Gold Bars Recovered Near Selby Smelting Works
San Francisco August 12 gold worth $260000 was stolen from the Selby smelting works. $130000 recovered. detectives traced suspect Jack Winters who confessed and guided officers to the hiding spot near the railroad wharf under shallow water. Uncertainty remains if accomplices included someone inside the works. Henry Windall reports pistol shots near the tunnel and whispers of a whistle, suggesting possible gatekeepers or informants.
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San Francisco
Selby
Jack Winters
Winters
Henry Windall
Selby Works
Crockett
West Outlines Democratic Planks for 1904 Platform
Senator George G. West in Sweet Springs outlines key 1904 Democratic planks including a graduated income tax strong opposition to trusts and a stand against imperialism and the colonial system. He warns against reviving the silver issue amid national debate.
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Sweet Springs
George G. West
Y Ward
Navy reprimands Rear Admiral Evans over book criticisms
Washington Aug 12 The Navy Department reprimanded Rear Admiral Robley D Evans for critics of former Navy Secretary Chandler in his book A Sailor's Log. A letter of reprimand cites the act as reprehensible and notes the obligation of office. Senator Chandler was sent a copy. Also reported Walter Dimmick ex San Francisco mint chief clerk arrested on theft and misappropriation charges. Dayton safe-cracking attempt on Internal Revenue office. Rome heat wave none like in living memory. Kitchener dispatch from Pretoria reports Boers rushing a blockhouse capturing prisoners and stock with details limited.
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Washington
Navy Department
Robley D. Evans
Admiral Evans
Friday
Evans
Mint
Wilklie
Secret Service
Treasury Department
Walter Dimmick
San Francisco
George Hazen
Dimmick
United States Mint
Leach
Dayton
Internal Revenue Office
Lonnon
Rome
Italy
Syracuse
Louden
Suy
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Brandfort
Orange River Colony
Elliot
Hale, Yale full back, seriously ill from football injuries
Perry Z. W. Hale Yale's full back last year is seriously ill at Hartford hospital with internal injuries. A hospital physician says the injuries stem from football strains and from injuries in the Yale Princeton and Yale Harvard games last year.
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New Haven
Conn
Perry Z. W. Hale
Yale
Hartford Hospital
Hale
Harvard
Disturbances in Quelpart amid missionary deaths reported
Dispatches from Seoul say renewed unrest on Quelpart island near the Corean coast has led to the killing of several Catholic missionaries. In Seattle, news arrives of Andrew J. Lee drowning in the Klondike after leaving Dawson, with family ties listed in Norway and Decorah Iowa.
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Seoul
Corea
Quelpart
Corean
Klondike
Seattle
Wash
Dawson
Andrew J. Lee
Norway
Decorah
Hessian fly warned as next Minnesota pest
Professor BE Forbes acting state entomologist plans a bulletin on the Hessian fly. He notes past damage in 1895 and 1899 and warns Minnesota farmers to act now. He cites summer fallowing and crop rotation as key controls to halt the pest’s spread statewide.
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Hessian Ely
BE. B. Forbes
Minnesota
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