McArthur brothers win canyon road contracts for $5.5 billion rail expansion
The McArthur brothers secure contracts for forty miles of Big Horn canyon track in Wyoming as part of a massive $6 billion rail build to connect Beattie Galveston via Cheyenne. Colorado & Southern and Burlington lines initiate projects from Kirby to Thermopolis and Shoshone with multiple interconnections and cost about $1,000,000 for Pueblo-Walsenburg work.
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Colorado
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Lafayette- Longmont
Denver
Big Horm Canon
United States
Pueblo-Walsenburg
Y. B. Calvert
Burlington Aystem
American rider tops Haitian army squad in comic parade mishap
New York July 12 A Delaware state chemist's son T R Wolf dr returned from Port au Prince after a cable of his father's death. He recounted riding through a Haytien dress parade where about 100 men in gaudy uniforms armed with rusted weapons toppled by his horse. He later reached President Simon's secretary and learned the president was in the tub on his bath day.
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Aingiehanded
T. R. Wolf
Wolf
Delaware
Port-au-Prince
Salvation Army
Atreat
Catreet
Haytiee Army
Simon
PISH HOOK IN HAIR CAUSES DEATH OF TWO
Two people drowned when a fishing line entangled in hair aboard a small boat on Lake Wawnsee near Goshen. Dora Keehn 18 daughter of Dr Keehn of Ligonier and Herbert Stansbury 87 of Ligonier died in the boating accident. Disa Keehn had visited the Stansburys at their cottage. Stansbury is survived by his wife and one son.
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Keehn
Ligonier Dentint
Herbert Stansbury
Elgonier
Lake Wawnsee
Disa Keehn
Staneburys
Stansbury Ia
Persian Crisis at the Fighting Stage
Washington July 12 The Senate joint resolution to submit the income tax amendment to the states passed 17 to 14 with all negative votes from Republicans. The measure now goes to the president for signature after a four hour debate. Democratic speakers framed the issue as healing while criticizing Republicans for not keeping their pledges.
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Washington
House
Senate
Suspected Forger Hunted After Arrest Attempt at Governor Ranch
Sheriff recovers arrest warrant for Frank R. Smith of Jackson, Minnesota. After an alert from a circular, deputies locate Smith at a governor’s ranch fifteen miles from Campor and escort him to county jail. A $260 reward was set for Smith’s capture amid warnings of his dangerous conduct and prior escape in Kansas City.
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Frank R. Smith
Jackson
Minn
Hughes
Smith
Sovernor Ranch
Blornee
Jackgom
Jackson County
Kansas City
Slayers of heroic woman face gallows in New York case
The New York police pursue two suspects, Carlo Greco and John Smith, tied to the murder of Mrs. John Staber during an attempted burglary in Piatbush. The slain woman died aiding her son Edward Staber in a struggle with a burglar. Two murder charges are expected as investigators link fresh evidence to the case.
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New York
Carlo Greco
John Smith
John ‘Braber
Piatbush
Joseph Totaro
Staber
On Verge of War in South America
Report from Valparaiso notes rising tension as Peru and Bolivia edge toward war after a border dispute ruling by Argentina. Chilean admiralty says neutrality while preparing to dispatch warships to protect Chilean interests.
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Peru
Bolivia
la Pas
Argentina
Inferno Devastates Richmond District Row of Buildings
A July fire in San Francisco Richmond district destroyed a row of buildings leaving around 100 homeless. Police suspect incendiary cause. damage estimated at about 10000 dollars.
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Gan
Francisco
Cal
Taft Prunes Down Tax On Corporation Incomes
President Taft spearheaded conferences on tax reform as he pushes a measure to reduce the corporate income tax from two per cent to one per cent. He aims to reconcile differences between the two houses and expects a conference report by week’s end. Progress at today’s session was satisfactory with key schedules postponed for future consideration.
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Taft
Fourteen Die In Lake Superior Collision
Sault Ste Marie Mich July 12 Three minutes after the steamers Tease M Scott and John B Cowle collided in Lake Superior off Whitefish Point lighthouse the Cowle sank carrying fourteen of her crew. The Inaac M Scott returned to port badly damaged with part of the Cowle's crew. A heavy fog contributed to the wreck.
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Mich
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John B. Cowle
Lake Superior
White Pish Point
Inaac
Cowle
Income Tax Bill Passed by House
A terse notice from Teheran reports the House vote on the income tax bill amid ongoing national unrest. The dispatch notes foreign reaction and expectations of further government measures as legations brace for possible escalation.
Moro Outlaw Jikirt Dies After Desperate Cave Battle
Manila reports a almost complete tale of Jikirt the Moro outlaw killed in a July 5 fight. Jikiri and six followers, including women and a child, hid in a cave by an extinct volcano. Troops surrounded the cave and demanded surrender with a white flag. Jikiri refused and fought to the end as defenders tried to breach the cave entrances. The siege pitted rifle and spear clashes as the besieged offered stubborn resistance.
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Jikirt
Jikiri
Byram
Sixth Cavalry
We Gaye
Land boom in Wyoming as Ernest sells vast tract
Denver financier Finn Ernest, partner in Ernest & Cranmer, sold a Wyoming land tract of about 4 000 acres for 225 000 dollars, boosting profits from an initial grazing land investment. He has disposed of remaining western holdings, signaling sharp value increases across Colorado and Wyoming property markets.
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Colo
Ernest
Wyoming
East St. Louis
Brown Palace
Colorado
Thaw Sanity Hearing Moves Toward Three Alienists
White Plains New Jersey July 12 A commission of three alienists may review Harry K Thaws sanity with counsel agreement. Hearing before Justice Mills continued focusing on Thaws bid for release from the criminal insane asylum as Evelyn Nesbit Thaw may testify.
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White Plains
N. J
Harry K. Thaw
Justice Mills
Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Jerome
Rio Grande Collision Near Claco Three Die In Wreck
Rio Grande officials have not issued a statement fixing responsibility for Saturday's collision near Claco Utah that cost three lives. Three enginemen in the hospital here are expected to recover. A wrecking crew removed the two engines from the track and traffic on the main line was resumed today.
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Colo
Rio Grande
Claco
Utah
Hich
Three Coopers Arrested in Greeley Rape Case Scandal
Frank Cooper 35 is jailed in Canada after a nationwide chase linked to the assault of Eva Killham in Greeley. His brother Will, 21, already served time in Cheyenne for abduction and criminal assault, while a third brother’s involvement is alleged. Sheriff Florance traced the case from Colorado to Canada amid extradition talks.
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Colo
States of the Union
Canada
Frank Cooper
British Dominion
Ben Florance
Eva Killham
Samuel Killham
Cheyenne
Will Cooper
Cooper
Va Killham
Plovance
Frank
Kiliham Ranch
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Weld County
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