Jury Exhausted as Steunenberg Trial Delayed in Boise
The Steunenberg murder trial in Boise Idaho stalls as the jury panel is exhausted. Judge Fremont Wood orders a new venire of sixty one men and possible excusal of Juror Tourtellotte amid questions of capital punishment and fairness in prior lists.
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Boise
Ida
Steunenberg
Fremont Wood
Hodgin
Tourtellotte
A. P. Burns
E. F. Richardson
Talesmen
Schmitz Jury Incomplete In San Francisco Trial
May 28 in Judge Dunne's court the Schmitz extortion trial resumes with salesmen examined. Fehrenbach challenged for cause over ties to Emeryville horse racing. Fehrenbach excused. Eight indicted before Judge Coffey include Ruef and Schmitz. Bonds set at 140000 for Umbsen Green and Ruef. Schmitz bonds identical. Calhoun Mullaly Ford Abbott cases postponed to next Saturday.
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San Francisco
Schmitz
Amherst College establishes new department of agricultural education
Professor William R. Hart of the Nebraska Normal school was chosen by Amherst faculty to head a forthcoming department of agricultural education. The program will teach agriculture as art and science for instructors and for advancing knowledge in public schools.
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Amherst
Mass
William R. Hart
Nebraska Normal School
Amherst College
Felf
Carter's Snake Reappears In Hastings Pasture Warning
In Hastings Michigan on May 28 a giant serpent known as Carter's snake was sighted in a pasture near a cow herd. Mrs Michael Sullivan reported the creature rising its head over a stone pile before the snake vanished prompting alarm in the area.
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Carter
Hastings
Mich
Michael Sullivan
Pioneer Ferrell of Minnesota Dies at Wayzata
David C. Ferrell a Minnesota pioneer dies at his Wayzata home aged 82 or 83 two weeks after celebrating his 60th wedding anniversary and a family reunion. He had been a longtime resident and notable figure in the state.
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Minnesota
Minneapolis
David C. Ferrell
Wayzata
Switchmen's Union votes $200 for defense fund
Detroit May 28. The Switchmen's Union of North America during its biennial session in Detroit voted to contribute $200 to the defense fund of Moyer Haywood and Pettibone.
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Moyer Et
Detroit
Switchmen’s Tinion of
North America
Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone
Kronprinzessin Cecilia Aims To Break Speed Records
The Kronprinzessin Cecilia, a new North German Lloyd steamer due August 13 at New York, is expected to set speed records. The line has run trials to boost voyage speed and reduce travel time between New York and the continent.
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New York
North German
Lloyd Line
Kronprinzess
Cecilia
Tornado Anniversary Alarms St Louis Cold May Record
St Louis marked the eleventh anniversary of the May 2, 1806 tornado with a cold 42 degree afternoon. Government weather bureau records note this as the coldest May 27 in seventy one years.
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St. Louis
Government Weather Bureau
Animal Life Facts on Jumping Teeth and Horse Origins
A grasshopper can jump 200 times its length. Mice have twenty teeth rabbits twenty eight and oxen thirty two. Bats show wing vein contractions aiding heart action. Professor Richard Lull of Yale published a genetics study of the horse tracing its ancestry to 3 090 000 years and says the horse originated in Europe with North America as the development theater.
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Richard Lull
Yale
Bnt
Europe
North America
Jade's Popularity Among Chinese and European Wearers
Jade remains the favorite gem for Chinese and widely worn by European residents. In England the demand is modest, yet nearly every Chinese woman and even female workers wear green jade earrings.
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England
Nile Fish and Cocoa Tree Notes from Egypt
The Nile supports diverse fish. a British Museum expedition returned 9 000 specimens. The cocoa tree Theobroma cacao rarely exceeds eighteen feet, sometimes reaching thirty. Its oblong fruit measures six to ten inches.
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Nile
British Museum
Foraker Traps Major in Brownsville Shooting Testimony
Major Blocksom, leading inspector general witness, faces contradicting statements from Lt. Leckie and other soldiers about the Brownsville affray. The senate probe questions bullet origins, cleaning times, and the reliability of witnesses as Foraker presses the case.
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Washington
A. P. Blocksom
Inspector General's Department of the Army
Brownsville
Tex
War Department
Senate
Fort Brown
Foraker
H. G. Leckie
Twenty-sixth Infantry
Bloecksom
Leckie
Blocksom
Treword
Sentinel
Matias Tamayo
Major Blocksom
Penrose
Senator Foraker
Dalia Coal Hire Case Upheld By Jury verdict
Dalia Coal company hired men lacking engineer certificates as required by state mining law. The judge instructed for the defendant and after thirty six hours the jury returned a verdict for the defendant. Defense argued the law applied only during regular hoisting hours from 7 a.m. to 3 30 p.m. and only when the mine was in operation.
