New Patrick evidence claims Rice death not due to chloroform
Affidavits filed with the district office seek a new trial for T Patrick on grounds of newly discovered evidence. Jones reportedly admitted he lied, claiming Patrick innocent, and several Texas witnesses recount alleged coercion and confessions. Affidavits from Houston and St Louis link officials’ pressure to blame Patrick.
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T. Patrick
Ck. Olcott
Gruber & Bonynge
William M. Rice
Jones
Patrick's Trie
Patrick
A. R. Bailey
Houston
Tex
Alexander B. Stanbury
12Th
United States Infantry
Texas
Stanberry
Spindletop
Rice
James A. Baker
Petrick
New York
T J. McNierny
Joseph Jordan
Fayette Lee
Lynchburg
Swears Jones
Ife
Biges
Loomis
Wyeth
Charles F. Jones
Menominee Doctors Endorse Osler View on Elder Chloroform
In Menominee Michigan on January 31 doctors in the Menominee and Marinette Doctors Association passed a resolution endorsing Dr. Osler’s theories to chloroform all persons aged sixty and over. The group, spanning several Northern Wisconsin and Michigan cities, plans to consider the proposed law aimed at removing all incurable invalids, with the resolution text kept secret.
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Tribune
Menominee, Mich
Menominee
Osler
Menominee and Marinette Doctors’ Association
Wisconsin
Michigan
Hife
Chloroform for Poor Children Debate
New York sociologist Miss L. Graham Crozier advocates allowing chloroform to relieve suffering of sixty to ninety thousand poverty stricken children. She denies violence and says she withholds a battalion of fierce men in New York who could wreck the Mutual Life Insurance Company and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children with a single word.
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the Tribune
Cincinnati
New-York
L. Graham Crozier
York
1 Hope Society
New York
Mutual Sas Company
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Ten-year-old Clifford McCall Improves in Hospital
Clifford McCall ten years old and son of John A McCall formerly of New York Life Insurance Company is in a hospital here with pneumonia but showing improvement. He attends Newman Catholic School and his condition is improving according to reports from the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rackensack
XNI. J
Clifford McCall
John A. McCall
New-York Life Insurance Company
Newman Catholic School
Deed not equalled in America by Eweys Clarets and Old Burgundies
Phraseology odd. record lacks clear facts. Possibly an advertisement or product claim from Sens Co at 138 Fulton Street New York. No discernible event, date, or people besides company and product names.
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D.ewey
America
Sens Co
Fulton &J
New York
Chief Croker Moves Headquarters Back to Engine House
Fire Chief Croker moved from the Broadway Central Hotel to his old quarters in the Great Jones Street engine house. City officials and Croker’s friends dispute who paid for the hotel apartment as the lease and occupancy status remain unsettled and the city’s responsibility unclear.
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Croker
Broadway Central
Great Jones-st
Fire Department
O’brien
Great Jones St
Coal strike looming as miners demand raise
Indianapolis January 31 A coal strike appears likely after a conference between miners and operators. John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers demanded wage increases. Operators vowed to stand pat, signaling a possible quick report of disagreement and a return to talks by March 1.
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Indianapolis
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Casto Carnegie Hero Fund Award for Cherokee Rescue
Captain Mark Casto and six crew members receive Carnegie Hero Fund honors for rescuing 42 sailors and 10 passengers from the Clyde liner Cherokee on January 14. Total award 30,500 dollars includes 1,500 to aid mortgage payment, 5,000 for a future education fund for Casto’s son, and 500 each for crew as savings with a two year trust. A gold medal to Casto and silver medals to the crew accompany the awards.
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Pittsburg
Mark Casto
Carnego Hero Fund
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Casto
Pleasantville
Mark Jacob Casto
United States
Brigantine
Brakes Fail on Steep Cumberland Grade Train
A Baltimore and Ohio express from Pittsburg was delayed an hour as air brakes failed on the Sand Patch grade. The descent reached ninety miles per hour before hand brakes stopped the train after a long stretch past Hyndman. Wrecks on this grade have been frequent as the company seeks a solution.
