Northwest Notes Napa Valley Mining and Montana Oddities
A roundup of western notes from Tonopah Nevada to Helena Montana. Reports cover a proposed beet sugar bounty in Washington state, anticipated Tonopah railroad links, a fatal blast in Butte, and a mining ore price cut at Neihart. Also noted are a Billings elk hunt invite to Roosevelt, a Montana labor strike at Red Lodge, a fatal mastiff incident in Anaconda, a saloon robbery in Butte, and weather impacts on range stock across Oregon and Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonopah
Nevada
Gagnon
Butte
Porches Grant
Thomas McNamara
Missoura
Mont
Oregon
Tacoma
George
Billings
Roosevelt
Nethart
Cascade County
Great Northern
Helena Ameliors
Dan McDonald
American Labor Union
Montana
St. Loui Fair
George Poliotk
Richard Martin
Bansock
Martin
Pollock
Elbow Creek
Red Lodge
Mra
Arthur G. Miller
John Gerser
Helera
Andrew Passenberger
Helena
Boxer
Diferent Parte
Whatorn
Cattie
Borane
Lana
Hay Io
Revolt in San Domingo Attacks Fort San Carlos
Reports from March 23 describe revolutionists attacking and capturing Fort San Carlos near San Domingo. General Poppin leads forces against government troops, releasing prisoners as fighting rages. Casualties rise, commerce halts, and U.S. officials warn of broader consequences. United States warship Atlantic sails toward Monte Cristo to protect interests 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 Long Fight
Florence Maybrick, the American woman convicted in Liverpool in 1889 of poisoning her husband James Maybrick with arsenic, and sentenced to death but commuted to life imprisonment, will be released in 11 months. Once Miss Florence Elizabeth Chandler, she wed James Maybrick on July 1 1851 at St James church Piccadilly. she was 1 1/2 when married and known for beauty and social prominence. Her husband, 34, died in spring 1889 after illness. brothers investigated, leading to her death sentence by the jury judge Pitt-James Stephen who deemed medical evidence insufficient to prove guilt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Maybrick
Liverpool
James Maybrick
Police investigate Chinese man’s murder on Friday
Reported on Friday morning a Chinese man was found murdered on a rural road after a ballooning incident. Police arrested Ah Wooy, a Chinese woman, on Monday who is believed to be implicated. An thorough investigation of the case will be made.
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Lee Wy
Gowames
Ah Wooy
Wade
Priday
Castro resigns as president of Venezuela amid calls to reconsider
The Venezuelan Congress debated Castro's resignation as President and urged reconsideration while Castro addressed the nation. He urged unity against foreign interference, expressing commitment to defend Venezuela and its civilization. The speech promised to place all energies in service of the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venezuelan Congress
Eral
Castro
Congress
Cheteet
Trymen
Venezuela
Ding
Report on Anthracite Strike Commission Favorable to Miners
The March 18 report by the presidential commission chaired by Judge George Gray and others recommends a 10 percent wage increase for contract miners, engineers, and firemen, starting November 1, 1902, with a conciliation board for future disputes and direct payment to workers. It estimates losses totaling 99 million across owners, workers, and transport. Critics note portions may not satisfy miners despite the gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Battle With Robbers On Electric Car Near Los Angeles
A Sunday night ambush on a Los Angeles to Santa Monica electric line left one passenger dead and several injured after three masked robbers fired at a crowded car. Passengers ducked as gunfire erupted from both inside and outside the coach, with Henderson shooting at the robbers and a robber felled. Five shots wounded Griswold, Pearson, Cunningham, and others as the attackers fired into the crowd. Police pursued suspects as the car’s pursuit ended in a chaotic, deadly scene.
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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 describes Dr. Lawra A. O'Brien and family aboard the steamer Peoria arriving in New York. The passage references an American dentist and Rasung, Mak Prime IV, but the text is garbled, leaving the central claim of not guilty unclear.
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Lawra A. O'Brien
Mr. O'Brien
New York
der. O'Brien
Mak Prime
Castro Resigns as Venezuelan President in 1908
President Castro has resigned and placed the resignation in the hands of the congress president after reading the presidential message. His term would have ended February 29, 1908, after a six year tenure begun February 20, 1902.
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Castro
Republic of Venezuela
Congress
Venezuela
Distress in Norm Sweden Discussed by Rolvhatag Panel
The minister of agriculture announced that relief efforts were deemed adequate four weeks ago but new findings show a shortfall of about 254000 dollars, with 28000 from American sources. Details on the murder mystery in Sparta Oregon remain unclear as coroner’s jury cites gunshot and possible poison in the death of Mrs Anche Duboina.
