Lake Shore president, rose from $8 33 a month on the Grand Trunk. Joseph J. Walker of Concord completes 50 years as a trustee of the New Hampshire asylum. Russia’s population nears 130 million per recent census. Rome cotton factory wins a contract for 1 300 000 yards of heavy duck for mail sacks worth 250 000 dollars. Mrs W F Fackler of Dayton inherits 20 000 dollars in Germany via a family Bible. Bathwest Island near Australia leased for India rubber production. area over 500 000 acres. Harriet Beecher Stowe's daughters publish a card saying they do not need financial help. Treasury data show United States now competes seriously with Europe in trade with Japan.
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Ireland
Peru
United States
John TL. Sullivan
Boston
Grand Duke
Adolph of Luxemburg
Europe
Falk
Vienna
Maj
Elijah Malford
Harrison
Denver
Judge Wellhouse
Kansas
Samuel R. Callaway
Lake Shore
Grand Trunk Railroad
Joseph J. Walker
Concord
New Hampshire
Russia
Rome
W. F. Fackler
Dayton
Germany
Bathwest Island
India
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Treasury Department
Japan
Miners resume talks as strike faces arbitration
Pittsburgh August 24 Miners prepare to return at a 69 cent, 54 cent, or intermediate wage pending a board of arbitration. National President Ratchford and Dolan attend a Pittsburgh district conference amid tense exchanges with Col Rend over potential interstate effects. Operators seek any proposal to end the stoppage while miners insist on living wages and arbitration.
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Pittsburgh
Board of Arbitration
Ratchford
Dolan
John Blythe
J. W. Shields
M. D. Ratchford
W. C. Pearce
Patrick Dolan
Edward McKay
William Warner
St. Louis
Col. Nead
Col. Read
Chicago
Col. Rend
Ohio
Appointment of Pension Agent for Indianapolis
Washington Aug 24 The president appoints Jacob D Leighty pension agent at Indianapolis Indiana replacing Martin V B Spencer who was removed.
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Washington
Jacob D. Leighty
Indianapolis
Ind
Martin V. B. Spencer
Alaska Reindeer Plan Aims to Aid Yukon Miners
Washington reports Harris notes Alaska gold region growth and two main routes to Cir cle City and Dawson while detailing a push to introduce 500 harness trained reindeer for freighting on the Upper Yukon. The program envisions a Behring Strait to Kadia k reindeer express aiding miners and whaling fleets.
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Washington
Alaska
United States Commissioner of Education
Harris
Circle City
Dawson
Klondike
St. Michaels
Chilkat Pass
Yukon
Behring Strait
Kadiak Island
Kjellmanni
Katmai
Sitka
San Francisco
Arctic Circle
Yulyon
Esquimaux
Behring Sea
Arctic Ocean
Wheat Breaks On Chicago Board Of Trade
Chicago and New York reports show broad wheat selling pressure Monday. September wheat opened near 99 cents, slid to 95, rallied to 98, then closed at 96 cents. December and May wheat also moved lower with declines of several cents. September corn dipped to 31 cents before closing at 31.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
New York
Exports and imports by country for year to June 30 1897
The forthcoming bureau of statistics report shows United States imports and exports by country for the year ended June 30 1897. Britain leads with imports 167 947 820 and exports 478 448 592. Germany, France, Canada, Mexico, Japan, and China follow with varying totals.
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Washington
Bureau of Statistics
United States
Great Britain
Germany
France
Dominion of Canada
Mexico
Japan
China
Woman Drowns After Quarrel in Cleveland Port
A woman believed to be Flora Anderson of Detroit jumped from the promenade deck into the lake after a quarrel with a man on the Cleveland dock as the city ship sailed to Detroit. Boats were lowered and a searchlight used to locate her.
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Detroit
Mich
Cleveland
Flora Anderson
Many Mills Resume in New England Factories
Dispatches from New England manufacturing centers report that many cotton mills which had been idle resumed operations Monday.
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Boston
New England
Jockey Jesse Clutter Killed at Exposition Course
Kansas City reports Jockey Jesse Clutter died after his mount on Dable fell at the Exposition race course Monday afternoon. The fall fractured his skull and he died en route to the hospital. A Havana dispatch notes U S sanitary officer Dr D M Burgers is seriously ill after returning from Washington.
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Kansas City
Jesse Clutter
Exposition Race Course
Dable
Havana
New York
The
Herald
D. M. Burgers
United States
Washington
Iowa Republicans Convene in Cedar Rapids Nominate Ticket
The Iowa Republican convention in Cedar Rapids named a state ticket and urged a throughgoing Republican administration. Charles M. Hart of Council Bluffs delivered a keynote stressing adherence to principles, gold standard, protective tariffs, and opposition to trusts while pledging loyal support for McKinley era policies and national finance stability.
Comptroller Eckels Presses Currency Reform At Bankers Convention
Detroit Aug 19 Comptroller of the Currency Eckels addressed a bankers convention to a large audience urging currency legislation. He criticized the U S system as a patchwork with nine currencies and warned that current laws endanger financial stability. He called for a gold standard backed by strong statutory law and decisive legislative action.
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Detroit
Mich
Eckels
Bankers’ Convention
United States
Treasury Department
Secretary of the Treasury
Dollar wheat hits one dollar per bushel across markets
Reports from New York Philadelphia Minneapolis Chicago show September wheat reaching or approaching one dollar per bushel. Prices spiked to 1.01 1.02 in Philadelphia and 90 cents spot in Minneapolis amid wild trading and cheers.
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New York
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Minneapolis
Minn
Charles A. Pillsbury
Operators cite Ratchford delay in Pittsburgh coal dispute
The coal operators announce that miners refuse conference or arbitration. They accuse President Ratchford of delaying a settlement to rally national labor influence and press politicians, warning Pittsburgh workers face near term destitution if no conference or arbitration occurs.
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Pittsburgh
Ratchford
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
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