Thaw Case Heads Toward Jury Amid Lunacy Probe
New York April 4 Thaw’s mental state faces a pivotal decision as the lunacy commission finishes exams and prepares a report to Justice Fitzgerald. If found sane the trial resumes and a verdict could come late this week. if declared insane he would be ordered to a state asylum.
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New York
Harry K. Whaw
Steaford White
Yeo
Justice Fitzgerald
Capabe
Vesimission
Fitzgerald
Thaw
Jerome
Tustlen Fitzgerald
Bhat
Two Alienists Differ Over Thaw Competence Testimony
The final public session of the commission heard Dr. Atton Rose Diefendorf of Middletown Conn for the prosecution declare Thaw incompetent based on assumed facts and writings. Dr. Charles G. Wagner of Binghamton N Y testified he found no solid basis to declare the defendant insane after daily talks over two months. The commission questioned Thaw about delusions and the White case, while a physical exam included standard reflex and eye tests with largely satisfactory results.
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Hell
Atton Rose Diefendorf
Middletown
Conn
Charles G. Wagner
Binghamton
Diefendart
White
Stanford White
Putzel
Rewberg
Chicago City Election Victors and Pluralities
Complete returns show Mayor Fred A Busse and city treasurer Traeger Wein winning by pluralities. John B McCabe and William McSurely were elected to city offices, with Oscar Novak as trustee. Socialist mayoral candidate polled 14 460 votes. streetcar ordinance backed by 2 to 1.
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Chicago
Fred A. Busse
John E. Traeger Wein
John B. McCabe
Superior
Wiliam M. McSurely
Superior Court
Titom
Ben NM. Smutthy
Otto ‘J. Novak
Traeger
Treasrer
Dusse
KSTS
Little Batlot
Dunne
Payor to Prison in Contempt In Divorce Case
Detro it April 4 Galesy Commodore Merrill Mills a Chicago Yacht Club member must pay 1200 by next Monday and 3500 in bills in pursuit of divorce depositions with 2000 for detectives while awaiting the two week old divorce proceedings. The case could become sensational as Judge Mandal orders payment and cites future contempt risks. Elections in Kansas see Rose defeated and Republicans win across Topeka and state cities amid temperance issues. Marion Indiana tests church attendance for parents with infants as Methodist teachers offer care. Muskegon Michigan reports son Fred Dabb returning with a large bank roll, ending his run from home at 17.
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Detrott
Merrill B. Mills
Tillionaire
Chicago Yacht Club
Lila Mills
Mandal
Warne County
Marion
Ind
Papa
Fist Methodist Episcopal
Muskegon, Mich
Pete Dabb
Merrill Avenue
Fred
Muskegon
Senator Depew Comments on Harriman Fund and Ambassadorship
Senator Depew stated the $200,000 campaign fund did not come from corporations or from related individuals. He said he did not consider accepting an ambassador post to France during the 1904 campaign and preferred to continue his senate service, noting opposition to his reelection had faded.
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New York
Roosevelt
E. H. Hartman
Harriman
Sidney Webster
Depew
Francs Je
Towns Taxes the Cake Towne of Lac Wis Election
North Trond du Lac Wisconsin April 4 a railroad village of 23 60 inhabitants broke election records with thirty two tickets to the field. Two candidates for president Dr P J Calvy incumbent and Thomas Burdett foreman of a railroad round house. Calvy elected by a small majority as many as seventeen tickets for Culty and fifteen for Burdett. Primary law not apply in villages so many tickets. All village saloons closed for first time in seven years by order of President Calvy.
