Fried man Star Witness at Steunenberg Trial in Pinkerton Readings
The trial heard Friedman's Pinkerton documents detailing spy activity within unions during the Colorado labor troubles 1903-04. Prosecution offered no opposition to the testimony and seeks remaining witnesses Haywood and Moyer with the defense preparing instructions as the trial nears closure.
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Riots Turn Violent as Garbage Strike London Man Douses Manhattan
Bombs hurled at policemen amid riots in Harlem after garbage cart drivers’ strike ends. Mayor McClellan negotiates to settle grievances while police fight massed crowds, with over 100 officers deployed and health efforts extended. Ice supply fears ease as independent dealers fill in.
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Western Federation of Miners Adopts Socialist Preamble
The Western Federation of Miners voted 283 to 66 to adopt a new preamble pledging members to Socialism. Leaders plan a Chicago convention to organize an industrial and political party and field a ticket in the next national election, with the Western Federation of Miners and Brewery Workers' Union expected to form the nucleus of the national group.
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Poachers Battle Over Nets Near Lewiston Reservoir
In a pitched clash at Lewiston Reservoir, George Numan of Lakeview was shot twice during a dispute over nets. The Lewiston poachers prompted complaints that led to Porter Field's forced resignation as Chief State Warden.
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Coal output soars in Kentucky 1906 report
Kentucky is the leading fluor spar producer in America. The 1906 annual report by State Inspector of Mines C. J. Norwood to Governor Beckham shows coal production of 9,598,529 tons, up 90 percent from 1900. Commercial mining expanded to 43 counties with 277 mines in 1906, up from 123 in 1900.
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Subpoena Efforts Grow As Rockefeller Expected Near Fourth
United States officials push to serve John D. Rockefeller with a subpoena in Cleveland as Forest Hill estate guards report no sighting. Marshal Chandler visits Forest Hill but does not locate Rockefeller. a Rockefeller household member says arrival for July Fourth is anticipated and will be made known to officials seeking papers.
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Rockefeller Subpoena Quest Continues For July 6 Chicago Hearing
U S Marshal Henkel and deputies seek John D Rockefeller to appear before Judge Landis in Chicago on July 6. The search remains unsolved as Rockefeller’s whereabouts stay a mystery. Three Standard Oil officials Charles M Pratt I Q Barstow and William M Hutchinson were served subpoenas today.
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Holland's Queen Praises Roosevelt for Peace Efforts
Queen Wilhelmina hosted Joseph Choate and other Peace Conference delegates in The Hague praising President Roosevelt's initiative in the second peace conference. She conveyed sympathy for Count Nigra's death in Rapallo and wished success to the talks with Sir Henry Fry and Count Tornielli observing.
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Two Men Killed Under Falling Train At Ohio Steel Works
Two workers die and eleven injured when a storm drives cars at the Ohio Steel Works, trapping men sheltering under a train. Foreman Milton Stambaugh and forean John Beranoff named among the dead and injured. Officials say no engine was near the train despite cars moving under wind force.
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Dalton mob hangs Posey after jail escape
Dock Posey, a white man who confessed to abusing his nine year old step daughter, was seized from Whitfield County Jail by about twenty five men. He was taken to a railroad viaduct in Dalton where his body was found at daylight. Posey admitted the crime but said he did not intend to harm the girl. His wife testified to other concerns including a prior alleged assault on the victim's elder sister.
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Transfer of Toledo Hospital head to new state facility
Governor grants leave for the transfer of Dr. H. A. Tobey from the Toledo State Hospital to another state institution. Once its superintendent, Tobey is now a patient there, his mind deranged by drink and strain of years of work among the insane. He cannot recover in the same halls and is moved to a different facility.
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Your Newspaper Follows You Advertising Notice
The Commercial Tribune offers mail to a vacation address and invites readers to change delivery at will. If the paper fails to arrive on time, notify the Circulation Department promptly.
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German Stallions Will Be Imported to Field Place Kentucky
Berlin reports a shipment of German stallions will arrive at Field Place in Kentucky, leased by Dr. Arnold Frank for training cavalry horses. Kentucky mares will be bred to the stallions as War Department experts expect superior long distance runners from Kentucky stock. German officers will manage training for three years before the stud’s first progeny enter service.
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Philadelphia Wall Shares in Profits
Mayor Reyburn signed an ordinance making Philadelphia a partner in the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company which controls city streetcar lines. The measure grants limited fifty year franchises with the city sharing all profits above six percent of paid capital. After fifty years the city may purchase the property.
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Lucky Miner Wins Bride From Reno Side
Miss Lillie Berryman of Cornwall England travels on the New York line toward Reno Nevada to wed her childhood sweetheart Thomas P Nichols son of a mining engineer. They plighted troth sixteen years ago on the Bodie estate near Land's End and after his American fortune a year ago she agreed to join him after his lucky strike.
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Million Bunkoed Out of Pittsburg Case Shocks City
A Pittsburgh hearing details a million-dollar confidence game targeting the wealthy. Banker D. C. Davis testified he lost 76 000 and hired a special train to flee to Marietta Ohio as the trio of con men led the ancient banko scheme from a New York house off Columbus Avenue. He named two men ruined by the operation and said the swindle began in Pittsburgh with defendants charged in conspiracy to defraud.
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Jake) Adams
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Frank Thompson
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Guatemala Citizens Arrested Over Assassination Plot
Word from Mexico City says Guatemala President Cabrera ordered 160 citizens jailed for alleged complicity in his assassination attempt. They were imprisoned, grouped in sets of twenty for trial, with many facing death sentences. Prominent families implicated.
Twain’s Daughter Aboard In Halifax Sea Collision
The coastwise steamer Senlac collided with the Rosalind near Halifax. Miss Clemens, daughter of Mark Twain, was aboard the Rosalind along with Miss Lyon. The Senlac began to sink after the crash but all passengers and crew escaped to the Rosalind. No damage reported on the Rosalind. Blame for the collision under investigation.
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DAY JAP ATTACKS ARE DUE TO HATE
July 1 Tokyo reports protests in San Francisco reflect racial hostility guiding anti Japanese actions. News dispatches are curtailed amid pressure on Japanese papers. retaliation by influential political and business figures is feared and a boycott of American goods is anticipated.
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Hamilton transfer men form cooperative for cheaper horseshoeing
Incensed by a fifty cent hike in horseshoeing, Hamilton Ohio transfer men form the Hamilton Smithing and Manufacturing Company with $10,000 capital. The cooperative group will perform its own horse shoeing after a successful blacksmith strike raised wages to $3 and 3 50 per day.
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