Darrow Closes Defense Tearing into Orchard in Haywood Trial
Clarence Darrow wrapped up his closing address in the Haywood case in Boise Idaho amid a packed courtroom. He attacked Orchard as untrustworthy and argued Pinkerton agents aimed to convict Haywood, with two days needed to finish for the defense. Dr. McGee, detained on perjury charges, was released after a magistrate ruled insufficient grounds to hold him.
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Boise
Idaho
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
Haywood
Darrow
Brownight
Steunenberg
Orchard
Hawley
Grill
Harry Orchard
J. H. Hawley
Bill Haywood
Pinkertons
E. F. Richardson
Pinkerton Detective Agency
Jas. McPartland
Gooding
Borah
Peabody
Colorado
Richardson
Pinkerton Agency
Moyer
Brewer buys controlling stake in Cedar Rapids Republican
O A Brewer today purchased the controlling interest in the Cedar Rapids Republican, a leading local paper. McMillan, the former stockholder, expects to retire.
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Cedar Rapids
O. A. Brewer Today
French to allow American meats with certificates
Paris July 24. The French government informed Ambassador White that American meats may be imported into France using American certificates. Microscopic examination will not be insisted upon for now, but the ruling is temporary.
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Paris
Ambassador White
France
Bennett Electrical president Shot by Jilted Lover
George T. Bennett, president of Bennett Electrical Co., was killed in Los Angeles when Estelle Corwall, with whom he had lived, shot him after fearing he would desert her. The incident occurred July 24.
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Los Angeles
Geo. T. Bennett
Bennett Electrical Company
Estelle Corwall
Bennett
Biggest Fire in Victoria Destroys Five Blocks
A monumental blaze last evening in Victoria British Columbia destroyed five blocks and many detached buildings resulting in an estimated quarter of a million dollars in losses. The fire marks the largest in the city’s history.
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Victoria
B. C
Westerners Among Wreck Survivors List
Astoria Oregon July 24 The following are among 67 survivors from the steamer Columbia taken aboard the Elder Sunday afternoon after the Columbia was struck The Elder arrived this morning Among the survivors in the west were FE W H Truesdale Richfield Mr Dwight Casner Lead S D J W Riggs and wife Bloomington Til Julia Malek Wisconsin Hetty Golden Wisconsin Mabel Gader Peoria J W Waddy St Louis J C Orr Schuyler Neb Mary E B Cox Elwood Ind The Elder did not pursue missing rafts or boats nor pick up victims after leaving Eureka
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Astoria
Oregon
Columbia
West
FE. W. H. Truesdale
Richfield
Dwight Casner
Lead
Julia Malek
Wisconsin
Hetty Golden
Mabel Gader
Peoria
J. W. Waddy
St. Louis
J. C. Orr
Schuyler
Neb
Mary EB. Cox
Elwood
Ind
Eureka
Baden Duke Likely Halts Death for Hau Murder Case
Berlin July 24 The Grand Duke of Baden opposes the death penalty and is believed to commute Karl Hau’s death sentence for killing his mother in law to life imprisonment. Professor Aschaffenburg, a noted psychologist, contends Hau did not commit the murder.
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Berlin
Grand Duke of
Baden
Karl Hau
Aschaffenburg
Hall
Miner Confesses to Mine Death Trap in Illinois
Belleville Ill July 24 Joseph Genetti in jail here confessed to setting the death trap in the Consolidated coal mine at Collinsville on July 1 that killed two men He implicates another coal miner who is not under arrest.
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Belleville
Ill
Joseph Genetti
Collinsville
Thread price hike denied by American Thread official
New York reports that the American Thread company plans to raise thread price to ten cents a spool, but an official denies the move. The July 24 item notes the denial from a company officer.
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New York
N. Y
American Thread Company
Car Team Re Inforc... Des Moines Strike Extends
Des Moines July 24 125 car repairers and attendants at Rock Island shops in Des Moines and Valley Junction joined the strike. No passenger cars on main or branch lines are being cleaned or iced. The walkout remained peaceful and the company has no plans yet for striker work.
