Thaw case unfolds with mother's epilepsy claim presented
Mrs. Thaw testified about family insanity and epilepsy in four generations while detailing Harry Thaw's troubled youth. She described his early health issues and erratic behavior, and noted the absence of epilepsy on her side. The testimony shifted to Comstock’s letters and other witnesses as expert evidence looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam Thaw
Eland Acelin
Harry Thaw
Jerome
Comstock
Thaw
Madison Square Garden
224 Street
241 Street
Ferguson
Blackguard
Granford White
Children’s Society
John B. Gleason
Gleason
William Thaw
Ola
Josiah Copley, Jr
Amherst
Salt Lake
John Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Hersch
Josiah Copley
Andersonville
Henry W. Copley
Thaw Sxore
Joan Roots
Charles K. Wagner
State Hospital
Binghamton
Evans
Frances Pierce
Nesbit Hood
Hotel Cumberland
Bargain Overcoats Sell Fast at Warren Street Sale
Like the fish in the sea, a sale offers good men overcoats with sizes 32 to 35 chest. S15, 20 and 30 dollars. Also boys' Russian overcoats priced 5.50 and 7.50 and tourist coats at 10 and 12 dollars. Addresses listed as Warren street 13th street and 1269 Gand Street.
January Linen Sale Offers Ten Percent Discount
The sale in progress offers a ten percent deduction on all linen department merchandise. Included are fine blankets quilts brass beds and good bedding. Broadway at Nineteenth.
Proposals for Hose and Miscellaneous Goods Sealed
Proposals for hose packing rubber and numerous associated items will be received by the Isthmian Canal Commission in Washington until 10 30 a m February 17 2008. Public opening will follow for furnishing listed articles with blanks and information available from the General Purchasing Officer and purchasing agents in New York Philadelphia Baltimore Chicago and other U S engineer offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isthmian Canal Commission
Washington
State Street
New York City
Customs House
New Orleans
U. S
Baltimore
Italian plot aimed at Paterson chief of police
Paterson scene in January report describes Italians in women’s clothing allegedly plotting to kill Chief John Bimson. A 19 year old mill worker Isabella Foreman reports a package to the chief’s house and identifies male voices, with three men seen nearby. The episode follows a linked Black Hand murder context involving Garafolo and Amazzano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rimson
Mill Street
Miss Foreman
John Farrel
James Robertson
Bimson
Garafolo
Sang
Frank Amazzano
Justice of the Peace
Robert Cortese
Unitarian Protest at Club Dinner in Manhattan Reflects Social Cruelty Critique
At a Unitarian Club dinner in Manhattan, Rev John Haynes Holmes urged focusing on current social problems such as street railways coal mines and price controls rather than old religious quarrels. Speakers decried hymns as symbols and urged congregational singing over choir worship while condemning symbolic religion. About sixty members attended with several ministers and their spouses listed among the guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Haynes Holmes
Church of the Messiah
Unitarian Club
Loter Manhattan
New York
Roosevelt
Charles Graves
Passaic
N. J
Jordan
Galilee
Hell
Heaven
Alson H. Robinson
Newburg
N. Y
H. Burdett
F. F P. Bellamy
Newark Bank Clearing House Meeting Postponed Indefinitely
