A new history of the United StatesThe greater republic, embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . thereports justified, but, whatis the exception in sucheases, the whole truth hadnot been told. The natural conse-quence was that a rushset in for the Klondike,which is the name of atributary of the Yukon,and flows through therichest gold fields, wherethe mining days of earlyCalifornia were City was foundedat the mouth of the Klon-dike, and in a short timehad a population of 5,00(».Befor
A new history of the United StatesThe greater republic, embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . thereports justified, but, whatis the exception in sucheases, the whole truth hadnot been told. The natural conse-quence was that a rushset in for the Klondike,which is the name of atributary of the Yukon,and flows through therichest gold fields, wherethe mining days of earlyCalifornia were City was foundedat the mouth of the Klon-dike, and in a short timehad a population of 5,00(».Before the year closed,500 claims were located,with, more taken up was inevitable, ther^was much suffering, Yukon is closed b\ice during the greaterpart of the year, and thewinter climate is of Arctic severity. The most productive fields were found to be not in Alaska, but inthe British provinces known as the Northwest Territories. While manygathered fortunes in the Klondike, the majority, after great hardships andsuffering, returned to tlieir homes poorer than when they left them. SPAIXS MISRULE IN CUBA. The administration of McKinley occupies a i^rominent place in American. •?f^ U-^..-^-:-.^-^ a % READY FOR THE 638 ADMINISTRATION OF McKINLEY. history because of our brief and decisive war witli Spain. A full account isgiven iu the pages that follow, but it is proper in this chapter to set forth somehistorical facts, that will serve to clear the way to a proper understanding of thegtory of the war itself. Spain may best illustrate the certain decline of the Latin race and the riseof the Anglo-Saxon. When Ameiica was discovered, she was the leadingmaritime power of the world, but she was corrupt, rapacious, ferocious, andtotally devoid of what is best expressed by the term common sense. Solacking indeed was she in this prime requisite that she alienated, when it wasjust as easy to attract, the weaker nations and colonies with which she came incontact. It ha
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