Thaw Trial Developments Lead to New Testimony
New York report of February 27 outlines key Thaw trial moves. Jerome plans to recall Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and question her about statements to her brother Howard Nesbit and to call Dr Bingaman for the state in rebuttal as defense winds toward finishing its case this week.
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Howard
Europe
Howard Nesbit
Providence
Abe Hummel
Canal completion by US engineers under new plan
President seeks full Army Engineer Corps control of the Isthmian Canal project with Major Goethals, Du Gaillard, and Sibert to head the restructured Panama Commission. Senator Blackburn would join. Stevens retires for a higher salary post, as old commissioners shift out and contracts may be let under army direction.
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Isthmian Canal
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Enmeer
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Panama Canal
Engineer Corps
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D. du Gaillard
Willum L. Sibert
Commission
Blackburn
Kentucky
United States
Senate
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Reorganized Commission
Stevens
Collision in fog kills engineer in Mexico Missouri
A fog bound early morning crash near Mexico Missouri killed engineer William Slacing and injured twenty others as an accommodation passenger train collided with a westbound freight. None of the injured were seriously hurt.
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Mexico
St. Louis
William Slacing
Panic in Garfield School Sparks Stampede in Chicago
About 350 Garfield school pupils fled panic stricken from classrooms when a stereopticon fuse burned out. Teachers rushed in to aid the frightened children and prevent injuries. Several smaller pupils were bruised in the rush for exits but no serious harm occurred.
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Chicago
Garfield School
Bequeathed Body Offered for Medical Research by Dr Emil Hirsch
Springfield news reports Dr Emil G. Hirsch of Chicago offered his body after death for physiological or pathological research to any reputable medical institution. The offer came amid hearings on hospital clinics at state insane asylums, with debates over the value and safeguards of clinical instruction and public clinics.
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Emil G. Hirsch
Chicago
State Board of Charities
House Committee On
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Secretary Shaw in a Receptive Mood
Washington reports Secretary Shaw signaling his party will decide on future public service if invited to lead a path of personal endeavors. He accepted the presidency of the Carnegie Trust Company of New York while keeping Denison, Iowa as legal residence. In London, unionists win in Brigg by 116 over Liberal. Sir Berkeley Sheffield returns to Parliament. W A Garrett named president of Seaboard Air Line in New York.
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Carnegie Trust Company of
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Shaw
Denison
Iowa
Carnegie Trust Company
New York City
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Brigg
Lincolnshire
Berkeley Sheffield
Mine Operators Agree to Fund Strikes in Joint Defense
Springfield UK February 27 The Ti nols Deal Operators association arranged a defense fund to aid miners during strikes. If a strike is called, operators will pool money proportionate to tonnage to support those with idle mines, shifting from individual to collective backing. Also, UMWA finances adjourned to Peoria next year. Colorado River Break Stopped Los Angeles February 27 Officials report the Imperial Valley dam withstood two weeks of overflow tests. Dam costs to curb the river range from six hundred thousand to four million dollars.
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Springfield
United Mine Workers of America
W. P. Smith
Peoria
Los Angeles
Imperial Valley Dam
Yesterday in Congress Brief Resume of Feb 27 Proceedings
In the Senate a civil rights measure advanced and a $1,000,000 action opened for settlement of Rosebud Indian lands. A naval district bill and appeals in criminal cases were noted. In the House debate on the ship subsidy bill continued with extended time. Conference reports on fortifications, omnibus revenue cutters, army, river and harbor, postal, and agricultural appropriation bills were adopted or appointed. House messages included a Kiowa pasture town site veto and a civil war veteran relief bill.
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Miss Maxwell Dies Holding Fire Escape Duty at Hochelaga School
Montreal February 27 Miss Maxwell principal and 16 children died in a fire at the Hochelaga school of the Protestant School Commission. The brick two story building in east Montreal housed about 200 children. The kindergarten floor suffered the worst. Firemen and ladders rescued many, but Maxwell refused to descend and reentered to save others. She was found dead on the back floor with a child. The cause was asphyxiation.
