Haywood trial wrapup nears with key witness stages
In Boise and other centers, lawyers finalize defense plans for the Haywood case as William D. Haywood and co defendant Charles Moyer prepare to testify. A pending verdict or hung jury possibility looms as prosecutors move to strike contested defense evidence.
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Haywood
William D. Haywood
Western Federation of Miners
Charles Moyer
Miners’ Organization
Max Malich
Joe Mehelich
Billy Aikman
Globeville
Denver
Cripple Creek
Harry Orchard
Orchard
Diverse 1906 News Snippets From Across The U S
Reports range from Rockefeller testimony before Judge Landis to omissions by Pratt, and Bartholdt arriving in The Hague to present interparliamentary resolutions. Weather damage hits Long Pine and Polk, with deaths and injuries from a trolley plunge in Clarksburg. Stolen regalia from Dublin castle. Fire in Pittsburgh. Race riot near Washington injures several. Lumber land purchase in Washington. Horandt automobile crash. Indianapolis collapse causes $220,000 loss. Legal moves in San Francisco. Grain elevator orders. Trolley collision near Washington. Japanese court damages suit in San Francisco. Caruso decorated by King Edward. Martha Washington’s multiracial family note births.
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Pope Pius
Miss Dougherty
D. Webster Dougherty
Philadelphia
Baron Goepel
American Federation of Travelers
Organization For the Protection of
W. A. Morgan
Sedalia
Dan W. Richmond
Chicago
Chester B. Runyan
Windsor Trust Company
New York
Laura M. Carter
Wisconsin
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Interstate Commerce Commission
Atlantic Seaboard
Joseph H. Choate
High Seas
New York Central Railroad Company
Hazel
Rochester
N. Y
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
Ethel Bish
Findlay
Mary M. Kendall
Oswego
Nebraska
United States
Canada
Herman Bartels
Syracuse
Osgoode Hall
Ont
Boston
Buena Vista Lake
Bakersfield
Cal
I. D. Rideout
Mercantile Trust Company
San Francisco
California
State Department
Washington
Manuel Sarabia
Douglas, Ariz
John D. Rockefeller
Landis
Standard Oil Company
Pratt
Richard Bartholdt
Interparliamentary Union
Hague
Nelidoff
London
Long Pine
Polk
Clarksburg
W. Va
Dublin Castle
Pittsburg
Chesapeake Junction
Northwest Lumber Company
Barley Bros
M. F. Quinn
Pennsylvania
Christopher Horandt
Paterson
N. J
Asbury Park
Indianapolis
Ind
Langdon
W. J. Lebreton
Eugene E. Schmitz
Dunne
Wisconsin Railroad Commission
Great Northern
the Eastern Railway Company
Minnesota
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha
Superior
King Edward
Enrico Caruso
Martha Washington
George Washington
Terre Haute
Defense accuses McParland of trying to manufacture Haywood case testimony
In Boise Idaho defense in the Steunenberg murder case charges Detective James McParland with attempting to manufacture testimony against W D Haywood. Newspaper correspondent Alva Swain testified about a Denver conversation, while Judge Wood and Senator Borah questioned its foundation.
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Boise
Idaho
Steunenberg
James McParland
W. D. Haywood
Alva A. Swain
Denver
McParland
Senator Borah
Swain
Harry Orchard
Haywood
Death in a Storm Hits Louisville City
A severe wind storm in Louisville Kentucky killed one man and injured several others. The city faced extensive damage with horses and mules killed, roofs torn, structures blown down, shade trees damaged, and impassable streets due to fallen trees. Peak wind reached 68 mph, with 60 mph winds for 15 minutes. New Albany Indiana reported about $50,000 in damage.
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Louisville
New Albany
Ind
Historic Flag Placed on Exhibition at Smithsonian
The 1814 Star Spangled Banner, which inspired Francis Scott Key, is now on display at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. Owned by Eben Appleton of New York, the 28 by 30 foot banner will hang in the Hall of History for public viewing by the thousands who visit the museum each year.
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Washington, D. C
Harvey and Cook Sentenced for Bank Failure
Judge Ewing of the U S district court sentenced Thomas M. Harvey and Lemnert S. Cook in Pittsburgh to seven years and five years three months respectively for their roles in the Enterprise National Bank failure. Harvey, a bank teller, was convicted of making false entries. Cook, a real estate dealer, was convicted of aiding cashier Clark in misapplying bank funds.
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Pittsburg
Ewing
United States District Court
Thomas M. Harvey
Lemnert S. Cook
Enterprise National Bank
Allegheny
Harvey
Cook
Clark
Orders for Ships Cancelled Amid Labor Condition Lull
Detroit Free Press reports that major operators will not place new ship orders until labor conditions improve. Eight to ten large ship orders are cancelled, and current shipyard demand has collapsed from 200000 tons last year to near zero.
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Detroit
Mich
the Free Press
Detroit AOUW Voters Vote to Surrender Charter
The Grand Lodge of Michigan Ancient Order of United Workmen voted to surrender its charter after a long battle to stabilize the order in Michigan. Death claims rose faster than receipts despite several insurance rate increases.
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Detroit
Mich
Order
Michigan
Grand Lodge of Michigan
Ancient Order of United Workmen
Six Men Drowned in Bangor Bay Boat Capsize
A Bangor pleasure boat capsized in Penobscot Bay on Tuesday, drowning six young men from the city. The tragedy occurred during a boating outing, and rescue efforts were unable to save them.
