Thaw pleads insanity for murder of Stanford White
In New York Harry K Thaw faces a renewed murder trial as insanity is entered as his plea. The court begins jury selection amid routine hearings with three daily sessions planned. Mrs Evelyn Thaw attends, while juror No 1 Charles E Gremmels is named. Separately Milwaukee banks stop paying out clearing house checks used as currency.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Securitg
Stanford White
Anpreme Court
Thaw
Martin W. Litteton
Littleton
Russell Peabody
Daniel O'Reilly
Jerome
Ivan
M Thaw
Evelyn Thaw
Anatice Dowling
Avorptx
Charles E. Gremmells
Smicheon
le Omaha Clearing House Association
Milwaukee
Wis
Object to primary election in Ohio
Papers prepared in Henry county seek to enjoin the board of elections from holding a primary to select Taft and Foraker delegates to the State convention. Plaintiffs argue taxpayer funds cannot be used for such purposes at the behest of a political committee.
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Toledo
Ohio
Henry County
Board of Elections
Taft
Foraker
Explosion in First National Bank Still Unexplained
Kansas City January 6. Experts conclude the blast in the marble First National Bank building was caused by dynamite or high explosive. A pipe fragment likely from a bomb was found in the wrecked basement. Motive unclear. officials fear crank work or robbers planning future use. No arrests. 10 injured, none fatally, two seriously. Loss around 10000, confined to basement.
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Kansas City
Concensus
First National Bank
November 1907 Internal Revenue receipts fall short
Washington dispatch notes a monthly revenue report showing November 1907 collections declined by 52600 compared with November 1906. The figure indicates a drop in internal revenue receipts for the month.
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Washington
Perjury Charge Dropped by Druce in Portland Case
London reports the perjury charge against Herbert Druce, pressed by his nephew George Hollamby Druce, has collapsed. The civil action to recover the estate of the Duke of Portland will continue. The developments surfaced after the coffin of Thomas Charles Druce was opened and examined.
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London
Herbert Druce
George Hollamby Druce
Duke of Portland
Thomas Charles Druce
LITTLE TROUBLE IN MUNCIE AS CARS RUN WITHOUT GUARDS
In Muncie Indiana on January 6 rioting subsided as streetcars operated with no guards. Deputies and troops stood back while strike breakers and local workers filled posts. Major General W J McKee praised the calmer mood and predicted no further outbreaks aside from minor youth actions. Forty three strike breakers departed for Chicago and several factories reopened, with about one thousand idle union men returning to work.
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Muncie
Ind
W. J. McKee
Chicago
Surgeon Stokes Chosen To Command Relief Hospital Ship
Acting under presidential orders, Secretary Metcalf assigns Surgeon Charles F Stokes to command the hospital ship Relief at Mare Island California. The vessel will be fitted with full hospital equipment for duty with the battleship fleet and accommodate about 250 sick persons. Metcalf avoided comment on the controversy that led to Admiral Brownson's resignation as head of the bureau of navigation.
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Metcalf
Washington
Charles F Stokes
Relief
Mare Island
California
Admiral Brownson
Bureau of Navigation
New cruiser proves fast during Rockland trials
North Carolina, built by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., arrived in Rockland Maine yesterday. During a short forced draft run the cruiser averaged about 22 knots, meeting the speed standard. The standardization trial occurred today on the Rockland course.
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North Carolina
Rockland
Maine
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Black Hand suspected in East Omaha man found
A murder mystery believed to be the work of the Black Hand society ends in East Omaha where the body of Giuseppe Fiorenz was found in a pasture by local boys. Detectives searched for clues as authorities labeled the case an apparent homicide with Italian roots and possible organized crime links.
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East Omaha
Omaha, Neb
Black Hand Society
Guisseppe Fiorenz
East
Omaha
Saloonkeepers Close Their Doors Voluntarily in Cairo
In Cairo Alabama on Sunday 62 saloonkeepers closed all doors voluntarily pledging to obey laws. A local option election is planned for April as ministers in East St Louis organize legal aid for those fighting saloonkeepers and brewers.
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Cairo
St. Louis
East St. Louis
Governor Criticizes Court Martial Over Kulp Fight Order
Des Moines Iowa Governor Cummins reprimands Captain Oliver W. Kulp of Davenport for not stopping the McFarland Herman prize fight last November. He defends the court martial but says the order was specific and Kulp disobeyed it, damaging public trust in the National Guard. Restored to command, Kulp vows to rebuild the unit. An Indianapolis meeting may seek peace overtures among farmers amid night rider threats in Kentucky.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Oliver W. Kulp
Davenport Company
Iowa National Guard
Cummins
Kulp
National Guard
Daven
Indianapolis
Ind
American Society of Equity
Night Riders
Kentucky
Tobacco Growers’ Organization
Independent Holds Balance of Power in Ohio Senate
Columbus Ohio January 6 The second session of the 77th General Assembly opened with the House Republican by one vote and the Senate evenly divided Senator Lamb an independent holds the balance of power in the Senate
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Columbus
Ohio
77Th General Assembly of Ohio
House
Senate
Sentator Lamb
Three Die In Wreck At Dubuque Iowa
In East Dubuque a Great Western freight bound for Chicago collided with a Burlington Chicago to St. Paul passenger train at 2:30 PM. Three killed: engineer John Blanchard from La Crosse, Wis. and brakeman W. H. Smith, plus Winfield McGasky of East Dubuque. Injured dispatcher Martin Gallagher badly cut and bruised. Air brake failure and switch occupancy blamed for the crash near the East Dubuque tunnel.
