Assassination of King Carlos and Crown Prince of Portugal
Lisbon reports King Carlos and Crown Prince Luis Philippe were mortally shot in a royal carriage near Praca De Commerceio. Queen Amelie unharmed, three assassins killed, others captured. unrest across Portugal as fears of revolution rise. In Washington, President Roosevelt learns of the event and plans formal expressions of grief.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Carlos
Villa Vicosa
Praca de Commerceio
Rue de Arsenal
Luis Philippe
Manuel
Amelie
Cherlas I
Roosevelt
Washington, D. C
Lato
Bryan
Velt
Bacon
Fort Laramie Abandoned by Railroad Line
Fort Laramie of Wyoming, founded in 1842 and once the oldest white settlement between the Missouri and the Pacific coast, has had its station closed by the Chicago Burlington and Quincy. Railroad officials say traffic to and from the town no longer justifies the operator's expense.
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Fort Laramie
W.co
Missouri River
Pacific Coast
Chicago, Burlington & Quincey
Burlington
Dennis Sullivan Sells Mind for Six Million in Mexico
Dennis Sullivan of Denver sells claims in Santa Rosalte Chihuahua to Charles M. Schwab and Malcolm MacDonald for over 6 million dollars. Principal owners include Grant B. Schley of New York and Sullivan. The deal covers the Petcosi Duga Tierra Baltimore and other mines in the Santa Rosalte district.
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Dennis Sullivan
City of Mexico
Mexico
Santa Malale
Chihuahua
Charles M. Schwab
Malcolm MacDonald
Tonopah, Ney
Petcosi
Duga Tierra
Baltimore
Santa Rosalte
Grant B. Schley
New York
Denver
Colo
Weather Report for Washington and Wyoming Forecast
Fair and slightly warmer conditions expected Sunday and Monday for Wyoming. Northwest areas may differ with fair weather. Local data show 24 hour high 22 degrees and low 14 degrees with no measurable precipitation. A temperature of 14 degrees below zero was noted at 2 am yesterday, the lowest since March 16, 1908.
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Washington
D. C
Wyoming
New Fighter for Uncle Sam
The battleship Mississippi, recently turned over to the government by Cramp Ship Building, was placed in commission at League Island navy yard and will be ready for sea service within a few weeks.
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Philadelphia
Cramp Ship Building Company
League Island Navy Yard
Delegation backs Big Horn Power dam permit request
A Central Wyoming delegation spent two days in Cheyenne lobbying State Engineer C. T. Johnston for Big Horn Power’s permit to erect a sixty foot dam at the south end of the Big Horn canyon. Delegates include P Palmer Casner Dudley Hale Birdseye Gus Swanson Thermopolis and Shoshoni residents J G Robertson Wm Madden Jana Stuchell Wm McCon F M Gill L A Shawver.
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High Dam
Wyoming
Cheyenne
C. T. Johnston
Big Horn Power Company
Big Horn River
P. Palmer
Casper
Dudley Hale
Birdseye
Gus Swanson
Thermopolis
Shoshont
J. G. Robertson
Wm. Madden
Jana. Stuchell
Wm. McCon
F. M. Gill
L. A. Shawver
Italian confesses to Niagara hotel explosion
Franc isc o Ciddle, an Italian, after arrest in Balt Lake City, admits setting 100 pounds of powder in a Niagara hotel on November 18, 1906. The act killed the hotel keeper's daughter amid jealous passion and alcohol effects.
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Balt Lake City
Utah
Yaterday
Franccisco Ciddle
Niagara
B. C
Ciddie
Ice trade thrives as Union Pacific cuts prosper
In Laramie brutal cold yields an unusually fine ice harvest for Union Pacific cutters. Daily shipments move through the city to storage plants at North Platte and Omaha, blue skies of winter framing transit.
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Union Pacific
Laramie
North Platte
Omaha
Forty-One Inventors Bid on Heavier-Than-Air Machines
Washington announces forty-one bids for a heavier-than-air flying machine as part of the army aircraft program. Bidders must conduct a one hour trial flight without landing for acceptance. General Allen will open bids and present a schedule to the board of ordinance and fortification.
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Washington, D. C
Signal Office
Allen
Army
Board of Ordinance and Fortification
Federal prisoners brought to jail here
Deputy U S Marshal L B Snow arrived from Lander with federal prisoners Geo Watkins charged with felonious assault Walter Whitehouse and Eid Onestall Indians charged with carrying whiskey into the Wind River reservation Albert Phillips a lunatic with prior crimes will be sent to Evanston asylum The others remain in Laramie county jail until federal court disposes of their cases at the June term
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United States
L. BE. Snow
Lander
Geo. Watkins
Walter Whitehouse
Eid
Onestall
Wind River Reservation
Marshal Snow
Albert Phillips
Phillips
Laramie County
Cheyenne
Dowager Empress of China Expected to Abdicate
Confidence in Chinese circles in Victoria British Columbia centers on a Pekin announcement soon. A cablegram from Tien Tsin says the abdication will begin at the new year, indicating a formal change in authority.
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China
Victoria
B. C
Pekin
Tien- Tsin
Wife of Meldrum Dies in the Park
Judge J A Keiner received a telegram announcing the death of Mrs Meldrum wife of Colonel J W Meldrum commissioner in charge of Yellowstone park She died at Fort Yellowstone Her remains will be shipped to New York Mrs Meldrum was well known in Cheyenne where she and the colonel once resided.
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J. A. Keiner
J. W. Meldrum
Yellowstone Park
Boston Man Accused Of Stealing Glass Eye
Boston reporter says traveling salesman J W Higgins caused the arrest of W E H Glassett on a charge of stealing a glass eye. Higgins testified he slept in a hotel when his eye fell out and Glassett took it and gold it.
