News of the Week Roundup of Global Advances and Deaths
The item catalogs a broad sweep of events from 1905 to the era, noting appointments like J. George Wright as commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes and Secretary Root visiting Mexico, plus deaths of Julia Magruder and Major Butler. It reports political moves in Panama and Guatemala, naval and railroad developments, disasters, trials, and elections, with diverse notes on notable figures and institutions.
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J. George Wright
Five Civilized Tribes
Indian Territory
Tams Bixby
Root
Mexico
Diaz
Harry Posner
New York
Kansas
South Africa
Taft
St. Paul
Julia Magruder
Secretary of the Navy
Metcalf
James River
Washington
Dolphin
Claremore
Pawhuska
William Allen White
Gov
Frantz
Oklahoma University
Norman
William P. Butler
Bloomington
President Amador
Panama
Obaldia
United States
Don C. Henderson
Horace Greeley
Michigan
Kalamazoo
Bryce
Great Britain
Chicago University
Garfield
Woodruff
Racine Fattley Implement Manufacturing Company
St. Louis
Schmitz
San Francisco
Abraham Ruef
Gov. Hughes
Milwaukee
Wis
Japan
Chicago
Ilinois
Nebraska
Missouri
Iowa
Arkansas
Cabrear
Guatemala
Western Passenger Association
Ottumwa
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Long Island
Henri Martin
Jackson
Leavenworth
Kan
United States Steel Corporation
Dry farming conflict pits Colorado officials against Akron project
Eastern Colorado farmers accuse Director L. G. Carpenter of withholding support for a dry farming substation at Akron. J. L. Donahue of Colonial Securities and Trust and other businessmen threaten to push for a change in leadership if the Agricultural College refuses to back irrigation and immigration education. Correspondence shows tension over funds and expected outcomes for regional development.
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Denver
L. G. Carpenter
State Experiment Station
Carpenter
Akron
Congress
Agricultural College
Department of Agriculture
State Experimental Station
Experiment Station
State Board of Agriculture
Washington
J. J. Donahue
Colonial Securities and Trust Company
State Board
Donahue
Fort Collins
Colo
Iam
J. L. Donahue
Plains
United States
Colorado
Lssue
Colt
Department
Akron Experiment Station
Prent Aylesworth
Aylesworth
Cole
Railroads Adopt Uniform Accounts for Reports
The Interstate Commerce Commission publishes a uniform system of railroad accounts to take effect July 1. It requires monthly operating reports, separates traffic solicitation from hauling, and keeps current records of railway property values. Henry C. Adams led the effort with input from carriers and industry committees.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Henry C. Adams
Commission
American Railway Association
Presidents’ and Managers’ Association
Freight Claim Association
Beaver Land Irrigation Plans Big Dam Across Beaver Creek
Florence Colorado Beaver Land Irrigation Company moves to construct a concrete steel dam across Beaver Creek below the forks to impound water for storage. The project links to reservoirs built by Woods Investment now owned by Pueblo and Suburban Lighting and Traction. The plan includes spillways and multiple reservoirs, irrigation for up to 30 000 acres, and a new town to serve farming districts with a Florence to Ora Junta railroad branch.
