Threats by Orchard in Steunenberg murder case
Boise June 27 defense in the Steunenberg murder trial continues to offer evidence that Harry Orchard threatened to kill Governor Steunenberg and plotted against Western Federation of Miners. Mrs Lottie Day testified Orchard spoke of killing Steunenberg and his alleged poverty driven motive. John D Elliott and editor M O Neill testified about Orchard’s claimed plans to crush the federation and threats against Peabody and Sherman Bell.
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Boise
Ida
Steunenberg
Conhues
Harry Chard
Steuhening
Lottie Day
Mver
Orelnard
Stennenbergs
Kiih
John D. Milioe
Tyee Chard
Pater
Associa Erica
Weres
J. Orchasdm
John D. Elliott
Elliott
Orchard
Western Federation of Miners
Mr. Darrow
O'Neill
Moyer and &Ywood
Moyer and Haywood
Mvor
Peabody
Sherman Bell
Eight Men Killed in Tidewater Railway Blast
Richmond reports a premature explosion at a Tola t on the Tidewater railway under Cor nells Sullivan in charge of the McDermott Construction Co Chicago. Edward Clarke of Charlotte County Virginia and six Italians died six others injured.
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Richmond
Tolat
Tidewater
Cornells
Sullivan
McDermott Construction Company
Chicago
Edward Clarke
Charlotte County
Judge K C Sentics Threatens Suicide After Bar Action
In San Francisco on June 27, Superior Judge K C Sentics, rebuked by the bar association for gross intemperance and urged to resign, attempted to end his life in his Temple Israel chambers by pressing a revolver to his temple. He was saved from death after the weapon was never fired.
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San Francisco
Bar Association
K. C. Sentics
Temple Israel
Four Thousand Vestmakers Strike Amid Wage Increase
Announcement from New York reports 4,000 vestmakers in 300 East Side shops walked out after wage increases of 12 to 6 percent. About half the strikers are women, who view the summer strike as a major event.
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New York
Major hotel district fire devastates Pine Beach area
A large fire swept the Pine Beach district near Norfolk June 27 destroying the Arcade Berkley outside Inn Powhattan Caroline and other hotels. Loss estimated up to 300000. Powhattan guards and exposition fire department prevented spread. several inns nearby survived.
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Norfolk
Pine Beach
Exposition Grounds
Pine Beach Hotel
Pine Beach Pier
Powhattan Guards
Exposition Fire Department
Yale Student Dies After Bridge Crash Near New Haven
D Leet Oliver, 21, of Pittsburg dies when his auto plunges from a bridge near Centerville while four companions from St Anthony's House suffer injuries. Oliver, son of James B Oliver, nephew of George T Oliver, was a Yale student in the same department as J Colston and FE Hudson, all residents of St Anthony's House.
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Ylta Bath
Pete
Trethris Jones
Red Tank
N. A
Shefield
J. Colston
Balthmore
Hudson
St. Anthony's House
Oliver
Centerville
Colston
Pittsburg
D. Leet Oliver
New Haven
Conn
James B. Oliver
George T. Oliver
On Eve of Execution Vaughan Defends Kline in Train Robbery Case
Jefferson City Mo June 27 one of the condemned convicts Harry Vaughan awaiting execution swore at the penitentiary that a man named Kline then in Joliet Ill was not involved in the Illinois Central train robbery near Chicago in August 1904. Vaughan testified that Morris and others committed the robbery and Kline was brought to St Louis for identification after Morris was killed in a fight with detectives.
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Jefferson City
Harry Vaughan
Kline
Joliet, Ill
Illinois Central
Chicago
Morris
St. Louis
Vaughan
Mexican towns washed away by flood near El Paso
A report from El Paso says the old Seneca church on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande has been wrecked by high waters and bodies may have been washed from an ancient cemetery. The adobe town of Guadelaja near San Anni in Socorro county New Mexico is said to be washed away with no reported deaths.
