Thaw murder trial advances with juror delays
New York February first the Thaw murder trial failed to complete a 12 juror panel after thirteen talesmen were examined and peremptory challenges used. Court delays shifted afternoon session to 2 pm as prosecutors and defense review further juror eligibility amid rumors of more excusals.
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New York
Fitzgerald
Jerome
Thaw
William Thaw
Jerome, Hartridge
Justice Fitzgerald
Talesmen
Ond
Many Sailors Die as Clavering Wreck Claims Lives
Lifeboats rescued 24 crew members of the British steamer Clavering stranded at the Thames mouth. Nine sailors died of exposure overnight while the vessel broke apart, bringing total deaths to 12 with later dispatches claiming 29 drowned from the crew.
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London
Thames
Earthquake Alters Solomon Islands Landscape
A severe tremor in the South Seas touched the Solomon Islands causing ground upheaval and deep gorges with a changed terrain. No loss of life was reported, and Governor Moore arrived from Samoa with the news.
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San Francisco
Solomon Islands
South Seas
Moore
Samoa
Galva Postmaster Fight Settled with Stoddard Nomination
Oliver P. Stoddard named by President Roosevelt as the next Galva postmaster after a heated contest with incumbent William McMeekin. The Henry county race drew strong referee effort from Congressman Prince. Albert W. Errett seeks a third term as Kewanee postmaster.
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Oliver P. Stoddard
Galva
William McMeekin
Roosevelt
Henry County
Congressman Prince
Albert W. Errett
Kewanee
Second Shea Trial Begins With Easier Jury Selection
Chicago February 1 The second trial of Cornelius P Shea president of the teamsters union and other labor leaders accused of conspiracy in the 1905 teamsters strike commenced today It is believed jury selection will be quicker than at the first hearing Also Boston February 1 a 15 to 25 percent cut in passenger fares on the Boston and Maine system went into effect today
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Chicago
Cornelius P. Shea
Teamsters’ Union
Teamsters
Boston
Boston and Maine
Roosevelt threats to appoint a Negro collector at Cincinnati
President Roosevelt considers a Negro as collector of customs in Cincinnati. He says the move aims to represent Negroes in the federal government and denies motive linked to Ohio politics or Foraker. Booker T. Washington proposed several names, including Ralph Tyler, private secretary to Robert F. Wolfe. Dead in a saloon Brooklyn assemblyman Donahue found with a head wound. coroner notes likely murder despite initial reports of death by action.
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Washington, D.C
Roosevelt
Ohio
Cincinnati
Senator Foraker
Ohio Statesman
Brownsville
Foraker
Great Middle West
Ilinois
Indiana
Booker T. Washington
Ralph Tyler
Robert F. Wolfe
Columbus Disputes
Ohio State Journal
Donahue
Brooklyn
Pipple Brother of Real Estate Trust President Commits Suicide
Philadelphia reports Edward H. Pipple aged 70, brother of the late Frank A. Pipple, ends his life with a revolver. Authorities believe grief over his brother’s death by suicide linked to the Real Estate Trust Company collapse. In Dayton, four members of a family die from gas asphyxiation. cause believed accidental from stove to chimney rubber line.
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Philadelphia
Edward H. Pipple
Frank A. Pipple
Real Estate Trust Company
Dayton
John McCausland
Bell Phone Girls Strike Over Eight-Hour Day
Toronto workers protest a shift from five to eight hours a day as Bell Telephone raises pay but cites strain. About 400 girls walk out with the company recruiting over 100 replacements from Montreal and other cities. M. D. s for Anti Nostrum Bill pass in Council Bluffs as doctors back tighter patent medicine controls.
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Toronto
Ont
Bell Telephone Company
E Company
Montreal
M. D
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Congress resumes with river and harbor bill action
Yesterday in Congress the Senate discussed expansion of executive prerogatives and public land laws as Senator Heyburn led a key debate while Senator Lodge offered a brief reply. In the House the river and harbor appropriation bill dominated proceedings with several river and harbor committee members reporting. The House adjourned at 5:10 p.m.
