Week's global events tied to Haywood case and diversions
A wide weekly review details the Haywood trial pause for Harry Orchard's Caldwell appearance, progress in the Steunenberg murder case linking Pettibone and Orchard, and schemes including a ransom plot. It notes Orchard's steadfast testimony, the Globeville non union plot, and various international and local incidents from fires and deaths to political shifts and notable deaths.
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Haywood
Harry Orchard
Caldwell
Steunenberg
George Pettibone
Denver
Orchard
San Francisco
Bradley
Steve Adams
David Coates
Colorado
Federation
Globville
International labor split fuels new federation talk
The piece notes a potential new international industrial body forming after a rift between the Western Federation of Miners and the Industrial Workers of the World. It also covers the Hague peace conference session, Dalmaus and Roosevelt comments, and a string of global incidents from storms to assassinations and political arrests.
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Western Federation of Miners
Industrial Workers of the World
The
Hague
M. Nelidoff
Russia
Roosevelt
Charles P. Neill
Sherburn
Minn
Bryce
Fort Sill
Okla
Geronimo
George H. Atwood
Stillwater
Hochi
Vicomnt Aoki
America
Baron Kaneko
Harry Whitney
Robert Corman
Blue River
Kansas City
Col. Guessekoffsky
Sebastopol
J. W. Johnson
New York
Mexico
North America
Yungchun
Weichou
August Gottwald
Defiance
Gottwald
John S. Little
Arkansas
Carrie Nation
Washington
Multiple deadly incidents and crimes reported across states
Court testimony looms as Emery Mosher of Huntington Ind faces murder charges linked to a infant death while other cases reveal financial crimes at First National Bank Seymour Wis and a counterfeit indictment against Rev James R Kaye. A West Virginia timber gorge disaster and a San Francisco mayoral conviction follow, with various fires, robberies, and disasters across the nation culminating in a broad snapshot of early 20th century crime and tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emery Mosher
Huntington
Ind
Thos. C. Coghill
First National Bank
Seymour
Wis
National Bank Examiner
Springfield
Ill
James R. Kaye
First Presbyterian Church of
Berlin
Frau Burgothelf
Rufus Williams
San Antonio
Tex
Sallie Gibbons
Jose A. Hill
Denver
Col
Anna Bent
Jacob Moran
Kingston
N. Y
Winnetka
Chicago
Eugene Schmitz
San Francisco
Charles Shafer
Ironton
Ohio
New Orleans
Walter Lamana
Secretary of the Interior
Alaska
Kentucky
Indiana
James Stewart
St. Louis
Don C. Henderson
Horace Greeley
Allegan Journal
Kalamazoo
Frank Hagerman
Missouri
Smith McPherson
United States District Court
Kansas City
Yelfair Hodgson
Sewanee
Tenn
Telfair Hodgson
University of the South
John T. Morgan
Selma
Ala
Coney Island
New York
Valvivia
Chile
Pittsburg
Henry Wolff
Easton
Wisconsin Senate
August Meyer
Brooklyn
Alfonso Bacale
Marianno Palombelli
Naples
Palombelli
Art Brunskill
Albert Walters
Walters
William P. Butler
Illinois National Guard
Regular
Bloomington
Salvador
Acajutla
John Moissant
Ohio Grand Army
Canton
Annie Roundtree
Detroit
Seven Killed In Gas Explosion At Priceburg Mine
Seven men died and two were injured in two successive gas explosions at Johnson No 1 mine in Priceburg near Scranton Pennsylvania. The first blast at 3 p.m. from an open door released gas injuring one worker. The second blast at 5 p.m. ignited accumulated firedamp, killing seven instantly and injuring another. Rescue teams and frantic villagers rushed to the scene as burned remains resisted identification.
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Scranton
Johnson No. 1
Priceburg
Death of Benjamin Steinhardt Ends Noted Law Firm Role
Benjamin C. Steinhardt, formerly with Howe & Steinhardt, died at home from locomotor ataxia amid indictments in the Morse-Dodge divorce case. The firm’s others, Abraham Hummel and Abraham Kaffenburgh, faced prison and disbarment. District Attorney/Justice schedules hinge on dismissals, with Bracken’s conspiracy case remaining unresolved.
