Bank Wreckers Seek Pardon Commutation for Connell
The state Board of Pardons commuted minister W. G. Connell’s sentence from eighteen to twenty years to four to twenty years for a statutory crime. He could be released August 1909 with good behavior after petitions signed by the trial judge, prosecutor, most jurors, and hundreds of others. A public hearing February 7 will consider pardons for Leonard Imboden and James A. Hill, both linked to the Denver Savings Bank wrecking case.
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Denvery
Dev
State Board of Pardons
W. G. Connell
Lamar
Connell
Whale Swallows Ship Log Then Dies in Hurricane
A whale captured the log and rotator of the schooner J. M. Weatherwax during a six hour struggle in a hurricane off San Francisco. The vessel, arriving from Eureka, waited twelve days as the whale battled to disgorge its contents until a sailor cut the line and ended the creature's agony.
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San Francisco
Cal
J. M. Weatherwax
Jonah
Eureka
Oosterhus
Crow Attack Leaves Hunter in Critical Condition
In Freeport Illinois Paul Niles was mauled by a large flock of crows while hunting. He fired at the birds wounding several but the flock attacked him as he fled. He was knocked down and beaten about the face and eyes before crawling to a barn where the birds finally relented. He remains in a critical condition.
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Freeport
Ill
Paul Niles
Niles
Durango Bank Closes Doors in Temporary Shutdown
The Colorado State Bank of Durango with $76,000 capital closed its doors this morning. A posted notice says the action is temporary and no losses or liabilities are known. State Bank Examiner Beatty traveled to Durango to assess condition for possible reopening.
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Durango
Colo
Colorado State Bank of
Capital
Denver
Beatty
Clanu Ie
Weather Report For December 14 2007
Local weather data for the four hours ending at 6 p m shows a maximum temperature of 89 degrees and a minimum around 19 degrees with no precipitation. Report by W P Palmer Section Director.
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W. & Palmer
Orchard a Hard Witness The Darrow Cross Examines Orchard
Clarence Darrow pressed Harry Orchard for two and a half hours in Boise as he defended George Pettibone. The attorney attempted to undermine Orchard by showing consistency with prior Haywood trial testimony and highlighting the witness as a criminal before meeting Moyer Haywood and Pettibone.
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Boise
Idaho
Clarence Darrow
George Pettibone
Harry Orchard
Richardson
Haywood
Darrow
Orchard
Moyer
Pettibone
Archbishop Riordan Voices on Catholic Situation in U S
In a private audience Archbishop Riordan of San Francisco discussed the Catholic situation in the United States and the diocese of San Francisco. He gave a satisfactory report on California clergy and religious institutions and the appointment of Rev. Edward Hanna of Rochester New York as co adjutor archbishop was discussed.
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Riordan
San Francisco
United States
California
Edward Hanna
Rochester
N. Y
Man Fights Eagle After It Attacks Rescuer
Charles Kench of East Litchfield was severely injured in a Waterbury incident when an eagle attacked. The bird seized Kench's dog, then attacked him, tearing his scalp and scratching his face and hands before he killed the animal with a garden trowel.
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Waterbury,Conn
Charles Kench
East Litchfield
Kench
Author Aims at Girls in Wendell Phillips Talk
Mrs Lydia C. Ward, author and philanthropist, spoke to 800 Wendell Phillips High School girls in a heart to talk for girls only. She urged marriage as a duty, kindness, neat dress, and cheerfulness while warning against vanity, giggling, selfishness, and letting suitors derail engagement.
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Chicago
Lydia C. Wards
Wendell Phillips High School
Lfe
Kidnapped Child Recovered Near Momence
Lilian Waltz, kidnapped in Chicago last Saturday, was found today five miles south of Momence and ten miles east of here. A man and a woman, alleged captors, were arrested.
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Vols
Kankakee
Tittle Lilian Waltz
Chicago
Momence
Here
Funston Stands Firm at Goldfield as Picket Line Tightens
Reported that two hundred strike breakers head toward the camp while strikers keep a strict line. A miner was allegedly assaulted as union men escorted him back to work. no trace found of the miner or the two men. Mine Owners’ association keeps card system, workers to sign anti Federation pledge. Federation picketing and guards intensify amid secretive movement of 800 expected breakers.
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Polit
Tonopah
Mine Owners’ Association
Boiling Syrup Burns Two Sugar Factory Workers
Holly Colorado December 13 two factory workers L L Guthrie and Albert Fink were badly burned when a stream of boiling syrup sprayed from a carbonating tank. Guthrie suffered serious burns to head and shoulders while Fink fell and his feet and legs were burned. Both men remain in serious condition tonight.
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Holly
Colo
L. L. Guthrie
Albert Fink
Guthrie
Fink
NASA
Compromise at Goldfield Probable After Wage Talks
Goldfield November reports the Goldfield Mine Owners Association suspends its wage scale for ten days at the request of the American Federation of Labor. A joint committee will draft a new scale acceptable to both sides during the pause.
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Goldfield
Goldfield Mine Owners’ Association
American Federation of Labor
American Federation
Association
Negro Hanged in Nebraska at State Penitentiary
Lincoln Nebraska December 13 Harrison Clark colored died on the scaffold at the state penitentiary this afternoon. Desperate efforts to delay the execution by filing an insanity petition failed. Judge Cornish overruled postponement and Warden Deemer carried out the sentence for the murder of conductor Edward Fleury at South Omaha during an attempted robbery.
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Lincoln
Neb
Harrison Clark
State Penitentiary
Cornish
Deemer
Clarke
Edward Fleury
South Omaha
Jeffries Declines Burns Rematch Calls Fighters Pikers
Jim Jeffries blasts Burns and Moir in Los Angeles accusing the Burns camp of piker talent and declaring he will not fight Burns. He says none of Burns’ group can match a real championship bout and refuses to notice men of Burns’ class.
