Accidental Explosion Claim in Vindicator Mine Case
Boise June 28 The Haywood defense pursues an accidental explosion theory in the Vindicator mine case. Witness Thomas Wood testifies he placed 25 pounds of giant powder at the eighth level shaft and that McCormick and Beck were killed on the sixth level. He asserts the powder vanished after the blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Haywood
Orchard
Steunenberg
Hercules
Vindicator
Thomas Wood
McCormick
Foreman Beck
Woods
Beck
Wood
Mahoney Sustained By Western Federation Endorsers
The Western Federation of Miners voted 23914 to 112 in Denver to sustain Acting President Mahoney against a minority report proposing a side in the Industrial Workers of the World split. Conservatives claim Mahoney will be endorsed in all actions. Earlier, Robert Randall of Goldfield predicted a countywide general strike by miners next April, citing bituminous contracts due to expire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Federation
Denver
Western Federation of Miners
Mahoney
Industrial Workers of the World
Robert Randall
Goldfield
Coal Will Go Up in Wyoming Coal Prices Soon
Wyoming Ming owners notify dealers of a 50 cent per ton rise for domestic coal and 25 cent for large consumers. The increase comes from shortage and rising demand, with notices circulating to the public this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Omaha
Wyoming Coal Strike Yields Wage Rise and Shorter Day
A strike at Wyoming coal mines last month led mine owners to grant miners a 10 percent wage increase and an eight hour work day instead of a ten hour day, ending the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Western Federation of Miners reports defense funds and expenditures
Denver June 28 The Western Federation of Miners reports $73 198 25 spent in defense of imprisoned Idaho officers over murder charges and $6 377 85 for Vincent St John in Colorado. Total defense receipts $87 787 35. balance April 1 $3 271 10. Attorneys paid $54 695 87. Haywood and Moyer salaries $150 monthly. Fiscal year receipts $224 865 82. expenditures $190 096 63.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moyer-Haywood- Pettibone Fund
Denver
Western Federation of Miners
Gov
Steunenberg
Idaho
Vincent St. John
Arthur Collins
Colorado
James Kirwan
Federation
Richardson
Hawkins
Clarence Darrow
John F. Nugent
Haywood
Moyer
Boise
No Limit to New York as Growth Surges Past London
The article argues Greater New York’s population now exceeds 4 million with Corbell predicting 45 percent growth per decade, pushing the metro toward 6 million in under ten years. It notes Manhattan’s crowding, suburban expansion, and Brooklyn drawing from Manhattan, while London’s larger area sustains higher eventual population.
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Gotham
London
Greater New York
Corbell
New York
Manhattan
Bowery
Harlem River
New Broadway Magazine
Brooklyn
Greater London
Greater
Old church at Seneca toppled by Rio Grande flood
Report from El Pago Texas says the ancient adobe church at Seneca on the Mexican side below El Paso has been wrecked by high waters and some bodies in its cemetery washed away. Guadalajara near San Antonio in Socorro New Mexico also washed away. no deaths reported.
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EL Pago
Tex
Seneca
Rio Grande
el Paso
Guadalajara
San Antonio
Socorro
N. M
Inmate Kills Self in Newark Jail
Raphae Savaro, who pled guilty to assaulting an eleven year old girl, killed himself in the Newark jail by leaping from a third floor balcony. He fell about thirty feet and struck his head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Raphaese Savaro
Roosevelt Orders Probe into Telegraph Trust Ties
President Roosevelt directs an immediate inquiry into Western Union and Postal Telegraph relations. Labor unrest and possible anti trust violations prompt a probe to assess wage data, operating costs, and whether federal control of the telegraph industry should be pursued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Union
Postal—Telegraph Trust
Roosevelt
Washington, D. C
Neill
New York
Herbert Knox
Postal Telegraph Companies
Department of Justice
Congress
Roosevelt to investigate telegraphers strike
San Francisco reports growing optimism that the telegraphers strike will be short as President Roosevelt may resolve the differences. President Small welcomes an official probe. No new workers were added by Western Union or the Postal today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Roosevelt
Small
Western Union
Postal
Missouri river Attack Endangers Pierre Waterworks
June 29 Pierre South Dakota reports the Missouri River biting into riverbank threatening Pierre waterworks. Captain E H Schulz in charge will send an investigator and may order a revetment to deflect the channel if danger is confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Missouri River
Pierre
S. D
E. H. Schulz
Lemmon Emerges as New Town on Milwaukee Extension
Belle Fourche Bee reports Lemmon in northeastern Butte County becomes a real town. Scim business houses moved there two weeks ago and sales of town lots will be set this fall by the railroad. Banks stores restaurants newspapers and services expand as grading pushes toward fall train service. settlers arrive and merchants predict a thriving future.
