Easy Marks Swindled in Trial of Maybray Ring
Opening of the trial for John C. Maybray and associates reveals how victims paid from 2000 to 37000 based on their means. Witnesses describe a scheme by the so called millionaires club using staged wrestling matches and baited bets to fleece neighbors and travelers.
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Gounell Bluffs
Towa
John C. Maybray
United States
Thomas Gay
Steator
Maybray
James Tierney
New Orleans
Ernest Fenby
Shepherd
Mich
James Coon
Fenby
Cape
Coon
Fenty
Nelson
Alma
Milonaires’ Club
Macybray Fa
Albany men plan suit to stop Colorado diverting Laramie river
Attorneys N. E H Morthell C. P. Arnold George A Campbell and FP A Bosler of Albany county announce legal action to stop Colorado parties from diverting heat waters of the Larkmip river away from Wyoming by tapping the stream in Colorado.
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N. E H. Morthell
C. P. Arnold
George A. Campbell
FP. A. Bosler
Albany County
Ity
Colorado
Wyoming
Deserter pursuit ends as deputy returns to town
Deputy Bheril Ed. Behoel who chased two soldiers believed deserters from Fort Lassen returned after days of searching. The pursuit stretched through Cheyenne and nearby towns before ending when the deputy gave up the chase yesterday.
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Bheril Ed
Behoel
Cheyenne
Fort Lassen
Thin Eltae
Sharp Earthquake Rocks Ban Francisco
An earthquake shakes Ban Francisco with reports of damage in San Pratelbog and San Jone, striking homes and businesses as authorities assess aftershocks and advise residents to stay clear of unstable structures.
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Ban
Francisco
Great Parade by Union Men Broken Up in Philadelphia
A massive open air union meeting at the National League Baseball park was halted as park owners closed gates and police fined and diverted the crowd. About 40,000 strikers marched toward City Hall before clashes with police left several injured and many arrested. The strike wave spread to Baldwin Locomotive Works with 500 more workers joining, while Cramp's shipyards drew 15,000 strikers after the plant was protected. Authorities claim no further incidents from Cramp's.
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Philadelphia
Baldwin Locomotive Works
J. R. Keim & Co
Baldwin
Cramp’s
Theatre To-House Great Church Meeting Monday
Local laymen plan a conventon with a banquet at the Masonic temple and a Capitol Avenue theater session Monday. The committee reports tickets selling fast and about 369 locals expected to attend with speakers arriving tomorrow to discuss the laymen movement.
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Ghevenn
Masonic Temple
Thier Ocean
Capitol Avenue
Mart Polpt
Cheyenne
Watt
Three Thousand U S Troops to Parade in Cheyenne
A Cheyenne event outlines a planned United States Army parade involving about three thousand enlisted men and officers under Brigadier General Frederick A. Smith. If weather permits, parade assembly begins at 8:20 a.m. with troops marching through the city to the north of Gartibery, after confirmation by flag hoisting and post orders.
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Smith
Ft Russell
United States
Frederick A. Smith
Fort D. A. Russell
Camuter
Gartibery
Cheyenne
Seneral
Ships Under Construction and Labor Strikes Reported
Cramp's yard builds several big ships for the U S navy as a labor strike group releases figures claiming 126000 to 150000 idle workers. Total men women and youth in strike reach 180871 by last night amid rapid transit notes and recruitment details.
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United States Navy
Cramp’s
Committee of Ten
Central Labor Union
Lis Sifictale
Indians Face Education Debate in Washington Bill Passed
Washington reports the Indian appropriation bill, about $10,000, cleared the state. A discussion on education methods drew criticism as a senator argued a student can play a brass horn but cannot use it to blow potatoes from the ground on the reservation.
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Washington
American women shot down by fanatics near Tilesta
Two young women were killed in a fanatic attack at a party near the mosque of Omi outside Tilesta. Police and local officials investigated as residents expressed anger over the violence. The motive was reported as religious extremism and the investigation continued.
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Washington, and
Omi
Tilesta
Nciie
Soames Tant
Garfield Hurls A Bomb On The Ballinger Camp
Washington March 10 James R Garfield former secretary of the interior finished his testimony in the Ballinger Pinchot investigation by alleging that Ballinger submitted an affidavit on September 17 1908 claiming the Guggenheims had no interest in Cunningham coal claims in Alaska The record shows the Guggenheims had a half interest before that affidavit Cunningham testified in Cleveland March 16 detailing his Alaska survey and motives including oil prospects and large land claims with investors backing and staged entries at Kayak and Spokane
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Washington
James R. Garfield
Secretary of the Interior
Ballinger-Pinchot
Garfield
Ballinger
Land Office
Clarence Cunningham
Gug- Bernheims
Cunningham
Alaska
Senate Committee On Territories
Guggenheime
Brandeis
Pinchot
Garfield -Myon- Se
Cleveland
Government Coal Lands
United States
McGee
Cunningum
Spokane
Kayak
Reconciliation Talks Surface After Cudahy Scandal
Kansas City report on Jack and Mrs Cudahy weighing reconciliation after a domestic scandal. The couple, married in Omaha, face public scrutiny as friends seek to spare their five children further distress and protect the family from ongoing turmoil.
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Kansas City
Jack Cudahy
Jere F. Lillis
Cudahy
Packer
Omaha
Hue
Hou
Saloon Keepers Fined in Sheridan Trial
Sheridan Wyoming March 10 James Vines saloon keeper charged with illegally selling liquor at Halfway was fined 1500 dollars and evicted for an additional fine. William Wagert convicted on five counts of illegal liquor sales faces 760 dollars in fines.
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Sheridan
Wyo
Jamea Vines
Salport
Halfway
Iin
William Wagert
Waa
Moffit Contract Awarded for West Seventeenth Block
In Albert Chapman’s offices bids were opened for the business block to be erected by William Moffit on West Seventeenth Street between Capitol Avenue and Pergusha Street. Keefe & Cass Bros won with a 29950 bid. demolition of existing buildings to begin immediately. Other bids came from Archie Allison Sorenson Construction Co and Birney Sage. The three story brick block will have three storefronts on the first floor and living and office spaces on the upper floors.
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Albert Chapman
William Moffit
West Seventeenth Street
Capitol Avenue
Pergusha Street
Keefe & Cass Bros
Archie Allison
Sorenson Construction Co
Birney Sage
Firemen of Central States Ready to Strike
Chicago reports twenty five thousand firemen on railroads west north west and southwest will strike if wage concessions are refused. Arbitration expected though railroads caution such a wage rise could bankrupt them.
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Chicago
Cleveland Bank Meeting Ensures Deposits Paid Fast
The Row started yesterday and continued today at the Bank of the Society for Savings. Depositors were paid off as fast as clerks could handle them. Officials refuse to state the amount paid out. The bank had about 89,000 depositors, largely working class.
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Cleveland
Bank of the Society For Savings
One Carroll Parabut One Permanently M
Deputy Sheriff Geo Carroll learned his brother Frank Carroll in Wellston Ohio suffered a paralytic stroke and faces grave risk. Frank, once a city resident and bartender at the Cony saloon, now with his wife operates a pool hall. a younger brother Fred sustained a hand injury from a playful knife mishap at a Wellston restaurant.
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Geo. Carroll
Wellston
Frank Carroll
Cony
Carroll
Fred Carroll
Frank
Proov
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Greensburg
Fae
United States Mine Workers of Americas
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Carbon
Denver
Ernest Mills
Western Federation of Miners
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South Dakota
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International Paper Co
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Edwards Mill
Glen Falls
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