Trial May End Not Imminent In Pettibone Case
The Pettibone trial in Denver was delayed by the illness of defendant George A. Pettibone. He was taken to a Los Angeles hospital with a serious condition, and attorney Clarence Darrow arrived for consultation. Judge Hilton oversees the case as Darrow contemplates an acquittal while public interest shifts since the Haywood trial.
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George A. Pettibone
Pettibone
O. N. Hilton
Denver
Western Federation of Miners
Los Angeles
Clarene Darrow
California Hospital
Darrow
Haywood
Idaho
Colorado Land Sharks Released From Indictments
Denver judge R E Lewis dismissed all indictments and sustained demurrers in coal land fraud cases releasing about fifty defendants. Names include Charles E Hur and George Coe Franklin of Orange Colorado Robert Forrester of Salt Lake and S W Kittel of St Louis. Government plans to appeal to the US Court of Appeals.
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Denver
R. E. Lewis
Federal Court
Charles E. Hurr
Benjamin F. Freeman
George Coe Franklin
Orango
Colorado
Robert Forrester
Salt Lake
8. W. Kittel
St. Louis
Yampa Coal Company
United States Court of Appeals
Canvassing Vote on Railway Strike Showes Unified Demands
Chicago reports the executive committees of the Order of Railway Conductors and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, with officials including Garri Howeson Morrissey, meeting at Sherman House to canvass members votes on joining concerted wage and condition demands. If approved, notices will be sent by wire and a coordinated demand will be issued next Thursday. The plan covers territories east of the Mississippi and east of Canada with a January 20 meeting to seek responses from general railroad officers.
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Pennsylvania
Chicago Sandard
Chicago
Raiload
Gar
Ison
Morrissey
Sherman House
Mississippi River
Canada
Ory
Druce Body Found in Coffin at Highgate Cemetery
London workers report the coffin in the Druce vault at Highgate Cemetery contains Thomas Charles Druce, exhumed after forty three years, refuting claims that a roll of lead hid in the coffin. George Hollamby Druce sought the Portland dukedom through costly legal actions funded by followers. The perjury charges against Herbert Druce are resolved by the discovery.
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London
Thomas Charles Druce
Highgate Cemetery
Robert C. Caldwell
Cruce
George Hollamby Cruce
H E
Portland
Druce
Ney
Nnns
George Hollamby Druce
Duke of Portland
Herbert Druce
Economic Theory and Labor Legislation Lecture
At a joint session in Madison the American Economic Association and American Association for Labor Legislation heard Dr Richard T Eli of Wisconsin speak on Economic Theory and Labor Legislation. Papers were read at meetings of the American Sociological Society and a Political Science Association.
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Madison
American Economic Association
American Association For Labor
Richard T. Eli
Wisconsin
American Sociological Society
Political Science Associa
Pocatello Faces Showdown With Oregon Short Line
The Oregon Short Line Railroad warns the City of Pocatello the council’s opposition will halt all railroad improvements in 1908. Plans for extensive yard work and new shop buildings near a million dollars are paused until the Citizens party council adopts a fair stance, as the city’s life hinges on the railroad.
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Tribune
Pocatello
Oregon Short Line Railroad Company
Vocatello
Eagle Rock
Shoshone
the Tribune
Gate City
Citizens’ ”' Party
Oregon
A. B. Stevenson
Stevenson
Citizens
Fusz
Railroad Company
Harrison Avenue
Garfield Avenue
Citizens’ '’ Party Council
Short Line
Salt Lake
Ogden
McCammon
Idaho Falls
Nampa
Montpelier
Troops to Remain in Goldfield Nevada for Three Weeks
Governor Sparks wired President Roosevelt announcing plans to proclaim an extraordinary session of the Nevada legislature. The latest communication orders troops to stay in Goldfield for a three week period.
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Goldfield
Nevada
Washington
Sparks
Roosevelt
Legislature of
Earthquake Recorded by Cheltenham Observatory
A heavy earthquake was recorded on the instruments of the coast and geodetic survey observatory at Cheltenham Maryland this morning. The disturbance lasted over an hour and was distant.
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Washington
Coast and Geodetic Survey Observatory
Cheltenham
Maryland
Harris seeks divorce alleging $6000 fraud by wife and kin
William S. Harris sues Ida M. Harris in district court alleging a conspiracy with her father and brothers in Grand Forks British Columbia to defraud him of about 6000. He says she deserted him June 25 1905 and has since refused to live with him. He notes accumulation of about 1200 in cattle and cattle interests and seeks an absolute divorce and separate estate for his money and property.
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William S. Harris
Ida M. Harris
Standrod & Terrell
Henry
Idaho
Grand Fork
British Columbia
United States
Pocatello Inventive Genius patent for door weather strip
Frank Gibbon of Pocatello, a contractor, has received Washington letters patent for a weather strip attachable to doors that seals drafts storms and dust while allowing free door movement. The Simple device, feasible in well equipped shops, costs about 15 cents to manufacture and Gibbon plans to sell agent rights in the United States.
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Pocatello
Frank Gibbon
Washington
Butte Suspect Not the Person Wanted
A man jailed in Butte on suspicion of being T. F. Seaveriniva turned out not to be the fugitive. Sheriff D. T. Quigley, who went to Butte to arrest the suspect, found Finn in jail with no resemblance to Seaverinilla. The search by the sheriff in Butte and Dillon lasted a couple of days before he returned empty handed.
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Butte
T. F. Seaveriniva
East Side
D. T. Quigley
Finn
Seaverinilla
Dillon
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Land Sharks
Lewis
Jruce
Labor and Economics
William F. Harris
Grand Forks
B. C
John Gibbon
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