Fires, murders, wrecks and arrests across Iowa in early report
A scattered Iowa reel reports a sparkler worth 200 led to a chase for ownership, a Cedar Falls boarding house fire losses of 2500, and a string of accidents. Fires, arson arrests, railway injuries, a fatal tree collapse, and a candle burglar captured in Missouri populate a dense roundup with victims named Collins Curtis Yeager Brisbin Whalen and others. The Des Moines coal boom, legal verdicts in Rhodes and Muscatine, and a bridge of misfortune from Dayton to Dike complete the day’s turbulent slice of Iowa news.
Thaw trial details unfold with Nesbit testimony
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw testified in defense of Harry K. Thaw recounting her relationship with Stanford White and the Paris confession. Lawyers clash as cross examinations probe insanity claims, threats, and the alleged plot to discredit Thaw, with reports of other trials, fires, and misconduct shaping the week in news from across the world.
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Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Stanford White
Harry Thaw
Paris
Harry K. Thaw
Delphin M
Cafe Martin
Jerome
C. Wiley
Harry I. Thaw
Europe
White
Hummel
House passes river and harbor bill with 83 million
The house completed and passed the river and harbor appropriation bill carrying over 83 million dollars with amendments proposed by chairman Burton of Ohio. Opponents defeated a 14 foot channel for the Mississippi from Chicago to St Louis as the committee backed its recommendations. Former Sergeant Harris testified the Twenty-fifth infantry men were not implicated in Brownsville shooting, while Fraser said colored troops were unpopular there. Hale presented plans for a new battleship. Taft spoke to explain 25 million dollars for the Isthmian canal commission included in the sundry appropriation bill.
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House
Burton
Ohio
Mississippi
Chicago
St. Louis
Gulf
Harris
D Company
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Senate
Brownsville
Fraser
Hale
Taft
House Committee On Appropriations
Isthmian Canal Commission
Mixed 19th century dispatches and deaths in brief
Miscellaneous notices report Tra H Shattuck a Minneapolis hotel part owner dead. A Penza governor Alexandrovsky was shot and killed by youths who killed two officers during their escape. Coal Harbor North Carolina suffered major fire losses with snow and wet blankets saving buildings. Three trainmen died after a locomotive boiler exploded near Mt Sterling Kentucky. An anti bullfight campaign begins in Mexico City after mass petitions. Mary A Anthony sister and coworker of evens BD Anthony died in Rochester. Several men perished in a South Dakota blizzard and a frozen man died in Leavenworth while a stock loss occurred in the northwest. Zion City Dowle congregation voted to cut loose from the parent Zion church.
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Tustica
Robert Cortese
Paterson
N. J
Lyndhurst
John Wanamaker
Jenkintown
Philadelphia
Julius Mayer
American Ice Company
Albany
N. Y
Schmitz
School Board of
San Francisco
Washington
Navy Department
Marietta
Guantanaano
Greytown
Gulf
Nicaragua
Chicago
Acajusta
Honduras
Birmingham
Ala
Adirondack and
Montreal Express
Wanamle
Aberdeen
G. M. Overstreet
Jesse Overstreet
Franklin
Ind
Count Boni de Castellane
Anna Gould
Verner Townley
St. Louis
Alfred N. Townley
South Dakota
Col
W. Warder
Kansas City
George St. Favrot
Baton Rouge
Harry Aldrich
Smiley N. Chambers
Indiana
Harrison
Indianapolis
James Stillman
National City Bank
New Yorkk
Paris
William W. Mead
Fred G. Gliman
Goodland
Missouri Senate
Edinburg
N. D
Interstate Commerce’ Commission
Thomas Lowry
Minneapolis, St. Paul & Ste. Marie Railroad
Lombard Universalist
Sacramento
Cal
Sacramento River
Stockholm
Oscar
Crown Prince Gustaf
Insurance Brove, Range & Foundry Company
Covington
Cincinnati
Ferguson
Nevada
Joseph de Lamar
Seawell
Pelham
Adolph la
Dike
John M. Egan
Union Depot Company
Muscel
Transylvania Mountains
Roumania
Benjamin W. Harris
Bridgewater Miss
