Governor Schroeder Reports Guam Island Conditions
Washington December 27 The annual report of Commander Seaton Schroeder governor of Guam dated July 16 shows finances strained due to Congress failure to appropriate funds. Receipts about 66 000 expenditures 57 000 leaving a small balance down 13 000 from the prior year. Public improvements halted awaiting further appropriations. Exports and imports about 35 549 and 35 165 dollars, exports mainly Mexican dollars. No copra, cocoa or coffee produced sufficiently for home market due to hurricane effects. He urges an experimental station, makes Guam dollars legal tender like Philippine silver, notes population 9 676 with 46 foreigners including 14 US citizens, 46 percent of natives over seven read Spanish, reports leprosy cases at Tumon Bay, calls for education and legal reforms, mentions Pedro M Duarte as an anomalous citizen, and asks for about 43 000 dollars for public improvements.
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Washington
Seaton Schroeder
Guam
Navy Department
Congress
Schroeder
Department of Agriculture
United States
Tumon Bay
Pedro M. Duarte
Herbert Named Vice President of Colorado and Southern
J M Herbert resigns as Rio Grande manager and will become vice president of the Colorado and Southern and Fort Worth and Denver City railroads on January 1. He will oversee operating departments for both lines with full charge, salary rumored at 12000, over about 1000 miles of track.
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Denver
J. M. Herbert
Rio Grande
Colorado & Southern
Fort Worth
Denver City
Frank Trumbull
Herbert
East
J. A. Edson
City
Kansas City
B. L. Winchell
Winchell
C. L Wellington
Trumbull
Ro Grande
Cooper Building
Denver to Montana Direct Telephone Line Planned
Red Lodge Montana December 2 A Rocky Mountain Bell official announced plans to build a direct line from Bridger Montana through Wyoming to Denver via Cody Thermopolis and Meeteetse creating a modern metallic circuit. The move expands long distance reach linking Wyoming Idaho and Salt Lake City with Montana cities as a commercial contest with local independents heats up.
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Red Lodge
Mont
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company
Montana
Denver
Wyoming
Bridger
Northern Pacific
Butte
Dillon
Helena
Missoula
Pocatelfo
Idaho
Salt Lake City
Cody
Thermopolis
Meeteetse
United States
W. A. Clark
Bell Company
Montana and Wyoming Telephone Company
Home for Daughters of Masons Gift to Orphan Daughters
In an event dated December 27 in a Pennsylvania city, William L. Elkins announced a plan to establish a Mason home for orphan daughters of Free Masons at a cost of 500000 dollars. He gave his second Christmas gift to the residents and informed the grand lodge of Pennsylvania, whose officers accepted the donation.
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William L. Elkins
Free Masons
Penne Vania
Eelkins
Grand Lodge of
Pennsyvania
Lodge
Endowment Fund Jump Aids Colorado College Plans
Colorado Springs December 27 trustees of Colorado College announce a $20,000 gift from Herbert and Arthur Cutler, boosting the endowment. President Slocum urges public support to reach $1,000,000 for extension. The science building will be named Palmer Hall, honoring Gen. William J. Palmer, as plans for next year include expanded engineering, mining, civil, and electrical courses.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Trustees
Colorado College
Herbert
Arthur Cutler
Cutler Academy of
Slocum
Colorado
Palmer Hall
William J. Palmer
W. F. Slocum
Frank Trumbull
M. D. Thatcher
Irving Howbert
W. S. Jackson
P. B. Stewart
G. W. Bailey
Judge Lunt
W. H. W. Boyle
James Gray
Thomas S. Hayden
William Lennox
Roosevelt Declines Direct Arbitration in Venezuelan Dispute
President Roosevelt will not arbitrate the Venezuelan controversy. The case will be referred to The Hague for adjudication after a cabinet meeting that included most members except Secretary Root. Secretary Hay reported cable replies from London Berlin Rome and Caracas showing support for Hague arbitration.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hague Tribunal
Root
Hay
London
Berlin
Rome
Caracas
Castro
Hague
Colorado briefs preview state events and civic notes
The Colorado General Assembly opens January 7 as Montrose and Gunnison counties report 1902 care costs for the poor. In Denver preparations rise for Governor Peabody’s inauguration January 13. A string of local incidents and business notes follow, including bequests to charities, suicides, a bond vote in Golden, new coal and beet ventures, and the Sugar Manufacturing Company’s season close with 41,000 tons of beets processed into 10,500,000 pounds of sugar.
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Golden
Continental Fuel Company
John W. Springer
National Live Stock Association
Wilson B. Reid
Hugh Alexander
Denver
Boulder
Arapahoe
Huerfano
Gunnison
Weld
Las Animas
Thatcher
St. Louis
Forest Park
Lamar Beet Sugar Company
Prowers
Bent
Lamar
W. C. Gould
A. E. Bent
L. Wirt Markham
W. J. Johnston
C. C. Huddleston
J. S. Hasty
J. B. Traxler
D. B. Nowels
Morton Strain
N. N. McLean
I. H. Myers
National Sugar Manufacturing Company
Sugar City
Denver Markets Receipts and Quotations for Beef and Hogs
Denver market report shows comparative receipts through December and year to date with year-over-year changes. Quoted prices cover beef steers, cows, veal calves, and feeders by weight classes, plus fat sheep, lambs, and hay and grain staples with regional price ranges and month-to-date totals.
Roosevelt Fails to Assist Santa at Cove School
A Oyster Bay dispatch says President Roosevelt did not visit the Cove school with his children to play Kris Kringle. He sent an autograph slip to allow the principal to extend holiday charges, and a letter expressing regrets while two trees and larger toys marked the celebration.
