Haywood Trial Delays Witness Taxen to Callwell
Haywood case drags in Boise as witness Taxen is moved to Callwell in Canyon County for a separate murder case. Judge Fremont Wood presides, Orchard testimony advances, and defense questions links to Adams and Simpkins while subpoenas and Pinkerton money trails loom over the coming week.
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Boise
Wilaw
Plywood
Congit
Steunenberg
Strands
Starry Orchard
Enier
Uatiwell
Canyon County
Fremont Wood
Haywood
Bryan
Orchard
Tiny Wood
Adams
Jack Simpkins
Simpkins
Western Federation of Miners
Lie
Beatig
Shavkins
Hlaywood, Moyer and Pettibone
Muurder
Supreme Court of Colorado
Supreme Court
Goddard
Orthard
Gabbert
Fred Bradley
San Francisco
Pat Bone
Pettibone
Postal Telegraph Company
Pinkkertons
Pinkerton
Heywood
Moyer
Feigned Sleep Ends in Death of Idaho Man in Kansas City
Thomas C. Webster age sixty from Horseshoe Bend Idaho began feigning sleep on an April 1 train between Kansas City and Denver and did not awaken for seventy seven days before dying at the General Hospital. A committee of doctors concluded the sleep was feigned and that he suffered from acute melancholia.
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Kansas City
Thomas C. Webster
Horseshoe Bend
Ida
Denver
General Hospital
Webster
Kaneko to Succeed Aoki as Japanese Ambassador
June 17 report from Tokio states Viscount Aoki ambassador to America will probably be recalled and likely be succeeded by Baron Kaneko. The Hochi notes the change may occur as Tokyo reshuffles its diplomatic corps with Aoki nearing retirement.
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Kaneko
Aoki
Tokio
The
Hochi
Viscount Aoki
America
Ron Kaneko
Operators Vote Strike Fund Support in Telegraphers Row
Fifteen hundred telegraph operators in Chicago voted to back their union leadership in pursuing grievances with Western Union and Postal Telegraph companies. Separate resolutions threaten drastic measures, with a $5,000 strike fee approved. in New York, ten days’ notice was served to the company to meet with the union committee or face action. Roosevelt in Oyster Bay referred appeals to Labor Commissioner Neill, noting no emergency akin to the 1890s coal strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Commercial Telegraphers' Union
Western Union
Postal Telegraph Companies
New York
Eimpistes
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of American
Oyster Bay
N.Y
Roosevelt
Charles P. Neill
Varios
Iintervene
Bureau of Labor
Mr. Neill
Public Lands Convention in Denver This Week
Delegates to the public lands convention will assemble in Denver this week. Two members of President Roosevelt's cabinet and several prominent westerners will speak. Secretary Garfield will discuss “The West Its Obligations” and Secretary Wilson will speak on “The West Its Rights.” Governor Frants of Oklahoma will discuss “The West Its Accomplishments” and Senator Carter of Montana will address “The West Its Possibilities.”
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Denver
Public Lands
Roosevelt
Garfield
Department of the Interior
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Rants
Oklahoma
Carter
Montana
Three Killed by Explosion West of Shelby
Aberdeen and Sherburn reports from June 17 describe a boiler explosion near Shelby that killed three workers Oscar Baker and Samuel Baker, with Washihoe htar, and injured owner W N Carlo in critical condition. A severe electrical storm near Sherburn caused fatalities and widespread damage as lightning struck homes, barns, and windmills, with a man and a boy killed near Punnalli.
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Aberdeen
Shelby
Oscar Baker
Washihoe@htar
Samuel Baker
W. N. Carlo
Sherburn
Minn
Hain
Mairmount
Punnalll
Baseball Results Across Leagues Highlight Wide Scores
National League games showed St Louis 0 to Boston 2 with Brooklyn 1 and Cincinnati 2 facing Philadelphia. American Association results include Columbus 0 Milwaukee 4 and Toledo 3 Kansas City 1. Western League scores list Des Moines 8 Sioux City 14 and others like Pueblo 2 Omaha 4.
