Thaw Trial Opens with Insanity Plea and New Court Hours
Judge Dowling orders three daily sessions from 10 15 am to 1 pm 2 pm to 6 pm and 8 pm to 10 pm during Harry K Thaws second trial in New York The jury will be locked up and each juror faces strict challenges The selection begins with juror No 2 John R Hatchett cigar dealer and juror No 3 George B Morewood importer Mrs Evelyn Thaw is escorted by police crowds gather at the courthouse
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York
Harry K. Thaw
Ice
Victor J. Dowling
Stanford
A Oe
Charles E. Gremmels
Evelyn Thaw
Justice Dowling
John R. Hatchett
George B. Morewood
Perjury Charge Dropped Over Exhumation Claims
Disclosures from the coffin opening of Charles Cruce led to the dropping of a perjury case against Herbert Druce. Professor Augustus J Pepper and others witnessed the exhumation. George Hollamby Druce contested T C Druce death details and claimed heirship to the Portland dukedom valued at about $1.5 million annually.
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Charles Cruce
Augustus J. Pepper
University of London
Herbert Druce
Thomas Charles Druce
Baker Street Bazaar
Highgate
George Hollamby Druce
T. C. Druce
Duke of Portland
Portland
Five Schaffer family injured in dairy accident violence
In Des Moines on January 7 a milk pail overturn sparked a violent fight among the Schaffer brothers and relatives. Alec Schaffer stabbed near the jugular, cut in the mouth, and may die. Adam dislocated hip. Levi bruised with a club and cut over the eye. James stabbed and elbow shattered. others also injured.
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Des Moines
Adam Schaffer
Alec Schaffer
Levi
Levi Schaffer
James Schaffer
Bors
Fatal collision in East Dubuque claims two railroad workers
A passenger train from the Chicago Burlington and Quincy struck a Chicago Great Western freight at East Dubuque on January 7. Two railroad men were killed and a third hurt as airbrakes failed to function. No passengers were injured.
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East Dubuque
Dubuque, Ia
Chicago
Quincy
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Chicago Great Western
Burlington
Three Die in Fire at French Hospital Outbuilding
Three persons perished when a fire destroyed the outbuilding at the French hospital used as a laundry and power plant in San Francisco. Employees were killed as a panic among patients occurred before nurses evacuated them.
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San Francisco
French Hospital
Iceboats Collide on Mendota. Family Narrowly Survives
In Madison on Lake Mendota a head on crash between Rev. F. A. Gilmore’s twelve-foot iceboat and a thirty-foot craft driven by two university students resulted in severe injuries. Gilmore, his sons Robert and Albert aged ten and twelve, and a fifteen-year-old girl suffered bruises. Robert endured a double leg fracture. Gilmore calls the incident a miracle that all survived.
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Madison
Wis
F. A. Gilmore
Unitarian Church
Robert
Albert
Lake Mendota
Gilmore
Erdali
St. Paul
Fog delays shipping along British coast and port regions
Dense fog hampers maritime traffic on the British coast with particularly heavy obstruction around Glasgow and Liverpool. Notable deaths include George L. Henrion former Michigan ACF manager in Detroit and Rev Sr James M Crowell a Philadelphia Presbyterian leader aged eighty one.
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Glasgow
Liverpool
George L. Henrion
Michigan Department
American Car and Foundry Company
Detroit
M. Gude
Norway
United States
M. Hauge
James M. Crowell
Presbyterian Church
Philadelphia
Harry H. Hosley
Dewey
Newport News
Manila
New York
Charles M. MacDonald
Northwest
la Crosse
Wis
Revenue receipts drop in November 1907 report
The monthly statement from internal revenue shows November 1907 receipts fell 5.626 million dollars from November 1906. Spirits lead the decline with 4.817 million, tobacco down 840 thousand, beer up 9 thousand. For the five months of the current fiscal year total revenue decreased 1.882 million compared with 1906.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
Banks Cancel Clearing House Checks in Omaha
In Omaha the Clearing House association banks have begun canceling all checks presented. About 51000 dollars of checks remain in circulation, but banks have stopped using them and all banks are now on a cash basis.
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Omaha
Omaha Clearing House Association
Clearing House
Possible Mount Royal Steamer Seen Near Briere Island
A Canadian Pacific steamer is reported at Briere island coming up the bay. Since no CPR ship is due, it is thought to be the missing Mount Royal. Halifax reports two steamers off Briere island bound inward. hopes rise one may be the Mount Royal.
