Troops to Leave Goldfield After Nevada Legislature Session
President Roosevelt agrees with a special commission that federal troops should be withdrawn from Goldfield Nevada soon after the Nevada Legislature convenes. The report says state and county authorities can restore order without federal aid, though troops may remain until the session begins to maintain the status quo.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Goldfield
Nev
White House
Special Investigating Commission
Sparks
Nevada
Murray
Smith and Neill
United States
Esmeralda
Ano
Catkill Man Burned to Death in Smith House Fire
Irenus Rowlinson, fifty five, longtime three-horse team driver between Catskill and Windham, was fatally burned at the Smith House today. He fled to the reading room as flames enveloped him. Night clerk Martin F. Smith wrapped him in matting, carried him outside, and he was riered in the snow. He died a few hours later. The fire origin is unknown.
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Catexill
N. Y
Irenus Rowlinson
Windham
Smith House
Martin F. Smith
Ali battleships pictured at last in rare Tribune exclusive
The Tribune publishes the first ever photograph of the famed Ali big gun battleships South Carolina and Michigan. The exclusive image showcases the ships in full view, capturing the colossal armament and sleek hulls that signal a new era in naval power.
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South Carolina
Michigan
Defends Colorado Men in Colorado Land Case Outcry
Colorado congressman George W. Cook condemns federal land prosecutions as overzealous, citing Judge Robert E. Lewis's quashing of thirty indictments. He denounces administration tactics, praises Lewis's rulings, and urges constitutional checks on executive actions amid alleged political persecution in land fraud matters.
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Washington
Cannon
Congress
Supreme Court
George W. Cook
Colorado
Cook
Robert E. Lewis
Denver
United States District Court
Lewis
United Press
Republic
Supreme Court of the
United States
Washington Star
the Land Office
Judea Lewis
Appropriation of 500000 Asked by Land Office
Washington Jan 12 Commissioner Ballinger filed his annual report seeking 500900 for field work to protect public lands an increase of 250000 over the current appropriation He cites two years of bureau activity including 24459 cases entered 12104 disposed 12355 awaiting review and vast acreage and money recovered from frauds and removals of illegal inclosures but says the present force can only handle about half the work.
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Ballinger
General Land Office
Secretary of the Interior
Congress
Navy Department
Appropriations Committee
House
Senate Naval Com
Mitter
Hale
C. F. Stokes
San Francisco
Naval
Bureau of Navigation
Newsboys Christmas Festival Dinner at Lodging House
More than two hundred boys at the Newsboys Lodging House No. 14 New Chambers Street heard speeches from F. Delano Weekes Evert J. Wendell Edward MacKay Whiting and Gustav E. Kissel. Weekes urged thrift and study while Wendell shared a tale of a former newsboy who found success in Texas with aid from the Children’s Aid Society.
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Newsboys
New Chambers St
A. A. Hamersley
F. Delano Weekes
Evert J. Wendell
Edward MacKay Whiting
Gustav E. Kissel
Flo
New York
Texas
Children’s Aid Society
Wendell
National Guard Congress in Boston Seeks United Military Policy
The tenth annual gathering of the National Guard Association of the United States convenes in Faneuil Hall with delegates from 30 states and the District of Columbia. Leaders including General Charles Dick and Charles A. Drain propose shifts to place the National Guard under federal control for wartime, expand funding and equipment, and integrate guard units with the regular army while preserving state designations and local administration. The conference runs three days with sessions, inspections, and a postmeeting tour to Fort Banks for a live demonstration of modern artillery.
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Roston
United States
War Department
National Guard Association of
States
District of Columbia
Faneuil Hall
Charles Dick
National Guard
Charles A. Crain
New York
The
Guard Association
Regular Army
Washington
Robert Shaw Oliver
George B. Davis
W. W. Witherspoon
Erasmus M. Weaver
James P. Parker
South Dakota
Utah
American House
Curtis Guild, Jr
George A. Hibbard
Boston Committee
Guild
Commonwealth
New Algonquin Club
State Armory
Cambridge
Fort Banks
Winthrop
Dri
Convention to urge forest preservation in Atlanta
A January 14 convention in Atlanta will urge preservation of the Southern Appalachian forests. Delegates from leading commercial organizations of Central Southern states will attend. Governors of these states have been invited, with Governor Smith of Georgia expected to preside.
