Testimony Links Pettibone to Orchard in Bradley Plot
Boise, Idaho report on June 15 shows the Stonenberg murder trial tracing Harry Orchard's testimony to a Denver Pettibone store and a San Francisco alias route. It notes a registered letter from Pettibone to San Francisco and describes Adams being arrested in Ogden and then telegramming Haywood in Denver. The evidence ties Adams and Haywood to the Bradley murder scheme and confirms details of the Vindicator mine plot and Detective Lyte Gregory’s death.
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Boise
Idaho
Stonenberg
Harry Orchard
George Pettibone
Denver
Orchard
San Francisco
Bradley
Haywood
Steve Adams
United States Post
J. Wolt
Pettibone
J. Dempsey
Golden West Hotel
Dempsey
Hogan
Wolf
Pat Bone
Mason
Adams
Western Union
Ogden
Haywood-Adams
Vindicator
Lyte Gregory
Two Lives Lost in Storm Across Minnesota and Nearby States
Severe electrical storm raged nearly six hours in Sherburn and surrounding areas causing extensive damage. A man and a boy near Dunnell were reported killed by lightning while others faced washed-out bridges, flooded roads, and damaged homes and windmills. Deadwood and Warsaw also report weather disasters, with multiple fatalities and large crop losses.
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Sherburn
Minn
Fairmount
Dunnell
Deadwood
Black Hills
Warsaw
Ind
Nappanee
Middle West
Planters Hotel Changes Hands in 200,000 Deal
Negotiations completed Monday transfer control of the Planters hotel from Col. Thomas Landrum to Capt. James J. Lawlor of Houston Texas. The two year lease on the building owned by a St. Louis syndicate carries a stated consideration of $200,000.
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Planters Hotel
St. Louis
Col
Thomas Landrum
James J. Lawlor
Houston
Texas
Fire in Boston Auto District Flames Destroy Dozens of Cars
A blaze in Boston's auto district early Monday consumed between 35 and 40 automobiles and caused about $100,000 in damage. The fire, believed to have started by spontaneous combustion in the Back Bay Automobile Co garage, where over 50 machines were stored.
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Boston Auto District
Boston
Mass
Back Bay Automobile Company
Veterinary Surgeon Dies From Glanders After Treatment
New York June 18 Glanders contracted from a horse treated by Daniel H McDornan veterinary surgeon at the New York hospital caused his death He entered the hospital on Tuesday and nothing could relieve him as he died in agony.
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New York
Glanders
Daniel H. McDornan
New York Hospital
McDornan
Peace Conference Opens as Nelidoff Sees Unattainable Peace
The Hague June 17. The second international peace conference adjourned after 20 minutes with M. Nelidoff delivering an address stating universal peace and disarmament are unattainable. He praised Roosevelt and Carnegie, noted dissolution of the Russian Duma, and amid security concerns the event faced a small Sunday demonstration.
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The
Hague
M. Nelidoff
Roosevelt
Andrew Carnegie
Russia
Bankhead Wears Morgan ToGa
Gov. Comer in Birmingham appoints former Congressman John H. Bankhead to fill the Alabama U S Senate vacancy caused by the death of Senator John T. Morgan. Bankhead’s appointment lasts until the Legislature meets July 19. Col Bankhead led the Democratic primary for alternate senator last August. Funeral services for Senator Morgan held in Selma at First Methodist Church and burial at Live Oak Cemetery beside William R. King.
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Birmingham
Ala
Comer
John H. Bankhead
United States Senate
Alabama
John T. Morgan
Col. Bankhead
Selma
Church Street Methodist Church
Live Oak
William R. King
United States
Guerin Extradition Ruling Backs Free Status
London June 15. In a divisional court ruling Lord Alverstone and associates hold that a British subject who commits crime abroad and escapes to British territory cannot be extradited. Eddie Guerin, once in Chicago, fled to France, then Devil's Island and later the United States. The court discharged him, saying the extradition act does not apply.
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London
Lord Alverstone
Hold Good
Eddie’ Guerin
United States
Devil’s Island
England
France
Bow Street
Guerin
Chicago
Paris
America
Two Cent Fare Man Ejected in Missouri Train Incident
G L Dryden of High Hill refused to pay three cents per mile under the two cent fare law and was ejected from a Wabash passenger train in New Florence Missouri on Sunday night.
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New Florence
G. L. Dryden
High Hill
Missouri two-cent fare act sets three month trial period
Federal Judge rules in Kansas City that Missouri’s two-cent passenger fare becomes effective at six a m and will undergo a three month trial. If unremunerative, railroads may seek court review, while injunctions against the state’s freight rate law remain in place and will be argued in federal court.
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Kansas City
McPherson
Smith McPherson
United States District Court
Missouri
Herbert S. Hadley
Drowned Midshipmen Bodies Found in Chesapeake Bay
Three midshipmen from Virginia North Carolina and Delaware class of 1906 1907 were found in Chesapeake Bay in full naval uniforms with mutilated faces and hands. They were identified at the scene and taken to the naval hospital at Portsmouth aboard the Potomac. Four of the 11 men who drowned in the Minnesota launch last week have also been recovered including Fireman G. W. Westfail.
