Thaw Case Moves Forward as Delafield Firm Takes Defense
New York officials outlined steps in the Thaw case as the defense is assigned to Black Olcott Gruber Bonynge. Mrs Thaw appeared with counsel after being subpoenaed for grand jury testimony. Thaw was arraigned and remanded to the Tombs, with judges set to hear the inquest on White's death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black, Olcott, Gruber & Bonynge
Frank S. Black
Delafield
W. M. K. Olcott
May McKinsey
Delafield & Longfellow
Wall Street
Grand Jury
Mr. Delafield
Dooley
White
Criminal Court
Bridge of Sighs
Sawyer Elafield
Nott
Harry K. Thaw
Thaw
Mr. Nott
Austin Flint
Charles F. McDonald
Wm. Mabon
Hodgins
Thaw Jewel Robbery Tied to Lyndhurst Scandal
Pittsburg dispatch reports Mrs. William Thaw’s jewels and silver plate worth about 60000 stolen from the Thaw home within weeks. Police alerted nationwide as rare gems and plate were scattered in family rooms. thieves likely skilled, house studied, no clear entry point. Mrs Thaw left for Europe intending not to return.
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Commercial Tribune
Pittsburg
Thaw
William Thaw
Harry Thaw
Stanford White
New York
Lyndhurst
Europe
Earl and Countess of
Yarmouth
Charles J. Holman
Harry
Kendall Thaw
Brookline
Conferees Clash Over Meat Inspection Bill Provisions
The article reports discord among House and Senate conferees on meat inspection measures and related funding. It notes retained health investigations, struck-out provisions on un drawn fowls, and tobacco supply changes, with Berlin reporting German opposition to American meats and calls to ban pickled meats and pork imports unless proven wholesome.
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Senate
House
Senate Debates Sixteen Hour Work Rule for Railroad Men
In Washington on June 26 the Senate advanced a bill to limit railroad employees on duty to sixteen hours. Debate focused on practicality for long Western runs and possible safety benefits from shorter rest periods. Senator Foraker urged a twelve hour limit and proposed penalties for deception. The measure, supported by La Follette and Bailey, remains under consideration after executive session.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
la Follette
Senate
McCumber
Bailey
Senator Foraker
Dolliver
Thirty Seven Slaughterhouses Banned in Philadelphia
The Board of Health ordered thirty seven slaughter houses in Philadelphia to abandon operations after an inspection found them nuisances unfit for public health. There are 171 slaughter houses in the city, and the ban targets the unsanitary establishments.
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Commercial Tribune
Philadelphia
Board of Health Today
Prosecution Opens Against Bad Meat Dealers in Indianapolis
Indianapolis June 26 The prosecution of dealers in bad meat ordered by Judge Fremont Alford began today. County Prosecutor Bendict filed affidavits of information against five of the twenty eight dealers, alleged by State Chemist Barnard and Dr. J N Hurty to violate pure food laws.
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Indianapolis
Commercial Tribune
Fremont Alford
Bendict
Barnard
J. N. Hurty
State Board of Health
Armour States Packing Industry Will Embrace Reform
J Ogden Armour head of a major Chicago packing house arrived in New York with his wife and daughter Lolita currently under care in Vienna. He welcomed stronger inspection laws and improvements while rejecting claims that packers are to blame for industry discredit.
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Armour
Commercial Tribune
New York
J. Ogden Armour
Chicago
Lolita
Lorenz
Vienna
Kronprinz Wilhelm
Walter Hurd Named General Passenger and Freight Agent
Walter Hurd is appointed General Passenger and Freight Agent of the Columbus and Lake Michigan Railroad with simultaneous posts on multiple Ohio lines. The effective date is June 15 with offices in Columbus.
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Walter Hurd
Columbus & Lake Michigan Railroad
Columbus
Newark & Zanesville Electric Railway
Buckeye Lake
Hurd
Thaw Family Circulation Amid Pittsburg Gossip and York Visit
Reported unrest surrounds Harry Kendall Thaw and relatives as Pittsburg clubs discuss a possible involvement in the incident. Josiah Copley Thaw is missing, William Thaw Jr. travels to New York, and Mrs Thaw near illness as the Countess of Warmouth is alerted.
