Dominion reports Klondyke gold finds widen frontier stakes
An Ottawa dispatch notes the Dominion government confirms authentic reports of placer digging in the Klondyke Yukon area. Inspector Constantine expands police posts at Forty Mile Creek and Cudahy, plans a third post at Klondyke river mouth, and seeks a steam launch to move men and ore. Carmack and others locate claims on Bonanza creek and its branches, with hundreds of claims staked and more expected, as miners rush to the new gold field amid cross-border tensions and early profits.
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Herald
Ottawa
Dominion
Cullahy
Forty Mile Creek
Customs Department
D. W. Davis
Alberta
Syocth American Tradive
Trancaration Company
Ans Yay
Tsrestory
Suthellies
Alaska
Canadian Northwest Territory
St. Elias
Arctic
Seattle
William Cavie
Canadian Internal Boundary Survey
Pest
Forty Mile Camp
Sik
Cudahy
Ogilvie
Canadian
Yukon
Maimely
Enatza
Hould
Eldorado
Carmacts
Kiondyke
Stewart
Mounted Police
Constantine's Brat
Unis
Constantine
Enya
Klondyke
Sile
Durin
Fort Reliance
J. W. Carmack
Tay
Bonanza Creek
Carmack
Jone Tor
Lagillier
Bidorato
Tilly Creek
Malin
Akereceting
Bear Creek
Hunker Creek
Gold Fields Enlarge Yukon Territory Claims Booms
A district braces for 1000 claims at 600 feet as miners pour in with 2000 workers needed. wages run 48 to 10 dollars daily minus board. Reports of Indian Creek and Yukon tributaries yielding gold spark a rush toward Fort Yukon Forty Mile and nearby creeks. Alaska gold shipments top 4 million in dust and sacks. Wells Fargo and other firms anticipate more treasure as ships head to St Michaels and Tacoma.
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Juneau
Aisekan
Bt. Michaels
Cueduga Wells-Fargo Company
Excelsior
Portland
St. Michaela
Bixcelsior
Tacoma
Mexico
Topeka
Delaware firm plans Alaska Yukon railroad boom
Wilmington July 22 The Yukon Mints Trading and Transportation company formed here last year will soon begin a plan to build a railway to the Yukon district to ease supply shortages. P J Packard of Portland who helped map a pass from Taku Inlet to Tesila Lake reports charters granted in West Virginia British Columbia and Canada with BC granting 5120 acres for the line totaling 680000 acres. The project promises lower costs for miners and faster river traffic relief. The line will run about 150 miles to the Yukon river and reduce delays.
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Wilmington
Del
Yukon Mints, Trading and ‘Transportation Company
Yukon District
Yukon Territory
P. J. Packard
Portland
Ore
Testin Lake
Taku Inlet
Alaska Cadet
Tesila Lake
West Virginia
British Columbia
Canada
Packard
Yukom River
PROMINENT MEN GOING TO THE KLONDIKE
The Port land steamer sails this afternoon to St Michaels Alaska with 125 passengers. Among them ex Governor McGraw former head of the First National Bank of Seattle and late Washington governor to seek fortune again. General M B Carr a former brigadier general and leading lawyer also sails. Captain A J Bassiet once Yale’s top oarsman and football player leaves a thriving law practice for gold on the Yukon.
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St. Michaels
Alaska
McGraw
First National Bank of Seattle
Washington
United States
W. B. Saukes
Klondyke
M. B. Carr
Wiat
A. J. Bassiet
Yale
Yukon
Bonanza for policemen on Klondyke route
Seattle plans a pay raise to deter officers from joining Klondyke rush. Today the steamship Portland sails for St Michaels with a full cargo and armed passenger list, carrying a group of fortune seekers and a dozen carrier pigeons to transmit news to the Post-Intelligencer and Associated Press.
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Seattle
Wash
Portland
Ty Sad T
Plewone
Post- Intelligencer
Associated Press
Shipping and City Council Actions Near Dawson Route
At St Michaels Portland passengers and freight shift to silver steamers for the 2560 mile Dawson City trip. Next Friday Pacific Coast Steamship Queen leaves Seattle for Juntan and Dyea with a full list bound for the overland. Sunday the Mexitto sails for the same point with enhanced accommodations. Tee Jander from Victoria to Dyea and Skagway tay will carry all it can. A deal was near for purchase of steamer Eliza Anderson and W J Merwin Sound boats for the route. A city council special meeting discussed raising policemen pay as many officers resign to go north crippling the department.
