Jerome admits truth of Evelyn's evidence in Thaw case
William Travers Jerome, for the people, urged jurors to deliver justice in the Thaw trial. He embraced Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's story, acknowledged the drugs involved, and condemned both Harry K Thaw and Stanford White as degenerates quarrelling over a woman. The case will go to the jury tomorrow at 10:30 AM.
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New York
William . Travers Jerome
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Evelyn Thaw
Jerome
Thaw
White
Harry Thaw
Justice Dowling
Hubbard labels Earl of Yarmouth a well dressed hobo
Chicago January 30 Hilbert Hubbard editor of the Philistine gave an Orchestra hall address at a Thomas Paine birthday memorial. He mocked preachers as ecclesiastical jobbers and joked about the Earl of Yarmouth being a well dressed hobo in a humorous exchange about leisure and class.
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Chicago
Earl of Yarmouth
Hilbert Hubbard
The
Philistine
Orchestra Hall
Thomas Paine
Mr. Hubbard
England
United States
Cammack Kills Wife Then Self in Pueblo Office
Pueblo Colorado January 30 After failing to reconcile with his wife who had filed for divorce T Cammack a well known local businessman lured her to his office and after she refused to drop the suit fired three shots into her body and then killed himself with a self inflicted gunshot The wife was shot in the shoulder and breast and is expected to die Instantly the couple’s family is described as socially prominent
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Pueblo
Colo
T. Cammack
Horse Owners Organize Protective Association in Basin
Basin Wyoming January 30. A meeting drew ranchers from across Big Horn county forming the Big Horn County Horse Owners Protective Association. The group aims to aid authorities in stopping organized horse theft that has progressed for two years.
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Basin
Wyo
Big Horn County
Horse Owners’ Protective Association
Weather Report for Wyocing Forecast in Washington DC
Forecast for Wyocing includes snow Friday and colder in the southeast Saturday fair and not very cold. Local data show 24 hour period ending January 30 with high 88 degrees and low 11 degrees and precipitation at 0.3 inches.
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Washington
D. C
Palmer
Section Diretor
Cheyenne Struck By Blizzard and Cold Wave
Beginning at 4 pm yesterday a severe storm moved through Cheyenne turning to a blizzard by 8 pm with powdery snow drifting and temperatures below zero. Stockmen fear 24 hours of continuing cold and drifting snow could harm open range livestock, while railroad service remains only mildly affected.
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Cheyenne
Diamond Ring Found in Stomach of Hig Carp
William Pudney a bridge tender in Belleville New Jersey pulled a carp from the Passaic River and found a diamond ring in its stomach. James Gibbs recalls a bride who lost a ring in the river that summer and the Albany resident will recover the ring.
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Belleville
N. J
William Pudney
Passaic
James Gibbs
Pudney
Albany
Fleet Nearing the Straits of Maghian
Buenos Ayres reports a special dispatch stating Cape Virginia at 4 42 p m saw an American battleship in sight heading toward the Pacific likely the fleet vanguard. The note mentions smoke on the horizon and a Macellan steamer as reference.
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Straits OF Maghlian
Buenos Ayres
Cape Virgina
Stealia
Pat Crowe Arrives in City After Notorious Japan Tangle
Noted figure Pat Crowe arrives in the city amid a recent notoriety linked to the Omaha kidnap case. He is reported to have checked into the Inter Ocean hotel late that night.
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Pat Crowe
Omaha
Widows to Receive Increased Pensions Across Wars
Denver telegram reports the House pension committee unanimously backed a bill to raise widow pensions from $8 to $12 per month and abolish the $250 income limit. The measure affects about 185,000 widows of Civil War veterans and other conflicts.
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Denver
Colo
W. W. Ferguson
Department of
Colorado
Wyoming
George W. Cook
House Pension Committee
Glorious
Visscher to be tried in shooting case in Omaha
Deputy county attorney Magney says the county will prosecute William J. Visscher, Chicago reporter, for shooting Patrol Conductor Dillon. He expects formal information charging shooting with intent to kill within days and notes Dillon may choose to prosecute or not.
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Omaha
Neb
Viseher
Magney
William J. Visscher
Chicago
Dillon
Dilied
Two Are Blamed For Boyertown Disaster
The jury in Boyertown Pennsylvania finds Mrs. Monroe and the factory Inspector largely responsible for the Rhoades opera house fire that killed 169 people. It requests the Burke county prosecutor to arrest and, if possible, convict Mrs. Monroe and Harry McC Bechtel on criminal negligence charges.
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Boyertown
Rhoades’ Opera House
Monroe
Burke County
Nine Die As Coal Mine Explosion Rips Neal River Facility
Charleston West Virginia reports nine miners killed in an explosion at Neal River colliery near Hawk's Nest. Twenty two men were underground. eight died instantly and sixteen escaped with minor injuries. Only one body was thrown from the mine into a tree. Grover Dowles died after being blown down an inlet. Three doctors battled for an hour to save him.