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Tond du Lac
Wis
North Trond du Lac
P. J. Calvy
Thomas Burdett
Culty
Burdett
Calvy
Vilage
Wholesale liquor firm takes retail license in Terre Haute
Kramer & Kauffman, Terre Haute wholesalers, secured a retail dealer license after appeals by the trade, asserting the new blind law requires licensure for sales by the gallon or quart to consumers. The move aims to comply with the closing law, while fears grow that other wholesale firms will face similar license demands.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Kramer & Kauffman
Gut As&loonteener
Cured by a Big Sneeze and Other Dispatches
Short clippings report a year old Emanuel Weller in Pennsburg relieved after a corn fragment lodged in his nose. Colton wreck verdict blames the crew and engineer for negligence. Champaign nominates T A Thomas for city clerk. Denver notes municipal ownership victory and a mayoral candidate dying of heart trouble upon triumph.
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Pennsburg
Emanuel
E. M. Weller
Hig Chutrch
Colton
Cal
Denver
James A. Gilmour
Central City
Corea questions US envoy role in Amapala bombardment
The Nicaraguan minister, Corea, asked the state department why Phillip Brown, secretary of the US legation to Guatemala and Honduras, interfered in the Amapala bombardment. Brown sought to persuade President Bonilla to surrender, ending the bombardment, as Nicaragua probes the authority used.
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Washington
Corea
State Department
Phillip Brown
United States
Guatemala
Honduras
Amapala
Brown
Boailla
Nicaragua
Sal Vaion
Salvador
Amapaia
Tuck
Bottie
Chicago
Princeton
Ta Bip
Bonilla
Puerto Cortez
New Orleans
Ceiba End Trifilio
Bliss and Platt Refuse to Comment on Harriman Roosevelt
In Washington April 4 President Roosevelt discussed the Harriman letters controversy with visitors. He said Harriman sought aid from the national committee to back Odell in New York and that Harriman had raised about $100,000 for that purpose. The president planned to consult Cortelyou and Bliss to determine possible action. Other figures like Bliss Platt and Odell declined to comment.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Harriman
National Republican Committee
Odell
New York State
Cortelyou
Bliss
Kaiser Does Not Approve Verse on Berlin World Exposition
Berlin reports Emperor William disapproves of plans for a World’s Exposition in Berlin in 191%, the twenty fifth year of his reign, signaling the project will likely be abandoned.
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Kaiser
Berlin
William
Pro Bono Publico and Stated Mayor Salary Pledge
Mason City April 4 one mayoral candidate pledged to accept a salary of 00 cents a year if elected. Alderman candidates agreed to accept 20 cents. The item notes a voluntary public stance on compensation amid mayoral race turnover and local government duties.
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Pro Bono Publico
Mason City
Deed of a Young Farmer in Flint Hill Tragedy
Winchester Virginia April 4 details of a shocking tragedy at Flint Hill Rappahannock County reveal Henry Foster a young farmer shot and killed his wife and infant child then killed himself no motive is known for the deed
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Winchester
Flint Hill
Rappahannock County
Henry Foster
Foster
Fires devastate Weis plant amid multi‑million loss
Across a string of notes the item reports a $2,500,000 loss from a fire at the Weis plant of the San Francisco Gas and Electric Light Company. The other lines sketch various political and labor topics, including leadership duties, Berlin conference notes, and strikes in Fort Edward and Boston.
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San Francisco
International Power Company
Fort Edward
Boston
Senate
Assembly
Moon
New Jersey Assembly
Dill
Kdhaping
Charlemagne Tower
Germany
New York
United States
Hood's Sarsaparilla touted as blood cleanser tonic
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a blood cleansing tonic for fatigue loss of appetite and debility. It claims direct effects on blood removing foreign matters and building the system with over forty thousand testimonials in two years and introduces Saraatabs as a new form.
Teeth Saved His Life in Wilmington Shooting
Henry Ricks faced danger after insulting Frederick Cooper, who fired at him in front of Ricks. Ricks survived the volley, spat the bullet and three teeth into his hand, received quick surgery at Delaware hospital, while Cooper barricaded himself at 11 Buttonwood Street before Special Officer Wardle entered through a window to arrest him.
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Wilmington
Del
Henry Ricks
Frederick Cooper
Cooper
Revelver
Ricks
Delaware Hospital
Buttonwood Street
Wardle
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