Opposition by financial men to forming a Newark clearing house caused the National Newark Banking Company to cancel a meeting at the Board of Trade rooms. Invited attendees agreed that time is not yet ripe for establishing a clearing house association in Newark and formal action was postponed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
National Newark Banking Company
Board of Trade Rooms
Art Lovers Attend Picture Sale at American Art Galleries
Eighteen Albert Bierstadt pictures sold for 7589 dollars at American Art Galleries in a sale led by Thomas B. Kirby. Top prices reached 1140 dollars for The Last of the Buffalo and 1100 dollars for Rocky Mountains The Selkirk Range. Earlier, Hunt collection works brought 4925 dollars, totaling 7282.25 over two sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Bierstadt
N. A
Thomas B. Kirby
Buffalo
D. P. Read
Rocky Mountains
Selkirk Range
Canadian
Public Library of
New Bedford
Mass
Bierstadt
A. G. Hunt
Washington
Hunt
Price
Passaic River
Sumout
Noan Company
Busch
Suneet Nea
Platte River
Pas
Manse
Saratoga
Gerdan
Matterhorn
H. Mayer
Lake Lucerne
Yosemite Valley
Rohifs
Jungfrau
Lauterbrunnen
California
H. Hirschberg
J. N. Ay Haas
A. Lave
O. Bernet
High Sierras
James TD. Smitte
Irving McKesson
Mountain Lake
A. H. Wyant
LH Lemaire
FF. Kensett
Rogers
East Hampton
Long Istand
Wandsworth
A. Thompson
Gordan Company
Anne Hathaeas
B. Wood Perry
Rebifs
Duchess of Cleyee
H. Itzard
Selfridge
Coudert Brothers
Falls of Torquemaia
Mexico
Frederick E. Church
W. M. van Norden
Cyrus W. Field
Hunt Collecton
Morvis Awalgang Dies After Eating Moth Balls
Elizabeth January 22 Special Morvis Awalgang age forty one resident of 56 Senath Park street died of naphthalene poisoning at Alexian Hospital after mistaking moth balls for candy he gathered while picking rags. A stomach pump provided only temporary relief and he endured great agony. He left a wife and four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth
Morvis Awalgang
Senath Park Street
Alexian
Awalgang
Various City Meetings At Astor And Public Schools
Today hosts a packed schedule with the Portia Law Club at Hotel Astor and other meetings at City College Temple Emanu El and many public schools. Notables include Dr Stephen Wise and Albert Bard on Primary Reform, lectures at the Waldorf Astoria, and illustrated talks in schools across Manhattan backed by the Board of Education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portia Law Club
Hotel Astor
Cornelia S. Robinson
West End
Metropolitan Museum of Art
American Museum of Natural History
Metz
City College
The
Public Education Association
East 22d Street
Association of
Theatre Managers
Knickerbocker
Harlem Property Owners’ Association
East 123Th Street
J. L. Magner
New York
59Th Street
Tenth Avenue
James T. Shotwell
France
West 44Th Street
George Donaldson
Hester
Essex
Suffolk Streets
Frank Stephens
Venice
Relmonte
10Th Streets
Alice D. le Plongeon
Yucatan
First Avenue
de Witt Snyder
Jongeland
Eighth Avenue
Merie St. Croix Wright
Ralph de Emerson
List Street
Rudolf Tombu
Wagner
Ite Street
J. P. Gord
John ¢. Calhoun
Fifth
Lenox Avenues
Florence FE. Harpham
Maude
Hebrew Technical Institute
Stuyvesant Street
Lewis D. Hill
Institute Mall
East 106Th Street
Frank T. Molony
New York Public Library
East 96Th Street
Willis Boughton
Robert Burns
Hall
Hindson Street
Grove Street
Herbert L. Wheeler
Morris High School
166Th Street
Boston Road
Frederick J. Sykes
Matthew Arnold
Westheater
William T. Dorward
Secotland
Public
Matilda Street