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Pittsburg
Josiah Copley Thaw
Harry
William Thaw
Sewick
Elks Leave July 13 for Grand Lodge Special to Denver
Covington Newport and Bellevue Kentucky Elks lodges depart July 13 joining the B&O 8 S W for the Grand Lodge Special to Denver Colorado. Grand Haled Ruler R W Brown of Louisville will ride aboard. The train stops Kansas City Colorado Springs Cripple Creek and Pike's Peak en route. The Kentucky group arrives in Denver July 16.
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Newport
Bellevue
Elks
S. W
Order
Denver
Col
Grand Lodge
North Vernon
Ind
R. W. Brown
Louisville
Kansas City
Colorado Springs
Cripple Creek
Pike’s Peak
Tragedy in New York Shocks Countess of Yarmouth Kin
The Countess of Yarmouth learning of the New York tragedy involving her brother Harry K. Thaw expresses shock. The Earl of Yarmouth cannot explain the event though noting apparent serious differences between Mr Thaw and Mr White.
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London
Countess of Yarmouth
Alice Thaw
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Earl of Yarmouth
Thaw
White
Finney denies MK&T line Oklahoma City to Denver
President F N Finney of the Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway says reports of a new line from Oklahoma City to Denver are false. He notes a sectional proposal exists but is not being considered now. He adds that planned improvements remain in statu quo until the Texas Railroad Commission acts on the MK&T mortgage. Finney returned to St Louis that night.
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Thaw
Pittsburg
Wrenderloin
Garden
Jefferson Market
Tenderloin
Commercial
Tribune
Dallas
Tex
F. N. Finney
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway
Oklahoma City
Denver
Aad
Texas Ailroad Commission
Finney
St. Louis
Railroads urge grain rate cut. Stickney stands firm
A delegation of Rock Island and Santa Fe officials, representing Western lines, urged Great Western President Stickney to withdraw a grain rate reduction. Stickney refused to recede from his order discontinuing the elevator rebate, a position held since last week.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Rock Island and
Santa Fe
Western
Chicago
Missouri River
B. Stickney
Great Western
Stickney
Leerer Defends Whites Character In Nesbit Case
George W. Lederer, Colonial Theater manager, testified that Harry White aided Evelyn Nesbit as a friend and supporter. He said White acted out of kindness to help her career and her mother while Nesbit pursued stage work, noting Thaw’s jealous temperament. White was regarded as one of the finest men.
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Thaw
Daniel O’reilly
White
Commercial Tribune
Chicago
George W. Lederer
Colonial Theater
Evelyn Nesbit
Miss Nesbit
Railroads Offer Low Fares to Attract Kansas Harvest Help
Governor Hoch of Kansas requested aid to recruit farm hands. Western railroads agreed to cut fares to Iowa and Kansas to one third the usual price for twelve days from June 29 to July 10, inclusive.
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Kansas
Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Hoch
Western Railroads
Iowa
Escapades of Harry Thaw at Wooster in 1887 88
Wooster Ohio June 26 Harry K Thaw left a mark at Wooster University during 1887 and 1888. He was popular with local youths and often cut recitations while drawing attention from the town’s theatrical crowd. He helped arrange chorus bows in college colors that delighted students.
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Wooster
Commercial Tribune
Wooster. O
Harry K. Thaw
Wooster University
Railroad Agents Gather for Annual Breakers Convention
About fifty Traveling Freight Agents from various railroads left yesterday afternoon to attend the annual convention of the agents at the Breakers opposite Sandusky Ohio. K H Harper of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul was in the city yesterday. William Warner of the San Pedro Los Angeles Salt Lake Railroad noted the San Francisco disaster continues to affect Pacific Coast passenger traffic.
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Breakers
Sandusky
O. K. H. Harper
Chicago, Milwaukee
Teething Aid Ad Promotes Winslow Syrup
An advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children. It claims to soothe gums ease pain and cure colic and diarrhea with a 25 cent bottle price.