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el Paso
Tex
Seneca
Rio Grande River
Guadelaja
San Anni
Socorro County
N. M
Broker Den Nett Sentenced in Bond Theft Case
New York report states Oliver N. Dennett the broker who pleaded guilty to receiving bonds stolen from the Trust Company of America by W C Douglas assistant loan clerk is sentenced to five to ten years at Sing Sing prison.
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New York
Oliver N. Dennett
W. C. Douglas
Trust Company of America
Sing Sing
Syracuse Wins Varsity Four in Two Mile Race
In Poughkeepsie on June 27 Syracuse won the varsity four-oared race over two miles with an unofficial time of 10 44. Cornell finished second, Pennsylvania third, and Columbia fourth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Syracuse
Cornell
Pennsylvania
Columbia
Court fails to secure funds data on Rockefellers Big Corporation
Judge Landis in Chicago rejects new trial for Standard Oil after conviction for shipping at illegal rates between Whiting Indiana and East St. Louis. He orders subpoenas for top executives and officers of Standard Oil Indiana and Union Tank Car lines, allowing DA Sims to summon Rockefeller and other key figures.
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Rockefeller
Chicago
Landis
United States District Court
Standard Oil Company
Whiting, Ind
East St. Louis
FP. S. Hollands
Alton
C. M. Stanley
Department
Chicago and
Eastern Illinois
J. E. Smith
Chicago and Alton Road
John D. Rockefeller
H. H. Rogers
Standard O# company
Minnesota Cities Raise Post Office Salaries
A June dispatch notes Minnesota cities outside the Twin Cities lifting postal receipts prompt raises for postmasters and top clerks. In St Paul the office promoted eighteen clerks from 700 to 800 dollars, twenty four from 800 to 900, twelve from 900 to 1000, and forty two from 1000 to 1100 annually.
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Washington
Minnesota
St. Paul
Mineapolis
Duluth
Winona
Albert Lea
Austin
Bemidji
Brainerd
Crookston
Faribault
Mankato
Marshall
Moorhead
New Ulm
Northfield
St. Cloud
St. Peter
South St. Paul
Virginia
Waseca
Willmar
Telegraph unions urge Roosevelt probe of trust law
A telegram from the Washington Central Labor Union urged President Roosevelt to investigate alleged anti trust law violations by telegraph companies. The message was transmitted to Herbert S. Loeb head of the Bureau of Corporations. No action or instructions were given to Mr. Smith. The AFL reportedly sent a general order to locals, but only one such inquiry was received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Washington Central Labor Union
Herbert
Bureau of Corporations
Department of Commerce and Labor
Smith
American Federation of’ Labor
Woman Arrested After Saloon Disturbance
In Washington on June 27 a woman was arrested for disorderly conduct after entering a saloon and causing a disturbance. She was arraigned and fined later. Mrs Nation was hurt and fined five dollars.
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Washington
Ation
Nation
Mine cavern damages Pittston homes in Hillside Coal area
A mine cavern opened in the Butler slope of Hillside Coal at Pittston township. The surface area affected covers two acres and nineteen dwelling houses were damaged.
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Wilkesbarre
Chester Scout Cruiser Launch From Bath Navy Yard
The scout cruiser Chester named for a Pennsylvania city and among the latest warship types of the United States Navy was launched successfully at Bath dockyards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Chester
Pennsylvania
United States Navy
Wasogee
Bath ‘Iron
Milwaukee Tragedy as Lover Kills Three Then Himself
In Milwaukee on June 27 a distraught lover killed his sweetheart Elsie Volkmann and her father Frank Volkmann before shooting himself. Andrew Feine, 25, then died at the scene after firing a 38 caliber revolver. Feine had threatened vengeance after quarrels with the Volkmanns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Andrew Feine
Elsie Volkmann
Frank Volkmann
Feine
Volkmann
Robbery Motive Ties to Imperial Bank Bombing
In a dramatic bank bombing linked robbery, casualties occurred as the attackers seized money from the Imperial bank. Authorities report multiple fatalities and missing cash bags. The total number of victims remains uncertain while investigators search for the money and perpetrators.