Wakefield
Georg Astegni “Loan of
Arc
St Ann's Avenue
147Th
Guy Haine
Lafayette Hall
Alexander Avenue
157Th Street
John F. Dobbs
New Jersey Senate Confirms Key Judicial Appointments
Governor Fort sent a long list of nominations to the New Jersey Senate on January 22. The Senate promptly ratified Mahlon Pitney as chancellor, James F. Minturn as associate justice of the Supreme Court, and Willard Voorhees for immediate confirmation due to workload. Other notable picks included William S. Gummere as chief justice, Robert H. McCarter as attorney general, Obadiah C. Bogardus and Charles E. Hendrickson Jr. to the State Board of Assessors, Robert Corey to the State Board of Equalization of Taxes, and John J. Toffey reappointed port warden of Hudson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Fort
New Jersey Senate
Senate
Mahlon Pitney
Morris County
William J. Magle
James F. Minturn
Hudson
Supreme Court
Willard P. Voorhees
Middlesex
William 8. Gummere
Robert H. McCarter
Obadiah C. Bogardus
Charles E. Hendrickson, Jr
State Board of Assessors
Robert Corey
State Board of Equalization of Taxes
Charles C. Black
Circuit Court
John J. Toffey
Advises Artists to Study Here at Arts Club Event
William T. Evans praised American sculpture as more vital than any nation and urged students to learn here before pursuing Paris or Italy study. The Gramercy Park reception honored Spencer Trask, with gifts from Arts Club and Craftsmen members and remarks on private support for arts and sciences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Evans
Spencer Trask
National Arts Club
National Society of Craftsmen
Gramercy Park
Evans
Paris
Italy
Trask
Arts Club
My Lady’s Garden
Katrina Trask
Crafts Society
Charles de Kay
Robert van Iderstine
United States
Mr. de Kay
34Th Street House
Mr. Trask
Frederick 8. Lamb
Postmaster near death as bolthead crashes through Post Office roof
Assistant Postmaster Thomas F. Murphy narrowly escaped injury when a heavy iron bolthead fell from above and buried into the Post Office floor. Theories point to towers of the Singer Building or Park Row Building, with others citing the new bridge terminal. Investigations continue as workers deny involvement and officials dispute the origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postoffice
Thomas F. Murphy
Post Office
Singer
Park Row
Bridge
Murphy
Grand Jury Calls Lumbermen At New Orleans Meeting
Federal grand jury summons served on three officers of the American Yellow Pine Manufacturers Association during its New Orleans annual meeting. Officers called to produce minutes and the president’s address as curtailment of yellow pine production dominates discussions. Named are John L. Kaul of Birmingham, H. H. Foster of Malvern, and G. K. Smith of St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
H. H. Foster
Malvern, Ark
G. K. Smith
St. Louis
Twenty Seventh Annual State Dairy Convention Opens in Unity Hall
Hartford January 22 Special delegates to the twenty seventh annual convention of the State Dairy men's association gather in Unity Hall tomorrow and Friday for a milk and cream exhibit. Mayor Henney will welcome attendees, with H G Manchester president replying. Governor Woodruff will speak tomorrow along with W J Frasier Illinois RK Wade Ontario Agricultural College J H Hills Vermont and J M Trueman Connecticut among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
State Dairymen's Association
Unity Hall
Henney
