Filling Thaw Jury Box Night Session Held
Nine jurors were chosen to try Harry K. Thaw for shooting Stanford White after the night session. Prospective talesmen were examined in two bouts, with one peremptory challenge used, and a tentative jury planned to speed the trial. Jurors include Carlos E. Gremmets, John R. Hatchett, Flora Sanford, James E. Conway, and others. Thaw’s wife Evelyn Thaw attended early, while Mrs. Thaw and other kin planned to avoid evening sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Talesmen
Knickerbocker
Bridge of Sighs
Barney Kelleher
Charlies Place
Bronx
Fred Mott
Justice Dowling
Flora &. Sanford
James E. Conway
West 11Th Street
William F. Brower
West 125Th Street 2Nd
Claremont Avenue
McKim, Mead & White
Mr. Brower
Arthur R. Naething
Maurice Bouvier
W. R. Grace & Co
George A Cary
Broadway
Thaw
Josiah Thaw
Health report shows declines in TB and pneumonia but heart disease up
A historical health bulletin notes last week’s heart disease rose by 18 percent from the prior year while tuberculosis fell from 22 to 16 and pneumonia dropped from 355 to 503 in the same week compared with last year.
Special grand jury sworn in New York County banking probes
A special grand jury, summoned by District Attorney Jerome, was sworn in by Justice Dowling to investigate alleged criminal practices in banks and financial institutions in New York City. Foreman Edward J. Cuddihy, an undertaker, leads the panel. Regular grand juries and 374 awaiting complaints were also sworn in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome
Justice Dowling
Crimina
Supreme Court
Judge Crain
Edward J. Cuddihy
Lexington Avenue
Kiesel
New York County
Arthur J. Weber
West 72d Street
John P. Lee
St. Nicholas Avenue
Crain
Milk Drivers Cleared Over Sanitary Code Charge
Three men faced Special Sessions on a charge of violating section 18 of the sanitary code for dirty milk vessels. They were acquitted because possession by drivers could not be included. Accused were Paul Blum with twenty five dirty cans Charles Campbell with dirty cans and Solomor Bagharoff with an unlimited number of dirty bottles in his possession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Blum
Charles Campbell
Solomor Bagharoff
Governor Haskell Sued for 42000 in Unpaid Note
A federal suit filed in Guthrie Oklahoma alleges Governor Charlies N Haskell owes Cornelius S Loder 42900 on a note tied to a 1898 rail shipment. Haskell says the claim is a private business matter and accuses Loder of acting for the Illinois Steel Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Br Telegraph
the Tribune
Guthrie
Okla
Charlies N. Haskell
Federal Circuit Court
Cornelius S. Loder
New York
Loder
United States Steel Corporation
New York County
Haskell
Ohio Railroad Promoting Company
Steel Corporation
Illinois Steel Company
Shake-up at New York Custom House Officers Change
The New York Custom House undergoes a shake-up with Deputy Collector Henry L. Swords transferred to lead a new twelfth division. Colonel Edward 8. Fowler, once Appraiser of the Port, announces the reorganization. George F. Corts, longtime superintendent of the openers and packers, is promoted to deputy collector replacing Swords.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Show Figure Makers Union Forms in New York
The latest union formed is the Show Figure Makers Union of Greater New York which yesterday voted to demand recognition. Members craft show figures for millinery store windows with several worker grades. Shops operate in Manhattan and Brooklyn and strikes for recognition were ordered at 12 Elery Street and 254 Johnson Avenue in Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater New York
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Elery Street
Johnson Avenue
Sudden Death of Veteran Sandy Hook Pilot
Captain William Hall, aged sixty eight and a veteran of thirty five years, was found dead on the steamer Muncaster Castle after boarding to reach his ill wife. The ship had arrived from Boston and lay at anchor off Quarantine. Heart disease is suspected as the cause of death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hall
Sandy Hook
Muncaster Castle
Boston
Hall
City News In Brief
Autopsy of Catherine Devine of Littl Egypt shows death by illuminating gas asphyxiation. Steffano Matriello of 45 Main Street Brooklyn arrested in connection with shooting and robbery of Vincenzo Lugire of Bayonne New Jersey found in woods in Huguenot Staten Island. Magistrate Kernochan fined Broadway car conductor Thomas Arthur ten dollars for roughing up Alexander Sobel fourteen during ejectment. Brooklyn Spanish War Veterans and New York camps to be reviewed by Admiral Coghlan retired U. S. N. tomorrow at the Mth Regiment Armory Brooklyn. Mails from Manila December 4 Hongkong December 7 Shanghai December 10 Yokohama December 18 and Honolulu December 27 are due tomorrow afternoon in this city. Edward S. Fowler actor of the Port asked by Hebrew Immigrants' Aid Society attorney to investigate abuses to steerage passengers on Hamburg-American liner President Grant. Collector's office awaiting individual complaints before action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Devine
