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New York Times

Location

New York, New York, United States of America

Date

Dec 26, 1908

Page

3

Ethics of the Law Is a Prosecution Record Says Darrin

Queens District Attorney Ira G. Darrin defends his conduct in the Hains murder case, insisting witnesses were fully examined and the defense would still lack credibility. He notes he may lose practice but vows to stand by courtroom ethics and truth, while Major John P. Hains suffers a congestive chill.

Ira G. Darrin Queens County Thornton Jenkins Hains William E. Annis Bayside Yacht Club the Times The Bar Association West Forty-fourth Street Darrin People of Queens Jesperson Douglas Manor Hains Mr. Shay Hearst TIMES John P. Hains Peter C. Hains T. Jenkins Hains Peter Hains Queensounty Gen. Hains Hainses Sheriff Harvey

Weather Bureau forecast for cotton and grain states

The forecasted outlook from the Weather Bureau covers Saturday and Sunday for several states. North Carolina and South Carolina expect fair weather with cold spells. Georgia and Illinois anticipate fair and warmer conditions. Mississippi and Louisiana fair with warmth and some cold spells. Indiana Michigan and Wisconsin show varied skies with some snow flurries and colder nights.

New York Times Washington United States Weather Bureau North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Tilaboma Mississippi Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska

Sailorless Boston Schooner Sinks Near Nantucket Shoals

The Boston schooner Harry Messer with three thousand tons of soft coal drifted across Nantucket Shoals and settled on Handkerchief Shoal three miles offshore. After taking on water and abandoning ship, crew and Monomoy life-saving crews boarded to attempt refloating but abandoned the effort as the vessel threatened to sink.

Chatham Mass Boston Harry Messer Nantucket Shoals Handkerchief Shoal Messer Baltimore Dennis Cape Shore Pierce Pollock Rip Monomoy Point

Freight liners reach Boston after savage Atlantic gale

The Lancastrian from Liverpool and the Hellenes from South America arrived in Boston after severe storms. The Lancastrian reports a big sea swept her bow and damaged hatch and ventilators. The Hellenes' wheel chain broke off Nantucket lightship, flooding engine rooms, yet the ship steadied and repairs followed. A carrier pigeon from Antwerp was found on deck, its leg band read 7,977 with a 70 mark.

Boston Liverpool South America Anderson Hellenes Nantucket Shoals Antwerp Belgium Brazil

May abolish committees in New York Assembly

Albany Dec 25 talks center on forming a new Assembly Committee on Public Service Corporations and dissolving the Railroads and Gas Electricity and Water Committees. Leader Merritt backs the move with Railroads Chair open after Wainwright's Senate elevation. Potential chair candidates include Waddell Hamm Yale and Hamm with others under review.

New York Times Albany Assembly Majorit Edward A. Merritt Wainwright Senate Assemblyman Waddell Warren Monroe Surpress Weber Kings Yale Putnam Hamm Wayne

Pennsylvania Moves to Enforce Dormant Eye Health Law

State Health Commissioner Dixon seeks to enforce a 1895 law to reduce infant ophthalmia neonatorum blindness. The rule requires nurses or caregivers to report eye inflammation within six hours and for health officers to notify parents if immediate treatment is not provided.

Harrisburg Penn Dixon Pennsylvania Pennsylvania School For the Blind

Strange Disease in Mexico Sweeps Hermosillo

Reports from Hermosillo Sonora describe a mysterious illness killing many residents rapidly. Physicians cannot diagnose it and deaths occur within a day or two, prompting fear and mass departures from the area.

EL Paso Texas Hermosillo Sonora Mexico

Taft intimidation accusations roil Ohio Senate fight

Columbus reports claims that Taft backers pressurize lawmakers to back Charles P. Taft for the Senate. Representative A. B. Canfield and Carl Braun allege threats and loss of business if they oppose Taft, while Burton supporters push a new plan to award the nomination to the first legislator with 46 votes.

New York Times Columbus Ohio Charles P. Taft Senate A. B. Canfield Fulton County Taft Theodore E. Burton Carl Braun Malcolm Karshner State Committee Braun Karshner Burton Assembly Taft People Cleveland James E. Campbell

Historians Gather for 24th American Historical Association Meet

Eminent scholars from across the nation convene in Washington and Richmond for three days of sessions. A joint meeting with the American Political Science Association features James Bryce delivering the opening address at the New Willard Hotel.

Washington American Historical Association Richmond American Political Science Association New Willard Hotel James Bryce Bryce William Nelson New Jersey Historical Society James Ford Rhodes Talcott Williams Philadelphia Press New Willard Jefferson Hotel Georgeb The Historical Association

Cholera Spike Reported in St Petersburg

St Petersburg records a cold wave day with thirty one new cholera cases and thirteen deaths. Two hundred twenty five patients with cholera are hospitalized across the city.

St. Petersburg

Rail lines settle terminal charges for New York area

New York, New Haven & Hartford and New York Central officials agree on terminal charges in New York City. Pro rata payments for Woodlawn to Fifty-seventh Street trackage, readjustable, with about 7 cents per passenger. Grand Central rental tied to New Haven cars entering the terminal.

New Haven, Conn New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company New York Central Railroad Company New York City Woodlawn Fifty-seventh Street New Haven Corporation Grand Central Station New Haven Company New York Central Grand Central Terminal

Bandit Henry Starr Offers Surrender to Oklahoma

Gov Haskell in Guthrie reports Starr the bandit is ready to surrender and stand trial in Oklahoma if guaranteed immunity from extradition to other states. Starr faces charges in several states, but the governor says no such arrangement will be made.

Guthrie Oklahoma Haskell Henry Starr Starr

Towne Overdraft Suit Aims Four Thousand Plus

Jerome Dudley Gedney counsel for the People's Bank of East Orange said a suit was brought against Edward B Towne Jr accountant for the Matheson Company for overdrafts on an account. He claimed the bank seeks four thousand dollars or more and may pursue Towne if possible.

Jerome Dudley Gedney People’s Bank of East Orange Edward B. Towne, Jr Matheson Company Gedney Towne Mr. Gedney

Princeton Engineer Marries Trenton Woman Without Warning

Miss Marion E. Schlingermann of Trenton wed Ogden Dutcher, a New York civil engineer, on Nov 11 at St Patrick's Cathedral New York. The couple married without the bride’s stepfather James Comfort or her mother’s knowledge and later sought forgiveness.

New York Times Trenton N. J Marion E. Schlingermann Ogden Dutcher New York James E. Comfort Enoch Dutcher West Eighty-second Street

Five Men Shot in Hopkinsville Whisky Fight

Five negroes were seriously wounded in a county rifle clash in southern Hopkinsville Kentucky. Charles Sanders allegedly tried to steal a jug of whisky and was shot as the incident sparked a large general fight with nearly a hundred shots exchanged.

Hopkinsville Charles Sanders

Miss Violet Mac Millan Recovers After Detroit Op

Miss Violet Mac Millan, leading woman of The Time Place and the Girl, had surgery at Harper Hospital during her Detroit engagement and has recovered to return to her New York home.

New York Times Detroit Violet MacMillan Harper Hospital New York

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