Ten Are Murdered In Yaqui Indian Attack At Lencho
At Lencho, a railroad depot near Bisbee Arizona, Yaqui Indians attacked the town, murdered several people, and captured three women. The assault ended after a brief plunder when a Guaymas war train and U.S. soldiers halted further killings. General Torres assumed command the next day to organize a punitive expedition.
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Bisbee
Ariz
Tegen
Lencho
Guaymas
Dris
Jers Thompson
Ned
Torres
Sixteen Killed in Dundee Snowbound Train Collision
A heavy snowstorm in Scotland caused a railroad collision near Arbroath between Edinburgh and Aberdeen. Sixteen people died and over thirty were injured, including Alexand William Black, a member of the House of Commons. The express train crashed into a waiting train near Kincraig Junction after danger signals were believed to be set.
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Dundee
Scotland
Arboath
Troad
Edinburgh
Aberdel
Here
Ang
Alexand William Black
He of Commons
Kott Junction
Jeffries Squire World Championship Match Signed
Four contracts were signed in San Francisco for a heavyweight title bout between James J. Jeffries and William Squires of Australia with a $30,000 purse. The match, to be held next April at Rhiolite, will use five ounce gloves and Queensbury rules. F. Taylor represents the Rhone Athletic club and confirms Squires is ready to begin preparations.
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San Francisco
William Delan
James J. Jeffries
Ans. F. Taylor
Rhioli Athletic Club
Rhiolite
Net
Jeffries
Viiam Squires
Australia
Marquis of Queensbury
Tay
Squit
Ica
Broken Health and Assassination Reports
A Portsmouth physician Dr Charles L Culpepper is found dead from a head wound with a pistol beside him and the note broken health in his handwriting on a postal card. The case appears linked to a suicide. In Chicago Tommy and Hugo Kelly are set to fight for the middleweight title with a weight limit of 158 pounds and a January 5 deadline for a purse. In Memphis a Presbyterian minister Rev B Holder is reported assassinated near a railroad track in Troy, with no crew involved.
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Culpepper
Portsmouth
Dec
Charles L. Culpepper
Physick
Middleweig
Chicago
Tommy Re
Hugo Kelly
Memphis
Rev. B. Holder
News-Scimitar
Troy
Fairchild Denies Profit From NY Life Indictment
Rome reports ex treasury secretary Charles 8. Fairchild, tied to George W. Perkins in forgery charges over New York Life, says he profited none and recalls no Prussian bonds. He cites a possible link to Chicago and Northwestern and St. Paul securities held by the company and asserts no personal gain. He awaits US developments and will return if needed.
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Rome
Charles 8. Fairchild
United States Treasury
George W. Perkins
New York
New York Life Insurance Company
Fairchild
United States
George W. Pfreins
Chicago and Northwestern and
St. Paul
Trust Company
America
Eighteen Horses Drown In Ferry Collision
The Erie railroad ferry Patterson sank after a freight lighter rammed it in midstream between Jersey City and New York. All passengers and crew were saved, but eighteen market horses died as the vessel went under with horses aboard.
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New York
Erie Railroad
Patterson
Pavonia Ferry
Jersey City
West Side
Lghter
Leonard dies. partner of Old Hutch
A Spokane dispatch reports G. G. Leonard longtime partner of Old Hutch in the Chicago wheat pit died unattended in Spangle Washington. A son of Leonard is superintendent of a steel mill in Birmingham Alabama.
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Old Hutch
Spangle
Wash
Chicago
The
Tribune
Spokane
Terrific Storm Affects Straits of Gibraltar Ship Lost
A terriffic storm swept the Straits of Gibraltar on Saturday with ships seeking shelter along the coast. The Belgian steamer Heidelburg bound for Havana was lost and several crew members perished. In Texas, F. Tasto Sr fatally shot himself near Marion and Reverend W. S. Lester suffered a severe hand injury from a Roman candle near Terrell.
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Straits of Gibraltar
Cadiz
Spain
Heidelberg
Havana
F. Tasto, Sr
Marion
Tex
W. S. Lester
Terrell
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Fanado Insurance
Bryan
Rire
Ansurange Soma
GEO. A. Alams
Parker Building
Oliver Typewriter
M. H. James
Texas
Pr & Brandon
J. Len Myers
J. Fountain
Levy Bros
Pries
U’s
Abe
Ficentano
Aundry
Lansby
Meco
Jeffries and
Squire
Fairchild ES
Secretary of the Treasury Maker Statement
Leonard NO
Bank OF Bryan
U. S. Government
J. W. Howell
Guy M. Bryan, JR
H. C. Boatwright
L. L. McInnis
F. M. Law
Assi
Smith Building
Over City Bank
J. B. Hines
J. H. Hatzog
Smith
E. J. Jenke
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