Thaw Acquitted on Insanity in Stanford White Murder
Harry K Thaw is acquitted of murder in the Stanford White case on the ground of insanity. Justice Dowling orders Thaw confined to Matteawan asylum until the state commission can assess his sanity. Thaw and his wife express satisfaction, jurors report long deliberations, and a writ of habeas corpus may be pursued. Thaw’s mother and others react as details unfold.
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Harry Thaw
Stanford White
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Justice Dowling
Matteawan Asylum
Tombs
Thaw
Jerome
Wan
Littleton
Dowling
Matteawan
Hack
Althor Lute
Axy
Anxious for Gas Get 3 Million In This Way
Harrisburg reports detail a state capitol furnishings scheme with over 690000 paid to John H. Sanderson for furnishings. The commonwealth claims a system defrauding the state and offers to introduce more papers and furniture as trial resumes.
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Harrisburg
John H. Sanderson
Board of Public
Sanderson
Mathues
Snyder
James H. Shurmaker
Commonwealth
Derk
Bryan's Rebuke of Roosevelt Fires Call to Arms
William Jennings Bryan praised Roosevelt's message as brave and needed, denouncing predatory wealth and monopolies. He urged Democrats and reform-minded Republicans to push remedial legislation, warn of bought newspapers and legislators, and press for a national response without eroding states’ powers.
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Friends of
Reform
Senate
House
Ehough Roosevelt
Congress
el Democrats
Jameson Resigns Cape Colony Premier Secretary
Capetown Feb 1 Dr Leander Starr Jameson premier secretary for native affairs Cape Colony has resigned. He assumed these offices in February 1904. The resignation follows his party's defeat in the colonial elections amid financial strain after the war and enfranchisement moves. Jameson, known as a raider, was popular across nationalities and helped reconcile English and Dutch factions.
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Raider
Capetown
Cape Colony
Leander Starr Jameson
Dr. Jameson
Banks Have More Money Weekly Statement Shows New York Is In Still Better Condition
New York Feb 1 The weekly bank statement shows banks hold 40 530 060 more than 25 percent rule requirements Loans fell 1 784 000 Discounts rose 11 334 000 Reserve up 6 296 000 Surplus up 3 462 000 Ex U S deposits up 1 316 000
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New York
U. S
Stock Breeders Elect Uliness Officials in Champaign
Stock breeders convention in Champaign Illinois closed with a banquet. Officers elected include President A P Grant Winchester Vice President Eugene Funk John H Kincaid Shirley and J R Fulkerson Jerseyville Secretary Fred H Rankin Urbana Treasurer S Noble King Bloomington.
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Champaign
A. P. Grant Winchester
Eugene Funk
Shirley
John H. Kincaid
Athens
J. R. Fulkerson
Jerseyville
Fred H. Rankin
Urbana
S. Noble King
Bloomington
Decree Grants Cabinet Power to End Revolt in Portugal
Lisbon February 1 a government decree was gazetted granting the cabinet unlimited power to repress revolutionary agitation in Portugal.
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Portugal
Lisbon
Forgery Charge for Capitol State Bank Cashier
Horace E. New, cashier of the Capitol State bank which failed last week, was arrested on forgery charges. He allegedly forged notes totaling at least $50,000 in Boise Idaho, a city with a population around 1.0.
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Horace E. New
Capitol Bank of Boise
Boise
Idaho
Capitol State Bank
Cyclone Claims Over Twenty Dead in Hazelhurst
Reports from Hazelhurst Mississippi issued February 1 describe more than twenty deaths and about forty injuries from yesterday's cyclone. Authorities expect the toll to rise as recoveries continue.
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Hazelhurst
Miss
Yesterday in Congress Senate and House actions briefed
The Senate read the president’s message on employers liability and discussed the criminal law revision bill with its first reading completed before adjourning. The House debated veterans legislation and a pension bill, with Indian appropriation discussion continuing as the session ended at 5:95 p.m. until Monday.
