Nevada and regional notes drift through unsettled times
A scattered Nevada and Pacific Northwest news digest covers a range of items. The First National Bank of Fallon Nevada gains authority to operate with 25000 capital. A Wells Fargo wagon theft in Reno reports a 5600 dollar haul. Senate action blocks Borah’s amendment on attorney fees in federal cases. A Seattle pastor Benjamin Parsons dies at 82 amid preparations for a missionary rally. Several political and personal notices appear, including Tascar Oddie's candidacy for US Senate in Nevada and various court and crime notes.
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Oregon
First National Bank of
Fallon
Nevada
Wells Fargo
Reno
Senate
Senator Borah
United States
Benjamin Parsons
Seattle
J.B. F. Reynolds
Denver
Colorado
Reynolds
Tascar L. Oddie
Tonopah
Cateon
Oddie
Newlands
J. J. Fitzmaurice
W. F. Biker
Grice
Butte
Fitzmaurice
Baker
Seit Defenne
Daniel Sullivan
Cripple Creek
Volo
Sullivan
Roosevelt
Agaault
Frank Parkhurst
Chicago
Colorado & Southerm
George W. Weasell
Win Hooth
Blanche Hates
Federal Court of Nevada
Plaintif
Jumbo Joneson Mining Rar
Pon
Honan
Fue
Huriladi
Ariniparnanad
Bare
Cledararin Montane
Neveu
Nuri
Fihkoto
Tereyeon
Ariadne
Agyninid
Norman Praia
Maroin
Ainiel Tannee
Priest Murdered at the Altar in Denver Church
A Sunday morning mass at St Elizabeth's Catholic Church ended in tragedy as Father Leo Heinrichs was shot at the altar by Giuseppe Guarnaccio, who confessed opposition to priests and was captured after a brief chase. The priest, beloved by his parish, died instantly.
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Denver
Leo Heinrichs
St Elizabeth's Catholic Church
Eleventh
Curtis Streets
Guiseppe Guarnaccio
Leo
Guarnaccio
Communia Rall
Heinrichs
Leopold Again In Hot Water Over Congo Annexation
The Congo Free State annexation issue returns to the fore as King Leopold reportedly demands control of the special fund intended to replace the crown domain and a 3 900 000 project fund. The Belgian government stands firm, ready to resign if required, a move that could trigger elections likely to bring a parliament hostile to the king.
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Leopoli
Fatal attack by suspect in Fayetteville. police chief dies
A Black suspect under the influence robbed and attacked two bystanders then killed Fayetteville chief of police Benton Murchison in front of his home after March events. He was captured after a pursuit and extra force was used. a mob blocked officers before the suspect died in custody.
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Fayetteville
Muronnon
Lyme
United States Declines Action in Manshurian Affaire
A state department statement rejects any U S interference in Manshurian affairs. The note asserts the United States has no interest in becoming involved as events unfold and stresses nonpartisanship amid regional tensions.
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United States
Manshurian Affaire
Crime of Insane Warman Sparks Local Inquiry
Fragmentary OCR records an incident involving individuals named Warman Tin badion Nixon and Mia, with references to a cottage and a death on an unclear date. The text mentions mental state, a doctor or caretaker, and an outline of a deed or investigation leading to a local discovery.
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Tienver Tin Badion
Mary EB. Nixon
Giuinter
Chiller
Fearold
Mia Lettin
Snaial Wink
Tom
Howe
Unclear OCR fragment mentions deaths and injuries
Fragmentary text reports a fatality and injuries in a chaotic sequence of names and places. The torn lines reference a person killed and others injured, with several proper nouns likely indicating individuals and institutions, but details are unreadable and uncertain.
Explosion Charged to Black Hand Society In Brooklyn
In Brooklyn an Italian bomb wrecked Peter Locato’s Morgan Avenue music store. Locato had refused to pay protection, after a pattern of Black Hand threats and prior blasts. Locato and his family narrowly escaped injury. a decoy Italian body with a bomb was found nearby, suggesting internal punishment for failure to act.
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New York
Brooklyn
Peter Locato
Morgan Avenue
Locato
Arepa
Locate
Ley
Pleads for Mail Subsidy in Senate Debate
Washington Senator Gallinger urged passage of the ocean mail subsidy bill in the senate Monday. He argued the merchant marine benefits do not create new principles but fix inadequate compensation on costly routes to South America and the Orient. He noted the Pacific fleet has dwindled from fifteen ships to eight, underscoring the urgent need for better mail service.
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Washington
Senate
Gallinger
United States
South America
Orient
Pacific Ocean
Need More Operators On Santa Fe Line
Announcement from the Santa Fe general manager's office states 486 new operators will be required on the system with the Gulf lines expected to comply with the federal one hour law by March 4. About fifty are needed on the Eastern Grand division. Officials are unsure they can recruit the necessary workers.
