Hanna Wyoming braces for mine catastrophe aftermath
Hanna and nearby districts face a tense delay as officials prepare to break the east slope seal at No 1 mine to reveal the fate of about sixty miners. A Wyoming district United Mine Workers committee arrives to aid families and probe the disaster while state and company investigations proceed amid blizzards and ongoing rescue work.
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Hanna
Wyo
Wyoming
United Mine Workers of America
Noah Young
Matthew Huhtala
Finntown
Alexander Tennant
Congress Favors Interior Bureau of Mines Creation
The House committee on mines and mining unanimously but unofficially approved establishing a bureau of mines in the interior department. A sub-committee will draft a bill to create the bureau and report it to the general committee. Former Senator William M. Stewart argued for interior placement to align with the geological survey.
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Washington, D. C
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Mines and Mining
House Committee On Mines and Mining
United States
William M. Stewart
Nevada
Interior Department
Department of Commercce and Labor
Geological Survey
Attell Fights Nelson to Fifteen Round Draw
In San Francisco on March 31 Abe Attell the champion featherweight drew with Battling Nelson after a grueling fifteen rounds. Attell edged the early rounds with superior skill while Nelson pressed the pace and blood flowed from Attell’s nose by round nine. The bout stayed fiercely contested through round fourteen with no knockout.
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San Francisco
Cal
Abe Attel
America
Nelson
Attell
Ale Way
Attell Battles Dane In Close Boxing Round
In a tense bout Attell weathered early pressure then landed four blows in the final round while the Dane managed one. The round ended with both fighters unhappy about the judge’s decision.
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Attell
Cheyenne Elks Elect Officers for Ensuing Year
Cheyenne lodge No 660 B P O Elks has elected officers for the ensuing year Judge R N Matson exalted ruler Ed J Kelley leading knight Oscar Kauffman loyal knight Captain W K Hart lecturing knight T Blake Kennedy secretary O C Brownlee treasurer Col L Nagle tyler G B Abbott trustee three year term
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Cheyenne Lodge No
R. N. Matson
Ed. J. Kelley
Oscar Kauffman
W. K. Hart
T. Blake Kennedy
O. C. Brownlee
Co Ll. Nagle
Tyler
G. B. Abbott
Colorado Couple Weds Here Yesterday
A Denver couple Harry N. Klue and Misa Carrie Williams received a marriage license yesterday. They were married and returned to Denver on the afternoon train.
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Colorado
Harry N. Klue
Misa Carrie Williams
Denver
John Hopper in Serious Condition After Pneumonia
John Hopper of Hopper and Bartley hardware firm was taken to St. John's hospital with pneumonia. His condition is described as very serious.
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Slok
John Hopper
Hopper & Bartley
St. John's Hospital
Bryan Favors La Follette At Missouri Banquet
The banquet drew about 2000 Democrats in Kansas City with William J. Bryan and Judson Harmon as speakers. Bryan endorsed Senator La Follette as a reformer and possible Republican presidential candidate, praising his decade of anti‑corporate action in Wisconsin. He noted Taft’s cabinet may lack reform drive and urged Mississippi and Missouri valley sentiment to back the Democratic ticket.
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Kansas City
Migsouri
Young Men's Democratic Club of Missouri
William J. Bryan
Judson Harmon
Bryan
Senator la Follette
la Follette
Taft
Mississippi
Missouri
Famous scout in the Southwest dies by own action
El Reno Okla March 31 Jesse Morrison known as Jimmy Morrison former government scout in the southwest shot himself at his home yesterday. Once wealthy he left little property. Morrison was born in Orange County New York.
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Southwest
el Reno
Okla
Jesse Morrison
Jimmy Morrison
Morrison
Orange County
New York
Manewal Couple Return From Winter in Europe
Mr and Mrs Louis Manewal Jr yesterday returned from Germany where they spent the winter. They toured France and Great Britain and on the way home visited New York Pittsburgh and other eastern cities. Mr Manewal said he would have stayed away longer but trout were biting in Wyoming.
