Beginning of the End Haywood trial witness plan announced
Boise July 6 A key turn in the Haywood trial sees defense counsel plan to call Charles H Moyer as a witness followed by William D Haywood as the case heads toward verdict. Judge Wood orders focused jury instructions as delays ease and rebuttal evidence looms amid long juror confinement and routine protests over jurors’ exercise delays.
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Boise
Ida
Haywood
Charles H. Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
William D. Haywood
Vremont Wood
Wood
F. Russell
Runyans Arrested In $54,410 Bank Theft Case
New York reports Chester Runyan, a Windsor Trust teller, arrested after stealing more than $96,000 with $54,410 recovered from his flat. He confessed to speculating away funds and claimed further involvement by Mrs. Laura Carter, who aided his capture. Also noted are jewelry given to Carter and his threat of self harm amid the arrest. An Alabama freight train blaze caused $100,000 in losses.
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New York
Chester B. Runyan
Windsor Trust Company
Runyan
Laura M. Carter
West One Hundred and Forty-fourth Street
Wall Street
Polee
Pastor saves passenger train near Oconto Wisconsin
On July 6 Rev J T Fish pastor of Oconto Methodist Church saved a passenger train by removing a ripped cattle guard and fence block on the Northwestern tracks. He acted after spotting the obstruction as the northbound train approached the curve. Separately in London Wimbledon May Sutton of California defeated Mrs Chambers to win the all England tennis ladies singles title reclaiming the British championship.
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Oconto
Wis
J. T. Fish
Methodist
London
Wimbledon
May Souitton
California
Chambers
Miss Sutton
Douglass
Talk of War With Japan Prompts Candid Navy Chief
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, commander of the Atlantic fleet, says there were no orders to rush repairs at Brooklyn or other navy yards and no planned cruise. He calls the idea of a West Coast fleet demonstration against Japan absurd and notes the incident with a damaged San Francisco Japanese restaurant does not justify war. Fyane shares similar views on cruise plans.
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New York
Robrey D. Evans
Cape Horn
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Brooklyn
Navy Yards
Fyane
Japan
San Francisco
China
Roosevelt dispatches sixteen battleships to the Pacific
A New York-anchored report states President Roosevelt officially confirmed the dispatch of sixteen battleships to the Pacific. Reactions vary, with some readers reading signs of a hidden motive amid anti Japanese sentiment or suggesting manipulation by a foreign power amid the quarrels abroad.
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Tokio
New York
Roosevelt
Pacific
Storms Hit Wisconsin Buildings and Crops Hard
A severe Wisconsin storm on Friday night lashed the state with wind hail rain and lightning causing thousands of dollars in damage to buildings and crops. Several people were injured but no fatalities were reported. Six cities and surrounding districts faced the worst of the storm with grain and timber losses noted.
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St. Paul
Wisconsin
Storm toll after fierce winds shatters houses and tents
Storms battered Grand Rapids and surrounding areas with shattering wind and lightning. Several homes and tents were damaged, communications disrupted, and rivers rose washing out rail lines. Two men and a woman disappeared from a launch on Marinette Bay, feared drowned.
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Grand Rapids
New Auburn
Marinette
Woman shot by rejected suitor in Iowa river incident
In Sioux City Indiana on July 6 laborer Nicholas Deidrich shot and seriously wounded widow Mrs. Chris Johannsen after she refused marriage. He fled but was chased by a policeman, then shot himself twice and leaped into the river. Mrs. Johannsen is expected to recover. Deidrich's body has not been found.
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Sioux City
Nicholas Deidrich
Chris Johannsen
Deidrich
Johannsen
Brakeman Survives Lightning Strike in Railway Accident
A Panhandle railroad brakeman was struck by lightning while switching cars near Mount 6. He lost a shoe and his clothes were torn but survived despite burns from neck to toe. In another note a claimed duel challenge to Senator Dolliver is deemed a fabrication in Jackson Michigan on July 6.
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Taehe Panhandle Railroad
Mt 6
Jackson
Mich
Pales Staithe
Dolliver
London fraud case in West London police court
In London on July 6 a strange fraud tale was heard in the West London police court. Mrs Josephine Leslie, said to move in millionaire circles, was arrested at Newmarket and brought to court on charges of defrauding a Dublin family member, Miss Annie Blount, by false pretenses. Blount claims Leslie produced a Morgan letter and invested 42,500, later receiving postdated checks for 125,000 and 100,000. The checks bounced as account closed. further charges are pending. Leslie is remanded.
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London
West London
Josephine Leslie
Newmarket
Best
Miss Blount
Mrs. Leslie
Leslie
J. Pierpont Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Morgan
MacLean Humiliated by Raisuli in Tangier
Tangier July 6 reports no word on Caid General MacLean commander of the sultan's bodyguard. British legation makes direct representations to Fez. Raisuli ordered MacLean to dismount, mount a mule, and remove his turban to prove his inferior station, turbans reserved for Muslims.
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Tangier
MacLean
Fez
Raisuli
Mussulmans
British Minister Injured in Carriage Accident
Christiania reports Sir Arthur James Herbert, the British minister, was injured in a carriage crash between here and Bergen while traveling with his wife Miss Helen L. Gammel of Providence. The carriage overturned on a steep embankment. Herbert suffered broken ribs and internal injuries, while his wife escaped unharmed.
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Christiania
Arthur James Herbert
Fieldefield
Here
Bergen
Helen L. Gammel
Providence
R. L
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