Thaw Case Evidence Reveals White and Abe Hummel Ties
In New York on February 8 the Thaw trial resumed with Mrs Evelyn Nesbit Thaw on the stand. Delmas reads letters from Thaw to Longfellow including references to Evelyn, Paris and money. A new episode recounts White and Abe Hummel in New York and their attempts to shield Thaw while Evelyn was a minor.
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New York
Evelyn Noshit Thaw
Delmas
Longfellow
Thaw
Paris
Evelyn Nesbit
White
Cable
Alwa
H. K. Thaw
Evelyn
Hotel Nevarre
Hummel
Europe
Fifth Avenue
Aerie P
R AP
Witness
Pittsburg
Barrymore
Rockefeller gift to education tops 1907 board agenda
John D Rockefeller Jr announced to the General Education Board a gift of income bearing securities valued around 52 million dollars, to be split between endowment and targeted objects. The board accepted the gift and outlined governance, while noting prior commitments to 18 colleges across several states.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller Jr
General Education Board
Wen
Rockefeller
General Board
Central American nations may be compelled to arbitrate
Reports from Mexico City say Central America faces a serious crisis with Nicaragua and Honduras. The Mexican government and the U S state department discuss peaceful settlement and possible mediation under an inter-America accord. The U S and Mexico reserve the right to intervene if war breaks out among Central American states.
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Mexico City
Feb. S
Central America
Mariscal
Nicaragua
Honduras
State Department
Washington
Mexico
United States
Guatemalaa
San Salvador
Freight Rates to Be Revised in Iowa by Board
Iowa state board of railroad commissioners orders complete revision of all freight schedules after livestock hearing. The move aims to eliminate inequities and modernize rates in line with current freight transportation conditions. Hearings will be held as soon as possible.
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Maines
Iowa
State Board of Rail Commissioners
Frazier Attacks Federal Overreach Over School Segregation
Senator Frazier of Tennessee criticizes federal encroachment on state rights in a Senate address centered on the Japanese school question. He argues treaties cannot override California and Tennessee laws on school separation and warns of Root’s stance as a threat to state powers. The speech compares President Roosevelt’s actions to Kaiser methods and signals ongoing debate on federal control versus state sovereignty.
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Washington
Senate
Frazier
Tennessee
California
Cuba
Santo Domingo
Hayti
Congo
Ifornia
San Francisco
Calfornia
Root
Colombia
Congress
United States
Goats From Nap to Gallows in Michigan City Murder Trial
A Michigan City prisoner Jerome Williams, condemned for the Tol ward Velilord murder, was hanged last night. He stayed calm on the gallows and wished his partner Jesse Coe would be captured. Williams slept until just before execution, asked if the death warrant was all, then died as relatives declined his burial expenses. body to be given to a medical college.
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Michigan City
Ind
Michigan
Fer Williams
Tolward
Indianapelis
Jesse Coe
Williams
Mayor Orders Transfer of Aggressive Police Inspector
Albany hearing of a bill expanding police powers revealed that New York City Mayor, in his first term, telephoned the police commissioner to transfer an inspector who voiced an unpopular view, aiming to avoid alienating voters.
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Albany
N. Y
Cannuisshimer
New York
Poalies
Income tax'switched scheme and Midwest train wrecks
Paris reports the French chamber debates a new income tax replacing direct levies with a progressive rate up to four percent on incomes over a threshold. In Illinois a Burlington line crash near Peoria kills James Kissenwelter and injures several, as a separate Milwaukee incident leaves one trainman dead and many injured after a collision with a switch engine.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
France
Peoria
Ill
Burlington
Galesburg
James Kissenwelter
Edward McNally
Albert Kusser
Joseph Gagen
Milwaukee
Chicago
St. Paul
Endowment funds and nominations reported in brief
The report notes Thelma Lowry contributing funds to a Minneapolis endowment and a $10,000 grant to a charitable cause, alongside an endowment totaling $100,000. It lists nominations sent to the U.S. Senate, including a brigadier general on the retired list and a United States marshal for the eastern district of Wisconsin. Also mentioned are Guthrie Oklahoma capital proposals and a newspaper sale in La Crosse Wisconsin.
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Homas Lowry
Minneapolis
Minn
Senate
George Pont
United States
Eastern District of
Wisconsin
H. A. Wiels
Congress Briefs From Yesterday in February Sessions
In the Senate the Indian appropriation bill faced amendments and a dispute over full blood Indians selling surplus lands, with a 21 to 22 vote against a provision affecting homestead entries. The House completed the river and harbor appropriations exceeding 83 million dollars and passed a denatured alcohol bill, then adjourned until today while naval appropriations were addressed.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Delny
HOUSE
Anka
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Evelyn Thaw
Harry
Annin
Kampung Wein
Trelmats
Kromtie
Nelieved
Tephone
Eleanor
Howard
Murd
Tie Fetter
Savoy
D Himmert
Alexandervvsky
Penza
Russia
Febovsky
Alexander
Alexanderovsky
Finance Ministry
Humme Office
Navarre
Oil King
National Educational Board
Union
Virginia
North Carolina
South Aria
Louisiana
Missouri
Kaw Lona
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West
Chicago, Lake Shore
Eastern Railroad
Ninety-fifth Street
Alfred Ousley
Japan
Lake Shore
Sacramento
Cal
Sacramento River
C. W. Jones
Reynolds
Rock Island
Mr. Jones
John Carlson
Illinois
Peter Herbertson
Wis
James L. King
Louis Hardis
Crystal Falls
O. S. Dingee
Curtis Tillison
Nels] Owen
Lombard
Oklahoma
Guthrie
Okla
Sapuipa
T T
Lee Syndicate
la Crosse
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