Trial Delays as Anna Bruce Faces Murder Charge
Evanston Wyoming April 10 crowds fill the district court as Anna Bruce stands trial for murdering her father James Bruce by poisoning his pie with strychnine. Prosecution and defense clash over a signed confession and alleged bulldozing, with witnesses detailing poison at the ranch and disputed accounts of how the poison was obtained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evanston
Wyo
District Court
Anna Bruce
James Bruce
Miss Bruce
W. C. Delaney
Delaney
Bruce
Lawrence Bruce
Charles H. Peterson
Sheriff Jones
Mrs. Bruce
Jim Crow Law Spurs Attorney Letter Threats in Oklahoma
An unsealed letter sent to the Guthrie State Tribune claims Governor Charles N. Haskell and Muskogee Police Chief Bud Ledbetter are to be assassinated and Guthrie burned by Black residents. The missive follows the new Jim Crow law and Ledbetter has ordered all unemployed Black residents to leave Muskogee.
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Muskogee
Okio
Guthrie State Tribune
Charles N. Haskell
Bud Ledbetter
Guthrie
Obier Ledbetter
Pardon Refused for Imboden and Hill in Denver
Denver officials report Leonard Imboden and James A. Hill, both inmates of the state penitentiary for wrecking the Denver Savings Bank, were denied pardons by the state board of pardons. A special hearing occurred weeks earlier and a May decision was postponed for written arguments.
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Denver
Colo
Leonard Imboden
James A. Hill
Bent
State
Denver Savings Bank
State Board of Pardons
Weather Forecast for Wyoming and D C April 10 1908
Washington reports fair Saturday with warmer conditions in the east and continued fair on Sunday. Local data show 24 hour period ending 6 pm April 10 with a maximum of 69 and a minimum of 27. No precipitation. Wy Palmer.
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Washington
D. C
Wyoming
Wy & Palmer
Anger Against the Royal Guards in Lisbon Riots
Rioting last Monday led Premier ereira to offer resignation to King Manuel who refused it. Citizens accuse municipal guards of wholesale shooting as troops and warships guard the city. Priests were forced to cheer for liberty amid the unrest and were beaten when refusing. The anti government press says too much blood has been shed for peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Ereira
Manuel
Preas
Quiet Day in Congress Advocates Arbitration Over Naval Increase
Bartholdt of Missouri pressed a halt in naval expansion and backed arbitration. In Washington on April 10 members of the naval affairs committee, including Fosa of Illinois and Padgett of Tennessee, defended a conservative program while McKinley and Knowland urged a navy strong enough to defend national honor and support the arbitration of disputes. The house devoted the session to the naval appropriation bill, with general debate ongoing as it adjourned.
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Washington, D. C
Fosa
Illinois
Padgett
Tennessee
Committee of Naval Affairs
Messrs
McKinley
Knowland
California
Bartholdt
Missouri
House
McFarland and Britt Ready for the Fight
Packy McFarland and Jimmy Britt, set to clash in a twenty round lightweight bout at the Colma open air arena tomorrow afternoon, weighed in at 133 pounds and were deemed fit by physicians. Odds favor Britt at 10 to 9 with Jack Welsh refereeing under Queensbury rules.
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San Francisco
Cal
Packy McFarland
Jimmy Britt
Colma Open Air Arena
Chicago
McFarland
Jack Welsh
Queensbury
Noted Civil War Hero Ends Life in Hotel Fire
Colonel William L. De Lacey, a prominent lawyer and Civil War veteran, killed himself by turning on the gas jets in a Poughkeepsie hotel. He cited a homicidal mania and chose death over murder, announcing he held a sane moment of realization and denied belief in an afterlife.
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Poughkeeps
N. Y
William L. de Lacey
Suspension of Jury in Conspiracy Case at Helena
Helena Mont April 10 After more than twenty four hours the jury in the case of Oliver Dallas chief clerk and John D McLeod chief draughtsman of the surveyor general office failed to agree and were discharged. They were tried on the charge of conspiracy to defraud the government by alleged fraud in surveys.
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Helena
Mont
Oliver ©. Dallas
Federal Surveyor General's Office
John D. McLeod
Taft Delegation Unpledged After All-Night Session
Four Massachusetts leaders chosen to head the state delegation to the Republican national convention will go to Chicago unpledged. The platform endorsed Governor Curtis Guild Jr for vice president and urged tariff revision. A Taft preference plank was seen as a compromise to avoid injuring the party with a binding pledge.
