Thaw Issues Second Statement in Court Drama
Harry K Thaw secured a newspaper statement through counsel wired to reporters as proceedings at the Tombs continued The defense argues Mrs Thaw’s cross examination proved truth while alienist Dr Evans offered qualifications on Thaw mental state and noted potential insanity hints amid tense courtroom atmosphere The case may see a lunacy commission sought by prosecutor Jerome and further physician testimony in coming days.
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Harry K. Thaw
Daniel O'Reilly
Thaw
H. K. Thaw
Jerome
Thane
Britton D. Evans
Dr. Evans
Mr. Jerome
Harry Thaw
Mr. Delmas
Alienist Evidence On Thaw Case Letters Read In Court
Dr Evans, expert for Thaw, testified that letters written during Thaw’s Paris sojourn show mental instability. He noted letter style and content, including an offer of money to induce marriage, as signs of insanity. Jerome pressed for specific signs in each exhibit, with Evans selecting portions he viewed as supportive.
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Evans
Thaw
Frederick Longfellow
Evelyn Nesbit
Jerome
Dr. Evans
Palm Sunday rail schedule and fares announced
Saturday March 2 and 3 96 and 73 operate over Palm Sunday routes via Pennestrania Railroad with fares 16 or 12 dollars. Recording includes forty hotel streets and two days' rail passes. Train times listed as 9 55 A M 1 25 and 54 P M with opening dates securely announced.
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Pennestrania Railroad
Pough
Sequesters Van Dycks as Italy Blocks Abroad Sales
Rome orders seizure of the remaining Van Dyck paintings in Genoa to prevent further export. Several works had been sold recently to J Pierpont Morgan by the Marquis of Cattaneo’s family. Comment notes Morgan reportedly secured a good bargain.
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Rome
van Dyck
Genoa
J. Pierpont Morgan
Marquis of Cattaneo
Mr. Morgan
Woman painter missing in Montreal after arrival
Mrs Arthur Behenna of England known as John Presergast, a decorator and painter and friend of Lord and Lady Grey, came to Canada to paint the Grey daughter. She was due to open a personal exhibition at the Montreal Art Gallery but vanished after arriving at the Canadian Pacific station last Friday. Detectives search for her and she is said to be a friend of W T Stead.
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Montreal
Arthur Behenna
England
John Presergast
Lord
Lady Grey
Canada
Canadian Pacific
W. T. Stead
Deadly Williamsburg House Fire Claims Two Women and Wounds Man
Mrs Mary Regan aged sixty two and her daughter Nellie aged thirty one died in a Williamsburg home fire. Her husband Peter Regan the night watchman was badly burned while trying to save them. Nellie’s hair catching fire near the stove sparked the blaze that consumed the apartment. John Noonan aided after awakening to screams.
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Mary Regan
Nellie
Taylor Street
Wiliamsburg
Peter Regan
Regan
John Noonan
Regan Apartments
Coal Dealers Indicted For Price Fixing Conspiracy
Providence February twenty eight nine leading coal dealers and companies were indicted on charges of conspiring to fix coal prices. The special grand jury acted after a Legislative resolution urged investigation into a mid winter price surge of twelve and a half percent per ton. Indicted entities include the Eastern Coal Company John Little Company Curran and Burton John R White and Sons Co Inc Harry P Clark Smith P Burton James Kinghorn Marwin White and George E Warren.
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Providence
Eastern Coal Company
John Little Company
Curran & Burton
John R. White & Sons Co., Inc
Harry P. Clark
Smith P. Burton
James Kinghorn
Marwin White
George E. Warren
Salisbury Will Upheld By Court And Museum Bequests
Worcester will of Stephen Salisbury opened 1905 revealed private bequests totaling 656000 with residue to Worcester Art Museum. He valued at 200000 to Worcester Polytechnic Institute and American Antiquarian Society each, 5000 to Harvard, 80000 codicil for Mrs Lawton, plus trust house. Supreme Court sustains will valuing estate at 2 to 3.5 million for museum.
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Tribune
Worcester
Mass
Stephen Salisbury
Worcester Art Museum
Salisbury
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
The
American Antiquarian Society
Antiquarian Society
Harvard Universty
Susan E. Lawton
Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Five Detectives Held In Brooklyn Blackmail Probe
Five plain clothes men were arrested in Brooklyn as grand jury probes into blackmail charges expand. District Attorney Clarke secured bench warrants from Judge Fawcett, with two police captains to be arrested later. Names include Michael Haynes, John J. Murphy, Peter McGlone, Charles F. Matthews, and W. T. Hatter. Alleged Sunday tax levies on saloonkeepers and grafting claims loom as the case unfolds.
