Odd Human Mixture at Haywood Trial in Boise
A Boise correspondent describes Ada County Idaho court scenes in the Larry Orchard case. The piece contrasts mining town roughs with polished elites, noting an ex-Governor's daughter, a former lieutenant governor, and various guards of the law as witnesses and participants amid a tense, reforming courtroom atmosphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haywood
Buise
Ada County
Idaho
Larry Orchard
Boise
Fremont Wood
Richardson
Darrow
Tawley
Borah
Orchard
Lttle
Pinkerton
West
Illinois 2 Cent Fare Law Goes Into Effect Statewide
Illinois railroads begin enforcing a 2 cent fare law on state routes while interstate rates stay under federal rules for now. Officials anticipate possible later court challenges, but roads will test the new rate for several months before pursuing legal action.
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Ilinois
General Passenger Association
Western Passenger Association
Chicago Convict Ends Life in Joliet Prison
A Chicago prisoner identified as A. F. Reitman, jailed since April 5 on larceny as bailee, died after leaping from a second tier in Joliet penitentiary. Guard Bennie Miller saw a motion that looked like a bundle strike the floor. fellow inmates realized the tragedy. Reitman, formerly an employee of United States Express Company, faced a one to ten year term with no prior criminal record.
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Joliet
A. F. Reitman
Chicago
Joliet Penitentiary
Bennie Miller
Ratrick
Tle
United States Express Company
Tlet
Belleville Doctor Ends 30 Day Fast Reports No Impairment
Dr Irving J Bales formerly of Chicago completes a thirty day fast in Belleville by drinking malted milk and water. He weighs 163 pounds, chest 41 inches, lung capacity 3035 cubic inches, eyesight improved enabling reading fine print without glasses. He lifted a hundred pound iron bar with ease post fast.
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Belleville
Irving J. Bales
Chiscago
Bales Hoger
Girls Beat Boys In Chicago High School Honors
Girls hold top averages in eight of sixteen Chicago high schools where first honors are announced. In many schools a girl wins first place, with some second places going to boys. The award includes a free one year University of Chicago scholarship.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
Wealth 18 Won by Kindness in Will Contests
Mrs Ruth Holmes the aged housekeeper of the late Mrs Cornelia Miller testified in Joliet over a 300000 estate dispute. She recounted Miller treated her nephew Charles Fish as a son for kindness to him while Dr Manning Vish and his brother George claim an equal share. Holmes said Miller gave much of her property to Charles before death and asked reporters be barred from trial.
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Brid
Galena
Zion City
GS1
Navy Department
Washington
Noel Construction Company
Baltimore
Lake Bluff
Roosevelt
Edwin Grant Dexter
School of Education
University of Ilinois
Porto Rico
Lyndon Post Office
Parmenter Bros
Bloomington
Thomas Farris
Charles Taylor
R. Ehnen
Tampico
Ele
Herman Stauptfleisch
Emil Draecer
Chicago
Post Graduate Hospital
Thirty-third Street
Fifth Avenue
Henry County
Charlies Depritte
Kewanee
Edward Decker
Decker
Depritte
Ossian Guthrie
Elizabeth P. Flower
J. A. Rondthaler
Lawrence W. Ferguson
Frances Ferguson
Flower Girl
James Robert Bruce van Cleave
van Cleave
Charles S. Miller
Ottawa
Wesley Hospital
Miller
Schiller
Charles Miller
California
Kellems
Albion
David
Albert Kellems
Alex
Compton
Wabash
Jesse Barr
Paris
Mrs. Winn
Miss McAdams
Charles Ross Buchanan
St. Francisville
Shakspeare
Saya
Ruth Holmes
Cornelia A. Miller
Milder
Joliet
Illinois Pioneer Woman Dead at Sons Home in Ravenswood
Mrs. O. D. Weaver of Dakota dies at her son O. D. Weaver's home 2582 North Winchester Ravenswood while visiting with her husband. Born 1841 in Center county to George Igen, she married Mr. Weaver. Interment held in Dakota. Survived by husband and eight children.
