Sheep Supremacy Reaches West as Cattle Yield Ground
Atlantic Iowa observers note cattle barons yield to sheep power across the west. John Chisum era hills and rival cattle factions fade behind vast flocks tended by meek herders. Montana to Colorado shows dust replaced by grass as sheep camps dot the landscape, even in summer high above timber line.
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West
Pecos
New Mexico
John Chisum
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
Arthur Chapman
American Review of Reviews
Rocky Mountains
Evolution of musical performance and science in early times
The article traces limits on music before automatic piano players, noting few public performances of great works and the long path to technical mastery. It cites Leo R. Lewis on concert access, then recounts anecdotes of scientific demonstrations and a Chicago incident, ending with a quip about a city’s water supply analysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo R. Lewis
Avantic
Beethoven
Mozart
Schubert
Schumann
Bach
American Heiress and Earl of Yarmouth Report
An American heiress reportedly to wed the Earl of Yarmouth amid a hopeful age. A Boston physician claims singing expels throat germs and urges all to try it, regardless of talent. The piece also notes auto trucks as a solution to horse overload, with a crank-driven carburetor pounding depicted as controversial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl of Yarmouth
Isegiinas
Boston
Wage talks end in widespread miner layoff and lockouts
A surge of wage failures across Indiana Texas Pittsburg and neighboring states triggers mass stoppages with about 250 000 miners ceasing work. Operators plan to suspend mines in Pittsburg and Illinois while Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma see ongoing conferences and potential gradual reopens. A Texas conference signals a temporary peace and Indiana agrees to keep current wages pending a regional settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Tud
Ohio
Missouri
Iowa
Kansas
Rs Hama
Arkansas
Illinois
Sprinsfield
Pittsburg
Chive
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Lewis
Kansas City
Oklahoma
Michigan
Bay City
Mich
Texas
Fort Worth
Tex
Terre Haute
Ind
Hill Aims at Governor Warner In Open Letter
Saginaw Mich April Arthur Hill a wealthy timberman and former Michigan hopeful issues a 5000 word open letter to Gov Fred M Warner. He accuses Warner of invading his citizen rights and plots to secure his own US senate seat. He alleges a political conspiracy and demands public answer.
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Saginaw
Mich
Arthur Fumeal
University of Michigan
United States Senate
Fred M
Mr. Hill
Hill
SUDGE MMALLISTER DIES IN CALIFORNIA
Tudge Ward McAllister dies after an appendectomy at a California sanitarium. He had paralysis for two years and had served as United States Attorney and Alaska district judge. Born 1855 in Newport Rhode Island, educated at Princeton Albany and Harvard Law. He was a San Francisco social leader and longtime club figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Rafael
Cal
Tudge Ward McAllister
New York
United States
Mr. McAllister
Newport
R. I
Princeton University
Albany
Harvard
California
Alaska
McAllister
San Francisco
Apr
Elihu R. Rosswood
Sioux City
Allen Vinton
Knoxville
Tenn
W. Stewart
Linville
Tennessee
North Carolina
Lilley Probe Is Resumed In Naval Submarine Inquiry
Washington April 1 The Lilley led inquiry into Electric Boat Company methods to influence Navy legislation resumes after a two week recess. Isaac L. Rice denied Lilley’s charge as “malicious he” while Lilley asks Admiral Capps be recalled and expert accountants appointed to examine records for a thorough, sworn investigation. Kellogg testified about a 1907 memorandum on blank appropriations for submarine boats and fair competition.
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Washington
Lilley
Connecticut
Electric Boat Company
House
Isaac L. Rice
Navy Department
Admiral Capps
Bureau of Construction
John P. Kellogg
Waterbury
Frost
Electric Company
Senator Foraker Withdraws Secret Alaska Fur Seal Paper
Washington April 1 Senator Foraker obtained leave to withdraw a paper he introduced last Wednesday and printed as a public document, suppressing all copies. The lid was off by the fact copies had circulated. the document titled the official record of the loot and ruin of the fur seal herd of Alaska was prepared by Henry W Elliott of Lakewood Ohio and ran from 1868 to today. Elliott had submitted pelagic sealing records before and they were printed as public documents. Foraker asked for printing without reading it and on Monday apologized to Vice-President Fairbanks and several senators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senator Foraker
Senate
Henry W. Elliott
Lakewood
Alaska
Elliott
Fairbanks
Pittsburg Street Car Strike Averted by Wage Accord
A threatened strike by street car workers in Pittsburg was halted by an agreement with Pittsburg Railways Company. The present wage scale will remain in effect during negotiations to settle the dispute.
