Haywood trial nears verdict as motions loom
The Haywood trial adjourned for two days with a verdict expected in about two weeks. Prosecutors planned motions to strike defense evidence unless promised connecting testimony is produced. Witnesses Malich Mehelich and Aikman denied Orchard testimony while Pinkerton material showed miners’ organization surveillance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haywood
Max Malich
Joe Mehelich
Billy Aikman
Globeville
Denver
Cripple Creek
Harry Orchard
William D. Haywood
Orchard
Pinkerton Agency
Morris Friedman
James I. Wallace
News in Briefs From Around the World June 1907 Fire Losses and Miscellany
A wide summary of events reports June fire losses in the U S and Canada totaling 14 765 000 and half year waste at 117 477 500. It notes Mark Twain denial of marriage rumors in London and a Chicopee man fatal assault on his ex wife. Also mentions Whitewater Wis Fourth of July speech predicting China and Japan war, a San Francisco reporter dying, a tug foundering near Bay of Biscay, bank closures, sports titles, storms in Wisconsin, and various deaths accidents and legal notices across North America and Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
Mark Twain
London
Miss Lyon
Maurice Hills
Chicopee
Mass
James Delehanty
J. Hamilton Lewis
Chicago
Whitewater
Wis
China
Japan
George McGuire
Bradstreets
San Francisco
Hamburg
Hamburg South American Steamship Company
Amazon
Bay of Biscay
Brazil
Charles Swayne
United States Court For
Northern District of Florida
University of Pennsylvania
Fort Dallas National Bank
Miami
Fla
Comptroller
May Sutton
California
Syracuse
Osgoode Hall
Ont
Meyer Goldberg
New York
Martin J. Sheridan
Irish- American Athletic Club of
Morgan
Albert FE. Carrier
Detroit
Charles R. Knowles
Albany
N. Y
Pittsfield County Club
Gordon
Kingwood
Francis B. Thurber
New York Board of Trade and Transportation
Parc Des Princes
Paris
Meredith
Marquis Ito
Korea
Rexford Dew
Wilson
N. C
Roosevelt
Orma
MecHarg
Senate Committee On Pensions
New Mexico
Frank Schmelzer
Silverton
Cal
Western Federation of Miners
Haywood
Boise
Rochester
Tex
Pvelyn Beara
Boston
Misa Carrier
Neely
Cincinnati
Eugene Sehmits
American Ice Company
William W. Johnson
Petoskey
Mich
Wisconsin
William J. Fortune
Brewer
C. A. Cornish
Lincoln Park
Raisuli
Morocco
Caid
Harry Maclean
Tangier
Washington
King Edward
Enrico Caruso
South Carolina
Kentucky
Charles Murray
Nellie Murray
Peoria
Ill
E. S. Holmes, Jr
Department of Agriculture
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Iowa Central Roads
Des Moines
Don Juan de Austria
Admiral Dewey
Michigan
Lake Superior
John T. Healy
Elgin
Buena Vista Lake Levee
Bakersfield
Amador
Panama
Europe
Martha Washington
George Washington
Terre Haute
Ind
I. D. Rideout
Mercantile Trust Company
Illinois National Guard
James B. Culver
Springfield
State Department
Manuel Sarabia
Douglas, Ariz
Salt Lake City
First National Bank of
Hickaville
Marseilles
France
Boghos Farkaii
Kasper Vartarian
New York Central
Hudson River Railroad
Gov. Hoch
Kansas
Interstate Commerce Commission
Western Passenger Association
Honduras
Guatemala
Salvador
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Collapse of two structures hits South Meridian wholesale district
Indianapolis July 8 The Brunswick Balke Callender Co building collapsed dragging part of the adjacent Daniel Stewart Drug Co structure. Fire raged hours as crews fought ruins. Losses: Stewart Co about 100000, Brunswick 50000, Martha Stewart 20000, Henry G Mass estate 20000, William B Burford Printing 1000. Police Chief Metzgar reported a loud explosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
South Meridian
Brunswick Balke-Callender Co
Daniel Stewart Drug Co
Stewart Co
John N. Carey
Albert F. Richt
Brunswick Balke-Collender Co
Martha A. Stewart
Henry G Mass
William B. Burford Printing Co
Metzgar
Brunswick-Bake-CoNender
Stewart
Bals
Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co
Meridian
Maryland
Richt
Winterroad
Double tragedy and mob violence report from 1900s era
In Texas near Temple 38 year old farmer Lee Roe killed his mother after an argument over family matters and fled as posses scour the countryside. In Mississippi at a July frolic a deputy sheriff fired to quell a mob, killing three African Americans including two women. the officer was exonerated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple
Tex
Jun
Eileen
Here
Lee Roe
Roe
Hattiesburg
Miss
Jas, Cannon
Robinson
Lynching Threat Looms Over West Newton Girl Case
