Thaw Trial Publicity Contested In Court Hearing
Testimony resumes as Mrs Evelyn Nesbit Thaw is placed on the stand in the Thaw trial in New York. District Attorney Jerome seeks to exclude the public and newspaper reporters, citing precedent, but Justice Dowling refuses the demand. Defense counsel Littleton insists on handling legality while keeping propriety. The judge notes no constitutional warrant to bar the public in a capital case. The court allows the public, provided decorum remains. Mrs Thaw is asked to recount her Paris recollection from 1903 involving Stanford White.
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New York
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Jerome
Monroe County
Justice Dowling
Thaw
Paris
Mr. Littleton
Thaw Trial Witness Repeats Nesbit Narrative
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw testified again about her alleged girlhood meeting with Stanford White and the mirrored room, recounting events as she told Thaw in Paris in 1903. District Attorney Jerome blocked the testimony with objections, dulling the courtroom’s reaction.
Pennsylvania 2 cent rate law ruled unconstitutional
The state supreme court declared the 2 cent rate law unconstitutional, affirming the Philadelphia common pleas court ruling from last September. The decision was by a 4 to 3 vote with Justice Mestechal separately dissenting.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
State Supreme Court
Common Pieas Court of
Mestechal
Illinois Steel engineer found dead on icy sidewalk
William Gillies consulting engineer for the Illinois Steel company was found dead on the sidewalk at Fifty-fifth street and Washington avenue. Police believe he fell on the icy path and fractured his skull.
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Chicago
William Gillies
Illinois Steel Company
Fifty-fifth Street
Washington Avenue
Train derails near Frankfort injuring passengers
A Louisville and Nashville passenger train derailed seven miles from Frankfort on Monday night as it neared its Frankfort stop at 9 50. Several passengers were injured though no fatalities were reported, and many legislators were among those aboard.
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Louisville
Nashville
Frankfort
Abilene Postmaster’s Brother Sues for Aid
United States Marshal Houston of the Eastern district of Texas arrived in Washington on January 20 in behalf of his sister Mrs. Morrow the Abilene postmaster seeking assistance or action related to her position and status.
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Washington
United States
Houston
Texas
Morrow
Abilene
President nominates Clarence S. Herbert for New Orleans assistant treasurer
The president forwarded to the Senate the nomination of Clarence S. Herbert to serve as assistant treasurer of the United States in New Orleans. The action was reported from Washington on January 20.
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Washington
Senate
Clarence S. Herbert
United States
New Orleans
Burleson Introduces Free Delivery Bill for Cities
Congressman Burleson introduces in the house a bill for free mail delivery to cities with 6,000 population, lowering the present limit of 10,000.
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Washington
Burleson
House
Morris Sheppard to Speak at New Jersey Banquet
Washington dispatch says Representative Morris Sheppard will deliver a principal speech at the New Jersey state Democratic banquet in Trenton on January 30. The event gathers party leaders and supporters for a program of speaking and celebration.
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Washington
Sheppard
New Jersey
Trenton
Legislature to consider cattle quarantine bills in Guthrie
Guthrie January 20 legislative session will review several cattle quarantine regulation bills. The measures aim to curb disease spread and standardize farming practices across counties with draft rules pending committee approval.
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Guthrie
Progressist Party Demands Government Explanations In Tokyo
In Tokyo on the eve of the diet opening the Progressist party passed a set of seven demand resolutions criticizing the cabinet for postwar failures and weak diplomacy. They push for explanations on taxation, budget method, and diplomacy as major points.
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Progressist
Tokio
Progressist Party
Okuma
Progressists
House of Representatives
Constitutionalists
Daido Club
Diet
Marquis Katzura
Daidos
Progressive Party
Marquis Saionji
Missouri Law Banned as Unconstitutional in Federal Suit
Judge Smith McPherson voided the 1907 Missouri law barring foreign railways from moving suits to federal courts or suing Missourians. The Rock Island, Santa Fe, and other lines sought to block enforcement by Secretary of State Swanger. The decision treats the act as violating the eleventh amendment and impairing contracts, with extended legal analysis quoted from prior cases.
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Kansas City
Smith McPherson
United States District Court
Missouri
Rock Taland
Santa Fe
St. Louis
Colorado
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Chicago and Alton
John E. Swanger
United States
Secretary of State
McPherson
Government troops crush revolt in Haiti towns
From Port au Prince on January 20 the state forces attacked St Marie held by revolutionists. After a brief resistance the rebels surrendered. Government troops then moved toward Gonaives which lay completely surrounded, with the government deeming the revolution nearly ended.
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Port Au Prince
Hayti
St. Marie
Gonaives
Miner John Butcher Killed by Falling Slate
Coal county report states miner John Butcher was struck by failing slate and died instantly at Coalgate Oklahoma on January 20. The tragedy confirms ongoing dangers in underground mining with no further injuries reported.
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Coalgate
Okla
John Butcher
Police Chief Found Dead in Darlington
Darlington South Carolina January 20 Police Chief A E Dargan was found dead in a room next to his bedroom. The city faces a shock as investigators begin examining the circumstances surrounding the chief’s death.
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Darlington
S. C
A. E. Dargan
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