Officers All Selected In Caucus In Colorado Assembly
The sixteenth Colorado General Assembly convened at noon with seventy Republicans and thirty Democrats. No contest occurred as officers were chosen by the Republican caucus. Robert G. Breckenridge elected speaker. M. Ke. Lawin presiding in the senate. Officers include L. B. Strait secretary. Harry Ruffner assistant secretary. John L. Peters sergeant at arms. W. C. Birck chief clerk. H. Luether assistant chief clerk.
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Denver
Jan
General Assembly of
Colorado
Robert G. Breckenridge
Wo Grande
House
M. KE. Lawin
Fremont
Senate
L. B. Strait
Pueblo
Harry Ruffner
John L. Peters
Creedo
W. C. Birck
Mineral County
H. ¥. Luether
Weld
J. L. Fraser
Reading
G. H. Wilson
Conejos
Bill
Irvin Stan Buren
Boulder
A. Tt. Young
Thirty killed in train collision after operator failed to hold
A head on crash left thirty dead and forty injured as authorities say the operator did not hold the train at a controlled point. Investigators are examining signaling, braking, and communications to determine responsibility and improve rail safety.
Rock Island wreck kills dozens in Kansas head on collision
Topeka reports a gruesome Rock Island disaster near Volland in Wabaunsee County as trains No 29 and No 30 collided head on. About 30 killed, 40 injured, many Mexican laborers burned in a smoker car. Operator John Lynes fled, later captured and jailed.
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Topeka
Kan
Rock Island Railroad
Wolland
Wabaunze County
FE Paso
Chicago
el Paso
John Lynex
Volland
Salse
California
Rock Island
Rock Ialand
KE Pasoan
Rt. Sukerman
John Lynes
Frightful Rock Island Wreck Shocks Nation
James McCrea named first vice president as property valued at 200000 dollars suffers amid a fatal railway wreck on the Rock Island line. Four boys reportedly steal rides and meet death. A J Cassatt mourns losses and fierce fire damages linger.
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Rock Island
James McCrea
A. J. Cassatt
Harriman Summoned Before the Commission
New York Jan 2 James McKea director of the Pennsylvania railroad is likely to become president succeeding Casatt. He arrived in New York after a conference with Henry Frick. The expected appointment cited by reports. Philadelphia Jan 2 James McCrea elected president of the Pennsylvania Railroad to succeed Casatt. Harriman and Stapf summoned to testify before the Interstate Commerce Commission in New York with weeks of hearings anticipated. Peoria Jan 2 Master of the firemen won’t talk at grand executive board meeting. Ottawa Jan 2 Canadian farmers press tariff cuts unhappy with cotton wool sugar, warn of a monied aristocracy.
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Massachusetts
Boston & Albany
Boston
Royal Agricultural
Tredegar
Great Britain
New York
James McKea
The
Pennsylvania Railroad
A. J. Casmatt
Stead
Henry C. Frick
Philadelphia
James McCrea
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Lines
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
A. J Casatt
Harriman
Stapf
Jan
E. H. Harriman
Union and Southern Pacific
Interstate Commerce Commission
Peoria
Grand Executive Board of
Locomotive Firemen and Engineers
John J. Hanrahan
Ottawa
Brury
Farmers Association
New York Fire Leaves Dozens Homeless and Looting Bans
A massive early morning blaze in New York destroyed a tenement on West Fifty third street and a boarding house, injuring a dozen and displacing forty families. Water pressure woes hindered firefighting, but a fire boat helped supply, while looters faced police fire. One striking incident involved a block of thefts amid the fire. Local reports detail additional accidents and international dispatches.
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New York
Hudson
Milwaukee Prosperity Shown In 1906 Clearing Figures
Milwaukee reports a sharp rise in 1906 total clearings by about 60 million, with average monthly gains near 5.09 million and October up 10 million from September. The 1905 total clearings stood at 405.77 million, up 21 million from 1904, while various industries flourish and a new bank opens in three months.