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New York
Benjamin C. Steinhardt
Howe & Hummel
Morse-Dodge
Steinhardt
William F. Howe
Abraham H. Hummel
Dodge-Morse
Abraham Kaffenburgh
Hummel
Foster
Garvan
Jerome
Gigerich
Supreme Court
Fursman
Edward Bracken
Bracken
Court hears Black Hand gang kidnap extortion case
Ignazio De Leonardo and Pietro Pampinellia are convicted of kidnapping and using Black Hand methods in New York. De Leonardo offered to turn state's evidence but collapsed under pressure during testimony, then refused to testify. Pampinellia was convicted largely on the testimony of seven year old Salvatore Siata, who was abducted on Staten Island and held for ransom. The boy was released after threats against his father, a barber, and alleged settlement denied by the father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ekdmunde de Rothschild
Fort Dodge
Ila
Ellsworth Rains
Oskaloosa
German H. Hunt
Baltimore
Covihilo
Portugal
Thomas Cook
Estelle Fountain
Minnesota
Hampton Roads
G. W. Westphal
William le Baron Jenney
Chicago
Los Angeles
Cal
Walter Brown
William Barringer Brown
Crown Point
Ind
Fancher Lake
Hammond
Comer
Alabama
John H. Bankhead
Morgan
Samuel E. Haskins
Glasgow
Scotland
St. Louis
Eddie” Guerin
United States
Devil's Island
England
France
Harriman
Rock Island Company
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Harry Posner
Howard
Kan
New York
New York City
Cape Town
Africa
Douma
Julius Lehmann
Emil Hartman
Folk
Taft
St. Paul
Minn
Dunne
Schmitz
San Francisco
Herbert Sinclair
Tyrone
North B
Wesley
Jesse McDowell
Gen. McDowell
Burlington
Roscoe Scofield Burton
Peoria
Ill
University of Michigan
Bass Lake
Mich
Arthur Appleyard
Philadelphia
United Gas Improvement
Buffalo
W. M. Liggett
Minnesota Agricultural College
Hazel Holt
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Oyster Bay
Minnie Kiederer
Cedar Lake
Indiana
Ignazio de Leonardo
Pietro Pampinellia
de Leonardo
Pampinellia
O’sulli
Van
Staten Island
Fisherman Finds Midshipman Body as Bay Tragedy Unfolds
Three Navy midshipmen, P. H. Field of Virginia class 1906 W. H. Stevenson of North Carolina class 1906 and F. P. Holcomb of Delaware class 1907, were found in Chesapeake Bay. Bodies were brought to Portsmouth Naval Hospital and later identified aboard the battleship Minnesota after initial surveys aboard the Potomac and Ohio.
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Newport News
P. H. Field
Virginia
W. H. Stevenson
North Carolina
F. P. Holcomb
Delaware
Chesapeake Bay
Potomac
Naval Hospital
Portsmouth
Ocean View
Mann
Washington
Admiral Emory
Thimble Shoal
Holcomb
Stevenson
Field
Hampton Roads
Ohio
Emory
Minnesota
What It Is To Be Bald
A humorous reflection on baldness citing Dr. Parker and a Pathfinder editor. The piece jokes that deep breathing cures baldness, praises the bald editor as a national asset, and mocks hair-restorer ads while noting the editor’s high salary and secure position. It notes discretion in avoiding cures to protect the editor’s image.
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D. L. Parker
Medical Record
Pathfinder
Congress
Capitol
White House
Near-Disaster Off Bridgeport as Den Sinks at Crest
Nat C. Herreshoff’s nephew C G Herreshoff and engineer Edward J Sherman were rescued from Long Island waters after the Den class speed boat wrecked near Bridgeport lighthouse. They clung to a cushion until Lighthouse Keeper Wright arrived. The Den, famed as a coast racing craft, broke amidships at about 28 miles per hour as it rode a wave crest.