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New York
Oyster Bay
Long Island
Roosevelt
Kris Kringle
the Cove School
Miss Provost
Great Fur Markets Across London and Leipsic
The fur trade centers on London and Leipsic with two thirds of London furs auctioned to Leip sic. Leip sic warehouses receive raw and half prepared furs from Siberia and distant regions, making the exchange worth about 15 to 17 million dollars annually.
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London
Leipsic
Siberia
European Russia
America
Australia
China
Fur Exchange
Officers Tried on Charges of Cruelty in Philippines
Manila reports progress on multiple inquiries into alleged cruelty by American soldiers toward natives. Investigations involve General Miles and General Davis, with cases in Laoag and Batangas. Water cure allegations linked to Father Augustin case. Major Edwin F. Glenn’s trial slated for January.
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Philippines
Manila
Miles
Lipa
Batangas
Luzon
Davis
Morris C. Foote
Twenty-ninth Infantry
Foote
Thirtyfourth Volunteer Infantry
Hunter
Laoag
China
Major Hunter
Howze
Mites
General Bell
Bell
Father Augustin
Washington
Augustin
Banate
Janap Island
Boston
Edwin F. Glenn
Fifth Infantry
Glenn
Beet Sugar Men Control The Tariff On Cuban Sugar
In Washington the D C senator Burrows said the Cuban reciprocity treaty would not be ratified until after the National Association of Beet Growers meeting. He noted the twenty percent reduction could injure the beet sugar industry and that Republicans who favor protection may oppose the treaty if it harms the industry.
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Washington, D. C
Burrows
Michigan
National Association of Beet Growers
Burrows Voices Opposition to Reciprocity Policy
Senator Burrows argues against a reciprocity plan that would favor foreign producers at American expense, warning it would spark industrial war and threaten the protective system. He notes sugar beet and codfish industries deserve hearings similar to the Newfoundland treaty debate.
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Cuba
Burrows
West
Massachusetts
Newfoundland
Senate
Earthquake Devastates Andijan City In Central Asia
St Petersburg reports a severe quake in Andijan Russian Central Asia with many homeless. City largely destroyed, only a cotter gin and a church remain. Population about 56 000, cotton center exporting 40 million pounds annually. Relief drives underway as barracks are built and details awaited.
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St. Petersburg
Andijan
Russian Central Asia
Audijan
War Department
San Juan County Republican Wins Seat in House
Denver December. By a three to two vote the State Canvassing Board seated Charles A. Cooper, Republican, as a member of the House from San Juan county. The board’s vote split showed Cooper supported by Auditor Crouter, Secretary of State Mills, and Attorney General Post, while Whitelaw was backed by Governor Orman and Treasurer Chipley. The legislature would stand 34 Republicans to 31 Democrats in the House, and 24 Democrats to 11 Republicans in the Senate, yielding a Democratic majority on joint ballot unless Arapahoe’s fifteen certificates are unseated, which could create a Republican majority of twenty on joint ballot if the contest wins.
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Denver
Charles A. Cooper
House
San Juan
Cooper
Crouter
Mills
Post
Whitelaw
Orman
Chipley
Senate
Arapahoe County
Arapahoe
Changes in line of Rio Grande to add double track
Reports to Rio Grande manager detail proposed realignment between Palmer Lake and Monument. Sixteen miles of road to be altered, including a 4000 foot tunnel to reduce Palmer Lake summit and grades from 1.72 to 1.1. Project enables double tracking Denver Pueblo line from Santa Fe crossing to Kelker and aims to extend double track to Denver Pueblo state.
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Denver
J. M. Herbert
The
Rio Grande
E. Y. Yard
Palmer Lake
Monument
Herbert
Denver- Pueblo
Santa Fe
Kelker
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Colorado Teachers Elect Officers
The twenty-eighth annual Colorado State Teachers Association meeting closed yesterday. Officers for the ensuing year include F. H. Clark president, W W Remington secretary, J. B. Calvin auditor, Y. A. Carpenter director, J. H. Hayes director of reading circle. Homer W. Zirkle treasurer. Holdover directors include John Dietrich and C. B. Chadsey as director, with B. C. Elliott and F. J. Brownscombe as holdover auditor.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Colorado State Teachers’ Association
F. H. Clark
Central City Schools
John Dietrich
WW. Remington
Montclair
J. B. Calvin
Denver
Y. A. Carpenter
del Norte
J. H. Hayes
State Normal School
Reading Circle
Homer W. Zirkle
Association
C. B. Chadsey
B. C. Elliott
F. J. Brownscombe
Disastrous Colorado Freight Train Wreck Near Trinidad
Developments indicate the Colorado and Southern wreck near Trinidad Wednesday night is the railroad’s worst. At least eleven men were killed and several more bodies may be recovered as salvage continues.
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Trinidad
Colo
Colorado & Southern Railroad
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Home For Daughters of Masons
Colorado Briefs
Fourteenth General Assembly of
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Peabody
Gunnison County
John W. Quick
Byron
Joe Huff
Central City
Fred Whitner
Bank Bts
John Cleghorn
State Penitentiary
Martin
Lottie du Pell
Victor
William Griffith
Christian Science
Stratton Estate
Henry H. Howland
Drexel
Lincoln County Cattle Growers
Hugo
Sheep Growers’ Association
E. E. Johnson
Montezuma
Breckenridge
E. 0. Butler
Baptist Church of
Saguache
Lawrence C. Phipps
Izetta George
Phipps
John Singer
Singer
Nebraska
Upland
Timothy
Clever
South Park
Elgin
Texas
Santa Claus
San Juan County
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