Lost Bullion mine trial verdicts rattle Colorado crowd
Eleven defendants faced a federal case over a California style swindle in the Lost Bullion mine scheme. The jury found all guilty on mail fraud counts with Hunt and Pinkus given leniency. Sentences range up to three years and six months, and bonds are set for each inmate.
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Denver
United States
R. C. Hunt
Hunt
Pinkus
Federal Penitentiary
William E. Wilson
W. B. Cameron
Boulder
E. E. Keables
C. L. Blackman
David H. Lawrence
E. W. Sebben
George S. du Bois
Lee du Bois
Arthur Levan
Bishop
Ralph Talbot
Lewis
Bone
Knaebel
Charges allege fraud by mine promoters arrest of eleven
On charges of scheming to defraud by sending false information through the mails, authorities leveled accusations against the mine promoters, eleven in number, and all were arrested.
Ranchiman Sleeps With Rattlesnake Bedfellow
Arthur Ricard homesteader in western South Dakota awoke to a rattlesnake on his pillow. After snatching a salmon can from a shelf he struck the reptile, nearly severing its head, and killed the three and a half foot snake with nine rattles. His brother Joseph was away at the time.
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Chamberslain
S. D
Arthur Ricard
Missouri River
Black Hills
South Dakota
Arthur
Joseph
Cluims
Interior
Mr. Snake
Ricard
Uncle Joe Fears a Fool Congress on a Yacht Cruise
Illinois congressman Joseph G. Cannon, guest of Congressman Jos eph C. Sibley on a Thousand Islands cruise, declares he is not a presidential candidate and would not accept the nomination. He argues Congress must act wisely to sustain prosperity and avoid undermining the party in 1908.
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New York
Joseph G. Cannon
Illinois
Joseph C. Sibley
Pennsylvania
Thousand Islands
Congress
Repiblican Party
Tobacco Warehouse Fire At Prestonville Destroys 750000 Worth Of Tobacco
A tobacco warehouse owned by Henry Rouch in Prestonville was burned destroying about 750000 worth of tobacco that had just been purchased by a trust and was awaiting shipment. Authorities suspect incendiary torching by trust enemies.
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Prestonville
Henry “Rouch
Cnemies
Trust
Dramatic death ends in Webster City suicide act
In Webster City on Aug 8 an actor named Carl Pressley staged a dramatic scene before onlookers then shot himself in the head. He set fire to his money and threw jewelry into a sewer before drawing a revolver and firing a bullet, dying instantly as a crowd watched.
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Webster City
Carl Pressley
Exiled Kentucky Governor Seeks Fair Jury in Goebel Case
William Taylor formerly governor of Kentucky, exiled after Goebel’s assassination seven years ago, issues a statement from Indianapolis. He demands a trial in Kentucky with six Democrat and six Republican jurors, impartial judges, and a return of the $100,000 corruption fund, contingent on non immunity promises. He criticizes immunity offers as invalid and warns of a biased trial if returned.
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Indianapolis
Ind
William Taylor
Kentucky
Goebel
Certan
Commonwealth
Robert B. Franklin
Powers
Franklin
Treasury of Kentucky
Pritchard Upholds Jurisdiction In State Rate Case
In Astieville North Carolina Judge Pritchard of the United States circuit court writes a long opinion in the Southern Railway rate dispute against the state attorney general and the corporate commission. He upholds federal court authority and rejects the Eleventh Amendment shield, ruling the suit is not one against the state and that the legislature cannot deprive this court of its powers.
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Astieville
N.C
Pritchard
United States Circuit Court
Southern Railway
Corporation Commission
Attorney General of
North Carolina
United States
Jurisdiction Question Asked in Ongoing Legal Dispute
A court hearing contends that resolving jurisdiction is crucial for all parties involved. The legal fight hinges on who has authority and how promptly decisions can be finalized to avoid further delays.
Slips From Saddle On Pike's Peak Ledge
Miss Elsie Quinlan of East St. Louis narrowly escaped death on Pike's Peak when her burro toppled from a forty foot ledge at Devil's Slide. She freed herself from the saddle and clung to a ledge to save her life as the animal plunged and was rescued near death.