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Montreal
Parnance
Miss Max
Captain Carson
Miss Maxwell
Harriman Testifies On Union Pacific In ICC Probe
Edward H Harriman testified before the Interstate Commerce Commission on Union Pacific dealings, denying certain stock transactions and stating he sold St Joe & Grand Island stock to Union Pacific. The session covered railroad pricing, control moves, and calls for stricter regulation amid reform debates and government inquiries.
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Union Pacific Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Edward H. Harriman
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Union Pacific
St. Joe & Grand Island
New York
BE. H. Harriman
Wall Street
United States
Southern Pacific
William G. Rockefeller
James R. Keene
Union
Public Kept Out of the Court Room
In Culpeper Virginia on February in the trial of James and Philip Strothers for the murder of Bywaters the widow of the victim testified on the stand. Only a few officers counsel and newspaper men attended. She described relations with Bywaters from engagement to marriage and alleged a criminal operation at Bywaters suggestion.
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Culpepper
James
Philip Strothers
Bywaters
Marc
Tax suit seeks $6 million from Southern Pacific charter
Kentucky filed by Franklin county sheriff against Southern Pacific Railway to fix a valuation for taxation. The suit asks the company to pay $1 million annually into the state treasury for a Kentucky charter plus $5 million in penalties over five years, totaling $6 million, though the company owns no railroad property in Kentucky. The case will be heard at the April term.
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Southern Pacific
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Hays
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Ainst
Southern Pacific Railway Company
Kentucky Board of Valuation and Assessment
Senator Platt Denies Divorce Filing In Mae Wood Case
Washington February 27 Senator Thomas C Platt faced questions over a divorce suit filed against him by Mae Catherine Wood his long time nemesis in New York Supreme Court He stated It is true that a suit for divorce has been filed I deny new allegations in every particular They are as false as false can be Miss Wood has long been threaten.
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Washington
Thomas C. Platt
Mae Catherine Wood
New York Supreme Court
Miss Wood
Plot Foiled Attempt on Grand Duke Nicholaseviteh
Novoe VrEniya reports foiled plot to kill Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholaseviteh, president of the council of national defense. A masked man planted an infernal machine on the track before the imperial train’s arrival from Tsarskoye Selo. The suspect was caught, and a accomplice fled in the cab. rumors had circulated about Nicholaievitch being named dictator of Russia.
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St. Petersburg
Novoc Vreniya
Nicholas Nicholaseviteh
Council of National Defense
Nicholas
Sehet
Tsarskye-Selo
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Sation
Grand Duke
Nichol
Russa
Stolypin
Poisoner Wright Shammed by Doctors Say No Poison Found
Denver February 27 Physicians treating Benjamin C Wright formerly of Chicago testified he was shamming and had taken no poison after confessing to poisoning his wife and child. Wright is physically well with no poison traces in the stomach. Stella Good, linked to Wrights plan, was arrested in Colorado Springs with her mother and returned for questioning.
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Denver
Benjamin C Wright
Chieats
Stella Good
Colorary Springs
McCleary to Succeed Shellenberger as Second Assistant Postmaster General
Washington Feb 27 The president accepted the resignation of Second Assistant Postmaster General Shellenberger Representative McCleary of Minnesota will be appointed to succeed him in the post The change follows Shellenberger’s exit and the appointing of a new deputy postmaster general negotiates administrative leadership in Washington.
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Washington
Shellenberger
Minnesota
Marion Lumber Certifies Capital Increase to 20000
The Marion Lumber company of Rock Island today certified to the secretary of state to an increase of capital stock from $15,000 to $20,000 in Springfield. The filing was dated February 27 and reported by the Argus Special.
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Springfield
Argus
Marion Lumber Company
Rock Island
New County Administrator J L Oakleaf Named by Governor Deneen
Governor Deneen appoints J L Oakleaf of Moline as public administrator of Rock Island county to fill a 1905 vacancy. In Ravenna Ohio a 14 year old boy Robert Finch died after being punished in school, his mother Mrs George Finch died yesterday of a broken heart.
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Moline
Deneen
Sprivefield
Argus Special
Oakleaf
Rock Island County
Ravenna
Ohio
George Finch
Robert Finch
Will Own Roads Government Ownership Debate
Washington reports Senator Patterson of Colorado urged government ownership of railroads as he introduced a bill to acquire national rail lines. He argued the measure could be achieved within the lifetime of current senators, though rapid action was not expected.
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Senate
Patterson
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