Train Looted by Outlaws in West. Five Held for Investigation
Five men suspected of robbing Southern Pacific train No. 1 near Reese Utah are detained as detectives search downtown Ogden. Passengers lost valuables. porter William Davis killed and A W Taylor fatally wounded. Bandits, possibly ex railroad workers, escaped in a buggy after looting the Pullmans. The reward for capture is set at five thousand dollars.
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Ogden
Southern Pacific
Reese
Oregon
Reece
Bishop Wayment
Warren
Ecity
Davis
Chicago
Corey Resigns From Steel Trust Presidency
Wm. B. Corey resigned as president of the United States Steel Trust today. Albert Gary announced the move saying the resignation takes effect at the board’s pleasure and no successor is likely to be named now. Corey, in office seven years, left town with the good will of all and no future plans disclosed.
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New York
Wm. B. Corey
United States Steel Trust Corporation
Albert Gary
Corey
Gary
Senator's Flight Safety Plane Debuts With $100000 Firm
Washington Jan 24 A West Virginia multi millionaire senator and former hotel waiter is the inventor of a safety aero plane. He heads the Bersaques Safety Aero plane company set up in South Dakota with $100000 capital. The first biplane, carrying about 3000 pounds, will fly at Fort Meyer in experimental flights within a week. It features automatic equilibrium, ball bearings in all parts, two 35 gallon tanks for five hours of flight, and a total cost around 7000 dollars. Inventor says future machines may cost a third as much or less.
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Washington
Mathan B. Scott
West Virginia
Scott
Bersaques Safety Aeroplane Company
South Dakota
Fort Meyer
Earthquake Shocks Reported in Kansas City Area
Lawrence Kansas January 8 a severe earthquake shock was reported today by the Kansas university seismograph this afternoon.
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Kansas
Lawrence
Kansas University
RULING ON MISSOURI RIVER RATES APPLIES TO WYOMING
The Interstate Commerce Commission clarified that the Missouri River and Mississippi river rulings apply only to shipments within specified routes. Wyoming points like Cheyenne are excluded from reparations under this decision, and claims must originate in Chicago or St. Louis and head to Denver to qualify. A sample complaint form under Kinder is provided for eligible routes.
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Wyoming
Interstate Commerce Commission
Denver
R. L. Varney
Trafic
Rocky Mountain ‘Traffic Association
Interstate Commerse Commission
RH. A. Mounley
Mississippi
Migsouri
Atlantic
Cheyenne
Enologe
Chicago
St. Louis
Loule Ana Jeago
Bresnahen 5 Now Chief of Municipality in Cheyenne
L R Bresnahen was seated as Cheyenne mayor and chaired the council meeting. After executive session Edward Schoels, deputy under Sheriff Hughes, became chief of police and Dr J H Conway was named city health officer. The new council confirmed appointments and ordered audits of city finances.
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L. R. Bresnohen
Cheyenne
Edward Schoel
Hughes
3. H. Conway
Ight Tusedey
Cook
F. J. Johnston
John H. Martin
Harry B. Henderson
Johnston
Henderson
Keating
G. P. Johnston
Kasting
of Council
FP. J. Johnston
T. Joe Cahill
P. 8. Cook
Breanahen
Swan
Carliale
F. A. Bacon
Percy Hoyt
Ingalls
Justice Welile
Bexton Braun
Coors Company
J. H. Walton
Gallagher to face trial for shooting New York official
James J Gallagher, who shot Mayor Gaynor, was declared sane by a Jersey City jury and will stand trial tomorrow on a charge of shooting Big Bill Edwards, New York City street cleaning commissioner.
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New York
James J. Gallagher
Gaynor
Supreme Court
Jersey City
Big Bill" Edwards
Bird Men in Sorrow Bear Hoxsey Body
In Pasadena on January 3 Arch Hoxey’s body was cremated after his death in flight. Pallbearers included Walter Brooking, Hubert Latham, and Charles J. Willard of the Curtiss team. Ashes will go to Aitkens Nebraska to mix with his father’s grave earth. A movement began to head the rest where.