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Des Moines
Rock Island
Valley Junction
Pennsylvania Cricketers Defeated by Woodbrook Eleven
In Dublin on July 24, the University of Pennsylvania cricket team lost the opening match of the Irish tournament to Woodbrook eleven.
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University of Pennsylvania
Dublin
Ireland
Woodbrook
Strikes Usually Are Successful Lockouts Report
A Bureau of Labor report reveals striking patterns showing lockouts often succeed, highlighting the dynamics between labor actions and employer responses. The findings emphasize rising effectiveness of work stoppages and related tactics in labor disputes.
Labor Battles Win More Often for Workers in 1905
Washington July 24 1905 reports show U S industries faced fewer strikes than since 1892 with 221686 workers out of work across 2077 strikes in 176337 strikers across 8299 establishments averaging 23 days. Workers won all demands in 48 percent of establishments and partly in 15 percent while 36 percent failed entirely. Pittsburgh dispute over the Pate steam dump settled with miners favored. arbiter Judge Miller ruled the device violated wage scales.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Bureau of Labor
Department of Commerce and Labor
Pittsburg
Miller
Utilities Commission appoints ex mayoral candidate as special counsel
New York July 24 public utilities commission announced the appointment of William M Ivins the republican nominee in the last mayoralty election as special counsel to probe the Interborough Metropolitan and Brooklyn Rapid Transit systems. The inquiry will start at once.
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Utilities Commission of
New York
The
Public Utilities Commission
William M. Ivins
Interborough
Brooklyn
British Subject Sentenced For Tearing Down Flag
Marquette Michigan July 24 James Grant a British subject was sentenced to thirty days in jail and fined 100 dollars for tearing down and trampling upon a United States flag at Birch today.
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Marquette, Mich
Birch
James Grant
United States
Lodge Made Permanent Chairman of State Committee
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge was appointed permanent chairman of the Republican State Committee in Boston Massachusetts on July 24. The move formalizes Lodge as head of the party apparatus in the state and cements his leadership role ahead of upcoming campaigns.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Boston
Mass
Republican State Committee
Haywood Likely Socialist Nominee Despite Murder Plot Concerns
Walter Mills argues Charles D. Haywood will be the socialist presidential nominee unless Haywood is hanged. Mills notes the party shuns nominees who draw anti socialist votes and believes Haywood is virtually certain to win the nomination if alive, despite his alleged plotting of murder.
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Charles D. Haywood
Walter Thomas Mills
Mills
Seattle Socialistic
Chautauqua
Mr. Mills
Socialist Party
Haywood
Plan New School at Iowa City for Educators
The Board of Regents of Iowa State University will found a new school of education to train high school and college teachers. Dr. F. E. Bolton will be dean. Regents elected W. D. Evans, Cole, and C. A. Clark as law faculty. Elizabeth Hopkins as public speaking professor. Alice Wilkinson as physical director. Geo. W. Hauschild to join the German department.
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Iowa City
Board of Regents
Iowa State University
F. E. Bolton
Theregents
W. D. Evans
Hampton, Cole
C. A. Clark
Cedar Rapids
College of Law
Elizabeth Hopkins
Iowa Wesleyan University
Alice Wilkinson
Cornell Gymnasium
Chicago
Geo. W. Hauschild
New Berry College
New Berry
South Carolina
Fusion in the Primary Sees Nebraska Dems and Populists Win
Nebraska Democrats and Populists win in court paving fusion on the September 3 direct primary ballots. The state supreme court overruled the attorney general’s demurrer and ordered a mandamus to compel the secretary of state to permit fusion on the primary tickets.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
Supreme Court
Secretary of State
Oskaloosa Mayor William Cricket Dies Sudden
Oskaloosa Iowa July 24 Special William Cricket mayor of OsKaloosa and former Mahaska County sheriff dies suddenly this morning from Brights disease at age.
