Hidden Mine Mystery Advances From California Sleuths
A Carson Nevada dispatch reports detectives from California spent months shadowing Bud Barkley, the Virginia and Truckee engineer who found a fortune in a hidden mine owned by the Hobart estate. Barkley’s discovery leads to a tense chase as Hobart heirs, shifts in title, and rumors of immense ore values swirl around the frontier claim. Yukon officials face fraud accusations in Dawson as two officers resign amid government fraud probes. Captain Freeman receives Lloyds Medal for gallantry aboard Roddam during Mont Pelee's eruption aftermath.
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San Francisco
Carson
Nev
California
Bud Barkley
Virginia and Truckee
Barkley
Hobart
United States
Berkeley
Nevada
Thacker
Wells, Fargo & Co
Hobarts
California Fruit association quorum drags as votes pour in
San Jose June 24 Something over 300 votes remain to form a quorum for the California Fruit association annual meeting. Twenty five ballots were received yesterday by mail and officers hope to average that number for several days. President Woods adjourns the meeting daily to comply with bylaw provisions.
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San Jose
California Fruit Association
Woods
Miner Dies After Shaft Fall At Georgetown
J. D. Gill, injured in a mine near Georgetown, died at Auburn on Saturday. He fell fourteen feet into a shaft and a tamping iron pierced his head, pressing on the brain. Doctors called it a phenomenal case for a man to survive such a wound.
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Sacramento
Bee
Auburn
J. D. Gill
Georgetown
Five American soldiers attacked by Moros in Mindanao
Five soldiers of the Twenty first infantry escorting a wagon train near Camp Vickers Mindanao were attacked by ten bolo men. One soldier suffered a severe head wound while another had an arm cut. The Moros, from Bonolod, captured a rifle and escaped uninjured. Colonel Baldwin reports Moros held a large conference at Bacolod where the Sultan urged friendship but two Dattos vowed to fight. Some western towns prefer war.
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Manus
Camp Vickers
Island of Mindanao
Bonolod
Frank D. Baldwin
Mindamao
Bacolod
Baldwin
No Cuban Treaty This Year Cites Congressional Deadlock
Washington June 24. It is decided that no reciprocity treaty with Cuba can be submitted this session. A draft could not be drawn in Washington and sent back before adjournment, with July 4 foreseen as the deadline. Admin circles doubt Senate ratification even if a treaty were drawn.
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Cuba
Congress
Senate
Senor Quesada
Havana
Danish Treaty Scandal Eyed by House Committee
Washington June 24 The special committee investigates charges tied to the Danish West Indies purchase. Papers include letters from Swenson Henry White and Captain Walter Christmas central to the case. Oilman H H Rogers denies ownership rumors of twenty six U S senators as absurd.
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Washington
House of Representatives
United States
Mr. Fogers
Newlands Congratulated for irrigation bill success
The Examiner lauds Congressman Newlands for passing the irrigation bill with bipartisan support from Democrats and Western Republicans. It credits his Washington efforts, maps, and persistent advocacy for irrigating the arid West, noting his empathy for common people and public-spirited aims.
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Newlands
United Democratic Party
Washington
United States
Middle West
Intermountain
Pacific Coast
California
Examiner
Lovelock school board reelects two teachers for coming year
The Lovelock school board re elected Prof. W Dornberger and Miss Marie McIntyre as teachers for the coming year. Richmond Smith, long time agent at Reno, has retired on pension due to ill health after thirty years with Wella Fargo. Miller Lux sues 160 ranchers in Mason Smith and Antelope Valleys to settle water rights priorities from the Walker river. trial to be in U S District Court at Carson this Summer or Fall.
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Lovelock
Prof
W. Dornberger
Marie McIntyre
Richmond Smith
Wella- Fargo
Reno
Miller & Lux
Mason, Smith and Antelope Valleys
Walker River
U. S. District Court
Carson
Fire Destroys Elmira Boardinghouse and Outbuildings
A $5000 blaze in Vacaville last night consumed the boardinghouse of 8 Cripps, Jury Borgers residence, and several barns as wind fueled the flames. The night operator at the railway station stayed at his post to receive train dispatches and witnessed the loss of his own property as the fire raged. In Grand Island Neb there is high interest as Democratic and Populist delegates arrive for state conventions with Bryan a potential governor nominee and fusion prospects uncertain.
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Vacaville
Elmira
Cripps
Jury Borgers
Bryan
Grand Island
Neb
William J. Bryan
Allen
Smythe
Irrigation bill signed to fund public lands plans
Special from Reno Journal: President Roosevelt signs the irrigation bill. It creates an automatic funding system using proceeds from public land sales to finance irrigation over 30 years, with about 150 million dollars available and annual receipts around 3 million dollars rising as lands are reclaimed. The Interior Secretary must ensure money is in the land before contracts. Nevada Company mines at Austin to be opened to leasers.
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Wasumerox
D. C
Roosevelt
Newlands
Congress
Iset
Secretary of the Interior
Nevada Company
Austin
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