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Charleston
W. Va
Neal River
Hawk's Nest
Grover Dowles
Bin
Auction Sells War Prize From 1818 Capture
London reports a land sale of the written war flag from the 1818 chase of the American sloop Chdkapenlee by the ship Bhatnop. The flag sold to a buyer named Partridge who acted for Cornelius Vanderbilt.
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England
London
Chdkapenlee
Bhatnop
Thie Clty
Martridge
Partridge
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Boni de Castellane and Sagan Feud Draw Paris Laughter
In a Denver report Charles Marchand describes the Boni de Castellane and Prince de Sagan clash in Paris. He says Paris views Boni’s effort to humiliate the prince as a bid to thwart a marriage to Mme Gould. The fight, the mudslinging, and a butcher lifting them apart amuse Parisians while Bent, robed in cosmetics, secures his reelection. De Sagan is seen as more intellectual than Boni at age 42 with a dissipated past.
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Denver
Colo
Charles Marchand
PLC
Paris
Boni de Castellane
Prince de Sagan
Ma Gould
de Castellane
Boni
Bent
Chamber of Deputies
de Sagan
Urgent Deficiency Bill Passed by House in Washington
The house approved an urgent deficiency bill totaling 25,644,450 dollars, 410 thousand under the committee figure. The largest cut was 300,008 dollars from the army clothing fund. In the Senate Aldrich reported the banking bill from the finance committee and said it would be up for debate February 10.
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Washington, D. C
House
Senate
Aldrich
Committee On Finance
Briand Signals Support for Triant Marriage Doctrine
Paris officials report Aristide Briand, justice minister, endorses evolving divorce doctrine toward temporary contracts. He argues a periodic marriage term with safeguards protects both partners and avoids prolonging unwanted unions.
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France
Paris
Paul Bourgett
Aristide Briand
Iipcumibie
Zoo Finds Tiny Antelope in Incubator at Byony Park
In New York a young antelope was found by a keeper inside a zoo incubator. The animal appeared thin but active and bore the markings of its species. Zoo staff planned care to help it recover.
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New York
Ieepera
Byony Zoo
May Taylor murder plot disclosed in Aspen case
The trial of Mrs. May Taylor, wife of John L. Taylor, reveals a life history and a plan to murder a dozen people. The document lists targets in order, including family and local residents, with notes on attempted defenses and the author’s claim of a death message and intent to self destruct after finishing.
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Mary Taylor
Aspen, Colo
Aspen
Colo
May Taylor
John L. Taylor
A. B. Drew
Taylor
Louise Hadden
Madge Rosey
Louise Barrey
Charles Barrey
John Christian Angle
Graft Trial Details in Pennsylvania Capitol Suit
In Harrisburg the commonwealth presented evidence in a capitol conspiracy case. Contractor John H. Sanderson billed the state $1 619.20 for a senate lavatory stand and paid $125 to the subcontractor. Photos and furnishings for caucus rooms valued at $40 748.80 by the state and $2 060 by the subcontractor were shown. Fred H. Potter and Howard Krohl of an Audit firm testified on furniture measurements. Sanderson supplied items at $18 40 per foot, with some charges at three times actual measurement.
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Harrisburg
Senate
John H. Sanderson
Philadelphia
Commonwealth
Sanderson
House
Fred H. Potter
Howard Krohl
Audit Company of New York
Rodgers Easy for Big Hack in World Wrestling Title
George Hackenschmidt of Russia easily defeated Joseph Rogers of America at the Oxford Music Hall in London to claim the world catch-as-catch-can wrestling championship. The best two of three falls match had a ten minute rest between bouts. first fall 7 minutes 15 seconds and second fall 6 minutes 4 seconds.
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London
George Hacksiischmidt
Russia
Joseph Rogers
Amersica
Oxford Music Hall
Court House Construction Faces Injunction in Casper
Special to The Leader reports in Casper Wyoming that a temporary injunction may halt work on the $42,000 Natrona County court house at Center Street. Contractors await court action while stone piles and lumber orders loom and bids for cement and other materials are reviewed. The dispute centers on payment and contract timing, with potential delays affecting the project timeline.
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Casper
Wyo
Natrong County
Center Streat
Adept
Unknown tramp falls to death near town after freight ride
A tramp, traveling with four men who rode a westbound freight train, fell from the cars about twelve miles west of town at 1 am. He was unidentified and feared dead, possibly frozen if he survived the fall as the engine searched the track for him.
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Bobo
Union Pacific
Thin Kobo
Death of Lav Ghey Himself in Punny Tale
A garbled obituary notes the death of Lav Ghey Himself in Williameburie Vi dag while laughing at a punny story. The fragment mentions Motra Lippinom and Tipyrina with unclear ages and places, and a table scene where the tale was told.
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Lav Ghey
Williameburie
N. Vi
War news fragment from Toews gaxk era report
The OCR text reads like a disjointed wartime chronicle with references to a January date and scattered names. It mentions a river or shoreline event and a character named Ler Thame, with hints of a missing artifact and a mysterious omen.
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Congress
Pension Committee
Will Visscher
Lady
Gould
Pitkin County
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Rodgers
Big Hack
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Owlemgo
Ufelt
Toews
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