Park County Becomes New County Move Debated In Senate
The Wyoming legislature discusses H B No. 20 to create Park County with Cody as a potential county seat. Senator Schwoob argues the subdivision meets constitutional requirements and benefits development, while opponents emphasize travel costs to the current seat. The debate continues in the afternoon session.
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Park County
Senate Yestern H. B. No. 20
Senator Schwoob
Meath
Big Horn ‘County
Nator Schwoob
Cody
Outrage Across Seas: Captain Faces Fine Over Tempest
Feb 8 report notes Captain Crocket and crew from British fishing vessel Pish and Packing escaping a tempest near the Madeira Islands. He claims British authorities threatened a $400 fine if returning within thirty miles of a port. case to be taken to federal government for redress. The American fleet, wirelessed from Madeira at 4 PM, had covered 600 miles on the homeward journey.
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Crocket
Madeira Islands
Mad dog exposes killer in Morelia arrest case
In Morelia on February 8 Jesus Lopez, who fled after murdering a man in January 1903 over 37 cents, was identified by a bite from a mad dog. He had been near Mexico City for a past treaty, recognized as the wanted murderer, and returned to Morelia for trial. Lopez killed Jesus Juarez by hanging then finishing him with forty gunshots after an attempted ransom dispute.
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Morelia
Mex
Jesus Lopez
Lopez
Mexico
Lopes
Jesus
Juarez
Juares
Lopex
Old Soldier Takes Homestead in Powell Unit
Cody Wyoming special reports Peter Morrison aged 96 locates a homestead in the Powell unit of the Shoshone irrigation project and intends to settle there growing up with the coin. A veteran of Mexican and Civil wars he plans to stay in Big Horn county and has long split residence between Cody and Grand Rapids. Morrison first voted for Andrew Jackson and has generally backed the Democratic ticket, aside from Lincoln and Taylor votes. En route to Cody he met W J Bryan at Fairview who gave him a cane cut at The Hermitage in Nashville.
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Cody
Wyo
Peter Morrison
Powell
Morrison
Grand Rapids
Mich
Big Horn County
Andrew Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
Zachery Taylor
Fairview
W. J. Bryan
Bryan
Hermitage
Jackson
Nashville
Tenn
Senate Defense of Employers Liability Bill Stalls
Senator Holliday urged passage of a measure to protect railroad workers and individuals injured by railroads, arguing for humane laws and a Wyoming court that will hear such accident cases. His remarks emphasized jus tice and broader protections for workers amid debate on the bill.
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Holliday
Astate
Justiaw
Wyoming
Ec Merhal
Hen Believed Bewitched by Owner in City
Mrs George W Applegate reports a hen laying eggs at unusual intervals. Since December 8 the bird laid twelve eggs over ten days, then stopped for a week, then resumed. the owner consults a physician fearing witchcraft and notes the episode occurred within six months of purchasing the hen through neighbor Mina Applegate.
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George W
Mina Ap
Five arrested in four girl murder case in Dayton
In Dayton Ohio Lizzie Folhart body found in a cistern amid a murder wave three young men Howard Davis Charles Erbie and Jesse Duffy were arrested along with a Waynesville girl and another youth. The stomach contents suggest poisoning as a theory. Duffy had been released from the Ohio penitentiary for a prior assault. Police kept reasons for arrests undisclosed.
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Oni
Dayton
Ohio
Lizzie Folhart
Miss Fulhart
Lizzie Fulhart
Howard Davis
Charles Erbie
Vandalia
Jesse
Duffy
Mary Forshner
Tragedy Of Desert Group Lost In Open Desert
J N Weston found a note in a tin can on a grease stick near Black Canon indicating Howard Melrose Mrs Lane Mra Lane George Irish and their two children were lost while heading from Southern Nevada toward Daggett. The message said they took a right trail toward Death Valley and the party was in a barren desert area. A search party departed to rescue them, with the note reporting two Irish children seriously ill.
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D. Melrose
Howard Lane
Mra
Lane George Irish
Mra. Irish
Nevada
Daggett
Black Canon
Death Valley Sing
Weston
Gett
Gigantic Oklahoma timber land frauds unearthed
In south central Oklahoma, government timber inspector exposes alleged frauds of gigantic proportions. The probe centers on timber land dealings near Posoogee and surrounding counties, with authorities pursuing investigation into multiple parties involved.
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Oklahoma
Springfield Woman Reveals Lincoln Assassination Attempt
Mrs. Coggeshall, widow of a Springfield man who aided Lincoln, says a bomb was hurled at the president in a Baltimore coach on his way to Washington. Her husband reportedly guided Lincoln to a car door and shielded him as the device exploded away from the crowd. The tale, kept secret for years, is shared to contribute to Lincoln lore.
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Enciln
Springfield
Ohio
Lincoln
Baltimore
Washington
Shanghaiied man reappears in Tacoma after vanishing
T A Cox, general manager of the Arizona and Pittsburg Mining and Smelting Co of Tucson, reappears in Tacoma after being absent since December 16. He claims he was shanghaied near San Francisco December 20 and placed aboard a strange ship, robbed of jewelry and about 175 dollars, and left penniless. Cox is reticent on details and plans to tell his story within forty days.
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Tacoma
Ticoma
Wash
T. A
Cox
Arizona and Pittsburg Mining and Smelting Company
Tuscon, Ariz
Puget
My. Cox
San Francisco
Roosevelt Urges Calm View On Japanese School Bill
President Roosevelt Telegrams California Assembly Speaker urging no offense to Japan and stating the federal stance on the anti Japanese school bill. He says the bill lacks treaty compatibility and emphasizes protecting Western interests while maintaining mutual respect with Japan.
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Roosevelt
Stanton
California Assembly
California
West
Japan
Pacific
Texas bill seeks parent consent for marriage licenses
Austin February 8 A measure before the house committee on judiciary would require a county clerk to obtain parental consent before issuing a marriage license. Representative Jenkins urged against adoption, arguing it would curb hasty or nonconsensual marriages and cited Ruth Bryan Leavitt as an example.
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Austin
Texas
House Committee
Jenkins
Ruth Bryan Leavitt
W. J. Bryan
Cable
Stolen Cheyenne Streetcar Arrest by Soldiers
Late Sunday a Cheyenne Electric Street Railway car was stolen by three soldiers and two conductors who intercepted the vehicle in front of the guard house and used improvised force to reclaim it. They face a court inquiry in coming days.
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Cheyenne Electtric Street Railway Company
Russell
Jones
Court m
Pshal
Anti Race Track Gambling Bill Labor Senate Fight Expected
Carson Nev Feb 8 An anti race track gambling bill was introduced in the senate today. A hard fight is expected as supporters and opponents mobilize ahead of a senate vote.
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Nevasa
Carson, Nev
Senate
Smoot Blocks Mondell Land Bill Compromise Effort
In Washington Senator Smoot defeats a non-residence amendment to the Mondell 420 acre homestead bill amid talks of trading 1 million Utah acres for non-resident provisions. The only unsettled point remains lands deemed unsuited for irrigation. Conferees plan another meeting Wednesday after the House public lands committee reports the entry change provision favorably.
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Washington, D. C
Smoot
Utah
House
Senate
Mondell Attacks Forest Reserve Policy In Congress
Representative Mondell of Wyoming delivers a forceful critique of the administration’s forest reserve policy in the House. He argues against large forestry expenditures and points to the West bearing the cost, labeling the issue a pivotal test for the administration during the 60th Congress.
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Washington
Representative Mendell
Wyoming
Congress
Morehan
Mr. Mondell
Heyburn
Idaho
Mondell
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