Orchard Confesses to Social Crimes and Murders in Trial
Harry Orchard testified against Haywood admitting the murder of Steunenberg by an infernal machine and detailing plots with Haywood Moyer and Pettibone. He also confessed social crimes including deserting his wife and child and bigamy after fleeing to Canada. The state began corroboration by producing evidence from the Peabody bombing case as cross examination continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Harry Orchard
Haywood
Steunenberg
Moyer and Pettibone
Jack Simpkins
Orchard
Peabody
Goddard
Gabbert
Sherman Bell
David Moffat
Frank Herne
British Columbia
Hattie Simpson
Cripple Creek
Ontario
New York
Arthur Collins
Telluride
Canon City
Denver
Wallace
Richardson
Man in Des Moines Bum Cell Had Four Thousand In Belt
Geo Bennett of Tonopah Nevada slept in the county jail bum cell with a belt tucked with about four thousand dollars in bills. He was arrested for intoxication and changed his plea after a ten dollar fine. He later paid the fine and left unremarkably with his belt of cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Geo. Bennett
Tonopah
Nev
Bennett
Capitol Contract Let in South Dakota for New Building
After a session lasting until midnight Tuesday the capItol project awarded to O H Olson of Stillwater Minnesota for 588 662, beating the highest bid by 108 272. Six bids on fourteen combinations were submitted. Sioux Falls Jasper granite and Bedford sand used up to water table, with Ortonville granite for remaining sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Hills
Crawford
Sioux Falls
Pipare
S. D
Capitol
O. H. Olson
Stillwater
Minn
Bedford Sand
Ortonville
Ministers Build Roanoke Boulevard Church in Kansas City
Ten pastors from Christian churches in Kansas City and one evangelist began constructing a frame church at Fortieth and Wyoming streets. The Roanoke Boulevard Christian church is to serve while funds are raised for a larger building, with about 300 to 400 seats planned. W. O. Holman supervises. Luncheon was provided by women church members at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Fortieth and
Wyoming _ streets
Roanoke Boulevard
W. O. Holman
Christian Churches
W. R. Richardson
First Christian Church
Epidemic of cerebro spinal meningitis grips Armour SD
A deadly outbreak of cerebro spinal meningitis, also called spotted fever, hits Armour South Dakota causing four deaths and fear. Dr. Van Buren Knott of Sioux City diagnosed the illness after autopsy and recommended strict quarantines with affected families isolated to halt the spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armour
S. D
South Dakota
Douglas County
Physicians and Board of Commissioners
van Buren Knott
Sioux City
Knott
Man Confession Shapes Fay Jones Case
In Greeley County, the district court weighs Bebee’s razor attack conviction on Fred Collins. John Tracy has confessed, but whether to try Tracy or overturn Bebee’s verdict remains undecided, risking possible acquittal if Tracy’s statements fail. The prosecution faces uncertain footing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gheyenne
Wyo
B. Bebee
Fred Collins
John Tracy
Tracy
Bebee
Child crushed to death in Sisseton street incident
Six year old son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Cahill was crushed under the wheels of a passing steam threshing engine as he tried to outrun it in Sisseton South Dakota. The tragedy occurred June 7 and the boy died from his injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sisseton
S. D
Mea
Thomas Cahill
Knox Indorsed as 1908 Presidential Choice by Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Republicans name Senator Knox as their candidate for president in 1908. The state platform commends Theodore Roosevelt's administration and pledges loyal adherence to its policies and principles of equality of rights and opportunity to all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Senator Knox
Roosevelt
Harrisburg
Theodore Roosevelt
Republican Party
Pennyslvania
Knox
Novel Cause of Strike Over BeefSteak Boarding at Plant
In Chicago on June 7 workers at Commercial Cabinet faced a rare labor dispute over Sunday dinner steak. Carpenters and woodworkers struck amid a dispute about boarding house meals run by a shop steward. The foreman was reinstated, workers were discharged, and the plant remains largely idle as strikes spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Louis E. Kirmse
Commercial Cabinet Company
Anton Johansen
Carpenters’ Union
Kirmse
Mr. Kinnase
Athol Cut-Off to Shorten Denver Cheyenne Route