Elizabeth Meds gar, 14, daughter of West Newton residents in Pennsylvania, was assaulted by an armed suspect as authorities and three posses search for him. lynching is threatened if the assailant is captured. Royal jewels stolen from Dublin castle valued at 250000 accompany other July 8 incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Elizabeth Medsgar
West Newton
Chattanooga
Tenn
Mont Lake
Len Reynolds
Miners’ Union
W. H. Bellows
Mont Lake Mining Co
Dublin
Dublin Castle
Order of St. Patrick
Fate of the Realist: Peckham Haystack Tale
George Moore and fellow artists visit Peckham in search of a haystack and a field from his story. A passing policeman explains there is no haystack nor field in Peckham, prompting Moore to lament the fate of the realist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Moore
Saturday Evening Post
Will Rothenstein
Walter Sickert
Dulwich Gallery
London
Rothenstein
Peckham
Uncle Billy's Poker Revenge at Mercer University
In Macon Georgia an old janitor nicknamed Uncle Billy, a preacher who loves poker, taunts a student for lacking a nickel then defeats a Jew named Steinan in a campus card game. After winning with four kings against four aces Uncle Billy vows to quit gambling, citing thoughts on Jews as the chosen people of the Lord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Rockefeller
William Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
Chicago
Landis
Indiana
Chester B. Runyan
Windsor Trust Company
New York
Laura M. Carter
Wisconsin
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Interstate Commerce Commission
Atlantic Seaboard
Joseph H. Choate
New York Central Railroad Company
Hazel
Rochester
N. Y
J. G. McMahen
Ohio
Martinsville
Ind
North Lawrence
Dunn's
Telephone Exchange
Harry A. Garfield
Garfield
Princeton
Williams College
Henry Hopkins
University of Florence
Italy
Nicholas Deidrich
Sioux City
John J. Glennon
St. Louis
United States Census Bureau
North Tonawanda
Mixa
Ethel Wish
Pindlay
Mra
Mary M Kendall
Owego
Macon
Uncle Billy
Mercer University
Billy
Steinan
Darkey
Steinau
Lippincott's
Too Strenuous
The office boy’s mother confronts the boss over her son’s discharge claiming the ad sought a strong boy. The employer replies he is too strong, noting the boy broke all office rules and damaged furniture in a single day.
Notably Curt Exchange Sparks Tense Encounter
A terse exchange unfolds with a dismissive retort and a cold reply. The dialogue hints at strained recognition and unresolved tension between the two individuals involved.
Knight’s Prank on Norwich Shoemaker Sparks Fashion Fashion
Old Camden recounts Sir Philip Calthrop’s purge of John Drakes in Henry VIII’s era. A knight orders a gown with fine French cloth, the tailor copies the gown for the shoemaker, and the knight’s dress mirrored the shoemaker’s with many cuts. Drakes swears off gentlemen’s fashions after the tailor’s mischief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Camden
Philip Calthrop
John Drakes
Norwich
Henry, VIII
London
T. P.'s Weekly
The Psychological Moment Observed in a Witty Exchange
A scene unfolds with Priam closeted with an adjuster as Casssandra drops in to claim she saved all. The burnt-out monarch gestures to the retiring prophetess while the others joke about calling the Joss total, illustrating the value of timely words.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priam
Cassandra
Puck
Old Fellow Seeks Swapped Wife Joke At Woman's Exchange
A countryman entered a downtown Woman's Exchange, asked if this was the place, and then quipped he would like to swap his old woman for anyone on hand. The humorous exchange appears in Lipincott's Magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lippincott’s Magazine
Correction ties votes to two ciphers in Edinburgh contest
The article recounts a Scottish judge Lord Wolmer’s three vote lead in Edinburgh, later corrected to a 300 majority, naming two Lords of Session who voted for Lord Young and prompting his remark that “That accounts for the two ciphers.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Young
Edinburgh
Lord Wolmer
Flow Measurement for Artesian Wells via Aniline Test
The article describes a method to gauge artesian well flow by lowering a bottle of aniline to about 500 feet and detonation to release the fluid. The surface arrival time is claimed to yield a velocity measure comparable to a weir, and with known pipe diameter the discharge rate follows, though human error is blamed on misfortune.
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Small
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
National
Keyport
N. J
Christopher Horandt
Paterson
Asbury Park
Belenectady
Thern
Market Reports
Baltimore
Louiavill
Sawyers Excelsior
Sawyer
Excelsior
Sawyers
H. M Sawyer
East Cambridge
Mage
Sige
Hicks
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