Cheyenne council approves 160000 water bond issue
Cheyenne city council authorized 160000 of bonds for extending the water system including Crystal Lake reservoir and main reconstructions. Bonds dated Jan 1 1908 redeemable 1938 bear 4.5 percent interest. Aldermen seated new terms. Griffin retires from First ward amid council honors.
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Cheyenne
Crystal Lake
National Bank of Commerce
New York City
Henry Sweet
John W. Griffin
A. E. Trump
William Faust
Robert N. LaFontaine
Cook
Nimmo
G. P. Johnston
F. J. Johnston
Schilling
Cole
Trump
Fire Department
LaFontaine
F. St Johnston
Sweet
Ellis
Polles-Sweat
J. P. Johnston
Trump LaFontaine
G. P. Johnaton
Dille
PF. I. Johnston
Behilling
Johnaton
Omaha Lays Award for Denver Northwestern Railroad Work
A million dollar construction contract for the Denver and Northwestern railroad was awarded to an Omaha firm. The project aims to complete the Denver to St Collins section, about 196 miles, by year end.
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Denver & Laramie Railroad
Omaha
Neb
Denver & Northwestern
Denver
St Collins
Congress for Deep Waterway Aims for Early Federal Aid
Chicago JAN 7 The Deep Waterway coalition plans to push an initial federal appropriation this session for a Lakes to Gulf canal. Advocates point to prior state spending from Chicago to the Gulf and urge quicker aid, with Illinois likely forming a state commission to manage the Chicago sanitary canal and related projects.
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Chicago
Congress
Mississippi Valley
Gulf of Mexico
Illinois
Lkely
Chicago Sanitary
Copper King Arrested in Over-Certification Case
New York January 7 Federal grand jury indicts F Augustus Heinze copper magnate ex Mercantile National Bank president for over certifying fifteen checks totaling over 400000 drawn on Mercantile National Bank He surrenders to U S Commissioner Shields and is released on 50000 bail Edward Lauterbach claims no willful over certification notes a 600000 Heinze check may have been mis entered by bank staff Heinze faces 5 to 10 years per federal law.
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New York
Otto Heinz & Company
Mercantile National Bank
F. Augustus Heinze
United States
Shields
Edward Lauterbach
Heinze
Otto Heinze & Company
Lauterbach
Otto Heinzge & Company
Willet Attacks Roosevelt in House Firebrand Speech
Willet of New York assails President Roosevelt in the House as the message is referred to committees. He blames the president for the financial panic, accusing him of instability, divergence from practical policy, and issuing harsh criticism of industrial leaders.
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Washington, D. C
Usible
House of Representatives
Willet
New York
Roosevelt
STATE LOSES WITNESSES IN THAW TRIAL DEFEAT FOR PROSECUTION
In New York on January 7 the defense claimed a victory as key witnesses for the state would not testify. Mrs. Holman Evelyn Thaw's mother and her son Howard refused to testify, and Ida Vera Simonton also declined. The defense hopes to undermine the state's sanity case and the timeline of Thaw's actions. Three jurors sworn, with four tentative jurors remaining. ninety-five jurors called and questioned today.
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New York
Harry Thaw
Jeroie
Charles J. Holman
Evelyn Thaw
Bnt
Harry K. Thaw
Duel Ends in Double Fatalities in Saloon Box
Frank Cochrane and T. R. Bell, recent arrivals from Seattle, faced off in a private saloon box in San Francisco. Both men were hit by three bullets apiece. Bell collapsed dying, Cochran later died after being disarmed. Bell allegedly won a blackjack affection, and Cochrane, a faro dealer, accused him of the claim. Dell, unconscious, was hospitalized and not expected to survive.
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San Francisco
Cal
Frank Cochrane
T. R. Bell
Seattle
Bell
Cochran
Dell
Cochrane
Woman wills brain to Anthropometric Society for study
New York report states Louise Randolph a young woman with unusual memory plans to will her brain to the Anthropometric Society for scientific examination after death. The decision follows her declared intent to aid research in the field and reflect her unusual cognitive condition.
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New York
Louisey
Randolph
Anthropometric Society
Supreme Court sustains Williamson timber and stone ruling
A Washington dispatch reports the U S Supreme Court decision in former Oregon Congressman John N Williamson’s case convicting him of subordination of perjury under the timber and stone act. The ruling supports Judge Lewis and holds the commissioner may not enact rules undermining Congress, affecting arid land prosecutions and final proof requirements.
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Denver
Colo
Republican
Washington
United States Supreme Court
John N. Williamson
Oregon
Department of Justice
Interior Department
Timber
General Land Office
Congress
Prohibition Resolution Moves Through Senate Debate
Clark of Georgia pushes a vote on a resolution urging a federal law to uphold state prohibition efforts. Senator Aldrich introduces a currency bill after reading in the senate. Nelson objects. measure postponed to next session as committees prepare. Senate adjourns until Thursday for committee work.
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Clark
Georgia
Washington, D. C
Aldrich
Finance Committee
Senate
Judiciary Committee On the Judiciary
Nelson
World's Largest Three Masted Yacht Planned for Global Tour
New York January 7 W Harry Brown plans to build the largest three masted fore and aft schooner yacht with auxiliary engines. The project aims to start next spring and includes the Amazon voyage and inland South Pacific exploration. The trip would cover Oriental waterways and cross the Atlantic over three years at a cost over $300000.
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New York
Harry Brown
Brown
Amazon
South Pacific
Irn
Oriental Waterways
Atlantic
Great Storms Strike Pacific Wanderers and Smacks
Victoria B C January 7 news from Manila and eastern ports via the Tremont reports disastrous storms and tidal waves. Nine steamers stranded on the Hokindo coast with twenty sailors drowned. forty sailing craft damaged. about six hundred fishing smacks wrecked. over a thousand buildings flooded and many lives lost.
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Victoria
B. C
Manila
Tremont
Hokkindo
Fife
Train Wreck on Southern Railroad in Georgia
A special Cleveland to St. Augustine train on the Southern Railway ran off a trestle in Atlanta on Copper Mine creek. Five of seven cars toppled into mud leaving many passengers injured, mostly Ohio residents. An engineer and fireman were fatally injured.
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Atlanta
Cleveland
St. Augustine
Fla
Southern Railway
Ohio
Weather Report for Wyoming January 7 1908
Local weather data for the 24 hours ending at 6 a m shows a high of 46 with a low of 29. No precipitation reported. Maximum wind reached 40 miles per hour from the northwest at 4 30 a m. Palmer, Weather Director.
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Washington
By. C
Wyoming
de Berets
de Remus
W. & Palmer
Heption
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J. D. Wright
Oly
Aassstant City
Bruner
R. G. Inballs
Phil Kerrigan
Kerrigan
Ed, Tucker
Dyer House
Patrick McClusky
Water Committee
Northern Colorado Power Company
Seventeenth Street
John Bresnahan
Frank Miller
Lake Mabpalutah
Miller
Louis Robinson
Congress For Deep Waterway
Mississippi
Copper King
Ida Simonton
Young Holman
Evelyn
U. S. Supreme Court
U. S
Colorado
Supreme Court
Earth
Pacific
Far East
Southern Railroad
Weather Report
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