The Red Hand Murder on a London Train
London police investigate the killing of Thomas Briggs, a bank clerk, found near Victoria Park after a London to Hackney coach with a bloodied handprint is discovered. A German suspect, Franz Muller, is arrested in New York after a chain matching the victim’s is traced to a Cheapside dealer.
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London
Hackney
Col
James Lraser
Fenhurst Street
Fraser
Victoria Park
Thomas Briggs
Peckham
Brige
Cheapside
Alore
Eraser
Franz Muller
Muller
America
New York
Meng
Muller Executed for Train Robbery Case Narrowed
The narrative recounts how the guard could not identify Muller at Fen Church Street until Colonel Fraser matched a bloodied hand outline on a coach wall to Muller's hand to a thousandth of an inch. Franz Muller later faced execution by hanging for the crime.
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Briggs
Fenchurch Street
Muller
Fraser
Franz Muller
Governor advisers discuss capital letter 444 to avert budget crisis
Advisers of the Governor argue that Capital Letter 444 of the political code allows transferring funds from nonreverting self supporting agencies to replenish the general fund when courts threaten the budget. They claim the governor could delay returning unencumbered funds until the 1925 legislature appropriates to cover the loan, preventing a funds freeze.
State motor vehicle law tested in supreme court suit
The San Joaquin Valley Supervisors association plans a Supreme Court challenge to the Breed motor vehicle law provision on traffic officer appointments. Stanislaus County will sue to enjoin state salary payments while other Valley counties back the action. The case covers legislature power to delegate officer salary terms and the state paying salaries from county funds as well as weight limits for trucks and highway protections under the new act effective August 31.
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Supreme Court
San Joaquin Valley Supervisors’ Association
Stanislaus County
Supreme court in Los Angeles to hear four budget cases
The Supreme court sitting in Los Angeles will hear four budget cases and decide by brief. A month may pass before a ruling, delaying many salary claims. One case involves the State superintendent seeking a writ to compel the state controller to turn over 1 percent of 21,877.54 dollars for school running expenses.
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Supreme Court
Los Angeles
Fish and Game Chief Opposes Electro-Metals Water Request
Frank M. Newbert president of the state fish and game commission says the commission will further contest Electro-Metals of San Francisco application to appropriate a large volume of water from the Klamath river for its hydro electric project at Ishi Pishi Falls Siskiyou county.
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Frank M. Newbert
State Fish and Game Commission
Electro-Metals Company of
San Francisco
Klamath River
Ishi Pishi Falls
Siskiyou County
State fair weekly events and notices span many days
Opening day features racing and night horse show with subsequent days covering motor cycle races band contests Sacramento day Labor day and safety first day Parent teachers day California Ad club day Governor and Lions club days Ex change and Soroptimist clubs Friday Rotary and Children’s day Saturday Rotary and Children’s day headline Pony Express day closing festivities include a Missouri governor message A vessel carries UC faculty and students for a solar eclipse voyage July claims court suit over a shipwreck county hospital controversy counterfeits warned by Fed reserve bank a San Francisco hotel incident tied to a prisoner vandalism rewards offered for cemetery damage Stanford bequest to spiritualism bishop appointment advanced farm lending totals and various local incidents including a bear kill and timber forest figures
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Sacramento
Sacramento Lions
Exchange
Soroptomist
Rotary
Missouri
Richardson
San Francisco
University of California
W. H. Dyer
Grand Junction
Colo
Portland Steamship Company
Alaska
Blunt’s Reef
Saccamento
Dr. Morrison
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Federal Reserve Bank of
Atlantic
Colma
Stanford University
Thomas Stanford
Abraham Shocker
San Quentin
W. W
Western Pacific
Plumas County
Thomas Horgan
Catherdal of the Blessed Sacrament
Fresno County
California
Ruliffs Stephens Holway
Etta L. Ogden
Oakland
Santa Rosa
Berkeley
Thomas Pennington
Redwood
Young Men’s
Young Ladies’ Institute
Santa Cruz
Siskiyou County
Klamath National Forest
Santa Barbara National Forest
Santa Ynez
San Gabriel
Val
Sacramento seeks pricing on power systems for rail lines
Sacramento will ask the railway commission to obtain price quotes on power systems operating there to decide whether to build new systems or buy existing ones. Berkeley boasts the state's largest apple weighing 234 ounces, 8 ounces more than Sebastopol fair’s top fruit. Lince Buceda of Redding died after being crushed by a truck wheel as he tumbled on a steep grade near Inskip.
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Sacramento
Railway Commission
Berkeley
Sebastopol
Lince Buceda
Redding
Inskip
Convict Road Labor Wage Set At Two Fifty Daily
A new statute expands convict labor on roads allowing wages up to 2.50 dollars per day. The pay is expected to leave prisoners with about 75 cents daily after basic living costs, enabling savings during highway work.
Insurance official to lead Los Angeles branch
H. Risbrough the present assistant commissioner of insurance will oversee the Los Angeles branch of the insurance commission when it opens on September 1.
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H. Risbrough
Insurance
Los Angeles
The
Insurance Commission
Prison camp reorganization recommended under single supervision
A report to the commission by Julian W. Rice after an investigation urged consolidating all prison camps under one general supervisor to streamline management.
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Julian W. Rice
Plumas County Forest Fires Suspected Incendiary Blazes
Over the weekend six forest fires and several other blazes of unknown origin occurred in Plumas County. Fires started in Taylor Creek woods and Trio Lumber Company woods, a slab pile at Scanlon Lumber, Englemine mining mill destroyed, Cromberg storehouse burned, and a large Sierra Valley barn burned.
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Plumas County
Taylor Creek
Trio Lumber Company
Scanlon Lumber Company
Englemine
Cromberg
Sierra Valley
Manners Reflect Character Over Attire Says Emerson
The essay urges that manners reveal the person rather than outward dress. A general need not wear a fine coat to convey stature and virtue, as true bearing comes from conduct.
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Emerson
Jesus Christ Quote On Divinity And Humanity
A brief readable fragment presents a religious reflection praising Jesus Christ as the condescension of divinity and the exaltation of humanity, attributed to Phillips Brooks.
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Jesus Christ
Phillips Brooks
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Barstow
L. H. Hillis
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