Patterson and Bonfils Testimony Concluded in Denver Trial
In Denver on January 3 the cross examination of Thomas M. Patterson in the Fred G. Bonfils assault case ended. Patterson denied urging Bonfils to run for Congress in exchange for Post support for his senate bid. Four witnesses testified Bonfils knocked Patterson down and struck him after he was down, breaking his spectacles, with conflicting details on initial positions.
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Denver
Colo
Fred G. Bonfils
Denver Post
Thomas M. Patterson
Rocky Mountain News
Denver Times
Patterson
Bonfila
Congress
Post
United States Senate
Bonfils
Three Butte Labor Leaders Jailed For Contempt
Helena January 3. Judge Hunt of the U S court sentenced three Butte labor leaders to jail for three months each for contempt. They refused to purge themselves after ignoring an injunction and interfering with non union workers on the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone companys new building. Two of the men were fined 200 and 100 dollars respectively.
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Helena
Mont
Butte
Hunt
United States Court Today
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company
Heroine of Ocean Disaster to Wed from Mohegan sojourn
Miss Katherine Noble, famed from the Mohegan sinking in the English Channel, announces engagement to Ernesto Trevi Simondetti of Mexico. She wore a lifebelt five hours in the water after the steamer sank, refused lifeboat seating to avoid crowding, and was one of eleven survivors from ninety seven aboard.
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Baltimore
Katherine Noble
Ernesto Trevi-Simondetti
Mexico
Noble
Girl braves freezing sea on wager in Staten Island
New York January 3 Miss Helen Wilcox of Eltingville Staten Island swam in near freezing ocean water for five minutes on a wager. She wore a thin bathing suit and faced dangerous conditions as authorities warned against cold water immersion.
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New York
Helen Wilcox
Eltingville
Staten Island
Weather report for Wyoming region this weekend
Weather forecast for Wyoming for Saturday and Sunday. Local data show a maximum of 34 degrees and a minimum of 24 with no precipitation. Palmer directs the weather bureau in Washington.
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Washington, D. C
Wyoming
Walt
Palmer
Girl Leaps From Train In Cheyenne Foster Saga Unfolds
Guardian says 16 year old Elma Post of Denver pursues an unconventional career with a married Cheyenne man after being sold at 14 by her mother. Foster mother Mrs Hall seeks return to Denver as detectives locate Elma, who leaped from a train before departure.
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Guardian
Elma Post
Denver
Cheyenne
Hall
Bureau
Mrs. Hall
Whitmore Held as Suspect in New Jersey Wife Death
Theodore Whitmore was detained as a suspect after a search of his life details in Newark New Jersey. Lena Whitmore was found beaten and drowned in a pond near Hackensack on December 26. Whitmore, brought from New York to Harrison, identified his wife's body and was kept for local court questioning.
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Newark
N. J
Theodore
Whitmore
New Jersey Police
Lena Whitmore
Hackensack Mead
Lynea
Tlurrivon
Whitgnore
New York
Harden Convicted in Famous Libel Suit
Berlin reports the editor Harden was sentenced to four months in prison and to pay all trial costs after a libel case accusing Count Von Moltke and Prince Philip Zu Eulenberg of unnatural relations. The court found the articles degrading and without foundation despite Harden’s claim they referred only to artistic remarks.
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Berlin
Harden-Von Moltke
Harden
Count von Moltke
Prince Philip Zu Emlenberg
von Moltke
Zu Eulenberg
Coffee Wagon Serves Hungry in Chicago Night
The Malcolm McDowell coffee wagon operated again in Chicago providing free food and drink to 600 men from lodging houses in the Eighteenth ward. Crowds waited in cold for the wagon before its appearance and McDowell planned expansion with three wagons on north south and west sides and possible hire of vacant stores to feed the unemployed.
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Chicago
Malcolm MccDowell
Eighteenth Ward
McDowell
Line &H
Mr. McDowell
Prehistoric Man Existence Questioned by Hrdi ca
New York January 3. Dr Ales Hrdi ca argues that no evidence shows prehistoric man in the American continent. He notes bones long claimed as ancient may lack undisputed antiquity. His pamphlet stresses that if early North American man existed, proof from physical anthropology is still to be produced.
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New York
American
Ales Hrdiica
Hrdca
American Museum of Natural History
United States Museum
Washington
Krdlica
Hrdika
North America
Youthful killer Clarence Sturgeon dies on scaffold in Louisville
Clarence Sturgeon, 19, was executed in the Louisville jail yard after a delayed mechanism caused a painful, seventeen minute wait. He had murdered Ira Bruner James Blackerly and Wilfred Michael in a year prior and faced the end with calm resolve after last goodbyes to his family.
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Louisville
Clarence Sturgeon
Sturgeon
Ira Bruner
James Blackerly
Wilfred McMichal
Blurgeon
Sven
Farmers Slow to Sign Beet Contracts Near Lovell Wyoming
Special to The Leader Lovell Wyoming January 3 The workers seeking to build an auger factory near this place have not secured pledges from farmers to grow at least 6000 acres of beets annually and there is doubt whether the contracts can be secured in time to erect the factory this year.
