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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1907
Page
11
Prosecutors indicate the Haywood trial will extend beyond this week with no immediate end in sight. Court observers note delays and ongoing testimony as the case remains unsettled, with Friday viewed as the earliest possible milestone.
Reports say 150 to 200 defense witnesses may come forward as William D. Haywood's conspiracy trial pauses for a day. Harry Orchard, key witness, will be moved to Caldwell for the murder case against him, then return to Boise. The court delays, while Orchard’s testimony and related drafts connecting Haywood, Simpkins, Adams, and Pettibone are examined, with Adams’ confession likely to be challenged.
Organization notes indicate May could organize another order. Reference to Western Federation and Industrials suggests planned collective action or procurement event. Further details on participants or objectives are not provided in the text.
A Denver report outlines a probable formation of a new international industrial labor group, led by the Western Federation of Miners and Brewery Workers, amid the Western Fed’s feud with the Industrial Workers of the World. President Sherman clarifies Vincent St John’s incident at Chicago headquarters and notes WFM backing shifts. Mahoney cautions uncertainty.
Petaluma California June 16 Harry E Weigel left a hotel bar and went to his room where he drank laudanum and died before a doctor could be summoned He had arrived from Seattle nine weeks earlier and had been drinking heavily
Dr. Charles T. Hibbett naval medical inspector left St. Louis for Washington to confer with the surgeon general on a modern TB hospital at Fort Lyon Colorado. The facility will serve navy men and officers only with current care at Fort Bayard shifting to the army hospital. Hibbett will lead the project after his talks and has prior experience building a hospital at Canacao near Cavite in the Philippines.
San Francisco report notes Mayor Schmitz cannot obtain bail before the June 27 sentencing date in extortion convictions. Judge Dunne ruled bail is discretionary after judgment, potentially allowing a broad appeal to various courts if sentence is passed then or later. Counsel commentary on next move remains undecided.
St. Petersburg June 16 The constitutional democratic parties met in a caucus and formed a committee to draft an address lauding Duma labor while blaming the government for its dissolution. They consider the new election law a gerrymander aimed at curbing radical influence, disenfranchising several districts and provinces, while boosting conservative constituencies and restricting worker representation.
St. Petersburg June 16 reports say the second duma's dissolution was received with calm amid precautionary measures. Officials warn of possible rioting in Odessa Kiev and other cities while peasant unrest may follow. The manifesto stresses electoral reform and asserts czarist authority guiding Russia's future.
In The Hague a field demonstration against the peace conference drew about 2,000 spectators but failed to gain momentum. Organizers hoped leader M Gustave Herve would attend, but he was delayed by legal business. Dutch speakers denounced governments as not really easing military burdens, calling the conference a comedy to deceive the masses.
A ferry boat capsized on the Rio Grande at Pueblo Isleta, twelve miles south of Albuquerque, causing the deaths of Juanita Abeytad a 42 year old Indian woman Juan Abeytad her eight year old son and Manuelita Chewewa a six year old Indian girl all residents of the area authorities reported the triple drowning occurred today and the names were released by local officials.
Secretary of War Taft arrived in Sioux Falls from St Paul at 8 30 this morning fully recovered from his indisposition. Hundreds called to pay respects. He attended church and at 1 pm departed for Fort Meade with Senator Gamble Senator Kittredge and Governor Crawford.
The public lands convention opens at Broadway theater and will run three days. Delegates from western states, led by Colorado and Wyoming, plan a conservative critique of Roosevelt policies on public land and irrigation with strong cross-state backing from Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Washington.
President Roosevelt has referred appeals from telegraphers to interven e without comment. The stance is no emergency justifying immediate federal action as in the anthracite coal strike. Officials say government action, if any, should be initiated by the Bureau of Labor under Commissioner Charles P Neill.
Tokio reports Viscount Aoki, Japan’s ambassador to the United States, will likely be recalled and Baron Kaneko named his successor. Kaneko, former Tokio minister of justice, served in the Russo-Japanese War mission and urged acceptance of the Portsmouth terms during the peace conference.
Warsaw reports extras announcing the duma dissolution, provoking fear that the new election law may bar Poles. The city stays calm but patrols and nightly domiciliary visits increase as about 300,000 troops surround the capital. arrests of socialists and nationalists are common.
Torreon, Mexico June 16 Willard S Morse of the American Smelting and Refining company warned that Mexican mining and smelting interests are amid a fuel and ore transportation crisis. The company currently holds more than 60 000 tons of ore and about 35 000 tons of fuel tied up with no movement prospects.
The Hague June 16 The dissolution of the duma and a new election system sparked rapid discussion among peace conference delegates. Russian delegates deny link to government statements while Dutch police guard M Nel after reports of possible assassination plots.
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