Titanic Sinks After Iceberg Collision Off Newfoundland
The Titanic strikes an iceberg at around 10:40 p m on Sunday then sinks, with about 1350 passengers and crew unaccounted for. Carpathia rescues 868 survivors, many women and children, as reports spread from New York London and Paris. Notables aboard include Col John Jacob Astor and Mrs Astor, Isador Straus, Archibald Butt, and William Stead.
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New York
Titanic
Atlantic
la Bourgogne
Newfoundland
Col
John Jacop Astor
Isador Straus
Archibald W. Butt
Taft
George B. Widener
Carpathia
White Star Line
Rostron
Virginia
Allan
Sable Island
Allan Line
Montreal
Virginian
Europe
Nantucket
London
Paris
John Jacob Astor
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Loss of the Titanic Described in New York Telegram
A Palisade correspondent relays a New York dispatch on the Titanic disaster. Of 2340 aboard, 745 were saved. Most women and children survived. famed passengers John Jacob Astor Isador Straus William T. Stead Charles M. Hays and Benjamin Guggenheim perished.
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Titantic
New York
Sentinel
Palisade
Dead cattle loss soars on Colorado ranges
Denver dispatch reports Secretary E K Whitehead of the Bureau of Animal and Child Protection estimates cattle losses in eastern Colorado at not less than 50 000 and possibly up to 100 000 head. He notes hundreds are dying and skins are stripped for sale as drought dries pastures.
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Denver
Colorado
E. K. Whitehead
Bureau of Animal and Child Protection
Fowler
William Lang
Cheyenne
Whitehead
Death of Nevada Senator Thomas Rockhill
Senator Thomas Rockhill, 85, former Nevada state senator and discoverer of Ely copper fields, died in Hahnemann Hospital, San Francisco after a minor operation and old age infirmities. His career filled Nevada prospecting with success before selling mines and retiring to Oroville, California.
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Ely
Nevada
Thomas Rockhill
Hahnemann
San Francisco
Senator Rockhill
West
Wick
Oroville
Cal
Bulletin bars Raef autobiography amid indictments
The San Francisco Bulletin, after publishing part one of an inside history by Abraham Rast, says it cannot proceed while remaining indictments against Raef are possible. A motion to dismiss these indictments is before Superior Judge Dunn, who will decide in due course, not swayed by urgency pleas.
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Bulletin
Raef
San Francisco Bulletin
Cogratt
San Francisco
Abraham Rast
Roof
Dunn
Bia
Pistol Duel at Bishop Ends in Fatal Shootout
A Bishop California dispatch reports a night duel at a Chinese restaurant where Walter Reed deputy constable and Gee Yong were killed. Douglas Robinson, wounded, held Reed’s revolver and killed Gee Yong after a shooting battle that left Robinson severely injured.
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Bishop
California
Robinson
Reed
Nevada State News Roundup From Exchanges
Charles Sprague opens a Goldfield brokerage office as a 1910 congressional hopeful. Mrs. Taber breaks her leg in Elko. Dr Hennessey, Reno dentist, dies suddenly. Gabriel Higura, Elko tamale vendor, dies of heart failure. Socialist leader A Grant Miller declines VP bid to run for state office. Storey County learns inmate McNamara has 1000 in San Francisco bank. sheriff enforces dipsomaniac law in Reno. Reveille notes 10 inches snow at Austin. sheep losses amid bad weather. Senator Rockhill's remains to be buried at Oroville mining field burial. Miner William Tudd, injured near Rye Patch, loses leg. expected to recover in Reno.
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Charles 8. Sprague
Goldfield
Taber
E. L. J. Taber
Elko
C. Hennessey
Nevada
Reno
Gabriel Higura
A. Grant Miller
United States
Storey County
McNamara
Hibernia Bank
San Francisco
Ferrer
Austin
Thomas Rockhill
Ely
Oroyille
Nevada Railroad Rates To Be Heard On Reduced Freight
The Nevada Railroad Commission issued a notice dated April 6 directing Nevada Northern Railroad to appear and show cause why freight and passenger rates should not be lowered. The commission, acting on its own initiative, seeks a uniform reduction across commodity freight and passenger rates. A hearing is set for later this month.
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Nevada Rautosa Commission
Nevada Northern Railroad
New Manhattan mill starts crushing ore at Armco site
The Associated Milling Company completes a new 50 stamp mill at Manhattan costing $50,000. It is expected to benefit miners in the district as it begins crushing ore.
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Manhattan
Armsociated Milling Company
The Metal Market Report and a Phrase on Women
The latest quotations show Silver at New York 48 cents per ounce, Lend at New York 4.15 per 100 pounds, Copper at New York 15.55. A fragment ends with a proverb about how a woman is known by the company she keeps.
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New York
News Scant Worn by Famous Women
A fragmentary local note items a quirky invitation from the Eston Times editor to various visitors. The piece mentions a quarantine for MAL and a rumor about Pope Pius X, later denied, with reference to a cipher message from Rome that was misread.
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Times
Rome
High School Trustees Approve Several Salaries
Board of Education met April 16 and approved salary payments for P. J. McNally Charlee Priest and Anna Lowery. Also authorized payment for laboratory supplies to Mrs H Sehneliter.
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Board of Education
P. J. McNally
Charlee Priest
Anna Lowery
H. Sehneliter
Birth Announcement at Roby Hill Eureke County
At Roby Hill Eureke County a birth was reported on April 16, 1912 for the wife of James H daughter.
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Roby Hill
Eureke County
Nem
James H
Dentists Moore and Hodeog Plan Return to Enieks Practice
In Wells Nevada Dra Moore and Hodeog must leave Enieks but will return before July 1 to continue the practice they have begun there.
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Wells
Nevada
Dra. Moore & Hodeog
Enieks
Dissolution of Copartnership A Paccinelli & Company
The firm previously in Palisade Eureke County dissolves by mutual consent. All indebted parties are asked to forward payment promptly. G Prone and A Marianne Paliande of Nevada announce the dissolution dated April 15, 1012.
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A. Paccinelli & Company
Palisade
Eureke County
G. Prone
Marianne Paliande
Nevada
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Ing
Leyland
Grand Banks of
E. J. Smith
White Star Fleet
William T. Stead
Charles M. Hays
Grand Trunk Railroad of Canada
Major Butt
Benjamin Guggenheim
Henderson Banking Company
Elko, Nevada
Jonx Hexpenson
Haypen Hexperson
L. O. Hespensox
Lannert Hespensox
Cashier
Brie
Levi Straus
Mes
A. Fraser
WADA
Medinn
Wispratt
Eureka
Neva
First National Bank
Rice Gm
EB. Guew W.N, Martin HL A
Eureka & Palisade
Passengare
Mineral Hill
Eurek
Eureke
Plummer Bros. Proprietors
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