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Tribune
Cumberland
Baltimore and Ohio
Pittsburg
Hyndman
Presidential Mountain Range Sold to Timber Company
Boston January 51 The Presidential Range in the White Mountains changed ownership after a friendly out of court settlement in the U S Circuit Court. The 100000 acre timber rich range passes to the New Hampshire Timber and Land Company in a notable transfer.
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Boston
White Mountains
United States Circuit Court
New Hampshire Timber and Land Company
Vote to Investigate Cox Regime in Cincinnati
The Kealy Lexow resolution to probe the Cox regime in Cincinnati passed the Ohio House 100 to 11. Efforts to include Cleveland failed. The move, linked to Secretary Taft's Akron campaign speech, is expected to yield significant results.
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The
Tribune
Columbus
Ohio
Kealy-Lexow
Cox
Cincinnati
House
Cleveland
Taft
Akrop
Robbers attack woman in hallway near Columbus Avenue
Mrs Bertha Brooks widow, living at 107 West 77th Street, battled two highwaymen who tried to tear her diamond sunburst and rings from her. She was beaten and choked in the vestibule as a crowd pursued the suspects and one man, Walter Wilson, was captured after a chase and identified. The other robber fled. Brooks remained unconscious then aided by police and a doctor.
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Bertha Brooks
West 77Th St
William
Columbus Ave
Columbus-ave
West
Brooks
Atlantic City
State Ave
Mrs. Brooks
John J. O'Connor
Independence League
G. F. Hoyt
West Sist-st
O'Connor
Hoyt
Hotel Navarre
West 38Th-St
Wilson
Sprague
Frick Chauffeur Arrested For Speeding In City
Daniel Aldowin of 54 East 8th Street says he chauffeurs J Frick a steel magnate relative. He was nabbed by Bicycle Policeman O Sullivan at 35 miles an hour on South Avenue after refusing to slow. A chase ensued and the car narrowly avoided an excavation before being halted at 40th Street. Aldowin was taken to East 51st Street station.
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Daniel Aldowin
East S&8th-st
J. Frick
O'Sullivan
East List-st
Sth-ave
Aldewin
Ssth-St
Od0th-St
Od4th-St
Aldowin
East 51St-St
Snowball attack victim Edna Johnson dies in Hamilton
In Hamilton Ohio on January 31 ten year old Edna Johnson daughter of policeman Edward Johnson died from injuries after snowball wounds inflicted two weeks earlier led to neck injury and meningitis. The incident involved school boys who pelted her with snowballs.
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Hamilton
Ohio
Edna
Edward Johnson
Reopen Will Suit Over Lockhart Estate
Mrs. Eleanor Flower plans to reopen her contest against the Lockhart estate after new figures show the estate may be worth about 200 million dollars, far above the 40 million previously used to base a 475 thousand dollar settlement and a life interest in 1.3 million. Executors report the estate is assessable for under 2 million.
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The
Tribune
Pittsburg
Jan
Eleanor Flower
W. S. Flower
Charles Lockhart
Standard Oil Company
Flower
Tax Revision Board
New York Central Lines Advertises 94 Mile Ride in 18 Hours
A vintage ad promotes the Twentieth Century Limited leaving New York at 3:30 p m and arriving Chicago at 3:30 a m the next day. It proclaims the trip as the fastest long distance ride in the world covering 94 miles in 18 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twentieth Century Limited
New- York
Syrians clash. bishop's brother slain in Washington street
In a Brooklyn Syrian sect dispute near Washington street a man named John Stefan, brother of a Maronite Bishop, was shot dead. Two others, Raphael Sholisch and Elias Zyrack, were wounded. Zyrack cousins and a third man were arrested. The incident followed long sectarian tensions between Orthodox Greek Catholics and Maronites, with Archbishop Farley to be asked to intervene.
