Negro race rise slow, Hamilton Club toast keynote
Chicago hosts the Hamilton Club banquet honoring the Appomattox surrender. Henry Watterson of Louisville and Edward L. Hamilton spoke on the negro question as a racial problem to be solved by evolution, urging Republicans to advance black rights without political agitation.
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Chicago
Hamilton Club
Appomattox
Auditorium Hotel
Francis W. Cushman
Tacoma
Washington
Henry Watterson
Louisville
Kentucky
Thomas P. Greene
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Edward L. Hamilton
Thigan
United States
South
North
Anti Merger Decision Gives People New Power
Philadelphia April 11 James M Beck assistant attorney general who argued the Northern Securities case says the Thayer decision clearly exposes federal law on consolidating competing interstate carriers. It eliminates suppression of competition and shifts the issue to the public, clarifying that ownership and control over stock bring owners under federal reach in interstate commerce.
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Philadelphia
James M. Beck
Thayer
Circuit Court
Pueblo Electrics Lines Plan For Inter-Urban Route
Pueblo, April 11 Members of the Business Men's Association will meet at a luncheon to hear George Peck Monroe Izor of Cincinnati and R F Lemon of Providence who aim to build an electric railway to Buelah. They seek $150 000 in preferred stock with the locals to invest another $150 000. The project totals 2 400 000 with bonds 300 000 and common stock 1 200 000. A franchise to 1940 extends ten miles of street right of way. The Colorado corporation plans routes from Pueblo to Fremont Custer and Huerfano counties with an initial 30 mile line to Buelah powered by electricity from a Huerfano basin power house. project cost includes 1 100 000 for rolling stock and power plant. News will be presented at the luncheon to spark stock sales.
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Pueblo
Colo
Business Men's Association
Imperial Hotel
George Peck
Monroe Izor
Cincinnati
R. F. Lemon
Providence
Buelah
Aspectus
Pueblo Street
Colorado
Fremont
Custer
Huerfano
Fastest Train Run Over La Veta Pass in Colorado
Angus Mc Bane of Omaha chartered a special engine 516 with Engineer Jones and a day coach run by Conductor Young. The trip from Alamosa to Pueblo covered 133 miles on La Veta pass at 41 miles per hour, arriving in time to catch the Rock Island 7 lock flyer east. railroad officials claim the run sets a new mountain travel record.
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Pueblo
Colo
Angus McBane
Omaha
Aio Grande
Alamosa
Jones
Young
la Veta Pass
Rock Island
Fast Run By The New Challenger
Weymouth England April 11 A fifteen mile leeward run and a beat home tested thirty miles under conditions similar to those expected during the America's cup races. The challenger outran Shamrock I by about five minutes after rounding the Erin and extended her lead as wind slackened. Shamrock III showed windward work but Shamrock I was beaten from start to finish, the new challenger finishing over seventeen minutes ahead. Yachtsmen hailed the victory as proof Shamrock III may be a stronger contender than previously thought.
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Weymouth
Eng
Sandy Hook
Morrison Case Reopened for New Trial in Kansas Supreme Court
In Topeka attorneys for Jessie Morrison argued yesterday for a new trial before the Kansas Supreme Court. The case, arising from the murder of Clara Wiley Castle, will be decided within a month. Morrison was sentenced to the penitentiary.
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Topeka
Kan
Jessie Morrison
Supreme Court
Miss Morrison
Clara Wiley Castle
Mint to install electric generating plant in Denver
Washington April 11 The director of the mint will open bids April 28 for the Denver mint generating plant. The plan aims to have all machinery operated by electricity and proposals fitting this goal have been invited.
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Washington, D. C
Mint
Denver Mint
Denver Markets Receipts and Price Quotations Report
Denver market data show comparative receipts through April 10 with year over year decreases. Price quotations cover beef cattle, cows, calves, feeders, stockers, sheep fat lambs and wethers, with grain values for milling wheat, rye, oats, corn, and forage. A Las Animas update notes a mass meeting endorsing a sugar beet factory with a 5,000 acre subscription goal and plans for further acreage.
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F.P.R
Denver
Las Animas
Citizens of
Moffat Interests Plan Summer Chesapeake Beach Line
Representatives of the Moffat interests in the Chesapeake Beach railroad announced continued operation of the line this summer. The route will run by steam and be kept in best possible condition. The Monte Carlo features at the Chesapeake Beach resort will be removed, and efforts will be made to attract Washington residents to the resort.