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Milwaukee
Win
Orange crops ship heavily to northern markets
Jacksonville reports the orange crop is heavily shipped with about sixty percent of the crop already sent for the season and a high portion forwarded to northern markets. Pineapple and celery shipments rise, with New York bound fruit via the Clyde line as ripening fields prepare to send large quantities by month end.
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Jacksonville
New York
Valencia county to revoke timber saloon licenses
Carlos Baca, official envoy, will inform all saloonkeepers in Valencia county that the county commissioners have decided to revoke licenses for the use of liquor at timber camps. A meeting at Los Lunes on Saturday January 1% will allow saloonkeepers to show cause why licenses should not be revoked. Sheriff Roca cites fights and serious mishaps tied to pay and liquor at the camps.
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Carlos Baca
Pheri
Valenela County
Ner
Zunt Mountains
Valencia County
Los Lunes
Roca
Washington Dwellers Propose Santa Fe Ethnological Station
Washington January 2 Delegate Andrews is priming the committee for an ethnological station at Santa Fe near the City Dwellers Prot. Hewett will assist with the committee and before the department.
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Oal Spation
Santa FE
Washington
Andrews
Hewett
Dastardly Attempt to Wreck Trains in San Antonio
Special to The Evening Ciueet reports a spate of nighttime attempts to wreck Santa Fe trains at San Antonio New Mexico. Switch locks were broken and switches jimmied but no accidents occurred. A voice warned the section foreman, a native, to stop repairs. a pistol shot wounded his hand. Ben Williams and Santa Fe detectives investigated as fires were set and extinguished with damage limited to the tool house. The motive appears personal against the section foreman, not the railroad, with suspects among natives and incidents concentrated in the north yards.
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Ciueet
San Antonio
N. M
Don
Santa Fe
Ben Williams
Sant Fe
Woman Fires Point Blank at Judge in Courtroom
In St Louis on January 2 Miss Rom Well a litigant in a disputed inheritance case rose from the spectators and fired at Circuit Judge J A McDonald with a revolver. The bullet missed. She was disarmed and arrested. A witness nearby stopped a second shot. The judge stayed seated and later continued with the case.
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St Louis
J.A. McDonald
Circuit Court
Rom Well
Ro Mark
McDonald
Rosa
Cose
Old World country items and world notes from Jan
Items from Bushire Lodz and London report troops, unrest, and leadership plans. A Turkish force returns in poor condition after Arab suppression. factory unrest in Lodz leads to fatalities and looting. Lady Burdet Coutts affair hints at estate distribution. General Booth to tour the world starting February with Seattle to Japan leg planned.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Burdet-Coutts
Charty
Booth
Salvation Army
New York
Canada
Seattle
Japan
Wooth
Inez
Death enters a loving home in sorrowful obituary
Ada Campfield Clarke wife of Howard Clarke died at 221 North Seventh Street after a brief illness due to intestinal obstruction. She would have been 20 on January 6. Born in St Louis, she moved to this city sixteen years ago and was known for her piano performances in churches and charity events. Funeral details unavailable as telegrams await replies.
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Ada Campield-Clarke
Howard Clarke
George A. Campfield
North Seventh Street
Clarke
W. G. Hope
J. P. Kaster
Topeka
Hope
Josephine
St.Louis
Lunday
Barton
Campfield
Clark
Clisen
Stuyvesant Fish Warns of Approaching Industrial Crisis
In a Journal-Commercial statement, Stuyvesant Fish predicts a major industrial crisis ahead with signs of imminent decline in money value. He cites gold output, high prices, and global turmoil including war losses, while noting Europe and Wall Street distrust in corporate finance. A separate notice reports a seventy-year-old man’s suicide following an election defeat.
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New York
Stuyvesant Fish
Journal-Commercial
Fish
Japan
Kurita
Becaus
San Francisco
Vatparaiso
Wall Street
Europe
Moston
Dan
Register of Deeds
Thomas Temple
Wolves Rampage Prompt Hunt Across Ontario Village
In Kingston Ontario on January fecha a wolf outbreak triggers a province wide hunt as authorities deploy workers. Around seven hundred men gathered at Owen Sound to chase a large pack blamed for widespread destruction in the area.
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Canada
Kingston
Ont
Jan
Owen Sound
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