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Topeka
Nans
The
Santa Fe
Gulf Ines
Slaying Charge Looms Over Wealthy Brother Case
New York police hold Dominick Hieskal and two others after a wealthy importer Girolanis Cella was found dying in his West Broadway office. Investigations into the motive and cause follow the early Sunday incident as authorities detain Stephenton and Dianeh pending further inquiry.
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New York
Dominicia Cella
Girolanis Cella
West Broadway
Girvline Stephenton
Cassar Dianeh
Dominick Hieskal
Atainy
Indiana Claims a Lump Sum From Treaty Payments
An 19th century Supreme Court decision affirms that the United States shortchanged Indiana by delaying treaty payments. The state had argued for a yearly annuity totaling fifty years, with a lump sum due to settle the government’s obligation. The ruling acknowledges past regular payments and their improper cessation 20th century famine era details unclear.
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Washington
Jum New Holmes
United Site
Siserton
Wahpeton
United Tates
Indiana
Gambling Driven Death Snares Local Miner
Coroner reports a mining man recently from Moalon was found dead after a lethal act linked to gambling debts. Witnesses say financial pressure and social harm pushed him toward self harm, with an inquiry into motive and timing at his residence on Fillmore Street.
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Lage Pelt
Tk Wit
Moatalee
Germany a Menace to Peace af World
Germany has become a menace to peace, says Le Gell G Hieweh at Binal temple on Monday. He warns that weakened power and tyranny threaten equal rights and world order, urging the world to resist emerging dangers and uphold collective security.
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Germany
le Gell
Binal Temple
Min
Ania
Negro Soldiers Across Brownsville Shooting Debate
Investigation extended over two congressional sessions concludes that negro soldiers of the Twenty first infantry did the Brownsville shooting on the night of August 12 13 1906 though a minority dispute persists. Testimony from most discharged troops supported the claim while many officers and civilians backed President Roosevelt. The resolution blaming the negro soldiers passed amid a partisan battle as Republicans and Democrats clashed on the matter.
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Washington
Brownsville
Tex
Twenty- Alth Infantry
Senate Committee On Millitary Affaira Fatla
Lodge
Foraker
Dupont
Scott
Congress
Roosevelt
Hier
Controérsy
Bound for Siberia Emigration Plans Move Forward
St. Petersburg reports a Siberian emigration surge with 16,000 homeseekers to be moved on special trains arranged by the colonization and railroad ministries. Most departures occur from March to June, as over 7.5 million acres are surveyed into 120,000 allotments across Siberia ready for settlement.
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St. Petersburg
Siberian
Colonization Department
Ministry of Nerteuitaré
Russia
Ministry of Railroads
Enat
Siberia
Man Confesses Attempt to Wreck Train in Missouri
Walter W. Cox of Franklin Junction Missouri confessed to officials on Tuesday that he removed a rail tail on a Utterville line Friday causing a freight wreck. He said his plan was to derail and rob the Missouri Pacific freight and passenger trains near Opterville shortly after the incident.
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Sedalla
Walter W. Cox
Wood Choper
Franklin Junction
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Uttervile
St. Lonry
Cox
Missouri Pacific St
Opter Villa m
Family Quarrel Tragedy in Lamar Leaves Three Dead
In Lamar a family quarrel ends in double tragedy as Lamar Hart shoots Joseph Edwardita and his mother in law Mee, wounds the husband of Mee, then shoots himself. Hart, a former penitentiary inmate, died after being struck by a train following the incident the same night.
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Lamar
Len Hart
Pont Thaylor Tern
Mee
Joseph Edwarita
Louie
Hart
Gold King mine fires workers after threats and theft
The Gold King mine manager Bilverton Kinasy in Denver ordered immediate discharge of Austrian, Montenegrin, and Italian miners after Sunday threats. Vice president H. M foul and Sheriff William Palmer quieted tensions as deputies received threatening notes bearing crude skulls and warnings of horrible death unless mining activity was halted.
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Biull
Bilverton
Cola—W. Kinasy
Denver
Gold King
H. M Foul
Sherif William Palmerquiet
Manger Kinney
New York Court Reverses Jury Verdict Over Damages
New York Supreme Court set aside a jury verdict amid a civil suit against the New York Central Railway Company. The case alleges the railroad caused a child’s death and the jury had awarded substantial damages. The record notes misjury concerns and a divided panel questioning the jurors’ conduct.
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New York
Blood May Yet Flow in Streets of Ushcy
Lisbon braces as protests warn of unrest amid a fragile government. Soldiers kept in barracks while anxiety rises over liberty demands and reactionary plots. A key politician linked to the reactionaries exile to the Azores. Plans weigh postponing April elections and recalling dissolved parliament. News also reports Setubal’s critical situation with the gunboat Zaire sent there.
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Ushcy
Lisbon
Azores
Setubal
Zaire
Perjury Recants Testimony Over Billik Murder Conviction
A 16 year old Varal recants his courtroom testimony that helped convict Herman Billik of killing Veral family members. He affidavits that the evidence was perjury and says relatives aided the deception. The case was upheld by the supreme court but may be undone if the governor grants clemency.
