Thaw Jury Fails to Reach Verdict in Thaw Case
New York April 19 with the jury in the Harry K Thaw murder trial reporting no verdict after 47 hours of deliberation. Seven jurors favored guilty in the first degree and five favored acquittal on insanity grounds. Thaw remains in custody at the Tombs awaiting a possible second trial as district attorney Jerome signals no venue change and Thaw’s lawyers plan next steps.
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New York
Harry K. ‘Thaw
Fitzgerald
Thaw
Wis
Stanford White
Jerome
Ress Tint
Pris Ener
Thuw
Stother
Galen’ar
Aoutsie
Bolton
Delphin M. Delmas
California
Hartridge
Delmae
Clifford W. Haveridge
O'Reilly
Saaid
Delmag
Gleason
Willan Thaw
Is Is
Henry Co. Harney
Messrs. Deming
Smith
George Pfaff
Charles H. Facke
Harry C. Breartey
Charles QD. Newton
Joseph
Boston Strikers Riot as Police Protect Strikebreakers
More than 100 police were called to South Boston on Friday night to guard strikebreakers escorted from the barns to their quarters amid a teamsters strike. Bricks, stones and vegetables flew as the crowd clashed, injuring Miss Gussy P. Reinhart who was struck by a thrown stone.
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Boston
Gussy P. Reinhart
Fatal Railway Collision Near Posen
Detroit Mackinac line freight and passenger train collided with a twisted engine near Posen on Friday night. Engineer John Murphy was fatally injured and four other trainmen badly hurt. Passengers escaped with a shaking up as two locomotives telescoped in the wreck.
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Alpena
Mick
Detroit & Mackinac Sdilv
Posen
Ingineer
John Murphy
Double Tragedy in Cleveland Board House Killings
Cleveland Ohio reports a double tragedy as Alexander Necula 29 was shot dead and Mary Canzano 25 mortally wounded by her husband John Canzano in a boarding house. Canzano fled into the night after the Friday incident shortly before midnight.
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Cleveland
Alexander Necula
Mary Canzanno
John Canzanno
Canaanno
Canzanod
Brazilian Squadron Heads to Jameson Exposition
A Brazilian squadron sailed from Pernambuco to Hampton Roads for the Jamestown exposition inauguration. The delegation will represent Brazil at the event and participate in ceremonies marking the opening.
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Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Pernambuco
Hampton Roads
Oil Trust Guilty and Facing Massive Fines in Chicago
Twelve jurors in Chicago found the Standard Oil Company of Indiana guilty on 441 counts for accepting illegal rates from the Chicago and Alton railroad. If judge Landis imposes the maximum, fines could total 29,240,000. minimum penalties would reach 1,462,000. Defense plans a motion for a new trial as proceedings continue.
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Chicago
United States District Court
Standard Ol Company
Tudiana
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Landis
Joseph O'Sullivan
Jonn $. Miller
Eniat
Off Corporation
Tme
Drese
Standard
Sims
A. L. Walker
Stockton, Ll
Allie
O'Sullivan
Company of Indiana
Landia
Miller
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Alton
Aft Corporation
Whiting
Ind
East St. Louis
Chappell
St. Louis
St. Laws
Standard Company
Chapell
St Louis
Oil
Meguily
Taft Lands at San Juan Porto Rico April 15
Secretary of War Taft arrived by government yacht Mayflower at San Juan with Gov Beekman Winthrop and Regis Post aboard. Marines escorted Taft to the city as crowds gathered for a cordial reception. Taft is the sixth cabinet official to visit since American occupation.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Taft
Beekman Winthrop
Regis Post
Naval Station Landing
Col. Balley
Gay
Winthroy
Mr. Taft
Messrs
Alger
Payne
Moory
Root
Metcalf
Naval Station
Tait
Robbery Halted Stage Money Near Zortman Montana
A $28,000 holdup occurred Saturday night just north of Zortman in the Little Rockies as stage money to pay Zortman miners wages moved along. A posse of five or six riders pursued the robbers who fled toward Yortman with suspected ties to Kid Gurry's gang of train robbers and horse thieves.
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Great Falls
Monn
Ari
Malta
Yortman
Zortman
Winge
Little Rockies
Maltz
Kid" Gurry
Shambacher Shot by Burglar in East Forty-fourth Home
George Shambacher a 56 year old New York real estate dealer was mortally wounded in his dining room as a burglar fired a shot. Mrs Shambacher and son Herman awakened by the pistol blast found him in the dining room and he died within hours. The family believes the intruder surprised Shambacher and fired through an open window.
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New York
George Shhambacher
East Forty-fourth Street
Shambacher
Beautiful Woman Dies by Her Own Hand in Berea
Daisy Campbell Norris of Denver shot herself at her brother Myron A Campbell’s home in Berea Ohio on Sunday. She was wife of Denver attorney William Norris and daughter of the late Dr A Z Campbell. Melancholia from illness and domestic trouble is believed to have caused the tragedy.
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Evelyn
Thawna Bt Waa
Iim
Berea, O
Daisy Campbell Norris
Denver
Col
Myron A. Campbell
Wiliam Norris
D A R Members Gather for National Convention
Washington April 1 Hundreds of delegates from every section have arrived for the annual Daughters of the American Revolution convention. The event opens Monday at Continental Memorial hall with Mrs. Donald McLean serving as president and headquarters established for incoming delegates.
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Washington
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Continental Memorial Hall
Donald McLean
Lelexaies
Uvlom
Indians Will Protest to President Roosevelt over Forest Reserve
Three Quinault representatives left the reservation at Aberdeen Washington to protest to President Roosevelt against plans to include the Quinault reservation in the Olympia forest reserve. Reports have circulated that the government intends to place the reservation in the reserve, a move opposed by some tribal members.