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Gar
Pittsburg
Pittsburg Railways Company
Fire destroys Western Paper Goods plant in Cincinnati
A five story plant at 942 West Sixth Street, Cincinnati, home to Western Paper Goods Company makers of folding boxes envelopes and paper bags, burned Tuesday. Loss estimated between 150000 and 175000 dollars.
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Cincinnati
Western Paper Goods Company
West Sixth Street
Futile bank robbery attempt in Buckner Missouri
An unsuccessful attempt to rob the bank in Buckner Missouri occurred early Monday. Bomb explosion blew off the outer vault door with nitroglycerin but the inner door remained secured and nothing was taken.
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Buckner
Falling Walls Kill Two Boys in Provincetown Church Ruins
Two boys died when part of a half-burned Centenary Methodist church collapsed while they searched for fire wood in Provincetown Massachusetts on Monday night. A man was seriously injured in the collapse reported from the ruined church.
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Provincetown
Mass
Apr
Centenary Methodist Church
Beata His Daughter to Death in West Virginia
In Huntington, George Conrad, a Wayne County farmer, killed his six year old daughter by beating her with a poker and fatally injured his wife with the same weapon, jealousy named as the motive. Conrad fled and is at large as authorities pursue him. Meanwhile, news from San Francisco notes the American car voyage to Seattle and plans to ship the auto via Vladivostok after evaluating an Alaskan itinerary.
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Beata
Huntington
W. Va
George Conrad
Wayne
Conrad
San Francisco
Seattle
Puebla
Vladivostok
Mme Anna Gould Ill After Divorce From Castellane
New York April 1 Mme Anna Gould recently separated from Count de Castellane is ill with bronchitis and stomach trouble at the St Regis Hotel home of friends Mr and Mrs Tyler Morse. She is reported to be in a nervous state after a conference with her brothers and sister at Miss Helen Goulds home where she had stayed since arriving from France. She went to visit the Moroses expecting a short stay but her illness developed unexpectedly.
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New York
Mme
Anna Gould
Count de Castellane
Tyler Morse
St. Regis
Mme. Gould
Helen Gould
France
Morse
Federal judge rules Missouri cases under rail rate and fare jurisdiction
Kansas City April 1 judge McPherson held he has full jurisdiction over both the maximum freight rate and two cent passenger fare cases in Missouri, ruling for the railroads. Gov Polk granted respites in two capital punishment cases and commuted one death sentence to life. A fire in Providence gutted the Billings block, causing damage over fifty thousand dollars. In Manila Gomez was reelected to fill a seat vacated by an expelled official.
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Kansas City, Mo
Smith McPherson
Missouri
Jefferson City
Gov. Polk
A. C. Biles
Wiliam Jeffries
Biles
St. Louis
Jeffries
St. Charles
John Baker
Boone County
Post Office Robbed in Valley Nebraska
The Valley post office in Nebraska was broken into on Sunday. The safe was blown open and about $200 in cash and wandering stamps were stolen. Lincoln bloodhounds were sent to investigate the scene.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
Valley
Riley Grannan Ill with Pneumonia in Rawhide Hospital
Riley Grannan, noted rock-track follower, is critically ill with pneumonia in a Rawhide Nevada hospital. Physicians report no expected recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Riley Grannan
Rawhide
Nev
Three Children Burn to Death in Hughestown Fire
In Hughestown near Scranton Pennsylvania three children Mary John and Joseph aged under six perished when a house caught fire while their mother Mrs Dominick Jimito was away at a butcher shop. The blaze destroyed the home and the children were fatally burned.
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Scranton
Hughestown
Here
Dominick Jimito
Mary
John
Joseph
Strike Violence Averted at Treadwell Mines
Washington reports troops arrived to avert possible violence by striking miners at Treadwell Alaska mines. Dispatch states the War Department received notice Tuesday. In Wichita Minnesota the Winn Mortgage Company with liabilities of 293000 has been placed in receivers' hands to manage creditors' payments in July.
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Washington
Treadwell
Alaska
The
War, Department
Wichita
Man
Winn Mortage Company
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Sudge Mmallister
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Senor Gomez
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