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Washington
Congress
Ate
Ater Rayners
Lodge
S&lator Heyburn
Senate
HOUSE
Mr. Burton
Ohio
Ransdell Hlinois
Lantis
Udrey
Roosevelt Says Nation May Interfere On Child Labor
In New York a letter from President Roosevelt to Maud Nathan of the Consumers' League was read at the league's annual meeting. He endorses state action but warns that if states fail to address child labor, the national government will step in to enforce reforms.
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Roosevelt
New York
Maud Nathan
The
Consumers’ League
League
Cleveland accepts post to push insurance reforms
Grover Cleveland was unanimously elected chairman of the Association of Life Insurance Presidents and will serve as chief counsel and referee in company disputes. He will be paid 25000 dollars annually for these duties while remaining trustee of Equitable Life Assurance stock without compensation from that source.
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New York
Grover Cleveland
United States
Association of Life Insurance Presidents
Cleveland
Association
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Far Reach Bills Flagged In Legislature
Springfield February 1 Senate introduces a bill aimed at curbing price discrimination by localities with strong penalties including state ouster. It targets large firms like Standard Oil and Chicago backers while aiding small dealers. Insurance reform bills and a pure food measure with a 125000 annual enforcement fund follow. Cottages aid for veterans proposed. Gas and electric pricing controls seek a five year term with court review.
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Springfield
Walter Clyde Jones
Chicago
Senate
Standard Oil Company
Arkansas
Kansas
Missouri
Deneen
C. B Ryan
Stat
Insurance Commission
Brown
Brundage
Lindly
Bond County
Hanley Jones
United States Department of Agriculture
United States Pharmacopoeia
United States
Gillespie
Fulton
Old Soldiers’ Home
Quincy
Covey
Man Claims Defense In Murder Of Woman And Child
Phoenix newspapers report Mrs. Harvey Morris and her 7-year-old son slain near their Roosevelt area home. A Black suspect with a throat wound says he defended the woman from two Mexican assailants who killed them. he is in custody.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Harvey Morris
Roosevelt
Unmarried Wakefield Women Petition Legislature
Boston, Feb 1 Wakefield’s unmarried women send a petition to the legislature. The document requests action on a local social issue, reflecting civic engagement by residents of Wakefield. It outlines the community concern and calls for consideration by state lawmakers.
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Boston
Mass
Town of
Wakefield
Isenator Burton Faces Critics Over Bachelor Tax Petition
Wakefield town petition asks honorable bodies to levy a tax on bachelors with fines rising by age from five to twenty dollars and a warning about chloroform doses. Petitioners call bachelors a barnacle on society, urging action though not due to the signers' single status. It lacks committee referral details.
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Wakefield
Rivers and Harbors Bill Faces House Criticism
Washington February 1. Chairman Burton and the rivers and harbors committee faced sharp criticism as the river and harbor bill opened in committee of the whole. Ransdell urged railways support for waterways and an annual bill, while the Interstate Commerce Committee moved to a separate inquiry into the New York cotton exchange. A post office bill allowing postage stamps to replace special delivery stamps was favorably reported.
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Washington
Burim
Graff
Severy
Burton
House
Ransdell
Bill Ransdell
Loutside
President Hill
Great Northern
Chicago
Gulf
House Committee On Interstate Commerce
Livingston
New York Cotton Exchange
Department of Commerce and Labor
House Committee On Post Offices
Aday
Major Harrisburg Fire Destroys Key Center Buildings
A fierce blaze in downtown Harrisburg Pennsylvania early today destroyed or severely damaged the Grand Opera House block and adjacent structures. Loss is estimated at 1 million dollars. The fire began with an explosion in the Opera House building and spread to hotels, offices, and shops including the Park and Columbus hotels, the United Telephone building, Security Trust, Bijou, and other commercial blocks.
