War Clouds Rise as Insurrecto Threat Looms in Mexico
Reports from San Antonio and Mexico City describe a growing war scare with six to seven thousand recruits sought, a Gen. Carter order for rapid move readiness, and Insurrecto leader Caricristi predicting U S intervention by May 1 unless order returns. Federals destroy property at Casas Grandes and hold prisoners awaiting state department action.
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San Antonio
Mar
Carter
F. Caricristi
United States
Mexico
Caricristi
Madero
Cariscristi
Taft
Chihuahua
Lummantour
Mexico City
Linmantour
Siessine
Casas Grandes
State Department
Colonia Juarea
Moffat's Body Laid At Rest in Denver
Thousands filed past the casket as David H. Moffat lay in state at the Colorado Capitol. Funeral services halted citywide with tram cars and Moffat railroad wheels ceasing, banks closing, and most businesses suspending operations before the vault interment awaiting Mrs. James A. McClurg.
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Denver
Mar
David H. Moffat
Colorado
Moffat Road
Moffat
James A. McClurg
Dry farming activity surges in Laramie County as 1811 season nears
Local hardware dealers report a spring surge in dry farming equipment purchases, with bales exceeding last year. Immigration from Iowa and eastern states continues to grow, signaling a major expansion in dry farm lands and expected strong business for summer and fall.
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Laramie County
Wyoming
New Orleans Editors Decline Duel Between Bee and Wasp
May 22 report that M Baron Cellini, editor of the Wasp, refused to duel Editor Capdeville of the Bee after editorial barbs. He said the insults did not justify a mortal combat.
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A. Dupl
New Orleans
The
Bee
Wasp
M. Baroncelli
Capdeville
Western Men Plan a Campaign for Building Up the Country
Western Development Association leaders outline a nationwide effort centered in Omaha to rally ten states. Officials will invite congressmen and governors, with railroad executives also urged to attend. The drive aims to route travel through Omaha and emphasize regional development without hiring an executive secretary.
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East Lake City
Mar
Western Development Aasociation
Oma
Congress
Bers
Dever
Washington Development
Canada
Bates
U Omaha
Omaha
Ruarteres
Association
W. A. Campbell
Safe View
Legal tangle grows in Mrs Eddy estate case
Concord N I March 28 One more intervention bid in the Eddy will litigation where John B Baker claims grand nephew status and seeks to join the suit against Henry M Baker executor The action contests a residuary clause favoring the First Church of Christ Scientist Boston and could shift the approx 2 5 million estate to next of kin George W Glover and Dr EB Foster Eddy are original plaintiffs and George W Baker of Manchester filed a similar petition
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Concord
N. I
Mra
Baker Eddy
Christian Science Church
John B. Baker
Baker
Mra. Eddy
Henry M. Baker
Eddy
George W. Glover
Lead, D
EB. J. Foster Eddy
Waterbury
Oddy
George W. Baker
Manchester
Mre. Hody
Destructive Canal Zone Fire Destroys Homes and Churches
A March 28 blaze in Colon destroyed fifty houses and three churches and required dynamite to halt spread toward the canal zone. Firefighters from the Canal Zone aided in containment as several lives were reported lost and the total loss reached three hundred thousand dollars.
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Colon
Mar
Canal Zone
Mexican incursions and rebel actions across the Texas border
Reports from Presidion and Ojinaga describe Mexicans crossing the Rio Grande into U S soil and engagements with federal and rebel forces. Attacks near Canada ranch result in federals killed. reports of vengeance against federals by rebel leader Juan Cabra and reinforcements expected in Torreon.
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Presidion
Tex
Mar
Ojinaga
United States
Mexico
Rio Grande Ford
Canada Ranch
Ofisga
Bisbee
Cananes
Juan Cabra
Chiapas
Rabicaora Paes
Torreon
Casalllas
Refugio Vienda
Chicago
War Department
Trial of Pamarr Angers Court in Viterbo Demonstration
In Viterbo Italy on March 23 a heated session in the Pamarr trial sparked a prison cage demonstration as prisoners cursed and rioted while their women in the audience screamed and fainted. Judge Blanch produced a ring claimed to be Cuccolo’s as proof provoking protests and clashes with supporters in the gallery.
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Viterbo
Italy
Giuséppe Salvi
Gennaro Cuccolo
Bianchi
Camorra
Balvi
Blanch
Cuoccdo
the Board of Attor
Banquet Honors Cheyenne C A C Basketball Team
The Cheyenne C A C basketball players and about sixty friends gathered at Keefe hall for an elaborate banquet and smoker to celebrate the season and bid farewell to Oscar Lamm. Gifts of roan jackets with a white A C C emblem were presented to Lamm Van Mouton Klett Hawes Melverney James and Manager Blorie. Toasts followed as attendees shared a social hour and a lively sendoff.
