Orchard testimony tests strength of Harry Orchard
Boise June 7. The court heard Harry Orchard face cross examination as the ultimate test of his steadiness under questioning in the case against Western Federation of Miners officials. Orchard implicated Jack Simpkins in planning the Steunenberg bombing and described his escape from Caldwell.
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Boise
Ida
Harry Orchard
Western Federation
Richardson
Orchard
Jack Simpkins
Steunenberg
Simpkins
Married Man's Love for Many Girls Ruins Life
New York June 7 Augustus Dohem a furniture dealer em¬ployee is accused of embezzling over 30000 from F Baumann where he worked 14 years as a bookkeeper. Arrested at his home he attempted suicide as detectives arrived. a revolver was seized to prevent the act.
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Publishers’ Press Dispatch
New York
Augustus Dohem
F. Baumann
Dohem
Knox Willing 10 Be Roomed for President
Knox Willing 10 faces a stacked slate as candidates discuss rooming for the president role. The article notes tense meetings and debates over leadership, with key figures weighing in on strategy and governance.
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Knox
Knox Boost From Pennsylvania Endorsement For 1908
The Pennsylvania Republican state convention endorsed Knox for president, tying him to Roosevelt’s administration. Knox, at the Waldorf Astoria, said he would accept a national nomination if offered. Washington observers note Knox’s growing support and the contrast with Taft’s campaign. Foraker praised Knox as able and worthy.
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Publishers’ Press Dispatch
New York
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
United States
Knox
Waldorf-Astoria
Theodore Roosevelt
Washington
Taft
White House
Skknox
Ohio
Foraker
Cyclone Devastates Kurrachee with Massive Harbor Loss
Dispatch from Bombay reports Kurrachee on the Arabian Sea struck by a catastrophic cyclone. A tidal wave reportedly swept inland wrecking the harbor vessels and destroying most homes. Thousands dead or missing, city homeless, with major property and shipping damage.
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Publishers’ Press
Bombay
India
Kurrachee
Arabian Sea
Kurrachi
Sindh
Bombay Presidency
Indus
Kotri
DuShane Guest Of Chicago Relatives
Mrs. J. S. DuShane of North Mill street is visiting relatives and friends in Chicago after a rainy Friday in Western Pennsylvania.
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J. S. DuShane
North Mill Street
Chicago
Mrs Steunenberg forgives Orchard cites trial as national struggle
Mrs Frank Steunenberg widow of Idaho governor killed by a bomb says Orchard should be given a chance at a good life and she bears no hatred for him. She declines to discuss Moyer Haywood Pettibone and believes the trial marks a national clash between government and labor.
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Publishers’ Press Dispatch
Walla Walla
Wash
Wiarry Orchard
Frank Steunenberg
Idaho
Caldwell
Steune
Moyer
Haywood
Pettibone
Haywood and Pettibone
United States
God is Angry sermon preview at Zion Church
Rev P K Fonvielle will preach Sunday evening on Gods wrath with the sermon titled God is Angry. The talk links recent bad weather crop damage and other visitations to divine anger.
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P. K. Fonvielle
A.M. E. Zion Church
McConnell Family Reunion Planned for June 14
The McConnell family reunion will be held next Friday June 14 at the residence of Mrs William Graham of Volant.
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McConnell
William Graham
Volant
Monument project to be launched at Mt Jackson reunion
A Mt Jackson Battery B reunion is set with plans for a monument to gallant heroes on the public square. W A McCormick of Mercer to speak, with James A Gardner and other veterans giving short addresses. Music and a brass band enliven the afternoon, followed by Eldredge's entertainment at the United Presbyterian church.
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Battery B
Mt. Jackson
W. A. McCormick
Mercer
James A. Gardner
Eldredge
United Presbyterian Church
John C Dewitt Held After Cab Fare Altercation
John C. Dewitt, famed for a late kick that helped Princeton defeat Yale, spent part of last night in the West Forty-seventh Street police station after an altercation with a cabman.
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New York
John C. Dewitt
Princeton
Tigers
Yale
West Forty-seventh Street
Runaway Team Threatens Pulaski Driver’s Life and Wagon
H. G. Knox, of Pulaski, was nearly crushed when his wagon was overturned by runaway horses Friday morning. The team dragged the wagon several hundred feet before breaking free and fleeing toward Pulaski. No one was injured in the incident, marking a third such close call for Knox.
