Washington Notes and Events of the Week
Upcoming appointment of Gen William McMackin as Topeka Ohio revenue collector. Weather records broken by low mean temperatures nationwide. President Roosevelt shown a gold plate from a Georgia mine. Wisconsin lumber output 2 311305000 feet in 1906 down 212000000 from prior year. Naval militia cruises planned for Michigan and Minnesota. cruise dates unsettled. Notable deaths include Karl Blind Archibald MacArthur Walter Cheesman and Capt. William Dement. Crime reports span suicides shootings assaults and accidents across multiple states. Severe weather and property damage noted in Texas and Ohio.
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William McMackin
Topeka
Ohio
Weather Bureau
Cass Lake
Glan Reservation
Minnesota
Roosevelt
Georgia
Jamestown
Census Bureau
Wisconsin
Navy Department
Naval Militia
Michican
Aus
Karl Blind
London
A. Q. Garretson
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Morristown
William K. Townsend
United States Circuit Court
New Haven
Conn
Archibald MacArthur
MacArthur Bros. Company
Chicago
New York
Riverside
Walter Cheesman
Denver Union Water Company
Denver
William Fendley Dement
Dement
Maryland
Pomfret
Orchard Questioned Over Testimony in Hay Attack Case
Orchard faced intense grilling as prosecutors pressed questions about his testimony in the hay attack incident. The exchange highlighted discrepancies in timelines and witnesses, with defense arguments focusing on perceived inconsistencies. Court proceedings continued into the afternoon as the case moved toward a potential verdict.
Orchard’s Crimes and Orchard Confession Spotlight Haywood Trial
In Boise Idaho Harry Orchard testified against William D Haywood admitting a long list of brutal crimes tied to the Western Federation of Miners. He described setting fuses at Vindicator mine, bombing depots, and plotting attacks including the Steunenberg murder.
Tragedy in Watertown Switching Yard
Clements aged twenty was instantly killed in Watertown as the head car left the track in the Minneapolis and St. Louis yard. The switching brakeman was thrown between head cars when the second car passed over him, ending his life at the scene.
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Watertown
Clements
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Recovered Jewel Treasure Sparks Police Arrests in New York
Police recovered jewelry valued at thousands of dollars in New York. Two waiters, Costas Moras and Emmanuel Sardikes, were arrested as suspects in connection with the alleged theft.
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New York
Costas Moras
Emmanuel Sardikes
Former Colorado Governor Recalls Anonymous Threats
Kansas City June 9 James H. Peabody former Colorado governor on business said in an interview that since the Haywood trial in Boise began he had received several anonymous letters threatening his life. He said he paid them no mind as they did not appear to come from responsible sources.
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Colorado
Kansas City
James H. Peabody
Haywood
Boise
Standard Oil Suit Clears Path to Full Government Case
In St Paul on June 9 judges of the United States circuit court overruled the bill of exceptions in the government's action to dissolve the Standard Oil monopoly. The ruling allows the government to present the full history of illegal methods used to secure monopolistic control, including acts before and after the 1899 organization of Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. Frank B Kellogg leads the government's case seeking an injunction to dissolve the alleged unlawful combination.
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St. Paul
United States Clrcuit Court
Walter H. Sanborn
Willis van Devanter
Willam C. Hook
Elmer B. Adams
Mmch
Standard OW
Clienit Court
Isaue
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Standard Oil Company
Combine
Frank B. Kellogg
Agbate Case Heard On Elkins Act Rebates Question
In St Paul on June 9 the United States circuit court of appeals heard the Great Northern Railway Co writ of error challenging a $15,000 Elkins act conviction. Judges Van Devanter Adams and Riner presided. The central issue is whether railroads can be prosecuted for pre Hepburn act rebates. The government argues Hepburn did not bar pre act offenses. the railroad claims a clean bill of health for rebates up to June 29, 1906.
