Murphy and Vickers in Territorial funds case ruling
Chief Justice Kent sustained the demurrer against Murphy in Wilson vs Murphy Vickers et al holding warrants were illegal but that liability rests with the drawer of the warrants Vickers. The decision limits recovery to the drawer while indicating Murphy used funds unlawfully and may face moral accountability.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Stice Kent
Wilson
Murphy
Vickers
Ting
District Court
Maricopa County
Territorial
Eugene, S. Ives
Yuma
Territorial Council
Thomas F. Wilson
Tucson
Ickers
Barnes
Aineworth
United States
Morrison
Justice of Peace
Thomas JF. Wilson
Citizen
Judge Kent
Territorial Treasury
Kent
Charles F. Ainworth
Territory
Ainsworth
Kelvin Bobtail Mill Run Prompts Mining Boom in Arizona
Kelvin Ariz 24 reports a second surge of mining activity in the Kelvin district. The Big Hamilton mine owned by Jim Eider and Adolph Nelson sits in a flourishing zone of free milling gold ore with other properties, while several local officials visited Kelvin and Troy to inspect the boom. Jake Bates ships to Troy and writes a satirical epitaph poem about Joe Manhattan, drawing attention from the Vigilance Committee in the mining locale.
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Klvin
Ariz
Kelvin Ring
Hamilton
Jim Eider
Adolph Nelson
Manhattan
Prop
Coper
Peter ‘Ik Schillive
Dripping Springs
Go Ybara
Ray Copper Company
Tucson
Pinal County
Kelvin
Troy
Herr
Stuict
O'Connor
Key
Williamm Price
Janmy McGee
Storm in Sioux City Causes Extensive Property Damage
Sioux City reports indicate storm damage exceeds 25000 dollars as roofs fail and glass breaks affect nearly all residences and businesses.
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Londa
Sioux City
Metal and Money Market Report
Metal and money market notes from New York on April 25 show Mexican dollars trading at 41 cents and 61.5 to 61.5 cast figures for copper. Copper prices quoted at Lake 11.87 1-2 to 12.10 with a 12 percent range.
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New York
Lake
Roosevelt Receives Murphy Arizona Governor Resignation
The resignation of Arizona Governor Murphy was received by President Roosevelt in Washington on April 26. The White House could not confirm immediate effect or motive. It is reported the resignation followed complaints about the governor's conduct at a Phoenix banquet and a request for explanation.
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Phoenix
San Francisco Strike Talks End With Offer From Company
In San Francisco on April 26 the United Railroads directors and the striking carmen committee met until 12:30 PM. The company proposed wage terms of 25 cents an hour with no bonuses or 23 1 2 cents an hour with bonuses. The union sought reinstatement of carmen discharged by Superintendent E P Vining and offered to exchange committees.
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San Francisco
United Railroads
Carmen
E. P. Vining
Tornado Kills Three in Joplin Area Causing Heavy Damage
A tornado struck Joplin and nearby Kansas City area late yesterday killing three and injuring fifteen. Twenty residences in Joplin were wrecked while several structures at Moonshine Hill and Villa Heights were demolished. Estimated total loss from buildings wrecked and mines flooded totals about $100000.
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Kansas City
Joplin
Moonshine Hill
Villa Heights
Trouble in Russia Rioters Shot Down
A dispatch from St. Petersburg reports six riots by strikers in Moscow with military dispersal and heavy bloodshed. One account says about fifty were killed or wounded as peasant unrest grows in Southern Russia province areas worsening the crisis.
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Vienna
Allgemeine Zeitung
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Russia
Cleveland man hanged himself in county jail cell
Martin Lynch, arrested after being charged with murdering his wife, died by suicide early today in a county jail cell in Cleveland. He reportedly sat on the floor and strangled himself with a door knob cord in a deliberate act.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Martin Lynch
Dimmick Jury Fails to Agree in Mint Theft Case
The jury in the Walter N. Dimick theft trial could not reach a verdict on the charge of stealing $3000 from the mint and was discharged.
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Dimmick
San Francisco
Walter N. Dimick
Herkimer Town Nearly Wiped Out by Midnight Fire
ST. JOSEPHA Mo April 26 The town of Herkimer six miles west of here almost entirely destroyed by a fire that started shortly after midnight. The settlement with about 500 residents faces an estimated loss of 100000 dollars.
