First Serious Blow in Bribery Case Shocks Court
In San Francisco on July 16 Eugene J. Zimmer, executive of Pacific States Telephone, refused to answer questions in the bribery case against Louis Glass. He was ordered jailed for five days until he testifies, signaling key witness status for Glass.
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Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Wards
Heney
Zimmer
Glass
Pacific States Company
Halsey
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Johnson Named Dark-Horse Candidate for Democrats
Washington reports Governor John A. Johnson of Minnesota emerged as the secret draft choice for the next Democratic national convention. Described by Henry Watterson as a north-of-M Mason-Dixon Line candidate with a moustache, Johnson has traveled incog for months, exposure coming via Colonel Edwards after a Louisville visit.
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Alleghenies
Edwards
Democratic Congressional Committee
Louisville
Fire Destroys Hartland Business Section
Fire swept through Hartland Eight St. Johns area destroying the business section. Twelve people were reported displaced with flames consuming shops and adjoining structures. Firefighters battled the blaze through the night, with investigations expected into cause.
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St. Johns
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Witness Links Uncle to Past Death in Haywood Trial
In a Boise courtroom, a rebuttal phase reveals witness Henry Orchard admits his uncle Peter McKinley died by his own hand years ago. Testimony spans Abd county prosecution, Western Federation of Miners conspiracy charges, and lingering tensions between counsel and witnesses amid the Independence depot blast context.
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W. Aller
Florence and Cripple Creek
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Colo
Ada County
Haywood
Herry Orchard
Peter McKinley
Orchard
Ireland
C. W. Aller
Western Federation of Minors
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Citizens’ Allance
Pinkerton Detective Agency
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Florence and Cripple Crick
Independence
Scott
Aller
Western Federation of Miners
Richardson
Sabine
Richerdean
Hay Wood
New York Garment Workers Stage Citywide Strike
About 5,000 garment workers on the East Side have struck. The broader action will involve about 41,000 workers in New York, Brooklyn and nearby New Jersey cities. They demand higher wages and shorter hours.
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East Side
Brooklyn
New Jersey
Telegraphic Briefities From the Nation and Abroad
Teenager N E P Prindle of St Paul was badly injured after a collision with a car in Minneapolis. Viscount Aoki the Japanese ambassador has returned to Washington from New York after meeting Admiral Yamamoto. The International Federation of Commercial Travelers opened its annual convention in Detroit with about 400000 traveling men represented. Henry Sensiver age twenty son of Oliver Sensiver of Hage Mina drowned while bathing at Magie lake near his home watched by companions who failed to save him. Autoists on return from South Bend Ind 16-Chung ing through driving rough plowing progress, the Glidden tour arrived back from Chicago.
Rumor on Count Tolstoy in St Petersburg circulates
London reports from St Petersburg indicate an unconfirmed rumor that Count Tolstoy faces an unspecified situation. The dispatch notes circulating chatter about the Russian writer but provides no official confirmation or details.
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The
Daily Telegraph
St. Petersburg
Count Tolsseé
Eleven Persons Injured In Jamestown Train Derailment
Jamestown North Carolina July 16 official rail statement says derailment occurred when tracks buckled under a car on a passenger train. Eleven persons, most railroading workers, were injured in the accident near Greensboro.
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Jamestown
Gteensboro
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