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Lovell
Wyo
Fault Swallows the Big Goose
Special to The Leader, Bheridan, Wye. Robert M. Jones a hydraulic engineer from Denver reports discovering a fault in the bed of Big Goose Creek reducing flow by at least half. He found the fault while studying the stream for the Nevada California Power Company which plans a falls area plant. He says remediation would be inexpensive and would restore surface flow for irrigation and power use.
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Bheridan
Wye
Robert M. Jones
Fom Denver
Big Toone Creek
Jones
Nevada-California Power Company
Prisoner gets ninety nine year term for wife murder
Oscar Carlson was sentenced in district court to ninety nine years in the state penitentiary at Rawlins for the December 16, 1906 murder of his wife at their Pine Bluffa home. Carlson pleaded for a lighter sentence citing his children and family, but Judge R N Matson refused mercy. He was remanded to sheriff custody for transfer to the Rawlins warden that night.
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Rawlins
R. N. Matson
District Court
Oscar Carlson
Pine Bluffa
Carlson
Matson
A Lynchings at Brook Haven Mark Early 1908
In Brook Haven Mississippi a mob lynched a colored man in broad daylight after detaining him from police. He was said to be accused of killing a local policeman and had sought medical aid for a gunshot wound. A witness identified the body as Coot Aulman, linked to December 10's police killing.
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Brook Haven
Miss
Tioliceman
Oakvale
Coot Aulman
Veteran finally weds “gurl he list behind”
Stamford Connecticut reports the wedding of Jere mia O'Meara age 70 and Helen Naughton age 65 who wed after forty years apart. They had been sweethearts when the Civil War began and O'Meara enlisted. He returned after the war but found no trace of his sweetheart, who believed he was dead.
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Stamford
Conn
Jan. J
Jeremia O'Meara
Helen
Naughton
O'Meara
Famous Painter 15 Burned to Death in Fire
Philadelphia artist Au gust Hooger died at 2 16 this morning from burns after a Christmas tree fire damaged his studio. Paintings valued at 100000 dollars were destroyed. Hooger began Verstummt in 1889 and finished after eight years of work and study. The work depicted a room in a music conservatory partly destroyed by fire.
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Philadelphia
Hooger
Musics Conservatory
Tre
Hallettsville Editor Shot by Wife in Texas
Hallettsville Herald editor W R Heather was shot and killed today by his wife in Hallettsville Texas. She was arrested and held on $2000 bail. Domestic troubles are cited as the motive for the killing.
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Tenas Epipor
Halletaville
Tex
Jan
W. R. Heather
Hallettsville Herald
Seven Military Companies Depart Goldfield Nevada by Train
Seven U S Army companies left Goldfield Nevada today by special train bound for California posts. About 155 troops remain encamped, organized into two full companies as part of the redistribution.
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Goldfield
Heven Companion
United
California
Pettibone Case Deliberations Begin After Instructions
Boise Idaho Jan 3 After reading of instructions by the court the Pettibone case was given to the jury at 3 50 tonight The instructions differed from those in the Haywood case Judge Wood held that proof of a conspiracy to kill enemies of the Western Federation of Miners and that the defendant was a member justifies a guilty verdict and that Steunenberg is regarded as an enemy of the federation and his murder the result of the conspiracy The jury was told proof of the conspiracy made it unnecessary to show the defendant knew the crime at the time it was committed
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Boise
Idaho
Pettibone
Haywood
Wood
Western Federation of Miners
Steunenberg
Officers Who Cannot Ride in Roosevelt Taft Discussion
In Washington on January 3 President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft debated actions on army officers who failed the horseback riding test. Several engineers may retire if the riding board’s report stands, including Col. Marshall who could not ride due to lack of a suitable horse. The two vacancies on the Philippine commission were also discussed. Taft announced no decision tonight and planned to meet the president again with a cabinet update expected after tomorrow’s talks.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Taft
Army
Col. Marshall
Ambrose Channel
New York
Col
Marshall
Philippine Commission
Rescuers Progress in Alpha Shaft Near Ely
Rescuers in the Alpha shaft near Ely Nevada advance below the seventy five foot mark under the forty foot level. Ground is expected to be reached about 100 feet lower and progress should speed up. They average ten feet per day. The entombed men, told release could take four weeks, appear satisfied and in good health.
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Ely
Nev
Alpha
Bank Robbers Steal 70 Cents After Safe Explosion
Harrisonville Missouri January 3 district reports bank robbers dynamited the Raymore Bank in Raymore Case County near here early tonight. They forced open the counter cash drawer but secured only 70 cents. The safe was badly damaged and the robbers escaped.
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Harrisonville
Bank of Raymore
Raymore
Bank clearings rise across cities in strong year
New York reports year end bank clearings show larger settlements through banks than last year. Cities including Kansas City St Paul Minneapolis Denver fare well while Western restrictions ease. The data indicate growth in almost all listed centers.
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New York
United States
Tr, G. Wund& Conny
Guy
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Cheyenne Depot
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BR. N. Matson
Missouri
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