Priest Slayer Alia Seizes Escape Bid in Denver Jail
Giuseppe Alia condemned for Father Leo Heinrichs murder attempted to escape Denver County Jail using a razor. A trusty was cut but overpowered. Brunetti denied aiding and was later released. Authorities suspect accomplices linked to an organization. the consul questions asylum plans.
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Commercial Tribune
Denver
Giuseppe Alia
Leo Hein-richs
Alla
Carpen
Ild Beast
Brunetti
Céld
Alfa
Michaelo Brunetti
Alia
Alexander Nisbet
Baron Gustave Tosti
Colorado
French Marvel at Achievement of Evans Fleet
Paris reports the American battleship fleet will sail from Magdalena Bay to the Atlantic via the Suez Canal, prompting praise for the navy’s efficiency. French officials order a full ship report from the Washington Attache and note reduced boiler incidents and the use of line officers in engine rooms.
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Evans
Paris
Atlantic
Australia
Suer Canal
South America
M. Thomson
de Blancre
Washington
San Francisco
France
Pacific
United States
Japan
ST. Petersburg
Magdalena Bay
Suez Canal
Europe
Hampton Roads
Wealthy Davenport man loses 37500 in New Orleans scam
J E Cavanaugh reported to police in New Orleans that he was duped out of 37500 by a group posing as sports club representatives. He bet on a wrestler named Marsh, backed by a man named Gorman, with a secret match ending after Marsh allegedly bled during the second fall. He fled to Memphis then returned for evidence and money.
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New Orleans
J. E. Cavanaugh
Davenport
Marsh
Seattle
Wash
Kavanaugh
Cavanaugh
Gorman
Mr. Cavanaugh
Tragic death of local caregiver at mother's bedside
Miss Gertrude Irvin, 33, daughter of Martin and Mary Irvin, died suddenly while tending her sick mother at the family home near Kelley in Hamilton. She had gone to assist from the city.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Gertrude Irvin
Martin and
Mary Irvin
Kelley
American Torpedo Boat Flotilla Arrives in Panama Harbor
The flotilla of torpedo boats led by Lieutenant Hutch S. Cone reached Panama on schedule but two days early, anchoring at 9 a.m. They traveled from Callao March 9 with pleasant weather and no delays, all boats in good condition and crew healthy. Preparations for officers’ entertainment are underway ahead of a planned stay until March 21 before sailing to Acapulco Mexico.
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Panama
Hutch S. Cone
Callao
Acapulco
Mexico
Buffalo to Leave Magdalena Bay for San Diego tomorrow
Wireless dispatches from Magdalena Bay report the cruiser Buffalo under Captain Charles Pond will depart for San Diego tomorrow. The vessel, nearly the sole U S. ship at the bay when the battleship fleet arrived, was expected to remain to handle targets for the fleet’s practice, a task now assigned to the Navy tug Fortune. No reason for the Buffalo’s trip was stated.
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Commercial Tribune
San Diego
Cal
Magdalena Bay
Buffalo
United States
Bay
Charles Pond
Magdalena
Fortune
Geo
Isin Bowe Erties Bo Sila
Black Hand Agent Dies In Harlem Street Duel
A well dressed Italian stranger was shot dead at 114th Street and First Avenue in Harlem after a street duel with two men who escaped. Eyewitnesses suggest the victim was a Black Hand agent seeking tribute, or seeking revenge, with both attackers fleeing after the fatal shot.
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Clain
Dispatch
Commercial Tribune
New York
114Th Street
First Avenue
Harlem
Bidwell Electric founders convicted in cold motor confidence case
Benson Bidwell and his son Charles Bidwell were found guilty of operating a confidence game in Chicago. The trial lasting seven hours led to verdicts on two counts per defendant, with investors swayed by their claims of a revolutionary electric motor.
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Bidwell Electric Company
Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Bidwells
Benson Bidwell
George
Austin Bidwell
Bank of England
Electric Company
United States
Charles Bidwell
Alec
Palmer
Charles’ Bidwell
Miss Palmer
Jap Squadron Off On Secret Mission
Hong Kong reporting from Formosa says the first Japanese naval squadron sailed today on secret service. Cruisers Yakumo Akitsushima Asama and a flotilla of smaller ships have been coal ready to sail at a minute s notice since March 2. At Sasebo naval station activity is high and the Tatsu Maru affair has caused naval concern.
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Formosa
Yakumo
Akitsushima
Eight Killed By Explosion In Natchez Drug Building
An explosion of gas in the basement of a five story Natchez building housing the Natchez Drug Company killed eight people and injured another. The blast tore the rear wall, started fires in eighteen nearby homes, and forced martial law as salvage and body removal began amid near 200000 dollar property losses.
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Natchez Drug Company
Main
North Union Streets
Cleve Laurat
Sin
John Carkett
Hughes Boom Gets Taft Nominated Talk From East Congressmen
Congressmen James B. Perkins and Cc J Tirrell told the President that William H Taft will be nominated at Chicago. They said New York and Massachusetts delegates lean Taft as other states shift with party blocs. Senator Gamble announced South Dakota delegates would be instructed for Taft.
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Mounsbay
WasuineerTon
D. C
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Hughes
James B. Perkins
New York
Cc. J. Tirrell
Massachusetts
William H. Taft
Chicago
Bennett
Tirrell
Congress
Mr. Perkins
Taft
Commercial Tribune Mats
Cannon
Fairbanks
Indiana
Knox
Pennsylvania
Mr. Tirrell
South Dakota
Gamble
Night riders torch tobacco barns in Kentucky counties
A masked group on horseback and in buggies attacked barns in Woodford and Scott counties, destroying tobacco barns and corncribs near Versailles and Midway. No injuries reported as Governor Willson and legislators encountered the riders en route to Frankfort.
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Commercial Tribune
Versailles
Woodford
Scott
George Strange
Harris Estate
Midway
Hardin Rogers
Tusker Place
Scott County
James Williams
Spring Station
George Graddy
Field Turnpike
Willson
Lexington
Frankfort
McKee’s
Graddy
Elizabeth Pepper
Fisher’s Mill Road
Frankfort & Georgetown
Rumor Ships Seizure in Black Sea Reported
A Vienna rumor says two Turkish steamers with arms on board were seized in the Black Sea by Russian warships. No confirmation from Foreign Office or Admiralty in St. Petersburg.
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Vienna
Black Sea
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Frisco
Tailed Report
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Rojestvensky
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Hong Kong
Sasebo
Natchez, Miss
Gle
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Lizzie Worthy
Luella Booth
Carrie Murray
Inez Netterville
Ada White
Uriah Hoskins
Woodford and
Scott Counties
John R. Winn
Graddy Place
Pepper Farm
Kate Rodgers
Hardin Rodgers
Glass Farm
Glass
Germantown
Milton McLain
Thomas Gray
Maysville
Gray
John B. Harris
Woodford County
Foreign Office
the Admiralty
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