Convicts Revolt At Folsom Prison Sparks Bold Escape
A breakout by fourteen inmates at Folsom Prison ends with armed convicts taking Warden Wilkinson and officers as shields. a fierce battle erupts in the captain's office as guards and others are wounded or killed. Reports detail prisoners forcing an armory break and escape toward Eldorado County amid gunfire and pursuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkinson
Harry Wilkinson
R. J. Murphy
Eldorado County
Warden Wilkinson
Ehrede
J. Cochrane
Turnker
William L. Cotter
W. CoOhalmere
Fousox
J. Foster
John Kienzendorf
T. C. Brown
Pilot Bill
Kienzendorf
Mormon Island
Captain Murphy
Tom Ryan
Mr. Gordon
Isll
Arraignment of Labor Aisions in Mateecel Auseciote
An arraignment session is reported involving labor actions and local authorities. Details remain unclear due to fragmented OCR but indicate legal proceedings over labor dispute allegations and associated charges.
Hop Crop Outlook and Market Manipulation Warned
The Hop Growers Association issues a circular warning growers that brewers and dealers control the hop market using false representations. It notes historically low stocks, four of five chances of shortage, and cites regional bale estimates for 185000 total. United States consumption needs 200000 bales, with international crops also uncertain.
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Hop Growers Association
Matrhas
Crower
Oregon
California
Washington
New York State
The New School Building Vote Meeting
Next Monday District No 4 citizens meet to vote bonds for a new high school on the hill above town. Property owners are urged to attend and give opinions whether the project serves the majority, with the aim of awakening a civilization in the West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District No. 4
Government Shell Game and Interior Policy Critique
A critical broadside charges Secretary Hitchcock with aiding corporations in land sales and accusing his special agent Chas A Schlierholtz of intimidation and graft against Oregon timber claimants. The piece denounces attempts to bar individual entries, hints at fraud, and warns against Rogue River and Mt Rainier forest reserve policies. It urges Schlierholtz to respond to the accusations.
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Hitchcock
Roseburg
A. M. Schlierholtz
Great Corporations
Hitchooth
Interior Department
Schlierbuitz
A. M
Politivo Us
Dente
Woo
Rogue River Forest Reserve
Oregon
Republic
Oregon Timber
Oregon Timber Lands
Mt. Rainer
Rogue River
Supreme Court Reverses Case In Sutherlin Estate Dispute
The Supreme Court at Salon reverses a verdict in a $535 gold coin dispute over Fendal Sutherlin's estate. Kate Grubbe is accused of receiving the money from her father. the court remands for proper proceedings. Four to six year terms imposed on five Missouri ex-legislators for bribery.
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Supreme Court
Salon
Wate
Aspomient
Kate Grubbe
Circuit Court
Juwinsiff
Wolverton
Suther
Council For Appellants
Missouri
Jefferson City
Woman found unconscious with revolver at Central Hotel
A young woman who later claimed the name Cecil Porter was found on a hotel bedroom floor after taking poison and possibly obtaining a revolver. Doctors treated her as staff at the scene and she is to be kept under guard at the county poor farm after regaining partial consciousness.
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Central Hotel
Cecil Porter
Mrs. Krakenberg
Mrs. Krakenburg
Oregon
Marshfield
State Land Board Sets School Land Prices Amid Legislation Fight
At a regular meeting the State Land Board fixed school land at 2.50 per acre and raised lands in proposed withdrawals to 5.00 per acre. Indemnity lands stay at 5.00 per acre. The board also requires final payments to include a certificate to avoid tax evasion. In St Petersburg the Novo Vremya cartoon portrays Uncle Sam driving and wielding a whip against two negros with slogans Freedom and Slavery.
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State Land Board
Porstance
S ‘Hession
Arsn
St. Petersburg
Noove Vremya
Uncle Sam
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Folsom
New York
Organized
Mitchell
Te Coor
Organized Labor
Catholic Church
Masons
Odnsfellows
Parks
New York City
United States
England
Germany
Jas. Winerasiey
Razzooper
Roseburg Land Office
Sobbe
Christian
Gare
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