Hope for Democracy in Colfax County Witness Flight
In Santa Fe and Chicago reports a political scandal expands as eighty witnesses face pursuit, fifty have fled the territory, and prosecutors vow indictments to expose Colfax county frauds. The outcome could end influential figures behind the scheme. Meanwhile two Goodrich steamers are lost in ice but later rescued, and debates over Panama Canal construction shift to government or contract oversight.
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Colfax County
Trinidad
Littrell
Chicago
Goodrich Line
City
Racine
Grand Haven
Iowa
Milwaukee
Washington, D. C
Panama Canal
John ¥. Stevens
Roosevelt
Taft
Shonts
Canal Commission
Oliver
Stevens
Senate Canal Committee
Engineer Killed Two Mail Clerks Missing In Train Wreck
Chicago dispatch reports Great Western train No. 5 wrecked near German Valley Illinois shortly after departure. Engineer killed and two mail clerks missing after collision with a car left on a siding. Engine and mail car nearly submerged in a nearby elevator shaft.
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Chicago
Great Western Railroad
German Valley
Freeport
Ill
Earthquake Shock Strikes Kingston Refuge Camps
Kingston Jamaica February 7 Rain worsens discomfort of quake refugees camped at the race track and in parks. A heavy tremor lasting nearly ten seconds struck Tuesday night, adding to difficulties for those displaced by the earthquake.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Railroad Cuts Rates on Carrying Mail
The Burlington railroad will cut its mail service rates about seven percent, roughly $65,000 per year, to deter trans continental mail transfer to the Rock Island system. It is the first railway to offer a reduction below the congressional rate, triggering amazement in rail road circles and widespread concern.
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Chicago
Inter-Ocean Today
Rock Island
Burlington Railroad
Post Office Department
Congress
Officials See Rate War Threat From Rail Action
Officials warn that action by rival railroads could spark a rate war over main traffic between competitive points and may be used by Congress as proof that government mail transport payments are too high.
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Congress
Thaw case jurors target disrupted by taunt on way to court
On the way to court, a man yelled vote for Thaw prompting Captain Lynch to order his arrest. he was arraigned before Justice Fitzgerald but dismissed as a smart aleck. Mrs Nesbit-Thaw testified on the stand with remarks deemed unprintable by the Parson.
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New York
Thaw
Lynch
Fitzgerald
New Comic Opera Headlines, Coffee Break
Pacific Mail steamers to Panama carried nearly 1000 cases of cartridge powder marked for Champerico and San Jose in Guatemala. The boxes reveal military shipments to unknown parties, with belief the powders supply revolutionists seeking to overthrow the Central American government.
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San Francisco
Cal
Pacific Mail
Panama
Champerico
San Jose
Guatemala
Oklahoma Stock Breeders Meet In Enid
Oklahoma Improved Stock Breeders Association opens its annual session in Enid with stockmen from across the state. A series of breeding topic addresses will be delivered and a pure bred stock show features a scale of shorthorn cattle with prize winners from Oklahoma Kansas and Missouri herds.
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Enid
Okla
Oklahoma Improved Stock Breeders’ Association
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Insulating Cold Storage Plant Work Begins
Mr Ventress of Pittsburg Pennsylvania arrived as Armstrong Cork Company representative and began insulating the Roswell Gas and Ice Company ice tanks and cold storage rooms to protect them from heat.
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Ventress
Pittsburg
Armstrong Cork Company
Roswell Gas & Ice Company
Spooner Dramatic Co Presents Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
All seats were sold and fifty turned away at the Majestic last night as Spooner Dramatic Co staged Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The company reports strong advance sales and praise from attendees for the performance.
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the Majestic
Spooner Dramatic Co
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Extra employees graft in New Mexico legislature
The Albuquerque Journal reports on a congressional bill to fund extra legislative staff for New Mexico for the 1908 session. It details proposed pay for dozens of aides in the Council and House, notes a $15,000 federal appropriation, and warns the total payroll could top $25,000, risking illegal draws. It criticizes party machine influence and calls for abolition or reduction of the graft system.
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Legislative Assembly
Territory
Interior Department
Congress
House of Representatives
Council
H. O. Bursum
Baca
H. O Bursum
Bursum
Republican Territorial Committee
Republican Party
Many Favor Peaceable Settlement of the Ditch Question
Captain Jason W. James circulated a petition to the city council urging a peaceable arbitration settlement with ditch owners. The council will meet at four this afternoon to hear speakers and consider paying the city’s share to avoid court costs. Mayor Stockard supports honoring the agreement and seeks a quick, peaceful resolution this afternoon.
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Stockard
Holt alleges territorial official offered office to legislator
Holt claims a territorial official offered a legislative seat to a member of the assembly. The assertion centers on alleged improper inducement and political pressure within territorial governance.
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Holt
House Bill 23 Becomes Law in New Mexico Assembly
The Santa Fe Legislature reports House Bill No. 23 to make it a felony for territorial officials to corruptly influence legislation. The bill passed 16 to 7 with all Democrats voting no. The session also eyed eight thousand dollars for Bernalillo dikes and an interstate railcar mandate for stock shipments. The payroll bill seeks roughly twenty thousand dollars for employee pay this session.
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Congress
New
Mevie
House
Hudspeth
Holt
Dona Ana
Bernalillo County
Santa Fe
N. M
Council
Cameron, Sargent and
Sulzer
Denison
Garfield County
San Miguel
Ruppe
A Schooner From Cape Hatteras Breaks Up
A grounded schooner that ran ashore on Diamond Shoals Tuesday night broke to pieces last night. No wreck remains seen this morning and the crew is believed to have perished near Baltimore Maryland.
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Baltimore
Cape Hatteras
Diamond Shoals
Lake Arthur Pair Wed in Roswell
Clarence Allrey of Lake Arthur and Vyra Carlton of Lake Arthur were married this morning at the Southern Methodist parsonage in Roswell by Rev. John W. Smith after securing the license. They will return tonight to make their home in Lake Arthur.
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Roswell
Clarence Allrey
Lake Arthur
Vyra Carlton
M. E. Parsonage
John W. Smith
S. I. Redfield Moves From St. Louis To Improve Farm Near Hondo
S. I. Redfield arrived last night from St. Louis after selling out there and came to improve his 160 acre farm under the Hondo reservoir.
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S. I. Redfield
St. Louis
Hondo Reservoir
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Zens Petition Council
Jason W. James
the Daily Record
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Hagerman
Miera
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Loomis
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