Jerome Thaw Case Labeled Common Tenderloin Murder
New York characters and actions frame the Stanford White murder trial with Jerome denouncing the slaying as a plain common homicide. He attacks Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and questions dementia Americana while urging a verdict of murder in the first or second degree or not guilty by insanity.
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Longfellow
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Settlers Tie Up by Snow in Canada
St Paul Minn April 10 Traffic on the Canadian Northern railway in the northwest is worse than on any western road this year. Embargo notices are issued for shipments west of Kav asack and passenger travel is limited. Blizzards sweeping western Canada have tied up 1200 to 1599 immigrant coaches between Emerson and St Vincent, causing intense suffering as the blockade spreads to other lines.
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Liability Law Arguments Push Supreme Court Review
Washington April 10 Final arguments began today before the Supreme Court in two cases on the constitutionality of the employers liability law. The statute holds railroads in interstate commerce responsible for damages to employees caused by fellow workers or different appliances. Lower courts ruled the act invalid.
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Supreme Court of United States
Washington
Supreme Court
Minnesota Senate Bans High School Secret Societies
Minnesota senate passes bill prohibiting formation of high school secret societies. The measure originally included non secret groups but the non secret clause was removed before passage. Minneapolis reports the action as part of statewide education safety concerns.
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Fire destroys six story Market Street building in Chicago
Fire in the Chicago business district leveled the six story building at 256 to 260 Market Street causing about 150000 dollars in losses. Principal damages hit Ho jester Brothers printers Saracens A J Carlson Co tailors supplies and E H Lovett Son printers supplies. Reichstag Member Dead in Berlin Ignatz Aur, prominent socialist, dies.
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Longworth backs Taft for president in personal interview
Cincinnati April 10 Congress man Nicholas Longworth returned home from Washington and said in an interview he favors the nomination of Secretary Taft as the Republican candidate for president. He spoke only for himself but believes Taft embodies the Roosevelt administration in the eyes of the people.
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Famine in Russia Crowds Plea for Aid From Samara
Dr Kennard of the Society of Friends reports from Samara in the famine zone that 20 million Russians in southeastern provinces lack aid and may not live to harvest time. In Samara thousands die as 750000 starve and only 272700 receive one meal per day.
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End of sensational trial over Mrs Leslie murder
Howard Nicholas and Leonard Leopold were convicted of murdering actress Mrs Margaret Leslie in Chicago. Nicholas received life imprisonment Leopold 14 years. Diamonds linked to both men. Coroners verdict gas poisoning, father protests reopening. Nicholas confessed and implicated Leopold.
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Congress Voices Back Roosevelt Third Term Bid
The Minnesota House passed concurrent resolutions endorsing Theodore Roosevelt for a third term amid an apparently near unanimous vote. Indiana GOP leaders invited Roosevelt to speak at Crown Hill, while opposition from some Grand Army of the Republic members arose. A Thurston anti-Roosevelt display appeared in Omaha, and Minneapolis lawmakers condemned Harriman’s attacks on the president over railroad regulation.
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Harriman Ordered To Testify By Interstate Commission
The Interstate Commerce Commission decided Harriman must appear before a United States circuit court in New York to answer questions he refused at the recent New York hearing. Special counsel will file the action promptly to compel his testimony.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Harriman
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Peary Faces Financial Hurdle For Next Pole Dash
New York April 1 Commander Robert E Peary aims for another polar start this summer after taking a three year navy leave. Funds are the only obstacle though friends say he is hustling to raise money. The Roosevelt lies at Shooter Island for boiler work with Captain Bartlett awaiting to supervise. Peary has left for Boston and may sail in July if funds materialize. The Peary Arecque club which spent 150000 on the last trip waits for philanthropists to contribute again.
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Meat for the French Army Ordered Large Chicago Canned Meats
Paris reports Chicago canned meats in large quantities ordered for the French army. The government calls it the largest peace time order. General Picquart, minister of war, says the new American pure food law guarantees Chicago product quality.
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Senator Foraker to Speak in Canton Tonight
Canton Ohio April 10 plans are complete for the arrival of Senator Foraker from Washington. His speech this evening is expected to open the presidential campaign in Ohio. Agricultural section notes wheat and rye conditions from April 1. Wheat 89.9 percent, rye 92 percent. In New York Samuel Van Sielen curb broker shot himself after losses in the market.
