Thaw Case Progresses With Testimony On Providence Claim
The Thaw trial resumed with Dr. Evans describing Thaw’s insistence that Providence guided his actions. Evans said Thaw claimed he sought justice for innocent girls, denounced White as evil, and claimed the act was Providence’s doing. Attorneys sparred over the will and Thaw’s mental state, with Evans concluding Thaw was not of sound mind.
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Wing White
Abe Evans
Perutiouty
Delphin M. Danas
Nefenidant
Evans
New York
Rye Ane
Thaw
White
Brim
Drial Ani
CIA
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Ereat Lenge
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Anthony Comstock
Distriet
Jerome
Charles G. Wagner
State Hospital
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Lok
Cullen
Eodiell
Dortor
Vietims
Delmas
Monte
Hifien
Pressmen Strike Slows Butte News Output
Butte Montana February 18 reporters strike halts local papers the Butte Miner Evening News Inter Mountain and Daily Standard of Anaconda suspend publication. Printers seek five dollars and fifty cents per day while editors hold line, state papers only source of news.
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Butte
Mont
Butte Miner
Evening News
Inter-Mountain
Daily Standard
Anaconda
Legislative Voters League critiques regulators in Illinois
Springfield bulletin analyzes pending bills in the legislature and flags regulators aimed at controlling professions. It notes some regulators are well meaning while many are not, urging swift action against unworthy regulators and disclosure of merits to shape public sentiment.
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Springfield
Feb. IL
Legislative Voters
General Assembly
Legislative Voters’ League
Senate
Fourteen Drowned in Bay of Naples Collision Incident
A disaster at midnight near Naples left fourteen people, including the captain of the Orianda, dead after the British ships Heliopolis and Orianda collided. The Heliopolis, bound to Honolulu with emigrants, limped into port with a damaged bow. The Orianda, 1500 ton Liverpool vessel, sank while leaving Penarth, while the Republic collided with Centro America in Naples harbor, causing panic but no injuries.
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Heliopolis
Orianda
Penarth
Orlando
Istariverpool
Oriental Steamship Company of Liverpool
Honolulu
Lloyds Shipping Gazette
Barry
Wales
Malaga
White Star Line
Republic
McAuley
Boston
Genoa
Centro America
St. Thomas Dan
Ex Superintendent Embezzler Charged in County Funds
Bloomington J feb 18 John Wren formerly retired superintendent of the county schools has been cited on a charge of embezzling public funds through a questionable handling of school finances.
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Bloomington
John Wren
Fallieres Tries to Save Cabinet From Crisis
President Fallieres intervened to resolve ministerial differences in Paris. He conferred with Premier Clemenceau and cabinet members, aiming to calm the rift. Reports suggest agreement on lease contract terms for churches and sal factory to Clemenceau and Brin?
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Paris
Fallieres
Clemenceau
Sal
Briand
Nineteen Frozen to Death Across Prussia
Berlin reports nineteen people perished from freezing in Prussia over the past several days as extreme cold gripped the region. Local authorities and welfare agencies warn of ongoing dangers as temperatures remain well below freezing.
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Berlin
Prussia
Make Up the Sum Saves Immigration Bill by Party Vote
Bloomington Christian Church service raises 1900 to cover a 1200 shortage in the Helen Dixon organ fund. Dixon, charged with embezzlement, caused a breach as a $2800 organ price looms. Pastor Gilliland vows to lead subscriptions, raising the full amount amid silent, emotional appeals. Meanwhile river drownings involve Hilbert, Sterter, Nye boys. one rescues another but three remain missing as police recover bodies with help of local residents.
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Bloomington
Second Christian Church
Helen Dixon
Dixon
Democrats Push Immigration Bills in House Fight
Washington February 18 House debate centers on the conference report on the immigration bill. Burnette of Alabama objects to provisions regulating Japanese immigration and air space in ships. The appeal on the chair’s ruling is tabled by party vote. Senate panel later approves naval appropriations with a $3,000,000 armament boost. Tribute to Robert Hitt fills part of the session with speeches from Lown den Foss Fuller Clark Cousins Lacey Dalzellet and others.
