Trial details reveal Hains sought Annis before murder
Testimony in the Bayside killing case outlines Thornton J. Hains’s movements prior to the shooting of William F. Annis. Key witness Charles Birchfield described a threatened confrontation and a revolver brandished by Hains. The defense introduced notes of a prior dispute over a magazine manuscript and possible motive tied to family matters.
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Flushing
Thornton J. Hains
Peter C. Hains
Wilam F. Annis
Annis
Thornton Hains
Sae
Stora
Charles Rirchfield
Thornton
William E. Annis
Hains
Ripley
Ripeley
McIntyre
Leo W
Mock
House
Women object to upper berths in Pullman travel
The two witnesses Mrs. Anna L. McNulty and Mrs. A. B. Voreweik testified before Interstate Commerce Commission that upper berths are harder to use and cost less would deter tipping. They described service as dependent on tipping and recounted incidents of porter discrimination on long trips between San Francisco and Chicago via Denver. The article also notes Switzerland's 1909 presidential election of De Deutscher, new president of the Swiss republic.
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Pullman
Interstate Commerce Ce
Anna L. McNulty
A. B. Voreweik
Akred
Hanahan
Jury Seated for Night Rider Murder Trial in Tennessee
Union City Tenn Dec 17 the state surprised by filing an affidavit alleging juror J P Russell was father of a night rider and had sworn in a defendant. Russell excused and next juror chosen after defense challenged it. The court sided with the state as the jury was completed with half from Union City and half from nearby towns.
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Union, City, Tenn
Quentin Rankin
J. P. Russell
Russell
Union City
Federal control urged for railroads in Lane speech
Commissioner Lane urged federal control of railroad capitalization and extending ICC powers in a Portland speech. He argued directors should record bond purposes and face criminal liability if funds are misused. Lane cited Harriman and the Supreme Court ruling on Union Pacific funds as supports. He warned all railroad officers must answer questions about funds.
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Federal Centro
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lane
Railroad Board of Directors
Wall Street
Interstate Commerce
Union Pacific
Mr. Harriman
Salary Raise Proposed for U S President and Vice President
Washington on January 17 Senator Bourne introduced a bill to raise the president’s salary from 5000 to 100000 and the vice president’s from 12000 to 25000 with effect at the start of the next administration. The measure aims to modernize compensation for top federal roles.
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Washington
Bourne
United States
Crowther Resigns. Jackson Named Successor in Cascade County
In Great Falls on December 17, Dudley Crowther resigns after six years as court stenographer for the Cascade county district court. Judge Leslie appoints his son in law R. P. Jackson to replace him as public stenographer, with Jackson having served as special land agent for the government for the past year.
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The
Standard
Great Fall
Dudley
Crowther
Cascade County District Court
Sox
Leslie
RP. Jackson
Shea convicted of first degree murder in Montana case
Special Dispatch reports Daniel Shea was found guilty of murder in the first degree for killing Richard Withers at the August mine in the Little Rockies. The jury spared the death penalty and sentenced Shea to imprisonment after the verdict. The defense offered insanity evidence, while neighbors described occasional violent anger and alcohol use.
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Stangara
Fort Benton
Daniel Shea
Dee Tendant
Dee
Richard Withers
Andusk
Little
Rockies
Sept. Sant
Shea
Toblind Withers
Bnullet
Withers
St.Paul
Grand Army urged to form auxiliary groups nationwide
Kinney of Bozeman Montana, department commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, proposes sons and daughters of veterans form organizations across the country to carry on GAR work. He asks that at the next Salt Lake encampment committees be appointed to start these groups and support ongoing veteran relief efforts.
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Standard
Bozeman
Kinney
Montana
Grand Army of the Republic
Henry M. Nevins
Red Bank
N. J
Sons and Daughters of
Grand Army
Salt Lake
Starving Sailors Rescued From Reef Near Honolulu
The schooner Laurence Ward arrived in Honolulu with three Japanese sailors rescued from a reef where they were marooned by the Keho Maru. They report being ashore since last July, one crew member dying of scurvy. They survived on fish and sea eggs and used a primitive device to condense seawater for drinking.
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Honolulu
Laurence Ward
New Reef
Weer
House Trial Seeks Patrick Rodgers Information Again
House committee requests Patrick Rodgers information anew amid ongoing trial proceedings. The terse filing recounts prior requests and targets additional records tied to the case involving congressional actions and alleged impeding conduct.
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HOUSE
Patrick Rodgers
Burglary Trial Unfolds In Dreibelbise Store Heist
Involving Charles Dreibelbis and two suspects Barrett and Rodgers, the case recounts a Nov 9 robbery at Louis Dreibelbis’s North Main street drug store. Witnesses describe a tense confrontation, gunfire, and a struggle as robbers attempted to flee, with Packey Trant identified among them.
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Patrick Reigers
Noterbons
Judes Dontan’s
Aitetet
Butts
Dretbeltie
Jamon Barerett
Rodgers
Bean
Neon Tobber
Ser
Row County
Murray
Charles ‘Dreihetbia
Dreibetbis
Dreibeibia
Professor Abhireaux
Louis Dreibelbie
North Main Street
Martin Crete Belbis
Suds Deny
Dreibelbis
Mr. MM
Barrett
George Dreibelbis
George Deribelpis
George
Desiimbis
Prims
Two Cruisers Escort Taft to Panama
President elect Taft plans a Panama trip with two cruisers from Charleston on January 3. Roosevelt sides with the plan and negotiates details while senators weigh legal provisions. Senator Tillman joined the same train and spoke with Taft during the journey.
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Taft
Panama
Charlottesville
White House
Roosevelt
Charleston
Roose
Nobel
Pennsylvania’ Railroad
Boston
Aceon Miro Tate
Tillman
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