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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1907
Page
9
Bureau reports the body of a young Italian boy found in a swamp near New Orleans after a terrible kidnapping. Authorities investigate the death as a homicide with forensic teams on the scene. Local residents await updates as leads are pursued.
In New Orleans two miles into a swamp near the city, the headless body of Walter Laman a seven or eight year old Italian boy kidnapped for a six thousand dollar ransom was found. Five Italians including two women are under arrest on murder accomplice charges as police and vigilantes tighten security in the Italian quarter.
Associated Press outlines a ruling class forming within the Czark government cabinet. The piece notes key figures and power dynamics shaping policy, with focus on influence and leadership roles across ministries.
St Petersburg June 23 The cabinet defends a new electoral law as the will of the people superseding the constitution. It favors native Russians over aliens, argues the duma wasted time on rights debates, and predicts a third or fourth duma to preserve monarchy. The article notes Jewish votes and Polish autonomy tensions.
Special Dispatch to the Standard Bozeman June 23 Bozeman records show more than two inches of rain in the last 24 hours at the experiment station the heaviest rainfall in many years raising concerns about local flooding and garden damage.
Pittsburg in 1906 recorded 2660 coroner reports with 919 deaths from mill mine or railroad accidents. Nearly half of fatalities are linked to industrial activity in the milling mining and mercantile districts. The coroner notes the grim toll while asserting Pittsburgs industrial prestige as the world workshop.
Goodland Kansas June 25 Italian immigrant John Bello confessed through an interpreter to killing a man and wounding two passengers on a Rock Island train east of Goodland. Bello said the shooting happened in his sleep during a dream while traveling toward California. Carl V Jopp was killed. Bello is jailed here awaiting further action.
In Novgorod on June 23 the provincial governor posted orders to all cities and villages warning that severe measures will be used to disperse any meeting or demonstration showing a red flag with troops ready to fire if needed.
In Boise at the Idanha hotel a man named H M Hedges fired five shots at A H Whiteway, a Boise building contractor, wounding him thrice. The shootout followed jealousy over Mrs Hedges linked to Caldwell visits. Police seized a .32 Colt auto. Gov Gooding and Capt McParland were among early responders.
Eight workmen died and 35 were injured when a New York New Haven and Hartford passenger train crashed into a work train at the Sigourney street crossing in Hartford Connecticut. Rescue efforts took up to ninety minutes for at least one trapped worker. Three unofficial causes cited include a wrong track, timing of the work train, and a switch left open.
Rome reports a charge that the widow Giuseppi Garibaldi and her son Riccotti Garibaldi profaned the general’s Caprera tomb by removing his body from the vault. The government has ordered an inquiry. Garibaldi’s birth anniversary is set for July 4.
Senor Lacierva, minister of the interior, read the emigration bill in the cortes. It establishes an inspection system and empowers the government to temporarily forbid emigration. It also bans emigration recruitment by agents and contemplates treaties with neighboring powers to curb clandestine emigration.
The defense will present an outline detailing strategy, expected witness roles, and anticipated evidence. It focuses on challenging the prosecution's narrative, establishing reasonable doubt, and outlining procedural steps for the trial. The outline aims to clarify defenses and align with established legal standards.
William D Haywood, charged with murder, plans to prove innocence and claim a mine owners conspiracy aimed at destroying the Western Federation of Miners. Clarence Darrow argues the real plot is to frame Haywood and strike at union leadership, while Orchard’s testimony remains unproven and suspect. The defense anticipates a two week or longer trial pace as evidence is introduced and witnesses are called.
Reports from California to Oregon show a nationwide telegraphers strike with Western Union and Postal officials anticipating shortages. Union leader Samuel J. Small predicts a battle to secure wage justice and hints at possible government ownership if talks fail. Desertions from West Oakland and rising congestion tie up messages while plans emerge for interstate rate regulation and visible timing on telegrams.
Kansas City June 23 President Roosevelt and the governors of seven states were urged to back a campaign by the National Union of Railway Trackmen for safer railway travel. J S Sheppard of Fort Scott Kan secretary of the organization said tracks should be inspected by government or state authorities with accountability for maintenance and patrols. He noted the contrast with existing inspections of factories mines and various products.
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