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Gossaehs
Wien
Tarewi
Tarnemloves
Imperial Bank
Terrorist attempt to breach magazine near St Petersburg
In St Petersburg on June 27 an attack aimed to force entry to a magazine on the proving grounds. A sentry was wounded by the attackers but their gunfire drew a patrol, causing the terrorists to flee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Court Overrules Motion in Cotton Leak Case
Washington June 27 Judge Stafford overruled Holmes counsel motion to acquit for lack of law covering the offense. The indictment is upheld as supported by evidence. Defense attorney Worthington argues Witness Van Riper’s testimony is false and Holmes did not leak real information, only an opinion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Associate Statistician
Holmes
Stafford
Worthington
van Riper
Crown Prince of Servia narrowly escapes during river row
Berlin dispatch reports Crown Prince George of Servia rowing alone on a river when customs officers on the Hungarian shore ordered a stop for examination. He refused and headed for the Servian bank, reaching it unharmed amid a volley of bullets from officials.
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Berlin
Tageblatt
Belgrade
Crown Prince
George of Servia
Tragic Train Crossing Fatalities In New Prague
Con rad Carl a German farmer and James Stremak a Bohemian were instantly killed crossing railroad tracks here. One body was found with both feet severed and the other crushed under the engine cowcatcher. The incident occurred as a St Louis passenger train passed through New Prague Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Prague
Minn
Conrad Carl
James Stremak
St. Louis
Wind Storm Damages Mounds Keefer Gens Glenn Pool Area
A heavy wind storm in Muskogee Oklahoma causes damage across Mounds Keefer Gens and the Glenn Pool district. Several injured reported with no fatalities. Cleveland and Tulsa also report blown in store fronts and damaged small buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
I. T
Mounds, Keefer and Gens
Glenn Pool District
Cleveland
Okla
Tulsa
Bicycle rider escape after streetcar collision in Minneapolis
Albert Hein of 1605 Aldrich avenue north was struck from behind by a streetcar on Washington avenue and then dragged by a second car. He narrowly escaped death and sustained only minor injuries in the incident.
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Minneapolis
Albert Hein
Aldrich Avenue
Washington Avenue
Two-Cent Transcontinental Rail Rate Reported
Chicago June 24 The Inter Ocean says two leading western and transcontinental railroads have served notice they will cut passenger rates to 2 cents per mile starting July 1. The move follows a secret meeting of railroad presidents and an informal agreement among two major lines to implement the rate immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Fotuwias T. Incutifec
Omiemiach
Wieetryst
Abe Evmion
Fred Irdad
A. J. Eanning
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Standard Oil plans transcontinental railroad network
Washington reports the Standard Oil company aims within two years to own and operate a full transcontinental system from Newport News Virginia to Seattle and Portland via Chicago. The line would be oil controlled, serving grain and coal traffic and expanding Newport News as a major export port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Standard Oil Company
Atlantic Tidewater
Newport News
Seattle
Portland
Chicago
Standard Oil
Duluth
Northwest
Standard Oil Group
Rio Grande flood swamps towns south of Albuquerque
The Rio Grande swollen by recent rains travels south of Albuquerque causing extensive damage. Guadalajara in Socorro county is said to be washed away leaving hundreds homeless. San Antonio and nearby villages suffer major harm while workers rush levee construction to hold back waters.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Rio Grande
New Mexico
Guadalajara
Socorro County
San Antonio
San Pedro
Ex Senator Lucien Baker Dies in Leavenworth
Leavenworth Kan June 24 Former United States Senator Lucien Baker is dead He was born in Fulton County Ohio in 1846 and served as a Republican in the U S Senate from 1896 to 1901 He was accidentally shot in Leavenworth in 1871 by a man involved in a street fight near Colonel D K Anthony and never fully recovered from the wound
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Kan
United States
Lucien Baker
Fulton County
United States Senate
D. KR. Anthony
American Minister Knowles Skips Audience in Belgrade
A Belgrade dispatch reports Horace H. Knowles the new American minister to Serbia and Romania failed to appear for his credentials audience with King Peter. The absence drew comment in Belgrade and prompted questions about the appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort -On-The- Main
Germany
Belgrade
Servia
Horace H. Knowles
Roumania
Peter
Hill Leads Annual Fishing Trip to Canada
James J. Hill chairman of the Great Northern railway starts for Canada with five or six friends for his yearly fishing trip. Guests include George F. Baker president of the First National Bank Samuel Thorne and George Clark.
