Famine and Loot Hit Yukon Settlement Hard
Distress grips Dawson City and surrounding Yukon towns as famine looms. Officials warn of mass relocation to Fort Yukon for provisions while robberies of caches spike and prices soar. Canadians and Dominion police rush supplies. 1000 tons stored at Fort Yukon. potential graves feared by May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yukon River
Minook
Creek
Alaska
Stewart River
Northwest Territory
Dawson City
Jack Dalton
Juneau
Seattle
Fort Yukon
Yukon
Dominion Police
Circle City
P. B. Weare
Canadian Mounted Police
Dawson
Co. C. Constantine
Mounted Police
D. W. Davis
Thomas Fawchtt
Violent Scenes in Vienna as Mobs Are Suppressed
In Vienna on Sunday crowds, mostly workers, clashed with mounted police and hussars near the Ringstrasse and Hofburg after Austrian ministers resigned and authorities adjourned the Reichsrath. Dozens wounded, ambulances aid the injured. police dispersed further demonstrations near the town hall and foreign office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hussars
Francis Joseph
Baron Gautsch
Count Badenn
Reichsrath
Ringstrasse
Hofburg
Herr Wolff
Unterhaus
von Abrahamoylis
Foreign Office
Kangaroo Kicker Beats Chicago to Slow Western Title Bid
Pat O'Dea, the Australian born star for Wisconsin, kicked a 40 yard field goal to give Wisconsin a 5–0 lead and inspire a 23–8 victory over Chicago. The crowd set an attendance record as the kicker's kick reportedly boosted Wisconsin backers by about $40,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
O'Dea
Wisconsin
Murdered Chicago Woman Pauline Merry Found Buried
Police recovered the body of Pauline Merry from a roadside ditch at Western Avenue and 87th Street Chicago. Her husband Christopher Merry was named in testimony as the killer after a confession by Thomas Hickey led investigators to the site and the corpse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Pauline Merry
Western Avenue
87Th Street
Thomas Hickey
Christopher Merry
Hickey
Sith Street
Ryan and
Keefe
Merry
Golden Anniversary of California Mineral Discoveries Observed
California to mark the 50th anniversary of the first gold discovery on Jan 19 1848 and to honor its mineral wealth with a monument funded by 100 000 dollars. The plan includes ores building stones and other riches from counties communities and individuals and notes California’s substantial silver and quicksilver output alongside gold.
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California
Nevada
Colorado
Feats of Fear and Faux Dead in Animal Tales
The account describes animals feigning death or reacting to fear, including foxes, cats with prey, a dog retrieving a corncake, and elephants. It notes cases where supposed death proves real, mentions Romanes and Tennent in natural history, and cites a Surfaceman in a Severn tunnel and Zulu antidotes for snake poisons in a contrasting closing remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romanes
Sir BE. Tennent
Ceylon
Joseph Thompson
Lloyd Morgan
Severn Tunnel
Savage King Prempeh Hazardous Rituals Revealed by Bishop
The Anglican bishop touring Sierra Leone reports gruesome rites under Ashantee King Prempeh including mass executions at Coomassie, slave sacrifices every three months, and the burning of victims while the king bathed in their blood. He claims Prempeh, aged 24, later became a Sierra Leone congregation member and was taught the Lord's Prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sierra Leone
England
Prempeh
Coomassie
Benin
London
Prempeb
Notable Deputy Marshal Relates War Time Iron Worker Rescue
Jim Springman the City Hall deputy marshal, in charge of the jail cage and prisoner transport, recalls nearly drown ing after falling into twenty feet of water while carrying a Td pound anvil on his shoulder. He says he never let go of the anvil, which surfaced with him when he rose. The crowd listens as he speaks at City Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Jim Springman
Springman
Jim
Philadelphia
Alaska Boundary and Gold Discoveries Stir Territorial Debate
The article discusses Alaska boundary disputes linked to a mythical coastal range and the 141st meridian, noting mining belts near Forty Mile Creek and Yukon Valley. It highlights hopes for a peaceful resolution, Alaska’s push for land laws and congressional representation, and the growing settler community amid expansion.
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Ofka
United States
Venezuela
South Africa
Almeria
England
Russia
Alaska
British America
Portland Channel
America
United States Geological Survey
Forty-Mile Creek
Yukon Valley
Congress
The Dragon Fly Helpers of Man
A historical note extols the dragon fly as a beneficial insect widely misunderstood. In larvae it feeds on small aquatic threads, then, after metamorphosis, preys on house flies. Readers observe locals fearing its sting, while the dragon fly eats a captured fly, proving its utility and prompting renewed curiosity.
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Sayla
Argentina's Import Trade Dominated by Britain and Germany
Argentina's total annual import trade amounts to about 43 million dollars with roughly half sourced from Great Britain and Germany holding second place in imports.
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Argentina
Great Britain
Germany
Close Calculations in Wit and Warnings
Frances Power Cobbe recalls two Irishmen guessing Hampstead Heath distance with a clever arithmetic moment. An American girl and her sister quarrel over dressing time as their mother questions their progress. Maud says five minutes, Hilsie wants ten, totaling fifteen minutes.
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Frances Power Cobbe
London
Hampstead Heath
Hlsie
Maud
Royal Household Servants and Decaying Palaces
The Emperor William lists 1500 employed including 350 women to care for 22 royal palaces. Most palaces decay while the emperor rarely uses more than four. Relatives and dependents occupy the rest and receive royal support. His private fortune is about 25 million dollars, largely in landed estates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Guise
Cherokee Marriage Form Expressed by Handfasting Emblem
A brief note describes the Cherokee form of marriage as simple and expressive. The couple joins hands over a running stream, symbolizing flowing life and shared hopes. The text compares the larger country and city, reflecting on where the bride desires to live.
Notable Early 19th Century Works Gleaned for Publication
A survey of forthcoming and recent literary items including Thomas Lyle manuscripts dating 1820 to 1823 The Beth Book by Sarah Grand Alphonse Daudet unfinished realist novel The Lion of Janina Miss Braddon writings When the World Was Younger Her Majesty the King Pierre Loti Judith Renaudin Unusual Uses of Photography in Scribner's Laurier Hudson Bay Company history planned Spectator new edition by Dent and Scribner in eight small volumes
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Thomas @arlyle
Sarah Grand
Beth
Sto Elizabeth
Alphonse Daudet
Hrég
Maurus Jol
James Jeffrey Roche
Boston Pilot
Oliver Herford
Pierre Loti
Judith Renaudin
Nantes
Scribner’s
Wilfrid Laurier
Beckles Willson
Hudson Bay Company
British America
East India Company
British India
The
Spectator
Messrs. Dent
London
Charles Scribner’s Sons
New York
Steele and Addison
Addison
Inventions of the Moment Secure Garments and More
A variety of domestic and practical inventions are described including a locked belt to clamp hats and coats, a self spraying broom with a water reservoir, telescopic street lamp posts with counterweights, indelible checks, an egg shell opening device, a vapor bath cover for tubs, and a spring stirrup to reduce shock when riding.
Jewel fashions in platinum gems captivate high class trade
The article notes rising trend of jewel finishes in platinum with cabochon stones and close settings for elite wear. It highlights growing use of baser metals like silver displaced by higher quality materials and introduces new Persian pattern diamond brooches as fashionable. It also hints at speculative interest in large items.
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Vienna
Chicago University
Pat O’dea
Australia
Ireland
University of Wisconsin
the Spectator
Kaffir Koy
Irom
Tugela Valley
Natal
Prempeh of
Ashantee
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