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St. Michaels
Portland
Siver S
Dawson City
Pacife Coast Steam+ ship company
Queen
Seattle
Tynarrow
Tee- Jander
Victoria
Dyea
Skagaway Tay
Berg
Eliza Anderson
W. J. Merwin
Klondike rumors warn of hunger and danger at gold rush
Fred Price of Seattle reports widespread fear for newcomers venturing to the Klondike without ample provisions. He warns trading firms cannot meet demand, suggests crossing via Dyea with horses to trade for dog meat, and notes Dawson's gambling dens and high costs. Price cites a miner clearing $20,000 in three weeks and wild spending among prospectors.
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Seattle
Wash
Fred Price
Stewart River
Dawson
Price
Dawson City
Yukon gold inferior say Selby smelting official
W A Underhill of Selby Smelting in San Francisco says Yukon gold is less valuable than California gold. He notes more base metals in Yukon ore, especially iron and lead, plus silver, which lowers value. Yukon nuggets fetch 13 to 17 dollars per ounce, dust 16 to 17, versus California gold dust higher and nuggets 18 to 31 per ounce.
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San Francisco
Cal
W. A. Underhill
Selby Smelting Company
California
Yukon
Frank Phiscator Dug For Gold In Klondyke Run
Frank Phiscator of New Carlisle angling returned from the Klondyke with $50,000 in gold. He ventured into a winter field, dug a shelter, and after weeks of searching he discovered a stream where clear water hid the gold. He retrieved all the metal from the shallow basin where the stream ran.
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New Carlisle
Ang
Frank Phiscator
Alnaka
Phiscator
Gold in Missouri A Matate find near New Florence
Gold reported on the banks of Dry Fork Creek near New Florence in Montgomery County Missouri. Dr G A Broadhead geologist at Missouri State University announced the discovery and will visit the county to inspect the find. A separate note states the Pacific Coast Steamship Co has chartered the steamer George W Hilder to the Oregon Railway and Navigation Co in Portland Oregon on July 22.
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Dry Fork Creek
New Florence
Montgomery County
Missouri
G. A. Broadhead
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State University
Bib
Broadhead
Portland, Ore
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
George W. Hilder
Steamer to Run Portland to Juneau on Planned Trial Trip
In a move aimed at benefiting Portland merchants a steamer is proposed to run from Portland to Juneau. Officials expect the vessel to make its first trip around the end of the month.
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Portland
Aliska
Juneau
Vessels Set to Sail From Vancouver to Alaska July 25
More vessels are slated to depart from Vancouver on July 25 bound for Dyea Alaska with several berths already filled. The steamer Captain is expected to depart for Alaska later today as preparations continue.
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Vancouver
B. C
Slander
Dyen
Alaska
Capitaon
Mutton for Miners to Reach Dawson City via Traders
A Port Townsend company plans to send a buyer to eastern Washington and Oregon to purchase a thousand head of sheep. The stock will be shipped north and driven to Dawson City to supply miners with meat for the work.
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Townsend
Wash
Washington
Oregon
Dawson City
Miuttok
Actress Miss Crane Bitten by Rattlesnake in Catskills
New York July 22 Miss Martha Crane actress went to pick berries at Mink Hollow near her summer home. She stepped on a dried branch it proved to be a rattlesnake biting her ankle. Her nurse Miss Worth Crane applied first aid by sucking out the venom saving her life. She remained unconscious for ten hours.
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Marth Crane
Mink Hollow
Catskills
Ms. Crane
Miss Worth Crane
Miss Crane
Carnegie Plant Sale Rumor Reaches Washington Officials
Secretary Long asks Carnegie and Bethlehem to supply armor for battleships Wisconsin and Alabama at 300 dollars a ton, with immediate replies requested. Reports say Carnegie may consider selling its plant to the Russian government, though Carnegies deny knowledge. Authorities await Carnegie’s official reply to confirm any sale plans.
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Gerald
Washington
Long
Carnegie
Bethlehem
Wisconsin
Ilindla
Alabama
Carnegie Company
Carnegies
Rebels dynamite Havana railroad bridge and depart for Spain
Insurgent activity reported with the blast of a Havana province bridge near Madruzs. Seventy four officers and 188 men left for Spain due to injuries or incapacity. Red Cross aided with money and clothing before departure.
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Key West
Fis
Madruzs
Spain
Red Cross Society
Dam Must Break Debs Denounces Press Censorship in West Virginia Speech
In Fairmont West Virginia Eugene Debs told hundreds that free speech is under attack, calling the United States no better than Russia and urging resilience against corporate control. He urged unity, warned the end is near, and likened oppression to a dam that will eventually burst as workers form a social democratic movement.