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Sweden
Mystery man claims guilt in San Francisco murder
A man named John Bennett, claiming to be from Prement Nebraska, confessed to killing Nora Fulton in San Francisco over a year ago. He described himself as about 40, weighing 185 pounds, with a stubby mustache, and said he choked the girl at 1121 Walnut Street before fleeing. Bennett, held by Sheriff Tallman, raved in his cell and told of a supposed jury he addressed.
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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 preserves free entry for goods currently duty free, imposes a 20 percent cut on other Cuban imports to the U.S., and grants a 20 percent reduction on U.S. imports into Cuba with specified exceptions. Tobacco remains non concessional in Cuba, and duties are preferential for like imports from other nations while Cuban sugars face no greater cut than 20 percent.
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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
Man Fights Wolves and Coyotes for Bounty
Peter Parry of eastern Carbon County tracked two wolves and encountered a larger group. He killed eight wolves and captured thirteen coyote scalps, delivering them to Rawlins for a total bounty of 27 dollars. The legislature raises wolf and coyote bounties after April 1 to encourage hunters.
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Peter Parry
Carbon County
High Binder War Turns Fatal in Porthant Chinatown
In an opposed blehbinder war in Porthant's Chinatown Leune John was shot and killed during a confrontation near a routine Chinese house on Pine Street. Lee Wan, a rival society member, is suspected and at large as investigators hunt for the killer. The violence left Young John fatally shot in the back as he departed the scene.
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Porthant
Chinatown
Leune John
Lee Wan
Etift
Clin Pollree
Young John
Montana Pioneer Dead in Helena Mines Era
Montana pioneer Wellington Woods died in Helena in 1864 at age 70. He built the third cabin in Lent Chance Gulch and helped name Helens from his cabin. A flat commissioned officer in Helena, he organized the frat court to settle miners disputes and was among those who took up a claim in Chance Gulch. He never married and followed mining through the area’s active years.
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Wellington Woods
Montana
Euleb
Helena
Woods
Chance Gulch
Helens
Multitude of Crises Span World News In Jagged Dispatch
A chaotic, OCR heavy page reports countless events from wars and crime to disasters and politics. It mentions arrests in Mireur le cowardor, drownings during a Chant LT incident, a Waldorf Astoria intrusion attempt, a collapsing Cineioast plan, and a fatal train collision on Long Island. Also noted are volcanic activity at Soufriere, indictments in Kentucky, Uruguay war causes, a potential release of three burglars, wage increases for Pennsylvania miners, Chinese representation funds, a Turkish sultan’s order, levee failures in Hamp Davis, a death from poisoning in Brooklyn, insurance disputes, and various political exiles and dignitaries visiting Rome amid security measures.
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Holm
Nev
Isaac Stratton
W. 8. Stratton
Colorado Springs
Vernon Bennett
Anaconda
John Dunstan
Dunstan
Miles City
Pres- Ment Roosevelt
Southern Pacific Company
Elks
Pamed Wallace
Foreman Johnson
City
Mrs. Maybrick
Massachusetts
Piskdale
Masa
Peter Burke
Lilla
William
Louise
May Rose
Ladrones
Surtago
Mindanao
Tadrones
Constabulary
Specter Clarke
Tenth Infantry
Patterson
Brown
Tingan
Suringo
Reilly
Oftens
Rosario
Ramoda Lovano
Alamosa
Cole
Gret
Ramona
Neor
Partland
PUSE
Union
Mtchell
Mitch Demeanor
Cpi:ion
Standard
Cala
Shariffe
Robert de Lone
de Long
Beatty
Colorado City
Iceberga
Hestia
Haltimore
Glasgow
Newfoundland
Houtia
Stoke
Clarence Hummel
Findlay
Hummell
Stacy
Plana
Ayeeip
Henry Duboina
Sparta
Cate
Nora Fuller
Hage
Wyoming
Portland
Louie Keenuth
Coluhion
Lee
Baduectoe
Vililn Union
Mentor
Mireur le Cowardor
Waldorf Astoria
Rhode Taland Young
Fawine Haa
Mortern
Japan
Thoudane
Long Island Sea
Uruguay
Pottavila
Dowager
Empresa
St. Louis Exposition
Turkey
Constantinople
Hamp Davis Place
Issaquena Ty
Miss
Joseph Leonard
Hia Ly Moooklyn
St. Louis
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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