Littl Egypt
Steffano Matriello
No. 45
Main Street
Brooklyn
Vincenzo Lugire
Bayonne
N. J
Huguenot
Staten Island
Kernochan
Jefferson Market Court
Thomas Arthur
Broadway
Alexander Sobel
New York
Admiral Coghlan
Mth Regiment
Manila
Hongkong
Shanghai
Yokohama
Honolulu
Edward S. Fowler
Hebrew Immigrants’ Aid Society
Grant
Model License League Aims To Enforce Liquor Laws
The Model License League, a three month old movement from Louisville, plans a January 10 meeting at the Waldorf to enroll saloonkeepers as members. Founder T. M. Gilmore, of Bonfort’s Wine and Spirits Circular, promotes a model law to regulate licenses, curb violations, and tie renewal to compliance, with immediate suspension or cancellation on offenses. Local dealers and brewers show cautious interest, hoping for stricter enforcement and possible state legislation this winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Waldorf
League
Louisville
New York
T. M. Gilmore
Bonfort
Broad Street
Indictments Against Coroner Acritelli Dismissed
Judge Crain dismissed two indictments against Coroner Acritelli over alleged irregularities in last election registration. The felony charge was dropped while the misdemeanor indictment was ordered to be resubmitted to the grand jury, with the judge noting possible technical proof can be supplied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crain
Acritelli
Mortgage settlement recognizes MetLife mortgage in Morristown land case
In Newark Vice Chancellor Howell's court a settlement terminates foreclosure against Abraham White and the White Realty and Improvement Co over John A. McCall's country estate of fifty eight acres near Morristown. The agreement acknowledges the MetLife mortgage and delays judgment until at least February 1998.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Abraham
O Dwyer Re-Elected Chief Justice
Edward F. O Dwyer was re elected chief justice at a Board of City Justices meeting held in a brownstone courthouse yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of City Justices
Brownstone
Edward F. O'Dwyer
Daily city events and lectures fill museums and halls
Free admission today to the Metropolitan Museum of Art American Museum of Natural History and Zoological Gardens. Numerous lectures concerts and meetings across Manhattan including the Riverside Branch of the Woman's Municipal League Academy of Medicine and Cooper Union events. Highlights include speakers on socialism prison jurisprudence and music listening with multiple public schools hosting illustrated talks and tours at venues from Steinway Hall to the New York Public Library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Museum of Art
American Museum of Natural History
Zoological Gardens
United Real Estate Owners’ Association
Harlem Casino
Riverside
Woman's Municipal League
Edward Curtis
West 69Th Street
Women's Health Protective Association
Academy of Medicine
West 43d Street
Madison Avenue
Don O. Shelton
Young Women’s Christian Association
East 17Th Street
P. m
American Scenic and Historication Society
National Arts Club
Amercy Park
Dr. McGlynn
Plaza
East 59Th Street
Sp. m
Frederick H. Mills
American Institute of Phrenology
East 22d Street
Sp.m
John Graham Brooks
People’s Institute
Cooper Union
The
Republican Union
East List Street
New York Historical Society
Second Avenue
New York
Mott Street
Giuseppe Aldo Randegger
Italy
East Sth
Orlando F. Lewis
4Th Reets
First Avenue
Frank J. Belcher
vSth Street
First
Second Avenues
Louis H. Cornish
Audubon Avenue
168Th
16Th Streets
James Rosedale
American Museum
77Th Street
Central Park
Francis L. Strickland
Maine
Great Jones
Lafayette Streets
New York Public Library
135Th Street
William Bayard Hale
Fielding
St. Cornelius Church
West 46Th Street
George Donaldson
the West Indies
University Settlement
Eldridge Street
Merle St Croix Wright
Maeterlinck
West Side
West Noth Street
Charles L. Harrington
160Th Street
Third Avenue
Samuel W. Eckman
Porto Rico
Park Avenue
Williamsbridge
Ezraberry Sanford
River Nile
Riverdale Hall
Riverdale Avenue
260Th Street
M Claire Finney
Crawford and Davis to retire in January
Washington dispatch reports Brigadier General Crawford to retire January 27 and Brigadier General Davis to retire January 31. President to appoint another brigadier general in 1908 amid a crowded field of candidates from mayors to colonels reflecting policy shifts on aging officers and active-list needs. Also listed are army and navy orders and warship movements including ships departing and arriving at various ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Bureau
