Tillman Custody Suit Opens Over Granddaughters
In Washington on January 23 1910 Mrs Jucy Tillman wife of Senator Ben Tillman seeks habeas corpus against her husband alleging his keeping their two daughters Douschka five and Sarah three from their mother. Senator Tillman defends noting a South Carolina deed transfers to his son and that the case will test the legality of that transfer with a Supreme Court hearing planned in Columbia.
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New York Times
Washington
Tillman
Columbia
D. C
District of Columbia
Congress
Jucy Dugas
South Carolina
F. W. Pickens
Douschka
Sarah
Supreme Court of
South
Jeffers
Baltimore
Hyattsville, Md
Seattle
Normandie Hotel
The
Normandie
Trenton
Mamie Brady
Tillman case headed for Supreme Court to recover children
Mrs Lucy Dugas Tillman wife of B R Tillman Jr files habeas corpus in the South Carolina Supreme Court seeking the return of her infant children Kuschka and Sarah from Senator Tillman and his wife. The petition follows her separation from her husband.
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New York Times
Columbia
S. C
Lucy Dugas Tillman
B. R. Tillman, Jr
Supreme Court
Kuschka
Sarah
Tillman
Pinchot Named President Of National Conservation Association
Washington Jan 23 Gifford Pinchot former Government Forester is elected to succeed Dr Charles W Eliot as President of the National Conservation Association with Eliot retaining an honorary presidency Pinchot will take active charge tomorrow The association formed last July in Cambridge Mass aims to promote conservation through broad membership and to extend its reach nationwide under Eliot’s guidance and committee action leading to a vigorous membership drive in every state and territory
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Washington
Gifford Pinchot
Charles W. Eliot
National Conservation Association
Dr. Eliot
Pinchot
Eliot
Association
Peekskill Picked as New State Prison Site
The State selects the Peekskill camp grounds as the new prison site to replace Sing Sing. A bill will be introduced. Supt. Collins and the State Prison Commission, with Legislative committee chairs Hill and Merritt, back the choice. Bear Mountain land abandonment and gifts to create a riverfront park influenced the move. $255,000 already spent there could be saved. The Peekskill camp has seen little militia use recently due to field work.
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Er. H. Harriman
Coullins
Peekskill
Bear Mountain
Court Holds the Duffy Boy in Disorderly Conduct
George B Duffy of Brooklyn and Frederick Burke were arraigned in Myrtle Avenue Court on disorderly conduct for street fighting. Both denied the charge and posted $200 bail each for examination on January 25, with Duffy noting work on Tuesday. bail continued. Duffy resides at 237 Wyckoff Street.
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George B.duffy
Brooklyn
Gaynor-Bingham
Naumer
Myrtle Avenue
Frederick Burke
Douglass Street
Burke
Duff
Duffy
Classon Avenue
Wyckoff Street
Jury summons for Brooklyn widow to attend Kings County court
Mrs Lilla Durgin of Brooklyn received a juror summons from Jacob Brenner for Kings County. The letter warned of penalties for failure to appear and she plans to attend if needed, despite prior remarks about suffrage.
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Lilla DD. Durgin
Durgin
Parish Raises 86000 for New Church and Rectory
Greenwich Connecticut Jan 23 Reverend M George Thompson announces that 86000 has been raised in three months for furnishing a 100000 church and building a parish house and rectory. Dominick Look and the Rector's Aid Society contributed much of the sum with a prior pledge from Dominick.
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New York Times
Greenwich
Conn
M. George Thompson
Christ Church
George F. Dominick
New York
David M. Look
America
Dominick
F. Kissam Brown
Henry L. Camman
Charles H. Carter
William J. Hoggson
Charles D. Lanier
James McCutcheon
Parmalee J. McFadden
A. Kirtland Michler
F. Harris Nichols
George E. Nichols
E. C. Ray
F. A. Russ
Edward Shearson
Lyndon H. Stevens
Arthur Dubois
Franklin Edson
E. Jay Edwards
F. H. Keen
John T. Perkins
James Pott
Henry Rowland
Atlas Free to Readers of The Times Offer
One thousand readers of The Times may receive a free copy of the Reference Atlas of the World by submitting the required details to G. and C. Merriam Co. The offer accompanies Webste Page 5 of today’s issue.
