Haywood Trial Opens in Boise for Governor Murder
The Haywood trial began in Boise on May 9 with Judge Fremont Wood presiding. Wm D Haywood, secretary treasurer of the Western Federation of Miners, stands charged with first degree murder in the 1905 Steinberg bombing. Jury selection is expected to take days and the case may run months, with 34 witnesses for the prosecution and 64 for the defense.
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Boise
Idaho
Wm. D. Haywood
Western Federation of Miners
Fremont Wood
Haywood
Steindenberg
Federation
Harry Orchard
Gov. Steinberg
Miners’ Organization
Orchard
Murphy, Richardson, Darrow
Miller
Nugents
Divorce Granted To Mrs Jennie Hollenbeck In Ohio
May 6 in Chardon Ohio Mrs Jennie Hollenbeck wife of former State Fire Marshal S D Hollenbeck was granted an absolute divorce. She had previously sought alimony but amended to seek only dissolution of marriage. The children testified for the mother while Hollenbeck did not defend and was reportedly en route to Florida. Alimony settled out of court on a charge of gross neglect of duty.
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Chardon
Jennie Hollenbeck
S. D. Hollenbeck
Hollenbeck
Florida
Police Chief Levier Suspended Thirty Days
Wooster May 9 The Board of Public Safety suspended Chief Levier for thirty days for language unbecoming an officer The charges were brought by the Good Citizens League
School Closes at Kent Over Diphtheria Ravages
Diphtheria ravages force Central School in Kent Ohio to shut with 600 pupils sent home. Two children died overnight and others are ill as health officials battle outbreak in the town.
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Kent
Drug Trust Combination Banned by Judge in Fairfield
Indianapolis May 9 Judge Anderson issues permanent injunction against the so called drug trust from maintaining their illegal combination in restraint of trade. Local authorities move to enforce the order and halt anti competitive practices statewide.
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Indianapolis
Anderson
Fairfield County
Drug Trust
Wife Convicted in Two-Actor Slayings at Saloon
In Lafayette on September 21, Mayor Mrs. Alice Cooper Lawson was found guilty of second degree murder for shooting and killing her husband Charles Lawson in a saloon. The verdict was delivered this morning after the case concluded.
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Lafayette
Alice Ooper Lawson
Charles Lawson
Cox Will Endorse Taft and Foraker Retired From Senate
Washington and Columbus dispatches report George B. Cox endorsing Taft for the Presidency while also backing Senator Foraker for another Senate term. The White House welcomes Cox’s stance yet seeks to eliminate Foraker from national politics. A Taft-Foraker compromise is denied as party lines move toward unity. Senator Dick schedules a combined Executive and Central Committee meeting to heal divisions and avoid a convention clash.
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Washington
George B. Cox
Taft
Foraker
Cox
White House
Senate
Forker
Lecy Taft
Columbus
Republican Executive Committee
Ae c
Dense fog wrecks kill and injure in three incidents
In Hamilton Ohio a freight engine rear ended a southbound passenger train at Jones station in dense fog. Fireman Richard Ing 28 died and three others Jacob Leister John Sullivan and Thomas Kirk were injured. A separate Chicago Bulls? Burlington Gary? incident left Mary B Miller and Lucy Hayes dead and 15 to 20 hurt after a derailed train caught fire. In Lexington two killed and several injured when a street car collided with a Chesapeake and Ohio train on South Broadway hill. Dead are George Wells and Mrs Bertha Kirkpatrick.
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Hamilton, O
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
Jones Station
Hamilton
Richard Ing
Ivorydale
Jacob Leister
John Sullivan
Thomas Kirk
Jones
King
Pick King
Chicago
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Aurora
Hamlin Avenue
Mary B. Miller
Riverside
Lucy Hayes
Lexington
Chesapeake & Ohio
South Broadway Hill
George Wells
Bertha Kirkpatrick
Cincinnati
Ohio Weather Outlook Shows Cooler Northwest Areas
The Weather, Washington reports Ohio will have fair to night skies with cooler conditions in the northwest. Friday forecast calls for continued fair and cooler weather in northern portions.
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Washington
Ohio
Democrats Sweep Baltimore Municipal Election Closely Follows
Baltimore May 9 Democrats swept the city in municipal election. Mayor J Barry Mahool leads Timanus Republican by 4040 in plurality. Democratic candidates for city controller and president of second branch of city council were elected by good pluralities.
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Democrate
Baltimore
J. Barry Mahool
Timanus
Annie Luca accused of robbing money from Wottlick
Mary Wottlick, a boarding house operator, says Annie Luca snatched a roll containing 160 dollars from her on a Wells Street street scene. Luca is under arrest, denying the charge, and a roll of 30.25 dollars is held by police as evidence. Witness subpoenas are issued for further testimony.
