Steel trust agents exploring the west
Denver reports agents for the steel trust have scanned iron ore bodies across Colorado New Mexico and Wyoming over six months. They reportedly cataloged known ore bodies for possible monopoly gains while denying imminent large new discoveries. Local officials note tests show ore quality and potential but emphasize no confirmed large deposits yet.
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Denver
Colo
Colorado
New Mexico
Wyoming
Pernittte
Carnegie Steel Works
Homestead
Utah
W. N. Hartsell
Temat
Colorado Buel Aa Troh Company
Routt County
Frontier Tron and Steel Company
Moffat Road
Silver City
N. M
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Steve Boyée
Craig
Laramie
Wyo
B. Harriman
Dane Vt
Aeaan
Steel Trust
Lake Superior
Hill to Hold Large Role in Colorado Fuel and Iron
Denver reports James J. Hill will become a major factor in Colorado Fuel and Iron due to Colorado & Southern's integration with the Burlington system. Hill's Minnesota ore beds exceed 100 million in value, with Colorado & Southern control expanding through stock on the New York Exchange. The ties with Hill place Colorado Fuel and Iron in position to access Pueblo ore and greatly increase tonnage and revenue for Hill roads.
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Denver
Colo
James J. Hil
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Colorado & Southern
Burlington
Hill
Minnesota
Colorado Fuel and Iron
New York Stock Exchange
Mr. Hill
Colorado Uthern
Pueblo
Buriington
Colorado Corporation
Wyoming
Irop
Rock Inland Buys Substantial Interest in Union Terminal Line
It is announced that Rock Inland has purchased a substantial interest in the Union Terminal Railway Company in St Joseph Missouri to enlarge its locomotive terminals and gain access to the stockyards on South Street, St Joseph.
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St. Joseph, Mo
Des
The
Rock Inland
Union Terminal Way Company
South Bt
Jomph
Fortunate Bold Tales From Colorado Springs Legacy
A garbled local snippet mentions Colorado Springs and individuals named Michard and Burnett in a fortune related tale. It hints at inheritance or family links, with scant readable detail about events or outcomes.
Kanees City Man Slaughter Charge In Auto Death Case
Kanees City Missouri chauffeur F C Bilis, employed by W B Ridgley, is held for trial on manslaughter in the fourth degree for the November 19 auto collision that killed Mrs Dryl Greer of the city. The case unfolds in the criminal court as authorities pursue the fatality investigation.
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Kanees City
F. C. Bilis
W. B. Ridgley
Crimin Aal
Dryl Greer
Ned
Silver Crown mine project moves to active work
Henry Schwarts, a leading operator, plans immediate development of the Silver Crown district with a three-prop company called the Hecla Consolidated Mines, incorporated in October. Local Cheyenne investors back deep mining to elevate Cheyenne as a mining city, praising Schwarts’ copper ore collection that won a prize at the Sheridan convention.
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Henry Schwarts
Schwarts
Silver Crown
Hecla Consolidate
Schwarte
Buver Crown
Cheyenne
Sheridam
Ruef Sentenced to Fourteen Years in Penitentiary
Fourteen year sentence handed down by Judge Lawler after Ruef's bribery trial over the Schmitz board of supervisors and the overhead trolley franchise awarded to United Railroads.
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Lawler
Ruef
Schmitz Board of Supervisors
United Railroads
Peace Treaty Ends Yaqui War in Sonora
In Nogales on December 29 a long Yaqui conflict in Mexico ends with a peace treaty agreed by three Indian chiefs and 166 followers and the governor of Sonora.
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Nogales
Yaquis
Mexico
Sonora
Spreckels Will Allocates Widow Life Interest
The will of Claus Spreckels filed in San Francisco on December 29 leaves a life interest to the widow, with remainder to three children Claus Spreckels Rudolph Spreckels and Mrs John Ferris of England formerly Miss Emma Spreckles. John and Adolph receive liberal provision during the testator s lifetime. The estate is valued at an estimated fifty million dollars.
