Thaw Trial Tactics Spark Friction In Court
Harry K Thaw challenged District Attorney Jerome during a dull session accusing unprofessional remarks and claiming his wife Thaws testimony was truth A brain case cited by alienist Dr Evans said a Morris Plains patient killed two children in a mental episode Also Dr Britton Evans cross examination ended and Charles Wagner of Binghamton took the stand as Jerome may pause with the next witness
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Jerome
Evans
Morris Plains
N. J
Britton D. Evans
Charles G. Wagner
Binghamton
N. Y
Thaw
Wagner
Thaw Case Insanity Evidence Focuses on Adolescent Madness
Dr Britton D Evans testified on Thaws adolescence paranoia and brain storms as the defense expert pressed for a lunacy commission. District Attorney Jerome probed paranoia and insanity links while Drs Evans and Wagner described Thaws knowledge and state of mind during the Madison Square roof garden shooting. The cross examination aimed to limit claims of full insanity under law as Mrs Thaws anticipated to testify next, signaling the defense nearing its end.
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New York
Britton D. Evans
Jerome
Evans
Fitzgerald
Thaw
Madison Square Roof Garden
Stanford White
Wagner
Evelyn Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit
24Th Street
Howard Nesbit
Hew
William Thaw
Ship subsidy bill passes after long battle in House
The national House of Representatives narrowly approved the ship subsidy bill 155 to 144 after an extended fight. Democrats and insurgent Republicans allied briefly on the first ballot, then final passage came after hours of measures and roll calls, with 52 Republicans joining Democrats on the first vote and 11 on the final tally.
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National
House of Representatives
Pacific Coast
Orient
House
Littauer
Senate Filibuster Stalls Ship Subsidy Bill in Late Session
The Senate, dominated by a Democratic filibuster, spent Sunday night and into Monday delaying the ship subsidy measure after it passed the House. Senators Carmack Dubois Overman Newlands and others defended or derailed the bill through time-wasting speeches as conference reports on related bills moved slowly. By 11:40 p.m. a recess paused action and supporters abandoned hopes for shipping a ration this session.
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Senate
House
la Follette
Carmack
Dubois
Overman
Newlands
Friends of the Bill
Train wreck kills three near Naugatuck in Connecticut
Reports say the train carrying Company F, Second Regiment C N G, homeward from a banquet, wrecked below Naugatuck. Governor Woodruff was on board but uninjured. Early word lists three dead and possibly two more. injuries reported.
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Connecticut
Waterbury
Spooner Resigns Senate to Return to Law Practice
Senator Spooner sent a letter to Governor Davidson of Wisconsin resigning from the U.S. Senate effective May 1. He said continuing in office would require a sacrifice he could not justify and that he will resume the practice of law, not detailing a future location, but remaining a Wisconsin citizen for life.
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Spooner
Davidson
Wisconsin
United States
Iro
Explosion in Homestead Kills and Injures Dozens
A dynamite blast at Homestead New Jersey killed two men and injured at least a dozen others. The blast damaged about fifty homes in Homestead and Union Hill and was felt across towns within ten miles. Bradley and Son contractors stored the dynamite near seventy five men digging for the Jersey end of the Pennsylvania railroad North river tunnel. An engineer and watchman are missing and believed dead. Hospitalizations followed as windows shattered in the region.
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Homestead
AN. J
Bradley & Son
Jersey
North River
Union Hill
Tillman seeks papers on Panama canal bid dispute
Senator Tillman has introduced a resolution demanding all papers from the president about the Panama canal contract agitation. He argues Mr. Oliver complied with requirements but was rejected after a long delay and accuses canal management of steering the bid to favor other competitors.
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Tillman
Panama Canal
Oliver
New Sunday Law in Canada In Force
The Lord's day act took effect across Canada in March prohibiting Sunday entertainments for money advertising performances baseball football gambling racing hunting shooting fishing and liquor sales except by prescription between Saturday 7 PM and Monday 6 AM. It bans bringing in or selling foreign newspapers or goods and employing people for Sunday work, with two dozen categories of permissible work for necessity or mercy.
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Canada
Rail unions oppose two cent per mile passenger bill
The executive committee representing locomotive engineers, railroad firemen, conductors, and train men vows to oppose the Michigan bill mandating passenger transport at two cents a mile, rallying the unions to influence state legislators.
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Order of Locomotive Engineers
Michigan
Device in Cotton Culture
Experts of the department of agriculture perfected a machine to remove fuzz on cotton seed and separate light and heavy seed. They believe its universal use could save about 10 percent of the entire cotton crop.
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Department of Agriculture
Department
Kansas Senate Approves 25000 Fight the Trusts Fund
The Kansas senate passed Senator Tucker's bill appropriating 25000 to fund the attorney general in enforcing laws against trusts and unlawful combinations restraining trade in the state.
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Kansas Senate
Tucker
Kansas
Claims of Bribe Offer Stirs Ship Subsidy Debate
In the national House the ship subsidy bill faced heated discussion with leaders on both sides. An amendment to exclude the Sierra, Sonoma and Ventura from the bill was defeated 112 to 127. Littauer proposed a Gulf to Brazil steam line with pay limits of 300000 monthly or 600000 fortnightly. the measure was adopted amid further remarks by Birdsall and other representatives.
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National House
House
Sierra
Sonoma
Ventura
Postmaster General
United States
Birdsall
Iowa
Grosvenor
Roosevelt
White House
New York
Hinshaw
Nebraska
Littauer
Gulf of Mexico
Brazil
Pollard
Sherley
Kentucky
Japanese Cruisers Sail From Yokohama Toward Jamestown
The Japanese cruisers Tsukuba and Chitose depart Yokohama bound for Jamestown Co with a formal sendoff. Naval Minister Vice Admiral Saito Admirals Togo Ito Inouye and others attend along with the American naval attaché Consul General Miller and local officials. The emperor and crown prince send aides with a farewell to Admiral Adjuin aboard the Teukuba.
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Yokohama
Jamestown
Tsukuba
Chitose
Japan
Jamestown, Co
Saito
Togo
Ito
Inouye
Miller
Adjuin
Bailey Cleared by Texas Lower House Vote
By a 70 to 40 vote the Texas lower house exonerated Senator Bailey of charges of irregular acts in public life after six weeks of investigation. Previously the senate had exonerated Bailey 15 to 11, without waiting for the committee report, ending a lengthy inquiry in the state capital.
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Bailey
Texas
Representative Cocke
Senate
Explosion Kills Minister and Family in Carmi Home
Dynamite exploded in Rev. B. T. Tittle's Carmi Illinois residence while he intended to blast stumps. Four people died including the minister his father his wife and baby with two children fatally injured as the home was destroyed. The cause of the blast remains unknown.
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Carmi
Ill
B. T. Tittle
J. B. Tittle
Stamp design approved for Jamestown exposition stamp
Postmaster General Cortelyou approves a 1 cent postage stamp design for a Jamestown exposition series. The stamps are being printed at the bureau of engraving and printing and will go on sale at post offices nationwide on April 26, the exposition opening day.
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Cortelyou
Bureau of Eaving and Printing
United States
Spain Backs Anglo American Armament Limit Proposal
At a Rome conference, Professor de Martens and the Spanish ambassador Duke of Arcos stated Spain is ready to endorse the Anglo American proposal for limiting armaments at the upcoming peace conference at The Hague.
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Spain
Professor de Martens
Duke of Arcos
Rome
The
Hague
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