Jury Drawn in Hunter Murder Case at Philipsburg
Special dispatch from Philipsburg reports four hours of careful questioning to select the jury in the state versus J C Hunter for the April 30 murder of his son in law H O Walbridge near Georgetown flats. Fifty names on two special venires produced a 12 member panel with 77 juror examinations. The jury includes five Philipsburg residents and others from Stone Garnet Bearmouth Hall and Bearmouth. Court adjourned to 9:45 tomorrow for testimony to begin and the defense used ten peremptory challenges while the state used four.
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Standard
Philipsburg
Napton
J. C.hunter
H. O. Wabridge
Georgetown Flats
Drummond
Walbridge
Hunter
John Walberg
John Loughrin
George Steadman
J. FE. Nagslin
C. Snaveley
John Schneider
P. B. Hutsinpiller
Paul Scott
Stone
Joe Heilman
Stone P. S. McDermott
Garnet Boris Bunderson
Hall
George F. Ryan
Bearmouth
Possible Secretary of the Interior Named as Roosevelt Cabinet Candidate
W S McCornick of Salt Lake telegraphed Senator Kearns he would accept the secretary of the interior post if a vacancy arises from Hitchcock resignation. Millard confirms he asked McCornick to consider the job, stressing he acted on his own responsibility, not as a representative of the president.
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Los Angeles
McCormick
Salt Lake
Thomas Kearns
Utah
Washington
Interior
Roosevelt
Hitchcock
McCornick
California
Mr. McCornick
Kearns
Millard
W. 8. McCornick
Interior Department
Fire at state university lab damages building
Fire swept the science hall laboratory at the state university in Missoula early Friday. Origin unknown after a watchman toured the building before the alarm. Northern Pacific engines blew whistles to alert responders. Fire teams contained the blaze before it reached the machine shops. only a few people were present. By 2 30 the fire was under control and damage estimated at three thousand dollars.
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Standard
Missoula
Science Hall
The
State University
Northern Pacific
Roundhouse
Buiding
Fury strikes laboratory forge room and assay furnace blaze
Fire damages a section housing the laboratory forge room and assay furnace. Estimated loss tops 3900 dollars as flames threaten nearby equipment and structures.
Scale to Stay In Effect In Anthracite Region
Philadelphia March 13. A notice posted at all collieries states the current wage scale will continue until April 1 1908 with 60 days notice thereafter Local differences will be adjusted as before Wages match the rate from the 1900 strike and were guaranteed through April 1 1901 by operators The United Mine Workers of America discussed the continuing dispute at their recent national convention.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Mye
Miners vote for union recognition and eight hour day at Indianapolis
In Indianapolis the men voted to press concessions from operators including union recognition and an eight hour day. National officers were tasked with seeking a conference with operators, but none granted the request. A Shamokin convention next Tuesday will decide whether to strike or refer the issue to national officers.
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Indianapolis
Shamokin
Hazleton Mine Workers Demand Conference Over Wages
Local UMW leaders say workers reject mere posted notices on coal company scales and local grievances. Shamokin conventions may push for a joint conference, while operators resist. stationary firemen threaten to influence the dispute with 12 hour shifts and potential eight hour demands.
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Hazleton
United Mine “Workers
Mge
Shamokin
Coronation Appropriation Passed Amid Deep Opposition
London and Southampton councils debated funding coronation celebrations with strong anti monarchist and pro king sentiment. In Battersea two councillors mocked the king as figurehead while others condemned critics as traitors. Southampton approved a $1000 appropriation despite reformist objections.
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London
Battersea
Edward
Southampton
Formal Demand on Hay Over South Africa Passports
A second formal demand seeks passports for Dr. and Mrs. Hiram W. Thomas to visit concentration camps in South Africa. If Secretary Hay refuses, the matter will go to the president. if approved, a final appeal goes to Lord Pauncefote.