Mrs Kaiser Injured In Auto Collision Near Eighth Street Viaduct
Mrs Charles Kaiser wife of the County Recorder was thrown from Dr Handleys car when it collided with a Warsaw vehicle on the east approach of the Eighth street viaduct. She suffered facial and head cuts and serious leg bruises. Dr Handley escaped with a severe shaking. She was treated at Handleys office and returned home to 131 Fifteenth street.
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Charles Kaiser
County Recorder's Office
Handley
Eighth Street
Riverside
Hildebrand Visits Cincinnati Amid Gubernatorial Campaign Claim
C. Q. Hildebrand of Wilmington, Ohio, staying overnight after missing a train, denies any political motive for his Dennison visit while contesting the Republican Sixth District nomination against Judge Smith. He says he is still actively pursuing the nomination despite a lull in the district race. He did not register at the hotel.
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C. Q. Hildebrand
Wilmington
Dennison
Hildebrand
Board of Elections
Sixth
Ohio
Judge Smith
Commercial Tribune
Man Burned After Walking Into Lye Vat at Soap Factory
Charles Conley age 20 living at Straight Street and Spring Grove Avenue was badly burned in a Desmond Ryan Company soap factory accident at 2641 Spring Grove Avenue he wandered through the plant and stepped into a lye vat his stockings and shoes were removed and the chemical soaked through Patrol 10 transported him to City Hospital.
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Charles Conley
Straight Street
Spring Grove Avenue
Desmond- Ryan Company
Patrol 10
City Hospital
Anaconda Copper Declares Higher Dividend
New York June 26 The directors of Anaconda Copper Mining Company announced a quarterly dividend of 1.37% per share, an increase of 25 cents, yielding 5 percent per quarter.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Obituaries of Brenner and Townley in Cincinnati notices
Rudolph Brenner of the Cincinnati Post Office Registry Department died after months of illness at nearly sixty. John A. Townley former president of Commercial Insurance Co of Cincinnati died in New Haven after a yearlong illness, about seventy, leaving a widow and son. Townley’s body to return to Cincinnati for burial in the Townley family lot at Spring Grove Cemetery. son Calvert Townley heads an electric railroad in Connecticut.
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Rudolph Brenner
Registry Department
Cincinnati Post Office
John A. Townley
Commercial Insurance Company of
Cincinnati
New Haven
Conn
Mr. Townley
Towney
Spring Grove
Comey
Calvert
Connecticut
Walnut Hills man dies after hernia operation shock
Conrad Dietz aged 49 died at 1279 Kinney Avenue Walnut Hills from peritonitis and blood poisoning after an appendectomy. He attended the National Hardware Association convention in Hot Springs Virginia when stricken. Born in Germany in 1872 he built a Cincinnati furniture business and led Boss Washing Machine Co of Norwood. He was treasurer of the First National Bank of Norwood and an active Mason Maccabee and Knight of Pythias. Survived by a widow and eleven children. Funeral date not set.
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Conrad Dietz
Kinney Avenue
Walnut Hills
National Hardware Association
Hot” Springs
Dietz
Germany
Cincinnati
Boss
Washing Machine Company of
Norwood
First National Bank of
Knights of Pythias
Woman dies after burns at Borzer’s saloon kitchen
Annie Randall, a cook at Borzer's saloon on Court and Elm streets, died at City Hospital after burns to her face body arms and lungs sustained May 21. Fire started when her apron ignited during dinner prep. she was wrapped in a rug and her clothes were cut away with shears.
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Annie Randall
City Hospital
Borzer
Court
Elm Streets
Man struck with beer bottle at Lower Sycamore saloon
Solomon Richardson twenty of East Front street was knocked unconscious at a Lower Sycamore street saloon after a beer bottle was swung by a colored man. He was taken to City Hospital with possible brain concussion.
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Solomon Richardson
East Front Street
City Hospital
Sycamore Street
Woman's Trials and Childlessness Promoted Cure
An article discusses childlessness as a central trial for women and endorses Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for various female ailments. It claims easy remedies or surgical options may restore fertility, with advertising for Buffalo Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute and transparent ingredient labeling.
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Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Surf Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
Siiclent
Osan
Materia Medica
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