Railway 10 West To Open Vast Montana Frontier
Helena May 3 reports say the Chicago and Northwestern will likely build a transcontinental line through Montana, opening northeastern regions untouched by rail. Tacoma dispatches claim survey teams for Northwestern are active, with multiple routes radiating from Tacoma toward Seattle.
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Montana
Black Hills
Helena
Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company
Soo
Northwestern
Tacoma
South Dakota
Evarts
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Northern Pacific
Milwaukee
Butte
Great Falls
Tacoma Dispatch
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Seattle
Chicago & Northwestern
The
North Coast Railroad
St Joseph Faces Loss Of River Border
St Joseph Mo worries as the Missouri River erodes the land between its channels. Gov ernment engineer Col James B Quinn from Sioux City was ordered to study relief options after citizens telegraphed the War Department. If the river breaches the neck, St Joseph could be moved five miles inland and the Grand Island railroad tracks risk washout.
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Sioux City
Stoux City
St. Joseph
War Department
James B. Quinn
United States
Missouri
Grand Island
Filwood
Kansas
Dennison Wins $7,000 Verdict Against Daily News
The jury finds in favor of Thomas Dennison in his $69,000 suit against the Daily News. After a seventeen hour deliberation the unanimous verdict awards Dennison seven thousand dollars in damages.
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Omaha
Tom Dennison
Omaha, Neb
Thomas Dennison
The
Daily News
Dennison
Mary Sharp Drugged Burglars Then Slept Through Loss
Mrs. Mary Sharp found two burglars asleep in her bed and drugged them with chloroform to trap them. She fainted while calling police and woke to find the intruders gone with her valuables, leaving her empty handed.
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Cleveland
Mary Sharp
Assault Sailors Wounded in Santiago Clash
Ten sailors from the Tacoma cruiser were seriously wounded in a Santiago cafe confrontation with police. Henry L. Lee suffered a fractured skull. others had machete and gunshot wounds. Police captain and officers were suspended pending a civil investigation. Governor Magoon and General Barry dismiss the quarrel as pay day trouble.
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Tacoma
Santiago
Havana
Henry L. Lee
Magoon
Barry
Japanese Arrival Swells Denver Population in Sugar Beet Areas
The Denver article notes a growing Japanese presence in Colorado with about 2000 workers in sugar beet districts. It describes shipments from a Japanese supply store at 1212 Eighteenth Street and details how families return home after earning money, supplementing German and Russian labor in the Mississippi and Missouri valleys.
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Denver
Colorado
Mikadoland
Mississippi
Missouri
Eighteenth Street
Japan
Tokio
Yokohama
Sugar City
Arkansas Valley
Nebraska
Kansas
Gates Fails in Wall Street Debacle Ousting Charles G Gates Co
Chicago May 3 John W Gates facing massive losses leads to liquidation of Charles G Gates & Co the world’s largest brokerage with about 90 million in liabilities all tied to Wall Street trades. Dissension among twelve partners and bank pressure push dissolution plans as Gates’ grip over major holdings weakens.
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Chicago
John W. Gates
Charles G. Gates & Co
Stock Exchange
Wall Street
New York
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
United States Realty Company
Republic Iron and Steel Company
W. Gates
Smallpox Strikes Aberdeen Spurs Quarantine Push
Aberdeen South Dakota reports four smallpox cases a family and a pest house case. Health officer Dr H E McNutt blames landseekers from Iowa and Milwaukee Road workers camps. A train with eighty sick men from Mobridge is feared. officials threaten to quarantine and halt trains and passengers unless Milwaukee Road funds a local hospital or other relief.
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Aberdeen
S. D
H. E. McNutt
Iowa
Milwaukee Road
Mobridge
Milwaukee
Ipswich
McNutt
van Slyke
Zirbes
Rescued In Time After Five Days Entombed Miners
Seven miners trapped by water in the Berwind White coal mine near Johnstown Pennsylvania were rescued after five days. Exhausted and weakened, they were brought out once the mine was drained following a risky dash through flooded passages. Earlier, John Boyle and three others failed to reach them and returned half drowned.
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Johnstown
Berwind White
Stiney Rodonw
Charles Ream
John Boyle
Two Rescuers Reach Men Trapped in Flooded Heading
Report describes partial flooding of the heading with water still filling parts. Pumps operated at full capacity lowering water while two rescuers swam to the highest point where men hid. After discovery stimulants revived them. Lunch baskets had been seized before rescue and supplies nearly exhausted.
Best Geological Survey Hampered by Mine Company Recruiting
Washington May 3 The large mining organizations lure government geologists with higher pay and threaten efficiency of the Geological Survey. The 1906 metalliferous ores report warns the loss of trained men in field work is irreparable and citizen experience is essential for independent mining district investigations.
