House Debates Ship Subsidy Bill Ends In Narrow Vote
The national house of representatives defeated an amendment 112 to 127 to exempt three Oceanic line ships from the bill. Rep Birdsall criticized Mr Grosvenor and praised President Roosevelt as a great New Yorker. He accused supporters of pressuring Nebraska’s Hinshaw and warned of further political battles at the polls.
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National
House of Congress
House
Sierra
Sonoma
Ventura
United States
Birdsall
Towa
Grosvenor
Roosevelt
White House
New York
Hinshaw
Nebraska
Klin
Fast Train Wreck Near Connellsville Pa Kills Engineer
Baltimore and Ohio No 09 westbound wrecked Thursday near Indian Creek seven miles east of Connellsville Pennsylvania. The entire consist left the rails and was burned. Engineer Wiley Irwin of Pittsboro was killed. Fireman fatally injured others including baggage master messenger conductor and six passengers were seriously injured.
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Baltimore and Onlo
Indian Creek
Connellsville
Robert J. Finney
Pittsburg
Baltimore and Ohio
Wiley Irwin
Pittsboro
Expres
Bullets End Lives of Poor Farmer and His Wife
Thomas Baldwin a 68 year old Colfax farmer and merchant shot and killed Charles Kennedy and his wife Mrs Samuel Eisman by his daughter Cora. Baldwin had faced criminal assault charges on Cora Eisman aged 14 and settled with the Eisman father for money before arrest. He blamed the Kennedys and Eisman for the prosecution, narrowly avoiding lynching, and surrendered to a deputy sheriff then was moved by train toward Saybrook Bloomington.
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Thomas Baldwin
Colfax
Charles Kennedy
Samuel Eleman
Cora
Baldwin
Cora Eisman
Kennedys
Michigan Democrats Conclude Formal State Convention
The Michigan Democratic state convention devoted its first session to organization and nominated two Supreme Court justices, two University of Michigan regents, and one member for the state board of education.
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Michigan Democrats
Democrat State Convention of
Michigan
Supreme Court
University of Michigan
State Board of Education
Connecticut Crew Stricken By Typhoid Aboard Battleship
The battleship Connecticut arrived in New York as sixty five crew members aboard the ship contracted typhoid fever during West Indian cruising. Fifteen remain in critical condition.
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Connecticut
West Indian
New York
Chicago Investigation Begins After Subterminal Robbery
John E. Wilkie, chief of the seern servicer, arrived in Chicago Thursday and immediately took charge of the investigation of the recent robbery of the subtrenmsiry.
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John E. Wilkie
Seern Servicer
Chicago
Sioux City Live Stock Market Prices
Sioux City live stock market quotations show top beef cattle at 5.35 and top hogs at 6.45 for Thursday trading.
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Sioux City
Siouxiry
Court Holds Glass Trade Group Violated Sherman Act
The United States Court of Appeals in Philadelphia ruled that the National Window Glass Jobbers' Association violated the Sherman anti trust law by forming an illegal combination to restrain trade and regulate prices.
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United States Court of Appeals
Philadelphia
National Window Glass Jobbers’ Association
Anti Masonry Rioting Breaks Out in Reims France
Violent anti Masonic riots erupted in Reims France on Thursday. Many persons were injured and police made 160 arrests during the turmoil.
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France
Reims
Thaw Trial Moves Toward Lunacy Commission
District Attorney Jerome presses toward a lunacy commission for Harry Thaw as Dr. Evans testifies to melancholia and possible insanity at the time of the White tragedy. Jerome plans to call Dr. Allan McLane Hamilton as rebuttal and Dr. Bingaman as family physician witness amid ongoing pretrial testimony.
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Ir. Evans
New Jersey
Morris Plains
N. J
Jerome
Dr. Evans
Harry Thaw
White
Evans
Allan McLane Hamilton
Hamilton
Europe
Thaw
Charles F. Bingaman
Pittsure
Thaw Familly
Bingaman
Delmas
Crose
Ilness
Poisoned wife and child claim Wright’s murder motive
Benjamin Wright of Penver Solo, solicitor for the International Correspondence School in Scranton, is jailed on murder charges after confessing to poisoning his wife Cora and daughter Genevieve. Police say infatuation with Stella Good drove the crime. doctors found Wright had not ingested poison himself and appeared to feign unconsciousness. The wife and child died after suffering in agony.
