Pettibone May Go Free Instructed Verdict Motion
Boise Idaho December 24 Judge Wood signaled possible acquittal for Pettibone, finding insufficient corroboration of Orchards testimony about the Stuenemberg killing. The ruling questions state conspiracy links and whether Pettibone was tied to the crime, with a Thursday decision expected. John F Nugent pressed for a not guilty verdict.
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Boise
Idaho
Pettibone
Wood
Orchard
Stuenemberg
Stuenenberg
Haywood
John F. Nugent
Train blown from track in Colorado wreck kills one
A passenger train near Marshall Colorado was blown off the tracks by 60 mile winds. Jesse C. Garrett of Longmont died at Boulder hospital and four teens were injured severely, six more seriously. The engine stayed on track and called for aid as the wreck occurred during the hill descent.
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Boulder
Colo
Jesse C. Garrett
Longmont
Marshall
Denver
Long Hill
Ealy
Garrett
Italians Found With Many Arms In Pittsburgh Raid
Pittsburg police raided an alleged Black Hand organization and arrested seven Central Italians. All detainees were armed with revolvers and stilettos.
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Pittsburg
Mitchell's Condition Improves in Indianapolis
John Mitchell president of the United Mine Workers of America shows improvement in Indianapolis after a December 24 report, though he remains confined to his room and cannot leave.
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John Mitchell
Indianapolis
Ind
United Mine Workers of America
Weather Forecast for Wyoming and East Region
Wahington district weather report for December 24 1907 notes fair conditions in Wyoming with a colder east portion and a forthcoming cold wave Thursday. Local data shows 24 hour max 44 degrees min 23 none precipitation, 66 mph wind peak early morning.
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Wahington
D. C
Wyoming
Denver railway deal eyed to create boulevard strip
Denver officials anticipate a sale of street vacating rights in exchange for a 100 foot boulevard strip. The Denver Laramie & Northwestern Railway, planning a Denver to Laramie route with future Seattle extension, holds eighty acres near Argo Higby Park. Committee from the road presented the proposal to Mayor Speer as capital subscriptions grow.
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Denver
Denver, Laramie & Northwestern Railway
Railroad
Speer
Higby Park
Argo
Laramie
Kansas
Lightning Bolt Destroys Home Killing Child In Macon
A bolt of lightning struck a Reid station residence in Macon on December 24 striking a party of two adults and notably killing Fedora Bryan who sat with her aunt Mrs Donaldson. Fifteen injured including Eva Phillips W M Phillips James Warfield and Frank Phillips. four may be fatally hurt. Mrs Donaldson held the dead girl and was uninjured. The child had only a small burn on the ankle.
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Macon
Reid’s Station
Fedora Bryan
Fires Sweep Boulder in Gale as Six Blazes Break Out
Boulder Colo December 24. A gale drove six fires through and around the city with a prairie fire burning in dry grass near the town and a forest fire in Boulder canon. The blazes caused barns and hay stacks to burn but the department prevented further damage and expects the fires to burn out.
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Boulder
Colo
Boulder Canon
Mercy for Negro Who Killed a White Girl in Dayton
The Dayton jury found Layton Files guilty of first degree murder in the Anna Markowitz case and recommended mercy. The eleven hour deliberation ended amid public anger at one juror who opposed the death penalty, while the other jurors protested the mercy recommendation.
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Dayton
Ohio
Layton
Anna Markowitz
Merccy
Crazy Boy Accused Of Poison Plot In Wisconsin Teapot
Oshkosh Wis Dec 14 Milton B Owen ten year old is under arrest charged with attempting to kill the entire Owens family by put ting poison into the teapot Sunday night He said it would be fun to kill the family Owen has been adjudged sane The poison was liniment used by Mrs Owens and its peculiar odor exposed the plan
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Oshkosh
Wis
Milton B. Owen
Richard Owens
Algoma
Owen
Christmas Eve in Cheyenne Churches
Christmas Eve observed across Cheyenne churches with services at St. Mark's Byrls chapel Santa Claus visits at the A. O. U. W. hall and a Nativity lecture at St. Mark's. St. Mary's Cathedral hosts services and gifts while Congregational and Presbyterian programs feature cantatas, charity tree gifts, and Salvation Army donations.
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Vivia
A. B. Henderson
Santa Fe
Rio Grande
Coronado
Provincetown Bay
Bethlehem
Jjests
Congregational Church
Tn Pe
New York Court Sets Record with 180 Divorce Suits
New York court calendar breaks previous high with 180 divorce cases listed in Justice Newburger's Supreme Court. Only 61 ready for hearing. court may reconvene to clear entries. Twenty-one cases disposed of before adjournment. Previous peak stood at 105 cases several years ago.
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New York
Des
Justice Newburger
Atpreme
Amda
Taft Returns to Washington with Pile of Mail
Secretary Taft arrived in Washington from Ohio to find a large backlog of mail awaiting his attention. He spent the afternoon dictating answers to the abundant correspondence and initiating replies to Auswerk.
