New Colorado and Northwestern Rail Line Aims for Salt Lake
Denver Aug 31 The Colorado & Northwestern railway plans an extension to Salt Lake City. Colonel S B Dick drives the project with Thomas H Mann as representative, surveying routes from Denver through Middle Park to Salt Lake City. The line, standard gauge, could shorten Denver Salt Lake distance by about 200 miles and link with a broader transcontinental system.
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Colorado & Northwestern Railway
Salt Lake City
Thomas H. Mann
Chicago
Brown
Mann
8. B. Dick
Colorado & Northwestern
Boulder
Crisman
Main Range
Middlepark
Hot Springs
Egeria Park
Steamboat Springs
Hayden
Craig
Lay
Little Snake River
Green
John A. Logan
Boulder County
Middle Park
Park
Boat Springs
Routt County
W. A. Clark
Northwestern Enterprise
Clark Road
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Northwestern
Pacific Coast
Salt Lake
S. B. Dick
Colorado
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg & Western
Ward
W. C. Culbertson
Rard
Culbertson
Eldora
Colorado & Southern
Flood at Cripple Creek Damages Many Buildings
Cripple Creek Colo Aug 30 Denver News Special thunderstorm wrecks damage across the city and camp. Water flood fills basements and washes away sidewalks in the McDougal building and other blocks. Rail washouts derail a suburban train near Elkton but no injuries are reported.
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Cripple Creek
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Denver News
McDougal
First and Bennett
West Cripple Creek
Bunt & Hill
Masonic Avenue
Hill & Frees
Brown Furniture Company
Butte Block
Warren Avenue
Union Ball Park
Florence & Cripple Creek
Midland
Elkton
Denver
Grand Junction Plans May Bring Valley to Life with Power
Denver reports eastern capitalists plan a 250000 dollar drive to build an electric car line forty miles long, a forty mile high line canal, and a large power plant to irrigate and power Grand Valley towns including Palisade, Grand Junction, and Fruita. Construction could start before October 1, targeting 25000 acres of valley land.
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Denver
Grand Valley
George H. Smith
Grand Junction
Cleveland
Smith
Brown Hotel
Palisade
Grand Junction Mining and Fuel Company
Grand Mesa
Collector of Customs Huey Faces Bribe Charges
A United States customs official, Huey, is charged with accepting bribes and unlawfully permitting Chinese entrants. The conspiracy count involving the late Inspector Jogsey has been dismissed.
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Huey
United States
Jogsey
Heavy storm floods Purgatory river in Trinidad region
A major flood last night damaged or destroyed seven bridges on the Colorado and Wyoming railroad to Smiths canon coal camp. The washout stranded motive power and pile driver on the west side. Twenty five Colorado Telephone Company lines burned out. A Mexican slept under a Weston bridge and drowned, body not recovered. County bridges washed out. city water works dam and ditches survived after recent repairs.
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Denver Republican
Purgatory
Colorado & Wyoming Railroad
Smith's Canon
Colorado Telephone Company
Weston
City
Boers Gaining Ground In Cape Colony Disorder
Cologne Gazette correspondent reports Cape Colony a seething mass of disorder with Boers receiving support from every side as of August 31 in London.
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London
Cologne Gazette
Cape Town
Cape Colony
Labor-Saving Farm Machinery and Wheat Yields Over Years
The Department of Agriculture reports on how steam and new farm implements cut human labor in wheat production. It contrasts 1830 with 1896, noting per-bushel labor time dropped from about three hours to ten minutes and costs fell from 17.5 to 34 cents, with mechanized sowing, reaping, threshing, and storage replacing hand methods.
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Department of Agriculture
Brash Seeks Reservoir Solution for Brush Ditch District
At a farmers mass meeting in Brush Colorado over 100 farmers heard J W McCreery of Greeley advocate a reservoir to guarantee irrigation water after Sterling ditches cut off flow. A Teele of Denver discussed sugar beets. Beal and Luce urged agricultural education and college study. Kansas weather and wheat prospects were noted as well as a 10 percent plow price increase tied to steel strike chatter.
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Brush
Colo
Denver
J. W. McCreery
Greeley
Sterling
Plate River
A. Teele
The
Science Association
William J. Beal
Society For the Promotion of Agricultural Science
Beal
State Grange
Luce
Agricultural College
Denver Market Cattle Receipts and Prices Mixed Across Commodities
August receipts show varied cattle weights and prices with beef cows and heifers mixed from good to choice. Hogs and sheep receipts face declines in year to date comparisons while grain and hay markets list prices for wheat rye oats corn chop and hay components across Colorado and Nebraska.
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Heife
P. R
P.P
I. P
Colorado
Nebraska
Timothy
Clover
South Park
Pigeons to Try Denver to Pittsburg Fly From Pike's Peak
The Pittsburg Homing Club plans a dawn release from Pike's Peak to attempt the Denver to Pittsburg pigeon flight. Birds released from Denver five weeks ago are missing, while 1900 birds reached Pittsburg in about twenty one days. Greb owns the birds. two new birds will be tried, with Day coordinating.
