Thaw White murder probe expands with grand jury action
New York reports renew inquiry into the Thaw White case as District Attorney Jerome returns. Witnesses including Evelyn Nesbit Thaw expected to testify. William Bedford Thaw dies after appendectomy, while associates of Stanford White flee New York amid revelations of White led orgies and high society involvement.
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New York
William Bedford
Thaw
Presbyterian Hospital
Stanford White
Harry Kendall Thaw
Orcutt
Europe
Mr. White
White
Madison Square Garden
John’ Doe
Nott
Garvan
Olcott
Scandalized Quakers Reveal White Dinner Scheme
Philadelphia reports recount Stanford White staging a controversial English fast set meal in Girard avenue with about ten girls and five or six men. Guests allegedly gambling with dice forced the girls to remove clothing and prizes were offered for the longest-lasting strip during each course.
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Philadelphia
Stanford White
Walton Hotel
Girard Avenue
White
Stanford White Insured for Large Sums by Major Companies
New York reports the killer blow to Stanford White affects major insurers. White held over 500000 in life policies, mainly with the Equitable Life, totaling 215000 in that company alone. Beneficiary is Mrs White. Recent attempts to increase coverage were blocked by kidney trouble. No claims filed yet, and murder does not void policies.
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Stanford White
New York
Harry Thaw
White
Equitable
Roosevelt names new Isthmian Canal Commission lineup
President Roosevelt appoints a six member istmian canal commission after senate inaction. Theodore P. Shonts will chair with John F. Stevens Charles I Magellon Brigadier General Peter C Haines Mordecai Endicott and Benjamin M Marrod as members. Stevens remains chief engineer while Ernst retires and Jog Bucklin Bishop serves as secretary.
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Washington
Senate
Isthmian Canal Commission
Roosevelt
Theodore P. Shonts
John F. Stevens
Charles I. Magellon
Peter C. Haines
Mordecai Endicott
United States
Benjamin M. Marrod
Stevens
Ernst
Army
International Waterways Commission
Bucklin Bishop
Vegetarian pioneer H D Perky dies after riding accident
Henry D. Perky, notable advocate of vegetarianism and inventor of breakfast cereals, dies at 68 in Oread Baltimore County after a fall from a horse. Once poor, he built wealth from food ventures and founded the Bread Institute in Worcester. He claimed Pilgrim diet led to the Civil War and later spoke publicly on diet and health.
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Baltimore
Henry D. Perky
New England
Oread
Baltimore County
Perky
Mr. Perky
Nebraska
Bread Institute
Worcester
Mass
New York Vegetarian Society
Pilgrim Fathers
Cannon Plans Solo Campaign Tour in September and October
Speaker Cannon will devote September and October to campaign work across many congressional districts. He aims to aid Republican candidates and boost his own presidential chances for 1908. His expenses will be paid by several House members supporting his bid, highlighting his reliance on corporate interests from his congressional record.
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Washington
Cannon
House
Congress
Lodge says perjury is unimportant
Boston July 2 United States Senator Henry Cabot Lodge testified before the grand jury in the Moran campaign contributions inquiry. He refused to disclose the questions but deemed the matter unimportant. Moran countered that if perjury is unimportant the investigation’s subject is unim portant.
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Boston
United States
Henry Cabot Lodge
Grand Jury
Moran
Lodge
Iowa Boy Missing Believed Kidnapped by Road Agents
Clarke Russell a 19 year old Burlington merchant’s son is missing after a planned walk from Salt Lake City to Denver. He telegraphed his intention to travel on foot and asked his father to meet him in Denver. The father sent $50 by telegraph but the boy left Salt Lake before the money arrived and has not been heard from since. He is presumed dead.
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Eirls
Tower
Manhattan
White
Lord Ralston
Thaw
Pittsburg
Madison Square Tower
Manhattan Club
Lionel Lawrence
Roof Garden
Fulton
Lawrence
Clarke Russell
Denver
Colo
S. A. Russell
Burlington
Salt Lake City
Young Russell
Utah City
Russell
Western Union
Salt Lake
Poisoned picnic search saves thirty two at Jerome
Thirty two people who ate pressed chicken sandwiches at a Ladies Aid society picnic in Jerome Saturday were saved yesterday by doctors who treated them for poisoning with stomach pumps after hours of work.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
Columbus
Jerome
Senate confirms Lane to Interstate Commerce Commission
The Senate in executive session confirmed Franklin Lane of California to be a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission to succeed Governor Joseph W. Fifer. The nomination, sent December 6, faced prior opposition but was supported by Senator Elkins with faltering votes by Foraker Kean and Tillman.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Franklin Lane
California
Interstate Commerce Commission
Joseph W. Fifer
Illinois
Interstate Commerce Committee
Lane
Elkins
Foraker
Kean
Tillman
Flint
Juane
Americans Die As London Train Wreck Claims Many
An American line express carrying 43 passengers from Plymouth to London derailed near Salisbury in a fatal crash. Twenty three passengers died, four railway workers, and about a dozen were injured. Guard Richardson saved the trailing car. The late landing at Plymouth helped many to avoid the disaster. The cause is under inquiry amid rival-line tensions.
