Four Haywood defense witnesses face cross-examination in Boise trial
In Boise on June 26 four defense witnesses testified in the Haywood trial. Lottie Day confirmed private talks linking Haywood to Orchard. John M. ONeill of Miners Magazine and John T. Elliott described conversations with Orchard. W. F. Davis, a union man cited by Orchard, faced tough cross questions.
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New York Times
Boise
Haywood
Richardson
Orchard
Lottie Day
Cripple Creek
John M. O'Neill
Miners’ Magazine
John T. Elliott
Welser
Caldwell
W. F. Davis
Davis
Elliott
Belmont Hotel
Denver
Dempsey
Mark Twain Receives Oxford University Degree
Mark Twain Samuel L. Clemens joins thirty distinguished figures in receiving a university degree at the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford. Ambassadors and leaders attend as crowds cheer Twain who is hailed as the lion of the occasion and escorted in scarlet Doctor of Letters robes to the Chancellor's residence for luncheon.
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Oxford
Campbell- Pannerman
Uoreburn
House of Commons
Lowther Wen. Booth
Rudyard Kipling
Armagh
Mark Twain
Samuel L. Clemens
Sheldonian
Whitelaw Reid
Lord Curzon of
Kedleston
Reid
Ingram Bywater
Regius
Ambassador Reid
Gen. Booth
Japanese silk merchant robbed by four women in city cab
A Japanese silk merchant identified as Jack Odera says he started with $3,000 in his pocket but woke to find only a roll with $900 in his shirt. Three well dressed women and a man fled after tossing him from a cab driven to Lenox and 110th Street. The four suspects, Bessie Williams Berthaey and Ellen Graham among them, were detained on suspicion as police investigated a possible robbery and ransom.
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O'Connor
Lenox Avenue
110Th Street
East 104Th Street
Jack” Odera
West Highty-fifth Street
Bessie Williams
Berthaey
West Eightyninth Street
Ellen Graham
West- Eighty-ninth Street
Bertha Fay
Withdraw Reward In Pelham Murder
The Rosenheimer murder probe shifts as Henry G K Heath announces the family withdraws rewards for the case. Contractor Joseph Murray is arrested on a Ward letter leads to brief detention and alibi. no evidence found against him. Rumors implicating boxer Kid Everett circulate but are dismissed by Pelham police.
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The
New York Times
Julius T. Rosenheimer
Pelham
Rosenheimer
Henry G. K. Heath
Louisa Rosenheimer
New York
Long
Little Falls
George W. Ward
Herkimer County
Joseph Murray
Kingsbridge Road
Bronx
Marks
Samuel Price
Murray
Westchester County
Wahkle
Morrisania
White Plains
Young
Weissendanger
Sheriff Lane
Chief Marks
Central Office
Manhattan
Albany
Ward
Julius Rosenheimer
J. v. Long
N. Y
Long Bears
East Chester
Kid” Everett
Rosenheimer House
Kid Everett
Strange Death on Brooklyn Bridge Trolley
A man fell from an elevatedBrooklyn line onto a trolley near the Brooklyn Bridge at 9 30 last night. Conductor Ray stopped the car and found the body in the aisle. Police found two cards for J Nelson 788 Third Avenue Brooklyn. Nelson was identified this morning with fatal neck fracture and lung injury.
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Putnam Avenue
Manhattan
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Tower
Christopher Ray
Promenade
Ray
Brooklyn
J. Nelson
Third Avenue
Nelson
Five Dead in Pine Beach Fire Ruins Norfolk Exposi tion Area
Fire swept Pine Beach early today destroying fifty hotels saloons and stores valued at about 200 000 to 250 000. A gasoline stove explosion behind the Berkeley Hotel sparked the blaze. Larry Harrison was found mortally burned under the hotel while others were believed dead in the National Club and Hampton Roads area. The Arcate Royal Pine Hampton Roads and other hotels were among the largest losses. C Adler of Chicago rescued a woman from the Arcade Hotel amid the flames.
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Norfolk
Pine Beach
Inn
Exposition Grounds
Berkeley
Larry Harrison
National Club
Maryland Avenue
Hampton Roads
Arcate
Royal Pine
Washion House
Powhatan
Carolina
Pine Beach Hotel
C. Adler
Chicago
Steamship Movements and Wireless Reports Highlight Weekend Sailings
Arrived items include Prinz Sigismund at Kings ton on June 22 and Sarnia at Port Simon on June 17. Moltke reported from Naples via Marconi wireless 240 miles southeast of Sable Island at 8:30 last night, due at her plier at 7:30 a.m. Sunday. Also notes Week End Gleeper to White River and other incomplete travel items.