Washington
Crawford
Davis
Medorem Crawford
Coast Artillery Corps
J. M. K. Davis
War Department
White House
Army
New Cruiser North Carolina Falls Short On Speed Trial
Rockland Me Jan 6 The armored cruiser North Carolina built by Newport News failed to reach contract speed of 22 knots on 14 measured runs with propeller revolutions at 117 rpm the highest. Officials cite seal-tight fire rooms and engine communication issues but expect higher speed on a four hour sea run followed by a 24 hour test ending at Sampton Roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockland
North Carolina
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Navy Department
Sampton Roads
Mercantile Bank Meeting Called Off Amid Negotiations
A special stockholders meeting to liquidate Mercantile National Bank was cancelled after F Augustus Heinze stated negotiations were pending. Reports say Heinze and allies no longer control the bank, and a transfer of his shares shifted control to Milliken and Gould interests opposed to liquidation. The event may be superseded by changes at the January 14 annual meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercantile National Bank
F. Augustus Heinze
Heinze
Associate 1
Mercantile National
Milliken
Gould
Heinze-Morse
Stylish burglars captured in New Rochelle caper
Two burglars wearing high hats and dress suits were arrested in New Rochelle after raiding homes in Westchester. James Hartland and Ralph Taylor, both of Manhattan, confessed after police found ten trunks full of plunder. One victim, Mrs. William Hooker Atwood, awoke to the break in and alerted authorities. Police later seized suitcases containing the stolen diamonds and jewelry. It’s linked to another robbery at Dr. George A Lyons’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Rochelle
James Hartland
Ralph Taylor
East 110Th Street
Manhattan
Westchester Country
William Hooker Atwood
Woodland Avenue
Mrs. Atwood
Deveaux
Smith
Atwood
Timmins
George A. Lyons
Bankstreet
Public School 21 Girls Swim Team Trains at West Side Pool
The Public School 21 girls swimming team under Miss Machet trains weekly at a West Side pool. Josephine Pernice, Lucy Deidone, and captain Geneva Gorga lead a small group of Italian quarter students in swimming lessons and planned future races with boys teams. الدعم
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Pernice
Josephine
Westth Street
Public School 21
Miss Lay& Machel
New York
Miss Machet
Mott Street
Board of Education
Miss Machel
Russia
West Side
Lucy Deidone
Geneva Gorga
Lucy
Geneva
John Doty
Warwick
America
Luther Gulick
Winter Hardship Appeals for Coal Help
Severe weather prompts daily tribute to coal fund. The president urges generous immediate contributions to provide warmth and basic needs for impoverished homes, where cold worsens hardship and shortages affect food and clothing.
Charity Sewing Hope Through Old Machines
A woman seeks a donated sewing machine to earn money and clothe herself. She asks if any friend has an old machine to pass along for this charitable purpose, hoping to support herself through skillful labor.
Army Threatened by Family Strain and Expansion Pressures
Lieutenant Colonel Edwin F. Glenn told the New York Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution that the army risks disintegration from broken home life and insufficient forces. He cited rapid postwar expansion, too few home regiments, and long tropical postings that keep soldiers from their families. He urged public sentiment to demand a larger army and better housing, noting Japan's armaments and unrest in Vancouver as context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sherry’s
New York
Daughters of the American Revolution
Edwin F. Gienn
Glenn
West Point
United States
Spain
Tropics
Alaska
Jamestown
Philippines
San Francisco
Sur
Diethey
Japan
Fam
Hawaii
Vancouver
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Insanity
George L. Carnegie
Tombs
Evelyn Thaw
A. Russell Peabody
Dan” O'Reilly
Martin W. Littleton
Frank Garvan
Littleton
Peabody
John R. Hatchett
Irvine
West S3d Street
George H. Morewood
Wee
76Th Street
Mr. Morewood
Harry Thaw
Nps
Custom House
City News
Model License League
A. S. White
Army and Navy News
Sickel
12Th Cavalry
Sea
Horattio G. Ton
Oral Hospital
Fort Oglethorpe
Albion M D. Coffey
Vancouver Barracks
Fort Sam Houston
Lewis M. Koehler
4Th Cavalry
Army and Navy General Hospital
Hot S;rings
Ira A. Shimer
Charles E B. Flagg
Warren Lott, Jr
11Th Infantry
Anderson
Edward
Navy General Hospital
Hot Springs
James E. Wilson
Artillery District of
Charleston
William Paterson
NAVY
W. P. Hayes
Chicago
R. A. Theobald
St. Louis
Louis
Rio de Janeiro
Nebraska
San Diego
Preble
Arethusa
Para
Pernambuco
Sterling
Saturn
Magdalena Bay
Fortune
Navy Yard
Mare Island
Navy List
Public School
SF SE
Elizabeth
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