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Arthur, Julia, actress, born in Hamilton, ON, May 3, 1869, of Irish and Welsh parentage. Real name, Ida Lewis, stage name being taken from her mother’s maiden name of Arthur. At 11, played in amateur dramatic club, taking part of Gamora in “The Honeymoon,” and of Portia in “The Merchant of Venice.” Three years later made professional debut as the Prince of Wales in Daniel Bandmann’s presentation of “Richard III”; remained three seasons with that company. Studied violin music and dramatic art in England. First New York success at Union Square theater in “The Black Masque,” later in A. M. Palmer’s company in several roles, notably in “Mercedes,” 1893. London debut February 1, 1895, in Henry Irving’s company playing roles next to Miss Terry. Especially successful as Rosamond in “a Becket” with Irving and Terry in United States, 1896. Became Mrs. B. P. Cheney, Jr.

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Frederick Barkham Warde was born in Wardington, Oxfordshire, England on February 23, 1851, the son of Thomas and Anne (Barkham) Warde. Educated at the City of London School, he intended to become a lawyer, but a stage career took precedence. Warde made his debut on the boards at the Lyceum Theatre, Sunderland, England, where on September 4, 1867 he played the Second Murderer in Macbeth. From there he went to the Theatre Royal in Glasgow, Scotland where he played 80 different parts in nine months.

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Few episodes in Canadian history have so captured imaginations as the fabulous Klondike Gold Rush, 1897-8. Thousands of adventurers and fortune seekers faced the rigors of the trail to dig for gold along creeks feeding the Klondike River. Dawson, a trading post on a mud flat at the confluence of the Klondike and Yukon Rivers, mushroomed in a single season to a sprawling boom town, made up of log and frame buildings, and tents. Some 5,000 people from the four corners of the earth arrived at Dawson. At the height of the gold rush, 1898-9, the itinerant population of Dawson was estimated between 20,000 and 30,000, making it the largest Canadian community west of Winnipeg. The excitement quickly petered out after the turn of the century, with the formation of large corporations which bought up individual claims. The Klondike continued to produce gold in abundance for a number of years.

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