Thaw Case Snares Blur OReilly and Allies
Dan O'Reilly, condemned and disbarred for a theft, is linked to the Thaw saga, a misfortune chain blamed on the White tragedy. Other Thaw figures face disbarment probes, money, witness, and resort trip revelations, plus deaths and high drama surrounding the defense team.
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Dan O'Reilly
New York
O'Reilly
Thaw
O’reilly
Clifford W. Hartridge
New York Bar Association
A. Russell Peabody
John and
George Lee
Delphin Michael Delmas
West
Professor Moore and the Washington Rainstorm Fumble
The weather bureau figure Professor Moore sparked jests in Washington after predicting rain for a night tied to Taft's silver wedding anniversary. An ideal evening followed a calm day, contradicting forecasts and echoing past inauguration weather woes including a marching blizzard that disrupted telegraphs and trains.
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Professor Moore
Washington
Weather Bureau
Noah
Taft
Moore
Weather Office
Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin Under Senate Probe
Washington reports that Senator Isaac Stephenson of Wisconsin, the lumber magnate, will face a senate privileges and elections committee inquiry. Born in 1829 in New Hampshire, he moved to Wisconsin, built wealth in timber and banking, served in the Wisconsin legislature, then in Congress, and was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1907 to fill an unexpired term. The inquiry will consider his bid for a full term.
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Washington
Stephenson
Wisconsin
Senate Committee On Privileges and
Isaac Stephenson
New Hampshire
Bangor
Milwaukee
Escanaba
Congress
United States Senate
Taft
Indianapolis
Ind
James G. Blaine
McKinley
Pius X
United States
White House
White Bluff
Savannah
J. O. Harris
Perry Keller
Arthur Wagner
Harris
Clement A. Evans
United Confederate Veterans
Prison Commission of Georgia
Capitol Avenue
Atlanta
Evans
Smith
General Evans
Ex-Queen Margherita May Visit United States in Fall
European royalty figure Ex-Queen Margherita of Italy, daughter of the late Prince Ferdinando of Savoy, may visit the United States in the fall. Once married to King Humbert, she was widowed after the assassination of her husband. At sixty, she remains admired for charity work and holds strong ties to Italians abroad.
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Margherita
Italy
United States
Ferdinando of
Savoy
Genoa
Humbert
United ‘Italy
Brescia
Chicago Tribune
Taft
Indianapolis
Ind
Mary G. Tutewiler
Century-old South Carolina woman dies at 105
The oldest white woman in South Carolina, Mrs. Sarah Loftis of Greenville County, dies at 105. Born in the mountains, she mothered six children, two of whom survive, and recalled colonial American history during her long life.
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South Carolina
Sarah Loftis
Greenville County
America
Rodney W. Diegle
State Senate
Carolina and Clinchfield and Ohio Railway
Chesapeake and Ohio
Seaboard Air Line
Chicago
Cleveland
Pittsburg
Middle West
Carolina Clinchfield
Ohio
The
Gulf
Invincible Fortifications Guard New York Reach of Coast
Washington reports Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood declares seaboard fortifications invincible and capable of destroying fleets. Invasion would see major battles in largest cities. Senate Bristow says insurgent Republicans demand more tariff actions beyond wool revision. Benton McMillan predicts a Democratic national sweep. Clerical appointments at Marist College spark conflicting reports about new pastors.
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New York
Seaboard
Leonard Wood
United States Army
House Committee of Expenditures
War Department
Wood
Senator Bristow
Kansas
Bristow
Congress
Benton McMillan
Tennessee
G. S. Rapier
Marist College
Atlanta
John B. Gunn
Natchez
Sacred Heart Church
John E. Guinan
Salt Lake City
Father Rapier
Father Guinan
Peace and war in the age of dreadnoughts
Amid warnings of rising armaments Europe races for naval supremacy while the American Navy expands under a five year budget to 593 million. The article notes battleships, Dreadnoughts, and strategic bases at Pearl Harbor Guantanamo Olongapo and discusses canal opening and global balance of sea power.
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Europe
England
Germany
Austria
Russia
United States
China
Japan
Italy
Panama Canal
Atlantic
Navarch
Columbian Magazine
Pari
Peart Bor
Hawaii
Dewey
Olongapo
Manila
Guantanamo
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Canal
North Carolina Bear Hunts By Raleigh Correspondent
Jones county farmers campaign against bears disturbing hog raisers. A pack of nine trained bear hounds reliably bays and tracks bears amid swamps and thick woodlands. Henry Oliver ended a recent Mill creek hunt with a bullet. W. A. and W. H. Bender lead the leading bear hunters who own the pack. Northern sportsmen seek the area in winter.
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North Carolina
Jones County
Mill Creek
Henry Oliver
W. A
W. H. Bender
Raleigh Correspondence Forest
The Laird's Portraits and a Hidden Value
A Scotch laird discovered two portraits of a family member from George III era. He kept the Reynolds painting and gifted the Raeburn to a gallery, later learning the Raeburn could be worth about 25 000 dollars and possibly much more.
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George III
Reynolds
Raeburn
New York City's Heavy Debt Burden Highlighted
New York carries the heaviest municipal debt, seven times larger than the next city and over half the debt of the 27 largest U S cities combined, underscoring widespread borrowing by residents.
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New York
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