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G. & C. Merriam Co
Inness Comet Appears Over New York Sky
New Yorkers watched a bright shaft of light and a broad tail low over the New Jersey horizon marking the appearance of the Innes comet. Observers in Manhattan and aboard ships reported the sight as the new comet, with some mistaking it for Halley’s.
Times Advised Orders For Sunday Features
Readers are urged to place orders with news dealers today to ensure delivery of next Sunday’s Times and its many notable features.
Jewish Charities Reject Federation Plan and Preserve Bequest
At Mount Sinai Hospital annual meeting leaders announced the plan to federate large Jewish charities failed. The Heinsheimer million dollar bequest will revert if no central fund forms. Jacob Schiff praised work while emphasizing unity, and the board discussed funding with 11,899 applications in 1909 and endowment efforts.
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Mount Sinai Hospital
100Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Isaac Stern
Louis A. Heinsheimer
Stern
Jacob H. Schiff
Mr. Schiff
Abraham Jacobi
Jewish Charities
New York
Alfred M. Heinsheimer
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Hebrew Orphan Asylum
Educational Alliance
Hebrew Home For the Aged Poor
Montefiore Home For
United Hebrew Charities
Louis Stern
Er 7Eos Serebo
Irectors
Mount Sina Hospital
Neral
Lehman
Paris Braces for Floods Threatening Water Supply
Paris faces a total water supply stoppage as pumping works flood and sewers backflow. Bridges including Pont de l Alma risk collapse while police guard dangerous river sections from Charenton to Auteuil. Ile de la Cité homes may be abandoned as floodwaters rise.
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New York Time
Paris
Seine
Pont de l’Alma
Charenton
Auteuil
Pont de la Contorde
Pont Royal
Tuileries
Ile de la Cité
Harvard observes new Comet A 1910 in western sky
Prof Edward Pickering and assistants at Harvard Observatory captured photographs of a newly identified comet in January 1910. He notes it is entirely new and visible across the United States and Europe, shining brighter than Venus as it recedes from the sun.
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New York Times
Boston
Mass
Edward C. Pickering
Harvard Observatory
Pickering
Harvard
New England
Paris Floods Ravage City as River Rises to Record Levels
Paris endures historic floods with the Seine swelling from 2.48 to 7.40 meters as snow and rain worsen the crisis. Homes ruined or emptied across Passy, Auteuil, and outer suburbs. power and rail services disrupted. officials seek funds for the homeless amid widespread damage from Troyes to Chalons and beyond.
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Paris
Seine
Ham
Chalons-Sur-Marne
M. Lépine
Police
Weather Bureau
Lyons
comet sighting in Richmond viewers see bright head and long tail
Hundreds gathered in Richmond at sunset to view a newly discovered comet, first seen in Johannesburg and later observed in South Carolina and other Southern states. The nucleus shone brightly, nearly Venus-like, with a long fan shaped tail visible as it moved across the sky.
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Richmond
Johannesberg
South Carolina
Venus
Sinkat
Lanind
Rabid Horse Killed After Attack in Newark Stables
A gray horse bitten by a rabid dog in Newark on Christmas Eve went mad in the People's Newark & New York Express stables Saturday. Four men including a veterinarian fired and eventually killed the animal after it was shot and shot again with multiple firearms. Pasteur treatment was given to several witnesses and handlers.
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Newark
N. J
People’s Newark & New York Express Company
He van der Roest
Kaiser Honors Wheeler With German Royal Family Visit
Berlin January 23 Emperor William invited Prof. Benjamin Wheeler of the University of California to a family gathering. The Empress and Crown Prince attended as Wheeler joined in a domestic scene with the imperial family, the Empress sewing and the Emperor serving sandwiches and light fare.