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Pasadena
Arch Hoxey
Aitkens
Nebr
Hoxey
Walter Brooking
Hubert Latham
Charles JF. Wilard
Curtiss
Panama Libel Suits Finally Dismissed
The U S Supreme Court ruled the Panama canal libel suit could not be pursued in federal courts in New York. The decision affirms the circuit court ruling that federal courts lack jurisdiction since the case could have been filed in a state court. The suit targeted Press Publishing Company, publisher of the New York World.
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Washington
Jan
United States Supreme Court
Panama Canal
Federal Courts of
New York
Circuit Court
Press Publishing Company
New York World
Seventeen Die in Mexican New Year Church Panic
Report from Mexico City states seventeen people died and eighty were injured in a church New Year celebration near San Luis Potosi after a candle ignited decorations. The crowded space caused a fatal rush for exits.
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Mexico City
Jan
Neva
San Luis Potosi
Mesa
Pacification Efforts Start in Ojinaga District Mexico
Jan 3 report from Chihuahua states Gen Luque with about 600 men arrived from Pedernales and will pacify the Ojinaga district not Cuidad Juarez. A relief fund for widows of federal soldiers killed in the Mal Paso campaign has long been stained there.
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Chihumtua
Luque
Pedernales
Ojinaga
CiNinahua
Mal Paso
Lodge Pleads for Re-Election to Senate in Boston
Boston report says Henry Cabot Lodge on the eve of the legislature convening defended his eighteen year Senate record as a plea for re election amid much enthusiasm and public interest.
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Lodge
Senate
Boston
Henry Cabot Lodge
Eight delver deaths in Canadian mine blast
An explosion in the mines of the Nova Beotla Steel and Coal company in Bydney B C today killed eight divers. Three survivors were rescued and all bodies were recovered.
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Delvers
Bydney
B. C
Jan BeHight Minore
Nova Beotla Steel and Coal Company
Clapp Wins Likely in Minnesota Senate Race
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate Moses B. Clapp seeks reelection to the United States Senate with Republican support in Minnesota. Unclear surrounding details reference party backing and ongoing campaign efforts.
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Clapp
Minnesota
Senaton
Paw
Jon
Moses B. Clapp
United States
Explosion at Portland Cement Works Kills Six
A coal dust explosion in the coal crushing room at the Portland cement works in Portland Oregon killed six men, fatally burned two, and injured one more. Nine workers were blown through doors and windows into the snow as flames spread. survivors were rushed to hospital where four more died. One man escaped by landing 20 feet down a chute after being hurled onto a coal elevator.
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Portland
Colo
Portland Cement Works
Bank Guaranty Laws Declared Constitutional
The Kansas Oklahoma and Nebraska bank guaranty laws were ruled constitutional by the state supreme court. Justice Holmes said police powers permit measures sanctioned by usage morality or public welfare.
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Washington
Jun
Supreme Court
Kansas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Holmes
Ice Claimed Body Found Beneath Frozen Stream Near Morristown
A human hand protruding from thick ice led to the discovery of an unidentified man’s body in a small Morristown stream. The head was battered, death dated several days prior, and an axe with blood and hair lay nearby. No identifying clues were found on the victim.
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Morristown
N. J
Here
Romance in Wedding and Sanatorium Romance in Wedding and Sanitorium
New York reports Owen Kildare author and playwright remains confined at Ward Island state hospital. His ex wife Letta Russell Bogardun and Commander Charles A Adams USN retired have remarried, yet Mrs. Adams visits Kildare frequently and supports his needs while remaining known to friends as Mrs. Kildare.
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New York
Owen Kildare
Manhattan State Hospital
Ward's Island
Letta Russell Bogardun
Asses
Kiled
I Snani
Charles A.adams
Kildare
Adams
Battle in London as anarchists clash with police and soldiers
London faced a fierce confrontation as anarchists fought a hundred police and troops in Sidney Street. Two anarchists were found dead in the debris while a police sergeant was seriously wounded and the house burned with bombs found inside. The clash followed a prior December 17 shooting and raid on an anarchist club.
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London
Jan
Sidney Street
Scots Guards
Hornsditch
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Maybelle Gilman
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J. W. Griffin
Round Reservoir
Gallagher
Sane
Gotham
Hoxsey
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Panama
Pacifnication Program
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Mexico
Bhe
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Cheyenne, Wyo
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