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ST. Josepha
Herkimer
Here
The Power of Niagara Threatened with Dynamite
A Niagara Falls report states an attempt was made to blow up the power canal on the Canadian side with dynamite. Police and authorities investigated the blast site and warned of possible further attacks in the region.
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Niagara
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Peace Committee Deliberates on Anthracite Dispute in New York
The national civic federation concili ation committee met in New York on April 26 to hear reports from both sides of the anthracite operators and miners dispute. The conference adjourned at one o’clock with no definite results achieved.
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New York
National Civic Federation
Lhe
Personal Mention Items of the Day
Mr J T Hophey stopped over in Phoenix to attend the Convention of Foresters and was named a delegate by the Tucson local lodge. R A Newcome arrived from Mammoth with pneumonia needing hospital care. Loyd of Southwestern Printers Supply Company is stocking in the city and H C Hass is handling local wallpaper. W H Whedon came from Chicago and described cold winds and snow near Central City. James Davis from Cananea appears as a district court witness. Frank Fulton is here from Bisbee compiling a directory for Bisbee Cananea Douglas and Naco and arranging Tucson printing. C G Powell of Shields and Price Florence is in Tucson on firm business. Mrs W T Wood and Miss H L Estill came from Oracle. Col W C Greene of Cananea mining and Col Epes Randolph arrive and plan to travel West this evening.
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J. T. Hophey
Phoenix
Foresters
High Court
Capital
Tucson
R. A. Newcome
Mammoth
W. +. Loyd
Southwestern Printers Supply Company
H. C. Hass
H. W. Whedon
Chicago
Kansas
Central City
James Davis
Cananea
District Court
Frank Fulton
Bisbee
Douglas
Naco
C. G Powell
Shields and Price
Florence
W. “T’ Wood
H. L. Estill
Oracle
W. C. Greene
Col. Epes Randolph
Passenger Train Hits Open Switch Damaging Private Car Acadia
A Southern Pacific passenger train from the west crashed into an open switch at the depot side track striking the private car Acadia where Cananea directors were breakfasting. No major injuries. J W Shotwell injured by glass. Acadia sent to car shops for repairs. investigations to blame switchmen and yard operations.
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Southern Pacific
Acadia
Roosevelt
Cananea Company
Arizona
Pulman
New York
Frank Garland
John E. Beatty
Frank A. Griggs
Beatty
Arcadia
J. W. Shotwell
Fenner
Cananea
Beck
Yueson
el Paso
San Xavier
Kidnapping Plot Targeting Baby Sparks Alarm in Bloomdale
A masked man tried to kidnap four week old baby of Mr and Mrs K W Bosler in Bloomdale Ohio last evening. He slashed a wire screen and demanded the infant shouting I want that baby before fleeing. Neighbors offered aid but no trace of the assailant is found. The Boslers fear a ransom motive tied to Mrs Bosler’s family wealth and past incident.
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Bloomdale
Ohio
K. W. Bosler
Broomdale
Bosler
Ethel
Minister to Cuba Soon Named From United States
Washington April 26 It will not be long before the President names a Minister from the United States to the Republic of Cuba The job will be important and the President has not yet decided upon anyone for the position He is considering a diplomat with Spanish language knowledge from a list of half a dozen candidates Henry L Wilson Herbert W Brown Herbert G Jackson Francis B mis Wm W Roe among others The choice may come from this field if suitable material exists
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Washington
United States
Republic of
Cuba
Ntolt
Henry L. Wilson
Chile
Herbert W. Brown
Barcelona
Persia
Venezuela
Herbert G
Legation
Joan R. Jackson
New Jersey
Secong
Berlin
Francis B. Mis
Portugal
Wm. W. Roe
Wilson
Yaakeshi
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Pieras
Ives
Senator Ives
Kelvin Bobtail Mill
Omaha
Neb
Jake Bates
Joe Mulhattan
Joe
Haven
Metal and Money Market
Washington, D. C
White House
Herkimer, Mo
the Peace Committee At Work
Gananea Mining Company
W. Barican
Guba
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