Troops to be withdrawn from Goldfield after Nevada session
President Roosevelt orders removal of federal troops from Goldfield Nevada soon after Nevada Legislature convenes. commission report finds no insurrection and asserts state and county should enforce law without federal aid, though troops stay until lawmakers convene to preserve order. The miners union and operators are scrutinized for wage cuts and anti union actions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Goldfield
Nev
White House
Special Investigating Commission
Sparks
Nevada
Murray
Smith and Neill
United States
Esmeralda
Operators’ Association
Miners’ Union
Colorado Congressman Attacks Government on Colorado Land Laws
In a personal letter to the President and Congress, George W. Cook of Colorado denounces federal pursuit of alleged land law violations as overzealous and unjust. He cites Judge Lewis’s quashing of indictments against about thirty Colorado citizens and blasts Washington officials for politically motivated prosecutions and press misrepresentations.
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Washington
Cannon
Congress
Supreme Court
George W. Cook
Colorado
Coloradeo
Cook
Robert E. Lewis
Denver
Sweer
United States District Court
Lewis
United Press
Republic
Supreme Court of the United States
Washington Star
Tdevember 31
the Land Office
Grand Jury
Catskill Man Fatally Burned In House Fire
Irenus Rowlinson a 55 year old team driver between Catskill and Windham died after a Smith House fire. He ran to the reading room and was covered in matting by night clerk Martin F. Smith who wheeled him outside and rolled him in the snow. Fire origin unknown.
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Catskill
Irenus Rowlinson
Windham
Smith House
Martin F. Smith
Ali Big Gun Battleships South Carolina and Michigan
First photograph captures the two formidable battleships, South Carolina and Michigan, revealing their size and design in a historic image exclusive to The Tribune. The image marks a landmark moment in naval coverage as photographers document the ships’ lines, turrets, and overall silhouette.
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South Carolina
Michigan
Appropriation Sought for Land Office Field Work
Washington reports Commissioner Ballinger asks Congress for 300 900 dollars to fund General Land Office field work protecting public lands an increase of 250 000 from the current appropriation. Details show 24 459 cases entered 12 194 disposed 12 355 pending plus 2 243 relinquishments 353 cancellations 367 removals and 1 949 129 acres restored to open range with 27 convictions and 386 251 dollars recovered. The agency says current force can handle only about half the work.
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Washington
Balllinger
General Land Office
Secretary of the Interior
Congress
Newsboys Christmas Festival at Lodging House
Dinner and Christmas carols marked the Newsboys Lodging House celebration at No. 14 New Chambers Street. Sons of the late J H Hamersley funded the meal and speeches by F Delano Weekes Evert J Wendell Edward Mackey Whiting and Gustav E Kissel. Over two hundred boys attended and sang with gusto. Weekes urged saving and diligence while Wendell shared a tale of a former New York newsboy turned Texas success through the Children's Aid Society.
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Newsboys
New Chambers St
J. H. Hamersley
F. Delano Weekes
Evert J. Wendell
Edward Mackey Whiting
Gustav E. Kissel
Weekes
Lincoln
Wendell
New York
Texas
Children’s Aid Society
Congress of Militia Opens in Boston for National Guard Reform
The tenth annual National Guard Association meeting convenes in Faneuil Hall with delegates from 30 states and DC to debate shifting national guard control to federal authority, funding needs, and integration with the regular army. The meeting features War Department officials and a program of sessions, receptions, and a Fort Banks drill demonstration.
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War Department
Washington
Robert Shaw Oliver
Department
George B. Davis
W. W W. Witherspoon
Erasmus M. Weaver
James P. Parker
District of Columbia
South Dakota
Utah
Faneuil Hall
American House
National Guard
Volunteer Militia
United States
National Guard Association
Curtis Guild, Jr
George A. Hibbard
Boston Committee
Guild
Commonwealth
New Algonquin Club
State Armory
Cambridge
Fort Banks
Winthrop
Convention to Urge Forest Preservation in Atlanta
A January 16 convention in Atlanta will urge Southern Appalachian forest preservation. Delegates from leading Central Southern commercial organizations will attend and governors of the states have been invited. Governor Smith of Georgia will preside.