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Moffat
Chesapeake Beach Railroad
Chesapeake Beach
Washington
General Telegrams From The European Scene
A sweeping set of telegraph items notes a broad labor strike in Holland spreading across industries, frost impacts on Maryland fruit, low coffee prices in New York, a Paris death of Mrs Horie Porter, famine relief funds from Denver, and various international and domestic notes including rail guards, immigration forecasts, and military protection for foreign rail services. Political, royal and military rumors appear alongside economic and legal tidbits from multiple cities and nations.
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Holland
Maryland
New York
Horie Porter
France
Paris
Sweden
Denver
Famine Relief Fund
B. P. Brown
Redlands
California
Yosemite Club
San Francisco
James J. Jeffries
James J. Corbett
Netherlands
Chicago
Northwest
Ellis Island
Paris Tempes
Edward
Loubet
Micheel Devieane
Brooklyn Iron Works
Washington
Board of Commissioners of
District of Columbia
Ion Bureau 76 Anc
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Lucien Mass
Ann Arbor
Nelson A. Kellogg
University of Michigan
Battle Creek
Frederick William
Cecile
Mecklenberg-Schwerin
Alexandrine
Christian
Denmark
Ogen
Constantinople
Monastir
Macedonian Revolutionary Committee
United States
Russia
Manchuria
China
Mukden
Takushan
Vienna
Lorenz
J. Ogden Armour
Lolita
Professor Lorenze
London Mail
Durazo
Scutari
Pella
Adriatic
Workingmen'’S Committee
Amsterdam
Court of Appeals Rules Northern Securities Merger Unlawful
The United States Circuit Court of Appeals in St Paul sustains the governments suit against the Northern Securities Company and related railways. It enjoins the Securities company from voting or acquiring more stock in Northern Pacific or Great Northern, bans control over these firms, and orders transfer of any received stock back to holders. An appeal to the Supreme Court will be filed.
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Michigan
Iowa
Wisconsin
Alabama
Georgia
South Carolina
Africa
Washington
Lee
Lincoln
Seward
Jackson
Valley
Virginia
Monitor
Hampton Roads
Dewey
God
Valley Forge
Gettysburg
Grant
Manila Bay
Santiago
St. Paul
United Stat
Northern Securities Company
Theorthern Pacific
Great Northern Railways
United States Circuit Court of
Appel
Northern Pacific
Great Northern Railway
United States District Court
Congress
Court of Appeals
United States Supreme Court
United States
The
Securities Company
Securities
Great Northern
Northern Securities Compan
Altor
Com Ng
Livestock Association to Fight Packers Consolidation
A Denver meeting of national livestock leaders, led by John W. Springer, vows to oppose the planned $560 million merger of packing houses. The group aims to organize new packing plants and rally public and government support to prevent the consolidation.
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Denver
Republican
Mississippi River
John W. Springer
National Live Stock Association of the United States
Packings House
Combine
Troubles at the School of Mines Fracas near Palmer policy
The School of Mines board will consider a dispute over President Palmer and a new catalogue rule change. Faculty threaten resignations if the policy lowers standards while Palmer argues for a leaner system and keeps most seniors. The issue centers on whether students with failures may be relegated to lower classes.
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Denver
Golden
State School of Mines
Und
Palmer
Jamesmith
Board of Trustees
Chauvenet
Almer
School of Mine
President Roosevelt in Yellowstone for rest and study
President Roosevelt visits Yellowstone National Park with John Burroughs for two weeks of rest and private study of wildlife. Guards restrict access. headquarters at Major Pitcher’s park home. party will camp at multiple locations. They depart April 24 for St Louis and the Pacific coast.
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Cinnabar
Mont
Roosevelt
Yellowstone Park
Se ‘Tary Loeb
John Burroughs
Washington
Park
Major Pitcher
Gardner
Third Cavalry
Burroughs
Loeb
St Louisa
Pacific Coast
New Rock Island Survey Aims for Dawson Connection
A Trinidad special reports prospecting for a connecting link between Rock Island’s Dawson branch line and the Colorado and Wyoming road up the Las Animas valley. Dawson lies about twenty miles from New Mexico’s northern boundary and the Colorado & Wyoming reaches the boundary within four to five miles. The region is mountainous but passes exist and large quality coal is known to occur, enabling another through line to the gulf.
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Denver
Trinidad
Rock Island
Dawson
Colorado & Wyoming
Las Animas
New Mexico
Gwif
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Nebraska
Upland
Timothy
South Park
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Packers
Chilid
Springer
Missouri
Wall Street
School OF Mines
National Park
New Rock Island Survey
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