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St. Louis
Toston
Ghee
Brooklyn
Cin- Minnatt
Philadelphia
Columbus
Milwaukee
Toledo
Kansas City
Louiseilte
Minneapolis
Les Moines
Pueblo
Omaha
Sioux City
President to speak at Bayard memorial unveiling in Wilmington
Former President Cleveland will deliver the principal address at the unveiling of a memorial state monument to Thomas F. Bayard in Wilmington Delaware next Saturday. Dredging in Hampton Roads for six midshipmen and four seamen drowned remains unsuccessful. Over 3,050 New England graduates will receive bachelor degrees this month. A Havana paper claimed an uprising in Pinar del Rio. Governor Mingoon dismissed it as unfounded. Walter Lamana search ends with no trace in New Orleans. Buffalo’s obelisk to President McKinney will be dedicated in the first week of September.
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Cleveland
Wilmington
Del
Thomas F. Bayard
Hampton Roads
Colleges
New England
Pinar del Tia
Havana
Mingoon
Walter Lamana
New Orleans
Louisiana
Lower Coast
Buffalo
New York
Dissolution of the Duma Triggers New Elections in Russia
St. Petersburg reports the dissolution of the second duma and a forthcoming election under new rules. Authorities reinforce the capital with troops at the Tauride palace while deputies and leaders face arrests or evasions. Imperial ukase abolishes the duma and sets a new election law, sparking fears of agrarian unrest and political upheaval nationwide.
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St. Petersburg
Duma
Russia
Odessa
Kiev
Tauride
Sarkuzyl
Associated Press
Prince Tzertzeretell
M. Dzhaparidge
Secret Service
M. Oxzel
M. Alexinsky
Nicholas
Hold Annual Marriage Fair in Brussels Whit Monday
Brussels hosts the annual marriage fair on Whit Monday with twenty seven engagements announced. bachelors were required to sign the gold letter register at the town hall and provide parentage and prospects, then gathered in the decorated market square for a crowd, band music, and a formal welcome by Mile Glende. After a luncheon at the town hall, the day continued with dancing and evening street lighting.
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Brussels
Menassines
Benussines
Gruid
Mile
Glende
Explosion at Lisbon kills thirty in dynamite plant blast
A Lisbon dispatch reports a dynamite factory explosion killing thirty workers. Authorities believe former workers, seeking vengeance, caused the blast. The incident occurred in the manufacturing town and is under investigation.
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Londo
Lisbon
Interior Secretary Issues Circular on Second Homestead Entries
The general office circular directs local land offices and the public on proofs required for second homestead entries under the April 28, 1904 law. It states authorities cannot grant second entries to those who forfeited after that date or where a valid original entry existed without explicit authorization.
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I Lana
Interior
Proves Herself Not Dead in Court in New List Scene
Miss Leah Spencer of Newcastle Pennsylvania appeared in Judge McHenry's district court to defeat a suit by her father's brother and sister claiming she was dead to claim a $2,000 policy from the Ancient Order of United Workmen. She had not been heard from for ten years. The case unsettled whether she remains alive despite the years of silence. She previously lived with her parents in Council Bluffs.
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Des Moines
Leah Spencer
Newcastle
Order of United Workmen
Spencer
Council Bluffs
Pedagogue Spanks Girls Promptly Acquitted by Jury
Professor Dr. L. Correll head of Bristow schools disciplined students with spanking. Girls objected and sued for assault and battery. A jury acquitted him. Later the school board rehired him for another year at a higher salary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lown Bulls
L. Correll
Bristow
Wealthy man Lyle takes his own life in Iowa
George Lyle, a wealthy Newton resident, willed $100000 to his wife and disinherited his son who serves in the United States Army in the Philippines. He reportedly sold his Monroe county farm for 100 dollars an acre, kept the funds, and died by a bullet in a hay mow. Secretary Taft toured Iowa visiting Sioux City Fort Meade routes and small towns, delivering brief remarks.
