Thaw Trial Hearings Reveal Death by Own Action Plan
Mrs. Evelyn Thaw testifies in court about a Paris hotel laudanum incident and Thaw's attempts to die by own action. She details Stanford White’s alleged assaults, their poverty, and Thaw’s sobbing fits as cross examination continues amid defense and public access rulings.
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Evelyn Thaw
Jerome
Stanford White
Harry Thaw
Thaw
Jaudanum
Paris
Littleton
Justice Dowling
Pittsburg
East 22d Street
Madison Square Garden Tower
White
Mr. Littleton
Abe” Hummel
Europe
Hummel
Grand Hotel
the Waldorf
Mr. Jerome
New York
Tower
New Haven Water Co Buys Milford Plant for 150,000
The New Haven Water Company purchased Milford's plant today, valued at 150000 dollars, marking a significant acquisition for the utility.
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Milford Water Plant
The
Tribune
New Haven
New Haven Water Company
Milford
Registration talk on Torrens system at Army Club
Henry Pe gram and G W Thompson spoke on title registration for the Torrens system at the Army Real Estate Club meeting held at Reisenweber s on 15th street and Eighth avenue. They reviewed global history, cited states adopting similar laws, and discussed potential tax and funding implications and gradual adoption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acmy Real Estate Club
Henry Pegram
G. W. Thompson
Torrens Commission
Pierre M. Clear
Pegram
England
Ireland
Australia
Massachusetts
California
Minnesota
Oregon
Colorado
Washington
Philippines
Hawaii
Supreme Court of the
United States
Thompson
Kings County
E. A. Tredwell
New York Board of Real Estate Brokers
Army Club
West Side
Young Men's Christian Assciation
Reisenweber’s
1Sth Street
Eighth Avenue
Trainmen Yield on Wages as Talks Set for Meetings
Eastern rail lines suspend wage increase demands with formal yearly adjustment meetings to discuss conditions. Erie Railroad’s conductors and engineers' committees adjourned after a week at Broadway Central Hotel. Officials described the talks as friendly and non coercive, with emphasis on trade conditions and possible wage protection if improvement stalls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie Railroad
Broadway Central
J. C. Stuart
The
Erie
Stuart
Lawyers' Association Formed in New York County
Sixty lawyers met at the Knickerbocker Hotel to form the Lawyers' Association of the County of New York electing temporary officers led by John F. Dillon and Alton B. Parker. The group plans a law library clubrooms near the Court House and a department to investigate misconduct with aims to aid justice, advance law, and support professional conduct.
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Lawyers’ Association of the
County of New York
Knickerbocker Hotel
John F. Dillon
Alton B. Parker
Joseph F. Daly
Charles Strauss
Denis A. Spvnlissy
Bar Association
Committee of Organization
Lawyers’ Association
County of
New York
Court House
Gen Kipp Reviews 7th Regiment in Night Parade
Brigadier General William Halstead Kipp celebrated fifty years of service as the 7th Regiment paraded in his honor before thousands. After a three battalion review, Colonel Appleton formed the unit into a square and presented a morocco bound letter signed by every member, praising Kipp’s energy and spirit as a citizen soldier.
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William Halstead Kipp
7Th Regiment
Kipp
Appleton
National Guard
Wenman
E. H. Frothingham
C. G. Duryea
F. M. Crossett
W. G. Bates
W. F. Morris
Edward Duffy
69Th Regiment
R. Halstead
Thomas Dimond
Three Arrests In Burglary Case In NYC Home
Police arrested three men last night in a West 88th Street burglary connected to Mrs. Mary Law’s home. Louis Wallinger was seized at the scene as officers recovered jewelry and silverware valued at more than 1200 dollars.
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Mary Law
No. 177
West 88Th Street
Louis Wallinger
Obituary of John Ordronaux lawyer physician on Long Island
John Ordronaux a lawyer and physician died of apoplexy at his Glen Head home. Born August 3 1830 in New York he never married and left no known relatives. Educated at Dartmouth Harvard Law School and National Medical College he practiced law in Taunton and New York while studying medicine. He wrote extensively on medical jurisprudence and served as New York State Commissioner in Lunacy and professor emeritus at Columbia and Dartmouth. He received LL D degrees from Trinity and Dartmouth.
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John Ordronaux
Glen Head
Long Island
Mr. Ordronaux
New York
John and
Elizabeth
Charetton) Ordronaux
France
New York City
Ordronaux
John Moulton
William Cullen Bryant
Roslyn
Dartmouth College
Law School
Harvard University
Taunton
Mass
National Medical College
Brooklyn
Ith
Columbia College
New York State
Ordrenaux
Broad Street
Trinity College
Nity
United States
Rear Admiral Frank Courtis Dies at 63 in Washington
Rear Admiral Frank Courtis retired, aged sixty three, died in Washington. A California native who entered the naval service in 1882 as a midshipman, he commanded the Essex during the Spanish American War and was retired on September 27, 1911.
