Snell Fails to Break Will of Father in Court Fight
In Clinton on February 17 a jury in the Snell will case was discharged after forty six hours without a verdict. Eight favored breaking the will and four opposed, same as the first ballot. Colonel Thomas Snell, a wealthy eccentric, left a two million estate. Ric Snell, his son and Clinton president, sought the will’s invalidation amid sensational letters from women and girls. The son was left with a 950 annuity and plans to seek a new trial at the May term.
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Clinton
Inl
Snell
Thomas Snell
Ric Snell
Clitton
Beatrice Gordon Acquitted in Shirey Murder Case
Denver jurors brought in a verdict of acquittal for Miss Beatrice Gordon charged with murdering Deputy Sheriff W. O. Shirey. She testified she lived as his housekeeper for years and claimed she intended to leave after years of abuse. A struggle over a revolver led to Shirey’s death. The jury deliberated less than an hour.
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Denver
Colo
Beatrice Gordon
W. O. Shirey
Miss Gordon
Shirey
All Is Quiet at Fairbanks Labor Situation
Washington reports from Fairbanks Alaska indicate quiet conditions amid allegations the Western Federation of Miners were porting non-union workers. No troops have been sent and the Fort Gibson order advised coordination with the Fairbanks marshal to act if disturbances arose. The crisis in the labor trouble appears to have passed.
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Washington, D. C
Fairbanks
Alaska
Western Federation of Miners
War Department
Fort Gibson
Prominent Goldfield Man Dies of Meningitis
Robert L. Harper secretary and general manager of the Goldfield Consolidated Water Co died this afternoon from spinal meningitis. He helped consolidate local water companies, belonged to Carson Harper Printing Co of Denver, and owned mining property in Colorado. The body will be shipped to Denver for interment.
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Goldfield
Robert L., Harper
Goldfield Consolidated Water Company
Carson Harper Printing Company
Denver
Colorado
Standard Oil Declares $15 Quarterly Dividend
New York February 17 The directors of the Standard Oil company today declared a quarterly dividend of 15 per share. The same amount was paid in the corresponding quarter last year.
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Standard OL Diclares
New York
Standard Oil Company
Standard OF
Standard
Weather outlook for Wyoming and nearby regions
Washington report lists Wyoming forecast with colder Tuesday and Wednesday fair then slightly warmer. Local data for 84 hours to 6 pm February 47 1908 shows maximum 34 minimum 29 and 0.02 inch precipitation. Palmer section director notes.
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Washington
D. C
Wyoming
Palmer
Bectlon
France finds U.S. mine safety lagging in report
A French government commission returning from the United States states that mine gas explosion precautions and miner safety measures are less effective in the United States than in France, highlighting gaps in American mine safety practices.
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Paris
United States
France
Cupid's Broker Guilty of Fraud in Illinois Case
Marion Goode nough, alias Marion Grey of Elgin, known as a marriage broker, was found guilty of using the mails to defraud in Chicago. The jury, after nearly a day, returned a verdict against Grable of Dearborn, Missouri, who was paired with a wealthy widow through the bureau.
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Chicago
Marion Goodenough
Marion Grey
Elgin
Landis
United States District Court
Womana
William Grable
Dearborn
Grable
Real Countess Loseis Valuable Pearl Necklace
Berlin reports the extraordinary disappearance of Countess Clara Von Wartensleben's pearl necklace valued at 260 000 marks. The piece measured about one and a half meters, arranged in five strands with gradated pearls. the countess maid has been arrested on suspicion.
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Berlin
Clara von
Miners Entombed After Dam Break At Midvalley Colliery
Twenty eight miners are trapped after a dam broke flooding the Midvalley colliery near Mount Carmel Pennsylvania. Rescue teams work through the day and report digging sounds and good air as they strive to save all, with seven Americans among the trapped and three rescue parties active.
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Pottaville
Midvalley
Mount Carmel
Tomorow
Surveyor General Pay Fight Reaches House Debate
Western delegates pressed to raise surveyors general pay from 2000 to 3000 dollars a year in the legislative appropriation bill. Chairman Tawney called the raise an increase for a “leafing place” head. The plan faced an all day battle to defeat the proposal.
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Surveyor General
Washington, D. C
House of Representatives
Represen
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Montana
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
South Dakota
Surveyors General
Tawney
Teller’s Nephew Sued by Government in Denver Suit
The United States in Denver files a civil action against J. C. Teller a Denver nephew of Senator Teller and the Union Pacific railroad for 265000 dollars claiming 421000 railroad ties cut from government land in Wyoming.
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Teller
Denver
Colo
Senator Teller
United States
District Court
J. C. Teller
Union Pacific Railroad
Wyoming
Bee Tree near Lander Yields Fifty Pounds Honey
The Lambertson family celebrates a bee tree near their Lander Wyoming home. Fifty pounds of honey were harvested from the tree. The bees are domesticated and had abandoned hives in town.
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Lander
Wyo
M. Lambertson
Saloon Cellar Fall Kills Local Man in Greeley
John J. Kimbler aged 62 died in Greeley Colorado after a saloon cellar stair door gave way sending him to the bottom. He had been leaning at the head of the stairs when the trap opened Tuesday injuring him. He died yesterday from those injuries at Evans.
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Greeley
Colo
John
Kimbler
Evans
Djuries
Mbler
Standard Of Campus Directors Declare Quarterly Dividend
New York February 17 The directors of the Standard Off campus today declared a quarterly dividend of 16 per share matching last year’s same amount.
Two Men Die In Limestone House Fire
Bradford Pa Feb 17 Two men were burned to death last night in a fire that destroyed a dwelling at Limestone near here.