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Bridgeport
Conn
C. G. Herreshoff
Nat C. Herreshoff
Edward J. Sherman
Long Island
Den
Wright
Indemnity Relief Conditional on Congress Action
The Chinese minister states the president intends to release China from paying the indemnity except for actual expenses from the 1900 Boxer rising if Congress consents. The indemnity collection under treaty terms prevents the executive from acting alone on this matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
State Department
China
United States
Congress
Trapeze Performer Effie Minerva Hurt in Ring Accident
In Des Moines Iowa Effie Minerva was swung from near the top of a Robinsons circus tent after her partner’s teeth failed to hold during a flying trapeze act. Authorities fear the injuries may be fatal.
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Des Moines
Effie Minerva
Early witness testifies in Holmes cotton data case
Washington, D. C. New York broker Louis H. Van Riper testified in the trial of Edwin H. Holmes Jr. He described an agreement to share profits from stock deals based on pre released agricultural cotton reports and said about 167000 dollars was earned from information before the November 1904 report. He outlined Holmes part in a five member partnership and said Holmes kept him informed of other brokers’ plans.
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Washington, D. C
Louis H. van Riper
New York
Edwin H. Holmes, Jr
Holmes
Agricultural Department
van Riper
F. A. Peckham
Five More Bodies Recovered From Minnesota Launch Disaster
In Hampton Roads on Tuesday five more victims were recovered from the Minnesota launch disaster. The remains include two midshipmen and three enlisted sailors, raising the total toll from the incident.
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NewPort News
Hampton Roads
Minnesota
Kingsley Elected President of New York Life
Darwin P. Kingsley, first vice president of New York Life Insurance Co., was elected president on Monday to succeed Alexander E. Orr. Orr had led the company after the legislative insurance investigation.
Schmitz Removed as Mayor in San Francisco
San Francisco California mayor Schmitz was formally removed by the board of supervisors at a Monday meeting. Supervisor James Gallagher appointed as acting mayor in his stead.
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Schmitz
San Francisco
Cal
James Gallagher
To Make a Razor Strop
Scientific American explains a method to craft razor strops from linoleum strips. Soaked 20 hours in a hartshorn salt solution with added alum, dried, soaped, and polished with pumice stone, then attached to wooden handles for a smooth sharp edge.
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Scientific American
Poisoned with Diamonds and the Threat in a Jewel Case
A jeweler warns a creditor that he could kill or poison with a pear shaped diamond. Dialogue notes diamonds are not poisonous but diamond dust can be fatal if ingested, with symptoms resembling strychnine poisoning. reports of diamond dust crises among gem cutters are cited.
The Markets in New York June 19 1907
Flour steady with light trade. Wheat No 2 red 97 cents. Corn No 2 at 61 1 2 cents. Oats clipped white 54 1 2 cents. Hay firm. Cattle no trading. Veals 6 50. Sheep wethers 4.00 to 5.50, lambs 6.50 to 7.50. Hogs Yorkers 6.50 to 6.75.
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New York
Market Prices Cleveland June 19 Dairy and Livestock
Flour M inne sota spring patent 5.25 5.50 Wheat red No 2 93 6c Corn yellow No 3 57 4c Oats white No 3 46 4c Butter creamery 25 Eggs fresh 16 Cheese York state 14 Potatoes white 75 80c Hay best 21 50 Cattle steers 5.25 5.60 calves 6.50 6.75 Sheep wethers 5.50 5.75 spring lambs 7.50 8.10 Hogs Yorkers 6.45
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Cleveland
Minnesota
York State
Market Quotation Notes for Wheat Corn and Oats
Toledo market brief lists Wheat cash at 93 percent, Corn cash at 55 cents, Oats cash at 461/4 cents, and Cloverseed cash at 9.25 dollars.
Cattle and Hogs Prices Across East Buffalo and Pittsburg
East Buffalo reports cattle prices with steer ranges from 5.75 to 6.60 while veal calves fetch 7.00 to 7.25 and hogs at 6.60 to 6.65. Pittsburg notes choice steers at 6.20 to 6.40 and prime sheep wethers at 5.10 to 5.25 with additional lamb and sheep bids.
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Pittsburg
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NISCEI_LANEOUS
Priceburg, PA
Grim Reaper
Abe Hummel
Toledo
East Buffalo
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