Justice Stephen J. Field Dies at 79 in Washington
Washington April 10 Justice Stephen J. Field of the U S Supreme Court retired died at his Capitol Hill home at 6 30 PM yesterday of kidney complications He served the longest term on the court since Lincoln appointed him in 1863 He was one of four famed Field brothers and faced public danger after a 1889 California case involving Sarah Althea Hill Terry and Sharon.
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Stephen J. Field
United States Supreme Court
Capitol Hill
J. Condit Smith
David J. Brewer
Bawerton
California
Linton
Edward M. Mott
Church of the Advent
Justice
David Dudley
Cyrus W
Henry H. Field
Stockbridge
Mass
Smyrna
Josiah Brewer
Williams College
New York
David Dudley Field
Europe
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Cape Horn
Marysville
Justice Field
First
Supreme Court of California
David. Terry
Lincoln
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court
New Orleans Slaughter House
United St Supreme Court
Hayes-Tilden
Cincinnati
Sarah Althea Hillerry
Sharon
Calfornia
Justice Fields
Depot
Lathrope
Cal
Terry
Field
David Nagle
United States
Nagle
Fatal Ice Gorge Drowns Four in Yellowstone River
In Glendive Montana on April 10 a Yellowstone river ice gorge trapped the stream and flooded the area. Four people in the Snyder family drowned and eight others are missing as tracks washed out and livestock losses mount. A fleeing family sought refuge in a tree but were swept away. The Sullivan family is believed lost with no trace found.
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Glendive
Mont
Yellowstone River
Northern Pacific
Snyder
James Sullivan
Feud Ends in Fatal Street Battle Over Farm Hand
In Brunson on April 10 a street fight erupted between the Preacher brothers and their allies against the Ried brothers and Joseph Connelly. George Ried was killed, Mack Ried fatally wounded, Connelly seriously hurt, and James Preacher lightly wounded. The dispute arose over a negro farm hand employed by Ried and hired by the Preachers.
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8. C
James Preacher
Charlie
Arren Preacher
George Ried
Mack Ried
James Ried
Joseph Connelly
James
Ried
Canadian Premier Coolly Dismisses Alaskan Boundary Pact Rumor
In Ottawa the house of commons heard Sir Wilfred Laurie deny reports that a modus vivendi was under consideration between the United States and Great Britain regarding the Alaskan boundary. He said only Canada’s decision to implement was sought, noting no action has occurred since the provisional boundary was agreed at the Skagway Dyea summit with Lake Bennett two years ago.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Wilfred Laurie
United States
Great Britain
Canada
Skagway
Dyea
Lake Bennett
Wild man sighting near Center and picks selection of Eliott
A Center boy delivering mail reported a naked long haired wild man chasing hogs 24 miles from town but the crowd failed to find him. In Washington the British government named C N Eliott C B as high commissioner to Samoa and notified the U S state department.
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Center
Tex
Washington
C. N. Eliott
C. B
Samoa
Eliott
State Department
Camp Magruder Voted to United Confederate Veterans
Galveston April 10 report that Camp Magruder of the United Confederate Veterans voted to endorse a merger or formal affiliation with the national veterans body. Details on actions, attendees, and outcomes remain limited in the surviving text.
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Galveston
Camp Magruder
United Confederate Veterans
Delegates to Charleston Reunion Debate Confederate Change
El Paso Texas April 10 A shooting affray in a saloon left Guadalupe Carson a girl at the point of death from a bullet wound Pancho Monoz surrendered and is in jail The article notes plans to oppose the proposed shift to the Confederate Survivors association and a related change in another group
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Charleston
Confederate Survivors’ Association
el Paso
Tex
Guadalupe Carson
Pancho Monoz
Tragic Accident Claims Ten-Year-Old Bernie Tarver
Rosebud Texas April 10. While father away Bernie Tarver ten years old shot himself with a shotgun the full load entering his breast and he died instantly.
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Rosebud
Tex
Bernie Tarver
Raleigh Arrives in Bermuda En Route Home from Philippines
The United States cruiser Raleigh reached Bermuda on April 10 on its voyage back to the United States from the Philippines.
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Bermuda
United States
Raleigh
Philippines
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Iaii
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Heinz Sauer
John B. Mike
Texas Bakery
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Mery
Bryan
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