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H. G. Knox
Pulaski
Mr. Knox
Youngstown
Knox-Collier
John Foreman
Buchanan's
Knox
Child Burns When Clothes Catch Fire Near Oil
Natalie Harrison, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Harrison of North Shenango Street, was badly burned Thursday after her clothes caught fire while playing near oil.
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Natalie
John Harrison
North Shenango Street
Bronze work flaws alleged in capitol chandeliers case
Harrisburg June 7 witnesses including Charles Rich of the Tiffany Studios and other New York experts testified to discrepancies in chandeliers and standards supplied by contractor Sanderson. The report cites use of lead and scrap metal, substitution of base for higher grade metal, drilled plain castings, and liquid bronze finish, indicating incompetence or dishonesty.
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Harrisburg
Capitol
Charles Rich
Tiffany Studios
New York
Br. F. D. Mellbenny
Nesert
Edward W. Boileau
Hermon Plant
Leslie McCreath
Rich
Sanderson
J W Neff 10 Larry Contest Up to Court
Amends filed in court concerning the J W Neff 10 Larry contest. Details outline legal steps, parties, and potential rulings as the case advances through the judiciary.
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J. W. Neff
Larry Contest
Perjury Case May Reach Court After Amendment Admit
Attorney A Martin Graham prepares petition to appeal after county commissioners allowed amendments to primary returns. He argues commissioners acted as ministers not judges and should count only properly certified precincts. Other grand jury actions include not true bills in Cover and Cunningham cases and multiple true bills across various indictments.
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J Will Neff
Register and Recorder
A. Martin Graham
Election Board
Graham
Mahoning Township
William Eakin
Slipperyrock
Ellwood City
North Beaver
R. K.aiken
Eakin
A. W. Gardner
Grand Jury
Jame M. Cover
Cae
Edward F. Connnelly
Connelly
New Castle Savings and Trust Company
Cover
New Castle
J. A. Berkey
Harrisburg
Commonwealth
C. C. Robingson
Berkey
Grand Ju
Banking Department
James Cunningham
Wampum
Samuel] Truby
Justice of the Peace
William Parshall
David C. Porter
Morris Miller
John Colbert
Charles Hollis
Ralph Campbell
Peter J. McGovern
Louis Ashton
C. F. Bridges
Wm. Burkett
Alfred West
Charles F. Bridges
Harry Wilson
Bruno Safe
Maggie Safe
Steve Harris
Paul Zeddo
Paul Serenak
Mike Belos
John Kennedy
Hugh McMutrie
H. J. Mitchell
John O'Neal
John Boehm
Harry Willson
John Horkold
Audley B. Henderson
John Herbata
Labor Day Speakers Confirmed for Cascade Park Event
Two more speakers join the Labor Day program at Cascade Park next September. John H. Williams, secretary of the Amea samated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Plate Workers, will speak, and Frank Morrison, secretary of the Federation of Labor, will also attend. Morrison is nationally recognized in labor circles.
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Cascade Park
John H. Williams
Ameasamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Plate Workers
Frank Morrison
Federation of Labor
Morrison
Negro Fire Kills Child as Fire Burns Philadelphia Home
In Philadelphia five members of Isaac Greenbaum's family escaped a third floor blaze. Two year old Isaac Greenbaum died after leaping from the window. wife Annie 60 and children Rosie Abraham and Blanche were hospitalized in serious condition. Jerome Reynolds a Black man is held on $500 bail as a suspect in arson.
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Publishers’ Press Dispatch
Philadelphia
Isaac Greenbaum
Greenbaum
Annie
Rosie
Abraham
Blanche
Jerome Reynolds
Future Heir to Swedish Throne Born to Princess Margaret
Princess Margaret wife of Prince Gustavus Adolphus born a son who is a future heir to the Swedish throne. Engineer Joan M. Robinson of Pennsylvania injured at Rosena furnace yards when a heavy timber fell striking his leg. he was taken home by Dunn and Rice's ambulance and will miss work for some time.
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Sweden
Rosena
Publishers’ Press Dispatch
Stockholm
Princess Margaret
Gustavus Adolphus
Margaret
Duke of Connaught
Edward
England
Prince Gustavus Adolphus
Windsor
Joan M. Robinson
Pennsylvania
Robinson
Cedar Street
Dunn and Rice
Nin
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