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Colorado Springs
Elsie Quinlan
East St. Louis
Pike's Peak
Miss Quinlan
Railroad Earnings for Year 1906
New York Aug 25 The gross earnings of the railroads of the United States in 1906 rose by 224 million under Poor ́s Manual with net earnings up 105 million Despite higher operating costs millions more travelers rode the rails and tonnage moved reached 1.610 billion tons up from 1.495 billion the prior year.
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New York
United States
Double tragedy at Chicago hotel ends in murder suicide
Charles H. Andrews shot and killed his wife at a Chicago hotel late Monday and then killed himself. The arms and room details include a note to C. W. Andrews Jr. Elkhart, Indiana, suggesting the deceased may not be Mrs. Andrews. cause of the tragedy remains unknown.
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Chicago
Charles H. Andrews
South Bend
Indiana
Saratoga
Christopher Richards
Andrews
C. W. Andrews, Jr
Elkhart
Ind
No Agreement On Wages Of Trainmen Seethes In Denver
Railroad officials and trainmen in Denver have not reached any agreement on the two cent differential after a week of separate talks and a recent joint session. Chairman Robert M. Ingram denied a wage deal, while Grand Master F. P. Morrissey said hopes remain for a prompt conclusion. Deadlock continues, with armistice sought to avert a national disruption and potential rift between workers and companies.
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Denver
Robert MH. Ingram
FP. H. Morrissey
Wyoming Mines Prepare to Double Coal Output
In Sheridan district Wyoming work to double coal output for winter nearly complete. Mines at Diets Carneyville and Monarch to run at 0,000 tons daily while Koch aims for 300 to 1,000 tons. Hartington railroad buys 100 new locomotives and 4,000 coal cars to handle extra business.
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Subridan
Wyo
Sheridan
Diets
Carneyville
Monarch
Koch
Hartington Railroad
Unruly Labor Transport Shocks Omaha Railroad
Eighty men sent from New York to Omaha by a labor agency allege brutal treatment en route and in Omaha. They say they were hungry for thirty hours, one man beaten into insensibility, forced into a car, jailed in Chicago and threatened with Omaha jail. Rail officials deny agency authorization and responsibility for the men.
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Omaha
New York City
Union Pacific Railroad
New York
Chicago
Union Pacific
Lion killed after attack on woman at Luna Park
In Pittsburgh on August 20, Mrs. Anna H. Houck, 55, was mauled by a lion at Luna Park while crowds fled. Police and rescuers fired hundreds of bullets, the lion died, and Houck succumbed to her injuries seven hours later.
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Pittsburg
Anna H. Houck
Luna Park
Mrs. Houck
W. A. Downing
Downing
Britain hires Wyoming man for $15000 a year
Laramie Wyoming August 87 Dy Elwood Meade former irrigation engineer and later professor at Colorado Agricultural College, formerly head of the bureau of irrigation in the department of agriculture, was appointed chief of irrigation investigations for Australia by the British government at a salary of $15000 yearly. He will leave for Australia next month.
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Laramie
Wyo
Elwood Meade
Exesttte
Wyoming
Colorado Agricultural College
Heiighier
Bureau of Irrigaton
Department of Agriculture
Laws
Australia
Omaha club president rejects suicide order amid threats
Jabez Cross, president of the Omaha Thirteen club, denounces a death order from an international body, declares he will not commit suicide, plans a meeting next Friday, and may retreat to his North Bend farm with friends for recuperation as others fear he could follow the New York victim.
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Omaha
Neb
Jabez Cross
Omaha Thirteen Club
William Heigh
New York Thirteen
Chile
Cross
Chib
New York
International League
North Bend
Thirteen
Mrs Higgins Will Not Claim Body In Lynch Case
Denver August 28 Mrs Cora Higgins mother of a lynched Nebraska murderer remained composed after the news. She, 54, has lived in Denver twenty years and nurses in the Ashley home at 1460 Grant Ave. She asked not to claim the body, which will be buried in Nebraska. Mrs Ashley said the body will stay in Nebraska rather than return to the family plot.
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Denver
Bancroft
Neb
Cora Higgins
Higgins
Frank Ashley
Grant Avenue
Mia
Acapulco Steamer Capsizes at San Francisco Docks
SAN FRANCISCO Aug 29 The Pacific Mail steamer Acapulco listed and sank at the docks after turning turtle. All passengers escaped unharmed. The incident prompted quick evacuations and dockside response, with no fatalities reported.
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San Francisco
Pacific Mail
Acapulco
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