Mexican bandit Castillo captured after Cumbre tunnel disaster deaths
Maximo Castillo, accused of responsibility for the Cumbre tunnel disaster in which ten Americans and over ninety others perished, was captured thirty eight miles south of Wachita New Mexico by American troops. He surrendered with six of his followers without a fight after a Mexican detour into U.S. territory. Captain White reported the capture to Fort Bliss and earlier information came via Walter McCormick Las Palomas ranch manager.
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el Paso
Texas
Maximo Castillo
Wachita
N. M
Amerie
Hugh L. Scott
Fort Bliss
White
Wnth
United States Cavalry
Castillo
Amercan
Captain White
Walter McCormick
Amerian
Las Palomas Ranch
Four mine guards convicted in Seeberville case
Wroughton Michigan four guards from the Waddell Mahon agency were convicted of manslaughter in the Seeberville murder of Steve Patrick. James Cooper Arthur Davis and William Groff face seven to fifteen years with a recommended maximum. Edwin Polinghorne deputy sheriff gets a minimum twelve years as jurors urged clemency.
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Wroughton
Mich
Seeberville
Steve Patrick
Marquette
James Cooper
Arthur Davis
William Groff
Waddell-Mahon
Edwin Polinghorne
Secretary declines water reserve restoration request in Wyoming
Secretary Lane replies to George Brimmer of Rawlins on behalf of Carbon County Sheep and Cattle Company that he cannot recommend restoring certain water reserve lands to entry. He notes the reserve aims to provide free access to watering places for those with public range rights.
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Washington
George E. Brimmer
Rawlins
Wyo
Carbon County Sheep & Cattle Company
Lane
Interior Department
Briemmer
Wyoming Progressives Oppose Party Amalgamation
Casper Wyoming Monday conference of Progressive leaders adopted a resolution opposing amalgamation with any other party. The statement reflects Wyoming wide opposition and calls for maintaining party independence.
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Casper
Wyo
Wyoming
Deering Estate valued at 15 million in inventory
The estate of the late William Deering shows real and personal property valued at 15 million dollars. The will assigns the property to two sons and five grandchildren.
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Chicago
William Deering
Senator Gore Sued for 50000 Damages in Oklahoma
Senator Thomas P. Gore of Oklahoma is named in a $50 000 damage suit filed by Mrs Minnie E Bond of Oklahoma City accusing him of slander. The case stems from charges she made last winter in Washington.
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Thomas P. Gore
Oklahoma
Minnie E. Bond
Oklahoma City
Washington
Bond
Sheriff Seizes Box Receipts After Wrestling Match
Gustave Fristensky the European champion and Paul Sampson heavyweight wrestled in Chicago. A deputy sheriff attached the box office receipts at the bout’s end.
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Chicago
Gustave Fristensky
Paul Sampson
Naval Aviator Killed In Falcon Bay Crash In Pensacola
Lieutenant J McC Murray of the United States naval air station corps stationed at Pensacola was killed when his aircraft plunged 800 feet into Pensacola Bay. The tragedy occurred near the base with investigators detailing the fatal crash.
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Pensacola
Fla
J. McC. Murray
United Statesaval Station Corps
Pansacola Bay
Literacy test will kill Burnett immigration bill
Washington reports that President would veto the Burnett immigration bill if signed, citing the literacy test as a fatal flaw. Senate committee chairman Smith said the bill, with the literacy provision, would be favorably reported to the Senate soon, but close friends say it will not become law. The President opposes using literacy as a character test.
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Washington
Smith
Senate Immigration Committee
House
Senate
United States
Fort Douglas Retained as Key Western Post
An official from the U.S. Army General Staff stated on Tuesday that Fort Douglas Utah will always be retained as a vital post of the west and will be garrisoned as soon as troop needs near the Mexican border require.
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Washington
Fort Douglas
Utah
General Staff
United States Army
Confederate Veterans to Meet in Jacksonville Reunion
The twenty fourth annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans and Sons of Confederate Veterans will be held in Jacksonville Florida for three days from April 29 to May 1. Local officials are perfecting plans for entertaining the visitors.
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Jacksonville
Fla
United Confederate Veterans’ Association and
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Four Killed in Hercules Powder Plant Explosion
Four Hercules Powder works employees were killed when a late night explosion wrecked the packing house. The blast left the plant in ruins with tons of powder ready for shipment to Mexico. Officials cannot determine the cause of the disaster.
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Kenevil, N. J
Hercules Powder Works
Mexico
American to Head British Railway
The Great Eastern Railway in England appointed Henry Thornton, general superintendent of the Long Island Railroad, as general manager to modernize the system. The directorate announced the decision on Saturday.
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London
Great Eastern Railway Company of England
Henry Thornton
Long Island Railroad
Miles Announces Pledge for Municipal Saloon in Hamilton
Albert Murray Miles, a mayoral candidate in Hamilton Montana, pledges a municipal saloon and vows to seek a city bond election for 15 600 dollars to acquire equip and operate the saloon if elected.
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Hamilton
Mont
Albert Murray Miles
Old Telegraph Operator Naile Dies in Omaha at 68
George W. Naile one of the nation’s oldest telegraph operators died at his Omaha home aged 68. He served in the army telegraph service during the Civil War.
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Omaha
Neb
George W. Naile
United States
Army Telegraph Service
Chinese Premier Resigns. Sun Poa Chi Named Acting Leader
A presidential mandate issued Saturday accepts Helung Hsi Ling resignation as Chinese premier and appoints Sun Poa Chi acting premier pending a definite nomination. The move sets a transition period as authorities seek a permanent replacement.