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Circuit Court of Appeals
St. Paul
United States
van Devanter
Adams and Riner
Great Northern Railway Company
Elkins
Minneapolis
Page Morris
Illed by jack handle on tie laying near Dennison
Claus Frahm a section hand on the Hinds Central was killed ten miles north of Dennison Iowa when a jack handle flew up as a tie was lowered striking the back of his right ear. He died within five minutes. At Owatonna Minnesota Pillsbury academy held a prize military contest with Robert Gracemill of Minneapolis winning the old medal.
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Dennison
Iowa
Claus Frahm
Hinds Central
Here
Frahm
Minneapolis
Owatonna
Minn
Pillsbury Academy
Robert Gracemill
Unidentified Man Found Dead Near Rib Lake Woods
The unidentified body of a man was discovered in the woods six miles northeast of Rib Lake Wisconsin on June 9. The scene showed the body in a shocking state and apparently partially devoured by wild animals.
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Rib Lake
Wis
Here
Crow Indians Seek Investigation Into Land Fraud Claims
Crow Indians in the Big Horn basin demand an inquiry into a $3,000,000 land fraud. Secretary Garfield’s private secretary Dalley has been on the case for two weeks, with Helena Grey representing the tribe in Washington. In Muskogee, Oklahoma Territory, a new land fraud scandal looms as Interior Department fraud charges are prepared against prominent territorial figures.
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Billings
Mint
Big Horn
Garfield
Dallsey
Helena Grey
Washington
Int For Department
Territories
Kidnapped Girl in St Paul Sparks Abduction Plot
In a sensational case unfolding in Duluth and St Paul, two men kidnapped Enny Digle from St Clements Catholic School. The kidnapper is identified as her father Edward Digle who hoped to take his daughter away due to marriage plans. Digle and the girl's parents traveled to St Paul to remove her from school.
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St. Paul
Mise Digle
Man Falls 25 Feet From Train Treks Near Granite
George Lowe of Cottonwood returning from a ball game on the Great Northern night train at Granite stepped off into space and plunged twenty five feet into river bank rock pile. He misread the train stop for a station and was not found until morning with several broken ribs and possible internal injuries.
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George Lowe
Cotttonwood
Granite
Great Northern
Yellow Medicine River
Whole family drowns at Beaver Dam Wisconsin
In Beaver Dam Wisconsin on June 11 a man named Koehn his wife and their six month old baby drowned late yesterday while planning a lakeside day and a picnic. It is believed the father leaped from the boat to save the child, the mother fainted and fell in, and both were drowned alongside the infant.
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Beaver Dam
Wis
Herman Cehn
Koehn
Abo
Postmaster Gets Raise in Thiet River Falls
Thiet River Falls Minnesota postmaster F H Kratka will receive a salary of 2000 dollars a year starting July first a raise of 100 dollars based on the post office gross receipts in the last year. Officials in Washington notified the change.
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Thiet River Falls, Minn
F. H. Kratka
Thiet
Washington
Thiet River Falls
Man Hurt While Making Flying Train Switch
Aitkin Minn June 1 W Robinaon, longtime resident, was dragged from knees to hips by a Northern Pacific construction train while attempting a flying switch. He suffered mangled legs and a broken shoulder in the incident. Nearby in Wisconsin, June 11 Gust Ree Pound fractured a leg after a similar accident, though details are unclear due to missing text.
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Aitkin
Minn
Robinaon
Jes
Evangelical Lutheran Synod Chooses Red Wing For 66th Session
The sixty sixth annual session of the Evangelical Lutheran synod selected Red Wing Minnesota as the next meeting place and elected Rev. C J Eastvold of Jewell Iowa to preach at the opening service. The meeting was held in Roland.
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Red Wing
Lutheran Marshalltown
Towa
Evangelical Lutheran Synod
Roland
Minn
C.J. Eastvold
Jewell
Iowa
Bear killed by hunter near Barron slaughter house
Harvey Wye gant shot a 200 pound bear within Barron Wisconsin city limits after the animal was found feeding near a slaughter house. The incident occurred on June 11 and highlights local wildlife control actions in the town.
