Thaw Trial Ends Examinations Amid Diary Revelations
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw’s witness stand proceeding nears conclusion as Jerome wraps cross examination and Mrs Thaw is excused. Trial coverage notes Hummel’s testimony blocked, diary extracts amuser the court, and defense argues collateral facts.
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New York
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Stanford White
Jerome
Britton D Evans
Charles G Wagner
Justice Fitzgerals
Mra Thaw
Branford White
Europe
Thaw
Evelyn
Acoo
Army Men for the Canal and Reorganization of the Commission
President Roosevelt transfers Panama Canal construction to the engineer branch of the army and resigns Stevens as engineer in charge. The new plan names Maj G W Goethals, Maj Du B Galliard, and Maj William L Sibert to lead engineering with Senator Blackburn joining the reorganized commission. Shonts and others await retirement as the body shifts to army officer leadership to ensure continuous work.
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Washington
Isthmian Canal Commission
Roosevelt
Army
Panama Canal
John F Stevens
Shonts
New York
Panama Railroad Company
Engineer Corps
G. W. Goethals
du B. Galliard
William L. Sibert
Joseph C. &., Blackburn
Kenetucky
United States Senate
Reorganized Commission
Senate
Messrs
Stevens
Haines
Endicott
Herrod
Gorgas
Jackson Smith
Acta
Mesers
Shoats
Blackburn
Army Engineers
Principal Maxwell and 16 Children Die in Montreal School Fire
A Montreal Hochelaga school fire killed Principal Maxwell and sixteen children after smoke-choked stairways trapped them. Firefighters rescued many on ladders. Maxwell sacrificed herself to search for others as smoke intensified. The two story brick building lacked fire escapes and the tragedy followed the furnace blaze.
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Montreal
Que
Maxwell
Hochelaga
Protestant School Commission
Miss Maxwell
Carson
Multiple 1900s U.S. and international news items cited
A compilation lists diverse events from 1900s headlines including a Augusta grocer killing a police officer, a Denver man confessing to poisoning his wife and daughter, a Paris jeweler losing gems valued at 200000, the battleship Connecticut sailing with typhoid cases, Rhodes scholars at Oxford, Salt Lake City officials accused of fleecing travelers, a royal order letter to King Menelik, a schooner Hilda feared lost, a veteran Atlanta journalist’s death, the Atlanta Sun founder, a Kansas City terminal agreement costing 50000000 and a passenger station price of 2000000.
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E. M. Puller
Augusta
Benjamin C Wright
Denver
M. Schiff
Paris
Connecticut
Guantanamo
University of Oxford
Salt Lake City
Archbshop
Nuttall
Kingston
King Menelik
Abyssinia
Roosevelt
Hilda
Philadelphia
Savannah
J Henley Smith
Atlanta
Alexander H Stephens
Atlanta Sun Ap
Kansas City
Nebraska Bans Cigarette Smoking by Under 18
Lincoln February 27 The Nebraska house passed a bill prohibiting youths under 18 from smoking in public places as part of a special business session. Senate leaders expect quick passage and a governor’s signature before adjournment.
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Jefferson City
Senate
Ely
Hadley
House
Board of Directors
Lincoln
Neb
Washington
Markets show mixed grain and livestock figures across cities
Chicago and New York trade data reveal steady to firm prices for flour, wheat, corn, oats, butter, eggs, and poultry. Chicago lists spring wheat at 70, various export bags, and cattle and hogs ranges, while New York notes steady flour, spot wheat and corn prices, and mixed livestock quotes across regions.
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Chicago
Minneapolis
Mark Net
Enana
New York
Duluth
Yellow
Harriman Is Its Debate Begins
The Interstate Commerce Commission session featured E. H. Harriman as witness amid disclosures on Illinois Central funds misconduct and stock transfers. The hearing explored Union Pacific’s charges, Southern Pacific shares tied to Rockefeller, and broader railroad regulation debates.
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New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
E. H Harriman
Stuyvesant Fish
Ilinois Central
Southern Pacific
William G Rockefeller
James R. Keene
Union
Union Pacific
Southwest
Northwest
Fish
Illinois Central
Gay time in Ponce and North Carolina legislature clash
In Ponce Puerto Rico on February 27 members of a Midwestern commercial club were warmly received and entertained during a Panama voyage with funds approved by Gay Winthrop but later trimmed by local authorities. In Raleigh North Carolina an altercation occurred when Congressman elect Ron Hackett clashed with Representative G Bryant as Bryant drew a knife and charged Hackett before being disarmed.
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Ponce
Porto Rico
Commercial Club of Horror
Chicago
Cincinnati
St Laurin
Panama
Mring Joachim
Gay Winthrop
Jegislature
Joachim
North Carolina
Ron Hackett
Hryant Hackett
Express Companies Yield to Revised Rate Schedule
St Paul Minnesota February 27 express firms meeting with the joint legislative committee announced acceptance of the railroad and warehouse commission rate schedule. They cited an average rate reduction of about 26 percent under the current rates. Pest closes amusement places in Jefferson City Missouri as smallpox concerns rise. The state health board recommended closures of theaters skating rinks dance halls and all public amusement venues.
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St Paul Minn
Joint Legislative Committee
Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Jefferson City
State Board of Health
Fatal Basement Fire at Fair Novelty Store, 226 South Spring
Fire originating in the basement of the Fair Novelty store in a five story brick German building at 226 South Spring Street, Los Angeles, broke out shortly after one on Tuesday. One woman died. several others were endangered and property loss ran into many thousands.
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Los Angeles
Fair Novelty
South Spring Street
Ous
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J. L. Oakleaf
Eagles Bay Collins Property
Mrs. Thaw
Blocks Hummel
Delmas
Atterbury
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Mineral Point
Des Moines
Knoxville
K. Davis
Es Bessie
H. O. Green
Shaw
Head Trust Company
Truro
N 8
Intercolonial Railroad
Jon Montréal
Halifax
Broskefielt
Ene
Kentucky
Big
Frankfort
Hays
Franklin Circuit
Franklin County
Southern Pacific Railway Company
Kentucky Board of Valuation and Assessment
Journal
Adlets
Nebraska
Grand Trunk
Guelph, Ont
Guelph
John
Donte
Stratford
Charles Rankin Stratford
H . Washer
Peterborout
Omaha
Stroy
Texas
Commerce Commission
Harriman
Grosvenor
Ohio
Naval Army Fortification and District of Columbia
Rosebud Indian Reserve
South Dakota
Ormescer Fowler
Ind
Charles 8
Comley
Benton County
George W Sears
Kankakee
Charles Mills
John Koble
Big Four Company
Edward W Tripp
Lansing
J Lanyder
Michigan Agricultural College
Mich
Lawton Monument
Indianapolis
Albany
George W Perks
Minnesota Commission
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