Infernal Machine Blamed for Mine Deaths at Cripple Creek
Superintendent Charles McCormick and miner Melvin Beck were killed in Cripple Creek Cripple Creek Coal when a planned infernal machine exploded in the Vindicator mine shaft as the cage passed the fifth level Investigators say a dynamite filled device lay near the shaft and a loaded revolver fired to trigger the blast pieces of the revolver were found but the device remains undiscovered.
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Charles McCormick
Vindicator
Melvin H Beck
Cripple Creek
AecCormick
Miner Beck
Vindicator Mining Company
Battle with Moros in Jolo ends with heavy casualties
In five days of fighting near Jolo General Lennard Wood's force clashes with Moro insurgents. Major St L Scott of the Fourteenth Cavalry is wounded with two bullets in the hands while a surrounding American detachment suffers multiple casualties. Panglima Hassem is captured en route, but an ambush leads to Scott being shot and Lassen escaping, with reports of Scott possibly killed.
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Jolo
Lennard Wood
St L. Scott
Fourteenth Cavalry
Wood
Sidlake
Scott
Panglima Hassem
Jcola
Hlassen
Major Scott
Lassen
Central American leaders weigh response to Colombian push
President Marroquin of Colombia seeks moral support from President Zelaya of Nicaragua as Central American presidents discuss a united reply. Zelaya texts regional leaders proposing a combined stand, with initial acceptance but no formal reply yet. Zelaya once bitter foe aided Colombian liberals in the recent upheaval.
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Maroquin
Republic of Colombia
Zalaya
Nicaragua
Zelaya
Marroquin
Tragedy at Lilly Pa Fire Kills Many Italian Laborers
A shanty near Lilly Pennsylvania burned trapping over 100 Italian railroad laborers. At least twenty seven died and many were seriously injured before escape attempts began as flames overwhelmed the workers. The fire reportedly started from an overheated stave.
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Lilly
Tragic Mine Explosion Kills Ten Foreign Workers In Pennsylvania
A Ferguson mine in Pennsylvania exploded at 6 30 pm on Saturday, killing ten miners and injuring nineteen others. Nearly all the deceased were foreigners, with several of the injured expected to die.
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Il Farm
Pennssylvania
Ferguson
Mortensen Executed For Murder In Salt Lake City
Peter Mortensen, convicted of killing James R Hay, was executed by electric chair at the state prison Friday morning in front of about 100 spectators. He maintained his innocence to the end, saying he was not guilty of the murder. Mortensen, born in Richfield Utah, was 38 years old and had lived in Provo Ogden Forest Dale and Salt Lake City. He had a troubled marriage after his arrest, and his wife left him, influencing public sentiment. The murder occurred December 1 1901 when Hay visited Mortensen to collect debt owed to Pacific Lumber Company. Hay was shot in the back of the head and buried in a pasture.
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Peter Mortensen
Murerer
James M Tey
Atth Stite
Mortensen
Col Ne
Earth
James R Hay
Richfield
Wutab
Provo
Forest Dale
Hay
Ogden
Tom Horn Executed for Nickell Murder in Wyoming
Tom Horn the cattle detective was hanged in the Laramie county jail at 11 oclock for the murder of Willie Nickell son of Kela Nickell Iron Mountain ranchman. He wrote a final letter denying guilt and faced the gallows with a grim smile. Horn had escaped a jail break and faced widespread controversy and costly legal battles. He was a polyglot self educated man with alleged further murders attributed to him.
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Tom Horn
Willie Nickell
Kela BP
Nickell
Iron Mountain
Laramie County
Wyoming
Tyidas
Horn
Cheyenone
Wye
John CG Coble
Hig City
Wile Nichell
Lafors
Ohnhaus
Snow
Irwin
Laramie
Tom Ifo
Agust 9
Proctor
Horna
William Powell
Wiliam Lewis
Matt Rash
Isham Dart
Torowna Park
Colo
Mortensen body burial dispute at Utah penitentiary
The body of Peter Mortensen, cited for the murder of James Ila, was exhumed from former felon ground at the Utah penitentiary. Public cemeteries denied burial, Mortensen wished to be buried in Ogden near his wife’s home, a wish echoed by his father and brothers, but Ogden authorities protested.
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Peter Mortensen
James KR Ila
Utah Penitentiary
Totters
Mortensens
Ogden
Panama People Stand Firm Against Colombian Overtures
The Panama commission met Friday with Colombian commissioners led by General teven who arrived from Savanilla on the Canada. Panama rejected all overtures and declared its position irreversible, stating they would not accept further commissions from Colombia unless the republic of Panama is recognized.
