Defense Focuses on Orchard Threats and Haywood Case
Boise June 26 direct testimony in Haywood defense claims Orchard threatened to kill Steunenberg over Hercules mine losses. Defense portrays Orchard and Sterling meetings as pretrial actions, while Darrow argues no conspiracy and frames Orchard’s claims as personal grudges and misstatements.
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Boise
Idaho
William D. Haywood
Harry Orchard
Frank Steunenberg
Hercules
Orchard
K. C. Sterling
Independence
Sterling
Steunenberg
F. R. Redd
Cripple Creek
Goldfield, Nev
Charles A. Sullivan
Brown Hotel
Denver
I. L. McGee
Coeur d’Alenes
Wallace
Mine Owners’ Association
D. C. Scott
Florence & Cripple Creek Railway
Haywood
District Court
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
Darrow
Federation
Nine breweries to unite in eight million deal
In St Louis on June 26 it was announced that nine independent breweries from St Louis East St Louis and Granite City have formed an $8,000,000 combine. Henry Koehler president of the American Brewing company says all representatives have signed the contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
E. C. Crow
East St. Louis
Ill
Granite City
Henry Koehler
American Brewing Company
Yankton Banker Sentenced to Five Years in Leavenworth
Chas C. King a banker from Yankton South Dakota was brought to the United States penitentiary at Leavenworth to serve a five year term for violation of banking laws.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Three Tornadoes Hit Medicine Lodge and More
Three tornadoes struck Medicine Lodge Kansas damaging 25 houses in the north part of town. Six people were seriously injured and one missing. A Mrs Bell is missing. A severe storm near Springfield and Bloomington Illinois caused heavy damage and broken telephone service. At Kalamazoo Michigan a tornado killed a man and three racehorses at Recreation park. Jasper Indiana reports a severe electric storm injuring a family of eight and killing Seth Cummins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Lodge
Kan
Bell
Springfield
Bloomington
Delavan
Tazewell
Kalamazoo
Mich
Recreation Park
William Wiedmayer
Jasper
Ind
James Howard
Here
Howard
Seth W. Cummings
Pike County
Cummins
Headless Italian Boy Found Dead in Swamp Near New Orleans
Walter Lamana, a seven to eight year old Italian boy kidnapped two weeks earlier for a $6000 ransom, was found dead in a pig swamp near New Orleans. Police and vigilants discovered the headless body just before daybreak, with a police confession stating he was strangled and possibly decapitated as decomposition set in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Walter Lamana
Seven-Year-Old Arrested for Incendiarism in Parkersburg
Clyde Glidden, seven, is jailed on a charge of incendiarism after two nearby houses were burned last week in Parkersburg West Virginia. The flames forced families to flee as authorities pursue the case. The statute provides death penalty unless mercy is recommended, then life imprisonment. J D Cutlip, owner of the houses, says Glidden was ordered from his garden days before the fires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
W. Va
Clyde Glidden
J. D. Cutlip
Young Glidden
Cutlip
Bello says he killed in his sleep during train assault
Goodland Kansas June 24 Italian John Bello who killed a man and wounded two women aboard a Rock Island train east of Goodland told an interpreter he carried out the shooting in his sleep as the result of a dream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodland
Kan
John Bello
Rock Island
Here
Bello
Assistant Treasurer Jacobs Dies
Washington dispatch reports the death of Assistant United States Treasurer Jacobs in San Francisco. Treasurer Treat assumes control by wire and appoints Cashier T. P. Barnes to act as assistant treasurer until arrival in San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacobs
Washington
Treasury Department
United States
San Francisco
Treat
T. P. Barnes
Census of Oklahoma Ordered
President orders a special enumeration of Oklahoma inhabitants including present territory and Indian Territory. Census by the Census Bureau to determine statehood readiness as advised by the attorney general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Washington
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Census Bureau
Territory
Indian Territory
Brewster Slain on Train by Deputized Arrest
Hal Brewster 27 son of Col P H Brewster prominent Atlanta lawyer was shot and killed on an excursion train Monday by French Early a Negro man Brewster had been deputized by the sheriff to arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Hal Brewster
P. H. Brewster
French Early
Kaiser Takes Submarine Dive in Secret Maneuvers
Circulation reports claim Emperor William secretly boarded a submarine during naval maneuvers last Friday and greatly enjoyed the voyage in Kiel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaiser
Kiel
Emperor William
Wild West Show Stunt Upsets Idaho Riders
In Idaho's Salmon river meadows a rough band of cow punchers hired by a traveling wild west show learned stunting risks as riders are dragged by the foot. After practice one performer asked if the act was dangerous, and the show's representative reassured him his pay would continue regardless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salmon River Meadows
Idaho
Lippincott’s
Postal strike tensions spread to Chicago fears rise
The Commercial Telegraphers union urged Postal officials to meet a union representative or a delegation from its executive board to address operator grievances. Chicago fears a broader walkout next, pending reinstatement of nine Western Union operators linked to union activity. The company says reinstatement will be considered individually, despite a San Francisco strike order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
Nally
Postal Telegraph Company
Chicago
S. J. Small
Small
San Francisco
el Paso
Tex
Western Union Telegraph Company
Telegraphers’ Union
Clowry
Labor
Neill
Western Union
Barclay
New Gr usser Sent South
The United States dispatches the cruiser Milwaukee from Mare Island to Central America amid upsurge in Nicaragua and Zelaya’s ambitions. Commander Charles A. Gove commands the Milwaukee. the ship will coal with Saturn and Yorktown at La Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Central America