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Washington
Houses
Congress
Senate
United States
Monda Ousk
Day Chancellor Calls Roosevelt Message Ravings
Syracuse New York February first Chancellor James R Day of Syracuse University criticized President Roosevelt's message as ravings of a disordered mind. He accused the address of appealing to class prejudice and exciting the masses with demagogic rhetoric and slanderous charges against corporate wealth.
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Syracuse
N. Y
James R. Day
Syracuse University
Roosevelt
Congress
Tariff dispute prompts push for Printing Office probe
Washington Feb 1 tariff debate resurfaces in house talks on Indian appropriation bill. Adair seeks removing tariff on wood pulp and white paper manufacture. Smith argues high printing paper prices stem from price manipulation, Hitchcock cites International Paper Co as example of robbbery.
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Washington
Apj
House
Adair
Indiana
Smith
California
Hitchcock
International Paper Company
Judge refuses to enjoin pressmen's strike in Cincinnati
Cincinnati Ohio February 1 United States Judge Thompson handed down a decision refusing to enjoin the International Typographical Union from striking in the pressroom dispute The ruling allows the union to proceed with industrial action amid ongoing labor tensions and competing court actions in the case.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
United States
Thompson
Gginion
Federal Action Against Pacific Rail Combine
United States moves in Salt Lake City federal court against Union Pacific and many railroads and financiers in a bill in equity alleging a long running conspiracy to monopolize and restrain trade. The action seeks perpetual injunctions to restrain operations aiding the alleged combination.
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Pacific Rail
Washington
United States
Hiram E. Booth
Salt Lake City
Union Pacific
Oregon Short Line
Oregon Railroad & Navigation
San Pedro
Los Angeles
Henry H. Rogers
Henry ©. Frick
William A. Clark
Harriman
Et al
Five Cremated at Kansas City Fire Tragedy
A three story rooming house on Wyandotte street caught fire after a natural gas explosion in the basement. Five residents, all asleep on the third floor, perished in the flames while twelve others were injured but not in danger. Escape routes were blocked before the alarm could be raised.
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Kansas City
Slc
Wyandotte Street
Small Brooklyn Bank Closed After Run
The Home Bank of Brooklyn, a small state institution, closed its doors today after a run began yesterday. The closure is not expected to affect the broader funeral fund situation. In Boyertown, the Opera house fire claimed its 170th victim as Mrs. Toms died from injuries.
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Home of
Brooklyn
New York
Home Bank of
Boyertown
Once Voted Dry Must Remain Dry
Springfield Montana February 1. An official opinion from the Attorney General's office to State's Attorney George E. Martin of Mound City considers that a precinct within a county organized under township law cannot have a vote on continuing the dry status once it has voted dry. Pulaski county is not under township organization. The precinct containing Mound City became anti saloon territory under the local option act in November 1907.
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Springfield
Central Stead
George E. Martin
Mound City
Pulaski County
Hughes Declares Roosevelt Critique in Republican Club
New York February 1 Charles E Hughes outlined his presidential platform at a Republican Club speech. He praised some Roosevelt policies but opposed others arguing for ballot reform stronger interstate commission powers and changes to the Sherman act while stressing a duty to speak and preserve constitutional safeguards.
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New York
Republican Club
Charles E. Hughes
Washington
Bis
Anya
Roosevelt
Jared
Estes
Interstate Commission
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William Thaw
Supreme Court
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Punta Arenas
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Del
William Jennings Bryan
Wall Street
Jameson
U. S. Printing Office
House Committee On
Entative
McKinley
Ilinois
Carey
Wisconsin
New York City
Public Printing Office
Landis
Joint Congressional Committee On Printing
Suffolk Distributing Company
Stillings
Blizzard General
Colorado
Cleveland
St. Paul
Michigan
South Bend
Ind
Denver
J Nine Roads
Hughes
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