Thaw RereTrial Promises New Thrills in Sensational Case
New York Special Harry Thaw returns to the criminal branch of the Supreme Court to face the killing of Stanford White. The trial aims to repeat the first but with fresh elements and new witnesses including Ida Simonton and Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, while Delmas is replaced by Littleton. Mrs. Thaw, healthier, now runs her Park Avenue home as a housekeeper. The case previously cost about 250000 dollars in total.
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New York
Harry Thaw
Supreme Court
Stanford White
Martin W. Littleton
Daniel O’reilly
Russell Peabody
Ida Vera Cimonton
Thaw
Miss Simonton
Africa
C. J. Holman
Evelyn Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Madison Square Garden
Delphin Michael Delmas
Napoleon
San Francisco
Texas
Brooklyn
Delmas
Littleton
Park Avenue
Is Gassaway Tow'd Washington Special
Former U S Senator Henry Gassaway Davis of West Virginia is said to marry Miss Maude Ashford this week. Reported plans include a Palm Beach honeymoon and a $1,000,000 settlement with dower rights waived.
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Washington
Henry Gassaway Davis
West Virginia
Rockefeller Gives University of Chicago 2.19 Million Gift
John D Rockefeller donates 2,191,000 to the University of Chicago as a New Year gift. The Standard Oil founder adds to a cumulative total of 23,809,661.98 in gifts to the institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
University of Chicago
Standard Oil King
Rockefeller
Garden Party for Fighting Bob
The American embassy schedules a banquet on January 14 and a garden party on January 16 to honor officers of the battleship fleet under Rear Admiral Evans. The fleet is expected to arrive around January 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Janeiro
Evans
Teapot Tempest Over Lew Wallace Statue Plans
Washington Special reports Indiana Governor Hanly’s commission to place General Lew Wallace’s statue in the capitol’s statuary hall. The panel is split over material with a bronze majority and a marble minority.
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Washington
Indiana
Hanly
Lew Wallace
Statuary Hall
Capitol
124 Years Old Still Working in the Ottoman Empire
The Lancet's Constantinople correspondent cites Ottoman press claiming extraordinary longevity with cases like Hadji Raif of Keni Baghtche aged 124 who has served in the Paucaldi military school book bindery for eighty years. his father died at 142.
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London
The
Lancet
Constantinople
Ottoman Empire
Hadji Raif
Keni Baghtche
Paucaldi
Pettibone Acquitted in Bomb Murder Case
In Boise Idaho the jury found George A Pettibone not guilty of murdering ex Governor Steunenberg with a bomb. Pettibone a Western Federation of Miners official was tried alongside William Haywood who was acquitted last summer. Pettibone appeared in court despite serious illness.
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Boise
Idaho
Pettibone
George A. Pettibone
Steunenberg
Western Federation of Miners
William Haywood
Western Federation
London Starts Anti Rat Crusade
The anti rat crusade is launched in London with supporters including Lord Avebury Sir Lander Brunton Dr Crichton Browne and Sir Henry Johnson. They claim rats cause 50 million pounds in property damage annually in England and pose severe hygienic danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Avebury
Lander Brunton
Crichton-Browne
Henry Johnson
England
New York Special Promotes Maxims Triple Naval Invention
Hudson Maxim announces motorite powered torpedo and torpedo boat with speeds exceeding a mile per minute. The semisubmarine torpedo boat is planned to reach about 60 miles per hour and may revolutionize submarine warfare and naval power for the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hudson Maxim
United States
Maxim
Whitehead
Southampton
Osage Warrior Ke-Wah-Ho-Tsa-Ah-Lo Dies After All-Night Dance
A Tulsa dispatch to the Republic reports Ke-Wah-Ho-Tsa-Ah-Lo, the largest man in the Osage tribe, died after dancing the entire night at an Osage festival. He was a full blooded elder and among the few survivors who fought the Osage-Kansas war about fifty years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Republic
Tulsa
Okla
Ke-Wah-Ho-Tsa-Ah-Lo
No Precedent for Hanly Martial Law in Muncie
Indiana Governor Hanly proclaimed martial law in Muncie and nearby areas due to a streetcar strike. State records show no prior martial law proclamations in recent years and officials do not recall similar action. Cars have resumed normal operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
Hanly
Muncie
Executive Department
Whitecaps Convicted at Columbus Indiana
In Columbus Indiana the jury found David Fox of Smithville and Jacob Kirk of Kirkville Monroe county guilty of whitecapping William Thomas Vanest a South Bethany blacksmith on the night of June 22 after nineteen and a half hours deliberation in the State of Indiana vs Fox and others
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ind
Indiana Ohio Baseball League seeks berths in regional towns
Richmond Ind Special conditions in Indiana and Ohio towns seeking berths in the reorganized Indiana Ohio Baseball League will be investigated this week. A meeting for reorganization is planned in Richmond January 20. Visits will cover Hamilton Piqua Lima Van Wert in Ohio and Muncie Bluffton Anderson Kokomo Marion Fort Wayne Decatur Huntington in Indiana.
