Two Races May Clash in Henrietta After Lynch Threats
Governor Haskell reports disquieting news from Henrietta where two national guard companies are held in readiness to quell a potential race clash. Armed groups patrol streets as couriers seek a Negro force four miles away. The tension follows the lynching of James Garden, a Black man who had earlier killed Albert Bates, a white livery stable keeper.
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Guthrie
Okla
Haskell
Henrietta
National Guards
James Garden
Albert Bates
Goldfield Seeks Court Injunction Amid Labor Clash
Goldfield November 27. Both sides await Carson's ruling on the miners union and owners conduct an injunction request. The Western Federation and Goldfield Miners Union seek to bar picketing and meetings at Goldfield mines, while Mahoney represents the Federation. No active effort reported to block the injunction yet.
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Goldfield
Carson
United States Circuit Court
Western Federal
Goldfield Miner's Union
C. BE. Mahoney
Cleveland to Resume Work for Ten Thousand January Labor
Cleveland manufacturers plan a January resumption of work for about ten thousand former employees. The American Shipbuilding Company expects to hire five thousand, nearing full capacity, with hundreds of steel mill workers to be recalled January 6. Smaller factories will also rehire hundreds.
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Cleveland
American Shipbuilding Company
Attell Near Featherweight Limit for Moran Title Fight
Abe Attell and Owen Moran are both reported at 121½ pounds as they near the world featherweight championship match on New Year’s Day. Attell, the favorite at 8 to 10, has five days to shed the last half pound. Moran’s weight is listed at the same figure.
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San Francisco
Cal
Abe Attell
Owen Moran
England
Moran
Attell
Breoker Commits Suicide Over Ill Health in Ohio
Toledo, Ohio on December 27 reports J. Frank Zahm a prominent broker and tobacco manufacturer shot himself. Police say he acted due to melancholy over ill health.
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Breoker
Toledo
Ohio
J. Frank Zahm
Weather Report for Wyoming and Washington DC 1907
Forecast for Wyoming for Saturday and Sunday. Local data for the 24 hours ending 6 pm December 27, 1907. Maximum 48 degrees, minimum 23 degrees. Precipitation trace. W B Palmer, Section Director.
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Washington
D. C
Wyoming
Trave
W. B. Palmer
Bection
Fremont County Girl Elopes With Ranch Hand in Denver
Miss Ada Hornecker of Lander Wyoming and ranch hand Thomas Coates wed in Denver after fleeing a masquerade. A Christmas night elopement set amid a telegraph and telephone outage caused pursuit delays as authorities learned of their marriage and a jealous family backdrop.
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Denver
Colo
Thomas Coates
Ada Hornecker
Lander
Wyo
Hornecker
Coates
Miss Hornecker
Cheyenne
Elk Hotel
Court House
J. M. Hornecker
Oregon
Quiet at Henrietta as rumors spread after lynching
Guthrie Oklahoma December 28 reports say no shooting or disorder at Henrietta since the lynching of James Garden a negro last Wednesday though rumors of an attack by marching blacks persist. Armed negroes have been arrested nearby and are being disarmed before reaching town.
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Guthrie
Okla
Henrietta
James Garden
Rescuers Close In On Miners Entombed At Alpha Shaft
Ely Nevada December 27. Rescue work progresses as rescuers approach the 1000 foot level where three miners are trapped. Foreman Gallagher says progress averages about ten feet daily but should speed up to reach the men in roughly two weeks.
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Ely
Nev
Alpha Shaft
Gallagher
Thi
Fight to Retain Troops at Goldfield
Senator Newlands of Nevada urges suspension of the troop withdrawal from Goldfield until protection plans are arranged and a special legislative session may be called. Secretary Taft reports to President Roosevelt about the action but withholds recommendations or confirmation of communications.
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Washington
D. C
Newlands
Nevada
Goldfield
Sparks
Hénator Newlands
Taft
Roosevelt
Pine Knot
Canadians Raid Chinks in Lethbridge Riot
A mob of about 1,500 in Lethbridge Alberta believed a local rancher Harry Smith had been killed in a Chinese restaurant and rioted, wrecking Oriental eateries and laundries while police were overwhelmed. mounted officers restored order after hours of destruction.
