Thaw Trial Sees Evidence of Mental Instability Emphasized
Proceedings detail witnesses from doctors to club steward describing William Thaw's behavior as irrational and nervous in the days surrounding the Stanford White killing. Testimony covers Harriet Thaw’s presumed dementia, Thaw’s conduct at the Whist Club and Grand Hotel, and coroner jurors deeming actions irrational.
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H. K
Stanford White
Thaw
Copley
Grand Hotel
Mr. White
Horatio C. Wood, Jr
Philadelphia
Jerome
Harriet Alice Thaw
William Thaw
Friends’ Asylum
Frankfort
Penn
Christopher Baggin
Mr. Littleton
Ragern
John B. Greason
John W. Gates
Charles M. Schweb
Captain Wharton
Matilda C. Stein
Carr
Evelyn Nesbit
Carolyn Lowrie
William A. Johnston
Lionel Straus
Garden
White
Liglton
Williamsburg
Horace S. Thaw
Western State Hospital
Virginia
Thaw Case Proceeds as Witnesses Testify on Thursday
Thaw begged the butler's pardon and described several other incidents while on the stand. Mr. Littleton plans no expert witnesses before Monday as the week closes with testimony about Thaw's queer actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thaw
Littleton
170 Dead in Boyertown Opera House Fire
Coroner Strasser reports 170 dead from the Rhoades Opera House blaze in Boyertown Pennsylvania. One firefighter died in the effort and Jacob Johnson succumbed to injuries. Three charred bodies were recovered and 115 of 168 identified by relatives or friends. Morgues opened to the public and an inquest jury was sworn in with local and Reading officials. No inquest date set.
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Boyertown
Penn
Strasser
Rhoades Opera House
Jacob Johnson
Irvin T. East
Relief Committee
Union Cemetery
Edwin Schutz
Farmers’ National Bank
Levi Becker
William H. Fox
Irvin P. East
William Y. Levan
Daniel K. Hoch
Reading
Trade in Fake Art Warns of Looming Scam Threats
F Edwin Elwell of the Metropolitan Museum discusses efforts to shield collectors from fake works and outlines how imitation ancient and modern pieces flood markets. He cites cases of forged statues and paintings, noting large refunds to patrons and the need for stricter laws to curb deceit while preserving legitimate copies.
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F. Edwin Elwell
Metropolitan Museum
Weehawken
Europe
Egypt
Birmingham
England
Italy
New York
Aphrodite
National Arts Club
Florence
Boston
Genral di Cesnola
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Achilles
Athens
United States
Hooker Heirs Win Contest Over Will
Surrogate Selden S. Brown ruled to set aside Captain James H. Hooker’s will. Hooker died Feb 28 197x at 74 with estate valued 10 000 to 1 000. He left billions to the United States for a Galesburg military academy. Roosevelt named executor. Relatives challenged competency amid sensational testimony.
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Rochester
Selden S. Brown
James H. Hooker
Frederick Benjamin
United States
Galesburg
Roosevelt
Hooker
Irondequoit
Secret coded letter delays Whitmore grand jury action
A letter signed "3 X 69, 7.2" and other anonymous notes reached New Jersey police urging Whitmore to confess. The Newark postmarked note claimed a woman would reveal all if he stayed silent, and cited a witness withholding evidence. A missing Sallie Williams linked to a Brooklyn address prompted further anonymous tips about a nervous woman seen on Christmas night with a message.
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New Jersey
Whitmore
Theodore Whitmore
Newark
Sallie Williams
Adams Street
Brooklyn
34Th Street
Albany Education Report Highlights State Lead in Progress
The fourth annual Education Department report to the Legislature cites New York’s lead in educational progress with total common school expenditures at 47.08 million dollars, teachers salaries dominant, and average per pupil costs rising. It notes 1.84 million children ages five to eight, 77 percent average daily attendance, and advances in enforcement of compulsory education. Commissioner Draper urges trade schools, extended schooling, and stronger ties between education and industry to broaden opportunities and democracy.