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Dalia Coal Company
Mrs McKinley Funeral to Allow Public Viewing in Canton
Canton Ohio prepares a funeral viewing for Mrs McKinley from 3 to 5 PM with president and cabinet members, the vice president, Ohio governor, and notable officials attending. Thousands of schoolchildren will pass the bier as city and school officials send floral tributes and suspend business tomorrow afternoon.
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Canton
McKinley
City Board of Education
Narrow Escape From Burning Steamer Thistle
Hon. Jas. Dunsmuir lieutenant governor of British Columbia and his party escaped death when the governor’s steamer Thistle burned after an explosion in the bunkers. The crew abandoned ship in the governor’s launch and boats, reaching Heardy bay and later Victoria aboard the Queen City.
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Victoria
B. C
Jas. Dunsmuir
British Columbia
Gardiner Inlet
Queen City
Thistle
Queen Charlotte Sound
Heardy Bay
Verdict in Indiana mining case settles in Greene circuit court
A high profile dispute in district 11 between the state of Indiana and the Vandalia Coal Company over state mining law violations has been settled in Greene circuit court. The filing was by the Brotherhood of Coal Hoisting Engineers of Linton, detailing alleged violations.
Markets HOGS Chicago May 28 1907 report
Market figures show hogs mixed with receipts 15 000 today and 4108 left over from yesterday. Cattle 2500 steady and sheep 11 000 strong with official receipts yesterday 47623 and shipments 7668. Prices range for hogs from 5 95 to 6 30 for mixed packers and 6 00 to 6 25 for light hogs, while heavy shipping grades run 5 80 to 6 17. Cattle and beef figures listed alongside. natives 4 50 to 6 40, westerns 4 50 to 6 40, lambs 6 25 to 7 90. Market closing slow but steady at the advance.
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Texas
Chicago
John A Babcock With The North American Commission Company
John A. Babcock associated with The North American Commission Company in Chicago Illinois offers reliable service and a promise of a square deal in all dealings.
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The
North American Commission Company
Three Suspects Searched After Armenian Priest Murder
New York detectives hunt Ermeylan Sarki and Barmorvian Sarki plus Paul Sarisatan after the body of Rev Kaspar Varlnanan, an Armenian priest, is found in a trunk. Theories range from robbery to Servian politics while motives and whereabouts remain unresolved. Valuable items were removed from the priest's clothing and funds collected for his parish.
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New York
Kaspar Varlnanan
Ermeylan
Barmorvian Sarki
Paul Sarisatan
Sarki Brothers
Chicago
Kasper
Thut
Hoboken
Funeral of Rev Dr John Watson at Sefton Park Church
Large crowd attended the funeral of Rev Dr John Watson of Mount Pleasant Iowa at Sefton Park Presbyterian Church in Liverpool. The embalmed body had arrived from the United States and lay in state since May 28.
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Ian MacLaren
Liverpool
John Watson
Lan MacLaren
Mount Pleasant
Sefton Park Presbyt
United States
Farmer Jacob Ess Dies by Own Action in Barn
Erie Indiana May 28 Jacob Ess a retired farmer here killed himself by hanging in his barn after his wife called him to breakfast and found him a few minutes later hanging from a rafter. No cause given for the act.
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Erie
Jacob Ess
Baseball scores from Chicago May report
Scores from leagues across cities include Cincinnati 8 over Chicago, St Louis 2 over Pittsburgh, plus games in Philadelphia New York weather gaps. American Association and Western results list Milwaukee 6 over St Paul, Louisville 2 over Toledo, Minneapolis 7 over Kansas City, Denver 2 over Lincoln in twelve innings, and Sioux City 5 over Pueblo in eight innings.
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Chicago
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Pittsbur
Philadelphia
New York
Washington& Cleveland
St. Paul
Milwakee
Louisville
Ledo
Columbianapolis
Columbus
Tnings
Minneapolis
Akansas City
Denver
Lincoln
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Boise, Ida
Schmitz Jury
Frisco
Animal Life
Joseph Benson Foraker
Roosevelt
Ohio
Mr. Foraker
Major
Whom
Corral
William Foster
Voschel
Foster
Tillman
Pullets
Mrs. M'Kinley
John A. Babcock
Chicago, Ill
Trail OF Three
Father
Kaspar
Macedonia
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