Boston Colored Boy Confesses Pawned Murdered Women Watches
A Cambridge area case ties a light complexioned eighteen year old, George L. O. Perry, to selling watches stolen from two murdered women Agnes McPhee and Clara A. Morton. Perry claims he got the watches from a man named Allen G. Mason in Central square, Cambridge, and pawned them at Nemser’s shop. Nemser challenges Perry’s account and notes Perry’s unreliable statements and poor record.
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Mason
Boston
Agnes McPhee
Clara A. Morton
Jack the Slugger
George L. O. Perry
Central Square
Cambridge
Allen G. Mason
Perry
George Dunham
Nemser
Cambridge Street
Line of the Moffat Road Explored by Denver Officials
Denver reports reveal officers of the Moffat road reviewed field routes to the tunnel mouth two miles north of James Peak. President Syl T. Smith recalled a 16 year old exploratory trip with Engineer Wigglesworth and others through northwest Colorado noting rich coal, metalliferous deposits, and abundant game encountered during a summer journey.
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Denver
Moffat Road
Majestic
James Peak
Syl T. Smith
Main Range
Mr. Smith
Wigglesworth
McMurtrie
Yampa River
Roaring Fork
Denver & Rio Grande
Grand River
Northwesern Colorado
Routt County
Utah Man Fires at a Train Near Goshen
A volley of shots from darkness hit a Rio Grande Western passenger train near Goshen Utah wounding H T Startenl of Mammoth in the arm and narrowly missing her husband. Other passengers escaped injury though glass was shattered. The return trip saw another volley from a lone horseman. he fled as the train sped away. Sheriff Storrs at Provo notified. officers in pursuit.
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Salt Lake City
Rio Grande Western
Goshen
Utah
H. T. Startenl
Mammoth
Storrs
Provo
Platteville Sees Push for Local Sugar Factory
Platteville Colorado hosts a large enthusiastic meeting at Berkley hall Friday evening to discuss steps toward establishing a sugar factory in the town.
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Platteville
Colo
Berkley Hall
Notable Obituaries and World Events From 1900s Telegrams
Short wires report Marie Smith Fox dies at eighty five. Carnegie library funding in Albany approved by popular vote. Bishop Hugh M. Thompson of Mississippi dies of throat cancer. Northwestern University to award LL D to Adolph Lorenz. Scotia sails to Antarctic regions with Scottish National Antarctic Association members led by William Bruce. Immigration inspectors planned from Vancouver to Montreal to curb undesirables. Espiritu Santo Island tribal war causes heavy casualties. Hale Johnson Prohibition figure shot at Bogota Illinois, Harris commits suicide. D C Montgomery murdered in Oriental Negros. Madden and Keller waived manslaughter exam regarding Roosevelt carriage crash. Page and Coffin liquor case dismissed in Washington DC. Col L Q Washington dies. Civil War service, later Confederate official. Great Northern vs Western Union rail ROW decision upheld. 825 miles of line involved. Philippines rice famine relief funded with 2 million pesos. Taft to oversee. London civil service estimate for Transvaal and Orange River grants totals 40 million. William Redmond jailed at Kingstown after incendiary Wexford speech. Gen A W Greely reports Alaska lines and cables. urges Pacific cable and international regulations. Cambridge Brookline Somerville murder cases spark arrest of Alan G Mason in Boston. Mason linked to multiple assaults. mental illness noted.
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Adolph Lorenz
Vienna
Lorenz
Chicago
Scotia
Clyde
Antarctic
Scottish National Antarctic Association
William S. Bruce
Edinburg
Walthorn
United States Immigration Board
Vancouver
Montreal
United States
Espiritu Santo Island
New Hebrides
Hale Johnson
Harry Harris
Bogota
Effingham
Illinois
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London
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Kingstown
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Signal Corps
Alaska
Pacific
War Department
Republicans Ahead as New Congress Opens with Strong Margin
Reports from New York and Ohio detail Republican wins and plans to contest results. Governor Odell declares victory amid fraud claims, while Roosevelt offers congratulations. Democratic leaders criticize county outcomes and discuss strategy for the next state convention.
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Columbus
Ohio
Garber
Democratic State Committee
Hamilton County
James Kilbourne
Cincinnati
Louis G. Bernard
John R. Miclean
Bernard
Coler Won’t Concede Defeat in New York Race
Unofficial returns show Quell leading by about 10000, but Democratic challenger Coler refuses to concede. Coler calls for full official count and notes potential court challenge while the Democratic state committee vows to scrutinize every ballot before admitting any result.
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New York
Coler
Mason
Democratic State Committee
Evening Journal
Hill
Charles F. Murphy
Hugh McLaughlin
Bird St. Coler
Democratic
Brooklyn
McCullough
John A. Mason
Odell
Bryan and party reform urged after returns
Reports from Lincoln Wilmington Cheyenne summarize election results and GOP majorities. Bryan says analysis appears in the Com moner and urges reform not to despair. Wyoming counts show GOP gains, with Richards and Mondell leading and Democrats largely shut out.
