Northwest Notes recount western mining and crime events
A long list of brief notes from the western states reports a new mining camp near Tonopah Nevada and railroad hopes, a sugar beet bounty in Washington, a fatal gas blast in Butte, notable deaths in Montana and Missouri, proposed elk hunting near Billings, ore price cuts to Neihart, a Montana will dispute, a labor union honor, a deadly shooting in Montana, a saloon robbery in Butte, a Stock Growers convention date shift, Roosevelt's Montana visit ties, a dynamite accident near Elko, a Montana mother restrains a robber, a rare earthquake damage claim in Helena, a youthful mail theft arrest, and heavy snows hurting range stock with high hay prices.
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Tonopah
Nevada
Gagnon
Butte
Porches Grant
Thomas McNamara
Missoura
Mont
Oregon
Miles City
Montana
Pres- Ment Roosevelt
Southern Pacific Company
Elks
Pamed Wallace
Foreman Johnson
Mra
Arthur G. Miller
John Gerser
Helera
Andrew Passenberger
Helena
Boxer
Diferent Parte
Whatorn
Cattie
Borane
Lana
Hay Io
War in San Domingo escalates as revolutionists seize fort
Reports from San Domingo say revolutionists attacked Fort San Carlos near Han Domingo, freeing prisoners as fighting rages. President Vasques and General Poppin lead forces, heavy casualties feared, commerce halted, U S consulate warns of upheaval, naval orders to move if needed.
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Revelutionteta
Ani
San Nocingo
Patel
Bern
Gardean
Fort San Carlos
Han Domingo
Fins
Vasques
Interior of the Republic
Poppin
At & Wt
United States
Maxwell
San Domingo
State Department
Atlantic
Pensacola
Monte Cristo
Cape Haytien
Mrs Maybrick to Go Free After Life Sentence
Florence Maybrick the American woman convicted of poisoning her husband in Liverpool in 1889 will be released in 11 months. Born Florence Elizabeth Chandler, she married James Maybrick on July 1, 1851 in St James church Piccadilly. Her husband died after illness and the case drew wide attention as jurists debated medical evidence and guilt.
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Florence Maybrick
Liverpool
James Maybrick
Man dies in suspected ballooning incident on Friday morning
Police believe a Chinese man was murdered during a ballooning incident on Friday along a road. They arrested Ah Wooy, a Chinese woman, Monday as a person of interest. A full investigation will follow.
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Lee Wy
Gowames
Ah Wooy
Wade
Priday
Venezuelan Congress Considers Castro Resignation Move
The Venezuelan Congress debated President Castro's resignation and urged reconsideration amid calls from factions supportive of Castro. Castro asserted his need to end internal turmoil and defend Venezuela from foreign aggression, offering to serve if the nation requires his leadership.
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Venezuelan Congress
Eral
Castro
Congress
Cheteet
Trymen
Venezuela
Ding
Favorable To Miners Report On Anthracite Strike Award
The commission dated March 18 resigning members including Judge George Gray and Carroll D. Wright, with John L. Kapling and Thomas M. Watkins among others. It calls for a 10 percent wage increase for miners and engineers, 10 percent for firemen, and direct payment to laborers by companies. It estimates losses from the strike totaling 46.1 million to owners, 25 million to workers, and 28 million to transportation firms. President Mitchell requests full copy to review, suggesting some miners may not find parts of the decision favorable.
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George Gray
Delaware
Carroll D. Wright
John BM. Witvon
Washington, D
John L. Kpalling
Minnela
Thomas HM. ‘Watkins
Pennsylvania
Adear
Ork
Edward W. Parker
Washington, D. C
M. Sexton
United Mine Workers’ Journal
Monte
Mtchell
Mitch Demeanor
Cpi:ion
Pottavila
Dowager
Empresa
St. Louis Exposition
Turkey
Constantinople
Hamp Davis Place
Issaquena Ty
Miss
Joseph Leonard
Hia Ly Moooklyn
St. Louis
Robber Attack Aboard Car On Los Angeles Trail
Three masked robbers attacked a passenger car on the Los Angeles to Santa Monica line near a mile west of Los Angeles Sunday night. A pistol duel left a passenger dead and several injured as robbers fired into the crowded car and fled. Police said five shots were fired and the crew and passengers attempted to flee amid the hail of bullets.
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Los Angeles
Santa Monica
W. Henderson
Fillis Pearson
Henderson
Tebbers
H. A Griswold
Manson
J. ©. Cunningham
Hills Pearson
C. H. Bowers
Doctor Declares He Was Not Guilty
A fragmented report states Dr Lawra A O Brien, his wife and their young son were aboard the steamer Peoria when they arrived in New York. The doctor asserts his innocence in a case involving an American dentist and Rasung Mak Prime IV amid a troubled family incident.
