Adams Trial Hears Whistling Bullet Tale in Idaho Case
Ida Wallace Special: In Wallace Idaho the Adams trial featured Fred Tyler's skull evidence and Archie Phillips recounts bullets whistling near Tyler and Phillips as Adams and Simpkins approached. Pinkerton detective James McParland testified denying third degree tactics and pressuring Adams to confess.
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Steve Adams
Archie Phillips
St. Joe
Fred Tyler
Phillips
Tyler
Adams
Jack Simpkins
Simpkins
John R. Thomas
Jacob Yeager
Yeager
Williams
Marble Creek
Pinkerton
Wallace
Idaho
James McParland
Pinkerton Agency
Western Federation of Minera
Gow, Gooding
Warden Whitney
Frost Rivalry Over Manila Medal Claims Sparks Debates
Evanston mayoralty hopeful Colonel Albert S Frost insists General Funston did not win the Manila River swim solo. He attributes the feat to First South Dakota volunteers, prompting a Sampson Schley style dispute as South Dakotans press for recognition of their commander and unit. Frost led his troops on the Marilao river frontline, engaging Aguinaldo's Red Jackets and sustaining heavy casualties amid neutral but bold actions.
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Evanston
Chicago
Albert S. Frost
General Funston
Manila
South Dakota
Fumston
Funscon
Marilao River
Holman
Yankton
Jonas Lien
Frost
Stover
Aguinaldo
Red Jackets
Colorado Gold Strike Rumors Rally at Canon City
Rumors of a rich gold strike near Canon City Colorado circulate without confirmation. Thirty days option on many claims has been gathered by interested parties. The Greenhorn mountain Copper King Copper Bay mines and numerous prospects are part of the district’s mining excitement. E. E. Jewett and E. C. Quercy are involved in the new discovery.
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Canon City
Colo
Anson City
Here
Greenhorn Mountain
Grape Creek
Copper King
Copper Bay
E. E. Jewett
E. C. Quercy
Miners’ January Gold Output Drops in Transvaal
South African mines report a January drop in gold production from December’s peak 550,107 ounces to 128,638 ounces in January 1905. Dividends for the year total $24,076,810, compared with $19,088,120 in 1904. Breckenridge is noted for pure silver nuggets and cyanide processing leads ore treatment.
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Transvaal
Dollars or Death: Ohio Man Electrocuted After Failed Appeal
Fred Cas ter, convicted of killing Policeman Dan E. Davis during a 1905 robbery, was electrocuted at the Ohio penitentiary. Governor Harris refused a respite despite appeals and a telegram from Cas ter’s father urging a reinvestigation by the U S Supreme Court, noting seventy five dollars could have funded an appeal.
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Columbus
Fred Caster
Dan E. Davis
Ohio Penitentiary
Harris
Amos Caster
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Judges of
Ohio
Castor
Supreme Court of the United States
Exclusion Measures Outline Japan and San Francisco Schools
Washington reports a wartime agreement to restrict Japanese children in San Francisco schools and bar Japanese skilled and unskilled laborers from the U S mainland while American workers are blocked from Japan. The plan follows an accord between the president and California authorities.
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Washington, D. C
San Francisco
United States of America
Japan
California
Scientist Discovers Transmutation of Elements in Lab
London report describes Sir William Ramsay showing in a lecture that radium can transform into helium in a two inch tube. He hints gold and other metals may be transmutable someday as he experiments with copper and iron using radium energy. The results remain undisclosed for now.
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London
William Ramsay
William
Two Long-Lived Immigrants Die Within Days in Montreal and New York
In Montreal Timothy Collins aged 111 died, born near Cork in 1795 and living in Montreal since 1818 after arriving in 1815. In New York Mrs. Fannie Schlacht died at the Daughters of Jacob home at about 114, born in Budapest.
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Montreal
Timothy Collins
Cork
Ireland
New York
Fannie Schlacht
Jacob
Schlacht
Budapest
Opening of Tripp County Bill Advances Through Legislature
The opening bill for Tripp County has passed both houses and awaits President Roosevelt’s signature. Northwestern sends surveyors to Tripp County to hasten line construction, with Chief Engineer Stanley and officials Braden Reynolds Speman Mount inspecting surveys on Monday.
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House
Senate
Northwestern
Tripp County
Roosevelt
Stanley
Braden and Reynolds
Speman
Mount
Supreme Court Upholds Law Prohibiting Hangings Details
The Minnesota Supreme Court upheld a law banning newspapers from printing more than brief notices of hangings. Three local papers were indicted for printing details of the August hanging of William Williams. The decision means they must stand trial on the charges.
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Supreme Court
ST Paul
Minn
William Williams
Constitutional
Copper Mountain Miner Debuts in Boysen Wyoming
The Copper Mountain Miner, a weekly Wyoming newspaper based in Boysen and owned by Leslie Davidson, has begun publication. Nearby towns report a surge of Colorado miners heading to the Sho Shoni outfitting point for districts including Copper Mountain, Boysen, and Willow Creek.
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Wyoming
Copper Mountain Miner
Boysen
Leslie Davidson
Cheyenne
Greeley High School
Cheyenne High School
Newcastle
News-Journal Company
W. O. Carleton
Newcastle News-Journal
M. B. Camplin
Colorado
Shoshoni
Copper Mountain
Willow Creek
North Platte
Burntfork
M. Gambel
Nesbit Thaw to be paid 300000 by Thaw family
The Nesbit Thaw case report claims Evelyn Nesbit Thaw will receive 300000 from Darry Thaw family regardless of trial outcome for detailing her relationship with White. Initially she resisted and planned to flee to Europe but influence and threats kept her in place to publicly acknowledge her alleged sin.
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New York
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Darry Thaw
White
Little Terress
Europe
Colored triplets born in Thomasville draw curiosity
In Thomasville Georgia on February 24 physicians report a remarkable birth a healthy set of triplets two boys and a girl. The boy births are one white and one jet black while the girl is a bright mulatto. Parents Davis and his white wife note the children are large and thriving.
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Thomasville
Mary Davis
Davis
The Hymeneas Knot Washington 1 C Feb 23
Preliminary census estimates show divorce applications in the United States from 1887 to 1906 may reach 1.4 million with about three fourths granted. When finalized, the period could exceed 1,000,000 individuals allowed to divorce.
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Washington
Bureau of Census
Mo Han
Sugar Rebates Indict Great Northern Railway for 1904
A federal grand jury indicted the Great Northern Railway on charges it paid 10000 in rebates on sugar shipments to Lowell M. Palmer of the American Sugar Refining Co in 1904. It alleges through routes with Lehigh Valley New York Central and other lines lowered rates to 55 cents per 100 pounds, with agents Lake Steel and Palmer arranging a 33 cent rate. Additional indictments expected.
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Great Northern Railway
New York
N. Y
Federal Grand Jury
Great Northern Railway Company
Lowell M. Palmer
American
Palmer
Great Northern
Lehigh Valley
New York Cental
New York, New Haven
Hartford
Erie Railroad
Great Northern Steamship Company
Great Northrn Railway Company
New York City
Boston
Sioux City
Towa
Alonzo W. Lake
A. W. Steel
Great Northam Railway Company
American Sugar Refining Company
Sugar Refining Company
Great Northern Company
Great Northern expands in Sioux Falls with fifty more acres
In Sioux Falls the Great Northern Railroad company has spent nearly fifty thousand dollars in recent years on new property and has just added an extra fifty acres. The tract holds a heavy gravel deposit and supports the construction of a significant new depot building by the company.
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Sioux Falls
Great Northern Railroad
Comany
Soux Falls
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