World News in Brief from Far Flung Corners
A digest of incidents including a Wichita car conductor's justified homicide ruling, a South Celebes surrender ending a two century war, notable deaths from politics to science, a London surgeon's collapse, a major oil line plan to Port Arthur, and the day’s legislative and court actions across the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wycoff Wright
Wichita
Kan
Mattox
Southern Railway
Spencer
Carl Schurz
New York
J. W. Harris
Bendena
Kansas
John Sharp
Tahlequah
I. T
Will Powell
South Celebes
Chicago
Tillman
G. B. Ferguson
British Medical Association
J. D. Debs
Eugene V. Debs
Terre Haute
Ind
William A. Howe
Cambridge
Mass
Amundsen
Northwest Passage
Geographical Society of Norw
Menelik
Abygalia
Adie Abeba
Theodor Sald
Illinois
Soldiers and Sailors
Quincy
L. Victor Baughman
Maryland
Democratic National Committee
Frederick
Treasury reports 1906 surplus and rising coinage demand
The Treasury reports for the year ending June 30, 1906 show revenues of 762.6 million and expenditures of 7 million with a sizable surplus. Gold stocks rise to a record 871.9 million by mid-October, and national banks total 6,137 with large profits and deposits. Mint output includes substantial gold and subsidiary silver, with foreign payments and a Denver mint in operation since February 1906. The report warns that silver dollar coinage cessation will raise half dollar use and calls for reforms to strengthen financial institutions and merchant marine.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
National Bank
Treasury
United
Philadelphia
United States
Costa Rica
Panama
Philippine Islands
Denver
Department of Saving Banks
Good Roads Conference Opens With Mining Research Push
The three day Good Roads Conference in Denver opens with 78 delegates from across Colorado. Logan Waller Page outlines progress on road construction, while Thomas F. Walsh urges a state government temple of mining research funded by Congress. Walters and Alderson push for a mining research institution. Ohio’s Sam Huston speaks on related legislation. Roosevelt and Wilson send greetings via telegrams.
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Denver
Good Roads Conference
Chamber of Commerce
Logan Waller Page
Government Department of Good Roads
Colorado
Thomas F. Walsh
Walsh
Congress
E. A. Colburn
William R. Rathven
Mr. Walsts
W. EF. R. Mills
Victor C Alderson
State Schoo of Mines
Sam Huston
Ohio
Huston
Rathven
White House
Washington, D. C
Colo
Denver post office site debate stirs Denver firms
Washington reports J Knox Taylor receives many letters from Denver business interests urging site choice for the new federal building. Most favor Eighteenth Street and Arapahoe or Curtis Street, while others push Seventeenth Street Flower site Broadway and Seventeenth. Congressman elect Cook asks delay to hear all interests. Taylor will report after further consideration. Thomas Harrison promotes Broadway Nineteenth site.
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Washington
J. Knox Taylor
Denver
Federal Building
Taylor
Eighteenth Street
Arapahoe O Curtis Street
Seventeenth Street
Broadway
Seventeenth
Cook
Shaw
Thomas Harrison
Nineteenth
Governor orders colored man sent for Mississippi murder trial
Governor McDonald accepted Mississippi’s requisition for George Jenkins and ordered his return to Tunica county for trial. A telegram from Governor Vardaman promised Jenkins would be protected. Pueblo district attorney Harrison White agreed to drop local assault charges to allow trial for the murder.
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Denver
McDonald
Mississippi
George Jenkins
Tunica County
James K. Vardaman
Jackson
Harrison White
Pueblo County
Jenkins
Herbert Clifford
John W. Elwell
Pueblo
Wardman
Rock Island to Move General Manager Office
The Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway discontinues the Topeka general manager office. D. E. Cain will retire January 1, 1907. F. O. Melcher, now in Chicago, will oversee the whole system. Office staff will transfer from Topeka to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company
D. E. Cain
F. O. Melcher
Chicago
The Door Unbolted: Postum Cereal Co Growth Tale
A new booklet from the Postum Cereal Co tells how the company grew from a small white barn in 1895 to a vast complex in Battle Creek Michigan. It describes the Shakespearean style main office of Mr Post and the generous, healthful work spaces for employees. The booklet invites requests from readers to obtain a copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum Cereal Co
White City
Postumville
Battle Creek
Mich
Post
War Eagle’s Hydrophobia Hopeful Tale At Atlantic City
Mayor Stoy tells of a diverse Atlantic City crowd and a Pasteur Institute tale. An Indian chief named War Eagle sought treatment for hydrophobia after a suspected bite from a black poodle served in ragout last Friday.
