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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Judiciary of the United States. (search)
ted States district attorney appointed for each district in which circuit and district courts are held, to look after the interest of the government in all cases that concern it. Women were admitted to practise in the Supreme Court of the United States by act of Congress, approved Feb. 15, 1879. In addition to the above, there are special courts created from time to time for specific purposes, as the court on Spanish War claims. In 1900 Congress established a district court for Alaska, with judges residing in Juneau, St. Michael's, and Eagle City, and also provided a civil code for the Territory. In cases where constitutional questions are involved, appeals and writs of error from this court may be taken to the United States Supreme Court; where other questions are involved they may be taken to the United States Circuit Court of the 9th District. For a full list of the judges of the Supreme Court, Circuit Courts, District Courts, Court of Claims, etc., see federal government.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Juneau, Laurent Solomon -1856 (search)
Juneau, Laurent Solomon -1856 Pioneer; born near Montreal, Canada, Aug. 9, 1793; was the first white settler in Milwaukee, where he traded in furs. He was the first postmaster and mayor of Milwaukee. He died in Shawano, Wis., Nov. 14, 1856. His remains were removed to Milwaukee, Wis., in 1887, and a statue of heroic size erected in honor of his memory.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Klondike, (search)
there was $250,000 more for the Commercial Company. After an assay it was found that the Klondike gold was not as pure as that of California, there being combined with it a greater amount of iron, lead, etc. On July 17 of the same year a second steamer arrived at San Francisco, bringing sixty-eight miners, with $1,250,000 worth of gold. Immediately the Klondike fever became general, and so large was the number of gold-seekers that the capacity of all the steamers running to St. Michael, Juneau, and Dyea was overtaxed. For a time it was feared that many of these goldseekers would perish before the opening of the passes in the following spring on account of the lack of provisions. On June 13, 1898, by an act of the Canadian Parliament, the boundaries of Ungava, Keewatin, Franklin, Mackenzie, and Yukon were changed, and the Yukon region was constituted a separate territory, with an area of 198,300 square miles, 2,000 of which is water surface. In February, 1898, the United States