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Ohio
Washington
Agrictural Department Today
New York
Wall Street
Samuel van Sielen
Old Rock Island Official Elected
New York April 10 L F Loree elected president of the Delaware and Hudson company in place of David Wilcox who resigned. It is reported Wilcox has cabled his resignation as president of the Delaware and Hudson company.
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L. F. Loree
Delaware & Hudson Company
David Wilcox
Railroads Plan Slower Schedules On June Ninth
Western railroads led by Union Pacific Rock Island Northwestern Northern Pacific and Burlington set June 9 as the date for lengthening fast train schedules to slower speeds. Officials cite legislatures rate cuts as the reason for the change.
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Standard Oil Denies Answer to Ouster Proceeding in St Louis
In St Louis on April 10 the Standard Oil group and numerous subsidiaries filed a general denial to the government's ouster suit. The defense, led by Judge H. S. Priest, rejects every paragraph and adds a bill of exceptions comprising 387 points on alleged irrelevancy. In a separate item from Junction City
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Henry J. Rogers
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Deep Waterway Feasibility Tested by Endurance Ride
Arabian stallion participates in a long endurance ride to assess the breed’s value as cavalry horses. The test aims to verify the feasibility of using the Deep Waterway route for continued military horse training and deployment.
Deep Channel Feasibility Report To Illinois Legislature
Governor Deneen sent to the legislature the internal improvement commission report on deep waterways Chicago to St Louis. A 15 feet channel is feasible, with recommendations for legislative action and trial construction. Local option debates continue with bills for township and city votes at general elections. The liquor and cigaret measures advance, including bans near military posts and reduced youth access.
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St. Louis
Small Triumph for Standard Oil Wins Court Favor
Chicago April 10 Judge Landis ruled the Standard Oil company may present evidence showing no intent to violate the law in accepting unlawful rates. The court also held the shipper need not go beyond a railroad station to learn the legal rate.
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Seven jurors to try Ruef in San Francisco trial
In San Francisco on April 10 four salesmen were examined for the Ruef case with two passing as probation jurors. Jurors still subject to peremptory challenge total seven after bias excuses. A heated exchange occurred between Special Prosecutor Hiram Johnson and Ruef counsel Henry Ach, drawing admonitions from Judge Dunne that Ach’s remark was most reprehensible.
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Seamon Varnhagen
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Henry Ach
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Women Admit to Johns Hopkins Graduate Studies
Johns Hopkins University opened its doors to women for graduate courses, a decision described by President Remsen as a matter of justice and common sense. He said the move places Hopkins among the last major universities to allow women advanced study and expects few applications initially.
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War on Illiteracy Slogan Heads Pinehurst Education Conference
Pinehurst North Carolina April 10 Better conventional facilities more school houses and continued war against illiteracy were the conference slogans in Pinehurst. Governor Glenn of North Carolina spoke on loyalty to the union and said southern people still revere President Roosevelt as the greatest ruler in the world.
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Philadelphia Bank Fails Depository For City Contractors
The Lincoln Savings Trust company closed its doors in Philadelphia today. A city depository for about ten years, its business was mainly with city contractors. The amount of money involved was comparatively small.
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Lincoln Savings & Trust Company
Roosevelt Must Lecture To Meet Nobel Prize Rules
Christiania April 10 A local paper states President Roosevelt who won the Nobel Peace Prize last year must deliver a lecture in March 199 to comply with rules governing holders of the prizes.
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Christiania
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Administration rules labeling whiskey blends in Louisville
Louisville reports that the administration’s ruling bans labeling blends of bourbon and neutral spirits as whisky. The decision requires such compounded concoctions to be labeled as blends, not as whisky.
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Dredge Boat Ties Up Northwestern Railroad Line
Missouri Valley Iowa April 10 The Northwestern railroad line is tied up two miles west of here as a dredge boat is stuck in the canal blocking the right of way A railroad bridge spanning the canal collapsed behind the dredge boat injuring three engineers F H Kenney and Herman Rose both of Boone Iowa and Edward Werle The bridge derrick collapsed into the ditch beside the tracks Bridge crews work to reopen the line by noon
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Boone
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