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Belle Fourche Bee
Lemmon
Butte County
Milwaukee
Scim
Ljand
Plot to Steal 60 Million From Russian Office Exposed
A plot to steal 60 million from a Russian government office in Tsitscha and Siberian enterprises was uncovered in Victoria Canada. Thirty Russians were arrested after a 120 yard tunnel from a hotel to the safe was built. The plotters were largely captured as the plan neared execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
B.C
Tschita
Siberia
Community Notes Highlight Terry News and Local Visits
Local residents frequent Lead Deadwood and Terry for business calls and social visits. Names include T J McKean Mrs Fred Sidner John Kenefick David Kosh and several others with travels to Missouri England Oregon Montana and Wyoming. A liquor license is announced and a Northwestern line representative installs phones as a quarterly conference looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Sidner
John Kenefick
David Kosh
Jenkins
al Starner
Grant Orth
Lead
Frank McKim
Effie
Ethel Blatchford
H. B. Schlichting
The
Black Hills Brewing Co
Terry
Fred Hart
England
Hart
Ed Primmer
Annie Creek
Olga Johnson
Frontier
Wyoming
Sam Simone
Arthur Taylor
Columbus
Mont
John Worth, Jr
Wisconsin
Michigan
Cam Charvies
Terry Friday
Victoria Mine
Battista Orio
Tercent Tea for Ladies' Aid at Mrs Quil lian Home
Entertained at the home of Mrs W W Quillian on Wednesday afternoon Mrs Matt Anderson and Mrs Quillian hosted a tercent tea for the Ladies' Aid society of the Methodist church. The affair was well attended and the hostesses are to be congratulated on the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tsa
W. W. Quillian
Mra
Matt Anderson
Mra. Quillian
Ladies’ Aid Society
Methodist Church
Wolf bounty shortfall prompts pro rata claims
The wolf bounty fund is short about $500 of the annual limit as of late June. Claims pile up toward August 1, with payouts dependent on how many hunters submit scalps in the final fiscal days and the number of eligible claimants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre
Graft in Des Moines Saves Schoolteacher with Skin Graft
Twelve young ladies from Highland Park Presbyterian joined Pastor W B Gage in a skin graft for Jean Horsburg a burned schoolteacher after a Northwestern road wreck. The volunteers supplied skin and cuticle and the operation succeeded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Christian Endeavor
Highland Park Presbyterian Church
Jean Horsburg
W. B. Gage
Lovers quarrel ends in triple murder suicide in Milwaukee
In Milwaukee a man shot and killed his sweetheart Elsie Volkmann and her father Frank Volkmann after a quarrel. He then shot himself near the Volkmann saloon, dying at the scene. the victims are Andrew Feine, 25, Elsie Volkmann, 19, and Frank Volkmann, 46.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Andrew Feine
Elsie Volkmann
Frank Volkmann
Feine
Volkmann
Reine
Ieine
Wyoming Western railway formed to span Hills to Wyoming
Articles filed in the secretary of state show the Wyoming Western railway as a four million dollar corporation. It extends the Crouch Line from Mystic South Dakota to Buffalo Wyoming, with forty miles in Pennington county and the rest across Watson Crook and Buffalo counties. Rapid City serves as headquarters for incorporators Charles J. Crouch Verne E. Crouch Jacob Gants Charles F E Fulton Elmore L. Hurlbut.