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Milwaukee
Mare Island Navy Yard
California
Navy Department
Charles A. Gove
la Union
San Salvador
Saturn
Yorktown
Acalutia
Central American
St. Louis
Pacific
Medals for Two Heroes Awarded by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt via the interstate commerce commission awarded railroad life saving medals to Charles Arms of Clarksville Tennessee and Edgar E George of Parsons Pennsylvania. Arms saved Mail Clerks J G Martin and Thomas A Frazier and Baggage man Robert L Morris from a flood flooded draw bridge plunge on the Louisville and Nashville line. George freed a Polish boy trapped by a railroad frog at Parsons and bodily moved him to safety.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Interstate Commerce Commission
Charles Arms
Clarksville
Tenn
Edgar E. George
Parsons
Mr. Arms
J. G. Martin
Thomas A. Frazier
Robert L. Morris
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Cumberland River
Arms
George
Launch Explosion Drowns Two on Conderay Lake
Two men died when a gasoline tank aboard a launch exploded on Conderay lake near Chippewa Falls Wisconsin. Samuel Hill drowned after the blast. His two companions swam to shore. John Hilbure of Chippewa Falls jumped from a rowboat and also drowned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Conderay Lake
Here
Samuel Hill
John Hilbure
Gov Folk grants 30 day respite for Missouri condemned man
Jefferson City Missouri June 25 Gov Folk granted a 30 day respite to Tom Clay a Black man sentenced to be hanged at Columbia Mo on June 27 The action delays the execution and extends the legal process surrounding the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Jefferson City
Folk Monday
Tom Clay
Columbia
Pittsburg Men Convicted in Bribery Conspiracy Case
Charles R. Richardson was found guilty in criminal court on Tuesday of conspiring with Harvey P. Bostaph Joseph Flaherty and J H Milholland to bribe councilmen to pass the Pittsburg Tube City railroad franchise ordinance in Pittsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Charles R. Richardson
Harvey P. Bostaph
Joseph Flaherty
J. H. Milholland
Pittsburg & Tube City Railroad
Heat Kills Many in Pittsburg District
Eleven people are dead and many found prostrate after extreme heat in the Pittsburg district over the last 36 hours, with officials attributing the deaths to the heat wave and related conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Reorganized New York Life Names New Board and Officers
The New York Life Insurance Company announces a reorganized board chosen by policyholders under Armstrong laws. Darwin P. Kingsley is named president, Thomas A. Buckner first vice president, with Wm. E. Ingersoll and Rufus W. Weeks among the senior officers. The move aims to reassure policyholders amid recent insurance upheaval while preserving the firm’s substantial $2 billion in outstanding business.
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New York Life Insurance Company
Armstrong
Darwin P. Kingsley
New England
Thomas A. Buckner
Wm. E. Ingersoll
Europe
Paris
Rufus W. Weeks
Buckner
New York Life
State of
New York
There's a language all mules understand
A tale recalls Senator Knute Nelson's logging camp days when various tongues failed to move the mules. An Irish worker used coarse exclamations, revealing a universal mule language as the mules obeyed a forceful yell, not any mother tongue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knute Nelson
Joe Mitchell Chapple
National Magazine
Seedy loafer eats large dinner ends with quip
In a parlor tale a shabby guest admits he has no money after a heavy meal. The waiter alerts the proprietor who fetches a policeman. The proprietor repeats the call, and the guest jokes that a stomach pump was not needed, causing quiet amusement.
Return good for evil illustrated by a pupil
A teacher tells children to return good for evil by giving an apple to a schoolmate who has struck them. A quick child responds that the classmate would strike again to get another apple, exposing the problem with the plan.
Loch Katrine Water Purity Noted Compared with Thames
Remark on Loch Katrine water purity describes only a quarter pound of alluvial deposit per 1,000 gallons, contrasting with the Thames which averages four pounds per 1,000 gallons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loch Katrine
Scotland
Thames
Elizabeth Loving Tells a Sad Story in Murder Trial
In Houston Virginia on June 26 Miss Elizabeth Loving testified through sobs about a night she says she was drugged and assaulted by Theodore Estes before her father Judge William G Loving killed Estes. The defense says the tale affected the judge’s actions and the prosecution plans rebuttal evidence.
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Houston
Elizabeth Loving
William G. Loving
Theodore Estes
Estes
E. L. Kidd
Miss Kidd
Kidd
Loving
Law aims to curb camera artists in Berlin
Berlin reports that a new act, effective July 1, grants absolute rights to reproduce portraits and interiors. Photographers face prosecution and fines for snapping without authorization, even when asked by a friend to photograph a room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Cincinnati Tin and Sheet Metal Workers Strike
Cincinnati notes a city wide standstill as about 250 Tin and Sheet Metal Workers union members strike starting Monday over wages. Workers currently earn about 2.50 dollars per day and demand 3.60 dollars daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Tin and Sheet Metal Workers’ Union
U. S. to Watch German Army Maneuvers
Washington reports the War Department will send a party of officers to observe German army maneuvers in September. Brigadier General W. Edgerly will head the delegation as they depart New York on August 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Washington
War Department
New York
W. §. Edgerly
Columbus man slain after craps game dispute
In Columbus Ohio on June 24 a quarrel over a craps game left Oliver Anderson colored severely assaulted and another Black man cut Anderson's throat, the incident described as serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Oliver Anderson
Anderson
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Executive Committee
Grusser
President Roosevelt
William Tunstall
Lovingstone
H. B. Melvin
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