Norman C Jones Challenges Colorado Officials Over Alleged Remarks
Norman C Jones objects to Attorney General Carr remarks about his charges against El Paso county officials. He demands a written retractation or a duel threatened by Judge Sale to convey the message. Jones has pursued warrants through six courts and built a file of evidence alleging county officer rottenness. He has long health ties to Colorado and formerly practiced law in New Orleans and helped plan the Mobile and Ohio railroad.
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Denver
Colo
Norman C. Jones
Carr
el Paso
Jones
Sale
Paso
Colorado Springs
Ccase
Colorado
New Orleans
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Deadly freight wreck on Iron Mountain near Van Buren
Seven men killed and six injured in a wreck on the Iron Mountain line at Hansom, Ark near Van Buren. A machinery car collapsed onto a logs pile, trapping occupants from Vian. Three men remain missing as crews clear the scene and assess the disaster’s full scope.
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Iron Mountain
Memphis
Tenn
van Buren
Ark
Iron Mountain Road
Hansom
William Fame
Charles Fame
Douglass Anderson
John Johnson
Bore Ienderson
Frank Tramilton
A. Walton
George Coffman
Jack Jones
James Phillips
Robert
Ubanks
Charles Pointer
Joseph Parker
Vian
Coffeyville
Kan
William
Currency shipment privilege suspended by treasury
New York news reports the treasury department ordered Conrad N. Jordan to stop the practice of shipping currency for bank customers at government contract rates. Banks had been moving nearly 1.5 million dollars daily with rates far cheaper than express services, prompting a shift to registered mail by some shippers.
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New York
Conrad N. Jordan
Treasury Department
Washingon
Washington
Chicago
New Orleans
Rich Quartz in New Mexico Hints at Major Gold Find
Captain J N Hutchinson reports a 50 foot thick white quartz ledge with free gold at 350 feet near Golden South Santa Fe county on government land. Michael Harold of Pittsburg Tennessee drilled for Monte Cristo Mining Kansas City and struck the vein while sinking a water well. If blanket leads are proven, the discovery could rank among the west’s notable gold finds.
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Santa Fe
N. M
J. N. Hutchinson
Golden South
Santa Fe County
Michael Harold
Pittsburg
Monte Cristo Mining Company
Kansas City
West
Argentina Moves To Retaliate With Higher Tariffs
Washington reports Argentina plans retaliatory tariffs against the United States following U S tariff changes. A cable from Minister Buchanan says Buenos Aires has sent the next year’s tariff to Congress recommending a 66 percent duty on yellow pine 125 percent on farm wagons 100 percent on plows harrows and other agricultural implements and kerosene with power for the president to add another 50 percent.
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Washington
Argentina
United States
State Department
Buchanan
Buenos Ayres
Letter implicates customs officer in Port Townsend Chinese ring
A San Francisco letter forwarded to Washington sheds light on a Chinese immigration scheme at Port Townsend and implicates Collector Saunders. The note claims a share of fees due Saunders, demanding payment by return mail. The assessment cites $2,750 and a claimed $12,000 for Saunders services related to Chinese landings.
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San Francisco
Washington
Port Townsend
Saunders
Six New Cases at Ocean Springs Detention Camp Planned
Detention camp proposed at Fountainebleu by Surgeon Murray for Ocean Springs marine hospital work. Six new sickness cases reported there, unclear if yellow fever. New Orleans quarantine tightens lines into state with Mississippi, Texas, Alabama towns shutting train arrivals.
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New Orleans
Washington
Murray
Marine Hospital
Ocean Springs
Fountainebleu
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
Alabama
Thunder storms flood Arizona washes. man drowns
Prescott Arizona September 13 reports describe a series of severe storms turning dry washes into raging torrents. J B Bruce, traveling to Prescott, was swept away and drowned in a swollen stream.
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Prescott
Ariz
Arizona
J. B. Bruce
Weekly Bank Statement shows reserve decrease
In New York on Sept 13 the Reserve indicates a decline of 7 445 00 dollars while banks hold 26 669 00 dollars in excess of required reserves.
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New York
Rio Grande collision in Colorado. many dead
A Denver and Rio Grande passenger train and a Colorado Midland stock train collided near New Castle Colorado at 12 15 AM causing extensive wreckage and a large fire. About 25 killed with many more injured and several bodies burned beyond recognition. a special train with doctors and nurses responded.
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Col
Colorado
Denver and Rio Grande
Colorado Midland
Passentrain
Rio Grande Junction
Denver and Rio Grande and
Rio Grande
Surbank
New Castle
Ostrander
W. S. Wawthorne
Robert Holland
Gordon
Haines
Midland
William S. Messenger
Jas. C. Foley
Express
Alex. Startman
Hooshier
Alex Hartman
Itersher
Engineer
Robert Jtolland
Charles Leiper
Leiper
James Keenan
Alex. Hartman
Robert Gordon
Hines
Hines, Fatally Burned. Miss Pearl Cornell, Oregon, Leg Broken. J. W. Stodart
Blackfoot
Idaho
J. H. Sheets
Iowa
R. J. Sheets
J. C. Foley
Express Messenger
William Messemer
W. L. Hawthorne
P. H. McAvery
Victor
Colo
Frank P. Mannix
Cole
Brakeman Knapp
J. C. Yeager
Secretary Wilson Aims to Grow Camphor Trees in Florida
Secretary Wilson of the department of agriculture says the department will thoroughly introduce the camphor tree in Florida. He notes the tree has passed the experimental stage and predicts the country will soon produce enough camphor for its own needs. He also pledges to promote English walnut growth.
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Wilson
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Florida
Mere Bundles of Nerves and the Bitters Cure
A short piece praises Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for nervous irritability. It claims improved digestion leads to steadier nerves and relief from dyspepsia biliousness constipation and rheumatism. The tone is promotional and period advertising style.
Puzzled Clerk and Bearded Worry at City Store
Mr Mulvey in his uptown stationery shop quizzes his wife who returns with a patent ice box tray claiming it saves ice. She remains puzzled by the claim. Word also notes Buckingham's Dye for the Whiskers as a popular beard coloring remedy.
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New York
Buckingham
Electric Virtue: Singing Voice Enhanced by Static Electricity
M Granter reports to the Paris Academy that a singer seated on an isolated stool connected to a static electric machine and breathing electrified air can gain a fuller clearer voice with less fatigue and more agreeable quality. The note includes a mix of brief era curiosities and advertising snippets from a 1890s newspaper page.
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Chicago
Inter Ocean
M. Granter
Paris
Academie de Medicine
Ilcre
Hall's Catarrh Cure Sold As Internal Remedy
Hall's Catarrh Cure is marketed for internal use with a price of 75 cents.
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Hall
Savings banks in New York gain 36000 depositors and 26 million
The savings banks of New York state report 36 000 more depositors and 26 000 000 in deposits than a year ago. The text then shifts to a cryptic note about olives in Jerusalem and stray phrases, offering no clear further fact.
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Savings Banks
New York State
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