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Bangor
Penobscot Bay
Schmitz Receives Five-Year Term in San Quentin
Eugene E. Schmitz former three term mayor of San Francisco is sentenced by Judge Dunne to five years in San Quentin for extorting money from restaurant keepers. He vows to seek re election this fall despite conviction and protests from the crowded courtroom. Dunne extends proceedings on remaining extortion cases for another week.
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San Francisco
Cal
Eugene E. Schmitz
Dunne
San Quentin Penitentiary
Schmitz
Fate of a Realist: Moore’s Haystack in Peckham
The Irish novelist George Moore tours London with Will Rothenstein and Walter Sickert to Dulwich. In Peckham Moore searches for a haystack and a field from a story, but a policeman says none exist, lamenting the fate of realism.
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George Moore
Saturday Evening Post
Will Rothenstein
Walter Sickert
Dulwich Gallery
London
Rothenstein
Peckham
New Plan of Attack Against Tobacco Trust
The department of justice plans a novel tactic in the tobacco trust case. It seeks subpoenas to compel answers, declares the monopoly illegal under the Sherman act, and asks for receivers to break up the business gradually while protecting stockholders and public competition. This approach has not been used before in trust prosecutions.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Justice
Tobacco Trust
Department
New York
City of Traverse Gambling Steamer Revoked License
Government orders canceled the City of Traverse sailing license and passenger certificate after the steamer was exposed as a gambling den and floating pool room on Lake Michigan.
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Washington, D. C
City of
Traverse
Lake Michigan
Department of Commerce and Labor
Interstate board rules equal first class railcar for all races
The Interstate Commerce Commission rules in the Georgia Edwards versus Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis case that a railroad providing first class accommodations to white passengers must provide identical first class services to black passengers who hold first class tickets. The decision emphasizes that Jim Crow era policies cannot privilege one race over another in railroad travel.
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Washington, D. C
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Georgia Edwards
Nashville, Chattanooga
Standard Oil Co. to be sentenced August 3
In Chicago Judge Landis declared the sentence for the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, convicted of accepting illegal railroad rates, will be passed on August 3 after the defense declined to submit further evidence in the U S district court investigation.
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Chicago
Ill
Standard Oil Co
United States District Court
Landis
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Mother and Son Perish After Attempted Escape
In Galveston Texas Mrs Louise Hebert and her young son from Beaumont were killed when struck by a train Monday after they jumped from a car to flee. The auto suffered no damage.
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Galveston
Tex
Louise Hebert
Little
Beaumont
Gasoline storage house explosion in Pittsburg injures two
One man was burned to death and two others were slightly injured in an explosion at a gasoline storage house in the yards of the Pennsylvania Railroad in Pittsburg last night.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Uncle Billy the janitor reels in bets on Mercer campus
In Macon Georgia an old janitor at Mercer University nicknamed Uncle Billy preaches while gambling on campus games behind the main building. He robs a Jew named Steinan in a final hand, then vows never to play him again. He cites the Jews as the chosen people as his motive.
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Macon
Uncle Billy
Mercer University
Billy
Steinan
Darkey
Kemble
Steinau
Lippincott’s
Too Strenuous Discharged Worker Upsets Mother
A mother confronts an employer claiming her son was discharged for breaking office rules and furniture after an interview. The employer counters that the boy is too strong, noting rapid rule violations during his single day on the job.
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Catholic Standard and Times
Conversation Frays With Tense Exchange
A terse dialogue captures a clash where one asks to be recognized and the other dismisses the possibility, revealing strain and uncertainty in the interaction. The exchange hints at hidden histories and strained trust between the speakers.
Markets Report New York July 10 1907
Flour dull and unchanged. Wheat No 2 red 99 1 4 cents. Corn No 2 at 63 4 cents. Oats clipped white 50 4 percent. Hay steady. Cattle no trading. Veals 5.00 to 8.50 dollars. Sheep wethers 3.50 to 5.75, lambs 8.00 to 8.75. Hogs Yorkers 6.50 to 6.70.
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New York
Market Prices Report from Cleveland on July 10
Flour Minnesota patent five twenty five to five seventy five. Wheat No 2 red ninety four to fourteen cents. Corn No 3 yellow fifty eight and a half. Oats No 3 white forty eight and a half. Butter best creamery twenty six and a half. Eggs strictly fresh eighteen. Cheese York state one and a half? No, one dollar and ten? Potatoes best grades ninety cents to one dollar. Hay best grades twenty dollars. Cattle choice steers five twenty three to six dollars. Calves eight to eight twenty five. Sheep best wethers five to five and a quarter. Spring lambs seven eighty five to eight. Hog yorkers five twenty five.
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Cleveland
Minnesota
York State
Grain Prices In Toledo On July 10
Toledo market shows Wheat cash at 4 lecs, Corn cash 16 cents, Oats cash 45 cents, Cloverseed cash $9.35 as of July 10.
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Toledo
Market Prices Report for East Buffalo and Pittsburg
East Buffalo markets show July figures with port steers at 6.25 to 7.00, veal at 7.50 to 8.00, sheep wethers 5.50 to 6.00, lambs 6.50 to 8.50, hogs Yorkers 6.30 to 6.40. Pittsburg July 10 cattle markets list choice steers 6.50 to 6.65 and fair 5.00 to 5.30.
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East Buffalo
Pittsburg
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