Naval harbor push to seize Magdalena Bay for Pacific fleet
Washington pursues a plan to acquire Magdalena Bay on Lower California from Mexico as a strategic Pacific harbor. Mexico shows friendly disposition and potential full transfer of Lower California. Sec- retary Root’s visit will test the treaty path and congressional action is anticipated.
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Mexico
Proposition
California
Washington
Pacific
Roosevelt
Magdalena Bay
Lower
Navy Department
Pacific Coast
United States
Pacific Squadron
Republica
Uct
Kasper
Navy Yards
New York
General Board of the Navy
Executive Board
Root
Far East
Central
South American
Doubt Over Mrs Eddy Sanity Leads To Appointed Co-Masters
Concord New Hampshire reports Dr George F Jelly of Boston and Dr G A Blumer of Providence were named co masters with Judge Edward Aldrich to determine if Mrs Mary Baker G Eddy founder of Christian Science can transact business and manage her own affairs. Aldrich said he avoided sole responsibility due to delicacy and public interest.
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Concord
N. H
George F. Jelly
Boston
G. A. Blumer
Providence
Rhode Island
Edward Aldrich
Littleton
New Hampshire
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Christian Science Faith
Aldrich
Lemon Eater in Fatal Colorado Springs Incident
John Murphy a 65 year old rooming house operator at 332 South Tejon Street collapsed after eating a lemon and was found by passers-by groaning on a stairway. He was taken to St Francis Hospital and is not expected to survive. Dr H L Richardson suspects poisoning. Murphy recently arrived from Wichita Kansas.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
John Murphy
South Tejon Street
St. Francis’ Hospital
Murphy
H. L. Richardson
Wichita
Kansas
Free man Willie Sell Leaves Kansas Prison After 21 Years
After twenty-one years in the Kansas penitentiary for a notorious murder, Willie Sell is released on a governor pardon. He spends his first night back in Lansing, then travels to Nortonville with a parole officer, expressing overwhelming relief and a desire to enjoy sunshine and ordinary sights after decades behind bars.
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Lansing
William Sell
Kansas Penitentiary
Sell
Kansas
Hoch
Haskell
Griffin
Nortonville
Aime
John Miggins
Mr. Sell
Railroad Staton
Killing Men by Thousands Tapachula Mexico
Report from Tapachula says over a thousand men have died in Guatemala in recent months for alleged disloyalty to President Cabrera. Victims are mainly from the tower class with little outside response. More arrests of prominent men in wealth and business circles follow Cabrera orders. Dr. Flores, tied to a plot against Cabrera, is said to be Olegante Flores’s brother and may worsen tensions between Mexico and Guatemala.
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Tapachula
Mexico
Guatemala
Cabrera
Flores
Olegante Flores
Will Pardon a Native Son on Colorado Day
Governor Buchtel plans a pardon on Colorado Day for a native Colorado prisoner. C. E. Hagar, secretary of the State Board of Pardons, proposes clemency for a detainee in the State Re formatory or penitentiary. The idea gains the governor’s full support.
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Colorado
Ruchtel
State Reformatory
Cc. E. Hagar
State Board of Pardons
Bons of
Buchtel
Hagar
Tragic drowning of three Fort Collins children in Curtis Lake
Willie Fortune, sixteen, died while trying to rescue his sister Eva McCarty twelve and another girl from Curtis lake. All could not swim and were pulled under by the current. The mother, a housekeeper for H. D. Clark, had custody after a divorce from Dave Fortune. Iva McCarty, friend of the family, was present during the tragedy.
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Fort Collins
Colo
Willie Fortune
Eva McCarty
Curtis Lake
Tootsie
Fortune
Chidren
H. D. Clark
Japanese discontent over Korea and Pacific naval plans
Reports claim sixteen US battleships to the Pacific are a Dewey private plan. Japan's public disgust grows over Korean deputation to The Hague and Ito's reform effort. Seoul notes Emperor Ito mistrust and cabinet tensions as Korea faces decade-long modernization aims with 100000 locals affected.
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Seoul
Hague
Marquis Ito
Korea
Marquis Ito Epaira
Himeself
Ito
Japan
Manchuria
Wyoming Stage Horses Mistreated on Cody to Meteorse Route
Oliver E Taft informed Secretary Whitehead of deplorable conditions on the Cody to Meteorse stage line in Wyoming. Horses wore bleeding harnesses and were overworked due to small horse counts, prompting coordination with child and animal protection authorities and postal regulators.
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Cody
Meteerse
Wyoming
Child and Animal Protection
Oliver E. Taft
Colorado Board
K Whitehead
Whitehead
Wra@ming Bureau of Child and Animal Protection
Forecast of Haywood Trial in Boise Idaho
The defense evidence will occupy most of the week with affidavits on Orchards alleged attempt to kill Fred Bradley in San Francisco. An expert will dispute the defendants claims of ten pounds of dynamite. J C Robertson will testify about a mysterious telegram and Jack Simpkins warnings. The case involves Judge Goddard and a box with dynamite, while Colorado figures testify for the prosecution. Senator Borah plans rebuttal and a possible trial delay.