George J. Goshen
Viscount Goshen
England
Preston H. Leslie
Helena, Mont
Kentucky
Montana
Diamond Shoals
Cape Hatteras
John F. Stevens
Vyvank P. Nantz
Lane & Nantz
Minneapolis
Porto Rico
San Juan
France
Edward P. Allis, Jr
Milwaukee
Legion of Honor
London Pilgrims
James Bryce
Great Briain
United States
Richard W. Morgan
Colorado Senate
Jersey
Diaz
Mexico
Los Angeles
Imperial Council of the Mystic Shriners
Gleason
Newfoundland
Congressions Limited
Pennsylvania Railroad
Joseph Tome
J. J. Moore
Shipping and Commission
Ascot Park
John A. Creighton
Omaha
Neb
Julius Culbertson
Gaolden
William C. Pickett
Medico-Chirurgical College of
Drusilla Morrell
Brooklyn
Bertha Goothill
Stewart Sherman
George Morris
Long Branch
George Cristich
Milan
Servia
Constantinople
Oklahoma
Raymond Meyer
Long Island College Hospital
Harry Strickland
Gainesville
Madrid
State Senate
Lincoln
Patrick
Sarpy County
Panama Construction Company
John B. McDonald
W. J. Olver
Frank 0. Briggs
Trenton
New Jersey
John F. Dryden
Howe
Standard Oil Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chattanooga
Tenn
Michigan
Paul Morton
Association of Life Inurance
Kingston
Swettenham
Terra Haute
Detroit
Dillon
Joas
Tra H. Shattuck
Nicollet
A. Alexandrovsky
Penza
Russia
Coal Harbor
N. C
Soo Road
Mt. Sterling
Mexico City
Mary
Anthony
Evens BD
Rochester
Leavenworth
Kan
Cincianail Congregation
Zion
Dowle
Loos
Zion City
Thaw Trial Drama Heats Up As Testimony Uncertain
New York February report notes defense chief Deknas plans to renew Mrs Evelyn Nesbit Thaws testimony while District Attorney Jerome fights wider insanity evidence. Key issues include admission of Harry Thaws will, potential provisions for prosecution and funds for women harmed by Stanford Whites actions, and delays as sessions resume Monday.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Justice Fitzgerald
Supreme Court
Deknas
Mra
Ayelys Nesbit Thaw
Jerome
Fitzgerald
Harry Thaw
Mr. Delmas
Delmas
Delmas Will First Attempt To Get In Evidenca
Miss Pierce
Evelyn Nesbit
Stanford White
Mayors in Talks on Japanese School Exclusion
Washington February 11. Mayor Schmitz and the San Francisco school board conferred yesterday and will visit the White House today to discuss a plan with President Roosevelt and Secretary Root. The president is said to promise support for a treaty with Japan to bar coolie labor if oriental schools are abolished.
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Oppossa Jap
Washington, D. C
Schmitz
San Francisco
White House
Roosevelt
Root
Japan
Coolla
Congressman Rixey Dies in Washington Tuberculosis
Virginia representative John Franklin Rixey died Saturday at his brother’s residence in Washington D C due to tuberculosis. He had not been in the current session, with illness emerging after the last session. The House adjourned immediately upon receipt of the news.
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Virginia
Washington, D. C
John Franklin Rixey
Rixe
Navy
Big City
Rixey
House
Riixey
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Deshler
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W. H. Whalen
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Eleanor Moore Hospital
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Cadi Anderson
Swedish Mission
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John Nelson
W. A. Hale
Pleasantville
Sare
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Rusty
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Zora Gilland
Pix, Gilland
Drakeville
Davis County
Louise Cagasen
Minnie
Adolph Cagasen
Cagasen
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Dayton
Samuel McCausland
Cedar Rapids
McCausland
Towa
Familly
Cyrus Kerr
Mike Casper
Lost Creek
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Kerr
Price Mines
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Mathews
Henry Griffke
Municipal Water Works Trustees
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Imale
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John Eswanger
Phil Ryder
St. Paul
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