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Stoy
Atlantic City
Pasteur Institute
War Eagle
Ten Years of Pain Ended By Kidney Pills
Mrs. Margaret Emmerich of Napoleon Ohio suffered kidney trouble for fifteen years with back pain poor eyesight and dizziness. After ten years she could not do housework and left the house for two years. Dean's Kidney Pills gave quick relief and finally cured her life saved. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
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Margaret Emmerich
Clinton Street
Napoleon, O
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Deserter Wife Worries Prompt City Action in Cincinnati
Cincinnati city officials move to curb wife desertion by husbands amid rising cases. Mortgage loan sharks and dual-signature requirements for furniture loans are cited as factors. Floral ads praise starch and Garfield remedies are noted with humorous snatches from period chatter.
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Cincinnati
One Hundred Years Since Pike’s Winter Ascent Dream
The Colorado Springs Gazette recalls Lieutenant Pike’s diary entry from Thanksgiving in 1806. Pike and three men faced bitter cold, deep snow, and starvation while attempting to reach Grand Peak, ultimately turning back after forty eight hours, praising the feat as impossible.
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Pike
Colorado Springs Gazette
Fountain Valley
Grand Peak
Ruxton
Greenhorn Range
Pueblo
Sixty Horse Teams Across the Argentine Pampas
The article describes traveling on the Argentine pampas with many horses and long wagons. It notes scarce men but abundant horses with teams of sixty often driven together. The driver sits about thirty feet above ground as wagons reach fifty feet in length and fifteen in width, with back wheels around four feet high.
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Pampay
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News OF the
Senor Morety Pendergast
Alfonso
John Alexander Dowie
Converse
Bureau of Navigation
Heney
Gov. Pardee
California
Siffens and
Wyman
Abraham Ruef
Schmitz
San Francisco
San Jose
Massachusetts
Judson B. Clements
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States Supreme Court
Illinois Central Railroad
Senate
Penrose
Twenty-fifth Infantry
William Walter Webb
Episcopal Diocese
Milwaukee
Amen
Germany
Liverpool
England
Prince of Wales
Albert Young
Wim Murphy
William Kelly
Cornelius Shea
Teamsters
Shea
International Union
Standard Oil Company
Decatur
Neville
Witten
Gulf Pipe Line Company
Texas
Indian Territory
Port Arthur
Tex
Princeton
Tobacco Trust
Queen Alexandra
Great Britain
Sandringham
Redwater
Oklahoma
W. P. Dilworth
Oklahoma City
War Department
Wil Bryan
Samuel Spencer
Southern Railway System
Lynchburg
Warren and Clark
Wyoming
Richards
General Land Office
George F. Pollock
Interior Department
Utah
Interstate Commerce
Salt Lake
Nation Army
St. Louis
Cal
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
Portsmouth
Eay
Moyer, Heywood and Pettibone
Steunenberg
Idaho
Guv. Hagerman
New Mexico
Abyssinia
Europe
Volga
Russia
Eugene E. Schmitz
Truckee
John A. MeIlhenny
Louisiana
Mellhenny
Temple of Mining Research
Theodore Roosevelt
Thomas W. Walsh
Care Good Roads
James Wilson
Secretary of Agriculture
Denver Post Office
Rock Island
Fairy Tale
Philadelphia Record
Hess
STOV
Geo
Lawrence
Brown Place
E. E. Burlingame & Cassay
Lawrence St
Coli
Org
I Exuit
Victor Hg
Org Pices
Nersons
Lucke Viano CO
Denver Leather Nelty Co
Denver, Colo
Basin
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