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Newton
George Lyle
United States Army
Philippines
Lyle
Monroe
Taft
Sioux City
Sioux Alls
Fort Meade
Milwaukee Ste Ien
Iowa
Stowx Palls
Clanton
Hawarden
Akron
One Soldier Kills Another at Fort Des Moines
In Fort Des Moines a jealous act ends in murder as Private W H Johnson fatally stabs Private James A Keeley during a quarrel while Keeley talked with Miss Bertha J of Carlisle Iowa. Keeley dies shortly after. Wayne Kansas River drowning incident reports two youths aged eighteen and seventeen, Harry Whitney and Robert Corman, drown after their canoe capsizes in high Blue River. Neither knew how to swim.
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Des Moines
W. H. Johnson
James A. Keeley
Bertha J
Carlisle
Keeley
Ilolingon
Johnson
Fort Des Moines
Blue River
Kansas City
Janeth Harry
Whitney
Robert Corman
Here
Helther
H A Mainquist Ends His Life In Salt Lake
Salt Lake City on June 17 reports H A Mainquist, a former horseman, died from morphine taken during a personal crisis in his tent. Poverty was cited as the cause of his despondency. He originated from Red Oak, Texas.
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H. A. Mainquist
Salt Lake
Red Oak
Fort Dodge High School Burns in Fire
Fort Dodge Indiana, June 17, a fire destroyed the Fort Dodge High School building. Officials estimate total loss at 75,000 with 25,000 insured, fire officials say defective electrical wiring sparked the blaze.
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Fort Dodge High School
Fort Dodge
Ingiffance
Attorney General seeks injunction against Nebraska railroads
Nebraska Attorney General W T Thompson files in the state supreme court to bar Union Pacific Burlington Missouri Pacific and Rock Island from violating the 2 cent fare law the commodity rate law and the anti pass law. The suit seeks to curb higher rates passes and noncompliance with the railroad commission with potential jurisdiction in state courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attorney General
Lincoln
Nebraska
W. T. Thompson
Supreme Court of
Union Pacific
Burlington
Missouri Pacific
Rock Island
State Railroad Commission
Supreme Court of Nebraska
Tvestock
Railroad Commission
Stage Swept into Flood Ends in Drowning Near Hemingford
Rev H H Eggers pastor of the German Lutheran church narrowly escaped death when floodwaters swept away a stage on a canyon road during a cloudburst. Mrs J Henri owner’s wife rode the stage and both occupants fell into the river. Eggers grabbed a tree and helped Mrs Henri ashore as the horse and rig were lost. In Surprise Nebraska August Heins hunts missing minister Henry Luebke who disappeared with Miss Filla Heins amid report the minister eloped with the girl.
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Hemingford
Neb
H. H. Eggers
Unit
Sioux County
Crawford
J. Henri
Mr. Hygers
Mrs. Henri
Mr. Eggers
Heins
Here
Henry Luebke
Filla Heins
Luebke
Lincoln Traction worker electrocuted at power plant
G C Jular of Fullbright Texas, a lineman for Lincoln Traction, was electrocuted while cleaning a boiler at the power plant. He entered a fer carrying an incandescent light cord and was found near street cars halted by the current from a 550 volt line. His body was burned by the shock. Nearby, a manhunt in Missouri targets David Linn for the fatal shooting of his sister Mollie Seymour near Faucet.
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Lincoln
G. C. Jular
Fullbright
Tex
Lincoln Traction Company
Missouri
St. Joseph
Faucet
Here
David Linn
Buda” Linn
Mollie Seymour
Linn
Senator-elect Isaac Stephenson spends for Wisconsin seat
Madison June 17 Isaac Stephenson senator elect from Wisconsin filed a sworn statement with the secretary of state showing expenditures of 3866.71 to win the office. William H. Hatten spent 791.48 and Congressman J J Esch 591.60. Harbor commandant assassinated in Sevastopol as assistant harbor commandant Colonel Gu sekoffsky was killed near the docks. the assassin was arrested.
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Madison
Wis
Isaac Stephenson
Wisconsin
William H. Hatten
J. J. Esch
Sevastopol
Guessekoffsky
No Hessians Need Apply from Aunt Sally Limekin
Aunt Sally notices a souvenir card from Europe and asks a summer boarder if he visited Hesse. Her intense indignation erupts as she corrects the idea of journeying there, highlighting the Hessian soldiers' origin with strong regional pride.