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No. St Washington St
Brooklyn
Farley
Stefan
Pittsburg
Washington St
Raphael Sholisch
No. 26
Elias Zyrack
Hudson Street
George Zyrack
Zyracks
Sholishh
Hawaweeny
Zyrack
Morkazel
Al-Hoda
Manhattan
Westst
Markazel
O'Sullivan
Sholish
Elias
Leonardst
Bishop Hawaweeny
Shrady
Sholisch
N. A. Mokarzel
West and
Carlisle Sts
Jersey City
Captain Amundsen Returns to Herschel Island Expedition
Captain Amundsen, the Norwegian explorer credited with discovering the Northwest Passage, plans a return trip aboard his sloop Gjoa starting next Saturday from Eagle City Alaska. He will be escorted by Northern Commercial Company mail carriers to Fort Yukon, then joined by Esquiman guides. He travels with dogs and sledges, carries Norwegian letters for the crew, and will deliver mail for whalers at Herschel Island.
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Eagle City
Alaska
Amundsen
Northwest Passage
Gjoa
Herschel Island
Fort Yukon
Northern Commercial Company
Esquiman
Norway
Christiania
Mild yellow fever cases reported in Havana
Two mild cases of yellow fever were reported in Havana on January 31. One patient is at the Spanish Hospital and the other at the Las Animas Hospital. Officials believe there is no danger of spread.
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Havana
Spanish Hospital
Las Animas Hospital
Chanler Visits Town He Founded
Richmond report says John Armstrong Chanler, former husband of Amelie Rives and founder of Roanoke Rapids, N C, arrived after ten years. He delivered an address and locals presented him with a valuable horse, saddle and bridle.
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Tribune
Richmond
John Armstrong Chanler
Amelie Rives
Roanoke Rapids
N. C
Chanler
Confederate Flags Shroud Priest Buried With Flags
Baltimore January 31 The Rev Matthew O Keefe was buried today under the chancel of the Catholic church he built at Towson Three Confederate flags were wrapped about his coffin as he had requested He served as chaplain of Mahone's Brigade
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Tribune
Baltimore
Matthew O'Keefe
Towson
Mahone
Bear Hug Injury Sparks $10,000 Suit in Adirondacks
Syracuse January 31 William Irving an employee of Timothy L Woodruff at Camp Dill Adirondacks sues Woodruff to recover 10000 alleging a tame bear at the camp hugged him too tightly causing injuries Woodruff reportedly keeps many tame bears at the camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tribune
Syracuse
William Irving
Timothy L. Woodruff
Camp Dill
Adirondacks
Mr. Woodruff
Pennsylvania Special Leaves New York for Chicago Schedule
The Pennsylvania Special train leaves New York at 3 55 p m and arrives Chicago at 9 00 a m The Chicago to New York return runs at 2 45 p m with an arrival at 4 29 am The service covers 912 miles via rock ballast and is priced at 45 dollars per trip Adyvil notes this timetable submission
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New York
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Revolt in Colombia Sparks Antioquia Uprising
Private advices from Cartagena report General Gonzalez Valencia former vice president and General Nel Ospina have begun a rebellion in Antioquia province against President Reyes. The alert comes from Panama dated January 31.
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Panama
Cartagena
Gonzalez Valencia
Colombia
Nel Ospina
Antioquia
Reyes
Ally to Advise Britain on Army Reform
Tokyo reports Diet Budget Committee leader M Oishi asked War Minister Terauchi if Japan would press Britain to reform its army under the Anglo Japanese alliance. Terauchi said the government would act at a future date. The Emperor has given 25000 for famine relief as nearly a million in Japan face starvation. London cables note UK papers hedge on the matter, fearing misinterpretation.
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Tokio
Diet
Todan M. Oishi
Progressive Party
Terauchi
Japan
London
Great Britain
Daily Mail
Daily News
Saxe bill targets non-residents for tax in New York
Albany January 31 Senate passes the Saxe bill taxing non residents notably Newport cottagers with wealth held in New York City as protection. Merchants with home offices in other states would pay no New York taxes. Debate continues on adding a listing provision while Saxe clarifies state tax of property.