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Benjamin ©. Wright
Penver
Solo
International Correspondence School
Scranton
Jtill
Michael Delaney
Cora
Genevieve
Stella Good
Wright
Seizure of 600000 Lottery Tickets at Hoboken
Customs officials seized 600000 lottery tickets Tuesday night as two stewards of the Hamburg America liner Kaiserin Augusta Victoria attempted to disembark them at Hoboken New Jersey. The tickets, valued from 1 to 5 dollars, were linked to agents in New York. the stewards were not arrested and will be summoned by the Hamburg America line. The seizure was announced Thursday night and marked as illegal importation.
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Hoboken
N. J
Hner Kaiserin Augusta Victoria
Hamburg Lottery Company
New York
Court Fight Grows Hot Over Appellate Bench Change
The clash between East St. Louis and Mt. Vernon over the Fourth District Appellate Court tightens as East St. Louis seeks removal arguing half the court business comes from St. Clair and Madison counties.
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East St. Louis
Mt. Vernon
Fourth District
St. Clair
Madison
600 Japanese Coolies Land At San Francisco
The 600 Japanese coolies who arrived on the Pacific Mall inner Mongolia Tuesday night were allowed to land at San Francisco Wednesday by Commissioner of Immigration North, despite not having instructions to detain them, as the immigration bill amendment is not yet in force.
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Pacific Mall
Inner Mongolia
San Francisco
North
Montreal Church Fire Claims 19 Bodies
A blaze at the Rodelga Protestant School in Montreal Quebec Tuesday afternoon killed and injured many. Seventeen children and one teacher were recovered. authorities fear ten more may be trapped in the ruins.
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Montreal
Rodelga Protestant
Quebec
Rulna
Superintendents Elect Officers Led by Cooper
Frank B. Cooper of Seattle Washington was elected president of the department of superintendents of the National Educational Association. The next convention will be held in Washington D C.
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Frank B. Cooper
Seattle, Wash
Department of Superintendents
National Educational Association
Washington, D. C
Prominent Horseman Henry W. Conner Dies in New Orleans
Henry W. Conner of New Orleans, president of the Louisiana Jockey Club and a leading figure in cotton circles, died on Wednesday. His role in promote horse racing and cotton trade marked his public prominence in the era.
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Henry W. Conner
New Orleans
New Louisiana Jockey Club
Fire Tragedy in Montreal Hochelaga School Claims 17
A Montreal Hochelaga school fire killed Principal Mrs Maxwell and sixteen children aged 3 to 8. Firemen notes say smoke and heat trapped kindergartners on the second floor, forcing the lower hall escape blocked by smoke. The principal died aiding pupils. one teacher and several staff were among the victims. Authorities say notices to install proper fire escapes were ignored in this and fifty other city schools.
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Mae
Carson
Maxwell
Sarah Maxwell
Hochelaga
Port Arthur Cowardice Report Sparks High Level Trials
A secret report by Lieut. Gen Smirnoff accuses Stoessel and allied officers of cowardice incapacity and treasonous surrender at Port Arthur. The document, written during the siege, claims the defenders were divided and clashed amid extreme bias and personal enmity. The report fuels the indictment of Stoessel Fock and Reiss as others face no proceeding.
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Port Arthur
Stoessel
Fock
Reiss
St. Petersburg
oMceres
Nolle Prasse
Perkins Cleared by New York Court in Larceny Charge
The New York Court of Appeals ruled four to three that Geo. W. Perkins, vice president of New York Life Insurance, committed no larceny in the 1904 payment of funds to the Republican national campaign. The majority found no criminal intent. the dissent argued larceny hinges on taking property belonging to another even for a worthy cause.
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New York Court of Appeals
Geo. W. Perkins
New York Life Insurance Company
New York Life
Epidemic on Warship Sends Connecticut North
The secretary of the navy received a dispatch from Rear Admiral Evans stating the battleship Connecticut would sail immediately from Guantanamo to the north due to a typhoid epidemic aboard. Thirty five cases are under treatment.