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Boston
Mass
J. W. Higgins
W. E H. Glassett
Higgins
Glassett
Derailed Freight Car Delays UP Train in Utah
Union Pacific train No. 4 from the west failed to arrive by 2:35 pm yesterday. The delay lasted until 8:20 pm due to a derailed freight car blocking the track in Echo Canyon Utah.
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Union Pacific
Eeho Canon
Utah
Klondien Temperature Registered at Lander
The official thermometer in Lander Wyoming registered 28 degrees below zero last night as reported by Special to The Leader.
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Lander
Wyo
Wheatland Pair Wed in Denver
This brief notes that Samuel Ber and Laura B. Pletcher, both of Wheatland Wyoming, were married in Denver yesterday, according to Denver papers captured that evening.
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Wheatland Phomlic
Denver
Samuel ©. Ber
Laura B. Pletcher
Wheatland, Wyo
Mind Blank Excuse Ties Cheyenne Fugitive Loysen
Loysen claims drunken blank period from January 22 to Trinidad Colorado explains issuing worthless checks and jewelry scams. Arrested in Walsenburg after a Denver to Cheyenne fugitive chase, he wore a Cheyenne Detective badge and faced concealed weapon charges with partner Johnson.
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A. Loysen
Gould
Loysen
Trinidad
Colo
Cheyenne
Denver
Perry
Walsenburg
Finn
Johnson
Walnenburg
Bheri
Thaw Found Not Guilty by Insanity But Committed
New York February 1 Thaw declared not guilty of Stanford White murder by reason of insanity. He was judged a dangerous lunatic and ordered to Matteawan state hospital. The verdict followed a 25 hour deliberation. Thaw protested sanity and sought a writ of habeas corpus. He left the court with plans for a temporary Matteawan stay and a statement to reporters asserting current sanity.
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New York
Stanford White
Harry K. Thaw
State Hospital
Matteawan
Thaw
Associated Press
Fleet anchors at Punta Arenas harbor
The American battleship fleet steamed into Punta Arenas harbor in the Strait of Magellan and anchored at 12:50 p.m. Large crowds gathered on a hill behind the town and along the waterfront to witness the warships' arrival.
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Punta Arenas
Strait of Magellan
Punta Arenas Harbor
Roosevelt Endorses Priest Views On Race Death Controversy
Theodore Roosevelt sent a letter praising Rev. Father Tubman for his January sermon in Reno Nevada. The priest argued that celibacy is unjust and that race death by own action and modern marriages and divorces deserve more than condemnation. He also urged no unmarried men or women remain in his parish.
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Roosevelt
Reno
Nev
Father Tubman
Theodore Roosevelt
Railroads answer brief of Fish in Illinois Central suit
The Union Pacific and the railroad securities company filed briefs in the superior court answering Stuyvesant Fish and others who seek to block the voting of 281,281 Illinois Central shares. The briefs respond to Fish and colleagues February 26.
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Railroads
Chicago
Union*Pacific
The
Railroad Securities Company Today
Superior Court
Stuyvesant Fish
Illinois Central
Fish
Negotiations for Mugsay Fight Continue in Rock Springs
Negotiations between Mugsay Echoel of Cheyenne Roy Moore of Minneapolis and Rock Springs Athletic Club proceed over terms for a match. It appears a bout between Muggsy and Moore is being arranged with a likely event at Rock Springs.
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Muggsay
Mugsay Echoel
Cheyenne
Roy Moore
Minnepolis
Minn
Thy Rock Springs Athletic Club
Muggsy Ang Moore
Rock Springs
Morrie Charged in Incorrigibility Case After Burglaries
Public Prosecutor Clyde M. Watts filed information charging Lealo M. Morrie with incorrigibility. Morrie faces a hearing in a day or two as one of four boys arrested last week for burglarizing a Union Pacific freight car. the others were released.
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Morrie Boy
Clyde M. Watts
Lealo M. Morrie
Morrie
Union Pacific Freight
Tornado worse than reported in Wesson Mississippi
Wesson Mississippi residents report the twister that struck yesterday extended forty miles, with eight dead, four fatally injured, and about a hundred seriously hurt. Officials fear deaths may rise to fifteen or twenty, many of them believed to be unseen negro residents buried in crushed cabins. Damage estimated at two hundred thousand dollars.
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Wesson, Miss
Banker Held for 850000 Forgery in Idaho Bank Failure
Horace E. Neal, cashier of Capital State bank in Boise, arrested on forgery charges after the bank failed last week. Forged notes totaling at least 50000 have appeared, with more turning up as Kansas City and Omaha banks bring papers. Neal, described as a nervous wreck, remained at his home under deputy guard.
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Boise
Idaho
Horace E. Neal
Capital State Bank
Kansas City
Omaha
Neal
Portland Field Mining Company Injunction Hearing
Judge Carroll heard James F. Burns motion for an injunction to prevent adjournment of the Portland Field Mining Company meeting set for tomorrow. He granted time for Burns to inspect the company books, then took the case under advisement.
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W. P. Carroll
jAistrict Court
James F. Burns
Winusl
Portland Field Mining Company
Changing Voice Deaths Warning
Special to the Lecter from Wheatland Wyoming reports Mrs. 1 M Morris collapsing on a Sibylle lane after a visit with Mrs Pagett. She was stricken by apoplexy and died a few hours later without regaining consciousness.
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Wheatland
M. Morris
Sibylle
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Weather Report
Larthent
Mer
Uncle Sam
Meldrum
Walsenburg, Colo
Great Hospital
Portland
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