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Tribune
Albany
Senate
Saxe
Newport
New York State
New-York State
Brain waves said to reveal photographic effects in study
In Rochester on January 31 Dr M A Veeder of Lyons tested a theory that thoughts can imprint a plate at a photography studio. A group placed hands near a plate, exposure lasted about a minute, and development produced a spot matching the object participants imagined.
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the Tribune
Rochester
M. A. Veeder
Lyons
To Wed Girl Who Saved His Life Ensign Wade to Marry Edith Fabrigou
Ensign Charles N Wade U S N of Hackettstown N J and Miss Edith Fabrigou plan marriage after Wade survived a Bennington gunboat disaster in San Diego California A court of inquiry recommended court martial but Wade fell ill and was hospitalized His recovery followed visits from Miss Fabrigou daughter of a retired Columbia University professor
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the Tribune
Hackettstown
N. J
Charles N. Wade
Edith Fabrigou
Bennington
San Diego
Cal
Government Hospital
Fabrigou
Santa Barbara
Wade
Miss Fabrigou
Miss Fabrigen
Columbia University
Niagara electricity cooks dinner for 225 by 40 hp
The Canadian Association of Civil Engineers visited Niagara Falls and dined at a dinner cooked by electricity in a power company's distributing station on the Canadian side. Covers were laid for 225 persons. Forty horsepower will prepare a meal for three hundred. Commissioners of Victoria Park attended.
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Tribune
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Canadian Association of Civil Engineers
Niagara
Victoria Park
Smuggling Ring Exposed In Mexican to Bakersfield Shipment
Telegraph dispatch reports fifteen Chinese migrants hidden in freight boxes aboard a Mexico to Bakersfield car. The car reached its stop before discovery, allowing the smugglers to escape. Investigators believe hundreds more Chinese have been smuggled similarly.
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the Tribune
Galveston
Tex
Mexico
Bakersfield
Cal
United States
Sleeping car route via Seaboard Air Line to Atlanta and Birmingham
Train notice from New York lists a daily departure at 12 35 noon from Broadway office for a sleeping car service through Seaboard Air Line Railway via Atlanta and Birmingham.
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Seaboard Air Line
Atlanta
Birmingham
New York
Daly
Ofice Broadway
Higgins Denies Rumors Opposing Inquiry In Albany
Governor Higgins rejected reports that Senators opposing the State Banking Department inquiry spoke for him or shared his views. He said the Senators acted on their own initiative and would be responsible if the investigation is delayed. The Senate Finance Committee plans no action before next Tuesday, and opposition stems from political and personal concerns.
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Tribune
Albany
Higgins
State Banking Department
Assembly Committee On Banks
Senate Finances Committee
Malloy
Raines
Stevens
Kilburn
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Capitol
Marks
Malby
Finance Committee
Senator Marks
Maloy
Cuts Croker's Power in New York City Schools Fight
Albany, Jan 31 telegraphed report details bills by Assemblyman Tompkins aimed at reducing Tammany power. Proposals cede to Fire Commissioner O'Brien duty transfers without Croker's input and expand Board of Education appointment powers. Aims to strip Maxwell of examinations oversight and place exams with board of examiners.
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Tribune
Albany
Demis
New York City
Maxwell
Tompkins
McClellan
O'Brien
Croker
Tammany
Hayes
Board of Education
Board of Superintendents
Board of Examiners
Albany bill seeks higher pay for New York City street workers
Assemblyman Hartman Jo introduces a measure to raise salaries of Street Cleaning Department drivers sweepers and hostlers from 720 to 800 dollars annually. The bill also adds extra pay for work beyond forty eight hours per week. The report notes another provision affecting these workers.
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the Tribune
Albany
Hartman Jo
Ing
New York City
Pepsigg
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