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Frank L. Emmett, an employee of Shelby Steel Tube, pleads guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States over war vessel tubes. Haywood faces trial in Boise for Governor Steunenberg murder. Rodriguez, a Mexican Indian, dies at 119, present at the Alamo. Harriet Haskell dies at 72, Monticello Seminary principal. Many political, legal, and industrial notes across the US and abroad.
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Frank L. Emmett
Shelby Steel Tube Company
United States
William D. Haywood
Boise
Idaho
Steunenberg Felix
Rodriguez
San Antonio
Tex
the Alamo
Frank H. Butler
Marvin
Dover
Del
A. E. Stilwell
Mexico
Missouri State Populist Committee
Columbia Statesman
Garfield
Tams Bixby
Five Civilized Tribes
Indian Territory
M. P. Creel
Centerville
Kan
National Association of Pension Examining Surgeons
Francis M. Brown
Lincoln
Neb
Edmund G. Ross
Kansas
Andrew Johnson
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Frank Billings
Chicago
National Tuberculosis Association
Eustace Brown
Olathe
Kansas Federation of Women's Clubs
Kuroki
Suite
Taft
Washington
Thomas C. Platt
New York
Grand Jury Draws 23 For Denver Coal and Lumber Frauds
A federal grand jury for a Denver session to probe coal and lumber land frauds has been drawn. Three hundred names were in a box. 23 selected, 12 to be sworn May 15. Names of many officers and stockholders are kept secret to avoid tipping off corporations. Others tied to New Mexico Lumber and Pagosa Lumber cases appear only as unknown parties. Subpoenas issued to 29 St. Louis citizens and numerous state residents to testify.
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Victoria
Spain
Madrid
Siberia
New York Court of Appeals
Jackson
George B. McClellan
New York City
William R. Hearst
Kansas State Text Book Commission
Book Trust
Chicago Journal
Charles H. Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
Joliet
Moyer
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
Harriman
Mexico
Guatemala
Barrillas
Union Pacific Railroad
Branford
Kansas City
Shriners
Los Angeles
Cal
St. Paul
Garland Moore
Clara Went
Boix d'Arc
Missouri
Washington
Indianapolis
W. O. Douglis
Trust Company of America
Des, Moines
James Hadfield
Burlington Railroad
Chicago
W. D. Haywood
Steunenbers
Idaho
Boise
Nevada
Hamston
Ohio
United States Circuit Court of
Indiana
Drug Trust
Island
San Francisco
Princeton University
National Board of Underwriters
H. C. Pierce
Pierce Oil Company
St. Louis
Texas
Pierce
Denver
Federal Grand Jury
New Mexico Lumber Company
Pagosa Lumber Company
Whitney Newton
James T. Hatches
H. T. Sullenberger
Edwin M. Briggs
J. J. McGinnity
McPhee & McGinnity
Grand Jury
Widow Leaves 6 Million In Emma Richardson Will
New York reports Mrs Emma J Richardson who died in Charleston left the bulk of her estate estimated at six million dollars to her niece Mrs William Tucker Washburn. Washburn's daughter Miss Emma Luce will inherit later and receive a wedding portion. The will also distributes over half a million to churches and charities before the remaining millions go to Mrs Washburn. Richardson was widow of Joseph Richardson famed for building a seven foot frontage spite house on Lexington Avenue.
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New York
Emma J. Richardson
Charleston
South Carolina
William .Tucker Washburn
Richardson
Washburn
Joseph Richardson
Eighty-second Street
Lexington Avenue
Judge Southard Resigns in Greeley Court Change
Judge Charles E B Southard of Weld County Greeley tendered his resignation to the Board of County Commissioners and John C Nixon formerly of Denver named to succeed him Failing health overwork prompted the step Nixon an old Greeley resident and University of Colorado graduate practiced in Denver and helped revise Mills Annotated Statutes He has been practicing in Ault Recently.
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Greeley
Colo
Charles EB. Southard
Board of County Commissioners
John C. Nixon
Denver
Southard
Europe
Wright a Free Man in Denver After Release
Benjamin C. Wright enjoyed his first day of freedom since February 25 after being jailed at the county hospital on murder charges involving his wife Cora and daughter Genevieve. He plans to seek work and stay in Denver despite reports of plans to leave, saying no ill will toward others. Wright’s father remains with him while Mrs. Wright’s father Samuel Hull vows justice was miscarried and bitterly opposes Wright.
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Denver
Benjamin C. Wright
Cora
Genevieve
Wright
Strawberry Day Plans in Glenwood Springs
Citizens in Glenwood Springs Colorado held a lively meeting to kick off Straw Berry Day preparations. The fundraising committee reported current funds match last year’s total with more subscribers likely to come in for a 50 percent boost. Charles H. King leads as chairman with W S Parkison as treasurer and H G Overbeck as secretary. The event date is set for June 15.
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Lenwood Springs
Colo
Straw Berry
Charles H. King
W.S. Parkison
H G. Overbeck
Gould Family May Move to Colorado from Lakewood
In Lakewood New Jersey strong belief grows that Mr and Mrs George J Gould will abandon Georgian Court estate and relocate to Colorado. About one hundred workers on the Gould estate were laid off recently leaving only a few. It is rumored Gould may sell the Lakewood property for 3 million dollars and relocate to the west seeking quieter, scenic surroundings.
