Southern Route Adopted by Boosters for Second Annual Trade Excursion
Albuquerque merchants back a two hundred passenger trade trip on April 19 across the Rio Grande Valley to Deming Silver City El Paso and Alamogordo with a possible Cloudcroft detour. A. B. Stroup presided as committees gathered names and planned a diner car and schedules while W. P. Garside outlined a tentative route and timing through Isleta Los Lunas Belen Socorro Magdalena El Paso Deming and other points.
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A. B. Stroup
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Rock Island
Estancia
Messrs
O. A. Matson
R. H. Lester
P. F. McCanna
George Arnot
E. L. Medler
D. K. B. Sellers
Commercial Club
Rio Grande Valley
Deming
Silver City
el Paso
Alamogordo
Cloudcroft
Torrance
New Mexico Central
Kennedy
Home
Nu Farm
Ireland
W. P. Garside
Santa Fe
Carside
Fan Antonio
Carthage
San Antonio
Elmendorf
Ban Mareial
Cutter
Rincon
Las Cruces
Mevilla Park
Bilverty
Garaide
Heck Island
Epetauida
el Passo
el Paseo
Frank Ralph
Mike Mundell
Chowderott
KR. G. Balcomb
Grand Canyon
Ash Fork
Phoenix
Prescott
Tucson
Los Angeles
Engle
Eagle Reservoir
Garside
W. P. Metcalf
Mr. Garside
Metcalf
J. R. Coleman
Coleman
W. Po Metcalf
Mike Mandell
David Weeinmann
Youthful burglar seized in Colorado post office theft
An eight year old groggman named Robert Oxford from Montrose is accused of breaking into multiple locked boxes at the Montrose post office and stealing 2168 in cash drafts and jewelry. He opened boxes by listening for tumbler clicks and was arrested after the theft was found. He helped police reopen boxes to show his technique.
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Montrose, Cole, Mareh
Robert Oxford
Groggman
Montrose Post Office
Montrose County
Reynolda Jewelry Company
Roosevelt to Carry Compact Drug Store
New York dispatch says Theodore Roosevelt will take a compact drug store to Africa, packed into a suit cane. The kit contains fifteen thousand doses including quinine and medicines for malaria, sanitation chems, and treatments for tropical illnesses ready for field use.
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Roosevelt
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Africa
Equatorial Africa
Medical supplies case for Roosevelt expedition inventoried
An American firm with London offices supplied a durable medicine chest for the Roosevelt expedition. The outfit includes opiates knives bandages and other items stored in an airtight vulcanite bottle case measuring 15 by 10 by 8 8. The same company counsels explorers like Livingston Stanley Perry and the Due W Abruezi with medical chests.
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London
Livingston, Stanley, Perry
Due W Abruezi
Milwaukee Road to Coast Freight Open May and Passenger July
Butte Montana reports a railway plan: freight service to the coast starts May 1, with passenger service to begin July 1. Gold Creek will host the ceremonial spike on April 2 with Milwaukee officials present, recalling the 1883 tying of the Northern Pacific under President Grant and Henry Villard.
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Henry Villard
Grant
Army surgeon on trial for beating railroad charges
A military court martial at Fort Missoula, Montana, convened to try Lt. W. E. Parkman, medical reserve corps, on charges of falsifying a report on property loss and defrauding the Northern Pacific Railway. Allegations include smuggling his Filipino servant from Hope Idaho to American Lake Washington and hiding him in an ambulance wagon then shipping him on a flat car to Missoula.
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Missoula
Mont
March S
Fort Missoula
W. EE. Parkman
Medical Reserve Corps
Medical Department
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Hope
Idaho
American Lake
Wash
Spokane Shippers Seek Rebates Over Freight Rates
Spokane jobbers plan a major suit in Spokane Washington to recover rebates on freight charges possibly totaling 250000 dollars. The action rests on an interstate commerce commission ruling that freight rates to Spokane were inherently unreasonable and ordered reductions. The group argues rebates may cover overcharges paid since the suit began two years ago.
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Spokane
Wash
Interstate Commerce Commission
Tragic Pacific Balloon Flight Ends in Drowning
Lester Elkins a 20 year old amateur aeronaut died after a balloon ascent in San Pedro California when a strong offshore wind carried him out to sea He cut loose his parachute and fell into the water as boats and launches attempted rescue The balloon rose to about 4500 feet before he detached and vanished in the outer harbor waters Dead Man's Island lies nearby the fatal scene.