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Chicago
Hay
Hiram W. Thomas
South Africa
Roosevelt
Lord Pauncefote
John ©. Knight
Yates
State Department
Dr. Thomas
Peter van Vilssingen
Chicago Transvaal League
Philadelphia
Europe
Methuen Freed and Reported Wounded General Arrives in Transvaal
London reports war secretary Brodrick stating General Methuen, captured March 10, was released and may reach Klerksdorp today. His condition described as favorable. Exchange for Commandant Kritzinger not contemplated. Pretoria dispatch from Lord Kitchener confirms Methuen's arrival in Klerksdorp and says he is doing well.
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London
Brodrick
House of Commons
General Methuen
Delarey
Klerksdorp
Transvaal
Methuen
Kritanger
Timothy M. Healy
Kritzinger
Pretoria
Lord Kitchener
Fire destroys St. Louis Transit barn and 70 cars
Fire at 1 30 a m destroyed the west barn of the Eastern avenue sheds of the St Louis Transit company killing 70 cars. Loss estimated at 125000 dollars.
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St. Louis
St. Louis Transit Company
End of Boston Freight Strike Brings 20000 Back to Work
Boston reports a four day freight handlers strike ending after a conference led by Governor Crane and city mercantile leaders. About 20,000 workers will return to duties with many old employees rehired as unions vote to suspend the strike.
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Boston
Allied Freight Transportation Council
Crane
Allied Fight Transportation Council
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Collins
Easley
National Federation
State Board of Arbitration
Earn As & O'Clock
New York
Mayor Collins
J. Richard Carter
John M. M. Little
Associated Boards of Trade
A. A. Lawrence
A. C. Farley
FE. B. Wilson
FE. H. Walcott
Merchants’association
Jerome Jones
H. Leonard
Chamber of Commerce
Wuelus Tu
W. A. Reed
George H. Lonard
John T. Little
Thomas H. Cannon
George F. Frye
O. Powers
Thomas Mahoy
State House
Commonwealth
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Boston and Maine Railroad
Boston and Maine
Labor
Board of Arbitration Rooms
Norfolk Strike Turmoil Wounds Soldiers and Civilians
In Norfolk Virginia on March 13 a strike clash left Private Hanley wounded in the right thumb and Sergeant Carr injured when a pistol shot shattered glass. Bricks flew at moving cars injuring a woman and a man. two men, J F Rusth and John Oliva, were detained after officers halted rioters near the city limits. They face a morning hearing as troops guard the scene.
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Norfolk
Hanley
Carr
Burgess
J. F. Rusth
John Oliva
Painters Strike Grows as Nonunion Labor Enters City
Pittsburg March 3 conflict escalates with 106 nonunion painters arriving yesterday. Strikers fought police as a new Washington shipment reached the B and O station. Gompers and Ballrom may visit to help resolve, while contractors agree to union labor only for Arrott building work.
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Pittsburg
Washington, D. C
Baltimore & Ohio Station
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Ballrom
Brotherhood of Painters
Miners Strike Hits Norton Coal Mines as Union Push Grows
About 400 coal miners at Norton Virginia mines owned by Virginia Iron Coal and Coke company walk out demanding union recognition. Deputies arrest organizers William Webb and John Haddow in Bristol for Interfering with federal court receivers of the company.
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Bristol, Tenn
Norton, Va
Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company
Bristol
William Webb
John Haddow
Miners’ Union
Miners Accept Operators' Wage Scale in Illinois District
United Mine Workers reach agreement on the Illinois district wage scale for the coming year. The new scale mirrors last year's pay. National President John Mitchell and conservative state officers help quell talk of a strike at a joint scale and miners' convention.
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Peoria
United Mine Workers Today
Illinois
John Mitchell
Striking Miners in Ohio Demand Upper Indianapolis Scale
One hundred Hanging Rock Iron miners at New Castle strike after a miner was discharged following a quarrel with a mine boss. Strikers say Lawrence county union miners will walk out April 1 unless operators pay the Indianapolis scale.
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Ironton
Ohio
Hanging Rock Iron Company
New Castle
Lawrence County
Indianapolis
Scale to Continue in Wyoming Valley Mines
Wilkesbarre Pa March 13 Nearly all coal companies in the Wyoming valley posted notices at their collieries that after April 1 the present wage scale for miners would continue for another year.
