Lights Go Out On Reno Residents Amid Power Shortage
Reno residents endured repeated blackouts as the Reno Power Light and Water Co and River General Power faced water shortages from a river clog near Pieriston. Officials pledged to supply wired homes with switch lights tonight and tomorrow, with plans to restore regular lighting until river flow resumes.
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Salt Lake City Boy Messenger Found Dead After Bill Collection
The body of 16 year old Charles Seinroth, a messenger for the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone fund, was found on Second North Street between North and State. Authorities note possible poison as a cause, while the incident remains shrouded in mystery. Seinroth had been sent to collect a bill from Charles Washington, a Negro Pullman porter, with threat of suit if not paid. Washington reported the boy was alive when he left the previous afternoon.
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Castro withdraws from Venezuelan affair amid riders claim
Berelx Venezuela dispatch reports Cipriamn Casaywill not speak to AP amid health issues and withdrawal from influence over affairs. In Tennessee, state cases intensified as prosecutors pursued riders with stronger evidence and guards fortified Judge Harris at Tiptonville amid threats and siege concerns.
Boy Guilty of Killing Mother With Hammer
Dec 23 jury deliberated 18 hours and found Harvey Hazel, 11, guilty of first degree murder but convicted of second degree. The verdict implies life in prison. Defense argued adolescent insanity after Hazel killed his mother with a hammer.
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Prominent Mining Man Found Dead in Chafey
Prank Mew Cann, a leading Pacific coast mining figure, was found dead in a lodging house at Chafey on December 23. He had suffered poor health for some time and had a career spanning the Comstock era with multiple fortunes made and lost.
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Plage Blame for Ptomaine Poisoning
San Francisco jurors in the Reynolds inquest exonerate the caterer who served the beef and the butcher who supplied it after a guest died from ptomaine poisoning from tainted meat. The verdict assigns responsibility to the inspector who passed the animal before slaughter, though the inspector is unnamed.
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Jewels Stolen From Unconscious Woman After Fire
Mrs Jacobs on Chestmat Street says two women named Nes Myers and Mrs Golf stole jewelry worth about 3950 after she was knocked unconscious when a hall fire damaged her home. Police arrested the suspects. bail posted. valuables not recovered.
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Hargis Case to Go to Jury Today in Slaying Trial
Closing arguments were presented in the Beech Hargis murder trial in Irven Ky. The case is expected to be sent to the jury late today. In Kansas, a blaze at the Good John Sash and Door Company plant in Leavenworth destroyed a full block, with losses around 160000.
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Daring thief snatches diamonds in Helena jewelers
In Helena Montana on December 23 a thief snatched a tray of diamonds valued between 5000 and 10000 dollars from Jacquemine's jewelry store as a clerk placed it in a display case. The robber, with a companion, fled in a hurry toward the outskirts before an alarm could be raised.
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Mother Kills Child by Accident During Christmas Decorating
In Chicago on December 28 Pearl Locke, two, handling a loaded revolver while helping her mother decorate a Christmas tree, said Shoot me and was shot through the heart by a mother who believed the gun unloaded. The weapon, kept in the house for six months in a single chamber, fired instantly killing the child.
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Runaway Horse Tramples Shoppers in Butt Christmas Panic
In Butt Montana on December 24 a runaway horse driven by Alderman Jack Harrington bolted into the North Main business district as a funeral passed. Miner M Hurley was injured, Harrington fell with bruises, and telegraph operator J A Hinkle was pinned and hurt while saving two girls from the stricken animal.
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Ruef sentence postponed as prosecutors await affidavits
San Francisco Dec 34 The postponement of Abraham Ruef sentence, convicted of bribing ex Supervisor Furey to back an overhead trolley franchise, continues into next Tuesday to allow the prosecution to answer defense affidavits alleging jury misconduct. Two affidavits are by Ruef and others including Henry Act and Miss Flory Campbell. An objection by ADA John O Gara to juror depositions was sustained. Oklahoma news notes Marie Jartun, held under guard, is sought as a witness in the Shattuck murder case. Lee, a man questioned, was arrested December 13.
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Five Men Reported Lost On Barges Tow Sailor Tug
The tug Margaret reports the loss of her tow the barge Roskland No 6 with five men aboard. A line parted during a storm six miles off Cape Charles and the tug could not recover the craft. The 1300 ton steel hulled barge carried 600 tons of lime and sailed from Norfolk toward Cape Charles. The Margaret set to sea after coaling in a search for the missing barge.
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New Yorkers Freed of Conspiracy Charge
Dington Dec 23 John A Henry inventor of York Pa acquitted and Etenry EK Everding Philadelphia attorney convicted on conspiracy and destroying public record in patent office scandal revealing fraudulent handling of patent specifications and drawings.
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