Notable Judges Appointments and Deaths Across the Nation
Reports from Washington and cities nationwide this week note Judge Silas R. Reid likely awaiting Senate confirmation before moving to Fairbanks to replace Judge James Wickersham. In D C Judge Louis Emory McComas dies of heart failure, former Maryland senator. Seattle’s Arctic Brotherhood to choose fairground site this week. Governor Gillett foresees no special legislative session amid easing money panic. London welcomes Kaiser William and Empress Victoria with fog muting public scenes. Snow covers the Midwest as Chicago endures heavy fall.
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Washington, D. C
Silas R. Reid
Oklahoma
James Wickersham
Alaska
Fairbanks
Senate
Telegraphers Seek Restored Posts After Strike End
The nationwide telegraphers strike is called off and former operators demand reinstatement to their old positions across the United States.
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New York
United States
Fire devastates city district. millions lost
Imaglique, Caili reports a major blaze that destroyed the principal business area and part of the residence portion of the city last night. The disaster left two thousand people homeless and projected property losses at over a million dollars, the worst in Chili for years.
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Imaglique
Caili
Chili
King Edward Celebrates His Sixty Seventh Birthday
King Edward marks his sixty seventh birthday with telegrams of congratulation arriving from across the world as London observes the event.
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Edward
London
King Edward
Crown Princess Cecille of Germany Gives Birth
Crown Princess Cecille of Germany today gave birth to a son in Berlin. The birth announced this morning confirms the royal heir as the new prince joins the German imperial line.
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Berlin
Cecille
Germany
Bank Officials Arrested in Portland After Bank Failure
Portland officials of the Title Trust Guarantee Company, which failed last week, are to be arrested and prosecuted for accepting money while knowing the institution was unstable.
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Portland
Ore
Title Trust Guarantee Company
Woman Masquerader Dies in Colorado After Forty Years
Katherine Vosbaugh a well known figure in this and neighboring states died here yesterday at the age of sixty. She had posed as a man for four decades and was a familiar presence in local circles and public life.
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Trinidad
Colo
Katherine Vosbaugh
City Council Restricts Prize Fighting to Ten Rounds
Los Angeles officials passed a new ordinance limiting prize fighting to a maximum of ten rounds. The measure was approved by the city council yesterday and sets stricter regulations for boxing events in the city.
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Los Angeles
Pric
Washington DC Pushes Bank Network Across Counter
A Washington stance advocates establishing banks through the region while the administration promotes the plan as a bold policy move. The move aims to widen banking access and stabilize financial services across communities.
Fragmentary 1912 Dispatches Sketch Alaska Resources and Politics
A set of partial telegraph items from Washington and elsewhere notes Alaska mineral production, a stalled inquiry into ex-senator Brown of Utah, and ongoing efforts by officials to advance a YP exposition. The Sara log steamer arrives from Seward, aiding daily links.
Commission Withholds Decision on Harri man Rebates
The commission appointed by the state courts will not release its decision on compel E. H. Harriman to answer questions about rebates to certain companies until December first.
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New York
E. H. Harriman
Balorel
Johnson and O'Brien to Fight Pittsburg Fight
Jack Johnson and Jack O'Brien signed for a boxing match of six or twenty rounds with one date to be fixed later in Pittsburg.
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Pittsburg
Jack Johnson
Jack O’brien
President Roosevelt backs postal savings banks push
President Roosevelt favors creating postal savings banks nationwide and will back a bill if introduced in the upcoming congressional session.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Congress
Adams Case Delayed As Attorney Ill In Spokane
Rathdrum Idaho Nov 14 The trial of Steve Adams for the murder of Fred Tyler is delayed due to the serious illness of his attorney Clarence S Darrow who is in Spokane under specialist care.
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Rathdrum
Idaho
Steve Adams
Fred Tyler
Clarence S. Darrow
Spokane
Chinese Empress to Abdicate in China New Year
Advices from China report the Empress will abdicate the throne at the start of the Chinese new year. The news arrives in London and emphasizes a major imperial transition.
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London
China
State rests in Adams murder trial at Rathdrum Idaho
In the Steve Adams murder case in Rathdrum Idaho the state closed its evidence. Clarence Darrow, attorney for Adams, opens for the defense this morning and will undertake to prove an alibi or other defense.
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Rathdrum
Idaho
Steve Adams
Fred Tyler
Clarance Darrow
Adams
Campbell Bannerman Collapses at London Meeting
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, presiding at a London political meeting yesterday, was taken seriously ill. His condition is described as quite serious.
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London
Henry Campbell-Banneaman
Millionaire Wife Confesses in Sensational Chicago Trial
Mrs Evelyn Caine s wife of a Mil trunk maker confessed to involvement in six robberies and will be sentenced soon. She is described as refined and her trial drew over 1,500 spectators. Her husband stands by her, aiding with wealth, amid police astonishment.
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Chicago
Evelyn Caines
Miltrunk
Albert Jones
Romadka
Romad
Gun Boats Watching at Shanghai
Four American gunboats are gathered in Shanghai watching for anti foreign unrest and ready to protect Americans. An arrangement may resume operations at the Hadley mine and smelter soon, possibly within weeks. Trade concerns and safety actions center on mainland China in the ongoing foreign relations context.
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Shanghai
China
Hadley
Ketchikan
Bradley trial draws crowds
Washington November 14 The Anna Bradley trial for the killing of ex senator Brown of Utah is drawing large throngs of people and is expected to be as interesting as the Harry Thaw case in New York was.
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Daily Gateway
Washington, D. C
Anna Bradley
Senator Brown
Utah
Harry Thaw
New York
O H Sleeper Forms Gold Nugget Mining Co
O H Sleeper has organized the iGold Nugget Mining Company to develop placer property on Bear creek a tributary of Resurrection creek. The site has yielded gold but water supply has hindered work. A hydraulic pump and reservoir will control water. a complete plant is ready with pumping setup to be installed in spring.
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O. H. Sleeper
iGold Nugget Mining Company
Bear Creek
Resurrection Creek
Richest Gold Mine Still Undiscovered
The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition plans to reproduce famous northern mines in Seattle 1909. The postIntelligencer notes a rumored richest mine near Dawson, guarded by an Indian tribe whose members wore gold nugget ornaments. Prospectors failed to locate the source despite tracking the tribe.
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Seattle
Dawson
The Old Alaska Sourdough's Quiet Arctic Life
The old Alaska sourdough lives in a warm log cabin with provisions for winter. Moose caribou and mountain sheep are near his gun. He traps fur animals and wakes to birdsong, dreaming of prospecting mines and placer riches each spring.
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Brer Rabbit
Ninth Grade School Work Enrollment Notice
All persons interested in taking up the ninth year of school work, the first year of high school, during the coming year are asked to see Rev. L. H. Pedersen.
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L. H. Pedersen
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