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O. D. Weaver
Dakota
O. D. Weaver, Sr
O. D.weaver
North
Winchester Avenue
Ravenswood
George Igen
Center County
Man Attempts Death by Fire At Steel Works Fight
Edward Townsend killed a line of 125 matches to commit suicide but survived. He left a note for his brother John Townsend of Birmingham Alabama. Townsend killed a riot in a dramatic steel works fight before a frightened crowd.
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Giant
Edward Townsend
Edwardsville
John Townsend
First Avenue
Birmingham
Ala
a @iuot
Steel Works
Illinois Corn Outlook Dims Then Improves Faces June Conditions
State board of agriculture reports June 20 corn at 75 percent of a seasonable average, down 13 points from 1906. Warm weather and rains since then improved conditions. Wheat June 30 at 91 percent, oats 80 percent, meadow conditions 86 percent with armyworm damage in several counties. Rye holds at 90 percent. Spring wheat remains small but up 12 points since May 1.
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State Board of Agriculture
Illinois
Ilinois
Wreck Injuries Suits Filed For 140000 Damages
Three damage suits totaling 140000 are filed in the U S Circuit Court of Cambria county Pa against the Pennsylvania railroad by John T Clyde Joliet postmaster Everett J Murphy Joliet penitentiary warden and Henry F Dipenbring Joliet business man for injuries from the Mineral Point wreck of the Pennsylvania special Feb 22 Clyde and Murphy seek 50000 each and Dipenbring 40000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet
United States Circuit Court
Cambria County
Pennsylvania Railroad
Chicago
New York
Mineral Point
John T. Clyde
Ill
Everett J. Murphy
Henry F
Elgin Chautauqua Tent Collapse Injures Several
An electrical wind storm toppled the Elgin Chautauqua tent as the audience left, burying women and children but all were rescued. W D Chamberlin was seriously hurt by a tent pole while others escaped with minor injuries. Speakers halted the program as the storm neared.
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Elgin
W. D. Chamberlin
White Ants New Pest Worries Illinois Farms
A quarter inch long white ants are reported as a new pest in Illinois. At John Smeke’s farm near Virden they damaged the house and outbuildings and honeycombed timber requiring replacement. Francis Binion of Vernon dies at 107, a Democrat who voted from Jackson to Parker, carpenter father of nine with thirty three great grandchildren.
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John Smeke
Virden
Francis Binion
Vernon
Andrew Jackson
Parker
Fayette County
Carmi Man Shoots Son Believing Intruder Killed
George South of Carmi shot and killed his 9 year old son after mistaking him for an intruder. The prior night burglars had fled the home and about 4 AM the father woke to a noise in an adjoining room. He realized the tragedy only after the boy fell, mortally wounded.
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George South
Carmi
South
Lightning Strikes Farmer as Storm Hits Field
Elden Akes, a farmer near Xenia, sought shelter under a tree during a storm. The tree was struck by lightning, Akes was hurled about twenty feet and unconscious for over an hour. His first year old son, present at the scene, escaped injury. Akes' team ran away unhurt.
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Elden Akes
Xenia
Akes
Train crash kills father and injures son near Sugar Grove
A work train struck a carriage carrying wealthy farmer Frank J. Vincent and his son Elmer Vincent at a grade crossing near Sugar Grove. The father died. the son is hospitalized. The horse pulling the carriage panicked and bolted onto the tracks.
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Hart
Frank J. Vincent
Elmer Vincent
Sugar Grove
Mine Inspector Killed by Fall of Slate at Willsville
W. P. Heifer, mine inspector for the Missouri and Illinois Coal Company at the Willsville mine, was killed by a fall of slate. He is survived by his widow and several children.
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W. P. Heifer
Missouri and Illinois Coal Company
Willsville
Evans to End Active Career by Shipping Warships to Pacific
The Great Pacific Fleet redeploys as Rear Admiral Evans signals a historic shift in U S strategy. Washington officials say arrival marks the start of a permanent Pacific fleet posture. Navy urgency grows to bolster Lacille side needs and deter threats amid shifting international politics.