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Cheyenne
Keefe Hall
Oscar Lamm
Thome
Lamm
van Mouton
Klett
Hawes
Meluerney
James
Blorie
Hoge
Iowa Man Invents New Type of Ticket
Ottumwa Iowa March 23 The millenium arrives for long distance rail and shipping ticket sellers railroad auditors and travelers Parker Universal Leaf Ticket by William S Parker joint passenger agent of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy and Chicago Rock Island Pacific lines replaces the ribbon system on the Burlington route already in use A compact booklet carries leaves for each road and transfer company a conductor validates the proper leaf and the book is bound with a machine making it nearly indestructible and pocket sized reducing bulk in ticket offices
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Ottumwa, Ta
William 5S. Parker
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Airrou
Burlington
Parker
Tt Ie
Baldwin appeals Baldwin suit over large estate
Beatrice Anita Baldwin wins a revival of her challenge to the will contest in Los Angeles as Judge Rives is expected to direct a jury verdict for the defense. Lawyers plan an immediate notice of appeal to challenge the previous findings in the estate case involving B. J. Lucky Baldwin.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Beatrice Anita Baldwin
B. J
Lucky) Baldwin
Rives
Tifa
Confederate Veterans Loyal to the Nation Letter from Dickinson
Washington March 23. Secretary of War Dickinson a southerner writes to a Confederate veterans organization in Fort Worth Texas praising their loyalty and sacrifice and expressing no expectation the United States will enter hostilities with any country.
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United States
Washington
Mar
Dickinson
Cox Trial Delayed Amid Judge Removal Question
Cincinnati on March 24 the circuit court halted Judge Frank M. Gorman from trying George B. Cox as the court considers whether the Cox affidavit alleging bias is insufficient to move the case out of Gorman’s court. Within an hour after the custody court’s enjoinment, Henry T. Hunt filed an affidavit accusing both judges of bias and seeking their removal. The motion will be heard before Chief Justice Taggart.
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Cincinnati
Circuit Court
Frank M. Gorman
George B. Cox
Cox
Gorman
Aircust
Peter Swing
A. Smith
Henry T. Hunt
Juatloe Taggart
Five Defendants Sentenced to Federal Prison
In Wichita Kansas on March 23 all five defendants in a stolen postage stamp case were sentenced to prison. Banker L G Nafleger received a 6000 dollar fine and prison term. Former Obje Frank Burt got a 1000 dollar fine and fifteen months. John Analoo drew 1000 dollars and five years in penitentiary.
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Wichita, Kas
Mar
L. G. Nafleger
Frank Burt
Jobm Analoo
Roosevelt Dodges Camera at UC Charter Day
Col Roosevelt addressed 6 000 at the University of California Charter Day urging higher education. At a student rally he praised Coast Rugby and attacked East Coast intercollegiate play. He refused to be photographed when a photographer tried to film a public mother and triplets scene.
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Berkley
Cal
University of California
Roosevelt
Los Angeles
Col. Roosevelt
M. E. Beven
Orena
Reena
Ramona
Rebellion Spreads Across Northern Mexico Amid Turmoil
A Mexican dispatch reports that Tamaulipas Nuevo Leon and Coahuila along the Texan border, from Chihuahua to the Gulf, are aflame with revolution awaiting a favorable moment to erupt, with observers noting the situation as highly unstable.
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Monterey
Mexico
Mar
Tamaulipas
Neuyo Leon
Coquila
Texas
Chihuahua
Gulf
Cheyenne Cars Boom as Half Million Invested in Local Autos
The Cheyenne area shows a surge in car ownership with 262 licensed autos in the city, up from about 200 ten months earlier. Estimating $1,000 per machine, the local value of these vehicles nears $60,000, with total invested likely approaching half a million dollars.
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Cheyenne
Idelman
Wife Claims Husband Sold Children for One Dollar
Philadelphia report states Mrs. Mary Gy gian claims her husband sold her and their three children for $1 to a man who threatened to take her by force. Police and magistrate verified her story, finding starving children, no food, and a starving infant in cold rooms.
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Philadelphia
Mary Gygian
South Lee Street
Maalatrate Hughes
Bee
Wald
Eaid
Gage
Joe
George
Ulndle
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Frank B. Payne
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Robert Thompa
Pamarr
C.A.C
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