Gold Rush Fever Grips San Francisco as Klondyke Slant Grows
In San Francisco on July 25 the Klondyke gold rush dominates talk and travel plans. Steamship offices overflow with hopefuls all risking funds for passage to Alaska. Vessels like the Excelsior Umatilla Topeka and Elder race to carry crowds, while many fear vessels will not reach Dawson City before the river freezes in September after August.
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San Francisco
Cal
Klondyke District
California
Eldorado
Northwest
Yukon
Klondyke
Excelsior
Umatilla
Port Townsend
Topeka
Juneau
Umatila
Seattle
George W. Elder
Steamship Company
Cleveland
Northwestern Trading Company
Alaska
Dawson City
St. Michael's
Reformist 14-year-old drowns in Hudson over exam failure
Benjamin Simon a 14-year-old Bronx student who aimed to be a labor agitator killed himself in the Hudson after failing a drawing test at the College of the City of New York. He left a note blaming circumstances and expressing socialist ideals before his death.
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Hudson
New York
Benjamin Simon
Hudson River
College of the City of New York
Co-Operative Commonwealth
Socialist Labor Party
Lovers Found Dead In West Chester Gas Tragedy
Patrick Sullivan and Annie Sullivan both 29 and engaged were found dead from illuminating gas at Martin Ritz's hotel in West Chester. The cause whether suicide or accident remains undetermined as authorities inspect the windowless room and broken gas bracket.
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Patrick Sullivan
New York
West Chester Village
Annie Sullivan
Fpatrock
Sullivan
Patrick
Martin Ritz
West Chester
Road House
Unionport
Sullivans
Farmers Threaten Coal Raid Over Threshing Crisis
Central Illinois farmers warn of a coal raid as oats harvest peaks and no coal is available for threshing. Rain slows work, stacking oats becomes scarce, and farmers fear fuel shortages force long hauls for coal or wood to run the threshers.
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Central Ilinois
Bloomington
Central
Iinois
Roanoke
Indian War in Alaska Looms Over Mining Freight
Port Townsend Washington July 28 A miner from Alaska reports 200 Stick Indians plan to march to the coast pack freight over the divide raft it to the lakes and down the Yukon for the mining fields If carried out a full fledged Indian war may erupt as the Chilkat tribe has warned Sitka and interior tribes not to engage in coastal industries The Chilkats have long monopolized freight packing over the divide
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Port Townsend
Wash
Alaska
Portland
Dhca Inlet
Yukon River
Queen Lilly Seeks Audience Over Hawaiian Annexation
Ex Queen Liliuokalani met with President McKinley at the White House to protest the annexation treaty. She presented a prepared speech while the president listened and promised to consider her objections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
Washington
Liluikalania
White House
McKinley
Lilukalani
Judge Cooley Admitted To Private Sanitarium
Ann Arbor July 28 Judge Thomas M Cooley was taken from his home to a private sanitarium near Pontiac in a very precarious condition. Physicians advised his removal for treatment.
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Judge Cooley
Ann Arbor
Mich
Thomas M. Cooley
Pontiac
Figaro of Paris Sees Trouble Over Hawaii Annexation
Paris dispatch notes Marquis Ito in Paris opposing U S annexation of Hawaii warning of possible hostilities. It cites Japanese troops in Hawaii and Ito’s aim to alert Europe to dangers of annexation amid U S Japan tensions. Also reports a Herald Paris editorial doubting U S protest and a plan to move 1500 Japanese emigrants to Honolulu.
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Paris
The
Figaro
United States
Japan
Marquis
Marquis Ito
Legation
Sandwich Islands
Europe
China
Hawaiian Islands
America
New York
Herald
Hawaii
Los Angeles
Cal
Honolulu
Neogata
Honoluu
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Lilly
the Figaro OF Paris
Iowa
John Watts
Spencer
John. Atoser
Remsen
Leven J. Sandall
Red Oak
Willam H. Cummings
Brooklyn
Anna Ai
Moser
Mary A. McLennan
Marengo
Margaret Rankin
Lorimer
Andrew A. Roland
Ash Grove
Nebraska
Henry Gerke
Omaha
Timothy Cannon
Lyons
David D. Brooks
Angus
John Dawson
Wymore
Jas. D. Daniels
Central City
James Burns
Oxford
Troy Wells
Broken Bow
NUTT
Schoeneman Bros
JH. C. Newendorp
Sanmannnaaaiyaaanyy Aaa
Qalyey Aauinnaalds
M. Brink
Casurer
Chas. W. Brink, As
Sr. Cas
Boyden
Pees
Sioux County
Freeport
Ill
Proprietor
Constantiu
Mand
A. C. Gibson
Slagle & CO
Lumber Yard
C. Kodyman
Fratt
Sheldon
J.A. Tuttle
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