Thaw Trial Returns for Sensational New York Hearing
Harry Thaw again stands in the criminal branch of the New York Supreme Court to answer for the Stanford White slaying. The second trial follows the first with new thrills, including Ida Cimonton testimony and Evelyn Nesbit Thaw recounting the affair. Delmas is replaced by Martin Littleton, and Mrs Thaw’s health has improved as costs mount well into six figures.
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New York
Arry Thaw
Supreme Court
Stanford White
Martin W. Littleton
Daniel O'Reilly
Russell Peabody
Harry Thaw
Ida Vera Cimonton
Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Madison Square Garden
Delphin Michael Delmas
Napoleon
San Francisco
Texas
Brooklyn
Delinas
Littleton
Park Avenue
Is Gassaway to Wed
The report that former Senator Henry Gassaway Davis of West Virginia will marry Miss Maude Ashford has resurfaced with claims the engagement is true and the wedding will occur soon. A Palm Beach honeymoon is planned and he is said to offer $1,000,000 to waive her dower rights.
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Washington
Henry Gassaway Davis
West Virginia
Rockefeller Gives University of Chicago 2.19 Million Gift
John D Rockefeller donates 2 191 000 to the University of Chicago as a New Year gift. His total Standard Oil era philanthropy now stands at 23 899 661 98 dollars in gifts.
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Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
University of Chicago
Standard Oil King
Rockefeller
Garden Party for Fighting Bob at Rio Janeiro Banquet
The American embassy fixed January 14 for a banquet and January 16 for a garden party to honor officers of the battleship fleet under Rear Admiral Evans. The fleet is expected to arrive about January 11.
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Bob
Rio Janeiro
Embcassy
Evans
Teapot Tempest at Indiana Lew Wallace Statue Plan
Washington Special reports the Indiana commission named by Governor Hanly to place General Lew Wallace’s statue in the capitol statuary hall. The group splits on material with a bronze majority favored over marble.
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Washington
Indiana
Hanly
Lew Wallace
Statuary Hall
Capitol
124 Years Old Still Working in Constantinople Press
The London Cable reports The Lancet’s Constantinople correspondent citing local press on Ottoman longevity. Hadji Raif of Keni Baghtche is said to be 124 and has worked at the military school book bindery in Paucaldi for eighty years. his father allegedly died at 142.
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London
the Lancet
Constantinople
Ottoman Empire
Hadji Raif
Keni Baghtche
Paucaldi
Pettibone Acquitted in Bomb Murder Case
Boise Idaho special: jurors find George A Pettibone not guilty of killing ex Governor Steunenberg with a bomb. Pettibone, Western Federation of Miners officer, was ill but appeared for the final day. William Haywood was acquitted last summer on the same charge. Lawyers offered no closing argument.
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Boise
Idaho
Pettibone
George A. Pettibone
Steunenberg
Western Federation of Miners
William Haywood
Western Federation
London Starts Anti Rat Crusade
London launches a major anti rat campaign backed by Lord Avebury Sir Lander Brunton Dr Crichton Shrowne and Sir Henry Johnson They claim rats cause 50000000 pounds in property damage annually in England while posing a greater hygienic danger
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London
Lord Avebury
Lander Brunton
Crichton-Shrowne
Henry Johnson
England
Maxim’s Triple Naval Invention Promises New War Power
New York special reports Kudson Maxim’s claim of a motorite driven torpedo capable of over a mile per minute, a semi-submarine torpedo boat at 60 mph, and a motorite propelled torpedo boat. He says the trio would give the United States the most destructive naval weapons.
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New York
Kudson Maxim
United States
Maxim
Mr. Maxim
Whitehead
Southampton
Osage Warrior Ke-Wah-Ho-Tsa-Ah-Lo Dies After Dance Fete
A Tulsa telegram reports Ke-Wah-Ho-Tsa-Ah-Lo, the Osage tribe's largest man and a veteran of the Osage Kansas war, died after dancing all night at an Osage festivity in Oklahoma. He was a full blood and advanced in years.
