Thaw Acquitted on Not Guilty Insanity Finding
New York dispatch reports Harry K. Thaw acquitted of Stanford White murder on grounds of insanity. Jury promptly committed Thaw to Matteawan State Hospital after verdict, while public reaction cited shock and lingering tension. Other items note abdication rumors involving China’s Empress Dowager Tsi-Hsu and Montana Governor James K. Toole resigning due to ill health.
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Mathcawan Insane Asylum
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Drew@kinsi wi dine
Kuivherhocter Hotel
Thaw
Mattenwan
Montana
Mesigna
Helena
Mont
James K. Toole
Secretary of State
E. N. Norris
Toole
California
Brooklyn Bank Fails to Open as Run Persists
The Home bank of Brooklyn could not open on February 1 as a days long run continued. The New York state banking department has assumed control of the institution founded in 1950 with $100,000 capital and deposits estimated at $359,000.
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New York
Brooklyn
State Banking Department
Plans for murder trial of Harry Orchard in Idaho
Will Try Orchard in Caldwell for the murder of ex Governor Frank Stounenberg. District attorney says Orchard has no immunity and will be tried for his life. Trial planned for April.
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Caldwell
Idaho
Harry Orchard
Frank Stounenberg
Orchard
Chilean ships sail to meet battleship fleet
The Chilean tender Yanez and several private steamers and yachts filled with excursionists sailed from Punta Arenas to join the battleship fleet that departed Possession Bay this morning, 180 miles west of here.
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Punto Arenas
Yanez
Possession Bay
Irish Actor Dennis O'Sullivan Dies After Operation
Irish actor Dennis O'Sullivan died in Columbus on February 1 after an appendectomy operation. The obituary notes the actor's passing occurred following surgery and names the city of Columbus as the location.
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Dond
Columbus
Dennis O'Sullivan
Government Sues to Break Amalgamated Railroad Trust
The Department of Justice sues to dissolve the United Pacific Southern Pacific and U B R N railroad merger in a wide case filed in Salt Lake City. The suit aims to break up rail combinations as a nationwide program, with the trial date set and leading counsel Abe Ruef temporarily in the case.
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Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Salt Lake
Department of Justice
Salt Lake, Teahh
E. AH. Harriman
Northern Securitlee Company
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
United States
Department
San Francisco
Cal
Henry
Abe Ruefs
Aci
Abe Ruef
Grover Lo Johnson
Ruef
Five Die in Kansas City Boarding House Fire
Five people were burned to death and 16 injured in a boarding house fire at 11th and Wyandotte in Kansas City Missouri. Survivors escaped in scant attire as temperatures dropped to the year's lowest.
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Kansas City
11Th
Wyandotte
New York Finances Improve as Panic Certificates Cancelled
February report shows clearing house certificates from the recent panic largely retired. Emergency currency totals reached 970 million, with 74 million in active use. Banks credit the move for stabilizing finances and aiding institutions during liquidity strains.
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Howe
New York
Baker City Loses Again In Fast Girls Game
Baker City high school girls drop a close match to Boise high school 6 to 5. Lineups include Hagel Planting Watermain Wisdom Swan Clifford Belk West Blanchard Davis and others. Also Paris reports an American woman to wed Count Rudolph Festetica with ceremony in Paris.
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Boise
Baker City
Boise High School
Baker
Paris
Alice Wetherfee
Vonaldwrible Welth
Rudolph Festetica
Count Featellcs
Ella Hag
James B. Hag
Prosidential campaigns set for week of speeches and events
The coming week features Taf Peel at Yale alumni Hartford Friday night, Governor Hughes likely to address voters and push his candidacy, William J organ and Secretary George B Ortelyou at a Missouri Society dinner in New York City Tuesday. Vito-Premier Fairbanks plans a key appearance next Tuesday as Republican delegates gather for Hoovice state conventions. Alabama Democrats meet in Montgomery to coordinate actions.
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Bryan
Alabama
University of Iiola Tusaday
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company
New York
Uemp
Bfl Noot
Mississioni
J. W. Hymans
Louisiane House of Representatives
Julius Mayer
Canadian National Livestock Association
Ottawa
Warly
Count Bord de Castellane
Mme
Anna Gould
Oppote Tientay
Paris
Prince Helle de Sagan
Count Boni
Prince Helle
France
National Association of
Chicago
Lom Angeles
American Bowling Congress
Clpeinnatt
Newt
Tol
Unl
Taf
Yale Alumni Association
Hartford
Hughes Willkely
Wil
William Jorgan
George B.ortelyou
Missouri Society of New York
Cnty
Fairbanks
Hoovice
Democratic Party of
Alabona
Montgomery
Extreme Cold Wave Grips Oregon Water Pipes at Night
The government weather bureau reports an extreme cold wave with temperatures plunging to 11 degrees below zero and a record cold night since 1905. La Grande observers note pipes frozen in many homes as residents brace for continued frigid conditions and warnings of more cold weather.
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Government Weather Bureau
W. A. Worstell
Oregon
la Grandes
la Grande
Walla Walla Girls Defeat Pendleton In Close Home Match
In Walla Walla on February 1 the high school girls basketball team beat Pendleton in a tight game. The margin stayed close in the second half before Walla Walla pulled away late to secure a decisive victory on their home floor.
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Walla Walla
Walla Walla High School
Pendleton
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