Debs Told to Avoid Boise During Haywood Trial
Eugene V. Debs was urged by Attorney Richardson and Darrow to stay away from Boise as the Haywood trial unfolds. Debs agreed, saying the reasons were sufficient. The piece notes socialist reports have fueled public resentment and asks Debs to refrain from influencing the case. Carl H. Duncan, accused of planning violence, is kept under watch after a $100 fine for carrying concealed weapons. The socialists deny any link to him.
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Boise
Idaho
Eugene V. Debs
Richardson
Darrow
Haywood
Debs
Colorado
Carl H. Duncan
Miners’ Union
Orchard
Duncan
Wisdom
Francis
Botse
Carl E Duncan
Maywood
Financial Reverses Sidetrack Klondike Yet Carl Duncan
Carl H. Duncan, UM graduate of 1804, left for the Klondike eight years ago. In Seattle he faced financial reverses and could not continue. His mother Mrs. L E Duncan and brother Robert W Duncan live at 426 Maynard Street. They learned last week from a Washington town that another man is using Carl’s name.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Carl H. Duncan
University of Michigan
Klondike
Seattle
L. E. Duncan
Robert W. Duncan
University
Maynard Street
Carl
Washington
Robert
Jury Nearing Completion in Haywood Trial at Boise
Boise Idaho June 1 The jury that will try Haywood is almost complete with only two vacancies remaining as selections narrow. The state has exhausted its tenth peremptory challenge and the defense is expected to use its final challenge tomorrow, heightening interest in the case.
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Boise
Idaho
Haywood
Juror Selection in Capital Case Narrowed by Challenges
The court resumes the trial with sixty one potential jurors and only five excused. J A Robertson becomes the first qualified talesman. Juror Tourtellotte, against capital punishment, is struck by the state and Nelson Freeland is peremptorily challenged.
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Talesman
Talesmen
J. A. Robertson
Tourtellotte
Talisman Nelson Freeland
Walking Arsenal Captured in Boise Amid Disguise
In Boise on May 31 a man calling himself C. H. Duncan from Spokane was arrested as a suspect. Police found an automatic pistol a long dirk brass knuckles skeleton keys and rubber shoes in his possession along with socialist literature. His disguise included mismatched facial hair. The Boise jury completed June 3 and Haywood’s trial will start.
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Boise
C. H. Duncan
Spokane
Duncan
Haywood
Roosevelt and Fairbanks Take Akron Walk Beats Fatigue
President Roosevelt and Vice President Fairbanks walked six miles from Akron to a farm and back, a strenuous morning excursion that left Fairbanks winded yet in good humor. They stopped for milk at a farmhouse and chatted with the grateful farmer and his wife before returning to the train.
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Fairbanks
Bellefontaine, O
Roosevelt
Akron
Prince Henry of
Prussia
Rixey and Loeb
Secret Service
Tramps Beat Brakeman Near Rawlins
Brakeman R. E. Bryan was beaten and pitched from a car door during a clash with five hoboes near Solon on a Union Pacific freight. He lies unconscious for hours beside the track, then Flynn signaled a approaching train. Bryan sustained serious injuries and will be laid up for some time.
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Rawlins Rawlins
Wyo
Union Pacific
Solon
R. E. Bryan
Flynn
Rawlins
Ordered to Vacate Zion City in Bank Clash
Chicago June 1 reports a climax in the dispute between Zion City Overseer Voliva and Zion City Bank officials as Voliva’s check was refused funding. The long stand in Zion City follows Dowie’s overthrow and control of the city now centers on the bank dispute.
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Voliva
Zion City
John Alexander Dowie
Zion City Bank
Open door policy highlighted by German official in Berlin
Under Secretary Muehlberg told visiting British journalists that Germany lacks laborers and seeks free and honest competition worldwide. He defended the German army’s reputation abroad and argued against territorial expansion, citing emigration trends to show room for Germans on German soil. He stressed the open door policy in Asia and Africa as Germany’s single aim.
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Berlin
Herr Muehlberg
Germany
Muhlberg
Asia
Africa
Railways Get Back Two Cent Fare Bills Slow Service
Burlington railroad to slow schedules from Chicago to Denver Omaha and Kansas City with the Denver limited shifting to 9 15 a m and 5 15 p m arrival next day an eastbound shift to 9 30 p m and longer running times. Iowa Nebraska Illinois legislatures passed two cent fare bills behind the change.
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Chicago
Burlington
Denver
Omaha
Kansas City
Denver Limited
Iowa
Nebraska
Illinois
Northwestern to Modernize Belle Fourche Railroad Yards
Rumor says Northwestern will overhaul Belle Fourche yards and equipment this summer with a four stall round house a large freight house and a expanded depot. The depot will extend west to Maple Street and a new freight building will rise east of the depot toward Oak Street improving offices and waiting rooms and attracting more families to Belle Fourche.
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Northwestern
Belle Fourche
Northwestern Railroad
Maple Street
Oak Street
Desertion escape at Fort Russell prompts chase
Cheyenne Wyoming May 41 Private L B Wilson of the Eleventh Infantry broke from the Fort Russell guard house after a fusillade from sentry rifles and fled toward the city. Mounted guards pursue the deserter through town.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
L. B. Wilson
Eleventh Infantry
Fort Russell
Fugitive Cornered by Officer in Burlington Stockyards
Patrols pursued the fugitive until Policeman Stone located him in the Burlington stockyards. Wilson resisted briefly but yielded when the officer cornered him with a pistol.
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Stone
Burlington
Wilson
Pneumonia Deaths Hit Record in Sioux City May
Sixty? Twenty deaths from pneumonia in May set a new monthly record, with physicians noting nationwide rise. Weather and run-down healths blamed, as major fatalities occur among 40 to 50 year olds. Local doctors report changes in treatment amidst unusual spring conditions.
