Heir to Immense Estate Claims Wilmington Inheritance
B N Springer, once a county surveyor candidate and Ukiah resident now in Potter Valley, asserts he is the heir to a Wilmington Delaware estate valued at 90 million dollars. Christopher Springer died in 1789, yielding property in Wilmington and Pennsylvania leased to a Swedish church for 99 years. The lease expired in 1880, spurring many Springers to seek a share of the vast estate.
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Atlantic
Pacific
Barber chair incident leaves Rosenberg gravely wounded
Memphis reporter notes M E Rosenberg, a local businessman, was shaving when he rose and grabbed a razor, then moved to an adjoining apartment. He was found on the floor with a deep throat gash, possibly fatally wounded. Heat and nervous prostration are cited as factors in a temporary mental derangement. Rosenberg recently arrived from Atlanta.
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Memphis
M. E. Rosenberg
Rosenberg
Atlanta
Tragic Railroad Switchman Killed in City Collision
John Dryer, a Chicago Railroad switchman, died in a street car and wagon crash in front of 500 witnesses. The wagon box struck Dryer against an elevated pillar, leaving his body mangled and unrecognizable. Several women fainted at the scene.
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Chicago
John Dryer
Chicago Railroad Company
Dryer
Fortune in Safe Depots Sought After Konrad Death
New York reports a missing fortune of 200000 left by August Konrad, who died after a mysterious incident. His widow and family search all safe deposit vaults, with three keys found but no location. Bombay crash claims many lives as express and freight trains collide near Baroda, with eight cars burned and casualties uncertain.
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New York
August Konrad
Ats Asylum
Konrad
Bombay
India
Bombay and
Baroda
Bailey Too Weak to Attend Denver Convention
Dallas dispatch reports Senator Bailey is too weak to attend the Denver convention. A telegram from New York dated June 26 says Bailey believes he has passed danger but cannot travel and participate, per secretary J. C. Moe-Nealus.
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Dallas
J. C. Moe- Nealus
Democratic Executive Committee
Bailey
New York
Denver
J. W. Bailey
Killing at Sawmill in Longview Texas
Green Livsey and Gil Reese quarreled at Blackburn and Lacy's sawmill nine miles south of Longview. Both men fired with shotguns at sunrise. Reese was shot in the head and died after twenty minutes. Livsey was unhurt, gave bond, and is unmarried. Reese leaves a widow and two small boys.
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Longview
Tex
Blackburn and Lacy
Green Livsey
Gil Reese
Elderville
Reese
Livsey
State seeks garnishment against Dorchester in anti-trust case
The state filed a writ of garnishment in district court to prevent payment to C B Dorchester as Waters-Pierce Oil receiver in Texas from any funds owed by him to Standard Oil companies in the state vs Security Oil et al. The action follows four earlier applications, aiming to curb alleged anti trust payouts and force purchases from independents.
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Austin
C. B. Dorchester
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Texas
Standard Oil Companies
Security Oil Company
Anti-Trust
Dorchester
Board Refuses Monk Gibson Death Commutation
The Texas board of pardon advisers rejects Monk Gibson's plea for commutation of the death sentence. After reporting to the executive department, Private Secretary Barton forwarded the papers to Governor Campbell in Waxahachie.
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Austin
Board of Pardon Advisers
Monk Gibson
Executive Department
Barton
Campbell
Waxahachie
Burglary Spree Baffles Fort Worth Police
Fort Worth police seek clues in a Thursday night burglary wave in the business district. Six stores were entered and robbed with about 500 dollars of merchandise stolen from clothing and dry goods houses, suggesting the same gang may be active.
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Fort Worth
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