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Prinz Sigismund
Kingston
Sarnia
Port Simon
Wireless
Moltke
Naples
Marconi
Sable Island
Block Island Service Details From Montauk Steamboat
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a Montauk Steamboat service to Block Island with unclear timetable or frequency. The fragment mentions a schedule or route possibly linked to a specific steamship line and dates.
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Block Island
Montauk Steamboat
Will. Ie Sos Sternet
Mirage Over Jersey Coast Aboard Oceanic Frights Steamer Crowd
Passengers on the Oceanic arriving from Liverpool and the Sandy Hook on a 9:35 trip witnessed a long mirage off the New Jersey coast. The illusion stretched from Sandy Hook to Coney Island and lasted about twenty minutes with the lighthouse Romer Shoal and ships appearing as a towering Pharos and a battleship line.
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Jersey
Liverpool
Sandy Hook
West Forty-second Street
West Bank Light
Romer Shoal
Ambrose Channel
Coney Island
Navesink
Raritan
Stamp on Twenty Dollar Bills Sparks Federal Offense
A Broad Street broker found a batch of new twenty dollar bills defaced with a rubber stamp bearing the name Gloster Armstrong of Manchester Ship Canal Company in New York. The stamping, akin to using currency for advertising, could incur a $100 federal penalty. Armstrong denied involvement, noting he carries unstamped bills. Receivers of such marked notes could claim $50 from authorities.
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Broad Street
Sub- Treasury
Treasury
New York
Wall Street
United States
Seek Ascot Cup Arrives Coast on Oceanic
Three Scotland Yard detectives reached New York aboard the White Star Miner Oceanic and met by police on the pier. Rumors swirl they hunt for American crooks or a stolen Ascot Cup rumored to be en route, but authorities doubt the cup exists and expect any thief would have melted it down already.
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Scotland Yard
Oceanic
New York
England
Lost stock certificates at Boston bankers office
Lee Higkinson and Co of Boston with a New York branch at 48 Exchange Place report a loss of 100 shares of Great Northern Ore certificates and 100 shares of Great Northern preferred stock worth 5412 and 12900 at yesterday's closing prices. Certificates numbered 8215 and 40022 were in names James H Oliphant & Co and Sutro Brothers & Co. The loss may have occurred in transit or within the office. officials could not confirm theft.
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New York
House
Turse
Bankers’ Office
Heat Wave Broken by Electric Storm
A severe electric storm ended a heat wave with heavy showers and lightning across Brooklyn and New Jersey. One man died on a scow off Sixth Street, Brooklyn, and a girl in New Jersey was killed. Temperatures fell from 88 to 70 degrees as storms raged, with fires started by lightning in Newark and damage to a church cupola in Manhattan. Thirteen heat prostrations were reported, including a girl at Public School No. 57.
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Brooklyn
New Jersey
Weather Bureau
John Lawless
Sixth Street
Lawless
Court Street
William Lawson
Franklin Avenue
Flushing Avenue
Lawson
Williamsburg Hospital
St. Monica’s Roman Catholic Church
East Seventy-ninth Street
St. Mark's Parochial School
East
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Newark
Avenel
Pleasure Bay
Financial District
Broad Street
Lightning Claimed Girl in Newark Tragedy
J A McKenna and his two daughters sought shelter under a Union New Jersey tree during a thunder shower yesterday. A bolt struck the tree, killing one McKenna daughter and severely shocking the other while Mr McKenna was badly affected. The party was said to be accompanied by Butes of Springfield. An ambulance carried Mr McKenna and his surviving daughter to their home.
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O'Neill
Rad
Steunenberg
Borah
Miners
B Steunenberg
Bellnd Peabody
Orchard
Moyer
Haywood
Salt City
Mra
Steve Adams
Max Malich
J A. McKenna
Fourteenth Avenue
Newark
Union
N. J
McKenna
Lightning Stops Signals At Cos Cob Tower Fire
Thunderstorm strikes the signal tower near the Cos Cob power station of the New Haven Railroad in Greenwich. Supt. Julius Beermann spotted the blaze, grabbed an emergency hose, and with Ironworkers doused the fire. Tower damage renders signals inoperable for an indefinite period as heat melted wiring.
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New York Times
Greenwich
Conn
New Haven Railroad
Julius Beermann
Parks Open At Night Question Grows In Heat
Parks Commissioner Herrman reports receiving many anonymous letters about opening city parks at night during hot weather. He recalls past abuses when parks were opened under former officials and says there is no evident need to reopen them now. He will act with reason if a clear call emerges.
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Herrman
Pallas
Peo
Law and Society Briefs in Brief
Fragmentary text shows a terse item about a public issue or court matter with unreadable fragments and no clear names or dates readable. The readable portion hints at a regular news brief style item typical of the era.