Mark Twain Honors and Denver Rent Conspiracy Arrests
In Oxford, Mark Twain received a university degree in the Sheldonian Theatre before a crowd including Campbell Bannerman and Rudyard Kipling. Separately in Denver, five men including William H. Brooks and Alfred A. Proctor were indicted for conspiring to raise rents to the government, each posting $2,500 bond.
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Oxford
Eng
Campbell Bannerman
Loreburn
House of ‘Commons
Lowther
Booth
Rudyard Kipling
Armagh
William Alexander
Mark Twain
Samuel L. Clemens
Sheldonian
Whitelaw Reid
Lord Curzon of
Denver
Sonatag
William H. Brooks
P. Brooks
Robert S. Gutstall
Alfred A. Proctor
Gaarles C. Ross
Four Die and Nine Hurt as Scaffold Collapse Strikes San Francisco
A scaffold collapse in San Francisco killed four people and left five seriously injured. Other items note twenty to forty deserters from the British cruiser Monmouth at Victoria B C, Harvard University’s 271st commencement with 550 graduates, and a Pittsburgh blast furnace strike looming for 10 000 to 15 000 workers.
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San Francisco
Monnmouth
Victoria
B. C
America
Harvard University
Pittsburg
John Chandler
Kentucky
Hulls, Ill
W. F. Frear
Hawaii
Roosevelt
Hawaii Territory
Market Quotations Wheat Prices in Minneapolis
Minneapolis wheat quotes for June 26 show July at 98 1/2 cents and September at 98 1/2 cents. Grade details list On track No 1 hard 1.02, No 1 Northern 1.01, No 2 Northern 99 3/4 to 99 3/4, No 4 Northern 95 to 96 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Northern
Wheat and flax quotes aid Duluth crops on track
In Duluth on June 26 traders reported wheat futures on track with No 1 hard at 1.00 and 1/4 cents, No 1 Northern at 99 3/4 cents, No 2 Northern at 8 cents, July at 99 cents, Sept 1.00, Dec 97 1/4 cents. Flax futures on track with July 1.22 1/2, Sept 1.23, Oct 1.21 1/4 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Northern
Cattle and hog prices listed for St Paul market
St Paul market reports cattle from good to choice steers at 5.50 to 5.75, cows and heifers 3.50 to 4.75, veals 4.25 to 5.25. Hogs range 5.50 to 5.30. Sheep show wethers 5.00 to 5.50 and lambs 6.25 to 7.00 for spring and 6.50 to 7.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Market Quotes Chicago Wheat Corn and Related Prices
Chicago market notes list futures for Wheat July 92 and Sept 95 cents, Corn July 52 and Sept 53 cents, Oats July 425 cents and Sept 37 cents, Pork July 15.95 and 16.22 percent, Butter Creameries 194 dairies at 17 21c, Eggs Poultry Turkeys and Springs at 11c and 20 22c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cattle and Hog Prices Across Chicago Market Report
In Chicago on June 26 cattle prices ranged from 1.75 to 7.00 for various ages and grades, with good to prime steers at 5.70 to 7.00 and stockers 2.90 to 5.15. Hog prices showed light at 5.85 to 6.15, mixed 5.80 to 6.10, rough 5.55 to 6.80, and good to choice he 5.90 to 6.02. Lambs brought 5.75 to 7.25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
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Yale Studert
Broker Dennett
John S. Miller
Verry
CMA Oy
Telegraph Trust
Carrie Nation
Tiflis
Transcaucasia
Terrorists Attack Magazine
Oth
Ers
Oil Trust
Tinental Railroad
Baker
Kansas Solon
Madison
Hye
Copenhagen
Thyra
Frederick
Adelbert
Kaiser
London County Council
Missouri Railways
Hadley
Missouri
United States Supreme Court
St. Paul Union Stock Yards
Chicago Grain and Provisions
Chicago Union Stock Yards
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