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Rwwo
Bradford
Limestone
N. T
Here
Northwestern mining men seek federal action over land fraud
In Helena on February 17 the Northwestern mining men convention ordered a committee to Washington to urge the president to address Congress on alleged fraud in Northern Pacific land classifications. They accuse railroads of securing vast timber and mineral lands deemed worthless and demand relief. The forest reserve administration also draws sharp criticism.
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Helena
Mont
Northwestern
Washington
Congress
Northern Pacific
Forest Reserve Administration
John Hakanson Dies in California
John Hakanson a longtime Cheyenne resident died in Los Angeles California from asthma. He was about fifty and had no surviving blood relatives in Cheyenne his brother in law Mr Collberg is the only connection here. The body will be shipped to Cheyenne and funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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John Hakanson
Los Angeles
Cal
Cheyenne
Mr. Hakanson
Collberg
Hakanson
Mr. Hakenson
Iguson Street
This Town Has Enough Carnegie Libraries Now
Hast Orange New Jersey February 17 A loud protest rises against the city council plan to accept 39 000 from Andrew Carnegie for three branch libraries The city already owns one Carnegie library costing 50 000 to build and about 16 000 yearly to run Critics say running costs are too high and fiction dominates the circulating collection
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Orange
N. J
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Woodford Heads Hughes League Of The United States
New York February 17. Speakers endorsed Governor Hughes for the presidency and predicted his election at the formal notification that General Stuart L. Woodford was chosen as president of the Hughes League of the United States. Woodford received an ovation upon taking the podium at the Hotel Manhattan.
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Woodford
Hughes League OF the
U. S
New York
Hughes
Stuart L. Woodford
Hughes League of the United States
Manhattan
Three Saved From Wreck of the Emily Reed
A dispatch from Tatoosh light reports a boat reached the coast this morning with the first mate and two sailors of the Emily Reed, wrecked at Tillamook last Friday. They brought the cook’s body, who died yesterday. Sailors fear no one else survived.
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Emily Reed
Tacoma
Wagh
Tatoosh
Tillamook
Cook
Sweden fears war with Russia over Finnish shores
Stockholm reports strained Sweden Russia relations as Moscow demands release from the pact barring naval stations or fortifications on Finnish shores near Sweden after Sweden yielded Finland.
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Sweden
Stockholm
Russia
Finland
Senate Committee Advances Ward Nomination for Colorado U S Attorney
Senate committee on the judiciary today ordered favorably reported the nomination of Thomas Ward Jr to be United States attorney for the district of Colorado.
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Senate
Ward
Washington, D. C
Senate Committee On the Judiciary
Thomas Ward, Jr
United States
District of Colorado
Pensions and House action on federal employee bill
The House passed a large appropriations measure totaling 32,336,573 after days of debate. Provisions on removing or reducing incapacitated workers were approved. an amendment to fund pensions was ruled out. Senate moved to confirm Wotherspoon for brigadier general after a long executive session. Senator Stone planned to speak on the Aldrich bill tomorrow.
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Washington, D. C
House
United States
Eia
Mt Tad
Department of Commerce
Senate
Wotherspoon
Bulkely
Wedes
Stone
Missouri
All Russia Frightened by Turkish War Rumor
Alarmist reports of possible Russia Turkey hostilities have become a wide scale war scare across society. Military circles and conservative politicians treat the matter seriously. The Duma, per M Guchkom, could be criminally negligent if the country is drawn into an unprepared war.
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Russia
St. Petersburg
Turkey
Duma
M. Guchkom
Ranch House Fire Destroys Jatin Pomeroy Estate
A Wind River ranch house, the largest in the mountains, was totally destroyed by fire with contents. Loss estimated between 20 000 and 26 000 dollars. The blaze traced to carelessness of a 16 year old boy.
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Pinedale
Wyo
Jatin Pomeroy
Wind River Mountains
One of Booths Capturers Dead on Lincoln Birthday
Chicago February 17 One of the cavalry squad that overtook and captured John Wilkes Booth who shot Abraham Lincoln died on Lincoln’s birthday. Annie Wendell served as a trooper in the Sixteenth New York cavalry and later shared Booth capture prize money of 1800 dollars.
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Chicago
John Wilkes Booth
Abraham
Lincoln
Annee Wendell
Sixteenth
New York Cavalry
Washington
Booth
Death of Valerian Gribaye dof noted in New York press
Word arrives from New York that Valerian Gribaye dof writer journalist and artist died in Paris. Originator of newspaper illustration in New York his sketches led to a popular Sunday supplement. He left New York in 1897 and later taught in Paris.
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New York
Xork
Paria
Valerian Gribayedof
Afton Baby Born Weighing Three Pounds
Special to The Leader reports the smallest baby born in Wyoming arrived at Samuel Draney's home in Afton on February 17 and is a healthy three pounds. Centennial trains trap coyotes en route between Laramie and Centennial. workers set traps along the right of way and halt trains to remove catches.
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Afton
Wyo
Wyoming
Samuel Draney
Centennial
Laramie
Pacific
Mortgage Filed by Kansas & Colorado Pacific Railroad
A $60,000,000 mortgage from the Kansas and Colorado Pacific Railroad Company to the Guarantee Trust Company of New York was filed in Wichita Kansas. The mortgage covers the Fort Scott and Wichita and Western and the Missouri Pacific in Kansas, runs thirty years, bearing interest at a rate payable semiannually.
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Kansas & Colorado Pacific
Wichita
Kan
Kansas & Colorado Pacific Railroad Company
Guarantee Trust, Company of New York
Fort Scott
Wichita & Western
Missouri Pacific
Kansas
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