Threats to J. T. Bush From Black Hand Letters
Lakewood police report that Irving T. Bush president of the Bush Terminal Company of Brooklyn has received Black Hand letters demanding 5000 dollars under threat of explosion. The latest letter, mailed from New York, instructs handing the money to "Peter" to be collected at Lakewood. Bush declined police aid, while officers note four well dressed men near the railroad station in general surveillance. Bush recently married Mrs. Frank D. Beard, widow of a Brooklyn horseman, after a divorce.
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Lakewood
Irving T. Bush
Bush Terminal Company
Brooklyn
Bush
Peter
New York
Frank D. Beard
Brooklyn Horseman
Japan and U S to Seek New Treaty in 1909
Tokio correspondent reports Japan and the United States will replace the current treaty in 1909. Japan will press to place its subjects on equal footing with Europeans, while no serious difficulties are anticipated before then.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Tokio
Japan
United States
Two Balloonists Drown in Belgian Sea
Two sailors in a Dunkirk balloon disaster perished after a south west gale drove the craft offshore. Tugs searched unsuccessfully as the balloon carried two men and the basket submerged. rescuers fear both occupants are drowned.
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Nieuwpoort
Belgium
Dunkirk
Destroy New OY New Mexico Town
It is reported that Guadalajara near San Antonio in Socorro County New Mexico has been washed away by floods. The old church at Seneca on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande below El Paso is wrecked by high waters and some bodies in the cemetery were washed out. The church dates from the sixteenth century and all buildings were adobe. No loss of life is reported.
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New York Times
EL Paso
Texas
Guadalajara
San Antonio
Socorro County
N. M
Seneca
Rio Grande
Telegraph operators say thousands of messages behind schedule
The Executive Committee of the Commercial Telegraphers Union reported that a bulletin claimed 19 Western Union and Postal Telegraphs operators in San Francisco were behind, a claim both companies dismissed as unfounded.
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Chicago
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
Western Union
San Francisco
Consis
Police Chief Debate on Detective Bureau's Head Emerges
Police Commissioner Bingham cannot appoint a civilian to head the Detective Bureau as ruled by Corporation Counsel Ellison. Ellison states the law allows no civilian chief, even if an outsider candidate like ex-Chief Wilkie of the Secret Service were considered.
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Bingham
Detective Bureau
Ellison
Gan
New York
Wilkie
Secret Service
Southampton Plots Extra Night Patrol After Cottages Robbery
Southampton L J June 26. Following the robbery of Dr Ely of Manhattan summer cottage residents plan increased security. Special night policemen will be engaged and signaled for rapid summons. Detectives pursue the theory that a gang of boys committed the crime.
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New York Times
Southampton
L. J
Dr. Ely
Manhattan
Long trip for Mr. Straus from Washington
Secretary Straus of the Department of Commerce and Labor with Mrs. Straus and T. L. Weed will leave Washington next Saturday for the most extensive trip yet undertaken by a head of the department. He plans about two months away visiting all major stations nationwide and a two week sojourn in the Hawaiian Islands.
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Washington
Straus
Department of Commerce and Labor
Missouri Railroads Move to U S Supreme Court Over Two Cent Law
Attorneys for eighteen Missouri railways and the state attorney general agree to seek Supreme Court jurisdiction on the Missouri two cent rate law. A seven day trial since June 10 shows no drop in Missouri rail business amid the contested regulation.
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New York Times
Kanbar City
Missouri Railways
Hadley
United States Supreme Court
Missouri rod@s
Cornell Wins Close Victory In Varsity Four
Syracuse leads early as Cornell overtakes to win the varsity four in Poughkeepsie with a close finish. Annapolis takes third while Wisconsin freshmen win in another event as New York crews place fourth in the two minor finals.
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New York
Varsity Eights and Fours Boat Races Chronicle
In a Hudson course meet, Cornell’s varsity eight edged Columbia by a half length and Annapolis trailed by five lengths. Syracuse won the varsity four with 10 37 1 5, while Wisconsin led the freshmen eight at 9 58.
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Poughkeepsie-On-The Hudson
Neae Cornell
Columbia
Syracuse
Cornell
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Cornell Wins Narrow Intercollegiate Eight at Poughkeepsie
In a four mile duel Cornell narrowly overtook Columbia near the finish to claim victory. The race featured a stunning late surge by Cornell as Columbia fought back with steady, powerful strokes under the eyes of anxious crowds.
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New York Times
Poughkeepsie
Cornell
Columbia
Poughkeepsie Bridge
Ithacans
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ASCOT
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