Thaw jury seeks opening to cover roof garden tragedy
In New York on January 31 the Thaw jury panel grows to eleven as district attorney Jerome plans his opening on the impending case. Defense may frame insanity questions. witnesses discuss motive and prior relations between Stanford White and Evelyn Nesbit amid the slaying.
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New York
Jerome
Roof Garden
Stanford White
Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw
Ecoair
Harold KH. Faire
Henry II Kleinberger
Sr. Jerome
Burns defeats Hackenschmitt in three match wrestling card
Omaha readers saw farmer Burns win the first catch-as-catch-can bout in 24 minutes. Hackenschmitt claimed the Graeco-Roman second bout in 21 minutes. Burns prevailed again in the final catch-as-catch-can, lasting 24 minutes.
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Omaha
Farmer Burns
Charles Hackenschmitt
Burns
Hackenschmitt
Sensational testimony in Harriman merger case hearing
Government witnesses describe an unwritten Citrus traffic sharing pact between Santa Fe and Southern Pacific, with both railroads avoiding each other’s territories after packing. A New York executive vows to present a letter from Oregon Railroad and Navigation’s traffic manager cancelling a contract over dock access and rail rate practices.
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San Francisco
Harriman
Interstate Commerce
Lane
W. A. Bissell
Santa Fe System
Western Pacific Railroad
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Southern California
R. A. Graham
New York
Oregon Oriental Steamship Company
Benjamin Campbell
Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company
Graham
Portland
Captain Boynton Released After Presidential Pardon
United States Marshal Henkel freed Captain George R. B. Boynton from Blackwell's Island after a Roosevelt pardon. He served about three months of a six month sentence for conspiring to counterfeit Venezuelan silver dollars. Boynton claimed to be a Venezuelan revolutionary party’s special representative seeking funds to buy bullion for a rebellion.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Marshal Henkel
Blackwell's Island
George RB. Boynton
Venezuela
Boynton
Secret Service
Orinoco River
Minnesota House Debates Railways and Suffrage Measure
A Minnesota House discussion covers a bill to ease electric railway construction outside cities, with provisions on rights of way and intercity connections. Other bills seek probation expansion, a Bemidji normal school, and moving toward woman suffrage via a constitutional amendment to remove the word male.
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W. L. Case
Cloquet
Nen
Bemidji
J. J. Opsahl
Albert Schaller
Hastings
Senate
Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Schaller
Virgil B. Seward
Marshall
Saveng of Palton
Minnesota
Canaan
Telegraphic Brevities and River Flood Briefs
Edmund F E Price longtime criminal lawyer dies in New York City. The Ohio River crest reached Shawneetown Illinois with rapid flooding following.
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Edmund FE. Price
New York City
Ohio River
Shawneetown
Lal
All That Was Left Him
Dr Price-Price compliments promptness and suggests payment options. A terse exchange hints at a pending bill and pressure to settle, while the speaker asserts the bill is legitimate though willing to defer if needed. The fragment implies a domestic or investigative scene with financial tension.
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Dr. Price-Price
NESE School Question Reach Satisfactorily Achieved
A milestone shows that the tenth question on the NESE school assessment has been successfully reached, indicating progress in the planned curriculum evaluation.
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NESE
California Congressmen Meet Roosevelt on Japanese Question
Washington January 31 California delegation in congress reports a long White House conference with President Roosevelt Secretary of State and Secretary of the Navy on the Japanese question on the Pacific coast The group telegraphed San Francisco education officials to come to Washington for a conference The treaty with Japan expires March 12 and a mutual settlement is sought with Japan while excluding Japanese laborers The Californians have pledged to secrecy on the talks and the statement was issued by Representative Hayes with Roosevelt's approval
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Washington
White House
Pacific Coast
California
Congress
Secretary of the Navy
San Francisco
United States
Viscount Aoki
Hanthara
Japan
Hayes
Roosevelt
California Governor Urged to Delay Japanese Matters Action
Governor Gillette received a telegram from the California delegation in Washington urging deferral of all legislature action on Japanese matters. He has left for San Francisco to consider the request and report back.
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Sacramento
Cal
Gillette
Washington
California
San Francisco
City wins suit over McNichol firm in filtration plant contracts
Judge Beitler ruled in favor of Philadelphia, voiding five contracts worth 2.745 million dollars tied to the city filtration plant. He held Mrs. McNichol and D J McNichol as figureheads while ordering an accounting of material and work costs and refund of any profit to the city. The suits sought 5 million dollars claiming fraud across sixteen contracts totaling about 10 million dollars.
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Philadelphia
Beltler
D. J. McNichol & Co
McNichol
James P. McNichol
Israel W. Durham
John M Mack
DD. J. McNichol
Beitler
Senator McNichol
Market Quotations Wheat Prices in Minneapolis
Wheat quotations from Minneapolis on January 30 show May at 80% to 80 and July at 81% to 81 with receipts at 78% to 79. On track figures include No. 1 hard at 88, No. 1 Northern at 83% to 84, No. 2 Northern at 81 to 81% and No. 8 Northern at 79.
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Minneapolis
Northern
Wheat and flax futures listed for arrival and track
In Duluth on January 30 prices for wheat show No 1 hard at 83 1/2 cents No 1 Northern 82 1/2 cents No 2 Northern 60 1/2 cents and futures for May July and Sept. Flax prices to arrive and on track list Jan at 1.22 May 1.23 1/4 July 1.28 1/2 with similar on track notes.
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Duluth
Northern
Norther
Cattle and livestock prices listed in St Paul market
St Paul report from January 30 lists cattle prices with ranges for steers cows and heifers veals and hogs noted. Sheep prices for wethers and spring lambs quoted with high yields and prime quality values.
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St. Paul
Market Report Wheat and Commodities Prices
Chicago price listing shows Wheat for May 78 4 to 78 8 in fractional form. Oats May 88 2 to 88 6 with July at 35 36. Corn May 46 40 6c and July 46 46c. Pork May 17.17 to 17.82. Butter Creameries 21 31 2c, dairies 20 28c. Eggs 23 2 1c. Poultry Turkeys 11c, chickens 11c, springs 9c.
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Chicago
Chicago Livestock Prices Reported for Cattle Hogs and Sheep
Chicago market data lists cattle categories including cows and heifers stockers and feeders Texans calves with price ranges from 1.50 to 8.00 per unit. Hog categories show mixed and butchers good heavy rough heavy and light with prices between 6.50 and 6.90. Sheep and lambs price ranges run from 3.60 to 7.70.
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Chicago
Indiana Ambush Mexicana in Sonora Clash
A party of Mexicans was ambushed by Yaqui tribesmen at Suaqui Sonora. Two Mexicans were killed and several wounded as Yaqui bands roam Lower Sonora attacking camps and haciendas.
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el Paso
Tex
Suaqui
Sonora
Mex
Fire destroys White Eagle plant and dance hall in Chicago
A blaze gutted the White Eagle Brewing company plant and an adjoining dance hall in Chicago on the night of January 31, causing about 100000 dollars in damage. A firefighter was seriously injured after falling from a ladder during the effort.
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Chicago
White Eagle Brewing Company
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