Enterprising World News Across Many Lands
Pearl Wight of New Orleans becomes commissioner of internal revenue. E P Weston, famed pedestrian aged 70, plans a 1255 mile Portland to Chicago walk in 40 days. Kasson of Iowa breaks arm in Washington. Multiple political, military, and cultural notes include orators, judges, revolutions, and military honors across the United States and Europe.
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Pearl Wight
New Orleans
Internal Revenue
E. P. Weston
Portland
Chicago
John A. Kasson
Iowa
Washington
Mr. Kasson
Frank H. Butler
Marvin Boy
Del
Cody
A. Silwell
Orient Railroad
Mexico
Thomas Ryan
Kansas
B. H. Fulton
Marysville
Kansas Knights Templar
Henri Martin
Kuroki
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Nelson A. McClary
Sons of the American Revolution
Roy 8. Thompson
Topeka
Yale
Erskine Uhl
International Committee of the
New York
Castro
Venezuela
Congress
L. B. France
Denver
Otto Eberich
Jon
Mes River
London
Valle Burgee
Coffeyville
Kaw
Twenty-sixth Infantry
Philippines
Orchard spy prosecution tests witness eight hours
Harry Orchard wrapped direct testimony against Haywood in Boise Idaho and faced a brutal cross examination by E F Richardson. Defense plans to tear down Orchard using about 150 witnesses while Haywood denies charges and may testify later.
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Boise
Idaho
Harry Orchard Finshed
Haywood
Orchard
Western Federation of Miners
Clarence Darrow
Mr. Darrow
Richardson
Harry Orchard
Messrs. Hawley
Borah
E. F. Richardson
Mine Owners’ Association
Cripple Creek
Scott and Sterling
Teller County
Miners
Moyer
Scott
Denver Union Station
Adams Hotel
Markham
Federation
Denver
Sterling
Vindicator
Florence & Cripple Creek
Sherman Parker
W. F. Davis
Hawley
Atttorney
San Juan
Telluride
Pettibone
Lyte Gory
Gregory
Cross Examination Sparks Courtroom Clashes in Hawley Case
Boise and Denver reports recount heated exchanges as counsel clashed over questioning and alleged lies. Senator Borah urged decorum while Richardson pressed for leeway. Jacob Wolf testified denying Orchard’s mail forwarding and detailing his eleven years with Pettibone.
Orchard and Mine War Testimony in Denver Trial
Testimony from Harry Orchard and William E. Nordsieck corroborates Orchard’s brief employment as a Germania Life Insurance agent in Denver. Officials discuss a broader conspiracy between Mine Owners' Association and state governments against the Western Federation of Miners, with Mahoney predicting surprise defenses and urging caution about Orchard’s credibility.
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Denver
Harry Orchard
Germania Life Insurance Company
William E. Nordsieck
Harry Orchards
Mr. Nordsleck
Arva@a
Moyer
Haywood and Pettibone Ca
Boise
Mine Owners’ Association
Western Federation of Miners
Cc. E. Mahoney
Western Federation
Mahoney
F Moyer
Haywood
Colorado
Idaho
Orchard
King of Globeville Threatens to Kill Steunenberg
Denver politician and saloonkeeper Malich claims Harry Orchard told him of a plan to kill Governor Steunenberg. He says he would testify in the Haywood case and recalled Orchard describing the Cour d’Alene trouble and a motive tied to Steunenberg’s wealth and Idaho mines.
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Denver
Max Malich
Globeville
Harry Orchard
Steunenberg
Malich
Boise
Haywood
Orchard
Windsor
Cour d'Alene
Frank Steunenberg
Oriehard
Idaho
Orchard a Liar Says Bell in Denver Testimony
General Sherman Bell denounces Orchard as a liar regarding claims of a 1905 Denver trip and failed murder plot. He questions Orchard and Steve Adams proximity to Independence, asserting Orchard sought no attack on Bell while Bell was in El Paso and New Mexico. Bell vows to fight lawsuits in Colorado courts and relocate the case there.
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United States Court of Appeals
Savannah
Gaynor
Commercial Telegraphers Union
Boandor
Western Unionn Telgraph Company
Haywood
Boise
Idaho
Civil Service Commission
Classified Civil Service
Wunder’s Lake
Page
Neb
Glenn
North Carolina
San Francisco
Tokio
Japan
United States
Allentown
H. H. Tucker
Uncle Sam Oil Company
Topeka
Hook
Tucker
Standard Oil Company
United States Signal Corps
Washington
Harrisburg
Mary Spaush
Polk
Iron County
Wabash
Springfield
Nebraska
Missouri
Philadelphia
Frontenac
Kansas
Kansas City Transportation Company
St. Louis
Missouri River
White House
Department of Justice
Harriman-Alton
Harry Orchard
W. D. Haywood
Gov. Stenberg
Western Federation of Miners Executive
Mount Sterling
Ill
George P. Decker
Newport News
Northumberland County
Canada
Orchard
Orchad
Denver
East Thirteenth Avenue
Sherman Bell
Bell
Steve Adams
Independence
el Paso
New Mexico
Pike's Peak
Paul Thieman
the Post
Colorado
Federation
Orchard defies motive as he drafts his own life tale
The Boise witness Harry Orchard declares he has written a complete history of his life. He dismisses religion as the sustaining motive for his murders, while lawyers and reporters debate his vanity and psychological complexity. Borah calls him a marvel, Hawley a mystery, as cross examination reveals a composed, self aware killer.
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Boise
Idaho
Harry Orchard
Orchard
Richardson
Borah
Hawley
Denver
Lyte Gregory
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Richard Croker
Orby
Johnny Reiff
Ames
Gov. Cummins
American Medical Association
Atlantic City
N. J
Department of Health
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kansas City
Oscar
Sophia
Sweden
Schmitz
Tennessee
Capitol
E. H. Harriman
Pennsylvania
Omaha
Prick & Brass
Augustus C. Halsey
BE Lonte
Arkansas
Lookout Mountain
Murray
Oklahoma
Constitutional Convention
Jacob Wolf
American Wringer Company
Wringer Company
Deigel
California
John S. Tierney
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