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Albany
Education Department
New York
Andrew S. Draper
Bride at ship's wheel sails perilous clipper voyage
The Glendeon, a modern steel clipper, and the King George, a three master, arrived after long runs from Cape Town and Hong Kong. Captain Horace Robinson of the Glendoon wed Miss Marcella Lawrence Smith weeks before the voyage, and his wife was on board steering through gales and fair seas as the ship sailed to Cape Town.
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Standard Oil Company
South Africa
Orient
King George
Hong Kong
Glendeon
Cape Town
Bill Quigley
Battery
Bill
Glendoon
William
Standard Oil Feet
Robinson
Glendoon Sails To New York After Cape Town Stopover
The vessel Glendoon completed a seventy-two day voyage logging 700% miles and anchored off Cape Town after discharging cargo. It later loaded ballast rock for railroad beds en route to New York. Winds hampered the outward leg but aided the return, totaling thirty-five days. A hurricane near Sandy Hook tested the crew during a four-season weather spell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glendoon
Cape Town
New York
Sandy Hook
Mandamus remedy under Interstate Commerce Act cumulates
Judge Pritchard of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals rules that Section 27 mandamus is cumulative and does not exclude other remedies under the Interstate Commerce Act. In Pitcairn Coal Co v Baltimore & Ohio, the court directs dismissal of the bill and remands for dismissal, allowing Section 13 relief for equal car service distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Pritchard
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Pitcairn Coal Company
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Circuit Court of
District of Maryland
Merchants’ Coal Company
Connellsville
Baltimore & Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
Interstate Commerce Act
Appellees
Circuit Court
Boys Hunt Wall Street Bears on Long Walk
Eight Glen Cove boys under ten years old left home to “hunt bears” in Wall Street. They walked more than thirty miles, formed a secret council, and returned footsore. Their shoe business funded their trip with just over two cents. They were attacked by a goat but pressed on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
Glen Cove
Willie Lamb
John Sprague
John O' Keeffe
Richard Britt
Frederick Ziegson
William Rushmore
Joseph Britt
Jeremiah Reed
Hunt Bears
Contin
Long Island City Boys Turn Back Near Glen Cove
While pursuing bears on broad boulevards Long Island City youths chose to stop at Glen Cove. Their parents, meeting in Main street’s dry goods block while buying shoes, decided the boys had been punished enough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ued
Long Island City
Glen Cove
Main Street
Nickel Under Hudson Hoboken Tunnels to Open Soon
Hoboken Board of Trade dinner featured William G. McAdoo and Gov elect J Franklin Fort. McAdoo outlined tunnel history and announced the Hoboken to New York tubes would open in February with a five cent fare to all Sixth Avenue stations and Cortlandt Street. He praised D C Haskins and the Hudson Tunnels plan as pivotal for New York and New Jersey growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G. McAdoo
New York
New Jersey
J. Franklin Fort
Hoboken
Manhattan
Jersey City
Georgia
General Sherman
D. C. Haskins
Hudson Tunnels Company
Manhattan Island
Jersey Shore
Rocklyn
Kattan
Mth Street
Sixth Avenue
Cortlandt Street
Cortlandt Street Broadway
Long Island
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Enlivens
Eastern State Hospital
Horace
William R. Montgomery
Hamilton Bank
August Weber
Callei
F. E. Elwell
the American Art Galleries
East 23d Street
Madison Square South
A. G. Hunt
Washington, D. C
Albert Bierstadt
N. A
Buffalo
Selkirk Range
Canadian
Mount Tacoma
Washington
Golden Gate
California
Edward Bierstadt
Richard Mansfield
Pekin
E. H. Conger
Edwin H. Conger
China
John la Farge
Kakemono
James G. Tyler
Rare Oriental
THE
American Art Association
New York State Department
Bride
Judge Pritchard
Nickel
W. G. McAdoo
Hobokenites
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