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Tant
Washington, D. C
Nee
Taft
Ohio
Pinchot Policies Highlight Wool Growers Meeting
Albany County Wool Growers association in Laramie sets plans for the Wyoming Wool Growers convention January 10-11. Delegates will be entertained, with a January 4 follow up meeting to resolve any overlooked details. Resolutions urge keeping wool tariff, oppose federal range control, condemn the Burkett bill, endorse Mondell 320-acre homestead bill, push rail minimums, support Cheyenne field pathology bureau, and oppose Pachot forest policy. The resolutions committee includes John McGill Arnold Haley Frank King and A W Whitelouss.
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Laramie
Wyo
Albany County Wool Growers” Association
Wyoming Wool Growers’ Association
Albany County Association
Congress
Cheyenne
Department of Agriculture
Pachot National Forest
John McGill
Arnold
Ora Haley
Frank 8. King
A. W. Whitelouss
Milwaukee Nun Slain by Suspect Gustave Wirth
Sister Theresa, a nurse at St Marys Hospital in Milwaukee, was shot and killed by Gustave Wirth believed insane. Wirth, who had been operated on at the hospital a year earlier, was captured after a pursuit. He stated hospital staff tried to poison him.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Theresa
St. Mary's Hospital
Gustave Wirth
Wirth
Bride leads to death after brief Newark marriage
Philadelphia December 24 Christian Stengel head of Felgenspan brewery interests in Newark New Jersey died in German hospital early today less than twelve hours after his marriage to Mrs Marie Louis Felgenspan widow of a former employer Stengel was the confidential assistant of Christian Felgenspan and just before his death it is said he wished his wife to marry Felgenspan's heir
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Philadelphia
Christian Stengel
The
Felgenspan
Newark
N. J
Marie Louis Felgenspan
Stengel
Christian Pelgenypan
Btengel
Admiral Brownson Resigns as Chief of Bureau of Navigation
President Roosevelt accepted Rear Admiral Willard H. Brownson resignation as chief of the Bureau of Navigation. The resignation takes effect immediately and Captain Cameron Winslow is named to succeed him. The notice was issued from Washington on December 24.
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Browson
Washington
Preadent Roosevelt
Willard HH. Brownson
Bureau of Navigation
Cameron Winslow
Nupenwon
Mine disaster toll rises to forty with fresh recoveries
In Fairmont West Virginia on December 24 three more bodies were recovered from the Mohongah mines, bringing the death toll to forty to date.
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Morb
Fairmont
W. Va
Mohongah
Coors Hotel Plans Expansion At Cheyenne Depot Site
Adolph Coors will invest 12000 in Cheyenne property via John Hecker. Six thousand funds go to the Depot Exchange cafe modernization on Fifteenth street Capitol Avenue. A brick two story building will rise next to the depot for saloon use, while Great Western hotel site plans loom if Ferguson Sixteenth project stalls.
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John Hecker
Adolph Coors
Golden Brewer
Denver
Coors
Cheyenne
Depot Exchange
Fifteenth Street
Capitol Avenue
Fifteenth and
Ferguson Streets
Great Western
Hecker
Ferguson and
Sixteenth Streets
Convicted Howard Testifies as Defense Witness
Georgetown December 24. Pamen Howard the chief defense witness in the Powers trial testified that at the time Goebel was shot he was in the public room of the Board of Trade hotel in Frankfort He denied receiving any letter from Taylor or Youtsey and said he did not know either man He learned of the murder charge from newspapers and surrendered himself. he was not cross examined.
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Georgetown
Pamen Howard
Powers
Goebel
Board of Trade
Frankfort
Howard
Taylor
Youtsey
Burglary Foiled as Suspect Flees During Exchange
In Grand Junction Colorado on December 24 a burglar surprised by Officer Halligan at Sherman W Moody jewelry store on Main street fought back. A running chase of about two blocks ensued with about a dozen shots fired before the burglar escaped.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Halligan
Sherman W. Moody
Main Street
Explosion at Greeley sugar factory injures workers
A boiler explosion at the Greeley sugar factory this morning blew out the boiler wall. Workers A Hopcock, 8, Be Nilmon, and John Warkhart were severely burned. Warkhart suffered serious injuries to hands and body.
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Greeley
Cole
Dee
Gresley
A. Hopcock
Nilmon
John Warkhart
Whirkhart
Tre
Wener Pagt
Cathedral Dedication Marks New Catholic Diocese
Seattle area Catholic diocese formally dedicates and opens cathedral after months of preparation. Construction cost reported at 400000 pounds as the new church becomes the religious center for the diocese with impressive views noted in the ceremony.
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Seattle
Seattie
Waellen
Dionese Wan Yaeterding
Amd
Worsti
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