Broken rail wrecks Burlington route passenger train near Lawndale
A Burlington & Quincy flyer between Aurora and Chicago derailed near Lawndale after a broken rail caused the engine to leave the track. Mary Miller died of injuries with thirteen others seriously hurt as cars slid down a steep embankment. rear coaches remained on the embankment as the front section toppled.
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Chicago
Burlington & Ghio
Aurora
Lilt
Lawndale
Cty
Mary Miller
Sheriff Kaiser Arrested For Poker In Jersey Saloon
New York report details Hudson county sheriff John C Kaiser being arrested in a Jersey City saloon back room for poker. A police officer testified Kaiser had five cards, while Kaiser claimed he played pinochle. Local officials debate legality and the coroner's involvement.
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New York
John C. Kaiser
Hudson County
N. J
John Smith
Jersey City
John Stefmeyer
Kaiser
Lightning Struck Young Ranchman Near Pueblo
Pueblo reports a 26 year old ranch hand on the Robert Grant outfit was struck by lightning while on horseback eight miles east of town. He survived with a head wound and was taken to St Marys hospital by ambulance. The horse was killed, and a cloudburst affected the area.
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Pueblo, Cole
May &Oillie
Pat~ Lerson
St Mary's Hospital
Robert Grant
Strong Rival to Thaw Case
A key adversary in the legal confrontation casts doubt on the outcome of the first case, signaling that the result may determine the fate of remaining defendants in the proceedings.
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Thaw Case
No Quarter Given for Harry Orchard Trial Jury
A juror panel for the Haywood trial shows four excused for business or personal reasons and one due to patrolman appointment. The seventh tale tman was being examined as others were passed or excused. The state lists 151 witnesses including Harry Orchard, Governor Peabody and family, Mine Owners officials, Gen. Sherman Bell, Julian Steunenberg, Mrs Adams, and Pinkerton agents among others.
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Harry Orchard
Peabody
Colorado
Cora Peabody
W. EK. Carlton
C. Hamlin
Mine Owners’ Association of Cripple Creep
Sherman Bell
Burkey Wells
Julian Steunenberg
Steve Adams
Defensor editor Sarinana jailed on criminal libel charge
Special to The Evening Citizen reports Socorro editor Sarinana of El Defensor Del Pueblo jailed in Socorro County on a criminal libel count after a May 4 Morning Journal publication. Bonds set at 690 dollars, with bondsmen A C Torres and Jacobo Sedillo, released after a morning hearing before Judge Green.
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Evening Citizen
Socorra
N. M
Surinana
el Defensor
Henry Dryfus
Green
A.C. Torres
Jacobo i Sedillo
Sarip
Biavanchi
Socorro
Steamship Baltic Mired in Swash Channel After Liverpool Crossing
New York May 9 The White Steamship Baltic ran into a mud bank in Swash Channel an hour after leaving for Liverpool and remains hard aground at dawn. High tide efforts to refloat failed while passengers aboard include Andrew Carnegie and wife H H Rogers and wife and the Countess of Yarmouth sister of Harry Thaw.
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Battle
Swash
Liverpool
Andrew Carnegie
H. H. Rogers
Countess of
Yarmouth
Harry Thaw
Deserted for Mother Bertha Sprague Runs to Portland
Ottumwa Iowa May 9 pretty Bertha Sprague adopted by Mr and Mrs D M Sprague at age three deserts her foster parents to join her real mother Mrs Nettie Brown of Portland Ore aged 17 She left after saying she would spend night with a friend Mia The Spragues learned of her flight and a search followed Barbers aided her to catch an outbound train to Portland before a message urged her to return
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Bertha Sprague
D. M. Sprague
Nettie Brown
Portland
Ore
Bertha
Spragues
Leon
Sprague
Mia
Beer Mather
Moe
Barber
Pi Si aSeek
Republicans Win at Phoenix Ariz in May 9 Dispatch
Republicans swept Phoenix Arizona as voters backed a large majority for a label to fund Waterworks and transport projects. The report notes limited interest in President Hoose sett’s letter to Cook County chairman and cites local figures Caldwell Jana and Moyer Haywood Pettibone in a brief political update.
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Don Jople
Caldwell
Jana
Haywood Goes on Trial for Caldwell Murder
Boise May 9 W D Haywood secretary and treasurer of the Western Federation of Miners is placed on trial for complicity in the Caldwell Idaho murder of former Governor Frank Stellenberg on December 30 1906 He is one of four defendants others include Charles H Moyer George A Pettibone and Harry Orchard Orchard is expected to be the key state witness He is said to have confessed and implicated the others Formidable counsel on both sides Hawley Borah Van Duyn and Stone for the state Mears Richardson Darrow Wilson Nugent and Miller for the defense
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Boise
Idaho
W. D. Haywood
Western Federation of Miners
Caldwell
Frank Stellenberg
Charles H. Moyer
Federation
George A. Pettibone
Harry Orchard
Moyer and Pettibone
Firet
Moyer
Pettibone
Orchard
James H. Hawiey
United States
W. EB. Borah
O. M. van Duyn
George Stone
Canyon County
Mears
Richardson
Denver
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
Edgar Wilson
Bole
Jone
Accused Men to Use Pinkerton Expose in Defense
Kolse Italio May 9 Despite Detective McParland’s statements that they were bunkoed if they accept the alleged use of the Pinkerton agency the defense of President Charles Moyer secretary W D Haywood and George A Pettibone of the Western Federation of Miners argues copies of documents turned over by Mortis Friedman show motive to impeach McParland and the Pinkertons as well as a confession by Murray Greehard an informer who says Utah unions warned delegates not to attend the Denver convention under penalties of exposure as Pinkertons.
