Overland Mail Trip Encounters Massacre Remains
On a Rocky Mountain run, Uncle Billy Dodge stage driver, Alfred Vincent, and Phineas Cadwallader meet massacre ruins. At Anthony's Station the party discovers more devastation and the station keeper’s daughter Jella Anthony. Vincent bears a letter of introduction to Gov. Stanford and is tasked with uncovering enemies of the railroad project.
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Overland Mail
Rocky Mountains
Billy" Dodge
Alfred Vincent
Phineas Cadwallader
Anthony
Jella Anthony
Tranelers
Vincent
Gov
Stanford
Trainmaster's Gambit in the Road Rivalry
Alfred dives into railroad records and political maneuvering to gain control of the line. He plans fast moves through San Francisco and Carson City, aided by society manipulations and strategic alliances, while longing to join Stella at the road’s front. Local power plays, legal shifts, and secrecy color the quest.
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Miller
San Francisco
McLane
McCoppin
Crocker
Harmon
Alfred
Supreme Court
Stella
Jake Bennett
Mrs. Bennett
Railroad romance in a rugged Sierra grade scene
Alfred Vincent rides toward the Front with supervisor George Gregory to inspect grading for the Central Pacific. He carries a note to Stella, who climbs a hill overlooking the track to wave as the train carries a luncheon and a wild forget-me-not. The project faces scarce soil, many workers, and looming deadlines.
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George Gregory
Sacramento
Alfred
Stella
Mr. Crocker
San Francisco
Central Pacific Railroad
The Coming of Uncle Billy in Rain-Slicked Town
In a rain soaked railroad town a quick witted youth named Al carries a yellow dispatch while foreman Gregory barks orders. Uncle Billy arrives by train and meets old acquaintances as Bennett hurries him toward the Boss Lightning Striker. The dispatch hints at progress on a railroad bill and land gains, energizing crews and plans for a new stage line. Proceedings pivot on the governor’s message and imminent work.
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Bennett
Sally I
Gregory
Eve
O. K
Jake Bennett
Alvin Carter
Uncle Billy
Bill Dodge
Uncle Hilly
Charley Crockeh
Dollah
Crocked
Gao
Spalding
Bill Anthony
Golden City
Washoe
Jiminy
Stella Anthony
Prince O’ Wales
Annele Billy
Hennett
Huntington
Washington
C. P
Far From It Former Resident Reflects on Change
A former resident recalls twenty years of change in the town. He asks about Floogus the former moneylender and barber who once shaved pets and lent money at two percent a month. The clerk reveals Floogus has moved to New York and become a trust company president.
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Floogus
Petes
Repori
New York
Republican Congress Seen as Path to Taft Promises
The piece argues that a Republican majority in Congress will enable Taft to fulfill campaign pledges, curb extravagance, and protect workers. It calls for reform of tariffs, railroads, and trusts, details abuses, and urges reopening mines, stopping injunctions, and safeguarding state sovereignty and postal costs.
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Congress
Taft
Bryan
Panama
Roosevelt
Republican Congress
America
Russia
China
Colorado
Smelting Trust
Morals and the Tariff in Public Life
The New York Evening Post cites David Starr Jordan and Garfield to argue the tariff's moral harm. It condemns protection as perverting government, enriching a few through legislation, eroding democratic justice, and fostering class bias. It warns that two generations of protection have degraded decency and turned law into favoritism.
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The
New York Evening Post
Roosevelt
David Starr Jordan
Economic Congress
London
Republic
America
Garfield
Wars and Means
Payne
Dalzell
Reformers in Senate May Shape Duty Reductions
The outcome hinges on Wisconsin's La Follette and Iowa's Cummins along with other reformers in the Republican ranks. If they side with the Democrats on safe duty cuts, some reductions may occur. Speaker Cannon offers no promises and the party platform does not demand such action.
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la Follette
Wisconsin
Cummins
Iowa
The Arrogant East and West Prosperity Clash
A stark excerpt contrasts the east and west in a debate over tariff schedules. The west, booming with industry, is urged to remove oppressive tariffs while the east claims a share of profits for its wealth creators. The passage frames a gatekeeper role for the east in national prosperity.
The Ananias Club Adds Two Members
The Ananias club expands with William M. Laffan and Delavan Smith joining. The piece notes other members Bowen Harriman and Mrs Bellamy Storer had documentary evidence supporting their statements, including letters from the president.
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Ananias Club
William M. Laffan
The
New York Sun
Delavan Smith
Indianapolis News
Herbert W. Bowen
BE. H. Harriman
Bellamy Storer
Money squandered by present administration
A critical editorial attacks government spending noting Francis Loomis, president of the American commission to the Japanese exposition, remains on payroll after the exposition was postponed to 1917. The piece argues the public funds are wasted while Loomis is unused, and calls for accountability and his return home.
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Francis Loomis
Japan
Loomis
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