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Sioux City
Eddy and party chase Scotty the Scooter’s mine tale
Lookout at Gold Range Nevada says Clarence E Eddy the poet prospector left Lookout with armed companions after a weeklong fight near Panamint mountains. Eddy vows to locate Scotty’s mine and may fortify claims under fire as news of a battle in the hills looms. Scotty and his followers are described as gun fighters ready for action.
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Nev
Panamint Mountains
Clarence E. Eddy
Scotty
Scooter
Eddy
Falls Three Times From 90 Foot Well
Paul Adams a 74 year old man from Florence fell into a ninety foot well while cleaning a curb crack at the Fred Buller place. He survived three plunges with only a compound leg fracture. He was rescued by helpers who hauled him to the surface and then to an Omaha hospital where his condition was reported as improving today.
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Omaha
Paul Adams
Florence
Adams
Fred Buller
Mr. Adams
Flora Wolf Accepts Beresford Estate Bequest and Waiver
Flora Wolf known as Lady Flo settles in Paso after agreeing to a $10,000 legacy from Lord Delaval Beresford and an extra $5,000, relinquishing any further claim to the estate.
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Paso
Flora Wolf
Lady Flo
Lord Delaval Beresford
Lord Beresford
Widow Marries Broker After Cotton Fortune
Mrs. Francella Cole Butler, widow of real estate dealer John C. Butler, ties the knot with Palmer Bennet Morrison, her broker whose cotton speculation profits neared 1,000,000 dollars. The alliance follows Morrison’s handling of the high profit venture begun six years ago after Butler chose him as her broker.
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New York
Palmer Bennet Morrison
Francella Cole Butler
Mr. Morrison
Knife Restores Reason
Fred Baltz of Fremont was struck on the head by a falling jug while threshing last summer. An operation relieved bone pressure on the brain and restored Baltz’s memory, allowing him to recall events since the injury. The case attracted wide interest among surgeons.
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Fred Baltz
Fremont
Baltz
CANDIDATE FOR COWBOY Was Coming West to Develop But Lost Out in Omaha
James Kessner of Mason City Iowa traveled west to become a cow boy. In Omaha he was recruited by three men to join a Wild West show. He was beaten and robbed of 170 dollars on a vacant lot in Omaha. In South Omaha he faced a mock trial and was found not guilty of being a cowpuncher.
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Omaha
James Kessner
Mason City
South Omaha
Kessner
Magic City
South
Fortune Left to Friends in Charles Collins Will
Attorneys seek relatives of Charles Collins to contest the will. Collins died in California leaving an estate of 1 000 000 to friends. relatives in Aurora are urged to prove kinship for a share.
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Charles Collins
Aurora Aurora, LL
California
Forty Thousand Idle in Frisco Amid Labor Troubles
San Francisco figures from Harbor Commissioner Stafford say about 40 000 people remain idle due to ongoing labor troubles. The estimate reflects impact on employment and city economic activity.
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Frisco
San Francisco
Cal
Stafford
Southern Pacific to slow overland trains three hours coast east
San Francisco dispatch notes traffic pressure forces new slower schedules for overland trains. The railroad announces a three hour time difference between eastern points and the coast, reflecting changed timetables.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Burlington Railway Earnings Report Highlights Profits
DES MOINES June 4 The Burlington railroad report shows last year was not strong for town business though the system overall earned money. Gross income $76 200 274 expenses $54 199 198 leaving profit over 22 000 000.
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Burlington Railway
Des Moines
Burlington Railroad
Accident Bares A Romance In Wyoming Ride To Wed
A Wyoming romance ends in Lewiston after Frannie Morris of Frame Wyoming and Robert McFarland wed in town then rode toward Wyoming. McFarland was injured when thrown from a horse and hospitalized with a broken hip.
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Wyoming
Helena
Mont
Big ‘Hide Basin
Lewiston
Robert McFarland
Frannie Morris
Frame
Big Hole
Miss Morris
Mr. McFarland
Sister Kills Invalid Sister Then Takes Own Life
A Springfield NL report says Cora Lederbrand aged 27 killed her deaf and dumb sister Carrie aged 7 and then shot herself, bodies found in a creek nine miles north. The father found them and noted Cora had complained that caring for Carrie was unjust to her social life.
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ST. Louis
Post-Dispatch
Springfield
Cora Liederbrand
Carrie
Cora
Duncan
George Lederbrand
New City
Balloon in Channel Crew Missing After Royal Review
A military balloon piloted by Lieutenants Caulfield and Leake of the Royal Engineers was raised May 28 at Alder Shot camp for a review honoring Prince Fushimi of Japan. It drifted out to sea in a strong wind and was later sighted near Exmouth by coast guards. the two officers are missing.
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London
Caulfield and
Leake
Royal Engineers
Aldershot
Prince Fushimi
Japan
English Channel
Coast Guards
Exmouth
Political consultation in Mitchell on gubernatorial prospects
State Chairman W. C. Cook and Senator R. J. Gamble met with candidate Robert Vessey in Mitchell where hopes for the governorship were discussed. Postmaster-elect J. F. Wells, Mayor O. L. Branson, and Henry Swindler joined the talks as Wells prepares to take office around June 1 after a delayed commission.
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Post Office
Kittredge
Congressman Parker
Washington
Post Office Department
Gambling Raid Uncovers Saloon Run by Fred Collins
In Cheyenne on June 3 a raid exposed Fred Collins, owner of a saloon for African Americans, as running a gambling establishment. Collins and seven other Black men were arrested and face prosecution.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Fred Collins
B. Rebee
Collins
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Zion
German Empire
Scotty the Scooter
B. S. Bunch
Hulett, Wyo
Mitchell
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