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Atlanta
Smith
Georgia
Navy and army plans vie in naval innovation debate
The Tribune reports Washington coverage of radical new battleship designs with all big guns and midline turrets, plus plans for four turrets and twenty nine rapid fire guns. It notes hospital ship Relief funding, pay bill debates, mine laying fleets, Porto Rico officers, barefoot sailors, more chaplains, and a New York transit hearing urged by Public Service Commission chairman Willcox.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Navy Department
South Carolina
Michigan
Delaware
Philadelphia
Camden
Congress
Appropriations Committee
House
Senate Naval Committee
Hale
C. F. Stokes
San Francisco
Naval
Bureau of Navigation
Willcox
New York
Public Service Commission
Five Boroughs
Commission
Elsberg
Artillery sergeant killed at Fort Barancas
Pensacola report says Sergeant Oscar Gatling of the 20th Coast Artillery was shot and killed at Fort Barancas today by James Hart, a negro, who allegedly held a grudge against the sergeant.
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Pensacola
Fla
Oscar Gatling
20Th Coast Artillery
Fort Barancas
James Hart
Subways Plan Faces Debt Limit Hurdle in City
Old Rapid Transit Commission cites no bids for Seventh and Eighth avenues routes and forecasts limited future subsidies due to constitutional debt limit. Officials urge constitutional amendment to bond for subways, enabling East Side and other lines. A switch accident on the Brooklyn bridge disrupted service, with repairs completed and trolley routing restored, while 29 men rebuilt tracks overnight and new cars prepared for February 1 restart.
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Seventh
Eighth Avenues
Lexington and
Jerome Avenues
Old
Rapid Transit Commission
Board of Estimate
Fourth Avenue
Brooklyn
Lexington Avenue
Willcox
East Side
Manhattan
Bronx
Elsberg
George Fdoggett
A. M. Schermerhorn
Public Service Commission
Manhattan Terminal
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Washington Street Loop
Williamsburg Bridge
Army Canteen Movement Aims To Reestablish Posts
At a Saturday meeting in Hotel Gallatin the Army Canteen Association drafted a bill to restore a canteen at all army posts and national soldiers homes. It will be introduced in Congress this week with veterans of the Civil War present. The plan assigns supervision to post commanding officers and uses profits for army and home funds. Committees will be elected in every state to push the measure, restoring enlisted men's access to club life and light alcoholic beverages within posts.
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Army Canteen Association
Association
Hotel Gallatin
Congress
New York
United States Army
Surgeon General Wyman Reports On Plague In San Francisco
The annual Surgeon General Wyman report to Congress reviews the bubonic plague in San Francisco with 96 cases and 60 deaths to November 19. It notes unknown origin, a predicted long road to eradiation, and urges water and food inspections on interstate ships and trains, tuberculosis education, and a new hygiene school tied to the hygienic laboratory to train state and local officers.
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Washington
Wyman
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Congress
San Francisco
Praise for 7th Regiment Shooters at Creedmoor
Colonel Daniel Appleton reports the 1907 Creedmoor results of the Tth Regiment show maintained high efficiency with a slight drop in higher-class qualifications due to an early range closure. The New York State team totals 1,321 across 300, 1,000 yards and skirmish firing. Milleman tops the Major General's match with 74 points. Companies I and K win top figures of merit. O Donohue trophy to I, Knickerbocker Grays to K.
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Daniel Appleton
Tth
Creedmoor
New
New York
Milleman
O'Donohue
Knickerbocker Grays
Policeman Wounded Killing Horse on Jamaica Turnpike
Patrolman Albert Kelson of the cd Precinct attempted to shoot a disabled horse at a Rockaway Turnpike stable in Jamaica South. The revolver misfired until Kelson tried to mount the animal, wounded his right leg when it exploded, then he shots the horse and was treated at the station house by Ambulance Surgeon Gardner.
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Albert Kolsom
Yeasterday
Rockaway Turnpike
Jamaica
Bie
Kelson
Gardner
Koison
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Congress OF Militia
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Army and Navy News
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Senate
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Coast Artillery
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Pacific
Porto Rico
Bluejacket
Arthur J. Bates
Pennsylvania
Bates
Corps of Chaplains
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7Th Regiment
Appleton
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