New Mexico Penitentiary Scandal Ties Bursum to Whitewash Claims
The Las Vegas Optic reports a heated clash over ex superintendent H O Bursum and Governor Hagerman. Edward Pierce defends removals and payments while Colorado investigators disclose rewrite of official books and misstatements about funds and audits.
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Pierce
Borsum
Burso
Tolbis
Pagsum
Territorial Penitentiary
H. C. Bursum
F. H. Pierce
Juan Navarro
William H. Newcomb Malaquias Martinez
Penitentiary Board
Bursum
Pursum
Mr. Bursum
Mr. Pierce
Safford
Constitutional Government Granted China by Emperor Edict
An imperial edict from the tottering throne grants constitutional government for China. The decree cedes to every demand made by revolutionists and signals a dramatic shift in authority and policy amid upheaval.
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China
Tottering
Peking Edict Promises Constitution and Nobles Excluded Cabinet
The throne agrees to a complete constitutional government and immediate cabinet reform excluding nobles. An imperial edict pardons political offenders tied to revolutions and promises to abolish old laws. Emperor Hsuan Tung admits past faults and pledges reform while troops reinforce the capital and assembly pressure remains high.
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My Morning Journal
Peking
Hsuan Tung
China
Shih Hsu
Li Chia Chu
Kuei Chen
Chon Ping Sun
Legation
Yang Tse
National Assembly
Larrazolo Attacks Barsam in 1908 Campaign Rally
In a crowded 1908 campaign event, Mr. Larrazolo denounced Barsam as the most unscrupulous politician and claimed a former governor thwarted penitentiary plunder. He warned voters against a “gang of looters” and contrasted himself with alleged malefactors.
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Larrazolo
Court House
Bursam
H. J. Hoserman
Penitentiary Fund
Barsam
Power shift rumors surround Yuan Shi Kai leverage
The document, believed issued to empower Yuan Shi Kai in rebel negotiations, has curbed immediate panic in Peking though fears linger of up to 600000 Chinese facing massacre and 100000 Manchus fearing a Chinese attack as radicals threaten Tien Tsin and Peking, signaling bold revolutionary moves and possible occupation.
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Yuan Shi Kai
Peking
Shuh Yen Fang
Tien Tsin
Revolutionary Committee
Provisional Canton Government Collapses Amid Revolt
Washington reports the provisional government of Kwan Tung in Canton has fallen due to repudiation by the viceroy and local authorities. Canton remains quiet but tense, with plans to cut the Peking-Hankow line at Chen Ting and the Peking Mukden line at Swan Chow to hinder revolutionists.
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Washington
Kwan Tung
Canton
State Department
Peking-Hankow
Chen Ting
Peking-Mukden
Swan Chow
Peking
Five Thousand Dollar Reward For Ellwood Dynamiters
Five thousand dollars was offered by FEEB Calvin vice president and general manager of the Southern Pacific for information leading to the arrest of the person or persons who placed dynamite on the company’s track at Ellwood last week. The reward was announced in a letter to Sheriff Stewart of Santa Barbara County.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
Feeb
Calvin
Southern Pacific
Ellwood
Stewart
Santa Barbara County
Rodgers Set to Reach Deming on Transcontinental Flight
Cal P Rodgers, the coast to coast aviator, will resume his transcontinental flight from El Paso toward Deming New Mexico at dawn tomorrow. He plans to then visit Bowie Benson and Tucson Arizona before diverting to Phoenix and starting for Los Angeles, where he may open an aeroplane factory and teach aviation. Efforts seek to extend the flight to the Pacific coast.
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Tex
Cal
P. Rodgers
Deming
N. M
Bowie
Benson
Tucson
Arizona
Phoenix
Los Angeles
Rodgers
Sheepshead Bay
N. Y
Pacific Coast
Oregon
Packey McParland Clinches Easy Win in Wilkesbarre
Packey McParland the Chicago stockyard champion defeated Al Dewey in Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania with Dewey’s seconds throwing in the sponge in the fifth round to avoid a knockout.
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Packey McParland
Wilkesbarre
Packey McFarland
Chicago
al Dewey
This City
Dewey
Walking Test Expanded for Naval Officers
Washington October 30 naval officers must perform a ten mile walk in one day once a month unless practically incapacitated under a new order issued today. The measure increases frequency of the walking test for active officers.
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Washington
Receivership urged before court over tobacco trust plan
The circuit court heard arguments on the American Tobacco Company reorganization plan aiming to end the monopoly. Government officials urged limits to ensure competition while defendants pushed for dissolution into four independent firms. Independent manufacturers and retailers opposed the plan, while Brandeis and attorneys for tobacco interests pressed for safeguards and timely relief. The court reserved ruling and will deliberate further.
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Morning Journal Special Learned Wire
New York
The
Tobacco Trust
American Tobacco Compayy
Federal Circuit Court
United States
Wickersham
Lewis Cass Ledyard
Supreme Court
American Tobacco Company
Josephh. Choate
Citzens
Louis Brandeis
Boston
J. C. McReynolds
Edwin P. Grosvenor
Lacombe
Ward
Coxe
Noyes
Henry H. Sunter
Welall Tobacconists
Williams
Virginia
Attoreney
Bickett
North Carolina
Lyon
South Carolina
John W. Yerkes
Independent Tobacco Manufacturers’ Association
Hiunter
Willinma
Iobu W. Yerkes
Bramla
Yerkes
Attorney General Wickersham to Announce Dickinson Counsel
Washington Oct 30 Attorney General Wickersham will name the lawyers who will join Jacob M Dickinson as the government's special counsel in the suit within a few days. The expected appointments aim to strengthen the legal team in the high profile case.
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Kampkey
Washington
Wickersham
Jacob M. Dickinson
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