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Secretary of the Navy
Evans
Connecticut
Guantannamo
Stevens Quits Panama Canal Post Chief Engineer
John F. Stevens resigns as chief engineer of the Panama Canal. The president accepts the resignation and asks canal commissioners to appoint Maj. George W. Goethals to the office of chief engineer.
President appoints David P. Dyer as federal judge
The president has decided to appoint David P. Dyer as federal judge for the eastern district of Missouri. He currently serves as United States district attorney for that district.
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D. P. Dyer
David P. Dyer
District
Missouri
United States
Police chiefs arrested in Salt Lake City conspiracy case
George Sheet chief of police and George Fal Heh chief of detectives of Salt Lake City were arrested Tuesday on charges of complicity in a conspiracy to fleece tourists passing through Salt Lake.
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George Sheet
Salt Lake City
Utah
George Fal- Heh
Tn 4
Falt Lake
Seventeen Mutineers Shot After Russian Rising Trial
Seventeen men condemned by court martial for taking part in the uprising at Tukum were executed on Wednesday. The executions followed a swift military tribunal and reflect the authorities crackdown on the incident.
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Tukum
Russia
Prisoner Villareal Escapes While Being Deported to Mexico
Political prisoner Facapes Antonio Villareal, alleged Mexican revolutionist, escaped Monday after being turned over to immigration authorities in El Paso Texas and while en route toward the Mexican line for deportation.
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Facapes
Antonio Villareal
Paso
Tex
Pantsed Play Ends In Tragedy In Ramey Florida
Roy Shoots Friend in Play with a gun during a prank in Ramey Florida Albert Dopeve age 14 fired killing 12 year old Hicks. The lads were beer hunting and handling the firearm when the accident occurred.
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Roy
Friend
Hicks
Ramey
Albert Dopeve
Beet Growers Seek New Beet Sugar Factory in County
The Lincoln County Beet Growers Association, formed recently, held a public meeting in Sutherland to push a local beet sugar factory. They propose 5 dollars per ton for beets plus 25 cents a ton for late deliveries after November 15, with contracts for three years to secure factory investment and location talks.
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Lincoln County Beet Growers’ Resociation
Compay Opera
Sutherland
Nseoelition
Numero
Wife Beater Sentenced to Prison and Costs
Richard Titus of Table Rock pled guilty to assault and battery and was sentenced by Justice Marble to fifteen days in jail and to pay court costs. Titus moved from Missouri with his family and attacked his wife on Sunday. Sheriff Martin and the county attorney attended the trial from Pawnee City. Titus was taken to Pawnee City for sentencing, with potential commitment to the asylum under the dipsomaniac act if trouble follows release.
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Nichan
Richard Titus
Table Rock
Justice Marble
Titus
Table
Sherif Martin
Pawnee City
Pharmacy College Contract for Creighton School Building
Creighton School of Pharmacy contracts P J Creedon & Son to erect a $90 000 building at Fourteenth and Davenport Omaha. Excavation started, completion planned September for fall term opening. Three stories, 60 by 72 feet, west of Creighton College of Medicine. current quarters in Edward Creighton Institute.
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Creighto University
P. J. Creedon & Sone
Creighton School of Pharmacy
Fourteenth and
Davenport Streets
Onwaha
Creighton College of Medicine
School of Pharmacy
Edward Creighton Institute
Boy Lost Both Arms In Farm Shredder Accident
Two year old Paul Schmidt and his father were operating a corn shredder at Janes Sinclair farm between Falls City and Preston. The boy's hands were caught in the machine. the right hand was amputated above the wrist and the left above the elbow. He was taken home to Falls City with uncertain prognosis.
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Janes Sinclair
Falls City
Preston
Paul Schmidt
Lisks
Lumbermen Deny Price Fixing at Lincoln Hearing
The Lincoln hearing on lumber prices continued with state witnesses claiming no price fixing or restraint of trade occurred. A witness presented charts showing price increases from wholesale to retail, while lumbermen denied any unlawful agreement to raise prices.
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Lincoln
Haarrleon
Florence Struck by Smallpox Outbreak Hits Eight Children
Florence faces a smallpox outbreak with eight children severely affected. Schools closed and all public and private gatherings suspended as the community battles the illness and a sense of rising worry pervades.