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East Dubuque Tunnel
Great Western
Burlington
Supreme Court strikes down Employers' Liability Act
The Supreme Court rules the June 11 1906 employers liability law unconstitutional, shielding railroads and other carriers from certain negligence claims. The decision affirms the lower court and also holds that proceeds from sale of original import package inventories may be taxed by states.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the
United States
Supreme Court
President takes a whack at Admiral Brownson in letters
Paris and Washington report Roosevelt attacks Admiral Brownson over naval command rules. The president accuses Brownson of harming the service by opposing a staff officer command and defends assigning medical officers to hospital ships citing wartime precedents. Critics say the letters challenge Senate and House critics as Congress reconvenes.
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Washington
Brownson
Roosevelt
Victor H. Metcalf
Navy
White House
Admiral Brownson
Russia
Congress
Senate
House
Cameron McRae Winslow
Bureau of Navigation
Secretary of the Navy
Rixby
John BE. Pillsbury
Bureau
Pillsbury
Navy mutiny inaction sparks public rebuke of Admiral Brownson
A stern editorial attack questions Admiral Brownson's resignation over hospital ship policy, calling it unseemly and harmful to naval efficiency. It notes a formal statement by Surgeon General Rixey and a pending public reply from Brownson, urging coordinated action by the secretary of the navy and the president.
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Brownson
Department
Secretary of the Navy
Admiral Brownson
Rixey
Winslow
Bureau of Navigation
Bureau
Times Passes Into New Hands in London Sale
The Times, long owned by the Walter family since its founding, has been sold to a newly formed company. Arthur Pearson becomes managing editor and Arthur F. Walter becomes chairman of the board in the transition announced in London on January 6.
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Times
Walter
London
The
Arthur Pearson
Arthur F. Walter
Fold Company
Little Egypt Dancer Found Dead in New York
Catherine Devine known as Little Egypt was found dead in her Manhattan apartment from illuminating gas asphyxiation per autopsy report submitted to the coroner. Reports from St John describe no word on the Mount Royal, long overdue after 29 days at sea. In New Castle a thousand men were rehired at the Shenango tin plate plant. Youngstown plants resume operations, employing 8,000. The Argentinian steamer Imperatrice boilers exploded off Ushant. crew saved by a fishing smack.
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New York
Catherine Devine
Little Egypt
St. John
N. B
West Indies
Alcides
Glasgow
Mount Royal
New Castle
Shenango
Youngstown
Ohio
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Youngstown Steel ‘and Tube Company
Brest
Ushant
Roosevelt urges civil service exams for census staff
President Roosevelt asked the House to hire the 4 000 plus census workers through competitive civil service examinations and condemned the patronage system. The Senate and House were in session briefly, adjourning in respect for late Senator Mallory of Florida.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Roosevelt
Civil Service Commission
Senate Land House
Mallory
Florida
Bribe taking ex supervisor dies of heart failure
San Francisco on January 6 former Supervisor Thomas F. Lonergan collapsed at his home and died. He was a member of the board who had confessed to taking bribes from the United Railroad and other corporations.
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Thomas F. Lonergan
San Francisco
of Supervisors
United Railroad
Fight Over Spilled Milk Injures Five in Des Moines
Five members of Adam Schaffer’s family in Des Moines Iowa were injured, two perhaps fatally, after a milk pail overturned during milking. Allie Schaffer drove a cow behind Levi’s milking, a cow kicked, and a subsequent fight with knives ensued until neighbors intervened and physicians were summoned.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Adam Schaffer
Allie Schaffer
Levi
Hospital Laundry Fire Claims Three Workers in San Francisco
A laundry outbuilding at the French hospital burned early today in San Francisco, killing three employees and triggering a panic among patients as the hospital faced the blaze. In Philadelphia, Rev. James O. Krowell, a noted Presbyterian clergyman, died today.
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San Francisco
French Hospital
Philadelphia
James O. Krowell
Missing vessel may be in port at Brier Island
St John N B January 6 A Canadian Pacific steamer is reported at Brier Island coming up the bay As no ship of this line is due till Wednesday it is thought it may be the missing Mount Royal.
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St. John, N. B
Brier Island
Mount Royal
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