Thaw Trial Opens Amid Crowd and Guarded Entrances
The Thaw murder trial begins in New York with Justice Fitz Gerald presiding. No spectators will be admitted to the trial room, while reporters from major papers and telegraph operators fill the lower court area. Juror Deming Smith is chosen as foreman, with Frank B. Hill among early jurors.
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New York
Thaw
Harry Kendall Thaw
Pittsburg
Stanford White
Supreme Court
Fitzgerald
Criminal Court
Paris
London
Berlin
Deming Smith
Frank B. Hill
Senator Bailey Re-elected to U.S. Senate in Texas
Special to the Star reports United States Senator Joseph W. Bailey has won re election by 19 to 10 in the senate and 89 to 35 in the house, totaling 108 votes for Bailey to 45 against him in Texas legislature on January 23.
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The
Star
Austin
Tex
United States
Joseph W. Bailey
Senate
House
Bailey
Hamlet Fire Destroys Plant Homes and Depot
A destructive blaze swept Hamlet North Carolina after origin in nearby woods flamed by strong winds. The Carolina Distilling Company's big plant, 17 loaded box cars owned by Seaboard Airline, eight residences, and the Seaboard freight depot were destroyed before locals halted the fire. Hamlet lies 60 miles east of Charlotte, an important Seaboard sanction point.
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The
Star
Charlotte
N. C
Hamlet
Carolina Distilling Company
Seaboard
Swettenham's Wife Heroic in Relief Efforts
Kingston reports say hospital conditions worsen from medicine shortages including anaesthetics amid mass casualties. Lady Swettenham aids victims while Governor Swettenham faces public backlash over actions toward Rear Admiral Davis as debris removal reveals putrid corpses and growing despair.
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Star
Kingston
Publishers’ Press
Swettenham
Davis
Talbott Named to National Campaign Committee
Joshua Frederick C. Talbott of Lutherville Maryland was appointed today to the Democratic National campaign committee from Maryland to fill the vacancy caused by the death of L V Baughman. Talbott is a member of Congress from Maryland and replaces the late chairman Taggart as announced.
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Indianapolis
Joshua Frederick C. Talbott
Lutherville
Democratic National Campaign Committee
Maryland
L. V. Baughman
Taggart
Mr. Talbott
Congress
Early Morning Fire Swells Risks in Richmond District
Richmond Va January 23 Fire at 2 a m in the Williams building threatened much of the manufacturing district. It was controlled by 3 a m after destroying Adams Express Company Surbrug Tobacco Company and the Richmond Blood Armory. The armory held 500000 rounds of ammunition which exploded and endangered firefighters. One fireman is reported killed.
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Richmond
Williams
Adams Express Company
Surbrug Tobacco Company
Richmond Bloed
Beveridge Urges Anti Child Labor Bill in Senate
Senator Albert J. Beveridge makes a forceful appeal for a national law to ban child labor in mines factories and sweat shops citing census data and affidavits of abuse. He argues on constitutional grounds that interstate commerce power allows prohibition of products of child labor and cites reformer Jane Addams and Supreme Court precedents.
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United States Senate
Albert J. Beveridge
Beveridge
Jane Addams
All America
Congress
Supreme Court
Justice Story
Glen Addie Firemen Install Officers at Banquet
Glen Addie volunteer fire company held a hall meeting to install officers including Stricklen as president and W. K. Burdett as assistant foreman. The event featured a lavish banquet, memorial photographs, and remarks by Dr. E. K. Moon and guests. Women unhappy about men only meetings staged a hens party in retaliation.
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Glen Addie
B. Stricklen
O. W. Robertson
Hk. D. Thompson
B. Morton
al D. Robertson
E. K. Moon
J. V. Robertson
W. R. Adams
W. Kendall Burdett
Salles
Glen Addie Company
Anniston
J. EB. Livingston
W. B. Robinson
Reid
Tom Richardson
W. Wallace
Claude H. Robinson
Thomas Birch
Gave Up His Seat to Woman Then Died in New York
Guetay A. Meyers a Galveston ship broker died on an elevated railroad platform after giving his seat to a woman. He was seized by a fatal illness and expired shortly after. Last month he vanished after telling his wife he had lost $100,000 in Wall Street, then reappeared.
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The
Star
New York
Guetay A. Meyers
Galveston
Moyers
Wall Street
Getting Ready for Resumption to Rush the Work
Workers at the Wood stock plant have been increased to 125 laborers and carpenters. Carpenters are building a trestle to the storage bin while others reline furnaces with material just received. The force will grow as more material arrives and about 300 men will be employed when the small furnace starts.
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Woodstock
Island Disappears After Devastating Dutch Wave
In The Hague on January 28 a tidal wave sweeping islands south of Achin nearly erased Simalu. Reports say about 1500 people perished and violent earthquakes persist daily. Civil governor of Achin has gone to the disaster site.
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The
Hague
Achin
Simalu
Negro Race Conference Opens at Wesley Church
The Negro Race Conference began at Wesley Church in Columbia C, Jan. 23, drawing a large, representative audience for a two day session. Speakers include Governor Ansel, former Governor Heyward, Bishop Ellison Capers, Booker Washington, and Bishop R. K. Williams, aiming to address the race problem from multiple angles and propose practical measures.
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Star
Columbia
8. C
Wesley Church
Oeaia
Ansel
Heyward
Ellison Capers
Booker Washington
Williams
Sympathizers to commemorate Red Sunday parade in Boston
Boston socialistic and revolutionary groups plan a monster demonstration tonight in Faneuil Hall to mark Red Sunday the St Petersburg massacre of January 22, 1905, with a parade and mass meeting led by Boston and nearby organizers.
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Boston
St. Petersburg
Faneuil Hall
Murder Trial Set For William A. Cline In Heflin Court
The second trial of William A. Cline for the murder of John E. Phillips of Clay county was set to begin in Heflin on the upcoming Wednesday. Cline, previously convicted of murder in the second degree and sent to the state penitentiary, had that verdict overturned as illegal since the crime occurred in Cleburne county, not Calhoun. He was returned to Calhoun jail and recently sent to Cleburne county for the new trial, with strong public interest expected in the city.
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William A. Cline
John E. Phillips
Clay County
Heflin
Cline
State
Besgan
Cleburne
Calhoun County
Cleburne County
Free seed program ends for congressmen in shift to rare seeds
Washington January 23. The house committees on agriculture will recommend stopping free seed distribution by Congress. The 250000 previously allocated for this purpose will instead fund the purchase of rare seeds to be distributed by the Department of Agriculture.
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The
Star
Washington
House
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Watson Praises Prest Roosevelt at National Farmers Union
Thomas Watson, former Populist candidate for president, addressed the National Farmers Union in Atlanta on January 23. He praised President Roosevelt and his Brownsville stance, prompting a mass standing ovation from the audience. A telegram of endorsement was sent to the White House.
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Star
Atlanta
Thomas Wateson
National Farmers’ Union
Roosevelt
Brownsville
White House
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