Historic Express Office Abandoned in Stockton
Wells Fargo office on the Stockton line, established in 1852, recorded $55,000,000 in transactions, closed its doors Friday after sixty two years of continuous service, marking an end of an era in Columbia Tuo lumne county.
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Stockton, Cal
Columbia, Tuolumne County
Four Year Old Burned In Ottumwa House Fire
Ottumwa report: Marjorie Wilson, 4, died from burns after a house fire that claimed her home. Her mother, W. L. Wilson's wife, was rescued by firemen during the blaze.
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Ottumwa
Marjorie Wilson
W. L. Wilson
Steel Mills Planned for Southern Utah to Boost West’s Iron
Salt Lake City reports Southwestern Holding intends to build a $30 million iron and steel complex in Washington County Utah near new rail links from Grand Junction. The project aims for 2,886,000 tons of pig iron annually, using ore from local deposits and coal to produce coke. About 10,000 jobs are expected across mines mills and quarries with 2,190 in mills and 2,000 in structural steel work.
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Salt Lake City
Washington County
Utah
Southwestern Pacific Railroad
Grand Junction
Colo
Pacific Coast
Southwestern Holding Company
Iron and Steel Company
Washington
Iron Counties
Salt Lake Ierald-Republican
Chicago
Structural Steel Department
General Clay's Widow Dora Brock Clay Hunt Dies
Mrs. Dora Brock Clay Hunt widow of General Cassius M Clay died at her Lexington home Saturday. She gained national notoriety fifteen years ago when she married the aged general who was then in his ninetieth year.
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Lexington
Dora Brock Clay Hunt
Cassius Marcellus Clay
Riots in Tokyo Suppressed Amid Tax Protest
Riots in Tokio led to mass arrests as citizens protested tax increases. About 200 people were arrested in the lower city sections during early Saturday unrest.
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Tokio
Denver Voters Approve 21 Million Bond for Continental Divide Tunnel
Denver voters pass a 21 million bond issue by about 5 000 majority to aid a tunnel through the Continental Divide for the Denver and Salt Lake railroad. The project promises a transcontinental route, rapid completion within three years, and major regional development. President Fleming notes the election opens the west. Newman Erb secures London financing plans.
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Denver, Colo
Denver
Denver & Salt Lake
Salt Lake City
Continental Divide
Denver & Salt Lake Railroad
Colorado
Fleming
Tunnel Commission
French Arrested in Flagstaff on Worthless Draft Charge
C W French claims to be chairman of the Pacific Steel Company of Los Angeles and San Diego. He was taken from his car at Flagstaff by Sheriff Pulliam and jailed on a Salt Lake City warrant for cashing worthless drafts.
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Phoenix
Arizona
C. W. French
Pacific Steel Company of
Los Angeles
San Diego
Flagstaff
Pulliam
Coconino County
Salt Lake City
French
Senate fight over Panama tolls exemption debate
Senator Bristow of Kansas charged President Wilson with inconsistency on woman suffrage and accused him of yielding to railroad greed and British ambitions. He tied this to the Senate debate on repealing the Panama canal act free tolls provision, claiming the president refused to advocate suffrage due to Democratic party dynamics.
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Washington
Wilson
Great Britain
Bristow
Repun- Hean
Kansas
Senate
Democratic Party
Congress Tolls Issue Sparks Dem Debates Across Parties
The debate over tolls exposed rifts as Senator Bristow defended the president, drawing Republican and Democratic support. Senate leaders faced a Democratic challenge to repealing the tolls exemption, with Senator Chamberlain of Oregon threatening to betray his platform pledge.
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Congress
Bristow
Chamberlain
Oregon
Political dispute over presidential stance highlighted
A quoted remark shows clear disagreement with the US president on a policy issue. The speaker asserts personal conviction while signaling friction with the administration. Specific names or dates are not provided in the fragment.
Gore Exonerated In Oklahoma City Suit
United States Senator Thomas Pryor Gore was acquitted of improper conduct in a $50,000 damages suit filed by Minnie E. Bond. The verdict came four minutes after jurors received the case, prompting cheers in the district court. Mrs Gore and foreman Henry Carpenter shared emotional handshake moments.
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Oklahoma City
United States
Thomas Pryor Gore
Minnie E. Bond
Gore
Mrs. Gore
Henry Carpenter
Maryland House kills woman suffrage bill in 6 to 34 vote
Annapolis Maryland lawmakers defeated the woman suffrage measure in the house of delegates on Wednesday with 6 in favor and 34 against. The bill would have submitted a constitutional amendment granting women the right to vote and was reported unfavorably.
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Annapolis
House of Delegates
Tragic Suicide by Brakeman in Boone Iowa
Richard E. Lloyd, a prominent brakeman, threw himself before a passenger train in Boone Iowa on Wednesday. The suicide followed trouble with his divorced wife, authorities said.
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Boone
Richard E. Lloyd
State Supreme Court Denies Writ for Prisoner Mother Jones
The Colorado supreme court refused the petition for writ of habeas corpus by "Mother" Jones, a military prisoner in southern Colorado coal fields. Two of seven judges dissented.
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Denver
State Supreme Court
Jones
Colorado
Fire destroys Vanderbilt home on Jericho hills
Mrs. William K Vanderbilt Jr. loses a new Jericho hills residence to a Wednesday fire. The blaze damages the building estimated at 175000 dollars and the furnishings about 40000 dollars.
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Jericho, L. 1
William K. ‘Vanderbilt, Jr
Jericho Hills
Washington Widow of Civil War Hero Poisoned by Remedy
Mrs. John A. Logan widow of a Civil War hero took a poisonous medicine at her home on Wednesday believing it a cold remedy. She remained in a precarious condition for several hours before medical aid stabilized her.
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Washington
John A. Logan
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