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Portland
Ore
Lethbridge
Alberta
Oriental Quarter
Harry Smith
Smith
Columbia
Arlington Hotel
Galbraith
Maustrate Townsend
Garnets Found in New York Subway Dump
English mineralogist Ralph Morgan visiting New York discovers a large garnet in rock dumped at Sheepshead Bay after subway work on Thirty third Street. He notes garnets are small in value and no mining prospects are found at present.
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New York
New York City
Ralph ©. Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Seventy More Bodies Found at Darr Mine Disaster
The December 19 explosion at the Darr mine in Jacobs Creek PA has claimed many lives as rescuers pull seventy or more bodies from entry No 27 bringing total recovered to over two hundred. The tragedy wipes out St Marys Beneficial Lodge with over one hundred members.
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Jacobs Creek
Darr
St. Mary's Beneficial Lodge
Dynomenes Voyage Survives Hurricane Drenched Journey
The British ship Dynomene after 240 days at sea reached San Francisco with stories of the fiercest hurricanes from Cape Horn to Montevideo. It left Newcastle England November 21 and endured bow sprit loss, damaged fore top gallant yard, and crew injuries before repairs at Montevideo. Captain Proctor was injured and sent home, with Captain Barry taking command afterward.
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San Francisco
Cal Ee
Newcastle
England
Cape Horn
Proctor
Montevideo
Barry
Priest Uses Crucifix to Foil Two Burglars in Mass.
Lawrence Massachusetts December 27 a priest awoke to burglars in his home. He seized a large crucifix and struck one intruder a blow to the head, felling him, and knocked the other down, ending the break in.
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Father Wotan
Pather Wotan
City Council Refers Laying of Alley Paving to City Attorney
Ground assessed on area rather than value sparks dispute in Cheyenne block bounded by Capitol avenue Eighteenth street Ferguson street and Seventeenth street. Property owners allege illegal appraisal and unequal charges. council adjourns to await city attorney's ruling on legality of the paving assessment.
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Council
Capitol Avenue
Eighteenth Street
Ferguson Street
Seventeenth Street
City of
Cheyenne
de W. A. Wyomin
Fukard
Collingwood Boulter
Bouned Alka
Weat Twenty-sixth Treet
Fran Captol Avenue
Guestine
Frisco Depositions Against Conspiracy Allowed by Court
In Boise Idaho on December 27 the Pettibone trial consumed most of the sessions with defense depositions arguing the San Francisco home explosion stemmed from a gas leak. The state objected to Mrs Alice Fitzhugh testimony about Orchard and Mine Owners Association detective Sterling but the judge ruled it admissible only if a proper connection to the conspiracy is shown.
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Boise
Idaho
Pettibone
Fred Bailey
San Francisco
Orchard
Alice Fitzhugh
Sterling
Mine Owners’ Association
Death Rather Than Prison
J C Cain, convicted of murdering mine owner Charles H Morris, killed himself in the Des Moines county jail by slitting his throat with a razor. He was to be moved to Fort Madison penitentiary for life imprisonment that day, per earlier notice.
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Des Moines
J. C. Cain
Cain
Fort Madison
Port Madison
Caln
Claget
Ute Indians Attack Whites in Salt Bake Utah
A report to Governor Cutler states bands of Ute Indians raid southern Mali territory and attack three cowboys near Verdure San John County on December 24, forcing them to drive cattle back to winter range. No further details available.
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Salt Bake
Utah
Colorado
Mali
John CC. Cutler
Verdure
San Jodn County
Fragments of Body Found in Sack in Novale Yard
Fragments of a body were found in a sack tossed into the yard of a local Pittsburg Plate Glade company. Authorities say the remains showed an odor of aged meat and lead investigators to believe the rest of the body was dumped into the river.
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Novale
Don
Pittsburk Plate Glade
Adams Free Jailed Again in Murder Case
Spokane Doc 27 Steve Adama, tried twice for Pra Veler murder, was discharged and immediately re arrested by Sheriff Witzpatrick of Telluride for Arthur Collin murder in 1904. He will be taken to Colorado at once.
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Spokane
Wash
Doc
Steve Adama
Pra Veler
Ing
Rathdewm
Shereff Witzpatrick
Telluride
Colo
Arthur Collin
Colorado
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