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Atlanta
Smith
Georgia
Navy and Army News on Ship Design and Pay Bills
The Tribune reports on radical all big gun battleship plans with four midline turrets and twenty nine rapid fire guns, keel laying in December, and preparations to launch in 1999. It covers the relief hospital funding, pay bill debates, mine laying vessel plans, Porto Rico provisional officers, barefoot sailors, chaplains, and related naval personnel issues.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Navy Department
South Carolina
Michigan
Delaware
Philadelphia
Camden
Public Service Commission to Hold Major Transit Hearing
Chairman Willcox calls the Friday hearing the most important public event in generations as the PSC invites all New York citizens to offer legislation and solutions for rapid transit. He notes six months of study, leaves room for differing views, and urges civic groups and individuals to participate to accelerate subway construction and improve transportation facilities. He cites the Elsberg law limiting city subway leases to twenty years.
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Willcox
New York
Public Service Commission
Five Boroughs
Commission
Elsberg
Artillery Sergeant Killed at Fort Barancas
Pensacola Florida January 12 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
City urged to fast track new subways amid debt limits
Old Rapid Transit Commission hears that no bids were received for Seventh and Eighth avenues, Lexington and Jerome routes last year. Officials warn there is little prospect of new appropriations as the city nears the constitutional debt limit. The commission seeks immediate action, urging a constitutional amendment to exempt subway bonds from debt calculations, with two legislative sessions and a general election to decide.
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Eighth Avenues
Lexington and
Jerome Avenues
Old
Rapid Transit Commission
Board of Estimate
Fourth Avenue
Brooklyn
Lexington Avenue
Willcox
East Side
Manhattan
Bronx
Elsberg
Movement to Restore Army Canteen Seeks Congressional Bill
At the Army Canteen Association meeting held in Hotel Gallatin, a bill to reestablish the army canteen at posts and national soldiers homes was drafted. It will be introduced in Congress this week by a New York member. Veterans and association leaders shaped the plan to have posts supervise canteens, with profits supporting army organizations and home funds. Committees will be elected in each state to push the movement and restore enlisted men’s access to club life with beer and light wines.
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Army Canteen Association
Association
Hotel Gallatin
Congress
New York
United States Army
Plague Review and Public Health Requests from Surgeon General
Surgeon General Wyman reports on San Francisco bubonic plague with ninety six cases and sixty deaths up to November 19. He notes uncertain origin, expected prolonged eradication, and urges stricter interstate quarantine water and food inspections on ships and trains. He seeks authority for bulletins and quick disease primers and proposes a hygiene school linked to the service laboratory for training state and municipal health officers.
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Washington
Wyman
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Congress
San Francisco
Train derails on island platform switch disrupts bridge service
A car train jumped the track pulling the fourth car onto the wrong track. Passengers were unhurt as the third and first two cars remained on their rails and passengers walked out. Public Service Commission officials arrived. the incident delayed elevated trains for about three hours. Wrecking teams towed the fourth car back and service resumed by 4:39. Repairs and shuttle service continued overnight with new cars planned for restoration on February 1.
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George F. Doggett
A. M. Schermerhorn
Public Service Commission
Brooklyn
Manhattan Terminal
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Washington Street
Williamsburg Bridge
Praise for 7th Regiment Shooters at Creedmoor meet
Colonel Daniel Appleton reports 1907 shooting results show Creedmoor performance remains high despite range closure. The New York State match scores list sergeants O Connor Milleman Evans and others with a grand total 1321. major generals match saw Milleman top the 74. Companies I K prize feats include first and third figures of merit. O Donohue and Knickerbocker Grays trophies awarded.
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Tth
Creedmoor
New York State
O'Connor
McGuffle
Thees
Meyer
Milleman
Crall
Beach
Enust
le Boutilier
Fowler
Lonsdale
Evans
S& Grand
Knickerbocker Grays
Policeman Wounded While Firing at Disabled Horse
Patrolman Albert Kelson of the Jamaica South precinct attempted to shoot a disabled horse near Rockaway Turnpike. The revolver misfired, then exploded when opened, wounding his right leg. He crawled to the horse, shot it, and was treated by Ambulance Surgeon Gardner before being taken to the station.
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Ed. Yl
Rockaway Turnpike
Jamaica
Kelson
Gardner
Kolson
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