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Wyoming Western
MERRE
Wyoming Western Railway
Crouch
Black Hills
Mystic
S. D
Buffalo
Wyo
Pennington County
Watson, Crook
Buffalo Counties
Wyoming
Rapid City
Charles J, Crouch
Verne E
Jacob
Gants
Charles FE
Fulton
Elmore L. Hurlbut
Mrs Story reports large attendance at grand lodge sessions
Mrs Chas Story attended the grand lodge in Lead where B S was awarded and returned home Monday. She notes enthusiastic turnout at both branches of the Masonic fraternity and enjoyed the sessions, but weather caused washouts making the drive hazardous with trains crawling over debris.
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Arlington Sunt
Chas. Story
Grand Lodge
B.S
Lead
Masonic Fraternity
Story
Wyoming Sheriff Returns With Suspects to Colorado
Sheriff Harton of Carbon county Wyoming brings George Davis and Edward Drew to Rawlins after capture in Denver by telegraphic Wyoming information. The men are wanted on a charge of burglarizing a saloon at Hanna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Wyo
Harton
Carbon County
Rawlins
George Davis
Edward Drew
Hanna
Denver
Wyoming
Tick Dipping Debate Prompted by Sheep Board Meeting
Cheyenne Wyoming June 28 The state board of sheep commissioners will meet Saturday to consider ordering a dip for all sheep in the state to eradicate ticks, a problem that has grown serious over the past year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Wyo
State Board of Sheep Commissioners
Protects Baby From Death
Mrs. Alston wife of Sheriff Felix Alston tore her right arm open while shielding her baby from a fall. While standing on a chair she thrust her arm through a window pane to avoid dropping the child. Breakage wounded arteries and bled heavily until a surgeon stopped the loss of blood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Death Basin
Wyo
Mra. Alston
Felix Alston
Oregon Short Line Advances Toward Kemmerer Coal Mines
The Oregon Short Line progresses on a branch from Kemmerer to mines 4 and 5 of Kemmerer Coal Co with Kilpatrick brothers as graders employing 125 men and teams. The eight mile route runs from Kemmerer yards up Ham's Fork to Willow Creek mines and continues toward Fontenelle coal field twenty miles beyond, expanding the region's coal access across Diamondville Cumberland Frontier Oakley and WilWy Creek.
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Kemmerer
Wye
Oregon Short
Eamnest
Willow Creek
Kemmerer Coal Company
Kilpatrick Brothers
Kemmerer Yards
Ham's
Willow Crer
Fonttnelle
Diamondville
Cumberland
Frontier
Oakley
Wilwy Creek
Fontenelle
New Son Kemmerer
Portant
Mexican herder slain in Kemmerer after lunch dispute
Jesus Perez, a Mexican sheepherder, was killed by John B. Smith in Kemmerer Wyoming after a dispute at Cook's hotel over lunch price. Perez was stabbed and severed carotid wound, dying at the Wainwright saloon despite a surgeon's efforts. Smith fled town, public anger high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perez
Smith
Peres
Wainwright
Jim Tour
Breweries Form $8 Million Merged Company
Nine breweries from St. Louis East St. Louis and Granite City merge to form an $8,000,000 company. The participating names include Consumers Columbia Mome American Empire National East St. Louis Wagner Granite City Central.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
East St. Louis
Granite City
Consumers
Columbia
Mome
American
Empire
National
Wagner
Central
Americana Presented to King Levee T
Whitelaw Reid met at the king's levee and presented Brigadier General Henry Cook of the United States Army and Pierpont Morgan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitelaw Reid
King's Levee
Henry
Cook
United States Army
Pierpont Morgan
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Easterly
Independence Station
Copelay
Hullett
News Record
T. J. McKean
John Blatchford
Butte
Montana
Profi. G. W. Fallon
Northwestern
Ed Mallett
Arthur Milek
Lundberg, Door & Wilson Company
Milek
Nebraska Telephone Company
Messrs
John Dunn
Walter Quillian
Wm. Maxeiner
Maxeiner
Lundberg
Dorr
Wilson
W. H. Disney
Grand Lodge of the
R. of Pit Aberdeen
Disney
Rico Anderson
Oregon
Miss Anderson
Probbly
B. S. Bunch
Blacksmith
Hulett, Wyo
Wolf Bounty Claims
Lover
Man
Girl
Fially
Hills
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