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New York
Lakewood
New Jersey
George J. Gould
Georgian Court
Colorado
Gould
George Gould
Colorao
100000 COMING TO COLORADO FERTILIZE THE LAND
An expository piece notes a mass movement into eastern Colorado from the Mississippi Valley to the Canadian border. It cites 30,000 new residents near Denver with room for 70,000 more and describes land prices rising from 0.90 to 12 dollars an acre. It highlights railroad land sales, homesteading, and a shift from grazing to farming. It includes agronomic guidance from Professor Olin on soil culture and moisture management for dryland farming in Weld County.
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Alvin T. Steiner
Colorado
Gulf of Mexico
Indiana
Mississippi Valley
Denver
Union Pacific
Cheyenne Wells
Missouri
Iowa
Minnesaca
Pike County
Podunk
Oshkosh
Kalamazoo
Arkansas Basin
The
Platte
Olin
Weld
Enhance Sugar Beet Value in Wisconsin Trials
In a University of Wisconsin bulletin, 1906 sugar beet experiments show yield gains from fertilization across ten farms in four counties. Potassium sulphate and sodium nitrate produced strong results. farm yard manure added up to 13,477 pounds on blocks near Lancaster. Sugar content also rose, with nitrate plots yielding notable increases. Professors F W Woll and Co W Stoddart led the study focusing on soil types from sandy loam to heavy clay and fertilization methods.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin Agricultural Station
F. W. Woll and
Co. W. Stoddart
Wisconsin
Chippewa Falls
Joseph Wright
Lancaster
William Block
Vernon County
Block
Railway accidents increase in latest ICC bulletin
Washington report shows 2044 total casualties to passengers and on duty staff in three months ending December 31, 1906. There were 3965 collisions and derailments, with 391 collisions and 190 derailments affecting passenger trains. Damages totaled 3,099,228 dollars. 474 killed in train accidents, including 180 passengers, the highest quarterly passenger deaths on record aside from late 1904. The Terra Cotta collision killed 42 and injured 63 others.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Terra Cotta
Dream Reveals Hidden Cash on Dever County Ranch
Mrs Thomas Lewis and Ned Hutchinson discovered several hundred dollars and papers believed valuable after Mrs Lewis dreamt her husband buried the trove behind their Dever County home. She followed the vision and dug two to three feet down, unearthing the rusty tin box containing the money.
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Hutchinson
Ned
Thomas Lewis
Dever County
Lewis
Mrs. Lewis
Pianist from Omaha joins German army as private
Joseph Gahm once a renowned Omaha pianist and national concert favorite now serves as a private in the German army. He left for Berlin to study and open a studio, but authorities discovered he had not served before returning, nor taken U.S. citizenship papers, and he was drafted after arrival.
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Omaha, Neb
Joseph Gahm
Omaha
West
Gahm
Berlin
United States
Wreck of Southern Pacific Special Kills Thirty Seven Shriners
A Southern Pacific Coast Line wreck near Honda California killed at least 37 Shriners and family members returning from Los Angeles events. The fifty mile per hour crash into a defective switch destroyed the engine and cars, with 25 bodies in Santa Barbara morgues and 10 in San Luis Obispo. Injured were rushed to two San Luis Obispo sanitariums as the list of dead grew.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
Southern Pacific Railroad
Coast Line
Los Angeles
Ishmalia Temple
Buffalo
Rajah Temple
Reading
Honda
Pacific Beach
San Luis Obispo
J. Douglas Hipple
N. K. Gittleman
A. L. Roth
C. Gilbert Steffe
A.D. Wasson
N.Y
J. W. Cutter
Binghamton
N. Y
Charles M. Lowing
Pullman
S. A. Bickford
Brakeman
San Francisco
W. Austin
New York
McCann‘s Tourist Co
John Lacey
Rn. W. Sweeney
William W. Essick
John W. Binghamton
Henry J. Fisher
Cleveland
Cora Young
Charles
Henry
Lebanon
Bramback
Mra
Brambache
George F. Hagenman
Benjamin Stoltz
Mra. Stoltz
Mise Stoltz
Harrison N. Hendel
FP. Kauffman
Harry C. Miller
San Lain Obispoare
Snyder
Mra. S
Hichard Besick
The
Punland
N. Ellenbogen
Allentown
Howard Moyer
Hazleton
Alonzo I. Rogers
St. Paul
Mary C. Colvina
Fountain
W. H. Boyd
Martin I. Henry
Shamokin
H.R. Loew
Orwigsburg
J. Logan
Baffalo
Tee
I" Nartael
Ka»ton
Charles’ McKinney
McKinney
Fred Grammond
A.W. Hopple
Bennis Point
Engineer Champlaine
Here
Bio
Educators Resignations Lead to Real Estate, Editorial Shakeup
Boulder Colorado grows quiet as Dr Sanford Well, education professor at the University of Colorado, resigns to enter Denver real estate. Dr Bell becomes managing editor of the Rocky Mountain Educator, after four years at the university. His successor is Prof Herbert T J Coleman.
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Boulder, Colo
Sanford Well
University of Colorado
Denver
Bell
Rocky Mountain
Herbert T. J. Coleman
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Bois
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A. R. Chisholm
Birmingham
Ala
North Coast
Anheuser-Bush Brewing Company
Supreme Court of Kansas
American Sugar Refining Company
State Department
Parlin, Orendorff & Co
Wilkesbarre
I.a
Illinois
Walter C. Davis
Man
Dream
Soes
Germany
Southern Pacific
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