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Richmond
Ind
Indiana
Ohio
Hamilton
Piqua
Lima
van Wert
Muncie
Bluffton
Anderson
Kokomo
Marion Frankfort
Decatur
Huntington
New Year Brings Optimism to Western Banking
Washington reports a business year start marked by government cooperation and revived confidence after a dangerous period six weeks prior. Western banks show strong reserves with many smaller towns at or above 55 percent, while New York and western funds move to the West as deposits and currency demand rise. National bank notes in circulation total 690.13 million, up 93.97 million for the year, indicating ample cash despite past fears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
San Francisco
Kansas City
Treasury
Panama
Congress
Treasury Department
Mississippi Valley
Chicago
United States
National Bank
Eloper Wins with Shotgun Seizure of Sweetheart
At gunpoint Herbert Evans of Carrier Mills forced C L Lyles to surrender his niece Lena Daniels to him for elopement. Lyles resisted and was held up while driving, as the couple fled in Lyles buggy. Evans claimed the prize and the couple escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmi
Herbert Evans
Carrier Mills
C. L. Lyles
Lyles
Lena Daniels
Evans
Elopers
Lyle
Boni De Castellane In Clash With Prince Over Split
Paris rumor says Count Boni de Castellane denounced Prince Helie de Sagan in harsh terms in Rue Chillot and a duel may follow. The count recently separated from his wife Anna Gould of New York.
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Boni
Fuss
Paris
Rue Chillot
Count Boni de Castellane
Helie de Sagan
Anna Gould
New York
Lynching Declines While Personal Crisis Reports Rise
The 1907 U S lynching record shows sixty three cases, the smallest in twenty years, down from sixty nine in 1906. Personal crisis reports climb again with 10 782 cases in 1907, up from 10 125 in 1906 as reported in the Chicago special.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
All Will Come Out in the Washing Cervantes Quip
A short quotation from Cervantes notes that truth reveals itself through time and events. The line suggests that hidden facts surface as situations unfold and are clarified by later outcomes.
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Cervantes
Diamond Trust reports fall in precious stone imports in 1907
New York Special notes imports of diamonds and pearls dropped by 11 million dollars in 1907 from 1906’s 43,573,488. The decline rose toward year end amid money troubles as Diamond Trust curtails supplies to support prices. India and Brazil provided far less. one large importer lost over 60,000,000 carats.
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New York
Custom House
United States
Diamond Trust
India
Brazil
Trouble for Bull Vancouver as Immigration Sparks Racial Tensions
London reports warn of renewed unrest over Asian immigration in Canada and the Transvaal as Indians and Chinese face registration or expulsion. The Vancouver riots threaten Britain’s alliances with Japan and India amid ongoing Canada Japan talks and fears of broader anti Asian sentiment.
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London
England
Transvaal
Vancouver
Canada
Japan
Pacific
America
Great Britain
Johannesburg
Navy Critics Prompt Official Roosevelt Reply
President Roosevelt orders an official reply to criticisms of the Navy Department. Admiral Converse will focus on whether the American navy lags European ship construction. Secretary Metcalf says newer ships place the heaviest armor below the water line to protect boilers engines magazines and vital parts.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Navy Department
George A. Converse
Board of Construction
Converse
Europe
Metcalf
New York Special: Mrs Maine Desmond Dies After Surgeries
Mrs Maine Desmond of New York died after a long medical saga following a suicide attempt eighteen months earlier by swallowing 144 needles. Doctors performed twenty five operations and removed all but about a dozen needles.
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New York
Maine Desmond
Girl Takes Icy Swim on Wager in New York
Miss Helen Wilcox of Ellington, State Island braved two degrees below freezing. In a thin bathing suit she plunged into the ocean near her home and remained five minutes as part of a wager declared by a local New York special.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Helen Wilcox
Ellington
State Island
Hlad
Cal. Bobroff Shot Down in Samara Russia
Col. Bobroff head of the provincial gendaremie was assassinated in Samara as he passed through a crowded street. An unknown shooter felled him and caused a chaotic scene. The motive and suspect remain undisclosed.
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Cal
Bobroff
Samara
Russia
Col
Poisoned socialite Louise Vermeule identified in New York case
The New York Special reports Colonel Haire identifies Louise Vermeule at 74 Lafayette Street as the woman who died of poison at 227 Riverside Drive while the district attorney investigated alleged shady transactions. Vermeule had a sensational career, forging and humbugging across hotels, jewelers, dressmakers, and bankers, with trials in 1899 ending in a hung jury and acquittal.
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New York
John van Ness Roberts
Riverside Drive
Robert J. Haire
Lafayette Street
Louise Vermeule
Cassie Chadwick
Colonel Haire
Colorado
Roelofs
Philadelphia
Windsor
Fifth Avenue
Sisters of the
Saehols Church
London July pageant to review England history on water arena
London officials back a July pageant in Regents Park to chronicle England history. The five acre water stage could host 12 000 spectators and 10 000 performers with scenes from Lud to Richard II and Anne Boleyn. It may require an act of parliament for the 12 acre venue and water features.