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St. Louis
Republic
Tulsa
Okla
Ke-Wah-Ho-Tsa-Ah-Lo
No Precedent for Hanly Martial Law Proclaimed
Indiana Governor Hanly last Saturday proclaimed martial law for Muncie and nearby areas due to a street car strike. State records show no prior proclamations of this kind and officials recall no similar action in recent years. Cars are once again running.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Hanly
Muncie
Executive Department
Whitecaps Convicted at Columbus Indiana
In Columbus Indiana a jury convicted David Fox of Smithville and Jacob Kirk of Kirkville Monroe county of whitecapping William Vanest a blacksmith of South Bethany on the night of June 22 after an overnight deliberation in the State of Indiana v Fox et al.
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Columbus
Ind
Indiana Ohio Baseball League seeks reorganization bids
Richmond Indiana will host a meeting on January 20 as teams from Indiana and Ohio towns visit Hamilton Piqua Lima Van Wert Muncie Bluffton Anderson Kokomo Marion Fort Wayne Decatur Huntington to explore berths in the reorganized Indiana Ohio Baseball League.
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Richmond
Ind
Indiana
Ohio
Hamilton
Piqua
Lima
van Wert
Muncie
Bluffton
Anderson
Kokomo
Marion Frankfort
Decatur
Huntington
Bank optimism rises as western banks strengthen finances
Washington reports a calmer start to the business year with government finance officials noting a shift from October panic losses. Western banks have rebuilt their reserves, Western money moved from New York to the West, and national bank notes in circulation rose to 690 million dollars, indicating ample cash despite earlier fears.
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Washington
New York
San Francisco
Kansas City
Treasury
Panama
Congress
Treasury Department
Mississippi Valley
Far West
Chicago
United States
Eloper Uses Shotgun to Force Elopement in Carmi
In Carmi Illinois Herbert Evans of Carrier Mills forced C L Lyles to surrender his niece Lena Daniels to elopers. Lyles was abducted at gunpoint while driving his buggy, and the couple fled in the buggy. Characters include Lena Daniels C L Lyles and Herbert Evans.
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Eloper
Carmi
Ill
Herbert Evans
Carrier Mills
C. L. Lyles
Lyles
Lena Daniels
Evans
Elopers
Lyle
Boni Figures in Fuss in Paris Cable Duel Imminent
Violent quarrel erupts in Rue Chillot between Count Boni de Castellane and Prince Helie de Sagan. Reports say the count denounced the prince in fierce terms and a duel may follow. Castellane was recently divorced from Miss Anna Gould of New York.
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Boni
Fuss
Paris
Rue Chillot
Count Boni de Castellane
Helie de Sagan
Anna Gould
New York
Record This Year Shows Fewer Lynching Cases in U S
Chicago Special notes that lynching declines to 63 in 1907 from 69 in 1906, the smallest in twenty years. Personal crisis reports rise for several years, totaling 10,782 in 1907 versus 10,125 in 1906, per public press.
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Chicago
United States
All will come out in the Cervantes washing
A fragmentary note suggests a process or event at Cervantes involving washing, with no clear participants, dates, or locations. The text hints at a forthcoming reveal or resolution, but specifics remain unclear in the available lines.
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Cervantes
Diamond Trust Cites 1907 Fall in Diamond Imports
New York Special reports 1907 importations of precious stones and pearls fell by 11 million dollars from 1906, totaling 32,573,488 amid money troubles. The decline grows toward year end as Diamond Trust price stabilization and supply curtailment influence the market. India and Brazil supplies shrink. one large importer reports losses over 60,000,000 carats shifted elsewhere.