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Pacific
Congress
Lacille
Washington
Japan
Progressive Party of Japan
United States
Iorn
Evans
Torn
New York
Baltimore
General Board
Rooklyn Navy Yard
Pacific Coast
Paville
Oregon
Pinkerton Squad and War Endings Highlight Brief News Items
The piece notes Pinkerton agents in streets and hotels, with a history in Homestead and abroad. It mentions a government Printing Office half-day Saturday schedule, Oklahoma freightRate inquiries in Hamburg, a 96-year-old suspect Barnes in Tulsa, and a Colorado child's death from a rattlesnake bite. It also covers Japan's treaty talks, Evans planning a sail around the Horn, coal shipments from Baltimore, and a Brooklyn yard transfer plan for Pacific labor unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Government Printing Office
Washison
John Getterman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Oklahoma
Hamburg
Germany
Raisuli Holds Sultan’s Commander in Tangier Gambit
Notorious bandit Raisuli has captured the commander of the Sultan’s army in Tangier and demands a large ransom and his own appointment as governor. George S. Roberts becomes president of the Commercial National Bank of Chicago and Mint Director for Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raisuli
Tangier
Chicago
George Se, Roberts
Commercial National Bank of Chicago
80-Cent Gas Law Faces Challenge in Court
Special master finds the price unjust to Consolidated Gas Company of New York and equal rights denied by penalties. He notes earnings under the law would total 2.8 percent of assets. Circuit Court decision expected within thirty days.
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Consolidated Gas Company of
New York
Circuit Court
Trade strength persists into midyear amid steady production
Chicago reports no disruption to leading industry output or forward work through the first half. Merchandile defaults rise slightly but bank payments increase and grain movement surges. With good weather, retail sales show strong results while wholesale demand for staples and dry goods, footwear, clothing and furniture matches last year’s gains. District failures total 20, down from 22 last week and 15 a year ago.
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Chicago
Dun
New York Trade Brightens on Seasonable Weather and Gains
Seasonable heat boosts crops and retail trade while reorder activity rises with jobbers and manufacturers. Six months of wholesale lines show gains of 5 to 10 percent over 1906, with industries mirroring the progress. Business failures in the week ending June 27 total 150 in the United States and 20 in Canada. Wheat and corn exports rise, with fiscal year to date totals at 71,693,688 and 1,173,375 bushels respectively.
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New York
United States
Canada
Commodity Prices Across U.S. Cities and Markets
The report lists cattle hogs sheep and grain prices in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York Toledo and more. Notable ranges include cattle 4.00 7.15 in Chicago and 4.50 6.90 in St Louis hogs 4.00 6.40 in Buffalo and 4.00 6.30 in Detroit wheat No 2 around 90c to 95c and corn No 2 around 50c to 62c with oats and rye also quoted.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Toledo
Wires Sparks and Global Events Highlight Briefs
The Brazilian chamber approves a 15 million dollar Sao Paulo coffee loan guarantee. Washington reports the US Colombia Panama treaty may need autumn talks. Utica Drop Forge and Tool in Utica New York loses 200 thousand dollars to a fire. Indiana Governor Hanly addresses the West synod in Pittsburgh. A plotted theft of 50 million from a Russian office in Tschita leads to thirty arrests after a tunnel discovery.
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Sao Paulo
Washington, D. C
United States of Colombia
Republic of Panama
Utica
West
Young People’s Societies
United Presbyterian Church
Pittsburg
Tschita
Siberia
Wie
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Charles Pritt
Pritt
Rear Admiral Evans
Pinkerton Squad
South America
Europe
Dick Barnes
Richard Williams
Tulsa
J. T
Barnes
Janie Frizzell
John Frizzell
Woodbury Ranch
Colorado Springs
Colo
Soline Ofter Headquar
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