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Harrisburg
Mie
Eiher
Grand Opera House
Siep
Duncan
Park Hotel
Columbus
United Telephone Company Build Security Trust
Bijou the. Y. Roshon
Risburg Gas Company
Harrisburg Typewriter and Cycle Companies
Philadelphia
Albany
B. G. Hauger
J. T. Weller
Opera House
ELOPING CORPORAL LOSES HIS STRIPES
Corporal Joha Hardesty of Company E 6th Regiment ON G Sterling is reduced to the ranks on a charge of eloping with Mrs George Martin wife of a member of Company KE He will likely face dishonorable discharge. Harold E Ward resigns as first lieutenant of Company E a special election will be needed to fill the vacancy Mr Ward aged a member of Company Sept 4 resigned and in 192 was appointed quartermaster sergeant and the next year elected first lieutenant.
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Joha Hardesty
6Th Regiment
Sterling
Killilsen
George Martin
Martin
Harold E. Ward
Adjutant General
Wardeth
Bushnell Attorney Ousted by Civic Federation
The Civic Federation secures a special prosecutor after accusing State's Attorney Townley of insufficient action against liquor sales and sleep of nuisance cases. They allege Townley dismissed liquor prosecutions, allowed guilty pleas on minor charges, and maintained friendly ties with liquor interests.
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Civic Federation
Bushnell
Lil
Townley
Federation
Refuses Blackmail Resulted in Mysterious Death Fire
Quincy Ohio February 1 mystery surrounds the blaze that destroyed the home of Mr and Mrs Nathan Little in Burton township. School teacher Elijah Carlin aged something lost his life in the flames. Reports say a man from St Louis threatened Carlin to hand over 410 dollars left in a can at a nearby schoolhouse, which he refused.
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Quincy
Nathan Little
Burton Township
Elija Carlin
St. Louis
Weston to Succeed Wood in Philippine Command
Washington announces a change in Army leadership in the Philippines. Major General John Weston, currently commanding Luzon, will take over the Philippine division upon relief from that duty. Major General Leonard Wood will command the Atlantic division at Governor's Island beginning July 1, unless Lieutenant General MacArthur relocates from San Francisco to that post.
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Army
Philippines
Washington
War Department
John Weston
Department of Luzon
Leonard Wood
Wood
Governor's Island
MacArthur
San Francisco
Cullom Receives Credentials From Ciiperfield in Senate
Representative Ciiperfield arrived in Washington to deliver credentials as the Illinois legislature's envoy for a new six year term. He presented a copy of the document to Senator Cullom and other copies to Vice President Fairbanks and Senator Hopkins. The senate will receive the formal presentation soon. Copley Exonerated in murder case. A jury cleared William G. Copley of blame in the death of his wife and child on Thursday night, with suspicions that Mrs. Copley killed the child before taking her own life.
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B. M. Chiperfield
Washington
Ciiperfield
Ate
Senator Cullom
Senate
Levee Break Forces Memphis Residents From Homes
The northern Memphis area faces widespread relocation as a protective levee fails. Water covers two feet over Poplar Boulevard west of Fourth Street, threatening homes and prompting evacuations. In Dorent near Dorent Missouri the Mississippi flood reportedly washes away two residences and a school, with no confirmed fatalities.
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Memphis
Tenn
Varly
Poplar Boulevard
Fourth Street
Charleston
Dorent
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Iosel
Plete
Delmas
Countess of Yar
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Harry Thaw
Panlel
Charles Ranschluss
Talesman Gleason
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Mr. Kleinberger
Joseph B. Bolton
John S. Dengee
William J. Donahue
Wuest
BELL
Arizona
Bachelors Barnacles ON Good Ship Society
Massachusetts
Isenator Burton
Friends of Lakes
Gulf Waterway
Weston
Cullom
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