Continuance Sought for Ruef and Schmitz Arraignment
San Francisco December 3 Mayor Schmitz and Abraham Ruef appeared before Superior Judge Dunne for arraignment on extortion charges. The thronged courtroom showed strained relations between the two as their lawyers sought a one week delay. Judge Dunne set next Thursday for the arraignment.
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San Francisco
Schmitz
Abraham Ruef
Dunne
Temple Sherith Israel
Ruef
Heney
War Department prepares for congressional inquiry on Black infantry cases
The War Department plans a congressional probe into the discharge of Twenty-fifth Infantry soldiers without trial by President Roosevelt. It has compiled a Civil War era record of Black troops, citing incidents including a 1885 Fort Sturgis Louisiana rampage and a lynching after a trooper killed a citizen.
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War Department
Congress
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Roosevelt
Fort Sturgis
Lakota
Brownsville
Tragedy near Escondido ends in three deaths
Virgil Woods witnessed the morning attack on Brady and Mrs. Brady by Howard Gore on a highway near Hell's Hole canyon between Escondido and San Luis Rey dam. Gore, 46, killed Brady, then killed Mrs. Brady after she shot at him. Brady, 51, died from wounds. Gore also died. The long feud centered on a lawsuit over a claim.
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San _ Luis Rey dam
Howard Gore
Edward Brady
Emnity
Gore
Hell’s Hole Canyon
Brady
Hospitalized Santa Fe brake man severely beaten
F W Spinney, a Santa Fe brake man, was severely beaten while trying to enter Mrs. Josie Stingley’s house early Saturday. He remains in county hospital with a skull fracture. doctors report improvement and no expected serious consequences. Friends have sought explanations for the attack.
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F. W. Spinney
Santa Fe
Dan Leibee
Josie Stingley
Spinney
U S Commissioner Probes Fuel and Land Frauds in Pueblo
United States Commissioner Clark, aided by Attorneys Thomas and March, opened an investigation into alleged land and fuel frauds in Pueblo. Witnesses will be examined on coal land holdings of Colorado Fuel and Iron, Denver and Rio Grande, Colorado and Southern, and Santa Fe railroads, with possible referral to a grand jury and actions to curb railroad monopsony. The probe may extend to rate discrimination and will move to Denver after Pueblo hearings.
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Colo
United States
Clark
Thomas
March
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Denver and Rio Grande
Colorado and Southern
Santa Fe
Congress
United States Grand Jury
General Land Office
Washington
Pueblo District
Weather Forecast for San Francisco and Regions
San Francisco and vicinity cloudy with possible showers tonight or Tuesday. Warmer tonight with light east wind. San Joaquin Valley showers tonight or Tuesday and warmer tonight. Southern California showers tonight and Tuesday.
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San Francisco
San Joaquin Valley
Southern California
St Pauls Guild Meeting Tomorrow Afternoon
The St Pauls Guild will hold its regular annual business meeting tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 PM. Officers will be elected and reports heard, with vestrymen to be chosen in the evening.
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St. Paul’s Guild
Supreme Court rules against Western Federation of Miners
The Supreme Court today denied habeas corpus relief for Moyer Haywood and Pettibone, leaders of the Western Federation of Miners, who are imprisoned in Idaho on murder charges linked to former Governor Steunenberg. Justice Harlan authored the opinion, keeping them in Idaho for trial.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone
Western Federation of Miners
Idaho
Steunenberg
Justice Harlan
Coal Men Say The Famine Is Over
San Francisco December 3. James H. Smith vice president of the Western Fuel Company announces no fuel famine risk remains in San Francisco or Nevada. Six thousand tons are being unloaded in San Francisco with twelve thousand more due this week. Last week one thousand tons went to Nevada points and another thousand will ship this week. Demand from interior points and delayed steamers caused earlier shortages but dispatch is improving with Australian coal due. Coal will not be plentiful for three months.
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San Francisco
Nevada
James H. Smith
Western Fuel Company
Congress Opens Last Session of Fifty Ninth on Capitol
Vice President Fairbanks raps the gavel as the Fifty-ninth Congress begins its final session. Speaker Cannon’s arrival draws applause and attention centers on spelling debates and the ship subsidy bill. Japanese issues dominate discussion with California representatives noting cautious action and two exclusion measures pending in Congress. Needham arrives from California as the capitol braces for evolving policy.
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Senate
House
Cannon
Capital
Kahn
California
McKinley
Hayes
Congress
Representative Needham
Capitol
Needham
San Francisco
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