Thaw denies rumors in third statement from jail
New York March 3 Tarry K Thaw issued a public denial of rumors of dissension among his counsel. He describes affidavits prepared with Mes Hartridge Peabody and Delmas to counter a proposed insanity commission. Mrs Thaw visited the Tombs for a half hour, praising her husband while Jerome prepared a long court statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tarry K. Thaw
Justice Fitzgerald
Lgnncy Commission
A. Tasell Peabody
Thaw
Thaw Ajice
Regig
Delmas
Mes. Hartridge & Peabody
Atantog
Hattridge
Jerome
Fitzgerald
Romanian Cabinet Formed Amid Disorder Hope
Bucharest reports a conservative cabinet has resumed with a liberal ministry formed under M. Sturdza to restore order. In Odessa, the anti-Semitic agitation in Roumania and Bessarabia is linked to Stolypin’s measures. Reports from Sofia note Jewish refugees and landowners fleeing Roumanian peasant violence. In New York, Romanian Jews protest atrocities, raise funds, and press U.S. action through Schiff and the Russian Massacre committee for relief and awareness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucharest
Bes Botn
M. Sturdge
Bremitr
Odessa
Stolypin
Bessarabia
Sofa
Bulgaria
Slislott
Nikopal
New York
Roumanis
Roumsunian Central Relive Committee
Jacob H. Schiff
State Department
Roubiania
Roumania
Schiff
Black Hand Murder in Ohio on Maren Street
In Bellefontaine Ohio a street fight Sunday between three Italian men and three Black Hand members left Joseph Demir dead. He was stabbed by nine bullets and his companion Fred was wounded as assailants fled leaving a blood trail. Salvador Ctra, a merchant with Demir, says the shots may have been meant for him, and police suspect extortion linked to the Black Hand. Demir had $260 on him but his body was not robbed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvador Clra
Denor
G Black
Ctra
Wemnar
Roosevelt Holds White House Meeting On Campaign Plans
Secretary Cortelyou and Timothy Woodruff of New York, chairman of the Republican state committee, conferred with President Roosevelt at the White House for over two hours Sunday night. Woodruff said the talks concerned campaign plans for 1908, but candidates were not discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Cortelyou
Timothy Woodruf
New York
Repubilcan State Committee
Roosevelt
White House
Woodruff
Dam Sinks Into River Near Decorah Iowa
A newly completed concrete dam and powerhouse seven miles east of Decorah collapse into the Upper Iowa River. The wreck causes about 50,000 dollars in losses and authorities suspect springs beneath the river undermined the dam foundations.
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Decorah
Upper Iowa Power Company
Here
Wisconsin Man Dead In Arizona Murder Suspected
The body of John Lelekt, formerly of Sheboygan Wisconsin, was found Sunday afternoon eight miles north of Phoenix. He appears to have been murdered and investigators seek the man who last had his company. Hueston Still Pool Champion keeps title in New York event with Jerome Keogh.
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Wisconsin
Arizona
Phoenix
Ariz
John Lelekt
Sheboygan
Wis
Lelekt
Leicht
Hueston
New York
Thomas Hueston
St. Louis
Jerome Keogh
Buffalo
Keogh
Franco Siamese Treaty Draws France In Control Of Provinces
Bangkok March 24 France obtains three rich Siamese provinces Sattana bong Hangkok and Sisophon covering about 12 600 square tons in exchange for Port Kral and the recession of Sansa along the frontier. The Franco Siamese treaty was signed Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Bangkok
Siam
Sattanabong
Hangkok
Sisophon
Port Kral
Sansa
Famine Threatens Chinese Dynasty Amid Uproar Fears
Washington reports Shanghai advices warn the Chinese dynasty faces possible general uprising as famine manipulation by seditionary groups grows. Viceroy Tu an Fang seeks 1 million to buy East Indian rice. U S and European nations mobilize aid to avert foreign unrest and protect nationals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Shanghai
State Department
China
State Department of Fields
Tuan Fang
America
United States
Fut Ture
Buford
San Francisco
Louis Klopych
Christian Herald
Avery White
Sporting Goods Burned in Chicago Store Fire
Fire at A. G. Spalding & Bros in Chicago destroyed sporting goods worth about 356000 with a 50000 property value for the building. The blaze threatened the Windsor-Curton hotel as staff evacuated guests while the telephone operator kept guests informed. In New York City the California earthquake relief committee reported economic receipts totaling 691979 with 22748 balance transferred to the American National Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
A. G. Spalding & Bros
Wabash Avenue
Windsor-Curton
Jine
Misa Elizabeth Jordan
Gotham
Ching
New York
New York City
California
McClellan
American National Red Cross Society
Bulgarian Plot Rumor Reported Amid Prince Ferdinand Alarm
In Sofia on March 25 reports from usually well informed papers claim police have found evidence of a plot against Prince Ferdinand. The story carries only slight credence and many doubt its certainty.