W L Park union pacific official says contractors will resume Athol cutoff construction immediate to shorten the Denver to Laramie line and avoid the heavy grade to Cheyenne. Project to be completed in six months making Denver westbound passenger trains bypass Cheyenne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Cheyenne
W. L. Park
Union Pacific
Colorado
Athol
Detaver
Laramie
Wyo
West
Gougar Temperance Leader Helen Gougar Dies at 70
Helen M Gougar prominent prohibition advocate and lecturer dies at home in Lafayette at age seventy of heart failure. A noted temperance agitator she toured nationwide in 1904 supporting Bryan for president. Though long based in Lafayette her best work was done in other cities and she did editorial work for newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette, Ltd
Helen M. Gougar
Bryan
Lafayette
Chicago Gets Him Bob Carr Joins Exposition Co
Robert V. Carr, noted newspaper man and author, becomes special western agent for the International Livestock Exposition Co of Chicago. Raised in Dakota country, he brings western stockgrower and rancher insight to the firm as it plans a record 1907 stock show. Carr will continue literary and newspaper work while handling duties in the west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Carr
International Exposition Co
Robert V. Carr
International Livestock Exposition Co
Chicago
West
Carr
Dakota Territory
South Dakota
Wyoming
Montana
International People
Spearfish News Notes From Memorial Day Briefs
Spearfish reports a broke Banks Stewart motor car towed to town, Harper Cleveland steering, Ira Marks quashes Russell death threat rumors, R. B. Hughes returns from a north trip amid storms. Spearfish Pioneer club elects officers, notes $28 on hand and $10 dues, adds two members, Mrs Wendells decorates graves, and Welch & Van Dusen take over Frank Welch Co business duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen City Mail
Harper Cleveland
Beulah
Banks Stewart
Spearfish
Cleveland
Ira Marks
Marks Bros
Omaha
Spear
John Wolzmuth
W. H. Russ
Mr. Marks
Russ
Ifirm
Pioneer Club
J. E. Cook
W. H. Todd
M. E. Wendells
Spearfish Memorial Day
Fred Johnston
Shoshoni
Wyo
Madill
Craig Boys
Henry Baier
Tobe Drislkill
Henry
Frank Welch & Co
Welch & van Dusen
Frank Welch
Item
Charles Pierson
Welch & Van Dusen Form New Local Firm
In fall 1899 Frank Welch & Co. retires with Frank Welch handling active management. Welch & Van Dusen replaces the firm name, consisting of Edward Welch and Fred Van Dusen. Welch has six to seven years with the business. Van Dusen leaves G. L. Smith to join. The pair aim to sustain the established trade and earn customer support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Welch & Co
Frank Welch
Welch & van Dusen
Edward Welch
Fred van Dusen
Welch
van Dusen
G. L. Smith
Large horse deal in Belle Fourche links Woolfolk and Thompson
E G Woolfolk from Alzada Montana buys a large herd from Pete Thompson. Woolfolk plans carload sales as demand for well bred horses rises. Machinery to sink a six inch artesian well is being set at the high school lot. Water company will supply free water for twenty years. County roads bridges to be repaired after a recent storm. Steel bridges planned for Redwater Eaton's and the Belle Fourche river bridge pending next Sep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. G. Woolfolk
Pete Thompson
Alzada
Montana
Mr. Thompson
Water Company
Willow
Horse Creeks
Belle Fourche
Redwater
Eaton's
Sale of Big Horn County News To New York Artist
The Big Horn County News of Meeteetse Wyoming will be sold to A A Anderson a New York artist and friend of Chief Forester Gifford Pinchot. The sale involves withdrawal of a $10 000 defamation suit Anderson filed earlier against the News. Anderson now owns three Wyoming weeklies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meeteetse
Wyo
Big Horn County
A. A. Anderson
New York
United States
Gifford Pinchot
Anderson
News
Wyoming
Bishop Hare Returns After Eye Surgery in New York
Bishop W. H. Hare of the Episcopal church for South Dakota returns to Sioux Falls after an operation in New York to remove his right eye due to a cancerous growth from irritation by nose glasses. He appears much improved in health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hare
Sioux Falls
S. D
W. H. Hare
Episcopal Church
South Dakota
New York
Editor Receives Libel Verdict in Sisseton Suit
In Sisseton South Dakota on June 7 the Randolph libel case against John Creal editor of the Courant resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff of $1. Laws allow $1 plus costs. A prior trial awarded $4 400 to Randolph.