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Wilkesbarre
Wyoming Valley
Congress May Adjourn June 10
Washington March 13 Senator Hale a leading member of the senate appropriations committee and republican steering committee expressed the opinion that Congress would be prepared to adjourn for the season about June 1.
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Washington
Hale
Senate Committee On Appropriations
Republican Steering Committee
Congress
Beattie Reappointed as Surveyor General Shocks Anti-Carter Republicans
Helena dispatch notes the Washington reappointment of RE W Beattie as surveyor general, dampening anti Carter momentum and stirring speculation on district attorneyship and other posts. Carter opponents hoped for changes but Beattie’s return steadies the political balance as discussions shift to names like T J Porter Rasch and Lloyd for higher offices. Postmaster Fisk and Huffaker figures loom in district contests.
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Standard
Helena
Washington
RE. W. Beattie
Carter
W. B. Rodgers
United States District Attorney
Rodgers
Land” Seattie
Beattie
T. J. Porter
Miles City
Carl Rasch
F. Lloyd
Butte
Fisk
George Huffaker
Carter Cand
Land Office
Legally Dead Younger Seeks Marriage Rights in Minnesota
Jim Younger seeks to marry but is civilly dead while a life prisoner. The state board of control could approve a marriage contract only via a pardon, which would restore him to living citizen status. Neither Younger nor his brother could be held liable for debts incurred unless pardoned.
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St. Paul
Jim Younger
Younger
van Sant
Minnesota
State Board of Control
Board of Control
Cole
Bourgvall Dies From Log Rolling Neck Injury
Charlie Bourgvall died in Ann Arbor after a log rolling accident at Superior nearly two years ago left him with a broken neck. He spent time in Sisters' hospital in Missoula on a water bed before being moved to Michigan for specialist care. An autopsy was approved by Michigan surgeons and burial will take place there. He had a sister in Montana not currently located.
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Standard
Missoula
W. B. Brooks
Charlie Jourgvall
Ann Arbor
Mich
Bourgvall
Superior
Sisters’ Hospital
Ann Arbor University
Michigan Institution
Montana
Brooks
Osceola Mining stockholders vote down probe motion
In Boston on March 13 stockholders at the Osceola Mining annual meeting defeated a proposal to appoint an investigating committee to review a year of management. The directors’ report was adopted after a sharp debate with Thomas W. Lawson’s attorneys pressing President Bigelow on report details. Bigelow defended copper pricing policy as not unique to Amalgamated or Osceola.
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Boston
Osceola Mining Company
Thomas W. Lawson
Bigelow
Amalgamated Company
Osceola, Tamarack
Stockholders Debate at Annual Copper Meeting
President Bigelow refused to take questions. Former Attorney General Knowlton challenged the speech ban and asked about copper sale arrangements above 17 cents. The annual report was discussed, a substitute motion for an investigation failed, the report was accepted, and Bigelow appointed an investigation committee.
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Bigelow
Knowlton
Tolstoi Reported Worse in Crimea Illness Deepens
In St. Petersburg on March 1 reports say Count Tolstoi has worsened while ill at Yalta in Crimea with pleurisy symptoms. His pulse is feeble and often stops, leaving him in low spirits.
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St. Petersburg
Count Tostol
Yarta
Crimea
Timber cruisers swarm as land grab preys on settlers
In Port Townsend Washington March 13 survey work for a Western Jefferson Clallam counties railroad along the Straits of Fuca has stirred timber land demand in the Olympic reserve. Timber cruisers show victims a thickly wooded tract but describe vacant land and demand payment before filing at the land office. Many have been duped into paying and losing their claims.
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Port Townsend
Wash
Northern Pacific
Jefferson
Clallam
Straits of Fuca
Olympic Reserve
Hie
Tims
Utah Seeks Arizona Territory Expansion Bill
Washington March 13 Representative Sutherland of Utah introduced a bill to annex the area of Arizona north and west of the Colorado River center to Utah.
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Washington
Sutherland
Utah
A& Bill
Arizona
Colorado River
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Charles Bourgvall
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