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Sofa
Bulgaria
Ferdinand
Sparks and suicides mark late wire reports in mixed cities
William Henderson of Oregon City killed his wife and wounded her father before taking his own life. Mrs Mary Peters of Cleveland died by jumping from a bluff into Lake Erie. M Pobledonostseff ex proctor general of the holy synod died in St Petersburg. Ten men passed the first competitive exam for consular positions. Former Senator Joseph I Burton of Kungas spoke of martyrdom and a sugar trust plot. Maj C W Penrose of the fifth infantry was acquitted of neglect of duty in the Brownsville incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Henderson
Oregon City
Ore
Mary Peters
Cleveland
Lake Erie
M. Pobledonostseff
The
Holy Synod
St. Petersburg
Taft Visits Charleston Before Panama Tour
Secretary Taft and party arrived in Charleston on a Sunday morning, met by Mayor Rhett and local citizens, partook in breakfast with 25 officials from navy, army, and city, toured Maznella gardens, then lunched aboard the Mayflower before sailing for the Isthmus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
S. C
Taft
Panama
Cuba
Porto Rico
Rhett
Navy
Army
Maztnella Gardens
Ashby River
Isthmus
Colon
Arthur Sanderson Freed After Not Guilty Verdict
Garland, Missouri jury acquits Arthur Sanderson of murdering Dr. Solomon D. Meredith in Carthage on January 2. After 26 hours deliberation, the defense cites unwritten law parallels as Mrs. Sanderson testifies Meredith had pursued her. Meredith, a former Ritchie, Missouri physician, denied criminal relations in a dying statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garbage
Arthur Sanderson
Solomon D. Meredith
Carthage
Meredith
Weather shifts as hot wave breaks. cooling follows in east
Washington reports the hot wave has been broken in the east and Ohio valley though warmth remains in the south and southwest for several days. Albany New York and much of New England see Sunday rain. Prof Franklinfield predicts several weeks of cooler weather ahead. Meat and dairy exports from the United States last year reached over 250 million dollars, up 45 percent in the decade 1895 to 1905, per the bureau of statistics. A Negro lynching in Alabama near Florence is reported with Cleveland Harding killed by Mrs Rice’s husband and mob. 200 to 300 sympathizers witnessed the shooting after the escape attempt. In Salonika a British boy, Robert Abbott, age 10, was kidnapped from near his father’s garden by unknown captors near the British consulate, likely for ransom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Yeather Bureau
Ohio Valley
Weather Bureau
Albany
N. Y
New England
Frankenfield
Marcus
United States
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
Alabama
Florence
Akla
Cleveland Harding
Wen Rice
Salonika
Turkey
Robert Abbott
Arden
Burton Set Free and Announces Newspaper Plan
Former Kansas senator Joseph R. Burton leaves Ironton jail after six months for a federal statue violation. He announces a newspaper will serialize the history of his case and discuss conditions in government, while promising no revenge and stressing truthfulness. Burton departs with Mrs. Burton and niece Dorothy Mitchell for St Louis en route to Abilene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ironton
Joseph Ralph Burton
United States
Kansas
St. Louis
Burton
Viané
Tam
Tam Wos
J. R. Burton
Miss Dorothy Mitchell
Abilene
Kan
Fire Rips Pine Bluff Plant and Dwellings
A massive blaze at a Pine Bluff lumber plant and nearby cottages caused extensive damage to the Ding City Lusiber company facility and stored lumber. The estimated loss reaches 700000 dollars as water pressure failed to subdue the flames and dynamite helped raze several nearby cottages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Bluff
Ark
Ding
City Lusiber Company
Fie
Incider
Blum Ciry Lumber Company
Wife Slayers Sentence Commuted by Governor Hughes
Albany March 23 The sentence of James Flaherty who has served 24 years in Auburn prison for killing his wife in Brooklyn in 1902 was commuted Friday by Gov Hughes permitting his release on Monday. The governor received a petition from Maud Ballicgeon Booth of the Volunteers of America urging clemency. Mrs Booth contemplates placing Flaherty in charge of a cottage in her colony at Hone Hall Louisiana.