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Ty Morning Journal
San Pedro
Cal
March
Pacific Ocean
Lester Elkins
Inner Harbor
Emiline
Elkins
Lo Angeles
Elkine
Dead Man's Island
Missouri rate law held valid and invalidated by court
Federal court in Kansas City ruled two cent passenger and maximum freight laws confiscatory and unconstitutional, striking them down and signaling a return to three cent fares. The decision challenges state efforts to enforce lower rates and prompts plans for appeals and new legislation.
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Morning Journal Special Jersey Wire
Kansas City
Missouri
United States District Court
Smith McPherson
Frank Hagerman
McPherson
Major
Hadley
Jefferson City
Railroad Returns and Valuation in Missouri Case
The court finds six percent as a fair return on properly built railroad property in Missouri, but actual returns after expenses are under six percent and often around three percent or deficit when bonds are included. Valuations rely on court findings, stock and bond evidence, and state tax assessments, with earnings and expenses fixed and to be allocated by a single revenue theory for both freight and passenger operations. Continued discussion is noted on page 5 column 5.
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F&f Railroads
Kansas City
Metherson
United States
McPherson
State of
Missouri
Pennsylvania
Hughes
New York
Mieaaure
Yelem FF
Burlington Fanta Fe
Wabash
Justice Brewer
Supreme Court
Nebraska
Bmyth Ve Ames
Congress
City of New York
Consolidated Gas Company of New York
State Board
Roth
Taft Administration Faces Urgent Tariff Finance Dilemma
Washington reports a two hour White House conference among Taft Aldrich Cannon and MacVeagh on funding for ongoing projects and a possible radical tariff revision. Fears of a 100 million dollar deficit and possible inheritance tax are noted as the new administration weighs revenue options and dates for a special session. MacVeagh sworn in at 3 oclock.
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My Morning Journal
Washington, D. C
Taft
Aldrich
Cannon
Yatt
MacVeagh
Council Names Steering Committee to Expedite Legislation
The council formed a steering committee to speed work in the upper branch of the legislature. Members include key city officials and lawmakers tasked with drafting and advancing priority bills. The move aims to shorten debate time and improve lawmaking efficiency.
Trial recounts amid courtroom drama in Cooper murder case
Morning Journal report from Nashville describes Judge Hart ordering jury withdrawal as Captain Fitzhugh argues in defense of Colonel Duncan Cooper Robin J. Cooper and John D. Sharpe in the murder of former Senator Carmack. The speech attacks alleged threats and questions the liberty of the press while detailing the emotional impact on Carmack’s widow and son.
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Morning Journal
Nashville
Fitzhugh
Duncan B. Cooper
Robin J. Cooper
John D. Sharpe
United States
B W. Cormack
Hart
Senator Carmack
Colonel Cooper
Misa Lee
Carmack
KH. W. Carmack
Duncan Cooper
Robin
Commonwealth
Firzhugh
Cooper
Craig
Nenutolr
Tennessean Agum
Dune Cooper
Harriman
Rockefeller
Morgan
Indeterminate Sentence Law Passes in New Mexico Legislature
The Santa Fe session closes with council passage of house bill 124 creating an indeterminate sentence and parole system. Carey Act acceptance and tax and bond bills move through steering committees as lawmakers push to wrap up groundwork for new measures.
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Spiess
House
Simlar Getion
Messrs
Cotton
Hanley
Navarro
Gallernos
Mece
Brown
Tipton
Hill
Council
Walters
New Mexico
Congress
Messrs. Baca
Sevcorro
Gallegos
Mr Catron
The
Historical Society
Bante Fe
Santa Fe
Playa
Catron
Bernalillo County
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Lauve Albuquerque
Isleta
Los Lunas
Belen
Sabinal
Socorro
Magdalena
Yeggman
Colorado
Mecimet
Parnier Dresigheut
ST. Paul Road
Boy Aeronaut
Pacific
Western Railroads
NotaTo
White House
Occcion
Liberty OF the Press
the Morning Journal Bureau
the Palace Hotel
Santa Fe, N. M
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