Death duel on Wyoming plains ends in fatal shooting
Gillette Wyoming February 27 A. B. Furrier was shot and killed by Leonard B. Nicholson after a dozen shots on Antelope creek in Bloody Valley near the Converse Weston county line. Nicholson fled promising to surrender in Douglas as authorities search for him.
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Gillette
Wyo
A. B. Furrier
Leonard B. Nicholson
Newcastle
Douglas
Nicholson
Antelope Creek
Bloody Valley
Converse
Weston
J. W. Church
J. W
Wyoming
Diamond Slim Clifton
Church
Clifton
Miller
Chitwn
Lusk
Death Sentence for Terrorists in St Petersburg
A military court at the fortress of St Peter and St Paul sentenced seven terrorists to death for complicity in last week’s attempt on Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaevitch and M. Chtchegiovitom. Three were sentenced to fifteen years hard labor. Calvino, an Italian journalist, was among the condemned and urged to be tried as a Russian subject. Two women also received death sentences and one was imprisoned. The defendants refused counsel.
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St. Petersburg
St. Peter and St. Paul
Nokoforoff
Lves
Nicholas Nicholaevitch
M. Chtchegiovitom
Calvino
Missouri Prohibition Law Struck Down Near University
Missouri Supreme Court declares the five mile prohibition around a state educational institution unconstitutional. The ruling targets the law applied to the Missouri State University at Columbia and involves the sale of intoxicating liquors within the radius. The decision centers on the legislative provisions affecting university areas in Columbia.
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Jefferson City
Supreme Court
Midsourt State University
Columbia
Medicine Bow Heiress Inherits 41 Million Says She Will Teach On
Miss Wthel Sherar, 31, former Laramie teacher now living in Medicine Bow, has inherited over 41 million from the late Gon lamberman. Sherar, an orphan who had supported herself since leaving school, plans to continue teaching at Medicine Bow Public School through the current term.
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Laramie
Wyo
Gon Lamberman
Wthel Sharar
Medlcne Bow
Malan Bherar
Ming Sherar
Abe
North American Asbestos Company Plans Big Casper Mountain Minings
The North American Asbestos company, formerly under Arizona law, controls twenty one Casper mountain claims eight miles from Casper near the Chicago and North Western railroad. Chrysotile asbestos awaits from grass roots, with mills and heavy development planned, led by W N P Ladd as president and a Kansas City based directorate.
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Arizona
Natrona County
Company
Casper Mountain
Casper
Chicago & Northestern
Eadsville
Hocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company
North American Asbestos Company
WN. P. Ladd
Kansas City
W. BR. Bonnell
Bank of Orton
Horton
Kansas
B. L. Hamner
J. E. Olvis
State Savings Bank of
Leavenworth
Sentlemen
Julius Duetsch
Deutach Bros
Atchingon
Weather recast for Wyoming from Washington report
A weather note states snow to the north and rain or snow in the south for Friday, with colder conditions on Saturday. Local data through 6 pm February 27 show a maximum of 64 degrees and a minimum of 36 with no precipitation. W.8. Palmer, Section Director.
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Washington
D. C
Wyoming
Palmer
American League to Open Season April 14
Chicago reports the American League will start its season on April 14 with each club scheduled to play 154 games.
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Chicago
Vchedule
Senate clash as Ways and Means is ousted from Capitol
Dramatic senate scene features Owen Cherokee and Curtis Kan Indian in a heated exchange over naming of the five civilized tribes. The Ways and Means Committee is ordered to relocate to the House Office Building. Debate on the army pay provision and currency bill continues as the house adjourns.
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Ways and Means
House
Capitol
Washington, D. C
Senate
Owen
Oklahoma
Curtis
Kansas
Secretary of the Interior
McCreary
Kentucky
Payne
Dalzell
Patent Record Thieves Indicted In Washington
Ned W. Barton assistant examiner at the patent office Henry B. Everding patent attorney of Philadelphia and John A. Heany of York Pa were indicted by the grand jury and arrested on a charge of stealing public records Ball set at 10000 The indictment charges they carried away patent specifications and amendments with intent to steal and destroy them.
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Washington, D. C
Ned, W. Barton
Patent Office
Henry BE. Everd Ing
Philadelphia
John A. Heany
York
Racers May Skip Siberia and Alaska Route
Chicago Feb 27 Northern Siberia and Alaska may be cut from the route of the New York to Paris automobile race as organizers consider alternative pathways for the cross continental event.
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Sieria
Alaska
Chicago
Iberia
New York
Paria
Van Devanter on Supreme Bench After Roosevelt Wishes
Wyoming voices expect Judge Willis Van Devanter to be named to the next Supreme Court vacancy with C. W. Burdick slated for a United States circuit court of appeals post. Nebraska coal rate complaints allege Union Pacific charges eight dollars fifty cents and four fifty per ton for coal from Wyoming to Nebraska stations, far above peers.
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United States
CC. W. Burdick
van Devanter
U. S
Roosevelt
Willis VanDevanter
Supreme Bench of the
VanDevanter
White House
Judge VanDevanter
Supreme Court
C. W. Burdick
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Wyoming
Wyoming Republi
J. A. van Oredell
Burdick
United States Court of Appeals
van Dredel
Nebraska
Interstate Commerce Commission
Union Pacific
Rock Springs
Hanna
Clark
Maryland Republicans Fail to Indorse Taft
The Republican state committee in Maryland declined to indorse Secretary of War Taft for president, following a similar move by the General Assembly. They elected to send an unpledged delegation to Chicago to back the administration and any candidate it approved. The decision caused a sensation in Baltimore.
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Maryland
Taft
Baltimore
Republican State Committee
General Assembly
Chicago
A Lady's Nose Is Worth 82500
Chicago Feb 27 A jury in the superior court valued a perfect Grecian nose at 2500. Dr Bessie M Ardrus a young physician sought 20000 damages after a street car injury. Jury awarded 2500.
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Chicago
Bessie M. Ardrus
Mexican Horror Kills Ten Score at Sabinas Mine Blast
A Sabinas Mexico mine explosion trapped about 200 workers in Mine No. of the Cia Carbon de Sabinas at Romita. At 6 this morning the blast occurred and by 7:30 no men had emerged. Doctors were dispatched by special train to cope with potential casualties.
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San Antonio
Tex
Express
Sabinas
Coahuila
Mexico
CIA Carbon de Sabinas
Romita
Wild Geese and Ducks Fly Northward Reported by Trainmen
Trainmen arriving from the east report that in recent days flocks of wild geese and ducks have been flying northward. The migratory movement is noted as part of the seasonal pattern observed across rail corridors.
Italians Swear Vengeance After Prison Sentence
In Montreal a crowd of Utallaog supporters surged toward the courthouse when three hundred were brought in for concealed weapon charges. A man was arrested with a long dirk. All defendants received four year terms. A sympathizer fled after vowing to kill the recorder. Police search ongoing.
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Montreal
Quebec
Montreal Court House
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Leonard Nicholson
Furrier
Missouri
Medicine Bow
Western i
Weather Report
Supreme
U. S. Supreme Court
Vhe
Wyoming Colony
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