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Jeffries
Burns
Moir
Los Angeles
Cal
Jim Jeffries
Burns-Moir
Jack O'Brien Knocks Out Heveron in Philadelphia Return
Jack O'Brien of Philadelphia defeats English heavyweight Bill Heveron in the Industrial Athletic Club, his first ring appearance since a California bout with Tommy Burns. O'Brien wins in the opening round with a right to the jaw that floors Heveron, who rises but is floored again and carried out after failing to land a blow.
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Philadelphia
Jack O'Brien
Tommy Burns
California
Bill Keveron
Industrial Athletic Club
O'Brien
Heveron
Bank of Aldrich Robbery Near Springfield Nets $3000
Two highwaymen forced Cashier James Vaughan and Vice President Z E Toulson to surrender $3000 at the Bank of Aldrich in Aldrich near Springfield Missouri. They fled in a buggy with a third robber waiting in the street as pursuing posses lagged three hours behind.
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Springfield
Bank of
Aldrich
James Vaughan
Preseldin Z. E. Toulson
Dempsey to Meet Schreck in Cincinnati Bout Prospect
Columbus reports heavyweight George Dempsey likely to fight Mike Schreck within weeks at a Cincinnati club. Manager Jake Hart traveled to Cincinnati to sign both fighters for the proposed match.
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Schreck
Dempsey
Columbus
Ohio
George Dempsey
Mike Schreck
Cincinnati
Jake Hart
Ccincinnati
Sister of MIRS dies prompts Chicago funeral plans
In a terse telegram, Mayor P. and Cook learn of Mrs Overdorf’s death, sister of Mrs Cook. Mrs Cook will miss the funeral. Gladyse remarks on the scene as Mercedey confirms the house had no tan, leaving Cleveland Leader readers with a brief local note.
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Mirs
R. . Cook
Chicago
P. &. Cook
Mra
Cook
Overdorf
Gladyse
Cleveland
Wife of Angona milling man commits suicide in Los Angeles
Della Jones a 29 year old wife of an Angona milling man recently from Chicago shot herself twice in the breast in her room at the Selmerhor in Los Angeles late yesterday. Her health was given as the cause of the act.
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Hotke
Los Angeles
Cal
Den
Della Jones
Angona Milling Tnn
Chicago
Selemerhor
Sullivan withdraws from Boston bout against Momaly
Los Angeles December 14 Pete Sullivan a rising light in light weight circles drops out of a proposed match with George Momaly after deeming him too strong to face in the ring.
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Los Angeles
Gal
Pete Sullivan
Boston
George Momaly
Buffalo Bill Cody Sues Mrs Gould Over Theatrical Losses
The suit of Col. William F. Cody against Mrs. How ard Gould for half the losses from her late theatrical tours was placed on the New York supreme court calendar. Cody estimates upwards of 60000 spent to promote Miss Katherine Clemmons a stage star in 1892 to 1894, with shows such as The Lady of Venice and Miss Descott. The action, first filed in 1905 after years of legal hesitation, names Bacon and Crane as attorneys.
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New York
Howard Gould
William F
Buffalo Bill) Cody
Gould
Supreme Court
Colonel Cody
Katherine Clemmons
London
Venice
Theodora
Miss Descott
Cody
Wealthy Banker Retracts Testimony in Land Fraud Case
Roswell New Mexico report says T M Monzigo banker from Loveland Colorado asked court to amend statements made yesterday in Tall madgee land fraud case. The judge granted permission and lifted a prior order that kept him within the court’s jurisdiction.
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Roswell
N. M
Tallmadgee
T. M. Monzigo
Loveland
Colo
Muggy Returns From Pueblo After Defeat
Muggy Shoeh arrived in Cheyenne late from Pueblo where Frank Carsey of Newcastle Pa defeated him in eighteen rounds. Mugsy sustained a swollen left eye a damaged hand and a cut lip but vows to redeem himself in future bouts.
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Muggsy
Pueblo
Frank Carsey
Newcastle
Cheyenne Ind
Carsey
Mugsy
Cheyenne Sports
Mugesy
Magesy
Thas
Carsey le Wie
Komne
Tie Newenwlle Tran
Mrs. Longworth Shows Good Progress After Operation
Washington dispatch reports at 9 30 p m Mrs Longworth had a very good day and is progressing rapidly her condition is entirely satisfactory following the operation at the White House confirming her stable status and recovery efforts.
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Washington
Dew
Valletin
White House
Longworth
Detectives Nab Yeggmen Suspected of Cheyenne Safe Cracks
Detectives and a U S deputy marshal arrested two men who gave the names Coleman and Donahue while in the act of stealing 125 feet of cable casing from the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone yard. They are suspected to be Carthridge and May, the alleged pair sought for multiple break ins in Brighton Cheyenne and Sheridan. They faced larceny charges with possible harsher outcomes.
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Coleman
Donahue
Tom Holland
A. Loysen
United States
L. B. Snow
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company
Carthridge
May
Cheyenne Detective Bureau
Brigton
Colo
Denver
Brighton
Cheyenne
Sheridan
Hale Lend
Shaw
Sciacore
Rocky Mountain Hell Telephone Company
Donate
Laysen
Farthey
Donahive Sudenly
Miner Seizure Sparks Labor Tension in Montana
A rough account describes striking Spear Irony union members seizing a miner and a carpenter at a new Hilldale building. They reportedly disrupted telephony work in Montana and drew a federal court injunction to halt interference with Bell system employees. Judge Twit’s forthcoming decision is awaited.
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Hutte
Speat Innnery Union
Lng
Montana
Dewinee
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Nebraska
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Peter Sullivan
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Muggly
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