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San Francisco
Claus Spreckels
Rudolph Spreckels
John Ferris
England
Emma Spreckles
John
Adolph
Weather Forecast For Wyoming And Local 1908
Forecast for Wyoming calls for snow and cold wave with Wednesday and Thursday fair and cold. Local weather data shows 24 hours ending 6 pm December 29, 1908 with a maximum temperature of 42 and a minimum of 29 degrees and no precipitation. Wind peaked at 48 miles from the west.
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Washington
Wyoming
Ripley Calls Freight-Rate Increase to Pacific Coast Nonsense
Santa Barbara December 29 Ripley of the wantage tells the Associated Press that the proposed freight-rate hike to the Pacific coast would total ten million dollars annually but he says the figure is groundless and will not reach a quarter of that amount in his view.
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Ripley
Santa Barbara
Calif
Pacific Coast
Banquet Celebrates Sixteenth Year of Hove Company
The Sixteenth Annual Hove company banquet drew about seventy Cheyennese attendees. Fire officials and civic leaders praised city water system plans and proposed a motorized fire apparatus. Speakers honored Chief Phil Kern and others, with a festive program and a menu by Mrs. Olle Smith.
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Hove Company
Hagechka
Tom Holland
Ed. F. Fay
N. LaFontaine
J. F. Jenkins
F. Inston
J. B. Barnes
Louis Kirk
Warlamont
Hoyt
Grimn Hran
Win Hainsworth
al Lealle
Ea Embry
Tal Potter
C.F. Mal
F. Wilkinson
Tom Jar
A. H. Ke
Phil Kern
Yor P
Cook
Aes wAlline
Wolfisson
Holland
Frank Vreeland
al. Leslie
Lou Warramount
Messers Whalen
Black
Mallin
Barnes
Kelley
McGuire
McDonald
Cahill
Taylor
Dunn
Straub
Dyer
Talbot
Bentaon
AL Holland
Bekdall
V. McGuire
Rath
J. Rath
Bradley
Aiken
Henke
Peters
Myers
Robert Myers
Williams
Foley
Conway Embry
Stevens
Dildine
Jenkins
Thompson
Chas
Schoe
Hainesworth
Loeffler
Snow
Jay
Bray
Cochran
Marble
Kirk
Hammond
Fay
Clark
Houseman
J. E. Barnes
Lister
Evang
Olle Smith
Albert Biedal
John Kath
A. Holland
Chad
Harry Bentson
Toarts
Forty May Die In Burning Coal Mine
Roanoke Virginia reports a coal mine disaster at Lick Branch with 40 to 60 men believed trapped. Rescue teams cannot enter the shaft due to fire and smoke. by 10 pm fourteen men were recovered with four dead. Approximately fifty miners were at work when the explosion occurred and 536 remain in the death pit. Rescue efforts proceed slowly.
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Roanoke
Lick Branch
Closed season for state's big game debated in Cheyenne
A Cheyenne reader urges a closed season to protect big game on the Laramie plains, noting a decline in antelope since five years ago and proposing a duck and goose season of at least 25 days. The letter asks for local views on the subject.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Bir
Laramie Plains
Earthquake Devastates Calabria and Sicily
Reports describe a massive quake in Calabria and eastern Sicily causing extensive destruction and an estimated 100000 deaths. Messina and Regio de Calabria suffer severe ruin with thousands buried or missing. relief ships, the pope, and foreign aid mobilize as pestilence fears rise.
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Messina
Regga
Polimi
Cassino
Cosenza
Bagnara
Montelon
Italy
Great Britain
Russia
Calabria
Sicily
Strait of
Reggo
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Harriman
Iron Mountain
BTS
R. F. Burnett
Sean
Michard
Eacape
Hecla Mines Company
skVventy
Popular Fire Company
Seconsi
Negglo
Caid
Andinga
Reggio
Mension
Sappho
Straits of
New York
Italian Chamber of Commerce
Plana
Presdent Selari
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