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Chicago
Flask
Toulon Ensign Jailed for Life in Spy Case
Ensign Charley TH Aimo of the French navy was court martialed at Toulon on October 2 and found guilty of attempting to sell naval secrets to a foreign power. He is sentenced to life imprisonment in a fortress and degradation from his rank. The court declared EBnelen Ulimo had abstracted military documents concerning Allied security and transmitted them to a foreign power, though no papers were actually disposed of.
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Toulon
France
Charley TH. Aimo
Ebnelen Ulimo
Allie
Woman brands husband a murderer after hotel quarrel
Mrs B Pracier accuses husband in a Catalina Hotel room quarrel and surrenders him to police. She claims Frasier killed someone in Indianapolis four years earlier. Detectives detained him but details remain unclear amid the disturbance.
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Los Angeles
Catalina
Mra
Pracier
Ma Atourderer
Fragier
Indianapolis
Progivr
Hin
Black Hand Threats to Blow Up Powder Magazine
A letter purportedly from Black Hand threatens to blow up a naval powder magazine on the island unless married men discharged by January 1, 1904 are rehired immediately. The stores include three million pounds of smokeless powder and other explosives stored in the magazines.
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Black Hand
New York
Mack Hand
Brajnerueter
United States Naval Managing Ab Tooatitland
Blood Poisoning from Licking Postage Stamps
New York report details Ming Myra ilvervale of Norfolk suffering tongue disease linked to licking postage stamps. The case, noted as contracted during a Norfolk post office job, underscores stamp licking as a source of blood poisoning and potential peril to postal workers.
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New York
Ming Myra Ilvervale
Norfolk
Connie
Legard
All for Love of an Adress in Philadelphia
A man named Predogiek J of Kingston Ohio attempted suicide at a Philadelphia hotel bar Sunday after a dispute with William Hrawler, a former law partner of Aly ton Th Parker of New York. He, about 26 years old, had come a week ago and checked into a hotel near a restaurant. He said investigators followed him and that a Garr company was involved in his condition.
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Philadelphia
Predogiek J
Frtnelor
William Hrawler
Alyton Th Parker
New York
Kingston
Urinaler
Detettvens
Ao Aekend
Jet Garr
Lanler Ie
Fish Seeks Possession After Harriman Share Ruling
Chicago judge dissolves injunction blocking Harriman interests from voting 281,231 shares of Manitoba Central Railroad. Mr Fish may pursue further steps to gain possession as the court considers the legality of foreign ownership. case to be tried on its merits in coming proceedings.
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Chicago
Bell
Superior Court
Stuyvesant Flair
Harriman
Mlinola Central Railroad
Mr. Fish
Illinois
Union Pacific Railroad
Hailroad Securities Company of
New Jersey
Tuinola Centr
Flyn
Farrar
New Orlane
Fish
BrösseI Sentenced to Death for Port Arthur Surrender
St Petersburg reports Lieutenant General Broessel condemned to death by military court for surrender of Port Arthur to the Japanese. General Vock commanded Fourth East Literan division. other officers were acquitted for lack of proof. Court recommends commuting the sentence or expulsion from service. General Vader presided as court chief. News notes heavy but restrained reactions amid tense proceedings.
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St. Petersburg
Broessel
Port Arthur
Vock
Fourth East Literan
Smirnoiff
Relaw
Chiet
Brnesay
Stocanel
Powder House Horror At Berkeley California Explosion Kills Men
A massive blast at the Hercules powder works near Berkeley California devastates the plant. Fourteen miles of shock ripple. Foreman Stillwell blown apart. At least twenty workers killed, many more injured. Du Pont powder trust linked to the facility. Investigations start into the deadly incident. Another robbery related crime reported near Colorado Springs involving a druggist and wholesale dealer. A diamond ring valued at $1,000 seized along with cash. Witnesses describe a lone assailant.
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Herkeley
Cal
Bay Region
Hercules Powder Works
Nole
Stillwell
Nachi’ House
Mantel Enon Forel
Grace
W. A
Placnd
Audienna
Fleet at Callaw Port Welcomes American Fleet Arrival
The American task force under Admiral Ryans arrived at Callon port noon after dawn. The booming of cannons signaled the fleet, drawing residents from Lima and surrounding areas who awaited the warships’ first appearance. The event marks a significant security and morale moment for the coast amid heightened tropical tension.
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Callon
Ryans
Wuilik
Snchor
Allan
Erowda
Lima
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Leopold
Congo Free State
Negro
State Department
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Otte
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Liduedd
Theo
Moroenian
Hulerk Alita
Mottin
Catherine Ottenny
Oleted
Hike
Chauncey
Vlna
At & Bond
Black Hand Society
Merchant Marine of
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Wile
Portugal
Bpy
FSH
Illinois Central
Btoegsel
Polorado Springs
Cola-Olleringer
Momtieny
Callaw
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