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Albany
James Flaherty
Auburn
Brooklyn
Got. Hughes
Maud Ballicgéon Booth
The
Volunteers of America
Michigan Historian Declines Yale Chair Offer
Professor Claude H. K. Van Tyne of the University of Michigan declines Yale University’s offer for the chair of American history. The confirmation notes his continued leadership at Michigan as of March 25 in Ann Arbor.
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Yale
Eleven Race Horses Burned at Sheepshead Bay Track
New York March 25 Eleven race horses were burned to death in a fire that destroyed three buildings at the Sheepshead Bay race track Sunday. The loss is estimated at twenty thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Deathinaire
Sheepshead Bay
Shot Down in Cold Blood in Armourdale and Carmi Schoolhouse Tragedy
In Armourdale Kansas Charles Jacobs an 18 year old Syrian immigrant was shot dead at his home by unknown assailants. He worked for his grocer uncle D Jacobs who has faced threats for weeks. In Carmi Illinois George Nicholson fatally shot Jona Kurd at a country schoolhouse after Kurd criticized his daughter in closing exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansan City
Ald
Charles Jacobs
Armourdale
Ken
Jacobs
Tmcle
D. Jacobs
Carmi
George Nicholson
Jona Kurd
Kurd
Nicholson
Multiple Homicide and Accidents Hit Various Locales
A sequence of brief items reports Arthur Bean killing his wife with an ax in North Baltimore Ohio and then dying by suicide. Four workmen were killed in a collapse near a Northern Pacific tunnel in Lombar Montana. The Warren House in Randolph Massachusetts burned with guests escaping unharmed, losses estimated at 30000. H Clay Ewing former Missouri attorney general died in Jefferson City at 79. A Nome Alaska feud ends in Coldfield Nevada with Jack Hines killing Count Podhorski of Warsaw. All Rolling Fork Mississippi grand jurors indict themselves for violating the Sunday law and are fined 20 dollars.
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Arthur Bean
North Baltimore
Lombar
Mont
Warren House
Randolph
Mass
H. Clay Ewing
Miraouri
Jeferson City
Nome
Als Ka
Coldfield
Nev
Jack Hines
Count Podhorski
Warsaw
Russia
Rolling Fork
Miss
Booth
Conflagration Hits Ironton Lumber Plant and Stables
A major fire in Ironton Ohio destroyed the Ironton Lumber company plant and nearby lumber piles causing substantial losses. Within minutes a frame stable on Fifth Street caught fire from burning roof debris. several residences of local residents were destroyed as winds spread the flames. Separately Secretary Taft revised the eight hour law for river and harbor works, narrowing its application to mechanics and laborers aboard dredges and steamers, not captains or deckhands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Ohio
Ironton
Ironton Lumber Company
Tamber
Fifth Street
W. P. Lewis
Fred Bonscheli
H. H. Campbell
Mat Anderson
John B. Stroebel
Leonard Hoffman
Washington
Taft
City Burning in Grand Forks Incendiary Fire
An incendiary fire in Grand Forks Minnesota destroyed city hall fire station and electric light plant early morning. Loss estimated at 60000 dollars as firemen barely escaped the collapsing structures in action.
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Grand Forks
A G Biles Convicted of Murder in Missouri Court
Arthur Biles, son of Robert Biles of Kansas City, convicted in the circuit court Priday of first degree murder for the death of Robert Harvey of Osage City. Prosecutors allege Biles drugged and robbed Harvey, his death resulting from the overdose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Biles
St. Louis
Arthur ©. Biles
Rovert Biles
Kansas City
Rovert Harvey
Osage City
Biles
Harvey
Grain and commodity prices in market report
The markets section shows grain and provisions with quotes for wheat corn oats butter eggs and turkeys. Spot and futures prices appear mixed with May and July contracts noted and several grades listed for flour and meal along with regional references to Duluth and New York.
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Bcpala
Nety York
Mareti
Duluth
Stige
Ste
Live Stock Prices and Market Speech From Omaha and Guengo
Market report for March 2 shows cattle prices varying by grade with heifers cows and steers listed, plus stockers and bulls. Heavy shipping sows and mixed packers priced, sheep market steady with yearlings wethers and ewes noted, reflecting a slow to steady trend in the mixed markets.
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Omaha
Neb
UGG
BMG
Wethers
Ewes
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Victoria
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Edward
William
Paltingham
Wash
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Howe Sound
Vancouver
Roumanian
Sturdza
Bellefontaine
Tim Woodruff
Spalding & Bros
Secretary of War
Dr. Meredith
East
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