Chile Opposes U S Built Railways in Bolivia
Chilean opposition to Speyer Bros and the American National Bank of New York building Bolivia's railways fuels Latin American diplomatic debate. Bolivian contracts trigger criticism abroad, with readers arguing the project violates governing treaties. Chile seeks to reclaim money from settlement amid plans linking La Paz to Argentina and coast lines through a broad railway network.
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Washington
Speyer Bros
American National Bank of New York
Chile
Brazil
Peru
South America
la Paz
Arnold Leo & Co Suspended On New York Stock Exchange
The New York Stock Exchange announced the suspension of the brokerage firm Arnold, Leo & Co. The firm had been active and reportedly carried several Reading accounts amid a recent decline. board member Edgar F. Lee has traded on the Exchange since 1904.
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New York Stock Exchange
New York
Arnold, Leo & Co
Stock Exchange
Reading
Edgar F. Lee
The
Noted Crown Counsel W R McConnell Dies in London
London December 22. W R McConnell, who served as counsel for the crown in the Mrs Maybrick trial, died here at age seventy. Also in Muskogee December 22 Alexander Barnett, a prominent Creek Indian, was shot dead near Stedham by Ben Davis.
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London
W. R. McConnell
Maybrick
Muskogee
Alexander Barnett
Stedham
Ben Davis
Roosevelts action on Brownsville soldiers praised
LL Wil Hanks expresses support for President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft in discharging the Brownsville soldiers. He notes he has not studied the legal aspects and is not ready to opine on that, but he approves the sentiment and the step taken.
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Wil Hanks
Roosevelt
Brownsville
Taft
Oil and gas works in Osage Nation resume after rescission
Indian Inspector J G Wright reports interior department rescinded a shutdown order on Osage Nation oil and gas wells except three. The earlier move, prompted by a government investigation into leasing 4800 acres to a single operator, is believed to reflect faith in oilmen or awaiting further report. The inspector prepares a follow up on Osage oil and gas conditions for the secretary of the interior.
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Muskogee
J. G. Wright
Interior Department
Osage
Secretary of the Interior
Interior Dept Delays Oil Well Shutdown Osage Nation
The Interior Department says a notice to the Osage Osage Nation oil wells rescinding a shutdown order is temporary and awaits more information from Indian Inspector Wright. The matter is unrelated to Special Commissioner Foulke’s land fraud report in Indian Territory.
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Washington
MuskKogee
Wright
Foulke
Fire at Reformatory Dormitory in Austin
Governor Lanham received telegram from Superintendent Tankersley reporting a fire in the white boys dormitory at the state reformatory. The building burned at midnight Sunday with no deaths, all occupants safe, records saved, and further investigation planned. Holiday closures affected statehouse activity.
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Lanham
State Reformatory
L. J. Tankersley
State House
Coldest of Winter Strikes New York Worker
In New York on December 24 the temperature fell to eight degrees above zero with a twenty mile per hour wind. Police found William Reilly unconscious and revived him. his hands were frostbitten after he said he could not find work.
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William Reilly
New York
Frigid Florida Cold Wave Extends Across South
A government thermometer in Atlanta marked 16 degrees at 6 am on Monday, the coldest of the season by ten degrees. Tampa cooled to 28 and Jacksonville to 24 as the cold wave stretches over the eastern half of the southern states.
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Jacksonville
Cousin of Admiral Believed Killed in Enderlin Wreck
El Paso reports L. J. Beresford of Medicine Hat killed in the Enderlin North Dakota wreck is thought to be Deleval James Beresford cousin to Admiral Lord Charles Beresford of the British navy. He owned large interests at Medicine Hat and in Mexico where he lived on the Ojanta ranch near Casa Grande Chihuahua. He passed through El Paso en route to Medicine Hat to dispose of land and cattle and was to return to Mexico this week. He was about forty five and unmarried.
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L. J. Beresford
Medicine Hat
Enderlin
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James Beresford
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Celeval James Beresford
Mexico
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Casa Grande
Chihuahua
Beresford
Harlan Cleveland Dead Prominent Cincinnati Lawyer
Harlan Cleveland, noted Cincinnati lawyer and former United States district attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, died Monday at his Glendale residence from Bright's disease. He was a cousin of President Cleveland, nephew of Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan, son in law of Justice Stanley Matthews, and brother in law of Justice Gray.
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Harlan Cleveland
Glendale
Bright
Cleveland
United States
Southern District
Ohio
Harlan
Supreme Court of the United States
Stanley Mathews
Justice Gray
Fifty Firemen Out Demand Switch Engine Run
About fifty Southern Pacific railway firemen east of El Paso have walked out demanding a 25 cent daily raise and the chance to operate switch engines to learn engineering. Train service is not crippled and firemen warn the Harriman system could be tied up by a sympathetic strike, though other train crews are not expected to join.
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el Paso
Southern Pacific Railway
Here
Harriman
Not Affected: Southern Pacific Strike Not Spreading
Oakland dispatch reports no effect on the Pacific system of the Southern Pacific Railroad west of El Paso and Ogden and south of Portland. Local officials say the locomotive firemen strike ultimatum remains largely local and unlikely to spread beyond the Atlantic system.
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Southern Pacific Railroad
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Cal
Pacific
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
el Paso
Ogden
Portland
Hanrahan
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Woman Shot to Death by Man Then Kills Himself
Atlanta, Dec 24. Walter Hightower, a painter, fatally shot Miss Bessie Jones Monday morning and then killed himself. He was taken to a hospital in dying condition. No reason has been given for the tragedy.
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Atlanta
Walter Hightower
Bessie Jones
Family Poisoned Oldest Son Dead in Toyah Farm Case
An entire Kizen family on a Texas farm was poisoned by milk. Albert Kizen, the eldest son, died, and the remaining family members are not expected to survive. In Dallas a negro named George Magee was fatally shot in a saloon. Joe Chambers was arrested.
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Tex
Kizen
Albert
Megro
Dallas
George Magee
Joe Chambers
Chambers
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