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Washington
Frank Courtis
Oisto
Naval Service
California
Essex
Charles T. Glen Dies at 62 in Elizabeth New Jersey
Charles T. Glen longtime Essex County lawyer died after a long illness at his home in Elizabeth. He was sixty two, of Scotch descent, son of Rev. William R. Glen. He studied law with Cortlandt Parker and A. Q. Keasbey, later opening his own office. He belonged to the Lawyers Club Newark Board of Trade New Jersey Historical Society and was a Mason. He served two years as master of Washington Lodge Elizabeth. He leaves a wife and four daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles T. Glen
Essex County Bar of
New Jersey
Eizabeth
Mr. Glen
William R. Glen
Parr and Burton Academy
Manchester
Glen
Cortlandt Parker
A. Q. Keasbey
Lawyers’ Club
Newark Board of Trade
The
New Jersey Historical Society
Washington Lodge
Elizabeth
William T Noonan Dies After Illness in Brooklyn
William T. Noonan former Deputy Commissioner of Charities in Brooklyn died yesterday morning at St Catherine's Hospital after a long illness. Born in South Brooklyn forty three years ago he was active in Democratic politics and served on the Kings County Executive Committee. He lived at 98 Carroll Street and his wife survives him.
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William T. Noonan
Father Hugh Ward Dies after Pneumonia Illness
The Rev. Father Hugh Bernard Ward died Sunday at St Marys Hospital after a Saturday pneumonia attack. Born October 30, 18__, in Brooklyn, he studied at Assumption Parish School and Grand Seminary in Montreal. Ordained twenty eight years ago he served at St Patrick Cathedral Newark SS Peter and Paul Brooklyn St Finbar Kath Beach St Marys Hospital and St Melady East New York. An uncle Neil A Ward survives.
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Hugh Bernard Ward
St. Mary's Hospital
Father Ward
Flymouth Street
Brooklyn
Edief
Assumption
St. Francia Xavier Academy
Grand Seminary
Montreal
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Newark
N. J
Church of SS. Peter and Paul
Rev Charles H Paisley Dies in Sackville at 65
The Rev Dr Charles H Paisley dean of Mount Allison University died suddenly today in Sackville New Brunswick from heart disease. He was sixty five years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sackville, N. B
Charles H. Paisley
Mount Allison University
Methodist
Obituary notes list several notable New Jersey figures
John F Mills of South Orange died at home after a public career in plumbing and municipal service. David Donnelly of Phillipsburg, aged 63, an editor or magon by trade, died suddenly at home. Daniel Offley Tatum, 92, a Brooklyn dry goods businessman born in Woodbury, NJ, and later Leonard Street, NYC, leaves two sons and three daughters. funeral tomorrow at 2 p.m. in Greenwood Cemetery. Mrs Dudley, wife of Col Edgar S. Dudley, West Point law professor, died suddenly of heart disease in New York. Mrs Nancy R Merritt, 83, former Third Assistant Postmaster General and later Washington postmaster, dies at her son’s home in Lockport NY. body to Tecumseh, Michigan for burial.
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John F Mills
South Orange
New York
Mills
Daniel Offley Tatum
Adelphistret
Brooktyn
Woodbury
N. J
Philadelphia
Tatum
Leonard Street
Church of the Messiah
Trookiva
Greenwood Cemetery
Dudley
Coronel
Edgar S. Dudley
U.S. A
Military Academy
West Point
Nancy R. Merritt
John A. Merritt
Lockport
Washington
Tecumseh, Mich
Bodies of 3 murdered Italians found near Florence home
Florence Col Jan 2Three of the four Italians who vanished in the city in the past three months were found dead today buried about 10 yards from the home of Antonio Nernino alias Antonio Bavari. Bavari disclosed the hiding place and threatened to be hanged if he did not reveal all. He claimed Joseph Minichello, the missing man, committed the murders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Col
Antonio Nernino
Antonio Bavari
Joseph Minichello
Archbishop imposes Catholic pallium ceremony attire rules
Telegraph dispatch from Boston reports Archbishop O Connell instructs women to wear Spanish mantillas or veils and black gowns, bans hats, and asks men to dress in black. The rules primarily govern the February 6 pallium investiture but may extend through the diocese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Boston
O’connell
Sells Blames Probers Talks To Accountants
Elijah W. Sells president of the American Association of Public Accountants was the chief speaker at the Society of Certified Public Accountants of New Jersey dinner in Newark. He defended corporate management and attacked government regulation and the interstate commerce act, arguing that top business leaders are more capable than government officials and that regulation harms railway and farm development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elijah W. Sells
American Association of Public Accountants
Society of Certified Public Accountants
State of
New Jersey
de Jianne’s
Newark
Sells
Negro Found Guilty in Park Hotel Murder Case
George Wilson, a Black man, was tried in Newark for the killing of undertaker Frederick R. Romer in his Park Hotel room in Orange on December 13. He confessed, was found guilty of first degree murder, and sentenced to die in the electric chair in Trenton. the jury heard about twenty witnesses, including Philadelphia detective Captain James Donaghy.