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Geological Survey
Washington, D. C
WRECKED IN MONTANA Fireman Killed and Twenty Five Injured
Westbound Burlington flyer No 5 wrecked east of Manhattan when it struck a handcar. Fireman Harry Gilmore of Livingston died. Over twenty five passengers injured many seriously. Injured include John Minechie Paul Schel Alexander Berg Alfred Anderson Herbert Beach Reynolds Henry Simpson Charles Reynolds Robert Jenkins. Engineer John Furlong escaped unhurt.
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Manhattan
Mont
Burlington
Paul Schel
Cromwell
Minn
Alexander Berg
Minneapolis
Alfred Anderson
Cambridge
Herbert Beach Freeland
Mich
Charles Reynolds
Henry Simpson
Robert Jenkins
St. Paul
John Furlong
Doctors dissent against alcohol as necessity in medical view
A group of twelve physicians led by Sir Frederic Treves Sir James Barr and William Ewart published a dissenting medical stance from a recent favorable manifesto on alcohol They contend that healthy adults need not consume alcohol and its general use could be stopped without harming world welfare They also note alcohol fuels poverty disease and crime and is only sparingly used as a remedy by many doctors
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London
Frederic Treves
James Barr
William Ewart
Is Guye a Capitalist in Omaha Labor Debate
Louis V. Guye long a Central Labor Union leader has diversified into barbering, laundry interests, a labor paper and ink well maker stock, prompting debate at a union meeting over whether he has become a capitalist. Guye denies the charge saying rival papers prompted the opposition while maintaining his laborer origins.
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Omaha
Neb
Louis V. Guye
Central Labor Union
Gaye
Guye
Mr. Guye
Idaho's Governor Faces Threats as Haywood Trial Looms
Prosecution and defense prepare for the William Haywood murder trial set to begin Thursday in Boise. Authorities fear threats and mob violence, with Gov. Frank R. Gooding targetted. jurors are protected in a private house near the Ada county courthouse, and a secured stairway routes daily access.
Trial Will Last Many Months in Stennenberg Murder Case
Boise Idaho May 6 Officials handling the trial of miners officials Moyer Haywood and Pettibone charged in the murder of former Governor Stennemberg say securing a jury will take at least one month. Once seated the defendants face four to twelve months away from home. No further postponements are planned. Evidence collection has cost substantial sums.
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Boise
Frank R. Gooding
Gov. Gooding
Orchard
Idaho
Moyer
Haywood and Pettibone
Stennenberg
Wat
Prosecution Seeks 250000 Bond Ahead of Long Trial
The prosecution seeks a 250000 bond as the trial gets under way and is expected to last at least six months.
Murder Mystery Near Dover Deepens as Boy Found
Horace Marvin Jr. was found dead in marshes a half mile from his father Dr. H. N. Marvin's Kitts Hammock home. Dover authorities expect an arrest within 48 hours and focus on a man known to the family as the prime suspect in the kidnapping turned fatal case.
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Dover
Del
Horace Marvin
Kittshammock
Here
Horace
H. N. Marvin
Sioux City
Horace Marvin, Jr
Kitts
Marvin
Charlie Ross
Delaware
Robert H. Richards
Dr. Marvin
Resigning President of New Orleans Fort Jackson and Grand Ole Railroad
Former Governor Warmouth resigns the presidency of the New Orleans Fort Jackson and Grand Ole railroad after failing to secure an annual pass on his line. The 60 mile railroad along the Mississippi has been run by bondholders since 1896. Frank T. Howard chairs the bondholders committee.
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Chicago
Record-Herald
New Orleans
Warmouth
Fort Jackson
Grand Ole
Mississippi River
Yarmouth
Frank T. Howard
Bondholders’ Committee
Clergy Boycott Joan of Arc Festival Activities in Orleans
In Orleans on May 3 authorities allow Free Masons to take part in the May 8 Joan of Arc festival. The clergy refuse to participate and plan a separate celebration at the cathedral on May 12.
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Orleans
France
Death of W. E. Sharp in Colorado Linked to Railroading
Spearfish residents learned last week of the death of W. E. Sharp at Grand Junction Colorado. He had followed railroad work for years and had prior mining interests at Cyanide and in the Powers plant. He lived in Spearfish until about five years ago and later worked for the Burlington as an operator.
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W. E. Sharp
Spearfish
Grand Junction
Colorado
Sharp
Powers
Cleopatra
Squaw Creek
Burlington
Somewlre
Portland
Spearfish Mail
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