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Aberdeen
Wash
Quinault
Washington
Roosevelt
Olympia Forest Reserve
Thribe
Durbin dies. famed Rocky Mountain cattle and mime figure
John He Durbin, known for pioneering cattle ranching and mime performances in the Rocky Mountain region, died Sunday in Denver at age afew years after contracting pneumonia. He once owned the Home Stake mine in Dead Wood.
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Gattle King Durbin
Denver
Cal
John He Durbin
Durbin
Rocky Mountain
President Roosevelt Arbor Day message to U S children
Roosevelt urges school children to honor Arbor Day in April by planting and preserving forests. He warns of a future shortage if trees are wasted and calls forestry a public duty taught in schools. The speech stresses national values and citizen responsibility. THAW HAS A QUIET SUNDAY reports Thaw’s Sunday at the Tombs with his wife blocked by prison rules.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Arbor City
Cley
Wilsdon
Theodore Roosevelt
Feud Violence Ties Murder to Hargis-Cockrell Conflict
Clay Thomas was arrested in Owsley County and jailed in Beattyville on Sunday night for the murder of Jesse Abner in his county the prior Thursday. Thomas says Abner struck him with a rock and rode near, prompting him to draw a revolver and fire. The killing stems from the Hargis-Cockrell feud in which John Abner is a central figure.
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Beattyville
Clay Thomas
Owsley County
Jesse Abner
Thomas
Abner
Blu
John Abner
New World's Record in Swimming at Sydney
David Billington, profussione swimmer, set a world record by swimming a mile in 17 minutes 36 seconds at Sydney New World event.
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Sydney
N.S. Wi
David Billington
Chicago Defeats St Louis in American League Play
Chicago defeated St Louis on Sunday by a score of 6 to 2. The box shows Chicago with 6 runs, 10 hits, 1 error and St Louis with 2 runs, 9 hits, 4 errors. The game report comes from St Louis dated April 15.
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Chicago
St Louis
St. Loui
St. Louis
Notable public figures, disasters, and scandals in brief
John W. Yerkes is cited as former commissioner of Internal Revenue. Fatal blasts kill eight near Gunter Texas. Kingston Jamaica suffers damage from a strong quake. Willan H. Buesbirg blown to pieces by dynamite near Fort Wayne Indiana. Miner L. A. Hicks entombed 15 days near Itakersfeld elopes with a butcher’s wife in Lodi. Morris Lippman of New York dies from a fall at home. Mrs. Alexander D. Brown of Baltimore announces engagement to coachman Charles Kautmer, 82 years younger. Winnipeg police raid Canadian Stack Grab offices and arrest all on charges of running and frequenting a bucket shop.
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John W. Yerkes
Internal Revenue
Gunter
Tex
Kingston
Jamaica
Willan H. Buesbirg
Fort Wayne
Ind
L. A. Hicks
Itakersfeld
Lodi
Col
Morris Lippman
New York
Alexander D. Brown
Baltimore
Charles Kautmer
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Canadian Stack Grab Company
Remn
Crowe dies of self inflicted wound at Pittsburgh theater
Robert M. Crowe 23 nephew of C. Meck Downey president of Union Trust died Sunday after shooting himself in the abdomen while watching a performance in a local theater last Wednesday. The incident in a crowded box caused a near panic and was linked to financial difficulties.
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Pittsburg
Robert M. Crowe
C. Meck Downey
Union Trust Company
Crewe
Breaks Algeciras Pact Tangier Drainage Contract
Paris reports the Moroccan foreign board awarded a Tangier public drainage system and a sea embankment to a German firm for 190000 dollars. The award is seen as breaking the Algeciras agreement and linked to private firm involvement in a public utility project.
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Paris
Tanier
Temps
Tangier
Paris Cop Expels George Sutton Under Prevention Law
Paris reports police issued an expulsion order against George Sutton, American ward player, under the prevention of gambling law. A 48 hour delay for expulsion was granted. Russian Assassins Routed in Minsk. police killed one officer, two wounded, two captured after gunfight near governor's palace. Big fire in Louisiana left 500 to 600 homeless. 42 buildings including church and town hall destroyed in Westwego. Italian officer shot in New York. Gavornale mortally wounds three officers in Washington Square before fleeing. Wreck near Sullivan, Ohio kills engineer Mempsen. three coaches derail but no passengers injured.
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Paris
George Sutton
Billleed
Minsk
Russia
Louisiana
New Orleans
Weatwego
Mississippi River
New York
George M. Sechler
Alfred Select
Charles Vincenzo
Salvatore Gavornale
Bean
Washington Square
West Third Street
Sechier
Sullivan
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Jr. Mempsen
Explosion on dredger George W. Allen kills two Spaniards
An explosion aboard the dredger George W. Allen working on the Florida East Coast railway line at Key West on Sunday caused two deaths, eight injuries, and extensive burns to four of the wounded on arms and face.
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Key West
Fla
George W. Allen
Florida East Coast
Covington Jury Reports Disagreement in Bribe Trial
In Little Rock Arkansas on April 15 the jury in former State Senator Covington's bribery case reported a disagreement and was discharged after six hours out. Covington, a former president of the state house, drew wide attention to the trial. In London a Camden church on Peckham Road suffered a fire damage destroying the historic structure designed by Ruskin.
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Covington
Little Rock
Ark
Vome
Elsre
London
Camden
Peckham Road
Ruskin
Truskin
Fire destroys major Baker University structure in Kan
The Ripley building at Baker University, Kan, one of its largest and most important structures, burned early Sunday. Loss estimated at 60,000 dollars with 13,000 dollars insured.
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Baker University
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