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Salisbury
Eng
London Southwestern Railway
American Line
New York
Plymouth
London
de Walter
Toronto
Cassier
Louis
Trumbull
Conn
Cossitt
Frederick Henry
Phickh
B. L
C. W
Chicago
Harding
Dudley P
West Ninety-fifth Street
Hitchcock
L. N
Central Park West
Howieson
Mary F
West Thirty
Sentell
Blanche M
Smith
Walter W
Dayton
O. Smith
Eleanor
Gerard
O. Waite
Lillias Hurd
Fifth Avenue
Naw
York
Goeppinger
UIS
Keeler
Jules
Thompson
W. H
Allen
C. V
Kitchell
Robert S
Griswold
I. S
Borough Heath
Epsom
Koch
Allentown
Anna
Cockburn
Rask
Norfolk Street
Park Lane
Southampton
England
Lenton
Robbins
Fisherton Street
Richardson
Salilsbury
Salisburs
Tho
Gentel
Edward W. Stentell
Whitelaw Reid
America
Critchell
Great Western
Zelaya Son Reconciles With Wife Plans Return to Nicaragua
Washington reports an estranged couple, Alphonse Zelaya and his wife, have reconciled after three weeks apart. He says they will sail to Nicaragua to seek forgiveness and move to reassure the president, who opposed their marriage. The pair cite money and status as motives for reconciliation and note meetings with the White House. He seeks letters of recommendation for a Nicaragua firm in which the president is financially involved.
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Washington
Nicaragua
Alphonse Zelaya
Zelaya
Alphonse
New York
United States
White House
Bluefield Steel Engraving Company
Circus Tent Collapse Kills Two At Aurora Illinois
A Ringling Bros tent collapsed in a wind storm at Aurora Illinois injuring several and killing Matthew Bury of Aurora and William Cress of Geneva. Five thousand spectators watched as 18 elephants were restrained by keepers and rescue crews responded within twenty minutes. The storm damaged area buildings and caused a panic among women and children.
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Chicago
Aurora
Ringling Bros
Matthew Bury
William Cress
Geneva
Cress
Saloon Closures Sweep Kansas City After Aggressive Threat
Kansas City Kansas on June 30 reports every saloon closed and clubhouses with no liquor sold. Assistant Attorney General Trickett’s threat to destroy joint buildings forced actions. Bar fixtures and liquor stocks moved to the Missouri side overnight.
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Kansas City
Kan
The
Elks
the Ogres
Trickett
Missouri
Bees Sting Man to Cure Rheumatism in Philadelphia Event
A Philadelphia man endures 166 bee stings to test a theory that bee venom cures rheumatism. He reports temporary relief after a hive incident, drawing hundreds to an east coast bee convention. In Bridgeport a trolley car was halted for fifteen minutes by four honey bees defending a wire-cut box case.
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Philadelphia
Frank McGlynn
W. A. Selzer
Old York Road
Jenkintown
East
McGlynn
Bridgeport
Conn
Shelton
Connecticut Street Railway and Lighting Company
Stratford
Will Owens
Peter Osterwies
Osterweis
Tiley
Pete
Owens
Peter
Harvard Wins the Great Varsity Race in New London
Harvard varsity eight defeated Yale in a dramatic mile and a half race before a record crowd in New London. The Crimson led late and held off a strong Yale challenge with final split of two lengths and a half, time 23:02 to Yale 25:11, amid celebrations as Cambridge fans flooded the Thames.
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New London
Conn
Harvard
Yale
Crimson
Ldarvard
Boulton and Noyes
Noyes
Chase
No. 6
Boulter
Barkelow
Cambridge
Thames
Wiarward
Pearance Yale
C.cccscesscccecseeees
National People's Party Holds Annual Conference in St Louis
The national committee of the People's Party met in St Louis on June 29, adjourned sine die after adopting a resolution backing the conference’s reform centralization, approving a general party address, and authorizing ongoing organizing work by Colonel H L Bentley to lead club federation. Aimed to raise 4000 dollars yearly for federation expenses and to establish a party publication.
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National Committee of the
People’s Party
St. Louis
National Committee of the People's Party
James H. Werriss
Joliet
Ill
H. J. Mullin
Tennessee
People's Party
Conference Provisional Committee
H. L. Bentley
Texas
United States
People’s Party Club
Club Federation
National Party
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Ovce
I. W. Rourk
Uptown
Thomas Beet
Vanderbilt Building
Rourk
Buarry Kendall Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit
McKkim, Mead & White
No. 160
White Town House
Gumercy, Park
Panama Canal
H. D. Perky
Pie
Diet
Massachusetts
Iowa
Interstate Commission
English City
Young Zelaya
Ringling
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