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London
England
Regents’ Park
Lud
Ludgate
William the Conqueror
Richard I
Richard II
Wat Tyler
Anne Boleyn
Vanderbilt Heiress to Wed Count in January
New York Special reports Miss Gladys Vanderbilt daughter of Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt will marry Count Lazzie Szechonyi on January 23 at the Vanderbilt home on Fifty-eighth Street and Fifth Avenue.
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New York
Gladys Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Lazzie Szechonyi
Fifty-eighth Street
Fifth Avenue
Record of New Books Published in 1907
The London cable notes 1907 saw 9 914 new books released, 1 811 more than in 1906. The tally is described as appalling or encouraging depending on viewpoint. Readership and publishing pace appear brisk with a notable year over year increase.
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London Cable
Jap Soldiers Recalled by Mikado
The Oregonian reports a Vancouver B C special that hundreds of Japanese ex soldiers in Vancouver have orders from the Mikado to return to Japan at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
The
Oregonian
Vancouver
B. C
Japan
Countess of Yarmouth Seeks Divorce in London Case
Rumors of marital trouble involving the Countess of Yarmouth and her husband, the Earl, reach an official stage as she files suit for divorce. The Countess is described as sister to Harry K. Thaw, and the couple wed in Pittsburg several years ago.
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Countess of Yarmouth
London
Harry KK. Thaw
Pittsburg
Second Attempt Killed in Covington Youth
Covington Indiana reports Mack Clifford Smith aged 19 ended his life with garbolic acid. It was his second attempt in four weeks. Disappointment in love is given as the cause.
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Covington, Ind
Mack Clifford Smith
Plot To Kill Czars Mother Stirred In St Petersburg
Police in St Petersburg arrested nineteen people accused of conspiring to murder Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna on her return from abroad. The plot included a fake death notice in Novoe Vremya and a fictitiousAlexander Nevsky Monastery requiem, with details kept secret.
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St. Petersburg
Marie Feodorovna
Novoe Vremya
Marie Feodorovna Romanovna
Alexandernevsky Monastery
London Walker Shrouded in Mask Bets World Trek For $100000
A mystery man in a black mask leaves London to walk the world on a $100000 wager with an unnamed American as he travels through towns. The bet requires buying a postage stamp in each place, securing mayoral signoffs, finding a wife on the trip, and funding travel by selling photographs. He may proceed as he pleases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Pall Mall
Bomb Makers Threat Prompt Action In Barcelona
King Alfonso issued a decree suspending part of the constitutional guarantees in Barcelona after renewed anarchist bomb outrages. Five infernal machines exploded recently without damage, and a large device found at a mansion door shattered a police officer and injured bystanders and nearby structures.
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Barcelona
Alfonso
Lancaster man seeks share from uncle’s estate after 17 years missing
In Lancaster Pennsylvania a man named George M Gable reappeared in local court to claim 12000 from the estate of his uncle Jacob Gable. He had disappeared seventeen years earlier leaving a wife and several children and was thought dead by all until now.
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Lancaster
George M. Gable
Jacob Gable
Gable
Chicago Special A National Plan for Public Health Agency
A national initiative aims to establish a bureau to cut America's death rate in half. The plan envisions placing the bureau within a federal department through the efforts of a leading association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
America
Federal Department of the Government
Association
Russia Expects New Heir Amid Empress Alexandra Illness
Reports from St. Petersburg indicate Empress Alexandra’s illness is complicated by expectations of childbirth. The empress, weakened by a strict weight-reduction regimen, shows general weakness causing concern among observers.
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St. Petersburg
Empress Alexandra
First Leap Year Betrothal Prompts Wisconsin Claim
Fon du Lac Wisconsin Special District Attorney Bonduel J Husting and Miss Kate Anderson a Fon du Lac society girl announce their leap year engagement at a New Year s Eve ball five minutes after midnight making them the first couple in Wisconsin to publicly declare such an engagement.
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Fon du Lac
Wis
Bonduel J. Husting
Kate Anderson
Wisconsin
New York Dining Rooms Permit Women Smoke Sets Precedent
A Broadway restaurant’s New Year Eve policy allowing women to smoke in public dining rooms proved so successful that another famed Broadway eatery quickly adopted the same practice.
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New York
Abe Hummel to Attend Thaw Trial in New York
Abe Hummel confined on Blackwell's Island has recovered enough to travel to New York and testify against Harry Thaw. He will rebut Anthony Comstock's evidence, with Comstock among Thaw's witnesses.
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Abe Hummel
Thaw
New York
Abe” Hummel
Blackwell’s Island
Harry Thaw
Hummel
Anthony Comstock
Powers Jury Disagree
Georgetown Kentucky special report notes the Caleb Powers jury could not reach a verdict after more than 24 hours of deliberation.
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