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W. Va
Eugene ‘V
Debs
Watson
Monoak
New England
Pocahontas
Soverelsi
United States
Russia
West Virginia
Worthinston
Union
Striking miners seize freight train in Peoria area
Striking miners at Farmibeton seized a Burling ton freight train to compel loading for Tunfarmine and calling out 20 workers. They prevented departures, held the conductor from the engine, and returned with sheriff and state attorney. After five hours the train was abandoned. Miners threaten to march toward Dunferminns to force more workers out while mine managers warn of trouble.
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Peoria
Farmibeton
Burlington
Tunfarmine
Canton
Dunferminns
Strikers Fire On Non-Union Men In West Virginia
Bluetelé W Va July 2 after 9 general resumption of work yesterday over 700 coal cars were shipped last night. Twenty five guards escorted through to protect bridges and property of the Northfols Western railway in the Clinch valley. At Tom's Creek new union men are reported to have been fired upon by strikers with several wounded.
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West Virginia
Bluetelé
W. Va
North Folls & Western Railway
Clinch Valley
Miners Return to Work at Glendale as Strike Eases
In Glendale Wheeling West Virginia a mining strike shows little change though some Glendale workers resume mining coal for the Baltimore Ohio and Ohio River Toads. A demonstration is planned in Dittonvale and Boggs Run miners are urged to join.
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W. Va
Glendale Works
Maltimore
Ohio
Ohio River
Glendale
Dittonvale
Boggs Run
Une
Miners in West Virginia Fear General Strike
A July report notes Atkinson of West Virginia predicts a sympathy strike from coal workers. Labor leaders plan coordinated walkouts to support striking miners, with 95,000 state miners involved eventually. Indications point to a statewide movement spreading from southern to northern counties as refineries suspend operations.
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Chicago
Nf A
Iself
Sn Ser
Atkinson
West Virginia
Ratchford in West Virginia amid miners’ strike turmoil
In Wheeling West Virginia July 22 Presidents Ratchford and Debs led talks at Fairmont to plan future coal miners outreach while most Kanawha miners remained on duty. Miners push for higher pay though mass walkouts are limited by operator surveillance. In Cleveland local market tension rises as strike drags on. Parsons baseball team dissolves as players head to Freerington joining a new club. the Strongest squad in city history departs.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Ratchford
Fairout
West Virginia
Debs
Foirmont
ATL
Saft
Bn Kanawha
Cleveland
Parsons
Lsband
Frerington
Bombay prosecutes newspapers for seditious content in Poona district
Authorities plan to prosecute papers in the Poona district for publishing articles that stir up rebellion against British rule. The complaints target pieces accusing officials of false constructions about efforts to curb the surge of disease and public unrest. Disturbances are noted in Poona and along the Hoogly with outbreaks and religious tensions cited.
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Bombay
Poona
Alofie
Calcutta
Coal Roads Combine Plans Await Final Signatures
The Evening Post reports leading interests have approved a tentative pact among soft coal interests to curb traffic and secure full returns, with final adoption awaiting action by one or two parties. Details remain hazy, but terms resemble conditions used in the anthracite trade, aligning aims with maintaining controlled output.
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New York
the Evening Post
Storms Hit England and Foreshock Areas Across Regions
London faced terrify thunder storms causing travel disruption with damage in the northeastern outskirts and floods reported in Essex Birmingham and Warwickshire. A man was killed in Monmouthshire while many others were injured locally and nearby places. In Indiana Port Wayne’s Farmers Savings Loan Association entered receivership with A Pureman named receiver. Habilities estimated at 24000 tied to mortgage assets.
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Eye
England
Lown Associston
Port Wayne
Ind
Tadtana Farmers’ Savings
Ricotver
A. Pureman
Ex Senator Doolittle to Milwaukee Wie July 22
News from Racine states United States Senator James K. Doolittle is nearly eighty years old and resting after illness. Report mentions relief and cure by a named ointment provided by a druggist, with scattered garbled phrases about dates and actions.
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Doolittle
Milwaukee
Wie
Racine
James K. Toolitte
Providence
Union Pacific Ticket Sale To Chicago And St Louis
The Union Pacific will sell tickets to Chicago for 310.50 and to St Louis for 200. Sale dates listed as July 234, 21th, and 20th August 2d. Proportionately cheap rates to eastern points. For details contact B A Lewis Chief of J. Also an ad for De Witts Little Hurly Risers with address G W Stansfield 32 Kansas Avenue.
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Union Pacifi
Chicago
St. Leuie
B.A. Lewis
Chievette
G. W. Stansfield
Kansas Avenue
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