Local Hints and Happenings from Town and Far Places
W W Gilbert of Paradise, Col J A Hardin from Quin River, Spain owing over 60 million to army and navy. Read water consumers notice. Doshish Springer arrives from Unionville. Jorge and Mrs M S Boonffeld arrive from Carton. Bryan elected in 1900 chase. G A Willson arrives from San Francisco to run weather bureau briefly. Jim Corbett to play first base in Western Association. Tom Atley killed near Bakerstickl. Andree North Pole update. Battle Mountain fire damages business portion. details scarce. J D Weetrope and Mises A and L Miller et al. visit Paration Hill. return tonight. About 19 000 horses bought between Umatilla and Castles Rock at $1 each. Wire loop harness rein keeper described. William Lobb to Sisters hospital after Sacramento transport. Crocker will probate. estate valued around three million, executors named. X ray warns of danger in diagnosing injuries. US Gov plan on pacification of Cuba uncertain. denial issued. Alaska mail service to Circle City monthly via Chilcot Pass starts. letters only.
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Dosish Springer
Unionville
Jorge
M.S. Boonffeld
Carton
W. J. Bryan Ie
G. A. Willson
San Francisno
Weather Bureau
Jim Corbett
Western Association
Alaska Weather Snippets From Bitter Arctic Winter
An official record notes Yukon river midwinter sunrise at 9 30 and sunset at 2 3. The October 1889 mean was 33 degrees below zero. November and December colder. January brought 17 degrees below zero, and zero warmth only by April. References to Nevada sites and Halleck imply extreme cold training for gould fever.
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Alaska
Yukon River
Jack Frost
Nevada
Leche
Reese River
Jce
Bance
Halleck
Tahoe Railroad Plans Delayed Amid Survey Findings
The Tahoe railroad project will not be built this year and perhaps not at all. A complete survey showed the cost and financial questions hindering any move next year. A bill from the last Legislature aimed at routing from here to Tahoe faces many hurdles, with narrow gauge perhaps the only viable option.
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Tahoe
Truckee Republican
Blis
Figel's Case At San Francisco Embezzlement Forgery Charge
The Pigel examination in San Francisco closed with no defense testimony. Prosecutors moved to dismiss on grounds the defendant's employer Hoffman had given permission to sign his name. Judge Campbell ordered Theodore A. Fizel to answer seven embezzlement and two forgery charges, setting bail at $38,000.
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Pigel
San Francisco
Sax] Hoffman
Decense
Lous
Figel
Along Whiteman
Campbell
Theodore A. Fizel
County Treasurer Skips Out In Modoc County
Modoc County treasurer John Madden disappeared while claiming urgent business in Sacramento leaving a shortage estimated at 30 000 dollars for the county and about 10 000 dollars deposited with him in private funds. Protests on checks began after his departure and steps were taken to recover the missing funds. The county is covered by bonds.
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John Madden
Modoc
Cal
Hug
Sacramento
Altaras
Globe Trotters Start Bicycle Round World Trip
Ernest R. Taylor and Will H. Tolbertineyogne from Los Angeles began a 18 month bicycle around the works journey after leaving July 15. They fund travel by washing windows and earning souvenirs with photos offered for five cents to large sums, proving self funded through resourceful work.
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Ernest R. Taylor
Will H. Tolbertineyogne
Los Angeles
Cal
Bolivian Gold Prospecting Primer From Denver Interview
An interview with Bolivian mining man Fred Gautier outlines the risks and costs of prospecting in the Cordilleras east slope. He describes long treks, river crossings, dense vegetation, a harsh wet season, and the need for native labor and careful provisioning for placer mining ventures.
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Denver News
Fred Gautier
Bolivia
South America
Gautier
Eat
Cordilleras
Gantier
Niles
Algeka
Call
Placer
Bia
Mr. Gautier
Death of John Hayes a Nevada native and Amador student
In Sutter Creek California on August 4 1897 John Hayes aged 21 son of Martin Hayes once deputy sheriff of the county and grandson of Mr and Mrs John McClure of Unionville died after a typhoid illness. He studied in Unionville and Amador County finishing with honors and a first grade teaching certificate. His funeral was held at Senter Creek yesterday. Ice cream stand opens beside the Central hotel Bridge street with Tuveza Choate as proprietress.
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John Hayes
Martin ‘Hayes
Richard Nash
John McClure
Unionville
Johnny Hayes
Amador County
California
Thal
Stockton
Senter Creek
Water shutdown notices and historic fire at Field's Seminary
Notice to water consumers details temporary shutoffs on Second and Third Streets at specified hours with variations. Also reports a fire at Field's Seminary in Oakland, Cal., destroying the old landmark and forcing four resident families to flee with injuries including a broken ankle.
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Field's Seminary
Oakland
Cal
Bosfield
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Quin
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Carson
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Mises Andre
Laure Miller
Jessie
Maud Rutherford
Paration Hill
Umatilla
Castles Rook
Wash
Linnton Rainery
William Lobb
Clear Creek Ranch
Sisters’ Hospital
W. McDeid
Peter Rask
Chas. F. Crocker
Henry T. Scott
Charles BE. Green
W. Easton
Eo Deroud
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Madrid
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United States
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Klomlyke
Circle City
Chilcont Pass
Tahoe Railroad
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Gauthier
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Colorado Springs
Denver
Cherry Creek
Patrick Murray
Hayes
Sutter Creek
John Hays
Tuscarora
Nev
Tcecream
Central Hotel
Bridge Street
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Tua7ti
Tuveza Choate
ROYA
Pennsylvania
Sam
Henry Sternmerore
Allentown
W. A. Brown
State of Ohto
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney Co
Hall
A.D
A.W. Gleason
Notary Public
Cheney & CO
Chamberlain
W. Brown
Sterling Remedy Co
Chicago
New York
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