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Brooklyn
Newman
Donavan
United Liquor Dealers’ Association of
Kings County
Brownsville
East
New York
Clarke
Coney Island
Charles F. Matthews
W. T. Hatter
Flatbush
Navy estimates tie new battleships to Hague Peace talks
London reports the 1907-08 naval estimates set to cost 40.5 million dollars, contingent on Hague Conference decisions. Aims include two or three Dreadnoughts, plus cruiser, torpedo, and submarine units. Total naval outlay reaches 152.2 million dollars with manpower cutbacks and improved gunnery noted. The Channel, Atlantic, and home fleets see ongoing redistribution under Admiral Lord Beresford.
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London
The
Hague
Lord Tweedmouth
Admiralty
Lord Beresford
Channel
Atlantic
Channel Squadron
Jamestown
TWO DAY SHIPS TO CUBA UNDER MORSE PLANS
Private cable reports from Havana say Charles W. Morse, then in Cuba, aims to create a swift New York to Havana passenger and freight service. He plans two turbine steamers by 1907, each for about one thousand passengers, and to build hotels and docks in Havana to attract tourists and improve docking facilities.
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Havana
Charles W. Morse
Cuba
New York
Cuban
Moree
Ward Line
A. H. Curtis
National Bank of North America
Calvin Austin
Consolidated Steamship Company
Mr. Morse
Morse
Mexico
WEDS FORMER FIANCEE'S DAUGHTER
Professor Jonathan Rigdon aged fifty five marries Miss Alberta Smith aged twenty daughter of Mrs. Alfred Smith of Fairfield Illinois. The couple wed yesterday in Fairfield after formal engagement to the bride's mother amid a prior estrangement and a reunion eighteen months ago.
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Jonathan Rigdon
Tribune
Worcester
Mass
Clark University
Alberta Smith
Alfred Smith
Fairfield
Ill
Josephine Church
West Street
Rigdon
Central Normal College
Danville
Ind
Hoboken Telegraph Office Hires Girls as Messengers
Local telegraph office in Hoboken filled a shortage of willing boys by employing three girls yesterday. They will wear uniform skirts, waists, and caps, already ordered and expected to be ready early next week. The manager expressed satisfaction with the girls’ work.
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Hoboken
Train wreck kills engineer in Connellsville area
Baltimore & Ohio No. 49 of Pittsburgh division derailed near Indian Creek seven miles east of Connellsville. Engineer Irwin died in the blaze while fireman and several others were seriously injured. 41 passengers were aboard as officials and relief trains moved in. Cause cited as engine mechanism loosening and dropping to the track.
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Connellsville
Penn
Baltimore & Ohio
Indian Creek
Robert J. Finney
Pittsburg
Frederick
T. D
Horton
P. R
Smith
J. M
Cumberland
Apgovern
Thomas
Shipley
Charteroi
Bull
B. O
Garrettsville
Ohio
Tissue
J W
Morgantown
W. Va
Roman
J. A
Baltimore
Cockran
Jessie
Dawson
Lape
Peon
Irwin
Finney
Cumberland-Pittsburg
Hammerstein wagers on Bonet’s two year option war
Oscar Hammerstein declares a two year option clause in Bonet’s contract and offers 5000 to any bidder if Bonet sings in America in the next two years. He vows to retain Zenatello and possibly Bonet to block a singing deal with Mr. Conried. Metropolitan speculation hints at Bonet’s engagement pending legal action.
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Oscar Hammerstein
Bonet
America
Manhattan Opera House
Zenatello
Mr. Conried
Soprano Negotiates for Manhattan Next Season Seat
Despite denials from Mr Ham merstein and Mme Eames's rep, the soprano is negotiating to sing at the Manhattan next season with a strong prospect of engagement.
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Mr. Hammerstein
Mme. Eames
Manhattan
Catch Alleged Forger Nabbed In Philadelphia
Edway Howard alias James Lord alias Lawrence Vincent, a New York man, was arrested in Philadelphia on forged checks drawn on the Fifth Avenue Bank of New York. Detectives say about 700 dollars in bogus checks passed at local hotels and certified by the bank. Howard used several aliases and was captured after fleeing a hotel on 1th Street.
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Philadelphia
Edway Howard
James Lord
Lawrence Vincent
New York
Fifth Avenue Bank
Raymon Guilteras
West 55Th Street
Howard
1Th Street
Actress Lilian Davenport Shot at Windsor Park
Brunswick Ga February 28 Lilian Davenport an actress was killed and her companion W H Brown a local businessman mortally wounded in a secluded Windsor Park area R I Davenport husband and Majestic Theatre manager is under arrest but denies the shooting He and his wife recently came from Illinois.