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Annie Luca
Wells Street
Evasevich
City Auditor report shows April 1907 receipts and disbursements
The document presents the city’s financial state ment for the month ending April 30 1907 with receipts and disbursements across departments. Amid governance notes, Rev D M ee resigns Holliness church pastor depose and a romance involving Rev Carpenter and Miss Della Goodrich surfaces. Carpenter, 55, claims God intended Miss Goodrich 32 as his wife. he is married with a son.
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King
Harington
Del
D. M.ee
Holliness Church
Carpenter
Recorder of Deeds
Della Goodrich
Miss Goodrich
Bull Attack Ends in Man’s Death in Scranton Barn
In North Scranton on May 9 Patrick Ho ban led a bull from a barn to pasture. The animal attacked him shredding his body and pursued several people before a neighbor’s bulldog fished the bull’s tongue out, causing the bull to collapse. It was killed later. authorities found Hoban dead in the barn.
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Scranton
Patrick Hoban
North Scranton
Hoban
Famous turfman dies after accident at Gill Hospital
George H. Smith, a renowned liveryman and horse trainer and driver from Pekin, long active on the local course, died at Gill Hospital Wednesday evening at 7:30 after a career spanning decades. He was 58. Smith lived on South Fifth Street and was widely known in racing circles.
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George H. Smith
South Fifth Street
Gill Hospital
Veteran horse trainer Smith dies after long circuit career
Country and skilled professional known to horsemen across the circuits for 35 years died from hemorrhages of the bowels after a fall injuring buggy shaft. He trained and owned nearly 100 horses including Jenny Lind Sleepy George Copperbottom Col Forrest and Kinsman noted for pacing speed. He carried a Bible on the track and taught Sunday school in Pekin after driving all week.
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Smith
Gill Hospital
Mr. Smith
Jenny Lind
Sleepy George
Copperbottom
Col. Forrest
Kinsman
Belle Berkely
Harry the Pacer
Granger
Hoosier Dick
Ray Sally
Eglon
Pekin
Burglars Traced Toward Jewett Still at Large
Blood hounds followed the Ramsey store robbery trail from Moundsville to Adena and Ginther then toward Jewett. Witnesses indicate two men boarded a train bound for Jewett, but the thieves remain free while investigators search for the missing merchandise and new scent near town.
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Harry Walker
Ramsey
Moundsville
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Adena
Ginther
Jewett
In Altamont Traction Route Inquiry Instructions
State Railway Commission inspectors Jackson and Dugan continue multiday inquiry into abandonment of Altamont traction route. They will collect handbills circulars and newspaper ads, obtain agreements with property owners and authorities, and interview P. P. Lewis to compile a full explicit report on why the route change occurred.
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Messrs. Jackson and Dugan
State Railway Commissioner's Office
Altamont
Traction Co
Columbus
W. O. Jackson
Dugan
Steubenville
E. J. Bickerstaff
Mingo Junction
Steubenville, Mingo and Ohio Valley Traction Company
Steubenville and Wheeling Traction Company
Ettrants
Traction Company
P. P. Lewis
Miss Boettner Graduates From Ohio Deaf and Dumb Institute
Susan E Boettner of this city who was sent to the Ohio Institution of the Deaf and Dumb as a child due to influences surrounding her stepfather William Horner's murder trial is to graduate next Tuesday as valedictorian of her class. Deaf since birth yet bright and diligent she delivered the oration on the Oldest White Race on Record and has impressed teachers and officers, earning the esteem of Captain Oliver the jury foreman who received a special invitation to the commencement bearing the class seal and colors blue and white.
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Susan E. Boettner
Ohio Institution of the Deaff and Dumb
William Horner
Miss Boettner
Oliver
Maccabees Of Sixty To Be Initiated
A district convention is underway with over fifty delegates from Bellaire to Columbiana County. Delegates will elect representatives to the State convention in Toledo this afternoon, followed by a initiation for sixty candidates tonight. Great Commander F. E. Young and Great Record Keeper G. H. Scott attend.
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The
Maccabees
Bellaire
Columbana County
Toledo
F E. L. Young
G. H. Scott
Western Pottery Cooper Shop Proposed Amid Price Fight
Threats from Western Pottery Manufacturers spark plans for a mammoth cooperative cooperage plant in East Liverpool. Boss coopers warn raw material price hikes will push finished goods 20 to 30 percent higher, prompting talks to create a district cooperative to supply cans and barrels at lower costs and preserve coopers’ profits.
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Western Pottery District
Western Pottery Manufacturers’ Association
East Liverpool
Boss Cooners
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Kent, Ohio
Illing Husband
Whiteshy
Fiveman
Love Letter
Preach- Apriler
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Clerk of Council
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CE Geiss i Ligase
PSR Eee
Sv Iuesieus A
Altamount
Walker
Railroad Commission
Boettner
TION
Cooper
Co-operative Cooper Shop
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