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Lincoln
Neb
Bryan
Friends of Reform
Democratic Party
Pennypacker Leads Pennsylvania Governor Race in Returns
Practically complete returns from Pennsylvania indicate Samuel W Pennypacker Republicans hold a large lead for governor by about 135000. Of thirty two Congress members elected twenty eight are Republicans and four are fusionists.
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Philadelphia
Navy
Samuel W. Pennypacker
Governor Orman Proclaims Thanksgiving Day in Colorado
Governor James L. Orman issues the annual proclamation designating November 27 as Thanksgiving Day. He calls for gratitude for harvests and prosperity while urging charity toward those in distress and urging observance in homes and churches. The proclamation is dated Denver November 7, 1902.
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Denver
Orman
Pilgrim Fathers
God
United States
James L. Orman
Colorado
Rural Free Delivery to Expand Nationwide by 1905
Washington reports the annual gross cost of a complete rural free delivery system will reach about 24 million dollars. The remaining unserved 700000 square miles require roughly 26000 to 27000 carriers, totaling about 40000 when universal coverage is achieved over three years. Deficits are expected to rise to 8 or 10 million during expansion, then decline as revenues grow. In 1902, 12203 petitions were filed, bringing total to 22646 by July 1, with monthly petition intake over 600 since July.
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Washington
United States
August W. Machen
Manitoba Doukhobors Forced onto Military Train to Winnipeg Route
In Minnedosa Manitoba a volatile Doukhobor group was entrained under heavy guard after a dramatic protest. Mounted police prevented them from leaping from cars as a 10 coach military special prepared to take them to Yorkton and then to northern villages, ending a noted Canadian pilgrimage. The group arrived in Manitoba last night en route to Winnipeg and faced zero degree temperatures before the military train arrived with 500 mounted police to secure the journey.
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Minnedosa
Man
Northwest
Yorkton
Winnipeg
Union Pacific Strikers Enjoined by Court Ruling
Judge Munger files decree in Omaha stating that the injunction against most Union Pacific strikers is permanent. The Machinists' Union vice president Thomas Wilson and about 25 others are excluded for lack of proof of company employment. Over 100 other defendants are enjoined from interfering with the company and its employees rights.
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Omaha
Munger
Union Pacific
United States District Court
Thomas Wilson
Machinists’ Union
The
United States
Mining Locate Source of Ore Near Silver Cliff
Pueblo Colorado November 10 mining excitement as Haskell and Jackson strike ore source about a mile from Silver Cliff after twenty years of searching. The discovery is described as the most important in southern Colorado in many years.
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Pueblo
Colo
Silver Cliff
Haskell and
Jackson
Colorado
Colorado Briefs From The State Capital And Vale
The Pueblo smelting plants will receive extensive improvements with ground broken for a new sugar factory this winter. Groundford on large projects includes railroad yard wage hikes in Denver and a shift in Mesa county politics as Populists lose dominance. Notable items include Mrs Kate Parker s health update, Mann s death by his own hand in Lock Haven, a Boulder bank plan, and Damages from the Pando dam break. Also reported are tax figures, a Percheron breeders group, land sales near Littleton, Gates and Reis at Colorado Fuel and Iron, Chautauqua dates, murder charges against Dr George Elliott, tourist counts in Colorado Springs, royalty collections by the State Land Board, freight rate concerns, Rev George Doane O Neill s death, and changes in Colorado Terminal Lines rates.
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Guggenheim Brothers
Pueblo
Union Pacific Railroad
Denver
Mesa County
Kate Parker
Kid” Parker
Thomas R. Mann
Boulder
Lock Haven
Pennsylvania
Hugo Todenworth
James S. Bush
Northwestern & Pacific Road
James Williams
el Paso
Texas
Ethel Moses
H. Moses
Trinidad
Joseph Brachman
New York City
Eagle River Canon
Denver & Rio Grande
Pando
Red Cliff
Ouray
Apex
Davie
Florence
Washington
Colorado
Crouter
Longmont
State Land Board
Littleton
Geo. Leyner Air Compressor
John W. Gates
George Reis
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Mr. Gates
Colorado Chautauqua Association
George Elliott
Elliott
Sarah Vance
Joint Ticket Agency
Colorado Springs
The
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Utah
George Doane O'Neill
Newark
New Jersey
St. Anthony's Sanitarium
J. H. Springer
H. D. Milton
Ward
Switzerland Trail
Robert Hahnewald
Leadville
Lake Park
Colorado Terminal Lines Association
Cripple Creek
National Live Stock Association
Kansas City
B. B. Lindsey
Chipley
Elder
McClelland
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