Dry Farming Congress Chooses Cheyenne for 1909 Meeting
The Trans-Missouri Dry Farming congress selects Cheyenne Wyoming as the site for its 1909 gathering. Wyoming officials campaigned to host, citing Cheyenne’s proximity to major dry farming experiments and the potential for large attendance and discussion on arid land reclamation. The congress plans to push for expanded homestead acreage, more experimental farms, and state funded wells while avoiding forestry policy debates.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Congress
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Trans-Missouri Dry Farms Congress
Attorney General Targets Union Pacific and Affiliates
Washington January 25 Attorney General Bonaparte directed that a bill in equity be filed to break UP control of the Southern Pacific and the San Pedro Los Angeles and Salt Lake lines and to declare illegal ownership by the Southern Pacific or Oregon Short Line of stock in Santa Fe Great Northern and Northern Pacific all competing with Union Pacific.
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Washington, D. C
Bonaparte
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
San Pedro
Los Angeles
Salt Lake
Oregon
Santa Fe
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Garfield Testifies On Interior Department Reorganization
Secretary Garfield told the House Appropriations Committee on January 25 that the general appropriation bill includes estimates for the interior department reorganization and maintenance. He addressed a subcommittee on legislation outlining the items and their purposes.
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Washington, D. C
Garfield
House Committee On Appropriations
Interior Department
Weather Forecast for Wyoming This Weekend
Washington reports a generally fair weekend forecast for Wyoming with a chance of Sunday showers in the northwest and cooler conditions Sunday. Local data show a 24 hour period ending January 26, 2008 with a 42 degree maximum and 36 degree minimum and no precipitation.
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Washington, D. C
Wyoming
Palmer
Elopers Held After Wyoming Train Pursuit
A Boulder couple Miss Elizabeth Nicholson and John Hilton were located on a west bound Union Pacific train forty miles west of Laramie. The sheriff will deliver Nicholson to her mother in Cheyenne and Hilton to Boulder officials. They had shown a marriage license but were not jailed as Nicholson is over 18.
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Boulder
Colo
Albany County
Wyo
Elizabeth Nicholson
John Hilton
Uniong Pacific
Laramie
Cheyenne
Bartela
Hilton
Miss Nicholson
Southern judge urges wife to wear the pants in home rule
In Atlanta Georgia on January 25 Judge Broyles advised Mrs Jackson to don the breeches and let her husband wear dresses. The case began when Mr Jackson ordered Ida Thompson from his wife's boarding house after a Sunday church outing with a young man. He slapped her face and she reacted, prompting court action.
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Atlanta
Qga
Mayor Edward Taylor to wed Mina Jotters
San Prancisco announces the engagement of Edward Robeson Taylor mayor and Mina Buntoe Jotters of the city. The public notice confirms plans for marriage in San Prancisco with details limited to the engagement.
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San Francisco
Cal
Edward Robeson Taylor
San Prancisco
Mina Buntoe
Alty
Gridiron Club Dinner Links Roosevelt to Candidate Talk
Washington January 26. The Gridiron Club dinner brought together leading figures in the presidential equation. Speakers included Roosevelt Fairbanks Bryan Gray Cannon Williams Knox Root Hengelmueller and Bishop Satterlee as guests and commentators on potential successors.
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Washington, D. C
Gridiron Club
Wm. J
Peerleaf
Fairbanks
George Gray
Joe Cannon
Harmon
United States
Knox
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
W. J. Bryan
Judge Gray
George Ade
Joe’’ Cannon
Joan Sharp Williams
Root
Hengelmueller
Henry Y. Satterlee
Washington
Denver Miner Charles R. Vasser Ends Life in Rooming House
Charles R. Vasser a former superintendent of the Prussian Mining & Milling company and later a miner in Idaho Springs was found dead with a bullet wound in his head at the Johnson rooming house on Larimer Street Denver. Authorities say he likely shot himself last night due to bad health and business reverses compounded by family troubles.
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Denver
Colo
Charles R. Vasser
Prussian Mining & Milling Company
Idaho Springs
Johnson
Larimer Street
Vasser
Statehood for New Mexico Rumor of Quick Passage
In Washington rumors say Governor Curry and New Mexico citizens have assurances that the bill granting statehood will pass during the short session of the sixtieth Congress. The reward is said to be ending statehood agitation before the election.
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Washington, D. C
Curry
New Mexico
Washington
Snow Storm Costs New York in City Cleanup
New York officials estimate 150000 for street cleaning after the Thursday night storm with further losses from injuries to horses and vehicles transport delays and coal price hikes adding at least as much to the total.
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New York
Death marks search for hidden fortune near Manzanillo
Ban Wranelaco Calif Jan 25 More disaster has attended efforts of C O R Johnson of Boston to recover gold lost on the beach at Manzanillo Mexico in 1883 by the burning of the Pacific Mail steamer Golden Gate. A letter says two men were drowned and one killed by a blow from a large tramper during a storm at Manzanillo days ago.