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Boston
Mays
Massachusetts
Chicago
Curtis Guild, Jr
Taft
Taft League
Crane
Kentucky murderer hanged at Norfolk
Leo C. Thurman of West Point Kentucky was hanged in Norfolk for the 1906 murder of Walter P. Dolsen of Michigan. He fled after packing the victim’s body in a trunk and was captured at Vancouver, B C. Thurman prayed before the gallows and claimed self-defense with great provocation.
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Norfolk
Leo C. Thurman
West Point
Walter P. Dolsen
Michigan
Vancouver
B. C
Thurman
Dolsen
Kentucky
Attempts murder and holds town at bay
Highmore South Dakota April 10 After attempting to kill deputy sheriff Kippenbrock Milton Melver a farmer held the town at bay Tuesday night Kippenbrock went to levy on oats Melver fired a revolver and injured him Melver hid in a friend's house a posse surrounded the home and he surrendered after his lawyer intervened.
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Highmore
Kippenbrock
Milton Melver
MeIver
Italian Agent to Probe Hanna Wyoming Disaster
At D. O. Clark’s office Union Pacific Coal president it was stated the Italian government will be given full facilities to investigate the Hanna Wyoming explosion that killed more than fifty people including Thalffion residents. A representative has been sent by Rome to Hanna to conduct the inquiry.
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Omaha
D. O. Clark
Union Pacific Coal Company
Hanna
Wyo
Letter Theodore Roosevelt Cannot Sidestep in Congress
Washington April 10. Debate on the employers liability measure centers on campaign contributions by railroad men and Harriman’s 1904 party fund. Senator Bacon of Georgia cites a half million raised in New York to influence an election and reads a letter from October 14 1904 signed Theodore Roosevelt. Gore defends reading the letter as a public matter. The bill awaits the president's signature.
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Washington, D. C
Harriman
Republican Party Fund
Bacon
Georgia
New York
E. H. Harriman
Fokker
Foraker
Ananias Club
United States
Gore
Oklahoma
Theodore Roosevelt
Gallinger
Lier Gore
Senate
Ryan testifies on $590000 fund tied to Metropolitan Railway
In Harlem court Thomas F. Ryan admits Metropolitan Street Railway raised about $590000 around 1899 1900. He says funds went to William C Whitney for the company's benefit with no book entries. He recalls $100000 each from Whitney for the firm but knows nothing else about the money’s use.
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New York
Thomas F. Ryan
Metropolitan Street Railway
William C. Whitney
Ryan
Harlem
Street Railway
Whitney
Casper vacates North Center Street for county courthouse
Casper city council voted to vacate North Center Street to permit building the Natrona county courthouse across the thoroughfare. The action clears a major hurdle for county officials and work on the courthouse will begin immediately.
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Casper
Wyo
North Center Street
Natrona County Court House
Court House
Incendiary Fires Alarm Pekin Authorities
Pekin on April 10 reports ongoing incendiarism with many arsons, prompting government action. The throne orders an investigation as massive blazes have destroyed property worth 6,000,000 taels in three weeks, with fires suspected to be revolutionary agitators.
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Pekin
American Car 10 Ride on Sledges Begins Alaska Trek
Valdes Alaska April 1 The American racing automobile arrived on the steamship Santa Clara and was welcomed by the town with a brass band. A public reception is planned with a band tomorrow as the car plans a twenty mile run through Keystone canon before being sledged to Telkbill and then to Malr banks with double sleds.
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Valdes
Alaska
Santa Clara
Keystone Canon
Telkbill
Malrbanks
Fairbanks
Bhuster
Idag
Keystone
Telkhili
Rae
Cheyenne Talent Scout Poised to Recruit Local Baseball Players
Charles Kitemiller, once of Cheyenne, now in Grand Junction Colorado, is connected with Comorad and may lure Cheyenne’s fast baseball players to join a new Grand Junction team proposed this year.
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Charles Kitemiller
Cheyenne
Grand Junction
Colo
Kitemiller
Jolin
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Annie Bruce
Pardon
Hill
Weather Report
Congress
NAVAL
Mfarland
Britt
Moodeby
Theodore
Roosevelt
Greasing” Fund
Wall and Cortland Street
Morton Trust Company
Perkin
Comorad
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