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Sally Limekin
Europe
Hesse
Sally
Shorror
Department of Agriculture rules on pure food guaranties
The department clarifies that a guaranty of purity and wholesomeness from the manufacturer does not shield later sellers from liability under the pure food and drugs act. A guaranty is valid only from the last seller to the consumer, prompting possible new regulations to require direct guaranties from all intermediate purchasers. Washington Sun
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Department of Agriculture
A & Co
B & Co
C & Co
Agricultural Department
Washington
Sun
BANKER KING PLEADS GUILTY IN SCOTLAND BANK WRECK CASE
Charles G. King, known as the Scotland bank wrecker, pleaded guilty to twelve of ninety five counts in U S court. He admitted false reports to the comptroller misapplication of funds drawing drafts without authority false entries and abstraction of funds. He was sentenced to five years in Leavenworth federal prison.
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Pierre
Charles G. King
Scotland
United States
Leavenworth
Kan
Two Young Men Die On Rails After Challenge
Madison Indiana June 17 a group from Lovett area returned from a singing school. Charles Dawson and Fred Ochs were urged by a young lady to stay on the railway track as a train approached. Dawson was killed and Ochs fatally injured. The young woman escaped with a torn dress. May Launch New Industrial Body
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Madison
Ind
Lovett
Charles Dawson
Fred Ochs
Dawson
Ocis
Drowning Tragedy Near Isleta Ferry Capsize Claims Three
A ferryboat capsized in the Rio Grande near Isleta twelve miles south of Albuquerque. Three Indians died, including Mrs. Juanita Abeytad and her eight year old son Manuelita Chewtewa, with Jian Abeytad also among the victims.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Rio Grande
Indian Pueblo Isleta
Juanita Abeytad
Jian Abeytad
Manuelita Chewewa
Beauty and usefulness in modern Englishmen
A London Women's Life quote argues the modern Englishman prefers beauty with usefulness, not beauty alone. It states a woman may attract interest but lasting appeal requires practical merits. without those, he settles for plainness rather than mere attractiveness.
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Miss Beauty
London
Close Application or Porous Plaster Parody
A stray line reflects a father urging his son to pursue close application before college. The humorous exchange contrasts earnest advice with the son’s quip about porous plaster and appears as a brief anecdote in Stray Stories.
Quotable quips on love and ambition from poetry and prose
A witty remark from Smart Set suggests a man may love two women yet lacks judgment, while Coleridge notes a dwarf gains reach by standing on a giant's shoulders. The pair frame humor and insight on perspective, pride, and ambition.
The Young Man Proposes to Your Daughter Sketch
A brief stage sketch shows a defiant suitor declaring a proposal to a surprised father who questions the girl’s inability to hear his suit. The dialogue captures clash, wit, and social expectations in a single scene.
Farmer Questions Gaffer Over Facial Contortions
In a humorous notice from a Tatler column a farmer expresses alarm at the gaffer's facial contortions. He asks what is wrong and jokes about dinner. He notes he has only one tooth and tries to spike a pickled onion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmer
Gaffer
John
Tatler
Steamer sinks mid ocean reported
A fragment notes a steamer sinking in mid ocean with inquiry about casualties. No survivors mentioned in the readable text. The excerpt implies death toll unknown as no one left alive could confirm.
Fragmentary exchange hints at departure timing
A clipped dialogue between Mr Staylate and Miss Patience Qonne hints at someone preparing to leave, with timekeeping and patience referenced in a vivid, period-voice exchange. The fragment suggests a scene of urgency and social timing without stating concrete events or outcomes.
Harduppe Laments Pressure From Friends and Creditors
Harduppe complains that friends always run him down and can’t dodge a creditor. The Philadelphia Press notes his struggles with social pressure and debt collection.
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Harduppe
Philadelphia Press
Plausible Inference About a Marriage Inquiry
A mother questions Miriam about her feelings for Mr Stapleford and marriage prospects. Miriam notes his belief in marriage is tied to the expense of gifts, claiming she warned him he is spending too much. The exchange hints at tensions over finances and commitment in a pending union.
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Miriam
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