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Italio
James McParland
Pinkerton
Chas. Moyer
W. D. Haywood
Geo. A. Pettibone
Western Federation of Miners
Mortis Friedman
San Francisco
United Way
Wutom
Thornwall Mullaly
Chapman
United Railways
Western Addition
Richmond
Broderick
Stanton Street
Page
Dievisadero
Sacramento
Lake
Hue
Clement
Oak
Turk
Fillmore Streets
Turk Street
Morrows Morning Lodge Room Message for Brother A
A fragment notes a lodge meeting in the morning with reference to Brother A. The text indicates a formal gathering in a lodge room scheduled for the next day morning. No other names or details are readable.
Judge Fremont Wood to preside at Moyer Haywood trial
Judge Fremont Wood will preside over the Moyer Haywood trial. A Maine born Yankee, he came to Idaho in 1881 and has served as assistant U S district attorney and district attorney. He became a judge last January after partnerships with ex Congressmen Wilson.
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Udge
Fremont Wood
Presswood
Western Feed Horse
Idaho
W. D. Haywood
Maine
Winthrop
United States
Harrison
Cleveland
Wood
Wilson
County
Boise
Idaho City
Russian Countess Fractured Skull In Kansas University Fire
In Kansas City a daytime search of the University ruins recovered at least two dead including Miss Auroral Wittebert and Prof Georges DeMare. A Russian countess Alexandra Blumberg suffered a skull fracture after a fall from a ladder and is among the gravest injured. The fire's toll and rescue efforts dominate early reports, with authorities noting hopeful recoveries for the injured.
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University
Fie
Auroral Wittebert
Privy Council
Oxar
Georges DeMare
Miss Wittebert
Carpenter Edward Gray shot in Silver City
Special to The Evening. A six man, believed to be Edward Gray, a carpenter, was shot and killed in Silver City New Mexico on Tuesday near 10 o clock after arriving by noon train. He had been drinking heavily and attacked civilians with a knife, slashing at a bartender and others before being wounded and fatally killed.
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Jxen
Silver City
N. M
Dward Gray
Gray
All Were Saved But Thirteen in French Steamer Wreck
A Montreal dispatch reports that 13 passengers remain unaccounted after the French steamer Poitou wrecked off San Jose Ignacio yesterday morning. Most survivors are said to be Spanish immigrants. Seven are drowned and six are missing.
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Monte
Ofp
Sclat
Federal court adjourns Uncle Sam Oil case hearing
Fort Scott Kansas May 9 The federal court adjourned without hearing a motion to discharge receivers in the Uncle Sam Oil Company case set for tomorrow Judge Pollock will hear the motion in Topeka
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Uncle Sam Oll CO
Fort Scott
Kaw
Uncle Sam Ol Company
Pollock
Topeka
Metropolitan Handicap at Belmont Park Today
Belmont Park hosts the great Metropolitan Handicap with entrants aged 11 and up. Tenors of the field include Ace Countart and 126 other horses racing for added purses and the start money.
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New York
York
Belmont Park
Connecticut farmer runs red fox in May
Deep River resident Robert Fe jouwa wins recognition as a printer after capturing a red fox. He suspected a thief raiding his hen coop and rigged traps. Jones pursued the animal alive, then prepared for action and finally tracked the fox to pursue it.
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Moelten
Robert Fejouwa
Deep River
Red Fox
Raynarkt
Jones
Fox
Jone
Quiet in San Francisco Reported at 11 A M
A San Francisco report notes quiet conditions with no disorders observed at 11 o clock in the morning. Authorities report a peaceful daytime scene with no incidents or disturbances recorded.
Mayor Appoints Peace Committee Of Fifty In San Francisco
San Francisco May 9 1189 a peace committee of fifty prominent citizens was summoned by Mayor Schmitz to meet in the afternoon to devise methods for keeping peace and resolving the turbulent labor situation surrounding the street railway strike. The joint committee includes labor council, church, improvement club and business leaders and will oversee subcommittees addressing Carmen, telephone workers, iron workers and laundry workers.
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Schmitz
Labor Temple
Fourteenth Street
Walt
Carmen
Calhoun
United Railroads
Scott
The
Home Telephone Co
Metal Trades
Laundry Owners ‘Association
Wreck on G H and D Railroad Kills One, Injures Several
Cincinnati Ohio May One man was killed and a family and two others seriously injured in a wreck at Jones station seven miles south of Hamilton on the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton line. Employees were unhurt. Evans and Brownlow May Compromise Differences.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Jones’ Station
Hamilton
Dayton
Governors of West to Meet in Denver
Western governors and territorial leaders plan a June meeting in Denver. Washington executives are expected to attend, with interest centered on possible policy talks and coordination among states and territories.
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West
Denver
Washington D
Washington
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