Shot by a judge and a street car hold up headline
A multi-item Winchester era dispatch lists events across cities. Tennessee Chief Justice David Snodgrass shoots Col. John R. Beasley in a Knoxville law office over a newspaper article. Oakland motorman is robbed of 7 dollars on Telegraph Avenue. A man commits suicide after a dice game in Vancouver, and Utah statehood consitution copies reach the White House. Oakland hosts its first industrial exposition as a bank crisis unfolds in San Francisco.
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Chattanooga
David Snodgrass
Supreme Court of Tennessee
John R. Beasley
Brown and Spurlock
Beasley
Santa Fe Sale Signals Expansion Prospects
The Santa Fe reorganization under new President Ripley aims to extend the line toward San Francisco and possibly link to Santa Monica and Santa Barbara. Bankers behind the plan settled $240,000,000 in debt, with Ripley backed by Baring Magoun & Co. and Drexel interests. A California visit is expected within weeks to announce concrete extension efforts amid revived field activity. Sheriff reports the Bencoma killing case moving toward trial with two Smith brothers under examination.
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Santa Fe
Santa Fe Railroad
Bulletin
Ripley
Mojave
San Joaquin Valley
California
San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Bay Shore
Atlanta & Pacific
Baring, Magoun & Co
Drexels
Topeka
Santa Monica
Santa Barbara
Snowy hunting tragedy near Iron Mountain claims Schlund
A man named Schlund and companion King were hunting near Iron Mountain when they became separated. King returned home safely while Schlund perished in the snow. The coroner has gone to the scene. In Washington, Secretary Olney met the President in a long conference likely about the Venezuelan matter.
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Redding
Schlund
King
Iron Mountain
Washington
Olney
Unreliable Disseminators And The Durrant Case Rumors
A San Francisco gentleman with ties to the Durrant family described how local papers manufactured talk for the public in the Durrant case. He cited jail access, fake conversations, and vivid columns that inflamed mob sentiment, noting the practice as ungrounded fabrication. In Burlington Iowa, Louis Krekel, missing for a month, is found with a throat wound in a deep well, and a coroner holds an inquest with no murder clues.
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San Francisco
General Dickenson
Durant
Minnie Williams
Barnes
Dickenson
Register
Durrant
Theodore
Tulare Register
Burlington
Louis Krekel
Puls Kentucky Whisky Under J H Cutter Brands
The Puls Kentucky Whisky, long favored on the Pacific Coast, enjoys precedence among national brands and is praised as the best in the land. It is described as delicate in flavor and wholesome by physicians and chemists, with strong men gaining strength from its use. Sold by A P Hotaling & Co in San Francisco at 429 to 437 Jackson Street.
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J. H. Cutter
Kentucky
California
Nevada
Oregon
Washington
Pacific Coast
A. P. Hotaling & Co
Jackson Street
San Francisco
Cal
Furnished rooms to rent advertised in office
Furnished front rooms for rent, new and clean. Apply at this office.
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Ingleside
Chester Avenue
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Oakland
W. B. Hamilton
Alcatraz Avenue
Telegraph Avenue
Portland
Joe Schaldenbrand
Fourteenth Infantry
Vancouver Barracks
Columbia River
Schaldenbrand
Columbia
Utah Statehood
Cleveland
Utah
White House
West
Fletcher, Hoyt
Sherman
Davie
Budd
Grangers
Montpellier
Curiaco
Pullman & Armour
Sperry’s
Stockton
Jesurun & Colton
Senate
Quay
Wool Merchants’ Association of Philadelphia
Cullen
Illinois
Caffery
Stewart
Manchester
the Guardian
Duke of Westminster
Lord Salisbury
England
Armenia
Turkey
New York
C. P. Huntington
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Panama Railroad Company
Southworth
Ernest Elter
DN. Beale
Bakersfield
Hood
Chas. Swithenbank
Heod
Pitt
J. S$. Drury
Borgwardt
Bencoma
Scodie
Smith
Sumner
Kernville
S. N. Reed
H. L. Packard
Drs. Taggart
E. H. Tripp
Indianapolis
Haley Ranch
Delano
Harvey Anderson
John Goble
Marning
U.S. Gov’t
Amn
Paine's
Elery Compound
Prope Weil
Drury
Josh
People's
Bargain House
Plain Bakersfield
Walters Hotel
I6th Street
C. W. Graves
J. A. Baker
Graves & Baker
Briggs & Jastro
Columbia Catalogue
F. J. Laird
Kern City
Panama Ranch House
Kern Valley Bank
Ascarspin
George Flournoy
Galton
Land Company
Southern Hotel
Township St
Caliente Creek
Frisselle
Kern County Land Company
Walter's Hotel
A. J. McLeod
H. Hirshfeld Bakersfights
C. Dner
Jewetta
Bender & Witt
Rosedale School House
Bender & Hewitt
Smiti
Arlington Block
19Th St
People's Mutual Building and Loan Association
People's Mutual Being and Loan Association
Savings Bank Southern Hotel
State of Cal
D. Hirshveld
P. W. Komlngon
L. T. Allee
A. K. Waltehrs
Arlington Restaurant
Wr. F. Coulter
Prop
de Witt
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