Land sales in Sioux Valley and Civil Bend townships
Clement Streeter Jr sells land at 120 dollars per acre in Civil Bend township Sioux Valley. M V Seamonds sells to J B Aalfs and N Aalfs of Fort Dodge a well improved quarter section at 65 dollars per acre. Seamonds homesteaded the farm in 1809.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elk Point
Clement Streeter, Jr
Civil Bend
Sioux Valley Township
M. V. Seamonds
Aalfs
Fort Dodge
Mr. Seamonds
Forest Service seeks release of 3.8 million acres from reserves
The Forest Service asks for withdrawal releases totaling about 3 785 000 acres including a 3 400 000 acre Norton Bay tract in Alaska and 255 000 acres across Montana Wyoming and Colorado. Revisions aim to restore lands to the public domain as not suitable for national forest purposes and reduce proposed additions to several national forests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Service
Washington, D. C
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
Norton Bay
Alaska
Fergus County
Forest
Meagher County
Big Snowy Mountains Nation
Little Belt National Forest
Meagher
Sweet Grass
Gallatin
Crazy Mountains National Forest
Huerfano County
Las Animas National Forest
la Plata
Montezuma
San Juan
Montezuma National Forest
Carbon County
Medicine Bow National Forest
Confederate Veterans Denied Capitol Entry as Group
One hundred armed Tennessee Confederate veterans visiting Washington from the Richmond reunion were barred from entering the Capitol as a group. They laid down their flag and were disarmed before admission as private citizens. Congressman John Wesley Gaines protested without effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Tennessee
United States Capitol
Washington
Richmond
White House
Tennsylvania Avenue
Capitol
John Wesley Gaines
Knights of Pythias vote on uniforms and brigades
The supreme assembly in Norfolk votes down a change in uniforms and sends the matter back for committee. It amends rules to restrict representation to brigades with at least fifteen companies and allows brigade commanders to accept resignations of field and line officers. Jewels of honor for line officers after one term fail. an amendment to elect brigade officers by letter passes with one dissent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Supreme Assembly
Knights of Pythias
Chinese Defeat Americans at Grand Restaurant Incident
In Cheyenne on June 10 two intoxicated white men attacked Ah Dow & Co in a Grand restaurant. A Chinaman and an American suffered head injuries as Chinese workers emerged from the kitchen to subdue the assault. One American was scalped and another struck by a hot poker before the pair withdrew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyo
Celestials
Ah Dow & Co
Ah Dow
Lad of 11 Sleeps on Grave at Oak Ridge Cemetery
Christopher Hodkinson, 11, told detectives he could not sleep at home after his mother died in February. He confessed to sleeping on his mother's grave at Oak Ridge Cemetery to feel near her, saying it was colder at home but he slept better beside her. He was arrested today for the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lad
Chicago
Mamma
Christopher ‘Hodkinson
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Captain O'Brien
Detective Headquarters
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Colo
S. E. Mason
Western Federation of ‘Miners
Western Federation
Friend
Helen M. "Gougar
State News
Pythian Knights
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