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Florence
Child Burned to Death in Barn Fire near Valentine
The six year old daughter of George Camm died in a barn fire near Valentine after her brother Jeri started the blaze with matches. He escaped the barn as the girl hid in the hay and was cremated in the flames.
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George Camm
Valentine
Jeri
Nebraska City Man Pleads Guilty in Child Felony Case
John P. Bridges of Nebraska City pleaded guilty in county court to felonious acts against his daughter. He waived examination, was bound over to district court, and posted a $1,000 surety bond.
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Tivest
John P. Bridges
Nebraska City
Walved
Sick on Arrival: Charles McAllister Taken to Market Hotel
Charles McAllister, who returned Friday from Central America, was taken ill while waiting for a Burlington train expected to take him home to Grand Tala nd. He is at the Market hotel under a physician care.
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Charlies McAllister
Central America
Burlington
Grand Taland
Market Hotel
Death of Mrs Paxton in Aline Worth Parish
Mrs Mary Hrace Paxton wife of Rev Robert Pintey Paxton pastor of the Congregational church of Aline Worth died at noon after a lingering illness of about three years.
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Paxton
Mary Hrace Paxton
Robert Pintey Paxton
Alineworth
Divorce Case In Lecture Provokes Church Roles
Rev Hunt, Brooklyn Presbyterian minister, spoke in Omaha on a divorce case and church home relations. He denounced Washington court decisions and testified against claims of purchased Negro testimony while defending the sanctity of marriage and his own ministry status.
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Hunt
Oma
Lawrence Hunt
Omaha
Washington
Possett
Hia
Pantett
Death of Florence Infant Leads to Arrest in Morence
A. Holemots, new Morence station agent for the Minneapolis and Omaha road, was arrested in Florence after the death of his day old baby. The infant, born Sunday, allegedly suffocated. the body was found in a depot suitcase. The couple, newly married, had moved from Randolph. Holemots, about 25, is jailed for further investigation.
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Florence
Neb
A. Holemots
Minneapolis
Omaht
Morence
Molemots
Rooney
Tlolemots
Holemotz
T Hey
Holemots
Randolph
Pawnee City Man Dies After Jump From Train
Louis A. Schaller of Pawnee City found dying at Main Street and the Stock Inland railroad crossing. He had ridden no. 1004 which did not stop. likely jumped from the moving train and struck his head, dying about 3 a.m. Coroner’s jury verdict: accidental death. Funeral at the Methodist church with Rev C W Shepherd officiating, burial in Pawnee City cemetery.
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Pawnee City
Louis A. Schaller
Main Street
Ktock Inland Railroad
Sta
Special Rates Delay for Northeastern Nebraska Teachers Meeting
The Northeastern Nebraska Teachers Association, meeting at Premont next month, has learned that its request for special convention rates will await action until the legislature finishes its rate question. If the scent rate goes into effect, reduced rates may be offered.
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Prof Join Matsen
Northeastern Nebraska Teachers’ Association
Land Prices and Local Sales Reported Near Oxford
Mie Prices Tor Las, Jd. 1 Rignolde near Oxford refused 75 dollars per acre for a quarter section of alfalfa land. Earlier hh. W. Olles sold a ten acre tract half a mile east of the city for 300 dollars per acre. The property includes an orchard and modest buildings.
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Mie
Tor Las
Rignolde
Oxford
Hh. W. Olles
Calder Weather in Northwest Sees 26 Degrees After Warm Streak
A weather report from Alliance notes the thermometer at 26 degrees with a northwest wind. It marks a drop of about 40 degrees since Monday evening after nearly a month of mild conditions.
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Calder
Alliance
Gem
Nebraskas Second Class Witches Open Spring Moplepoint
Witches of the second class in Nebraska prepare for the spring movement with strong support and notes that the heinous question will not be widely issued anew.
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Ciettiong
Nebraske
Romiy
Cor Ley on Wire Penow Ends in Injury
While out piling a wild cat Law renew Linde of Alnaworth ran into a barbed wire fence and cut his left leg below the knee to the bone for abong wiz Inolen.
