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Newspaper
Tonopah Daily Bonanza
Location
Tonopah, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1908
Page
4
The Oakland Tribune argues Springfield’s race riot reveals deep Northern and Southern racial problems. It contends Northern hypocrisy, notes harsher mob passions in the North, and warns the incident could politicize the North’s racial issue beyond the Civil War era.
Walter N. Lewis, former Plaza planing mill owner, vanished from San Francisco after selling his Nevada City business. Friends fear suicide, but a letter to his family says he left to start anew and has no intent of self harm. Local chatter notes a life upheaval following a San Francisco injury. Byline notes Aug. 21 dateline.
Governor Wilson signals requisitions to bring former Governor Taylor and former Secretary Finley from Indiana for trial on complicity in the murder of William Goebel. He favors bail, but Commonwealth Attorney Robert Franklin vows to oppose bail as the law bars release for capital punishment cases.
The installation of a new Eagles aerie at Millers scheduled for Sunday is postponed due to the arrival of the charter. Preparations were extensive, and the event is likely to occur next Sunday with the drum corps and Eagles ball team traveling to Mill City to face the Millers.
At a Bishop California preliminary hearing Peter Snyder and a Greek companion face a murder charge in the August 2 death of Fannie Snyder near Southlake. Bud Carberry testified that Snyder spoke of domestic troubles and love for his step daughter Grace Craven, who arrived with Sheriff Ogg. Snyder’s lawyers seek dismissal as the case extends a week and Sheriff Naylor continues hotel proceedings. In Berkeley two UC students using aliases Brown and Johnson were arrested for posting rules for freshmen on campus and city streets signed The Sophomore Class. They posted that none of the first year may wear certain items and were released on $5 bond.
A Japanese man named Sam Fiu is jailed in Pittsburg charged with trespassing on railroad property. He is suspected of seeking secrets on projectile manufacture at the Firthasy Sterling Steel plant near McKeesport. Local calls for orders to H J Hall Co for wet goods with phone 812 Ltd.
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