Prices Named in Fatal Chinese Gang Conspiracy
San Francisco reports two of four Chinese highbinder society presidents confessed to a plot to kill 800 educational society members. The schemes included bounties of 500 dollars per informant, 300 for other targets, 200 for gunmen, and 1500 to families if convicted. Four men, including George Hong On and Le Ying, face conspiracy charges while others dispute the confessions.
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San Francisco
Tom Yeek
Chinese Educational Society
Bee Yup Society
China
George
Hong On
See Yups
On Yick Highbinder Society
le Ying
Bow Long Highbinder Tong
Quong Wah
Wong Doo Kong
Educational Society
Highbinders
See Yup Society
Ottawa Fire Leaves 2000 Homeless In May Calamity
May 11 Ottawa Ontario reports a large blaze fronting the area between the Ottawa and Parry Sound tracks and the Prescott line. About 250 houses burned dimming a $500000 loss with 2000 people homeless. 10 to 15.9 million feet of lumber destroyed. Firefighters delayed by a water pipe accident. military aided civil authorities.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Parry Sound
Albert
Canadian Pacific
Prescott
Third Avenue
Noted American poet Joaquin Miller alive after death rumor
A false report from Butte Montana claimed poet Joaquin Miller had died at his Oakland hillside home. A reporter confirmed with Miller’s neighbor that the rumor was true, then further inquiries proved Miller is alive and well in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Butte
Mont
Joaquin Miller
Oakland
Miller
Miller family learns false death report in California
In Saratoga on May 11 the wife and daughter of Joaquin Miller, believed dead in California, were prostrated by the erroneous news. They had no word from California until the denial arrived, noting that Miller spent winter and early spring in Saratoga.
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Saratoga
N. Y
Joaquin Miller
California
Miller
Designs on life of president arrest in San Jose
San Jose May 11 Clay Taylor alias Professor Plattek was arrested by Detective Pickering for supposed designs upon the life of the president. He has three prior prison terms. It is alleged he wrote the president advising him not to come here and he is accused of recent anarchistic utterances.
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San Jose
Cal
Clay Taylor
Professor Plattek
Pickering
Prisoners Escape from City Jail After Door Hinges Removed
Prisoners serving short terms for minor offenses removed hinges from a city jail door and escaped around 3 30 this morning. Twenty others chose to remain inside while new hinges were installed.
Shot While Throwing Stones At Negro Boy
Topeka Kansas May 11 Paul Peas lies in the Santa Fe hospital with a bullet hole in his side and slim chances of recovery Smoke Williams is hiding in a similar condition. The two youths were throwing stones at Link Lowry a colored boy when Lowry fired his revolver and fled to police later.
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Topeka
Kan
Paul Peas
Santa Fe
Smoke Williams
Link Lowry
Morphine Poisoning Suspect Woman Unconscious in Great Falls
Special Dispatch to the Standard reports Miss Vernon a trained nurse is unconscious from morphine poisoning in the Daly block. Unclear if self harm or accidental. The woman, about 40, arrived a week ago and worked for Miss Georgie Bay. recovery uncertain.
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Standard
Great Falls
Vernon
Daly Block
Georgie Bay
Archbishop Kain Leaves St Louis for Baltimore Sanitarium
Archbishop John J. Kain departed St Louis for Baltimore to enter a sanitarium as health fails for months. Bishop Lennon, newly named coadjutor archbishop, will oversee the diocese during his absence.
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St. Louis
John J. Kain
Baltimore
King and Queen Begin Ceremonial Scottish Visit
King Edward and Queen Alexandra arrived in Scotland for their first ceremonial visit. Large crowds greeted them in London and Edinburgh as they met with Lord Balfour of Burleigh, the Earl of Errol, Lord Rosebery, and Sir Archibald Hunter. The king received Edinburgh’s city keys and announced they were in capable hands, then proceeded to Dalkeith Castle in a semi state carriage.
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London
Edward
Queen Alexandra
Scotland
Edinburgh
King
Lord Balfour of
Burleigh
Earl
Errol
Lord Rosebery
Archibald Hunter
Corporation
Dalkruth Castle
Strike Imminent on Great Northern
May 11 report from St. Paul says an ultimatum was sent to the general committee rejecting Ward's concession and demanding the original double header terms. Ward hopes a strike can be averted and will reply tomorrow morning as the Great Northern faces a critical stalemate with a near unanimous committee stance.