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Newport News
P. H. Field
Virginia
W. H. Stevenson
North Carolina
F. P. Holcomb
Delaware
Chesapeake Bay
Potomac
Naval Hospital
Portsmouth
G. W. Westfail
Georgia Day fete wrings praise from Terrell and Graves
Governor Terrell telegraphed President Roosevelt denying any criticism of the Georgia day events at the Jamestown exposition. He credited time constraints for trimming afternoon engagements and praised Roosevelt for lending his presence. Georgia editor John Temple Graves then visited Sagamore Hill, meeting the president to discuss Georgia interests and the Jamestown success.
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Oyster Bay
L. I
Roosevelt
Terrell
Georgia
N. Y
Mitchell
Jamestown
An¢D
Jamestown Exposition
J. M. Terrell
John Temple Graves
Sagamore Hill
Graves
Neck of the Woods
South
United States Senator Beveridge to marry Katherine Eddy in Chicago
A brief list of notable misfortunes and deaths includes Indiana Senator Beveridge's engagement to Chicago's Katherine Eddy, a Bingham Lake bank robbery recovered, a streetcar fatality in Chicago, and multiple other incidents across the United States. The itemization captures several prominent figures and events from cities like Chicago, St. Louis, Omaha, Camden, Detroit, and Los Angeles.
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United States
Beveridge
Indiana
Katherine Eddy
Chicago
State Bank
Bingham Lake
Minn
Redmond Prindiville
Samuel E. Haskins
Glasgow
Scotland
St. Louis
Covilha
Portugal
Alexander Hogeland
Murray Hotel
Omaha
Louisville
Simon Dufriche
New Orleans
James H. Smith
Davis Baird & Co
Delaware River
Camden
N. J
Walter Brown
William Barringer Brown
Crown Point
Ind
Fancher Lake
Hammond
Fort Wayne
William le Baron Jenney
Los Angeles
Cal
William Roule
Marie
Detroit
Mich
Bristow Teacher Acquitted After Spanking Charge
Bristow Iowa June 17 Professor D H Correl president of Bristow schools faced assault and battery charges filed by girl students who testified he spanked them as discipline. He was acquitted and the school board promptly raised his salary.
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Bristow, Ia
D. H. Correl
Bristow Schools
Thirty Four Victims From Chilean Earthquake Region
Reports from Valparaiso indicate 34 persons killed or injured by the recent earthquake. The affected area stretches from Valparaiso to Magellan Straits and from the Pacific coast to Neuquín in Argentina.
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Valparaiso
Chile
Magellan Straits
Pacific Coast
Neuquin
Argentina
Missouri duo pardoned after boodling convictions
Jefferson City June 15 Julius Lehmann and Emil Hartman former St Louis councilmen convicted of boodling and sentenced to the penitentiary were pardoned by Gov Folk and released after serving about half their terms They are the last of the convicted St Louis boodlers to leave the penitentiary.
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Jefferson City
Julius Lehmann
Emil Hartman
St. Louis
Folk Friday
Tolstoi Recovers After Influenza Attack
Count Tolstoi has recovered from influenza and faces no serious danger. Although aged, he remains confined to his home in Yasnaya Polyana, Russia, and has resumed his literary labors. The illness had caused serious apprehension among his admirers.
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Count Tolstoi
Yasnaya
Poliana
Russia
Russian Official Slain at Sebastopol Docks
Col. Guesse koffsky assistant harbor commandant was killed by a revolver shot near the docks Sunday The assassin was arrested in connection with the slaying reported from Sebastopol June 17 19th century style dispatch
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Sebastopol
Col. Guessekoffsky
Paid Holmes For Crop News Trial Opens In New York
Washington June 18 The government begins its case against Edwin H Holmes Jr arraigned on charges linked to pre release cotton crop data. Louis H Van Riper testified that he met Holmes in 1904 through F A Peckham and agreed to two thirds of profits from stock deals based on Holmes tips. He described Holmes sharing advance figures and payments via Moses Haas, noting 167000 dollars earned from November 1904 information and a five member partnership formed to profit from insider tips.
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Washhington
Louis H. van Riper
New York
Government
Edwin H. Holmes, Jr
Holmes
Agricultural Department
F. A. Peckham
Moses Haas
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Bankhead
Morgan Toga
Senate
Senator Morgan
Eddie Guerin
the News
Phoebe W. Cousins
District of Columbia
Samuel Wagner
Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company
Reading
Philadelphia
Sanbornville
N. H
Ben. Hicks Metcalf
Metcalf's Hospital
Winthrop
Iowa
Lehmann
Hartman
Gov. Folk
Milwaukee
Ledbersacaes
National Lead Company
Peera
Pesco
Standard Om Co. Incorporated
Carters
Aterks
Teutes
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