Mining dividends rise across U S mines and metal firms
April dividends across 50 mining and metallurgical companies in the United States, Mexico, Central America, and Canada total $11,222,311, pushing cumulative distributions to $185,081,010. Copper firms lead payouts, including Anaconda and Utah Consolidated, with gold and silver mines like Alaska Treadwell and Homestake also boosting returns. industry prospects hinge on new methods and copper company consolidations.
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United States
Mexico
Central America
Canada
United Metals Selling Company
Lewisohns
Amalgamated Copper Company
Anaconda
Anzona Copper Company
Utah Consolidated
London
Wolverine
Lake
Smelting Trust
American Smelting and Refining Company
United States Smelting, Refining and Mining Company
Alaska Treadwell
Homestake
Black Hills
South Dakota
Bunker Hill & Sullivan
Idaho
Portland
Cripple Creek
Colo
Nevada
Tonopah
Missouri
Kansas
Wisconsin
California
Cobalt Ail- Ontario
Mining shares seen facing smaller dividends initially
The Chicago Mining World notes that amalgamated properties will pay lower dividends than individual companies as more funds are spent on developing subsidiary mines. Eventually, however, properties opened on advanced principles are expected to yield substantial shareholder returns.
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Chicago
Aberdeen Man Recalls Two Cent Fare Law Abuse on Minnesota Route
Aberdeen resident J. Cranmer recounts how the Minnesota two cent fare law, effective May 1, led to railroad charges and delays. He rode Minneapolis to Ortonville, faced fare collection at the state line, and describes baggage handling hurdles and double sleeping car rates. The tale cites a Standing Rock bound passenger affected similarly.
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Aberdeen
J. Cranmer
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Ortonville
Ife
Mr. Cranmer
State Line
Cranmer
Standing
Ware Case Opens Rehearing in U S Court of Appeals
George G Ware, once a Deadwood South Dakota cleric with vast Nebraska land holdings, seeks reversal after a conviction for conspiring to defraud the government of land titles in Hooker county Nebraska. The case features an appeal on jury instruction and statute of limitations defenses.
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Court of Appeals
ST. Paul, Minn
George G Ware
United States
United States Court of Appeals
Hooker County
Neb
Ise
Ware
Deadwood, & C
Dealers Urge Early Coal Purchases In Looming Shortage
OMAHA May 10 The Sheridan Coal Company warns Nebraska dealers to lay in soft coal this summer to avoid a repeat fuel famine next winter. Sales agent Rogers says western mines will supply at summer prices, and rail capacity remains tight. The firm has expanded Sheridan and Kansas mines, but still faces railroad limits.
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Omaha
Park
Union Pacific
Rogers
Shieridan Coal Company
Sheridan
Kansas
Illinois
Nebraska
Carney, Wyo
Colorado
Old Man Shoots Self After Landlord Knocks
In Norristown Pennsylvania Humphries Phillips 60 a former Blue Bell resident shot himself in the left ear after the hotel proprietor knocked on his door at the Farmers hotel on the third floor He was unconscious for hours despite treatment and died at the hospital Phillips had been ill for months and had just been discharged from the hospital
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Norristown
Humphries Phillips
Farmers’ Hotel
Phillips
Blue Bell
Monument Clash Over Woodmen Founder Sparks Denver Plan
In Denver a dispute within the Pacific jurisdiction of Woodmen of the World heats up as Jessie Falkenburg-Kallis returns to push a personal monument for her father F. A. Valkenburg. She forms a corporation, claims rights to his name and bust, and threatens injunctions to block burial moves while camps raise funds and seek distribution of contributions to the Valkenburg Memorial association.
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Denver
Falkenburge
Jessie Falkenburg-Kallis
F. A. Valkenburg
Order
Los Angeles
Wairmount
Pacific Jurisdiction
Valkenburg
T. 1
Valkenburg Memorial Association
Fallis
Memorial Monument Dispute Within Eastern Pacific Orders
The order guards exclusive rights to erect and copyright memorials for Falkenburg heirs and related artifacts. A monument committee led by Root Yates Bank Latshaw plans a June dedication at Fairmount cemetery on a forty foot plot. The dispute fuels political maneuvering ahead of upcoming July elections in Seattle, with Falkenburg faction pressing delays.
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P. Horan
Edwin N. Burdick
James M. Green
J. J. Hover
Pacific Division
Fairmount Cemetery
Pacific
Seattle
Falkenburg
Twenty Fourth Baby Born To Louisville Couple
The Ross family of Oak Mills near Louisville Kentucky welcomes their twenty fourth child. Mrs. Ross is 38, the latest birth may set a U.S. record for multiple childbirths. The husband, an older man and Roosevelt supporter, treats the family as normal and proud of all its children.