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Cor Ley
Lawrenew Linde
Alnaworth
Abong Wiz Inolen
Vote on bonds for railways at Aurora region
Election held in Aurora Hamilton Tinton and Beoville to authorize bonds for Oooha and Nebraska Central railway. Bonds approved for 817,600 with funds to be carried to Beoville and related areas.
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Aurora
Oooha and
Nebraska Central Railway
Hamilton
Tinton
Beoville
Cinets Mendes
Unclear Injury Report From Kaynus City Event
A worker at a Kaynus City facility suffered a severe hand injury while operating a certain machine. The incident left multiple fingers at risk and details remain uncertain about recovery or potential loss of the hand.
Senate Debates and Votes Mark Week in Congress
The Senate rejected a Utah seating challenge by 28 to 42 as two thirds of senators mov e to bar unseating be used. The session saw passage of naval river and sector appropriation bills, post office and agricultural measures, and pensions for army nurses. House action included sundry civil appropriations and related debates while honors were given to late lawmakers. The Santo Domingo treaty was ratified, and debates continued on currency and ship subsidy bills with adjournment calls and committee votes shaping the week.
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Senate
Utah
Prev Yishy
Hopkins
Senter Saoot
Bonvier Aldrich
Ovenka
Cexafou
Rivera
Howe
Congress
Aldrich
Alger
Michigan
Representatives Hitt
Ilinds
Massaachusetts
Lester
Georgia
Committee
Post Office
Philippines
Leveridge
Heveridge
John Rixey
Virginia
Committee On Rules
District of Columbia
Senate backs immigration station in New Orleans
The Senate has passed a bill to establish an immigration station in New Orleans. The House also passed bills establishing a new land district in Valley County Montana and providing for a United States judge for the Northern District of Alabama. The District of Columbia appropriation bill carrying 810,726,052, an increase of 208 over the amount passed by the House, was reported to the Senate.
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Senate
New Orleans
Houstins
Valley County
Montana
House
United States
Alabama
Diaiet
Columbia
Harriman in a rage at commission hearing over ouster
Edward H. Harriman testified to the Interstate Commerce Commission in New York to defend his actions and explain Stuyvesant Fish’s removal as president of the Illinois Central. He alleged personal misuse of railroad assets, loaned securities to trustees, and claimed Farm securities. He also said Union Pacific bought only a minority of Southern Pacific stock to control it, and recounted Rockefeller’s rescue and other maneuvers affecting Pacific railroads and Western states.
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Commerce
Edward HH. Gartimen
Interstate Commerce Commision
New York
Stuyvenant
Ilinois Central
Fish
Hlinole Central Railroad
Harriman
Stuyvesant Fish Wis
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
James BR. Keene
William Rockefeller
Washington
Oregon
Northerm Pacific
Mrs Holman Denial Addresses Nesbit Thaw Case
Charlet J. Holman issued a statement at Pittsburg on behalf of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's mother denying claims about the case. The denial clarifies no statement was given by Mrs. Holman to Jerome.
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Ilushband
Jerome
Charlet J. Holman
Pittsburg
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Statement Alleged in Thaw Case Highlights Mrs Holman Testimony
A fragment notes that Mrs Holman gave District Attorney Jerome a statement to counter Evelyn Thaw at the witness stand. It claims Evelyn was kept in Sunday school by her mother and never left with any man. The public has heard only one side of the story.
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Holman
Jerome
Thaw
Saya Evelyn
Wisconsin bill aims to prevent reproduction of insane persons
A proposed Wisconsin Legislature bill would form an examining board of a physician a lawyer and a neurologist to diagnose feeble mindedness and to perform sterilization on the insane and hopelessly incompetent. The state board overseeing lunacy and prisons backs sterilization as a penalty for criminals.
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Wisconsin
Newlume and
Cadets to encamp at Jamestown expedition in June
West Point cadets plan encampment at the Jamestown expedition starting June 5 to bear the president's address. Private Edward 8 Long of the US Marines held without bail at Howton on a charge related to Corporal John J. Quinn. Guggenheims secure White View and Yukon railway holdings. The steamer Amur brought the sews to Vancouver from White Horse.
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West Point
Addrema
Edward 8. Long
United States Marine Corps
Howton
John J. Quinn
Guggenheims
White View
Yukon
Vancouver
B. G
White Horse
Amur
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W. Perkins
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