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Pittsburg
Colorado
Pennsylvania
Pike’s Peak
Co. M. Day
A. Voetlge
South Pittsburg
Brown Palace
Mr. Greb
C. M. Day
Voelger
Voelger Says That Mr. Greb
Day
Chicago
Mexico
Denver
Fatal rail accident near Chama New Mexico
A Denver & Rio Grande Express sleeper derailed near Chama New Mexico killing Mother Baptiste head of Colorado Sisters of Mercy instantly. Sister Nora of Denver severely injured, Marley McCoy died at hospital, conductor Whan badly hurt. Passengers aided. bodies removed to Durango Mercy Hospital.
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Durango
Colo
Denver Republican
Pullman
Denver & Rio Grande
Chama
New Mexico
Baptiste
Order of Sisters of Mercy
Colorado
Nora
Denver
Marley McCoy
J. EB. Whan
Nellie Lewis
Silverton
Wolff Creek
Order of the Sisters of Mercy of Colorado
Mercy Hospital
Harley McCoy
Captain Hawley
A. D. McDowell
State Board of Health
Sister Baptiste
McDowell
McCoy
McDonald
Whan
Scientists elect officers and set meeting date at Pittsburg
Denver August 30 The general committee elected officers of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. President Asaph Hall Harvard University General Secretary D T MacDougal New York Botanical Gardens Secretary of Council Henry B B Ward University of Nebraska Permanent Secretary L O Howard United States entomologist Assistant Permanent Secretary Richard S Clifton Agriculture Treasurer N S Woodward Columbia University and section officers. Next regular meeting will be in Pittsburg Pennsylvania during the week starting June 25 1902. The outgoing committee recommends a 1903 meeting in Washington during early January to push a midwinter national scientific convocation. Council and sections will meet in Chicago in early January 1902.
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Denver
Brown Palace
American Association For the Advancement of Science
C. A. Waldo
Purdue University
O. A. Derby
Sao Paulo
Brazil
F. P. Gulliver
Southboro
Massachusetts
C. C. Nutting
Iowa State University
C. W. Stiles
Department of Agriculture
Stewart Culin
University of Pennsylvania
H. T. Smith
American Museum of Natural History
Carroll D. Wright
United States Commissioner of Labor
W. F. Wilcox
Cornell
Experimental Medicine and Science
W. W. Welch
Johns Hopkins University
Chicago
Republican Nominations At Lincoln Nebraska Convention
The Nebraska Republican state convention at Lincoln nominated Samuel Sedgwick of York for Supreme Court justice Carl J. Ernst of Lancaster and H. L. Gould of Keith for Regents of the University The convention also debated Governor Savage parole of ex State Treasurer Joseph H Bartley and failed to reach a resolution while the parole was opposed by the platform committee.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
Supreme Court
Samuel Sedgwick
York County
University
Carl J. Ernst
Lancaster
H. L. Gould
Keith
Savage
Joseph H. Bartley
Committee On Platform
Wyoming letter warns Nickel family killers in Kentucky
An open letter from Allan N. Cisco of West Liberty Kentucky to the Wyoming Tribune denounces assailants targeting Kels P. Nickel and his children. Cisco warns against further attacks and pledges that Kentucky relatives will not tolerate more violence. Nickel is recovering from three weeks of bullet wounds.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Allan N. Cisco
West Liberty
Morgan
Kentucky
Wyoming Tribune
Willie Nickel
Nickel
Cisco
Kels P. Nickel
Unprecedented swift election at grand encampment
The session focused on officer elections at the horse show building. Frank H. Thomas from the District of Columbia became junior grand warden after a notably rapid vote. Other promotions followed: Hi. B. Stoddard to grand master, George H. Moulton to deputy grand master, Key H. W. Rugg to grand generalissimo, W. B. Mellish to captain general, and Joseph A. Locke to senior grand warden.
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Frank H.thomas
District of Columbia
Hi. B. Stoddard
Bryan
Texas
George H. Moulton
Chicago
Key
H. W. Rugg
Providence
Rhode Island
W. B. Mellish
Cincinnati
Joseph A. Locke
Portland
Maine
Automobile crosses the Rocky Mountain crest to Leadville
Denver August 30 J K Barnes completed a Denver to Leadville automobile journey becoming the first to reach the Cloud City by road He traveled from Denver to Palmer Lake Woodland Park Divide Florissant Hartsel Buena Vista Granite and finally Leadville showcasing horseless travel capability across the range
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Denver
Rocky Mountains
J. K. Barnes
Leadville
Cloud City
Palmer Lake
Woodland Park
Divide
Florissant
Hartsel
Buena Vista
Granite
Revising the Confession Progress Report
Saratoga New York August 30 The Presbyterian committee on revising the Westminster confession held two executive sessions and reported progress. Johnson section works on a short statement of the reformed faith. Dickey section edits the confession with a declaratory statement. Niccol section outlines supplementary statements on God’s love for the world and for missions.
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N. Y
Presbyterian Committee
Johnson
Dickey
Niccol
God
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