Woman with Navy Revolver Helps Save Husband in Colfax Church Row
In Colfax marked by a church dispute, Mrs Virginia Huss drew a Navy revolver during a deacons meeting to steady support for Rev H G Huss. She later gathered proxies to secure his majority and the couple filed $101,600 damages claims against Colfax officials for alleged conspiracy and reputational harm.
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Colfax
Virginia Hows
H. G. Huss
First Baptist Church
Hust
Hines
Mra. Hues
Church of
Fielaln
Buse
Mra Huss
Ross
Mre
Virginia Buss
Colonel Lewis Shines Amid Opera Pranks at Metropolitan
Col James Hamilton Lewis drew laughs at the Metropolitan Opera House as a late arrival claimed a seat on a stair. Firemen moved him along and he wandered through the crowd, finally reaching a rooftop view, remaining calm as the performance continued with him silhouetted against the sky.
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James Hamilton Lewis
Metropolitan Opera House
New York
Hix
Freman
Santussa
Col
Hopes to Recover Brother's Body
Gus Wagner a former Alaska prospector now in the steward’s department of the steamer Queen waits for ice melt to reach his brother buried after timber collapse 200 miles from the nearest shore. Days of digging failed as cold and dwindling provisions forced a withdrawal. George Jensen 36 of Seattle died at Pacific hospital leaving surviving relatives in Hawaii Riverside Provo and Denmark. Funeral set for Sunday at 9 pm from Potterworth's.
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Gus Wagner
Alaska
Steamer Queen
Gue Wagner
George Jensen
Seattle
Pacific Hospital
Mre KR. Sorensen
Hiack Diamond
A. Waltersdorph
Riverside
John Jensen
Provo
Utah
Jensen
Viesting
Denmark
Potterworth's
Bristow Pressures Dickinson Over Panama Route Control
Senator Bristow questions Secretary Dickinson about War Department control of the Panama railroad and route. He notes Pacific Mall Steamship monopoly and high rates, urges government or alternative Panama line, and prepares questions for Dickinson before the interoceanic canal committee.
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Washington, D. C
Bristow
Dickinson
War Department
Panama
Transcental
Senate Interoceanic Canal Committee
Finnthan
Pacific Coast
Euch
Atlantic
Pacific
Pacific Mall Steamship Company
Portland
Seattle
Tacoma
San Diego
Southern Pacific
The
J. N. Baker
Baltimore
Senate Committee
Baker
J. P. Morgan
Morgan
Baltmore
Pirletow
Iinteroceantic Committee
Hristow
Roosevelt
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Bristow #0
Luke Wright
Wright
Jacob McGavock Dickinson
Interoceanic Canal Commission
Transcontinental Lines
Panama Railroad
Uncle Sam's
Billckinson
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H. G. Buss
MAS
Jim Ham Lewis
United States
Brother
W. G. Couch
Fitchberg Mills
Messunine Minor
Alwaya
UCEN
Girie
Hale Price
Serond Kioor
Mate Vleer
P. K
At & Matin Fleet
Hidgway
Porter
Olt
Kentucky
Pde
Suwanee River
Old Mack Joe
Insthe Mental
Marcl Assembly
Walts
Pepeeta
the Gigglern
Walte
Zenda
Honeless
California
Golden West
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