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House
Senate
Burnette
Alabama
United States
Thier
Payne
New York
Ravers Naval i
Senate Committee On Naval Affairs
Questios
Robert Hitt
Tate
Iinois
Messrs Lowden
Foss
Fuller
Illnois
Clark
Missouri
Cousins
Lacey
Town
Lamar
Florida
Messrs. Payne
Fear of a whipping leads to river tragedy on ice
Elizabeth Barge wakes to learn her nephew William and three Dixon children vanished after walking on thin Rock River ice. Laurence Nye, John Hilbert, Ralph Stertner, and Vernon George are found dead near the river. A fear of whipping caused the boys to withhold the truth, delaying the police search.
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Elizabeth
William Barge
Will
Laurence Nye
John Hilbert
Sranison
Catherine Hilbert
Dixon
George H. Nye
United States Mail
Ralph Stertner
Wil Stertner
Pearl
Vernon George
Partiawly
Wilram Barge
Yale Captain Is Killed in Accident on New Mexico Ranch
Dr. Sherwood B. Ives son of General Brayton Ives and former Yale rowing captain died after a pistol discharged on Ray Morley ranch near Magdalena New Mexico. He was riding earlier and had left the automatic pistol in its scabbard when it fell and discharged striking his thigh and stomach. He died while being driven to Magdalena.
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Sherwood B. Ives
New Mexico
Tes
Magdalena
New Gold Coin Designs Ordered by President
President Roosevelt directed a change to U S gold coin designs, the first update in fifty years. The project, assigned to a renowned New York artist, aims for artistic improvements and will be submitted for presidential approval after discussions with the treasury.
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Senate
United States
New York
Roosevelt
Doom of Kellsey Seen as Governor Calls Insurance Chief
Governor Hughes summoned Otlo Kellsey, state insurance superintendent, for an afternoon testimony on the condition of the insurance department. The interview marks the first step in reports of possible removal and investigation into department affairs.
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Hughes
Miany
Hatice
Otlo Kellsey
Denies Plot To Wreck Ship Yorktown Boilers Scrutinized
Washington February 18 The naval board reports that poor workmanship caused Yorktowns boilers to be unsatisfactory not a plot to damage the vessel. The board in session will determine the exact condition and assess the defect origins at the island navy yard and fix responsibility.
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Naval Board
Yorktown
Washington
Island Navy Yard
Eleven Hundred Miners Laid Off in Arizona Strike Action
Bisbee Arizona February 18 eleven hundred miners have been discharged since last Tuesday by Warren district mining companies. The layoffs are tied to the arrival of Western Federation of Miners organizers and may signal a district wide shutdown before week’s end. Henry Steele Olcott dies Adyar India Theosophical Society confirms. Anna Howard Shaw reelected president of National Woman's Suffrage Association in Chicago.
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Arizona
Bisbee
Ariz
Warren
Western Federation of Miners
Henry Steele Olcott
New York
Alexander Fullerton
The
Theosophical Society
Adyar
India
Mme. Blavatsky
Chicago
Anna Howard Shaw
National Woman’s Suffrage Association
Stock Disappearance Sparks Fight Over Pittsburg Coal Curbs
Pittsburg Feb 18 President M. L Taylor of the Pittsburg Coal company and former President Robbins are entangled in a bitter dispute over missing stock from Robbins' era. Taylor reports loaned 4450 shares of preferred and 2149 shares of common, not yet returned, charged to unadjusted accounts at market value totaling 252,762 dollars until recovery or disposal.
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Robbins
Pittsburg Coal Company
Pittsburg
M. 11 Taylor
Taylor
Kansas City Condemned Man Tries to End Life in Jail
Frank Hotman under death sentence with Mrs Aggie Meyers for killing her husband attempted suicide in a jail cell this morning stabbing himself in the breast He may die after soaking matches in water and drinking the liquid during the night with no visible effect.
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Kansas City
Frank Hotiman
Aggie Meyers
Hotman
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