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Louis Manewal, Jr
Germany
France
Great Britain
New York
Pittsburg
Manewal
Wyoming
250000 Miners Go On Strike Across United States
Indianapolis March 41 Two hundred fifty thousand coal miners drop their picks signaling a nationwide strike until a wage settlement is reached between the United Mine Workers and coal operators. Morning will see 250000 men idle and many mines deserted though officials say the dispute is not expected to be prolonged.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United States
United Mine Workers of America
Weather report for March 4 1908
Local weather data shows the 24 hour period ending 6 p m with a maximum of 49 degrees and a minimum of 29 degrees. Precipitation and wind details are noted along with wind velocity at 40 miles per hour from the west.
PINGHOT GETS ANOTHER CRACK AT FORESTRY BILL
Debates on the agricultural appropriation bill for the forestry bureau intensify as Mondell and Smith accuse the bureau of timber monopolies water rights manipulation and budget padding. Hepburn and Scott defend the bureau while Cushman argues against federal overreach and advocates modest forest service expansion.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of Forestry
House
Mondell
Wyoming
Smith
California
Bureau
Bonynge
Colorado
Cushman
Washington
Hepburn
Iowa
Scott
Kansas
Forestry Service
Committee On Public Lands
Mende
United States
Public Lands Committee
Towa
Forets
Forestry Bureau
Congress
Committee of State
Lestry Bureau
Ee Se Bean
Wilson
Ott
Overriding Powers Debate in Senate Highlights States Rights Tension
In the senate, Teller of Colorado blasted federal overreach and urged respect for state powers, criticizing executive and forest reserve policies. He defended Justice Harlan on state rights and opposed a Snake River dam bill as a matter of state authority, while Benton led further discussion with Heyburn and Borah weighing in. no vote was reached.
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Washington, D. C
Teller
Colorado
Senate
Taft
Congress
Justice Harlan
Snake River
Washington
Benton
Heyburn
Borah
Idaho
Meeting of R R unions to compel recognition
Denver officials prepare for a meeting of representatives from all transportation unions on the Denver and Rio Grande to press the company to recognize organized labor. The gathering follows a railway strike and aims to mount a concerted action with engineers firemen conductors and brakemen present. 500 local machinists pledge $1 monthly for strikers while distributed benefits begin to reach Denver and other system points.
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Denver & Rio Grande
Denver
Lodge No. 47
Machinists’ Association
Senate Debate Over Soil Investigations Appropriation
The discussion centered on a Wisconsin amendment to raise the soil investigations appropriation to 163460 dollars. Hepburn contrasted western land policy with agricultural improvements in Iowa and criticized government largesse toward waste spaces. The DIN was laid aside after a 100 to 88 vote on the amendment.
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Humphreys
Wisconsin
Judge Carroll Taken To Hospital In Serious Condition
Judge W. P. Carroll, justice of the peace of the second Cheyenne district, has been taken to St. John's hospital. He is suffering from a general breakdown and his condition is listed as serious.
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W. P. Carroll
Second Cheyenne District
St. John’s Hospital
Coyote bounty totaling nine hides collected by two men
J. J. Metiquahm of Phillipa collected bounty on eight coyote hides yesterday, while M. M. McCluer claimed bounty for one coyote hide. The notices reflect local wildlife bounty activity and the collectors named.
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J. J. Metiquahm
Phillipa Yeterday
M. M. McCluer
Taft to Visit Chicago Under Tight Police Guard
Secretaries Taft arrival by railroad to be kept secret and police will guard him throughout Chicago visit. He will address the public only at a Saturday reception at the Hamilton Club in Chicago with invitation extended to all residents. Taft will spend two days in Omaha and Council Bluffs before returning.
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Chicago
Taft
Manilton Club
Omaha
Neb
Council Bluffs
Eithes
Street car freight passes through Cheyenne yard
Street car shipments moving through Cheyenne drawn by Pacific coast traffic attract attention in the Union Pacific yard as unusual freight passes through town for several days.
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Cheyenne
Pacific Coast
Union Pacific
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Matt Huhtala
Federal Mining Bureau
Little Abe
Battler
ELKS
Bryan Favors
Roosevelt
Weather Report
W. 8. Palmer
Pinghot
Pinchot
States OF Union
R. R
Colo
Great
West
Judge Carroll
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