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New Jersey
George Wilson
Frederick R. Romer
Park Hotel
Orange
Trenton
Wilson
Court of Oyer and Tecminer
Newark
Ten Eyck
James Donaghy
Philadelphia Detective Bureau
Romer
New York Medical Association Elects Officers
At the annual meeting of the Medical Association of Greater New York held last night in the New York Academy of Medicine, officers were elected including President Dr. Robert T. Morris corresponding secretary Dr. T. C. Rayner treasurer Dr. A. B. Galland and Brooklyn Borough chairman Dr. J Scott Wood.
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Medical Association of Greater New York
New York Academy of Medicine
Robert T. Morris
T. C. Rayner
A. B. Galland
Borough of
Brooklyn
J. Scott Wood
New Pastor Curtis Laws Accepts Brooklyn Church Call
The Rev Dr Curtis Lee Laws of First Church Baltimore accepts a call to Greene Avenue Baptist Church Brooklyn after two weeks of consideration. He will begin work February 15, and Baltimore church members express regret at his departure while urging reconsideration of his resignation.
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Curtis Lee Laws
First Church
Baltimore
Greene Avenue Baptist Church
Brooklyn
Laws
Public Service Corp Virginia receivership asked
Norfolk Va Jan 20 Federal Judge Waddill was asked to appoint a receiver for the Public Service Corporation of Virginia a gas company at Hermpten capitalized at 00 000 with a bonded indebtness of 130 00 The suit is brought by Mr Wildes of New York and Philadelphia representing bondholders and allowed to hold stock in the state of 50000
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Norfolk
Waddill
Public Service Corporation of Virginia
Hermpten
Wildes
New York
Philadelphia
English option on Stratton mines examined for sale
Cripple Creek Colorado January report that the Stratton estate covering thousands of mining acres is under expert review for an English syndicate holding an option to purchase for 20 million 900 dollars. The property includes much untapped ground and portions already developed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Cripple Creek
Col
Stratton Estate
Police Hero Twists Cow From Train Tracks at Brighton Beach
Patrolman Matthew Bongard rushed to a stalled Brighton Beach line train, drawn his revolver, and lured a defiant Jersey cow off the tracks in eight minutes. Captain Dooley praised the quick action as Bongard led the bovine away from the manhattan bound cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton Beach
Brooklyn
Bongard
Captain Dooley
Pullman Company to Curtail February Layoffs
The Pullman Car Company announced that on February 1 it would lay off 2,000 men in its freight car department due to a lack of orders. Four thousand workers will be retained. President Robert T. Lincoln denied reports that the company had accepted substantial stock payments for cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Chicago
Pullman Car Company
Robert T. Lincoln
Norwalk Bank Fails After Assignment by Officials
Norwalk Ohio January 22 Norwalk Savings Bank assigned this afternoon to E Eben its assistant treasurer and G T Thomas a lawyer The last report showed 50 in Individual deposits and 358000 as the total assets It is the second bank failure since the bankruptcy of the Norwalk Steel and Iron Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tribune
Norwalk
Ohio
Norwalk Savines Bank
E. ©. Eben
G. T. Thomas
Norwalk Steel and Iron Company
Newsboy Fakers Arrested in War Declaration Yell
Eleven newsboys in Chicago were arrested for shouting War is declared between the United States and Japan. They advertised a weekly paper with sensational cries and warned after police involvement.
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Chicago
United States
Japan
Norwegian steamer Fitz abandoned off Brest coast
The semaphore station at Brest reports the Norwegian steamer Fitz abandoned in a sinking condition off the coast. All crew members were saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brest
Fitz
Yonkers Aldermen Denounce New York Central Train Cuts
Yonkers Board of Aldermen held a public hearing on the New York Central’s reduced Putnam and Hudson River Harlem divisions train service. Speakers denounced night service removal and fewer day trains. District Attorney Otis was directed to file with the Public Service Commission to restore the schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Aldermen of
Yonkers
New York Central
Putnam, Hudson River
Harlem
Putnam
Charles B. Otis
Public Service Commission
Trial of Lieutenant Halted at Fort Wayne Court Martial
A War Department telegram halted the Fort Wayne court martial of Lieutenant Russell F. Hazzard US Infantry on charges of embezzlement and forgery. The department cited mental incompetence and granted more time for defense prep. Captain Glasgow said the family hired civilian counsel. adjournment set for 10 a.m. tomorrow.
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Detroit
War Department
Washington
Fort Wayne
Russell F. Hazzard
United States Infantry
Hazzard
Glasgow
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