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Boise
Idaho
Orchard
Fred Bradley
San Francisco
Bradley
J. C. Robertson
Spokane
Robertson
Fred Miller
Jack Simpkins
Paulson
Denver
Judge Goddard
Borah
Colorado
Telluride
Trinidad
Cripple Creek
Rutan
San Miguel County
R. M. Wright
Citizens’ Alliance
Lord Clive
Pettibone
Judge Wood
Haywood
Ex Governor Peabody Comments on Haywood Trial
Former Governor James H. Peabody, back from the Boise trial of William D Haywood, says Orchard likely told the truth while he was on the stand. He criticizes the brevity of examinations and praises the judge, noting a lull in mining violence since the case.
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Denver
James HH. Peabody
Wiliam D. Haywood
Boise
Brown Palace
Harry Orchard
Orchard
Western Federation of Miners
Eldes
Utah Lands to Be Reclaimed by Denver Group
Denver citizens form the Moffat Irrigation and Development Company to reclaim 30 000 acres of Uintah county government land along the Moffat road near Moffat Utah. The $500 000 enterprise plans two reservoirs ditch systems and storage using Uintah river water with 300 second feet and 38 000 acre feet allocations. The venture aims to absorb the Uintah River Irrigation Company which already built a ten mile ditch toward Moffat.
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Denver
Utah
Uintah County
Moffat Road
Moffat
Moffat Irrigation and Development Company
James F. Callbreath
H. E. Sims
BE. J. Locke
A. J. Fowler
R. J. Walker
John T. Nichols
W. R. Donaldson
Grand Junction
Uintan River
Uintan River Irrigation Company
Chinese Leader Warns Roosevelt on Exclusion Act
Kong Yu Wei, leader of the Chinese reform movement, urges President Roosevelt to revise the U S exclusion laws. He argues rigid enforcement fuels anti Chinese sentiment and calls for eliminating identification requirements and allowing free entry for Chinese with chamber of commerce certificates. He also requests the same rules for the Philippines and Hawaii.
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Mexico City
Kong Yu Wei
New York
Roosevelt
Daily Record
America
China
Irrigation Suit to be Heard by Judge Garrigues in Greeley
Larimer County No. 2 Irrigation Co sues all Poudre valley ditches with reservoir water, claiming water rights were diverted as reservoirs expanded. Fort Collins lawyers argue over water rights transferability and land purchases with water rights, a question unsettled by higher courts.
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Fort Collins
Colo
Hefo Judge Garrigues
Greeley
Larimer County No. 2 Irrigation Company
Poudre Valley
Larimer County No. 2 Company
Harmony District
Larimer County No. 2
Kansas Colorado
Preacher Imposter Nabbed After Sermon In Utica
The Rev Philip B Peabody once a missionary in Colorado and Wyoming lectured in Utica Episcopal churches before confessing to larceny and serving six months hard labor He swindled religious bodies and merchants from coast to coast and used cleric credentials to gain trust and plunder.
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Utlea, N. Yoe
Philip B. Peabody
Batavia
New York
Colorado
Wyoming
Olmated
Mr. Peabody
Utica
Atlantic
Pacific Coast
Wyoming Official in the Toile Faces Arrest For Shortage
William H. Hicks former county treasurer of Laramie county was arrested by order of county commissioners after a $1,000 shortage appeared in his books. An additional $350 shortage surfaced during state examination. Hicks posted a mortgage on his home to cover the deficit and says the error was bookkeeping. He served four years as treasurer and was not reelected as county clerk last January. He will be released on bond. Excessive election expenses are blamed for his downfall.
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Laramie
Wro
William H. Hicks
Henderson
Hicks
Rockefeller Testimony Splits Court Over Standard Oil
John D. Rockefeller testified in Chicago federal court about Standard Oil of New Jersey but said he knew little of recent operations. The hearing sought to assess ownership links to Indiana and Union Tank Line and to gauge finances for possible fines. The courtroom drew an enormous crowd as deputies maintained order and the judge warned of disruption.
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Standard of Company
Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
United States District Court
Landis
Rockefeller
Standard of Company of
Indiana
Landin
Union Tank Snes
aMcern
Union Tank Line
Standard Oil Company
Att
Ain
United States
Mareshal Hoy
Marshal Hoy
Sandia
Sixty Political Women in Prison in New York
Maria De Ruisz Sandoval of Mexico reports that about sixty Mexican women of high degree, all accused of inciting revolution, are jailed in Belén prison. They are confined in small dirty cells, denied trial, and denied visitors. The letter requests US attention to their alleged unjust treatment.
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New York
Maria de Ruisz Sandoval
Mexico
Francisco Sandoval
Army of
Guatemala
Isabel de Ruiz
Belen
Diaz
United States
Senora de Ruiz
Fhe Male
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