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Florence
Colo
Beaver Landland Irrigation Company
Beaver Creek
the Woods Investment Company
Pueblo and Suburban Lighting and Traction Company
Arkansas Valley
Edward C. Wolcott
Brush Hollow
Eight Mile Creek
Portland
United States Portland
Florence-Crisple Creek
Ora Junta
Colorado water rights case echoes 1868 editorial letter
In the Denver suit Brown v city, a 39 year old letter by W R Thomas, then a Denver editor and Fort Collins agricultural professor, is read to illuminate historic water allocations. The 1868 piece describes Platte Valley farming, land under city ditch use, and crops planted by names from Plum Creek to the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
W. Brown
District Court
W. R. Thomas
Agricultural College
Fort Collins
Thomas
Lre
State Museum
Capitol
City
Charles Allen
Platte Valley
Colorado
Canon
Larimer Street
Castern Bluffs
Plum Creek
D. Gregory
Babcock
Battack
R J. Lyman
Rol Lee
J. BL Ames
W. Bacon
J. M. Brown
Peter Magnus
Thomas Lockhart
Thomas Skerritt
H. P. Bennett
Ricard Beeson
Rufus Clark
J. H. Shreve
Jacob Masterson
Jack Smith
A. F. Midhaud
E . Millison
R. Richardson
I. P. van Normen
Twenty Years Apart Meet In Reunited Family Tale
A Los Angeles woman long believed dead reunites with her two children after twenty years. Mrs. Charles W. Foster learns her daughter Caroline Hill and son Frank, now adults, are alive and married to Robert W. Sturges and another, prompting planned next week reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles W. Foster
West Twenty-third Street
Los Angeles
Drowned In Rio Grande Near Isleta Three Perish
In Albuquerque a triple drowning occurred in the Rio Grande at Isleta a pueblo twelve miles south. Mrs. Juanita Abeyta Indian woman age forty two Juan Abeyta and his eight year old son Manuelita Chewawa Indian girl six were drowned when a ferry boat capsized. The ferryman refused to cross with the load. one occupant’s movement toppled the boat. The ferryman and another ferryman's boat rescued four others. Mrs. Abeyta and the girl were recovered. the boy remained missing.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Rio Grande
Indian Pueblo Isleta
Juanita Abeytad
Juan Abeyta
Manuelita Chewawa
Abeyta
Pueblo
Corroboration of Orchard's Testimony Ties Haywood Plot to Denver Pettibone
In the Steunenberg murder trial the state advances a coherent thread linking George Pettibone's Denver store to Harry Orchard in San Francisco and a Boston to Haywood scheme. Pinkerton detectives help establish payments and communications, with investigators tracing aliases Wolff Dempsey Hogan and the delivery of funds, while Adams appears in court under guard as the defense challenges the evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faustino Ablen
Leyte
Church of England
Connecticut
Stratford
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Brewer
United States Supreme Court
H. H. Tucker
Leavenworth
Smith McPherson
Kansas City
Missouri State Auditor
Southwestern Interstate Coal Operators’ Association
James F. Elliot
Halleyville
I. T
W. C. Perry
Kansas State Board of Medical Examiners
Topeka
Kan
Haywood
Boise
Idaho
Harry Orchard
Pettibone
Denver
Orchard
San Francisco
Sinsane Asylum
St. Joseph
Woodson
Missouri
Russia
Douma
Peabody
Colorado
Eugene E. Schmitz
Cattle Raisers’ Association of Texas
Livestock Commission
United States
Amidon
North Dakota
Uncle Sam
Minnesota
Jamestown
Missouri Railroad Commission
Kansas
Oklahoma
Ohio
Canton
China
Lienchow
Pakhoi
New York Assembly
New York City
C. N. Haskell
Roy Hoffman
R. L. Owen
Steunenberg
George Pettibone
Bradley
Steve Adams
J. Wolff
Western Union
Fred Miller
Spokane
Caldwell
Ihs
Vern Union
Adams
Ogden
Adama
Tte
Seve
Orchards
Gradley
Vindicator
Lyte Gregory
Pinkerton
Denver Through Car Service Expands Trade To Nevada
Within days of inauguration the Denver to Goldfield Tonopah through car service has already sent three cars to Nevada with plans to triple output. Colorado makers claim rail shipments reach all regions, from Chicago to Australia, highlighting Denver as a vital shipping hub.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Goldfield
Tonopah
Trafic
Thomas Scott
Colorado Manufacturers’ Association
Nevada
Mr. Scott
Here
Chicago
Australia
South Africa
South America
Washington
Florida
Maine
California
Bolivia
Colorado
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Railroads
Big Beaver Dam
Crop Review
Professor Thomas
A.T. Williams
Mason
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