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Lawra A. O'Brien
Mr. O'Brien
New York
der. O'Brien
Mak Prime
Castro Resigns as Venezuela President in 1908
President Castro resigned and placed the presidential seal of the republic in the hands of the congress president after reading the message. His six year term began February 20, 1902, and would have ended February 29, 1908.
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Castro
Republic of Venezuela
Congress
Venezuela
Distress in Norm Sweden Discussed at Rolvhatag Saturday
The agriculture minister announced that relief efforts were reassessed after a government review showed a $254,000 relief gap, with $28,000 from American sources. A murder mystery surrounds Henry Duboina of Sparta Oregon as coroner's jury cites gunshot and unknown poison as causes, with unclear links to her husband and dreamlike motives.
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Sweden
Henry Duboina
Sparta
Oregon
Cate
Mystery Man Bennett Confesses Murder in San Francisco
A man answering to John Bennett claims he killed Nora Fulton in San Francisco over a year ago. He was captured in Premont Nebraska and taken to the sheriff, admitting the crime and saying the dead girl haunted him. Bennett, about 40, neatly dressed, once a lawyer, described the 1121 Walnut Street house crime scene and raved in his cell during the night.
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Apecal
Prement
John Bennett
Nora Fulton
San Francisco
Han Warrantorad
Ty Bheritt
Tim
Bennett
Walnut Street
San Franeluco
Cty
Cuban Treaty Ratified After Havana Negotiations 1902
The Cuban treaty ratified by the Senate was negotiated in Havana in December 1902 between General Tasker H. Bliss for the United States and Carlos de Zaldo and Jose M. Garcia Montes for Cuba. It provides for 20 percent duty reductions on most imports both ways while maintaining free entry for merchandise produced in either country. Tobacco receives no duty concession in Cuba.
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Senate
Havana
General Tasker H. Bliss
United States
Carlos de Zaldo
Jose M. Garcia Montes
Cuba
United States Senate
Tt Ta
Went After Wolves in Car bon County
Peter Parry of eastern Carbon county tracked two wolves and encountered a larger pack. He killed eight of the group and sent scalps to Rawmins along with thirteen coyotes, receiving a bounty. After April 1 wolves will earn 85 and coyotes 31.50, under a new act to incentivize hunting.
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Peter Parry
Carbon County
High Binder War claims life in Chinatown clash
In a violent bleed binder war in Porthant's Chinatown Leune John was shot and killed and rival Lee Wan is suspected as the murderer who remains at large. Young John was shot in the back near a Chinese routine house on Pine Street and died instantly.
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Porthant
Chinatown
Leune John
Lee Wan
Etift
Clin Pollree
Young John
Montana Pioneer Dead In Helena Years Ago
Montana pioneer Wellington Woods longtime resident of Last Chance Gulch, later Helena, died in Helena on Thursday aged 70. He helped name Helens by his cabin and was a early mining official who organized disputes among miners and held a claim in Last Chance Gulch. He never married and was remembered in local public notices amid a period of disruption and mourning.
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Vernon Bennett
Anaconda
Mont
John Dunstan
Butte
Dunstan
Wellington Woods
Montana
Euleb
Helena
Woods
Chance Gulch
Helens
Fragmented Global News Snapshot With Crashes and Crises
A garbled OCR news roundup reports large scale events including a prison crime, drownings after an accident, a planned collapse of a cinema, a fatal train collision on Long Island, a volcanic eruption in St Vincent, a streamer crash, political indictments, famine mentions in Japan, and various legal, wartime, and transportation incidents.
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Rhode Taland Young
Fawine Haa
Mortern
Japan
Thoudane
Long Island Sea
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Billings
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W. 8. Stratton
Colorado Springs
Dan McDonald
American Labor Union
St. Loui Fair
George Poliotk
Richard Martin
Bansock
Martin
Pollock
Elbow Creek
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Mrs. Maybrick
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Lilla
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May Rose
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Brown
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Reilly
Oftens
Rosario
Ramoda Lovano
Alamosa
Cole
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Ramona
Neor
Partland
PUSE
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Standard
Cala
Shariffe
Robert de Lone
de Long
Beatty
Colorado City
Iceberga
Hestia
Haltimore
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Newfoundland
Houtia
Stoke
Clarence Hummel
Findlay
Hummell
Stacy
Plana
Ayeeip
Nora Fuller
Hage
Wyoming
Portland
Louie Keenuth
Coluhion
Lee
Baduectoe
Vililn Union
Mentor
Mireur le Cowardor
Waldorf Astoria
Uruguay
Bureal Insular Affairs
Philippine Islands
Ole Olson
Atkin. Mi
Carlos Breta
Salvador
Milan
Mexico
Canedo
Rome
Henry Waterman
Millbury
Mass
Woonsockut
B. Sitwenntrauer
London
Met
Maesxieo
Republic
Goimbra
Tugal
Poumolu
Julian Baker
Boro
N.C
Hoth
South Fork
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