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Louisville
George W. H. Ross
Oak Mills
Ross
United States
Roosevelt
Hold Your Wool Advised by Wyoming Sheepmen
The Wyoming Wool Growers Association warns of a conspiracy by eastern wool buyers to depress prices. It urges producers not to sell below the 1906 market and offers to buy at last year’s prices if eastern buyers refuse, with plans to form an independent exchange controlling Wyoming output.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Wyoming Wool Growers’ Association
Wyoming
Threats to Kill Judge Reach I W W Trial in Nevada
In Goldfield Nevada the Esmeralda court sits in temporary quarters as cases against Preston Smith labor agitators and I W W leaders accused of murdering John Silva are delayed awaiting a proper courtroom. Judge Langan received an anonymous letter from Goldfield threatening death to him and others if conviction occurs.
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Goldfield
Nev
Esmeralda Enuity
Preston and
Smith
Industrial Workers of the World
John Silva
Vincent St John
Mawthorne
Langan
Silva
Brown Re-Elected Mayor in Lincoln Victory
Lincoln voters re-elected Mayor Brown by a narrow plurality and elected three Democratic councilmen. The GOP held the rest of the slate as results suggested possible post election contest.
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Lincoln
Brown
Carl
Arrest N. P. HoldUp Near Butte Montana
William Powers a 34 year old man from Sand Point Idaho was arrested near Woodville by sheriff's posse suspected in the North Coast Limited hold up near Walsh's. He denies murder and holdup at Welchs but is sent to Butte for questioning. Engineers actions likely saved many lives as robbers opened fire on the forward cab. A dynamite bag was found on the mail car platform.
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Butte
Mont
William Powers
Sand Point
Idaho
Woodville
North Coast Limited
Northern Pacific
Walsh’s
Welchs
North Coast Limited No. 2
Welch
Sullivan
Clow
Slow
Rush to Europe Highlights 1906 Passenger Traffic Split
London reports 1906 traffic between Europe and North America shows nearly 1.5 million travelers to Canada and the United States, while eastbound from America totals just over 500000. The figures include steerage passengers and reflect private company data.
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London
Europe
America
United States
Canada
Eupore
Prison color tale lands author in workhouse
Ernest Filer, who staged a window-smashing ploy to gain prison material, was sentenced by a Chicago municipal judge to four months of hard labor in the Bridewell. He claimed he needed local color for a forthcoming book, but the judge dismissed the claim and ordered hard labor.
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Chicago
Ernest Filer
Filer
Jodie
Camps Are Healthful Rumor Debunked Along St I Ext
A Missouri river rumor claimed smallpox and other diseases were spreading at graders camps west of the river on the C M and St I extension. Officials say the camps are healthy with contractors' families present and no disease, and the rumor is unfounded.
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Glenham, & D
Missouri
Missouri River
Tragedy Strikes Lillian Davis Before Planned Wedding
Lillian Davis a Denver stenographer died from a criminal operation meant to shield her from disgrace. The Denver Times reports she arrived Monday en route to Santa Monica to wed, was joined by fiancé LaVerne Johnson, and dies at 8 15 Sunday morning amid claims she alone bore blame. Police consider Johnson innocent. another man’s involvement is undisclosed.
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Denver Times
Denver
Colo
Lillian Davis
Homestake Mining Company
Santa Monica
Cal
LaVerne Johnson
Montana
Miss Davis
Miss Davis Death Prompts Vow of Vengeance in Lead
LeVerne Johnson plans to dispose of Miss Lillian Davis remains in Denver while seeking the betrayer’s identity. Friends in Lead mourn her untimely death, noting she grew up there and was a longtime bookkeeper at Home Stake Mining Co. Her body will be sent to Monrovia California for burial with her mother Mrs Williams.
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Denver Times
Davis
Daily Call
Denver
Miss Davis
LeVerne Johnson
Lead
Lillian Davis
California
Homestake Mining Company
Black Hills
Thomas R. Davis
Effie Blatchford
John Griffin
Monrovia
Williams
Strike at South Omaha plants for higher wages
Steam fitters and helpers at Armour, Swift and Omaha packing plants in South Omaha walked off the job on a wage strike. They demand 19 cents extra per hour and charge that a promised raise has not been paid. Rumors say many more workers may join.
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Armour
Swift
Omaha
Armour, Swift
South
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George G. Ware
Oal
N. P. Holdup
Sheriff’s Posse
Crow
Welch’s
Old Country
South Omaha
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