GAYNOR-GREENE CASE POSTPONED UNTIL APRIL
The long delayed case of Benjamin B. Green and John F. Gaynor, charged with conspiracy against the U S government, was argued before the U S circuit court of appeals. The defendants, once fugitives, were tried in Savannah in 1906 and sentenced to four years plus fines totaling $575000. They are jailed in Macon awaiting the appeal decision.
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Associated Press Dispatch
New Orleans
Benjamin B. Green
John F. Gaynor
United States
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Canada
England
Savannah
New York
Privy Council
Jctl
Macon
Greene and
Gaynor
Appeal Focuses on 200 Errors Across 15 Grounds
The appeal raises nearly two hundred errors in fifteen categories. Issues include extradition procedures statutes of limitations jurisdiction by New York or Georgia courts and whether the convicting jury was legally qualified. The case is postponed to the first Monday in April.
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Nounced
New York
Georgia
Steamer Stanley Stranded Off Pictou Island
Forty passengers including members of a theatre company and the Abegweit hockey team are marooned on Pictou Island after the government steamer Stanley became trapped in an ice field about a mile off the island. The vessel serves winter service between Prince Edward Island and the mainland. Passengers escaped the floe and reached shore Friday.
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Charlottetown
Methodists Will Not Erect a Building at Jamestown
A Virginia Conference committee decided not to erect a denominational building for the Jamestown Exposition. Instead a historical denominational exhibit will be placed in the history building with both the Methodist Church North and South taking part.
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Jamestown
Norfolk
Virginia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Methodist Church
North
Thaw Trial Sees Jerome Clash With Presiding Judge
Daily courtroom turmoil as District Attorney Jerome clashes with Justice Fitzgerald over cross examination of Dr. Charles G. Wagner during Harry K. Thaw’s insanity defense. The session centers on whether the state can push experts further than defense counsel, and discusses Thaw’s mental state at the time of his 1905 marriage to Evelyn Nesbit.
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Associated Press Dispatch
New York
Harry K. Thaw
William Thaw
Charles G. Wagner
Jerome
Wagner
Todey
Fitzgerald
Mr. Jerome
Justice Fitzgerald
Thaw
Stanford White
Evelyn Nesbit
Evans
Pennsylvania
Peculiar Bluefield Realtors Face Market Paradox
The piece notes Bluefield real estate agents struggle to move property in the west end while having nothing listed for sale there. It challenges them by offering a 50 by 120 foot lot on the car line in West Bluefield for 375 dollars and asks if they would sell it, highlighting a contradictory market behavior.
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Bluefield
West End
Midway
West Bluefield
Weather Forecast for West Virginia
Colder Wednesday with a spread of partly cloudy conditions on Thursday. Forecast calls for cooler daytime highs and a light wind, with no precipitation expected.
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West Virginia
How Far Insanity Is an Excuse for Crime
New York debates insanity as a legal defense in the Thaw case. Dr. Sachs argues crime cannot be charged if the offender was mentally ill. New York statutes echo this, and judges suggest juries may acquit on insanity doubt, though punishment likely elsewhere.
Famine in Central China Drives Cannibalism and Dog Traps
Reports from Victoria describe intensifying famine in Central China with rising prices for famine victims. Women and children are sold for meager sums, relief flour shipments delayed, lawlessness increasing, and starving residents trap and eat dogs to survive.
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Victoria
B. C
Central China
Plea Entered in Obscene Mail Matter Case
In New York on March 6 the New York Herald Company figures James Gordon Bennett and Manley Gilliam pleaded guilty to sending obscene matter through the mail in the red light column. Sentencing set for April 2 with a maximum $40,000 fine.
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New York
United States
New York Herald Company
James Gordon Bennett
The
Herald
Manley Gilliam
Bust of John Smith Unveiled at Lincolnshire Grammar School
A bust of John Smith founder of Virginia was unveiled at the grammar school in Louth Lincolnshire by Charles W. Kohlsaat, special commissioner of the Jamestown Exposition. General Baden-Powell executed the bust and presented it to the school. The text also notes 1862 Monitor commander Worden and a 1907 remark on housekeepers.
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London
John Smith
Colony of
Virginia
Grammar
Louth
Lincolnshire
Charles W. Kohlsaat
Baden-Powell
Smith
Sublette Barnes Ad Promotes White Pharmacy Deals
An old classified like note urges shoppers to visit Sublette and Barnes for the White Pharmacy and buy Bote tourt Creamery Butter, claiming the best price and value. The line hints at a sales pitch and local business promotion from Sublette and Barnes dated 3-5-2.
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Sublette & Barnes
Conviction Would Mean to License the Seducer
Culpeper Virginia March 5 The Strother trial in Virginia’s famed homicide case was postponed due to Philip Strother’s illness. Dr Chelf testified he had spent the night at Strother’s bedside and advised against his appearance. Prosecutor Keith argued premeditation and urged manslaughter or guilty verdicts. defense counsel Jeffreys defended the men’s honor and urged acquittal under the law. The judge adjourned until tomorrow morning as Strother’s condition is monitored and the trial resumes with instructions to the jury.
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E. J. Brand
Culpeper
Philip Strother
Virginia
Harrison
John L. Jeffreys
Jeffreys
Chelf
Viola Bywaters
Phillip Strother
Philip
J. A. C. Keith
Dr. Chelf
Philp
Messrs
Lee
Keith
Woods
James
James Strother
Commonwealth
Ywaters
Mr. Keith
Bywaters
Bywners
Mr. Jeffreys
Mr Jeffreys
Viola Strother
Bywater
Sociey
Rotherwood
Opening of the Russian Douma Without Imperial Presence
The St. Petersburg douma opened with ministers present while no members of the imperial household attended. Demonstrators clashed outside Taurida Palace as cavalry cleared the streets and many people were injured. Feodor Golovin was elected president of the house and the finance minister presented 1907 budget figures totaling 1.299 billion dollars through January 1, 1907.
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Associated Press Disputch
St. Petersburg
Antonius
Taurida Palace
Feodor Golovin
Moscow Zemstvo
Constitutional Democratic
Moscow
Court Searches in Hargis Case at Jackson
Telegraph from Jackson reports Judge Carnes ordered all present searched as court convened in Lexington Kentucky. The startling move prompted a mass search of attendees before court entered. Hargis refused a venue change when proposed. Court adjourned until Wednesday.
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Lexington
Jackson
Hargis
Carnes
Explosion at Mount Carmel colliery injures thirty
An explosion of powder at Richard's Colliery in Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, injured about thirty workers, with several feared dead. The blast damaged Mount Carmel's business street, wrecked surrounding houses, and shattered window panes up to fifteen miles away.
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Pottsville
Richard's
Mount Carmel
Two Explosions Kill Nine in Chihuahua Quarry
In Lander vale Chihuahua two blasts in a Chinahua and Pacific railroad quarry killed nine men and badly injured nine more, with bodies buried in the rubble.
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el Paso
Tex
Chinahua and
The
Pacific
Landervale
Chihuahua
Archie Roosevelt Declared Out of Danger by Physician
Archie Roosevelt son of the president is now out of danger from diphtheria as announced by his attending physician Dr. Rixey. The statement came on March 5 from Washington.
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Archie Roosevelt
Washington
Rixey
West Virginia friend offers support amid trial
A letter expresses pride in a man of West Virginia facing trial. The writer pledges steadfast friendship, emphasizes protection of women, and vows close watch on the trial's outcome, sending sympathy to the man’s wife. Signed J. A. Seaman.
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James Strother
J. A. Seaman
House of Delegates
West Virginia
Mr. Strother
J. A
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