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William Cricket
Bright
Oskaloosa
Mahaska County
Building Collapse Buries Twenty Workers in New York
A brick structure at the southwest corner of 58th Street and Broadway collapsed burying 20 workmen. Two were seriously injured.
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New York Building
New York
58Th and
Broadway
Flood Damage Mounts in Western Wisconsin Reports
La Crosse Wisconsin July 24 reports say the retreating flood from Sunday and Monday reveals damage across western Wisconsin worse than initial estimates with extensive property loss and infrastructure impact.
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Wisconsin
la Crosse
Wis
Glidden Tour Ends as Autos Reach Jersey City
New York says the first Glidden tour car reached Jersey City Hall at noon completing a 1550 mile run half an hour ahead of schedule with the rest following. Buffalo Automobile Club unofficially wins the tour trophy. Tourists reach Philadelphia after a run from Cleveland to New York and Baltimore reception host tonight.
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New York
Jersey City
Buffalo Club
Buffalo Automobile Club
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Baltimore
Record Chautauqua crowd floods Muscatine grounds
Thousands attend the Muscatine Chautauqua second annual assembly as crowds fill the grounds and strain the city’s transport system. Ben Lindsey and Whitney Brothers Quartette arrive to perform, after a rapid Davenport to Muscatine trip by Buck Auto Company vehicle.
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Ben Lindsey
Whitney Brothers Quartette
Muscatine
Davenport
Buck Auto Company
Chicago Hotel Proprietor Shoots Self in Despondency
Chicago July 24 George B Ross once ran several freadimne hotels in the city died by his own hand in a self inflicted shooting Despondency is named as the cause in the police report and local obituary notices
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Chicago
Ill
George B. Ross
Three Japanese War Vessels Reach Seaports Amidst Tense Asia
A July dispatch from Chemulpo reports three Japanese warships arriving from Gen san with large detachments aboard and planning to call at Seoul. Simultaneously, arrests of palace subordinates aimed at cutting off communications from the former emperor suggest a crackdown on anti dynastic plots in Korea and China.
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Seoul
Chemulpo
Gensan
St. Peterburg
Novoe Vremya Today
China
Korea
Girl Hurt by Auto Machine at Smith and Richards Co
Fourteen year old Ruth Painter suffered a severe gash and crushing injury to her right hand when she kicked a lever at the Smith and Richards Button Co. The belt started, bleeding was heavy, and Dr. Fred Appel attended. She was reported much improved this afternoon.
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Ruth Painter
Smith and Richards Button Co
Fred Appel
Strike Drives Emigrants Back to Former Home
A Minnesota iron mine strike drives workers from the Mesaba range to return to Italy Hungary Finland and other homelands. Gov Johnson plans to meet with dock and mine interests in Duluth to seek a settlement as state troops are discussed. Mass meetings surge as Hibbing Chisholm and Eveleth see large turnout and blockaded properties.
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Superior
Wis
Italy
Hungary
Finland
Europe
Johnson
St. Paul
Minn
McDermott
Duluth
Bates
Chisholm
Hibbing
Range
Will Be Bride of Count Giulio Senni Mary Gayley Engaged
The Figaro reports the engagement of Count Giulio Senni and Mary T. Gayley eldest daughter of James Gayley first vice president of United States Steel. The marriage is planned for November at Mr. Gayley's New York residence.
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Mary T. Gayley
Steel Corporation
Paris
the Figaro
Giulio Senni
Mary T
James Gayley
United States Steel Corporation
Mr. Gayley
New York
George H Berkey Ends Life in Sioux City
George H Berkey, a Tolerton & Warfield groceries salesman in Sioux City, committed suicide today. He shot himself after being pressed by his employers to settle short accounts.
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George H. Berkey
Sioux City
Tolerton & Warfield Company
Weather Summary for Illinois and Iowa July 24
Showers expected tonight and Thursday across Illinois with slight temperature changes. In Iowa, showers tonight followed by cooler air in the east and Thursday, fair and warmer overall. Sunrise 4 34, sunset 7 16, moonrise 7 69.
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Chicago
Illinois
Iowa
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