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Newspaper

Fairfield Journal

Location

Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 05, 1908

Page

2

The Thaw Trial Proceeds Amid Insanity Defense

The Thaw defense wrapped its case arguing manic depressive insanity as the cause of Stanford White’s death by Harry Thaw. The trial paused due to European witnesses delayed by Atlantic storms. Justice Dowling limited each side to three experts. Comstock described Thaw letters and Thaw's mother testified to insanity in the family.

Stanford White Pittsburg Europe Dowling Harry Thaw Tombs Prison Anthony Comstock Thaw

Wedding of Miss Gladys Moore Vanderbilt and Count Szechenyi

Miss Gladys Moore Vanderbilt, daughter of Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, wed Count Laszlo Szechenyi at the Fifth Avenue home in New York. The ceremony joins a socialite family with Hungarian nobility in a high society event.

Gladys Moore Vanderbilt Cornelius Vanderbilt Laszlo Szechenyi Leutenant Hussars Fifth Avenue New York John C. Hubinger Iowa Keokuk Nevada Assembly St. Petersburg Helsingfors Finland Russia Viborg Grand Duchy of Finland John L. Dickson First Nacional Bank of Fulda Minn Senate Senator Hopkins House James McKinney Illinois Currency Commission American Bankers’ Association Ilinois Bankers’ Association Medorem Crawford Coast Artillery Corps Francis T. Freeland Denver Col Colonnade Philadelphia James L. Kurkhaller Farmers and Merchants’ Bank Galesburg Morris K. Jessup American Museum of Natural History Brick Presbyterian A. C. Frost Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Railroad Frank R. O'Neill Pulitzer Publishing Company St. Louis Post-Dispatch J. B

GRAFT DISCLOSED INQUIRY INTO RHOADES THEATER DEATHS

Opening inquest in Boyertown Pennsylvania reveals graft hints and negligence admissions after the January 13 disaster at Rhoades opera house where 169 people died. Testimony shows blocked main exit and narrow stairway while operator Fisher says calcium light handling was learned just days earlier. Owner Dr. Thomas A. Rhoades asserts state inspector approved the building after fire escape contracts. Further defects are noted as the inquiry continues.

Order of the Legion of Honor Eugene Meyer New York Act of Congress Supreme Court Grocers’ Association Washington Frank Meyer Argentina Congress Alcorta William Rohde Neidenfels Orient India Earl of Yarmouth Thaw Alice Thaw National Bank of North America of New York National Bank Charles W. Hanna American Torpedo Boat Flotilla Rio Janeiro Buenos Ayres Mary G. Baker Eddy First Church of Christ, Scientist Pleasant View Concord N. H Chestnut Hill Brookline Mass Christian Science Denomination Mine Owners’ Association of Goldfield Nev Bergen Hill Pennsylvania Tunnel Homestead N. J Illinois Central Railroad Company Herrin Ill Showing Ichijo Japan Philippines Father Maria Bernado Addis Adeba Menelik Mary Frances Reiley Abraham Lincoln Sioux City Ila Burlington Mount Pleasant Maurice Crow F. M. Davenport Charles Miller Cascade Grand Army of the Republic James Rusk Lincoln Ames Harold Smith Marshalltown Young Smith Savery Des Moines S. B. Chapman Iowa Central Smith Nicholson John C. Hubinger Iowa Keokuk Hubinger Mississippi Valley Telephone Company Minneapolis Electric Light County Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Society Mason City J. H. Brown Rockwell D. McArthur Frank Paul J. E. Treston Lucas County First National Bank of E. Ridgely Mitchell Fish Bros. Manufacturing Company Clinton Price City James Keefe Albert Kranz Will Bitner Harry Sheppard Charles Garlock Bitner Steppard Charles F. Curtis John Sinclair Cedar Rapids Packing House T. M. Sinclair & Co New York City Sinclair Iowa City H. E. Kirsher Boyertown Sesson Rhoades Opera House Harry Fisher Wee Thomas A. Rhoades Dunne

Steel Trust earnings show large quarter despite market flurry

New York reports United States Steel Corp for quarter ending December 31 1907 reveals net earnings of 32 553 995. Full year 1907 earnings total 160 984 477 the highest in company history with 4 624 533 tons unfilled orders at year end. Dividends declared remain unchanged at 0 5 percent for common and 0 75 percent for preferred.

New York United States Steel Corporation

Illinois Representative Attacks Heiress Marriages Abroad

In Congress Representative Mo Gavin criticizes American heiresses marrying European nobles. He denounces dowry marriages as snobbery and vice, calling for a tax on dowries and titled husbands while noting frequent bargain days in New York. The remarks occur during general debate on the state of the union.

Washington, D. C Mo Gavin Illinois New York McGavin Sabbath House

Supreme court upholds Bronson primary law in Ohio

The Ohio Supreme Court affirmed Franklin and Allen counties common pleas rulings that the Bronson primary election law is valid. The decision provides no published grounds. It sets the Feb 11 state primaries as regular. Allen county Prosecutor Welty said he will appeal to the state courts to prepare an entry in the case.

Mason City Sheffield Des Moines Twin Cities Rock Island Iowa Falls Forest Dry Germania Princton Iowa & Illinois George Barlow Henry Hendrickson Hendrickson Clinton Marshalltown Centerville Clark Bud Overton Haywod County Tenn Wiley Coleman Overton William Bell James Overton Tennessee Frank E. Furry The Alden Times Furry Hardin County Alden Oliver W. Kulp Davenport Frank E. Wetherell Nicholas Pickard Conroe Tex William Pickard Wapello William Leets Grand View Pickard Texas Mansfield Sherman Leets Oklahoma P. K. Dahl Fort Dodge Dora Bowen Wright Dahl Floyd Bowen Eagle Grove Mary Reily Iowa Illinois Sioux City Mary Sullivan Quincy Abraham Likeela Columbus Supreme Court Common Pleas Court Franklin and Allen Counties Bronson Welty Allen County Supreme Court of the United States

Fire devastates Chicago business district with $1.2 million loss

A major blaze in Chicago causes over 1 million dollars in damage. The building at 144 Wabash Avenue housing Alfred Peats & Co. wallpaper dealers is destroyed, with adjacent structures on Michigan Avenue and nearby firms also gutted. The interior of each building is burned out.

New Orleans United States George L. Thomas New York City L. B. Taggart United States District Court Kansas City Smith McPherson Thomas Taggart Central Pontiac Madison Jean Jumeau Dessalines Gonaives Minnesota Board of Pardons Merton Munn Bemidji August Franklin Calabria Italy Portugal Franco Chicago Loop Deer River Minn Free Methodist Seminary Wessington Springs Lydia Bradley Peoria Ill Bradley Polytechnic Institute University of Chicago Wabash Avenue Alfred Peats & Co Wall Paper John A. Colby & Rniture Michigan Avenue Lage Bros. & Co Theodore A . Co

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