Growth of Harriman System in Intermountain Railroads
The Harriman System pamphlet reviews rapid expansion of Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads under current management. It cites 1907 net earnings of 44.8 million and 1907 gross receipts of 87.5 million for Union Pacific, with dividend growth and rising surpluses since 1898.
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Southern Pacific
Intermountain
Harriman
Harris, Winthrop & Co
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Chicago
Pacific Railroad Company
Union Pacific Railroads
Union Pacific
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Union Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific Company
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Indian Burns His Little Son to Death
Roy Spoonhunter an Arapahoe Indian is in custody in Riverton Wyoming charged with infanticide after allegedly returning home drunk and throwing his infant son into the fire while aiming to murder his wife. He will be taken to Cheyenne for U S court action.
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Riverton
Wyo
Specelal
Roy Spoonhunter
Arapahoe
Cheyenne
United Tes Court
Tee
Wind River
Manila Completes New Water System Along Mariquina Valley
Manila completes a $2,000,000 three year project bringing water from the Mariquina valley to the city. The new source began supplying water this afternoon, delivering along a twenty mile main to Manila.
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Manila
Mariquina
Powder mill explosion injures thirty in Kansas City area
A powder mill at Holmes Park twelve miles south of Kansas City exploded as a Kansas City Southern passenger train passed this morning injuring thirty people, with several likely fatally. Three houses were destroyed and one man was killed in the blast.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Southern
Holmes Park
Colorado & Southern declares 2 percent initial dividend
New York November 12 directors of the Colorado and Southern Railway today declared an initial dividend of two percent on the common stock.
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New York
Colorado & Southern Railway Today
Navy awards contract for battleship Utah to Camden NY firm
Washington November 12 Navy department awarded the contract for building the battleship Utah to a New York shipbuilding company at Camden New Jersey.
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Washington
Navy de T
Utah
New York Shipbuilding Company
Camden, N. J
Germany's Great Mine Disaster Remains A Mystery
A German mine disaster at Radbed near Hamm unfolds with 60 men rescued and 302 believed entombed after a massive explosion. Fire and smoke hinder early rescue efforts as authorities face uncertain cause and extend attempts to reach the trapped workers.
Roosevelt to Seek Senate Seat and Open Path for Root
President Roosevelt may enter the senate to avoid a clash over his policies while Secretary Root becomes a possible successor. Roosevelt argues ex presidents should not contest debates in the chamber, but insiders predict Root could take Platt's seat or join Taft's cabinet as Roosevelt’s closest nonpresidential ally.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Senate
Toth
Depew
Menta
Root
Sen
Platt
Taft
Washington
Bolting factions of base ball leagues shake National meeting
Eastern league and American association representatives walked out of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Clubs session in Chicago. They proposed to control the national arbitration board and reduce the Western and Southern leagues to class B, a bid seen as creating a third major league. A Western league meeting admitted Wichita and Topek a Kansas elites.
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Chicago
Eastern League
American Association
National Association of Professional
National Board of Arbitration
Western League
Wichita
Opeka
Kansas
Slayer of Policeman Smith Dies From Wounds
George Goode, age 41, who killed Policeman Albert Smith in Cripple Creek, died yesterday afternoon from wounds tied to the incident. He leaves a widow and two children. Goode was part owner of the Turfe saloon where the tragedy occurred.
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Creek
Colo
George Goode
Albert Smith
Goode
Turfe
Emperor of China Near Death Amid Medical Rejection
From Pekin on November 12 the consensus says the emperor is very weak and continues to sink. He will not accept Western medical attendance and his condition remains critical as reports circulate of his decline.
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China
Weather report for Washington D C November 12
Weather data for Wyoming and Washington D C lists 24 hour period ending 1 p m November 12. Maximum temperatures 20 degrees, minimum 7 degrees, precipitation 0 04 inches. Palmer, Section Director, provides local data and Friday Saturday forecast notes.
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Wasington
D. C
Wyoming
W. &. Palmer
Explorer's body found with cross bearing the name Andree
A Danish steamer captain reports finding a cross inscribed Andree on a Labrador coast site with a buried body and a box of documents. The discovery, if confirmed as Semen Andree, follows his 1897 Arctic polar dash with two companions and raises questions about the fate of the others as papers are examined.
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Andree
Labrador
Copenhagen
Thea
Indian Side
Pelops
Cape Mungford
Cape Labrador
Chalker
Inga
Esquimes
Wecht
Greenland
Committee Inquiry as to Kaiser's Actions
Five members of the foreign affairs committee of the federal council met in Berlin to discuss recent events. The session, rare in occurrence, prompted speculation of stopping Emperor William from pursuing an independent foreign policy, though reports say the group only read papers on the Casa Blanca incident and were hosted at dinner by Chancellor Von Buelow.
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Berlin
Federal Council
William
Earthquake Shocks Reported in Missouri Towns
Two slight earthquake shocks were felt in Sedalia Missouri this morning with windows and doors shaken but no damage. The shocks were also felt in Houstonia and Lamonte with vibrations described as north to south in direction.
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Sedalia
Houstonia
Lamonte
Hope
Father of the Oyster Culture Dies in Baltimore
D William Keith Brooks professor of zoology at Johns Hopkins University died after a long illness. He directed oyster culture research since the institution's founding and was widely known as the father of the oyster culture.
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Baltimore
William Keith Brooks
John Hopkins University
Ite
Brooks
Surgeon and sanitary engineer Dr. Asel Ames dies in Danvers asylum
Danvers Massachusetts November 12 Dr Asel Ames aged 63 formerly famed surgeon and sanitary engineer died today at the hospital for the insane where he had been a patient for years
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Danvers
Mess
Asel Ames
Hospital For the
Remarkable Growth of Wool Metropolis
Secretary George Walker of the Wyoming Wool Growers Association reports Casper’s rapid expansion. New homes and business blocks, a $40,000 Kimball building, a $46,000 county courthouse, and a Carnegie library mark growth as rail links expand. Wool, coal, asbestos and oil resources promise Casper a major regional center with strong onward development.
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George 8. Walker
Wyoming Wool Growers Association
Casper
Father Bryant
J. P. Cantillion
Wyoming & Northwestern Railroad
Central
Wyoming
Patrick Sullivan
Alex Cunningham
Martin Gotherberg
Kimball Building
Kimball Drag
Grand Central Hotel
Natrona County Court House
Wood & Falcher
Carnegie Library
Wee
Wyoming & Northwestern
Lander
Wyoming & Northwestern Railway
Chadron-Casper
Casper per-Lander
Fic
Points
Wyoming & Northwestern Han
Lander Transportation Company
Hudson
Salt Creek
United States
Canada
Billings
Montana
Burlington
Platte River
Guernsey
Colorado & Southern
Orin Junction
Wyoming & Northwesterm
Lander, Am
Standard Oil Case to Be Appealed to Supreme Court
Washington November 12 The Department of Justice will appeal the Standard Oil case after the Chicago appeals court refused a rehearing of the $29,000,000 fine The decision followed an all day meeting of Attorney General Bonaparte and government lawyers An application will be made when the Supreme Court reconvenes on Monday November 30 for a writ of certiorari to review the circuit court of appeals actions.
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Cruit Court of Appeals of
Chicago
United States
Standard Oil
Department of Justice
Supreme Court of the United States
Bonaparte
Supreme Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
Four Hurt by Gas Explosion in Lucas Mine
In Loulaville Colorado foreman Thomas Dantela and three Italian coal diggers were badly injured when a gas explosion occurred in the Loess mine yesterday afternoon as they worked to fan out fumes from a chamber.
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Lucas Mine
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Emily
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