Prize Cup Missing From National Wool Growers Show
The National Wool Growers Association and Pacific Express seek the missing Denver stock show prize cup won by King Bros. of Laramie. The cup shipped from Cheyenne was lost after leaving the Cheyenne express office. Pacific Express may reimburse if not found, then a duplicate will be made for King Bros. The cup was crafted by Buechner Jewelry of Cheyenne.
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Laramie
Denver
National
Pacific Express Company
King Bros
Cheyenne
G. S. Walker
National Wool Growers’ Association
Buechner Jewelry Company
Bricklayer Inherits Shurtleff College Amid Surprise Will
Des Moines Iowa January 26 bricklayer J C Felon received notice that a relative bequeathed Shurtleff College in Illinois to him. He admits he is unprepared to own an educational institution and seeks a buyer while continuing to work as a bricklayer. The will reportedly diverts funds to found the college to spite other heirs, with a reversion to near descendants.
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Shurtleff College
Des Moines
J. C. Felon
Plot Suppressed in Lisbon Government Statement
Lisbon authorities disclosed that conspirators behind a failed plot to overthrow the state obtained revolvers bombs and other weapons and sought to win over officers and soldiers for a mutiny at a critical moment. The government pledged steps to ensure public order and army loyalty.
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Lisbon
Ofivers
Utas
Black Hand Scam Nipped in Portland Letter Demands 500
Portland authorities say detective P. J. Maher stopped a black hand scheme. Hermann Haffner and Leo Honig demanded 500 from Mrs. Rachael Hawthorne and threatened family harm. Harbor was caught telephoning Hawthorne and confessed, implicating Honald.
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Portland
Ore
P. J. Maher
District Attorney's Office
Hermann Haffner
Leo Honaig
Rachaels Hawthorne
Harbor
Haywood to Address United Mine Workers Convention
The United Mine Workers of America invited Secretary-Treasurer Haywood of the Western Federation of Miners to speak at its Monday meeting. The convention adopted a federation proposal by President Mitchell in support of woman suffrage.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United Mine Workers of America Today
Haywood
Western Federation of Miners
Mitchell
New Financial Bill Set for Senate Debut
Washington January 25 The senate finance committee will review a perfected currency bill from Chairman Aldrich with changes including surplus distribution among states and higher extra circulation. Democrats push a minority bill as a Democratic alternative to unite party support.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Committee On Finance
Aldrich
Bailey
Minority Committee On Finance
Senate
Daniela
Teller
Money
Batley
Tallaferro
Jack London Returns to San Francisco by Steamship Mariposa
Writer Jack London arrived in San Francisco today with his wife aboard the Mariposa from Tahiti after a seven year world trip for the Woman's Home Companion. He said he will depart again February 1 to attend business matters. The Snark was left in Tahiti for gas engine repairs.
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San Francisco
Cal
Jack London
Mariposa
Tahiti
London
Snark
Papiti
Toothless head better than jail headline
Bristol Pa January 25 Frank W Wilson is freed after three months in custody for mayhem. Prosecutors agreed the bite on Henry Savage happened while Wilson had no teeth three months earlier, and the jury returned an innocent verdict after he testified with an empty mouth.
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Bristol
Frank W. Wilson
Wilson
Henry Savage
Railroads See Grain Traffic Pick Up in Middle West
Chicago Jan 25 Freight traffic conditions are improving as managers report a recovery from financial stringency. Heavy grain shipments in the Middle West, nearly suspended during the money market strain, are now being moved again as railroads resume bulk movements and traffic gains show improvement.
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Chicago
Middle West
Explosion damages mine railway car injures five in Rocking
Five hundred pounds of dynamite in a box car exploded during a fire at Dow Molinos near Rocking Iowa. Five men were injured and property valued at about $60,000 destroyed. The incident occurred early this morning as flames swept through the mining town two miles from Albia.
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Dow Molinos
Rocking
Albia
Ouida Dies in Poverty After Long Illness in Rome
Florence Italy Jan 25 Ouida real name Louise de la Kayere me died today at Via Reggio after a long illness She fell into distressing poverty and slept in the open for months her only attendant an old servant woman She was blind in one eye and nearly blind in the other due to exposure Her death was caused by asthma with heart disease and she fed her dogs at the expense of basic needs The Italian minister of instruction sent her several substantial gifts for aid.
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Florence
Italy
Ouida
Louise de Keremee
Viaregero
Mayor seeks magistrate resignation amid court scandal
Judge offers bribe to a reporter in New York. Mayor Moelllan requests the resignation of Magistrate Otto H. Crovun after a scandal over court conditions. The magistrate admitted paying $250 to a newspaper man to suppress a story on tax methods, and the reporter, via a third party, later published the bribery and the original tale.
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New York
Molellan
Otto H. Crovun
Blue Ribbon Order by R. R. Blue Ribbon
Baltimore January 25 officials announced that employees of the Anithmore & Ohio railroad will not handle toxicants at any time and that no person using the boiler area will be employed.
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Baltimore
Mid
Anithmore & Ohio Railroad
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