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Panama Commission
General Teven
Culon Thuday
Savanilla
Canada
Panamana
Colombia
Republic of Panama
Newlands Proposes Joint Resolution On Cuba Statehood
Senator Newlands introduces a joint resolution inviting Cuba to become a U S state on equal terms. It proposes Porto Rico as a Cuban county, retention of current Cuban officials, transfer of Cuban bonds to Cuba with reduced interest, and integration of Cuba’s rural guard into the U S Army. The Cuban treasury would transfer to the new Cuban state.
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Newlands
Iayali
Cuba
United States
Union
Porto Rico
Tragic Hatchet Kills Family Then Self in Laramie
Police found Gus Olson, his wife, and two young sons dead or dying at their home in Laramie. Olson allegedly killed his family with a hatchet during the night and fatally shot himself with a shotgun. Neighbors reported erratic behavior and possible insanity.
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Laramie
Wye
Gus Olson
Rolling Mill
Olson
Five Injured In Lard Vat Collapse In NYC
Five workmen were injured when a huge lard rendering vat collapsed in a New York City basement. The bottom gave way causing scalding grease to boil and ignite, trapping three men who were rescued with life threatening burns. Police and firemen responded quickly to evacuate and treat the injured. two others remained seriously hurt but expected to recover.
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New York City
Will
Duel at Mount Carmel Church Ends in Fatal Wounds
Rey Telix f Lepore pastor at Mount Carmel Catholic church in Denter and Italian Joe Soricl were fatally wounded in a church apartment duel over a game. Lepore was shot twice in the abdomen and once in the face. Soricl was shot once in the abdomen. No witnesses emerged and both men were taken to St Joseph's hospital where they could not recover.
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Rey Telix F
Lepore
Mount Carmel Catholic Church
Denter
Joe Soricl
Arseen
Tepore
Sorici
Roth
St Joseph's Hospital
Panama Canal Treaty Signed At Secretary's Residence
The Jlay Bunau Varilla thmtan cipal treaty was signed Wednesday at Secretary Tlay's residence by the secretary and Philippe DBunau Varilla Panamas minister. The document is simpler than the Hay Werran treaty and grants the United States absolute sovereignty over the canal strip and convention in line with the Spooner act requirements.
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Jlay Bunau Varilla
Tlay
Philippe Dbunau Varilla
Panama
Liay Werran
Ines
United States
Canal Strip
Spooner
Murder Found In Nevada Irrigation Ditch
Italian laborers discover a decomposed body in an irrigating ditch near Teno Nevada. The man’s feet and hands are bound with a heavy rope and his skull shows crushing trauma. Clothes give no identity, and the murder is believed to have occurred about a month earlier.
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Teno
Nevada
Tragic self-inflicted death reported in two cities
W C Julderbrant son of a Rono Ney merchant killed himself at his father’s home on Wednesday night. In So nora California a man in the Overland hotel was found dead with a bottle of corrosive substance and valuables including money and letters from a wife and child nearby.
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Revenies
Julderbrant
Rono Ney
Tim@ Donalds
Overland Hotel
Sonora
Cal
Free Trade With Philippines Faces Mixed Reception
A bill to admit free of duty all Philippine goods except sugar and tobacco is expected to pass. Sugar and tobacco producers oppose it, while others see advantages for the Far West and intermountain states. The measure would halve the duty on sugar and tobacco.
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Philippines
Far West
Varied Westward News From Wyoming to Nevada
Summary of disparate items: a property fire loss. John A Stevens of Preston mistaken for a deer victim. Rawlins businessmen planning incorporation. Cheyenne’s Ontario hatchery operations. exodus of coal miners from Trinidad. Cheyenne silk workers’ new home cost. La Puenta church tragedy with two children dead. Homestead tunnel fire in Gold Hill. Lars Nansen’s suicide in Montana. Michael Harrington’s death from steam pipe burn. Julia Kurtz of Rawlins dies from burns. Wyoming land grant plans under the Cartary act. Horn case perjury prosecutions. Tom Horn buried at Boulder. Walter Marlow’s son killed by a bull in Durango. Gwendoline Kimmel sobs over Horn death. Tom O’Day captured with stolen horses. Deputy Hilnman shot near Trinidad. Dugan arrested in Park County murder case.
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Wasco
John
Stevend
Preston
Wash
Rawlins
Wyota
Outario
Snake River
Trinidad
Colo
Cheyenne
Wyo
la Puenta
N. M
Jwera
Ilamestead Tunnel
Virginia & Trucks Railroad
Gold Hi
Virginia
Nevada
Lars Nansen
Dixon
Mont
Wansen
Michael Harington
Montana
Butte
Tfarrington
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Godfrey Prowse
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George Masters
Springvile
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J W Cunger
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Thomas Sandal
Layton
State Board of Pardons
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Brigham Young
Moros
Central America
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Aweetheart
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Boulder
John C Cobl
Caid
Walter Marlow
W. D Marlow
Durango
Gwendoling Kimmel
Tom Hiorn
Cheyene
Tom O'Day
Summit
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