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St. John, N. B
Briere Island
Mount Royal
Halifax
Troops to stay at Thunder Butte Station for winter
A conference in the interior secretary's office decided to retain the cavalry at Thunder Butte Station in South Dakota for the rest of the winter to maintain peace among the Utes in the area.
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Washington, Jan
Secretary of the Interior
Thunder Butte Station
S. D
Warfare to Declared Off
San Francisco January 6 dispatch reports the long running Tong contest is declared off after seven years of hostilities that began over a Chinese dispute and drew more than fifty participants in the tense confrontation.
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San Francisco
Statute Limiting Intrastate Dealings with Railroads Voided
A 1906 decision declares the employers liability law unconstitutional as it extends beyond inter state commerce. The Supreme Court, by a 5 to 4 vote, holds the act invalid for regulating intrastate activity and railroad dealings with employees. Justice White writes the majority, with dissent from Moody and Holmes.
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Evans
McCall
Kentucky
Tennessee
White
Justice White
Ie Court
Argu
Brewer
Moody
Congress
Harlan
McKenna
Justice Holmes
Williamson Freed in Timber Conspiracy Case
The U S Supreme Court reversed a lower court ruling against Williamson of Oregon who was charged with unlawfully cutting timber on Crook county lands in conspiracy with 100 others. The circuit court had fined $500 and ten months in prison. the high court found irregularities in affidavits and reversed the decision in a decision announced by Justice White.
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Oregon
Crook County
Ore
Supreme Court of the United States
Williamson
United States Circuit Court For
Oregon Im
Supreme Court
White
Japanese Exclusion Question Divides Congress
United States discussions on immigration policy reveal divisions as President Roosevelt contemplates further action including a possible presentation on the issue. California delegates report understood opposition within the stance, while diplomacy with Japan continues to influence the stance. King Gustave signals plans to abolish traditional opening ceremonies in Sweden, deeming them relics of medievalism.
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Ington
Jan
Roosevelt
Hayes
California
Japan
United 4Tes
Paris cautions over war talks and open door policy
Paris reports the French government denies secret desire for war between Japan and the United States and attacks on Japanese in California. It asserts France will press America to curb dominance in Korea and Manchuria and warns against abandoning the open door doctrine as China involvement grows.
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Paris
Japan
United States
Saaneitien
Caliopean
Korea
Manchuria
China
America
Far East
Hartje Divorce Appeal Denied by Pennsylvania Supreme Court
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court refused to permit an appeal from the Superior Court in the Hartje divorce case. Augustus Hartje was previously refused a divorce by Pittsburgh courts and the Superior Court affirmed. The decision leaves open the possibility of U.S. Supreme Court action.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Tlartje
Augustus Hartje
Pittsburg
Hartje
United States Supreme Court
Indictment Alleges Fraud In Government Ink Case
Washington grand jury returns indictments against Edwin M. Van Dyck former chemist in the bureau of engraving and printing alleging he conspired with a Baltimore ink maker to defraud the government of seventy thousand to seventy five thousand dollars.
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Washington
Edwin M. van Dyck
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Baltimore
Grand jury cites fraud in city electric lighting dept
The county grand jury in St. Joseph Missouri on January 8 reported uncovering gross frauds and graft in the city electric street lighting department and returned indictments aimed at departments and other cities. It said dead men had been carried on payrolls for years though the names of the indicted were not released.
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St. Joseph, Mo
County Grand Jury
Four Men Fail in Attempted Robbery at Union Station
Four men attempted to rob passengers on a Missouri Kansas and Texas train awaiting at Union Station but were frightened off. No injuries reported and suspects fled the scene.
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Sas City
Jan
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
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Harry Kendall Thaw
Caleb Powers
Ve Party
Internal Revenue Department
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Federal Supreme Court
Damaselle Howard
Iili‘tm
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N. C
Brooks
States Circuit Court
District of Tennessee
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Western District of
Lucky
Walter Evans
Mges
Supreme Rt
J. N. Williamson
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Stockholm
Gustave
France
Bureau of Engraving
Texas
Panhandle
Morris Land Agency
Huron, S. D
C. C. Krogh
Dakota Ave
Solomon & Exsendrath
National Banks OF Huron
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