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Association
Ward
Wainman
Mr. Ward
Great Northern
Girls Injured in Pittsburg Bedstead Fire
A fire at the Pittsburg Bedstead and Bedspring company on Water street sent several girls on the fourth floor into a panic. Three women Clara Pron Alice Smith and Annie White jumped into a firemen held net and were seriously hurt. They were taken to the Homeopathic hospital. Damaged goods and building estimated at fifty thousand dollars.
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Pittsburg, Mey Tl
Pittsburg
Water Street
Homeopathic Hospital
Clara Pron
Alice Smith
Annie White
Harris Sentenced to One Year Hard Labor at Deer Lodge
J Barr Harris was sentenced at 5 48 pm to one year at hard labor in the penitentiary after a short hearing. He declared his innocence and was led from the room to be transported to Deer Lodge the following morning. His lawyers did not file a notice of appeal, though they left open the possibility, unlikely to be pursued.
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Standard
Bozeman
J. Barr Harris
Stewart
Harris
Deer Lodge
Thief Steals Money and Revolver from Billings Shop
A burglary at W. J. Pult plumbing shop on North Twenty seventh street in Billings netted $15 in cash and a 45 caliber revolver. The intruder entered through a rear window, used tools from a drawer to pry the cash drawer, then took the revolver, leaving other goods untouched. Police were notified but no suspects.
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Rtandard
Billings
W. J. Pult
North Twenty-seventh Street
Toronto Chief Dies Suddenly on Train
St Louis May 11 Col Frank Pennell chief of police of Toronto Canada died on a Wabash train between Toledo and St Louis while en route to New Orleans for a chiefs of police conference.
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St. Louis
Frank Pennell
Toronto
Canada
Toledo
New Orleans
Conference of Chiefs of Police
Ruin From Santa Maria Eruption Destroys Guatemalan Coffee
Reports from Guatemala describe vast volcanic devastation. Ashes 10 to 15 feet deep blanket the region, scoria covers 1000 square miles, and 300,000 quintals of premium coffee are lost. One third of the coffee crop destroyed, land declared doomed to sterility.
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Mexico City
Guatemala
Santa Maria
Manuel Fiuertado
Irrigation Canal Underway on Blackfeet Reservation
Nine miles south of Browning Montana the government builds a 12 mile long canal to water 144000 acres on the Blackfeet reservation. The ditch 3 feet deep and 16 feet wide draws water from the Cutbank river, with Indians from the reservation doing most digging under engineer T C Price. Completion targeted before year end.
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The
Standard
Browning
Mont
Blackfeet
Walter
Cutbank
T. C. Price
Price
Irish Land Conference May Be Reassembled
London reports a movement to reassemble the Irish Land Conference under Lord Dunraven to agree on amendments to the Irish land bill. Government favors the move to limit debate in the House of Commons.
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London
ILA
Irish Land Conference
Lord Dunraven
House of Commons
Search for Egan Begins New Montana Snow Melt
Kalispell May 11 reports say Great Northern will renew the Egan search as snow melts. W J Hilligoss, with timber experience, leads a small team to Best with Doctors H Houston and R Houston and ex Sheriff Want to establish headquarters and coordinate daily progress for Mr Egan of Chicago and company officials.
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The
Standard
Kalispell
B. F. Egan
Bean
H. FE. Baston
Mr. Egan
Egan
Great Northern
W. J. Hilligoss
Hilligoss
Long
Dra
H. FE
R. Houston
Best
H. E
Want
Houstons
Hand
Lake Five
Hilligose
Kallspell
Chicago
Southern Pacific Sued for a Million in Kentucky Taxes
Louisville May 11 A petition filed in Jefferson county court seeks 1 000 000 in taxes and penalties from the Southern Pacific Railroad for five years of unpaid taxes on its Kentucky personal property. W L Weiler, state revenue agent, alleges the company owes taxes plus a 20 percent delinquency penalty. The suit prays the court seize assets to collect the taxes and penalties due.
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Louisville
Uit
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Jefferson County
W. L. Weiler
Kentucky
Kentucky Falls
Southern Pacific
Theft at Bonn university clubs shocks German world
In Berlin on May 11 the thefts at the Baxoula and Barrussia corps buildings in Bonn have been traced. The thief, a member of a titled family, has confessed before a court of honor. The clubs are exclusive and include the Unpertal princes among Barrussia members.
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Berlin
Baxoula Corps
Barrussia Corps
Bonn
Poet Richard Henry Stoddard Said Very Weak Tonight
New York May 1 reports that Richard Henry Stoddard the poet is in very weak condition after a statement made at his home.
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New York
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