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Fear
Barron
Wis
Harvey Wyegant
Orchard Motive For Act Cited In Nenberg Case
Authorities point to Orchard motive for the act in the Nenberg case as part of ongoing investigation. Details remain sparse as officials review evidence and interview witnesses. Local officials urge patience while the inquiry continues.
Defense Is Satisfied In Haywood Murder Trial
Boise Idaho June 11 Harry Orchard admitted four acts for the prosecution in the Haywood murder trial. The defense hints Orchard is a mine-owner spy, fabricating part of his life story to discredit the Western Federation of Miners. Orchard said he earned money in prison and would have been a rich mine owner if Steunenberg had not driven him from Idaho. The defense claims the crime of arson is among his admitted acts. Court adjourned with Orchard relieved after four days on the stand and intense cross examination.
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Idaho
William D. Hiwood
Frank Steunenbers
Haywood
Moyer
Pettibone
Simpkins
Western Federation of Miners
Vin‘leator
Independence Depot
Light Gregory
Deave
Arthur Colling
Telluride
Peabody
Gabbart F and Goddard
Colorado
Gov
Steunenberg
Seenius
North
Harry Orchard
Sreve Adams
Frank Steuffenberg
Hawley
Whdhever
Bland
Aton
Dot
W. D. Haywood
Afiners
Orchard
Hho
President Roosevelt to Speak at Jamestown Dedication
President Roosevelt and party departed Washington Navy Yard aboard the Mayflower for the Jamestown exposition. He will deliver an address at the dedication of the Georgia state building and address the National Editorial Association.
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Jamestown
Washington
Roosevelt
Washington Navy Yard
Georgia State Building
National Editorial Association
Trinidad Government Seeks Serum Against Bubonic Plague
Port of Spain Trinidad June 11 The government has taken energetic measures to stand out the bubonia plague and has closed to New York for large supplies of prophylactic serum. Ditch Assessment Attack Brainerd Minn June 11 An ine Junction salt has been brought by the town of Rabbit Lake to prevent the collection of an assessment of $738.78 against the town for alleged benefits roads by reason of the construction it cited No 11.
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Trinidad
New York
Port of Spain
Brainerd
Minn
Rabbit Lake
Bull Attacks Leave One Dead in Sheboygan
In Sheboygan Wisconsin on June 11 a man was fatally injured and another seriously hurt when a bull attacked. The incident occurred as one tried to save the other. In Dubuque Iowa on June 11 a skiff capsized in the Mississippi River, resulting in the drowning of Paul Kies William Stolseben and Nicholas For et. Two others were rescued from the water.
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Ull
Sheboygan
Wis
Dubuque
Iowa
Paul Kies
William Stolseben
Nicholas For ‘Et
Mississippi
9000 Gophers Killed in Town Gopher Day
In New Rockford North Carolina on June 11 the annual gopher day ended with 9000 tails turned in and twenty six prizes awarded.
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New Rockford
N. C
Fifteen Year Old Boy Flies Own Airship At Park
Cromwell Dickson aged fifteen yesterday achieved a successful flight with an airship he built at the Columbus Driving Park in Columbus Ohio. The feat marks a notable young aviation effort by a local youth in mid June.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cromwell Dickson
Trainills Girl Tragedy Near Milwaukee Bridge
Lydia Quast twenty years old died after being struck by a North Western train near the Folsom street bridge in Milwaukee. The suffering scene described notes the girl’s head severed and body horribly mangled as responders arrived.
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Trainills
Milwaukee
Wis
Lydia Quast
North-Western
Folsom Street Bridge
Death Under Wheels in Oakes June Fatality
In Oakes North Carolina on June 11 a fatal incident occurred when a four year old child of George Wil was struck by a vehicle during an attempt to retrieve something, the tragedy noted in local reports. The driver and exact circumstances remain under investigation.
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Oakes
N. C
Harry Wil
George A
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