Orchard confesses to brutal crimes in Haywood case
Alfred Horsley alias Harry Orchard, key witness against William Haywood, testified in Boise detailing a long chain of murders and bomb plots tied to the Western Federation of Miners. He claimed involvement in the Vindicator mine explosion, the Steunenberg murder, and multiple other attacks, with more revelations promised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Orchard
Boise
Idaho
Alfred Horsley
Frank Steunenberg
William D. Haywood
Western Federation of Miners
Orchard
Bunker Hill
Sullivan
Coeur d’Alenes
Cripple Creek
McCormick
Beck
Florence & Cripple Creek Railway
Lyte Gregory
Denver
Gov. Peabody
Steve Adams
Independence
Fred Bradley
San Francisco
Caldwell
Gov
Steunenberg
District Court
James HK. Hawley
Haywood
Horsley
North Idaho
Hawley
Bunker Hill and Sullivan
W. S. Davis
Union of the Western Federation of Miners
Vindicator
Davis
Moyer
Pettibone
Vindicator Mine
Colorado
Adams
Peabody
Slaywood
Federation
Willam D. Haywood
Ontario
British Columbia
Hattie Simpson
New York
Arthur Collins
Telluride
Canyon City
Wallace
Cunningham
Richardson
Last survivor of Alphadelphian cooperative in Michigan
Porter H. Whitford, 80, of Galesburg, Michigan, is the sole remaining member of the Alphadelphian cooperative founded near Galesburg in 1843. The community pooled land and labor, but dissolved as members pursued individual wealth. A legend says a buried coin cache near Alphadelphia hall was found after the colony disbanded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galesburg
Mich
Porter H. Whitford
Alphadelphian Society
Brook Farm
Whitford
Society
Alphadelphia Hall
Alpha-delphians
Disease Lays To Trolley In Elwood Indiana
Renal calculus is described as a new disease affecting motormen and conductors in contact with the Indiana Union Traction lines. Dr. T C Armfield explains it is triggered by handling the trolley pole and controller wrench when current is on and by electrified car components. Motorman John Mohler was seized near Elwood and treated. the illness progresses slowly and can cause paralysis by blood coagulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elwood
Ind
Indiana Union Traction
T. C. Armfield
John Mohler
Tipton-Alexandria
Tipton
Hobos Banquet Draws 100 in Chicago Hotel Scene
A Brotherhood Welfare association hobos banquet at the Windsor-Clifford hotel drew over 100 attendees from Bridewell and other lodgings. Washington Fiat, the toastmaster, was forced out by police, while several speakers and acts, including Fred the Bum and the Dancing Kid, entertained before departures to Frisco and San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Brotherhood Welfare Association
Windsor-Clifford Hotel
Washington
Fiat
Philadelphia
Jack
Dancing Kid
San Francisco
Ben Bk. Reitman
Bridewell
Hogan's Flop
New York House
West Madison Street
Fred
New York
Poston
Yoken-Whitey
Mitt Casey
Tommy
Ostler Joe
Fred the Bum
John Smith
Penitentiaries
Steers
Horace Greeley
Willie
Louisville
Fritz
Ohio
Frisco
Berliner Tongue at Kaiser Brings Nine Months’ Imprisonment
A tipsy Berlin laborer known as Bruenning stuck out his tongue at Kaiser Wilhelm II as the royal motorcade passed last November. He has been condemned to nine months in prison.
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Kaiser
Berlin
Bruenning
Devil's Tower Made Reserve National Monument
President Roosevelt set aside Devil's Tower in northeastern Wyoming as a national monument and federal reserve, covering nearly 2,000 acres. The site will be protected by the General Land Office with no entries allowed, preserving the 800 foot chimney like rock formation and its sparse vegetation. The tower, landmark on the Belle Fourche river, has attracted climbers including Jack Rogers and Arthur Jobe. Nearby plans in Brokaw Wisconsin project green painting for almost every building in the town under a $1,300 contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deadwood
S. D
Roosevelt
Wyoming
General Land Office
Jack Rogers
Arthur Jobe
Homeatake Mining Company
Belle Fourche River
Ungovernable Skirt Sparks Austria Hungary Incident
A Hungarian magistrate's daughter in Grossbutten was arrested for wearing a striped red and yellow skirt banned as Roumanian colors in Austria Hungary. Police ordered removal, a crowd gathered, and the skirt was finally taken off in private.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Austria-Hungary
Grossbutten
Hungary
Clerk Wins a Fortune in Wheat Speculation
Arthur Paulline, a Wichita telegraph operator for under $100 a month, turned speculation into a fortune. He bought wheat around 70 cents, sold after it rose above a dollar for about 25,000 to 150,000 profit, then invested in Wichita property and cleared large gains again as prices surged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kan
Arthur Paulline
Paulline
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Gov. Steunenberg
Jdersley
Montana
Gary
Tale
Knoxville, Tenn
Knoxville Sentinel
Horace Porter
Underwood & Underwood
HN. Y
France
Hague Peace Tribunal
America
Gen. Porter
Michigan Altruistic Cooperative Colony
Porter Whitford
Calesburg
Knights OF the Road
Chicago Hotel
Washington Flat Falls
Devil’s Tower
Brokaw
Wis
Wisconsin
Wausau Paper Mills Company
William Laatsch
Pew Church
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