Miners at Rawhide Race to Finish in Bitter Claim Battle
Reno miners led by Edward Miller and twenty companions barricade behind ore breastworks on Ballon mountain Rawhide seeking lease rights to Litigator claim. Over 100 rivals also claim stakes amid failed talks. A 100 foot no‑go zone risks instant death, as blasting yields rich ore Miller says boosts his one sixth share and fuels the clash.
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Reno, Nev
Edward Miller
Ballon Mountain
Rawhide
Miller
Orange Shipments Rapid From Riverside This Week
Riverside California reports an average of one carload of oranges packed and shipped every 20 minutes for the past week, with projections to exceed 200 cars next week. In Milwaukee, Packie McFarland and Freddie Welch square off in a 10 round bout, with McFarland a 10 to 7 favorite.
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Riverside
Cal
McFarland-Welch
Milwaukee
Packle McFarland
Freddie Welch
McParland
Railroad Engineers Vow No Wage Cuts as Rumors Spread
Cleveland February 21 Grand Chief Warren Stong of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers says railroads will not trigger wage reductions. He asserts the cost of living remains high and doubts a strike or cut will occur despite rumors that last year’s wage scale may be revived. railroad officials say they will avoid hardship if a cut is enacted.
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Bempire
Cleveland, O
Warren Stong
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Forty-Eight Die in Mine Explosions At Pinole and England
Pinole California reports thirty killed at Hercules Powder works including four white men and twenty six Chinese. William Stillwell foreman among the dead. New Castle Tyne England sees fourteen killed in a globe collier y explosion. Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania records four killed and four fatally injured when a mine cage fails.
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New Castle
England
Pennsylvania
Pinole
Cal
Hercules
William Stillwell
William Stiliwell
New Castle On
Tyne
Globe Colliery
Wilkes-Barre
Bank on Market Street Suspended for Cash Shortage
San Francisco February 21 The Market Street bank suspended this morning due to inability to secure cash to meet depositors demands. Officials say the bank is solvent and will pay out in full, but collections problems create hardship for local merchants.
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San Francisco
Market Street
Gald
Roosevelt Eyes Inland Waterways Plan For Congress
Washington report says President Roosevelt will submit a new message to Congress within ten days on Inland Waterways Commission and river improvements. It highlights Mississippi in the Midwest and the Columbia in the Northwest as priorities and urges early work on these streams.
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Waterways Commission
Congress
Mississippi
Columbia
Japan
Washington
Roosevelt
Inland Waterways Commission
Middle West
Columbia River
Northwest
State Department
Manchuria
United States
China
Unexpected Candidate Joins Maa Hall Mayoralty Race
An unnamed candidate appears in Maa Hall mayoralty race as Dr M K Hall’s petition is rejected by the recorder’s office before the deadline. The field tightens with A L Richardson and M K Hall forming a triangular bid. A C Haynes enters council race in Fourth ward.
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M. K. Hall
Recorder's Office
Dre. A. L. Richardson
Lewis
A. C. Haynes
Recorder’s
David Bay
al Warren
Tcket
Local Socialist Ticket Named For City Elections
The slate lists G. Lewis Ed Cox J. A. Mato C. J. Vanderpool H. A. Watson and others as socialists filling roles including treasurer J. K. Wright and marshal J. Fitegerald. Ward candidates include Samuel Bolton William Wainwright David Bay and Gilbert Curtiss among socialists.
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Ed Cox
J. A. Mato
C. J. Vanderpool
H. A. Watson
J. K. Wright
J. Fitegerald
Samuel Bolton
Willam Wainwright
L. Watson
David Bay
al Warren
Charles Dunn
George Kretger
Ernest Reisland
Gilbert N. Curtiss
A. C. Haynes
William Grider
Steffens Attacks Fulton In March American Magazine
Lincoln Steffens plans in the March American Magazine to label Charles W. Fulton fundamentally corrupt and publishes a purported teletype with Harvey W. Scott offering Bourne $25,000 and patronage to block Mitchell. Scott allegedly drafted the agreement and Ladd telegraphed it to Bourne in Salem. Public Park for Walla Walla A park project advances with Gilbert L. Skutt engaged to lead works on a 40 acre site near the city limits. Bluegrass and a lake will be added with extensive plantings and shrubbery.
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Lincoln Steffens
Fulton
Harvey Scott
Jonathan Bourne
Portland
Oregon
U' Ren
Scott
Steffens
William M. Ladd
Bourne
Salem
Walla Walla
Maine
McKinley Arrives in Portland As Sentencing Awaited
McKinley lands in Portland under Detective Kerrigan in custody on 100 indictments for land fraud. He appeared before Judge Wolverton awaiting a communication from Francia J. Heney in San Francisco. Sentencing was postponed pending that message and he seeks another immunity bath.
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McKinley
Portsland
Kerrgan
Honey
Horace
Portland
Horace McKinnley
Orient
Wolverton
Federal Court
Oes
Francia J. Heney
San Brencisco
Kerrigan
Manchuria
Two Hundred Laid Off by South Pacific Railroad
Sacramento December 21 two hundred men in the motive department of the South Pacific road were laid off today due to backlog. They will likely be re employed before summer and work is expected to resume as demand increases.
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Sacramento
Cal
Public Appeal for Campaign Contribution Disclosure
Washington reports Perry Belmont led a nonpartisan group pushing for a law requiring disclosure of campaign contributions. He testified before the House committee in favor of the measure.
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Washington
Perry Belemont
House
Legacy Bequeaths $15000 to Inmate While in Jail
William Allen, 24, serving an 18 month sentence in the county jail, was informed today that his mother has left him a $15,000 legacy after her death. He had been charged with stealing postage stamps from a post office.
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Bim
Los Angeles
William Allen
Allen
Senator Fulton Forces Senate Action on Salt Provision
Washington February 21 Senator Fulton secured passage through the senate of a resolution authorizing the government to bring salt to compel the Southern Pacific to obey the land grant law.
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Washington
Fulton
Senate
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Elks
Maa Hall
Mayesi, Richardsen
B. Mart
G. Lewis
John W. Walden
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Ambrose Wright
B. M. Rogers
I. H. Brell
W Kinley
Southern Pacific
Hill’s Drug Store
LalGrande
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