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the Tribune
Brunswick
Lilian Davenport
W. H. Brown
Windsor Park
R. I. Davenport
Davenport
Majestic Theatre
Davenports
Illinois
Bomb in Madrid Cathedral Injures Ten in Panic
A bomb exploded during a cathedral service in Madrid on February 28, causing a rush to the exits and serious injuries to ten worshippers. Police and emergency crews contained the scene as rescuers assisted wounded attendees.
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Madrid
French deputies duel threat over chamber clash
Paris February 2 Deputy Gasparin challenged Deputy Carnaud to a duel after a chamber altercation. Gasparin accused Carnaud of grossest electoral corruption at La Reunion and of instigating an assassination attempt against his opponent.
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Paris
Gasparin
Carnaud
Chamber of Deputies
M. Carnaud
M. Gasparin
la Reunion
Duel at Vienna Ends With Journalist Wounding
A furious sword duel in Vienna between Herr Rakovsky, vice-president of the Hungarian parliament’s lower house, and Herr Horvath, a local journalist, arose from espionage charges. Horvath was severely wounded in the clash.
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Vienna
Herr Rakovsky
Herr Horvath
Car Crash on Madison Avenue Injures Three Women
A 40 horsepower touring car driven by H J Ritteil of West 107th Street was crushed between two cars on Madison Avenue near 67th Street. The three women passengers were pinned but unharmed. Motorman John Donnelly of the southbound car, and owner H B Harter of Bretton Hall, were noted. no arrests were made.
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H. J. Ritteil
West 107Th Street
Madison Avenue
67Th Street
John Donnelly
H. B. Harter
Bretton Hall
Bailey Speech Sparks House Fallout in Texas
Telegram report from Austin dated February 28 describes House minority fury after Senator Bailey condemned opponents in a late night speech. Bailey warned he would ensure non-supporters and those who backed the majority report would not again win public office. Judge Brown questioned Bailey’s credibility. Johnson denounced the accusations as lies while Jackson called him an anarchist.
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Austin
Tex
Bailey
J. M. Brown
S. E. Johnson
M. G. Jackson
Rail labor strike threat covers forty two lines west of Chicago
Chicago February 28 A strike vote looms among trainmen and conductors across forty two railroads from Chicago to the Pacific Coast. Grand Master Morrissey and Grand Chief Garretson headquarter at the Sherman House as balloting proceeds. Managers propose pay raises and overtime rules, with arbitration as a fallback if the vote fails.
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The
Tribune
Chicago
Morrissey
Garretson
Sherman House
Ira Ge Rawn
Illinois Central
Committee of General Managers
Rawn
Pacific Coast
Frisco Forfeits Franchise to City and County San Francisco
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to forfeit the Spring Valley Water Company franchises and works to the city and county. Valued at 63 million dollars by the company, the action cites a state law alleged to have been violated by charging 1902 rates in 1906. The meeting was stormy and decisive.
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San Francisco
Board of Supervisors
Spring Valley Water Company
Harriman Inquiry Details Bond Issues and Syndicate Control
The Harriman inquiry in Washington nears a potential ruling as officials weigh whether further testimony is needed. Charles W. Hilliard testifies that directors reorganized the Chicago & Alton after a Harriman syndicate gained control, moving funds from construction to capital and issuing large dividends. Questions about bond legality under Illinois law prompt discussions of possible court action to recover funds, while witnesses note the expansion of capitalization from 39.9 million to over 122 million since 1898.
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Strony
Harriman Railroads
Washington
United States District Court
E. H. Harriman
Otto H. Kahn
Messrs. Kellogg
Severance
Memers
Harriman
Mr. Kahn
Union Pacific
Chicago & Alton
Hilliard
Harlan
Hllenois
Chicago & Alton Treasury
New York
Felton
Interstate Commerce Pking
Felton testifies on Chicago & Alton finances before ICC
Samuel S. Felton president of the Chicago & Alton Railway testifies on expenditures since 1890, detailing amounts paid from income, bond proceeds, and car trust from 1899 to 1900, with E. Harriman as chief financial officer. Charles W. Hilliard questions mortgage scope on 34 miles of collateralized line and asset valuation.
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Samuel S. Felton
Chicago & Alton Railway Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Severance
E. H. Harriman
Felton
Chicago Alton
Harriman
Car Trust
Hilliard
Chicago & Alten
Chicago Alton Railroad
la Seas
Savannah Line To The South Excursion Offer
Savannah Line advertises low excursion rates to southern destinations with new ships and superior service. Reservations can be made by telephone at 3585 Spring.
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Savannah Line
Tekebey
Adve
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Usher
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General Western Railroad
Frisco
Spring Valley Company
C. W. Hilliard
Mr. Harlan
Charles W. Hilliard
Kellogg
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