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New York
Custom House
United States
Diamond Trust
India
Brazil
Awakening to Immigration Issues Pressures Britain
London faces a rising racial problem as Indians and Chinese in the empire confront registration orders or expulsion. Canada and Japan negotiations are affected by Vancouver outbreaks and Transvaal tensions. Indians warn of loyalty erosion and diplomatic protection for Japanese allies.
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London
England
Transvaal
Vancouver
Canada
Japan
Pacific
America
Great Britain
Johannesburg
Navy critics prompt Roosevelts official reply plan
Washington Special reports President Roosevelt orders an official reply to navy criticisms from newspapers and magazines. Admiral George A Converse will oversee the response focusing on whether the US Navy lags Europe in ship construction. Metcalf says newer ships have heavy armor below the water line to protect vital areas, ensuring protection when vessels roll.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Navy Department
George A. Converse
Board of Construction
Converse
Europe
Metcalf
New York Special: Mrs Maine Desmond Dies After Needle Ordeal
Mrs Maine Desmond of New York, who sixteen months earlier attempted suicide by swallowing a package of 144 needles, died after physicians conducted twenty five operations to remove needles and left about a dozen in her body.
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New York
Maine Desmond
Girl Takes Icy Swim in New York Special
Miss Helen Wilcox of Ellington State Island braved two degree below freezing water in a thin bathing suit and swam five minutes near her home as part of a wager reported in the New York Special.
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New York
Helen Wilcox
Ellington
State Island
Col Bobroff Shot Down in Samara Street Attack
Col. Bobroff head of the provincial gendarmerie was assassinated in Samara as he walked through a crowded street. An unknown assailant fired on him causing his death. The incident shocked local authorities and residents amid ongoing security concerns.
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Col. Bobroff
Samara
Russia
Louise Vermeule Humtbogger of New York Wealthy Fraudster
Louise Vermeule alias Mrs John Van Ness Roberts, found dead of poison at 227 Riverside Drive, identified by Col Robert J. Haire as the forger tried in 1899 who staged lavish living across hotels and boards, swindling milliners jewelers banks and others in a sensational humbugging career spanning Colorado Philadelphia and New York.
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New York
John van Ness Roberts
Riverside Drive
Robert J. Haire
Lafayette Street
Louise Vermeule
Cassie Chadwick
Colonel Haire
Colorado
Windsor
Fifth Avenue
London July Pageant to Sweep England History on Water
London officials back a July pageant in Regents Park to review England's history. A 12 acre arena, 10 000 actors, 12 000 seats, and a possible act of parliament may be required. Planned scenes include Lud burial, bronze age dwellers, a water sacrifice, first English bishop consecration, William the Conqueror coronation, Richard I from crusades, Richard II quelling Wat Tyler rioters, and Anne Boleyn coronation on water galley processions.
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London
England
Regents’ Park
Lud
Ludgate
William the Conqueror
Richard I
Richard II
Wat Tyler
Anne Boleyn
Vanderbilt Wedding Set for January Twenty Third
New York announces the marriage of Miss Gladys Vanderbilt, daughter of Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, to Count Haeat Szechonyi. The ceremony will be held January 23 at the Cornelius Vanderbilt residence on Fifty-eighth Street and Fifth Avenue.
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Vanderbilt
New York
Gladys Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Haeat Szechonyi
Fifty-eighth Street
Fifth Avenue
New Books Published in 1907 Rise Over 1906 Figures
The London Cable notes a record 9,914 new books in 1907, up 1,311 from 1906. The count draws mixed reactions, seen as either encouraging or appalling depending on perspective.
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London Cable
Jap Soldiers Recalled by Mikado from Vancouver
The Oregonian reports a Vancouver, British Columbia dispatch that hundreds of Japanese ex-soldiers in Canada have received orders from the Mikado to return to Japan at once.
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Portland
Ore
The
Oregonian
Vancouver
B. C
Japan
Countess of Yarmouth Seeks Divorce in London
Rumors of trouble between the Countess of Yarmouth sister to Harry K. Thaw and her spendthrift husband who she wed in Pittsburg years ago culminate in formal divorce filing announced today.
