Nemesis of the Thaw Case Haunts Thaw Era Figures
A sweeping, somber survey links the Thaw trials to ruin for O'Reilly and others involved. It traces disbarment bids, financial collapse, and deaths among lawyers, while detailing Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's fading public life and the lingering shadow on families and associates.
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Harry Thaw
Mary Copley Thaw
True
Broadway
Nemesis
Stanford White
Alice
Hudson
Wall Street
Harry Thawe
Clory
Thaw
Uncle Dick Thompson and the cigar test in Hayes era
In 1877 Richard W. Thompson of Indiana became secretary of the navy and he was famed for smoking cigars at cabinet meetings. Donors offered cigars to win favors, but Voorhees advised a client to withhold cigars to ensure honest access. Thompson stayed in office until shortly before Hayes left, dying in 1900 at age 91.
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Thompson
Hayes
United States Senate
Richard W. Thompson
Indiana
Navy
Daniel W. Voorhees
Sycamore
Wabash
Senate
Dick Thompson
Voorhees
Congress
Dick” Thompson
Seward
Lincoln
Navy Department
Senator Voorhees
Uncle Dick
Washington
Department
E. J. Edwards
Edwin D Morgan and the Fenton vice presidency plot
A recount of 1868 Republican maneuvering shows how Edwin D. Morgan and Reuben Fenton were contenders for vice president. Col. George Bliss recalls Arthur blocking Fenton, leading to Schuyler Colfax’s nomination and Fenton’s later Senate victory to succeed Morgan.
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Arthur
Reuben E. Fenton
United States Senate
New York
United States
Republican National Committee
Edwin D. Morgan
Empire State
Reuben F. Fenton
Morgan
Fenton
George Bliss
Chester A. Arthur
Congress
Lincoln
Grant
Bliss
Minois
Tate
Tom Murphy
Murphy
New York City
Schuyler Colfax
Indiana
Senate
Grant Named Morrison Waite Chief Justice After Dinner Exchange
General Grant considered several candidates for Chief Justice after Salmon P. Chase’s death. He first offered to Roscoe Conkling, then briefly to Caleb Cushing, and sought Williams of Oregon who was not confirmed. At dinner with the White House family, Mrs. Grant pressed for a decision, and the next day Waite of Ohio was nominated, prompting a playful exchange about the earlier mishearing of "Waite."
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Broadway
Stanford White
United States
Harry Thaw
Rercy
Europe
Thaw
New York
White
Evelyn
Pittsburg
Madison Square Roof Garden
Evelyn Thaw
Frederick T. Dent
U. S. Grant
White House
Salmon P. Chase
Conkling
Senator Conkling
Grant
Caleb Cushing
Cushing
Senate
General Grant
George H. Willams
Oregon
Mrs. Grant
E. J. Edwards
Smoking in a Non smoking Carriage Fined in Russia
The Journal de St. Petersburg reports a traveler on a train to Tashkent ignoring a non smoking compartment. A judge aboard heard three witnesses and fined him 50 rubles. He paid on the spot and was detained at the next station to receive the money.
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Journal de St. Petersburg
Tashkent
Resourceful Young Man and Patronage Request
A caller asks Mr Scadlong for his daughter to be a patroness of a charity scheme run by a youth club. The banker endorses the effort and voices support for the initiative.
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Scadlong
Unneighborly Exchange Highlights School Rivalry
A witty exchange questions why neighbors' children fare better at school, joking that their rivals are a mean lot who won’t reveal their secret brain food. The quip pokes fun at parental rivalry and classroom harmony.
All He Knew
A brief dialogue from a travel vignette contrasts romantic Spain with practical notes. The motorist describes winding mountain roads and overall decent conditions highlighting travel impressions.
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Spain
He Plans to unload rotten stock on Jones
A Life magazine snippet quotes two men discussing using a supposed friend to offload rotten stock, implying a deceitful ruse and betrayal by leveraging friendship. They reveal confidence in manipulating the target through personal ties.
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Jones
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Russell Peabody
John Lee
George Lee
Fairview
Tenn
West
Delphin Michael Delmas
Napoleon
California
Frank S. Black
New York State
William MM. K. Olcott
Black
Lucky Mr. Black
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit
Tovar
Dan O’reily
Bohemia
Yeatertay
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