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Prof. Wheeler
Berlin
William
Benjamin the Wheeler
University of California
Wheeler
Fighting on in Nicaragua near Acoyapa
In Nicaragua the revolutionary advance guard, about 500 men, clashed with Government forts at La Libertad, fourteen miles north of Acoyapa. Government troops numbering 1,500, led by Gen Narciso Argello, opened artillery fire while rebels replied with rifles. After forty five minutes the insurgents withdrew, citing superior numbers and lack of artillery. no government casualties were reported.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Revolutionary Army
la Libertad
Acoyapa
Narciso Arguello
Press claims U.S. diplomacy won Argentina ship contract
English papers say American diplomacy secured two Dreadnought orders for Argentina from U.S. shipbuilders. The London Times Buenos Ayres special suggests Argentina gained protection until delivery in return for the orders, a boost to Pan American ties.
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New Yorkk Times
London
Argentina
London Times
United States
Ice yacht collision injures skaters on Shrewsbury River
In Red Bank New Jersey on a cold afternoon John Manning of Fair Haven and Miss Horrigan of Red Bank skated opposite Patersons Cove when Reuben White aboard the Silver Heels ice yacht bearing women crushed into them head on. Manning sustained serious leg and body bruises with possible internal injuries while the woman suffered a minor head cut and no serious harm.
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New York Times
Red Bank
N. J
John Manning
Fair Haven
Miss Horrigan
Paterson’s Cove
Middletown
Shrewsbury
Silver Heels
Reuben White
White
Manning
Mrs Fiske Ends Augusta Run After Illness
Mrs Fiske, star of Salvation Nell, closed all engagements in Augusta and left for New York after a throat operation was deemed necessary. Her manager says she hopes to resume work in about ten days.
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Augusta
Fatal Railroad Joy Ride Near Carroll Tennessee
A southbound passenger train from St Louis to Mobile collided head on with an extra freight engine from the Jackson shops at Carroll Tennessee. Two firemen were killed, one engineer had both legs broken, and several trainmen were injured. Passengers escaped unharmed as the freight engine trial run lacked orders and the passenger train was traveling about fifty miles per hour on a curve.
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Jackson, Tenn
St. Louis
Mobile
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Jackson Shops
Carrol
Tenn
German Dismay Over U S Tariff Note
Berlin reports the latest American tariff note disappoints the German government after careful parsing of the dispatch. Officials say initial paragraphs suggested a settlement, but later sections reveal points still unresolved and Washington stands firm. Further exchanges are expected despite no talks of tariff hostilities.
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Berlin
Foreign Office
Ashington
Germany
Skin grafting to save baby at Kings County Hospital
Doctors fight to save 3-year-old Anna Mead of East New York after her dress caught fire on January 15 while playing with matches. They consider grafting skin from other children to cover burns on her lower body.
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Kings County Hospital
Anna
Willian Mead
East New York
Lady Paget to Visit Us
Lady Paget wife of Gen Sir Arthur Paget sails to New York aboard the Mauretania with her son Capt Albert Paget. They expect to remain in New York until April.
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NEW York Times
London
Lady Paget
Stevens
Arthur Paget
Mauretania
Albert Paget
New York
Ish in Manx Isles Sparks Unclear News Ties
An opaque clipping from a 16th century European source mentions Algiers Sein and GSS with vague reference to Manx Isles. The fragmentary text provides no clear events, dates, or outcomes to summarise further.
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Eo Italia
Tulle
Algiers
Sein
GSS
Manx Isles
West Point May Face Colored Cadet Appointee
Ollie R. Smith of Cheyenne Wyoming named as Wyoming's alternate for a West Point cadetship would enter a hostile environment if chosen. Officers recall past harms faced by Negro cadets while the War Department would protect Smith and grant him a diploma and commission if he passes exams and conducts himself properly.
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West Point
Ollie R. Smith
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Military Academy
United States
Clarence Don Clark
Smith
West Point Corps of Cadets
Military
Coventry
Army
Academy
Academi
New York
Louisiana
Texas
California
United States Army
War Department
Washington
Aaa
E . Smith
University of Araska
Charles
Capt. Young
W Point
Johnson Chestnut Whittaker
Whittak
South Carolina
Whittaker
Ittaker
Arthur
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