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Countess of
Yarmouth
London
Harry K. Thaw
Pittsburg
Second Attempt Ends in Covington Youth Suicide
Covington Indiana 19 year old Mack Clifford Smith ended his life with carbolic acid his second attempt in four weeks cause cited as disappointment in love the incident was reported as a special notice.
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Covington, Ind
Mack Clifford Smith
Plot to kill czar nineteen arrested in St Petersburg
Nineteen conspirators were arrested in St Petersburg on a plot to kill Czars Marie Feodorovna Romanovna. They allegedly planned a public death notice in Novoe Vremya to lure friends to a fictitious requiem at Alexandernevsky Monastery, but the scheme remains shrouded in secrecy.
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St. Petersburg c
Marie
Novoe Vremya
Marie Feodorovna_ Romanovna
Alexandernevsky Monastery
London Cake Walker Sets World Circumnavigation Bet
An unknown man in a black mask pushes a perambulator and leaves London to walk around the world under a $100,000 wager with an unidentified American millionaire. The bet, made at a Pall Mall club, requires buying a postage stamp in every town, obtaining a mayoral signed statement, finding a wife, and funding travel by selling photographs, with the walker free to proceed as he pleases.
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London
Oon Pall Mall
Bomb makers and police confront Madrid unrest
King Alfonso signed a decree suspending a portion of constitutional guarantees in Barcelona after renewed bomb outrages by local anarchists. Five infernal machines exploded without damage. a large device exploded when removed from a mansion doorstep, badly injuring a police officer and injuring bystanders as surrounding buildings were damaged.
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Barcelona
Alfonso
Enoch Arden Claims Fortune in Lancaster Court
George M. Gable reappeared in local court to claim 312000 from his uncle Jacob Gable’s estate. He had vanished seventeen years earlier leaving a wife and children, were believed dead, and his wife remarried after no trace could be found.
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Lancaster
George M. Gable
Jacob Gable
Gable
Plan National Health Bureau For America
The American Association for the Advancement of Science proposes a national health bureau aimed at cutting the U S death rate by half. The plan contemplates placing the bureau in the federal department through the association’s efforts in Chicago.
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Chicago
Bureau of Health
American Association For the Advancement of Science
America
Federal Department of the Government
Association
Russia Expects Heir As Empress Alexandra Ill
Report from St. Petersburg states Empress Alexandra's illness is complicated by expectations of childbirth. She remains weakened after a strict weight loss regimen and her condition has begun to cause concern among officials and observers.
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St. Petersburg
Alexandra
First Leap Yar Betrothal in Wisconsin News
Fon du Lac district attorney Bonduel J. Husting and Miss Kate Anderson announce a Weir leap year engagement at a New Year’s Eve ball in Fon du Lac Wisconsin. The couple claim to be Wisconsin’s first engaged pair this leap year.
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Fon du Lac
Wis
Bonduel J. Husting
Kate Anderson
Fon du Lace Society
Wisconsin
Weir
Sets Awful Bad Precedent in New York Dining Rooms
New York special reports that a Broadway restaurant first allows women to smoke in public dining rooms on New Year Eve and another famous Broadway eatery has since followed suit.
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New York
Abe Hummel to Testify Against Thaw in New York
Abe Hummel serving a Blackwell's Island term has recovered enough to travel to New York and testify against Harry Thaw. He will rebut Anthony Comstock, who will also testify for Thaw, as part of the Thaw trial coverage.
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Abe Hummel
Thaw
New York
Abe” Hummel
Blackwell's Island
Harry Thaw
Hummel
Anthony Comstock
Powers Jury Disagree in Georgetown Ky Special
The four Powers jurors failed to reach a verdict after more than 24 hours of deliberation in Georgetown Kentucky.
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Parker
John D
U. S
Ross Panig
Irousie
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Spain
Enoch Arden
Plan National Health Bureau
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