H. G. Manchester
Woodruff
W. J. Frasier
Illinois
RK. W. Wade
Ontario Agricultural College
J. H. Hills
Vermont
J. M. Trueman
Connecticut
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Anthony Comstock
Racers, Peet & Company
Broadway
Warren St
Gand St
McGibbon
WAR _ Department
New London
Conn
Fort Terry
William F. Horton
Earl & Wilson
Paterson
Unitarians
Bank Clearing House
Elizabeth Man
N. J. Plum Tree
Federal
Grand Jury
Yellow Pine Association
State Dairymen
Stern Brothers
West Twenty-third Street
Hippodrome
An's
Coor
Port Arthur
Ace
Svi
Drowning Ballet
Fiske
Rosmersholm Sother
Tome Rome
Bway
Hacke
John Mason
Majestic
W. Monroe
Anna Laughlin
Bailey & Austin
Hera
Lew Fields
McEes
Mes
Bes
Seeas Atee
Fy Ee
Maude Adams O. Vee the Jesters
Savoy
Miss Hook
Holland
Ethel "Barrymore
Garrick
Maxine Elliott
Gordon Lennox
Mats
Victor Moore
George Cohan
Lycel A Theatre
Maans Yand
Kyrle Bellew
Margaret Illington
New Amsterdam
Thea
Anna
Liberty Theatre
West
Mabel Taliaferro Frederi Polly CircuUs
New York Theatre
Genee
Metropolitan
Don Giovanne
Emma Eames
Gadski
Sembrich
Bonci
Scotti
Chaliapine
Blass
Dufriche
Mahler
Fri
Eng
Fremstad
Homer
Knote
van Rooy
Reiss
Muhlmann
Mahier
Sat
Manon Lescaut
Cavalieri
Mattfeld
Caruso
Barocchi
Lucas
Ferrari
Faust
Rappold
Jacoby
Girerd
Martin
Straceciari
Bovy
Sun
Rossint
Fernia
Cavaleri
I. Caruss
Srti
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Iten
Hertz Fri
S— Faust
Emma Fames
Jacoby Reid
Plancon
Stracciari
Beguea
Bevy
Weber
Ammerstein
Irwin
Mr Cotton & Long
Bros
Tenny & the “Horse
Mats 23 & Ie
Himack
Grace Hazard
Tuart Barnes
Waterbury
Colonial Mat
Alhambra
Eva Tanguay
WFST
Victoria
White & Stuart
Albert Whelan
Horace Goldin
Joe Welch &Co
Ryan
Richfield & Co
Whit Cunliffe
Mats .V
Lonesome Town
St. Ladies
Ceers
Irving
Oethe
Wallace
Blaney
Lincoln Sa
Edna Mav Snooner Oe
J. D. Dietritch
Scranton
Penn
R. A. Stimson
Connecticut Agricultural College
F. W. Hack
Barkhamstead
Colonel Masters
Union League Club of Brooklyn
Plainfield
Tribune
Hibbert B Masters
West 7Th Street
Kentville
Nova Scotia
Ile
Sth
Masters
Portland
B. Chittenden & Co
Eldridge, Dunham & Co
Union League Club
Brooklyn
New York Commandery
Military Order Loyal Legion
E. L. Tefft Post
Saimagundi Club
Alexander Shaler
National Guard
State of
Clara Lovell Everett
Wrenham
ASTOR
Viola Allen
Irene Wycherley
Wharton
Manhattan
S—Lucia DI Law Mermoor
Mme
Tetrazzisil
Zenatello
Sammarco
Arimondi
Venturini
Ais
Miss Mary
Mmes
Russ
de Cisneros
Mat Zenatelio Ancona
Campanini
Agostinelii
Bressler-Gianoli
Zeppilit Gerville
IL Trovatore
Schumann-Heine
Musical di Campanini
Rigoletto
Tetrazzini
Bassi
Renaud
Gilibert
Lotise
Mery
Bressier-Gianoli
Dalmores
Gilbert
Dessneros
MM Bassi
Sammareo
Arimond
Eve
Tales OF Hoffmann
Miles
Zeppilli
de Cisameros
Trentini
Gilibert Gianoli-Galletti
Crabbe
Asco Stuyvesant
Belasco
Matinee
Sarard
David
Warfield
Virgin
Henry W Feras
Carnegie
Philharmonic
Society
LaTiene Goodson
Ieka
Grieg
Ted Und Verklarrung
Richard Straa Sears
Felix F. Letfels
Carnegie Hal
Halet
Bauermasen
Mendeldssohn Hall
Mami Silberfeld
Wisener
Wissner
Stith St
St Arm
Mendet
Reital
Sohn Hall
Rarata Schnabel
Volpe
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Sc Jomelli
Symphony Society of New York Orchestra
Tee Walter Damrosch
Besir Schafkowsky
Eugene ‘ Fing
Séth
Nura@ry and Child's Hospital
Aldor F
St. Nicholas Rink
Columbus
Nicholas
Wanderer
World IN Wax
Cinematograph
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