Trial of Albert T. Patrick Continues in New York Court
Charles F. Jones testified again as Patrick defense examinations concluded. Jones identified Swanson and Son check books and was restricted from detailing a statement about chloroforming Rice. Bank of America clerk James J. Graham discussed a Merchants' and Planters' Oil Company draft on Rice, but evidence was ruled out. Coleman, a Houston lawyer, recalled Patrick since 184 and a talk with Judge Ford in New York about Rice's death and Mrs Tice will case observations.
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New York
Charles F. Jones
Albert T. Patrick
Jones
Swanson & Son
Attorney House
James J. Graham
Bank of America
Merchants’ and Planters’ Oil Company
Rice
John M. Coleman
Houston
Tex
Patrick
Coleman
Ford
Texas
Marx E. Harvey
Goff
Holt
Moore & Cantwell
Mra
Osborne
Mr. Rice
Henry T. Oliver
William L. Jones
Express Company
Galveston
Martha E. Thompson
Rice Apartments
Graham
Edward G. Allstaffe
Testimony on Rice estate drives Houston court session
lawyers recount Patrick’s letters seeking immediate settlement of Mrs. Rice’s will before Mr. Rice’s death. Witnesses include Coleman who spoke of letters to Holt about settling the conflict, and others detailing chloroform purchases and bank drafts tied to Rice’s illness.
Ridgeway Mystery: Farmer and Daughter Found Dead at Wilcox
In Ridgeway Pennsylvania on February 3 Bartel Sweeny an elderly farmer and his daughter Mary were discovered in their Wilcox home with skulls crushed and bodies decomposed. Police pursue robbery motive as a possible lead in this grim case.
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Ridgeway
Bartel Sweeney
Mary
Wilcox
Sweeney
Britons claim major Boer victory on Majuba anniversary
London reports a two day operation within the Harrismith and Van Reenan line resulted in heavy Boer losses. British forces seized 2 000 horses and 28 000 cattle while over 600 Boers were killed or captured. Gen de Wet’s son and other officials were captured. New Zealanders praised for gallantry as the campaign expands across the Witge frontier.
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London
Lord Roberts
Cronje
Pardeeburg
Majuba Hill
Lord Kitchener
Harrismith and
van Reenan
House of Commons
War Secretary
Brodrick
de Wet
Meyer
Truther
Majuba
Lst
Kerksdorp
Klerksdorp
Transvaal
Anderson
Imperial Yeomanry
Enderby
South Africa
Cape Town
Pretoria
Harrismith
Mr. Steyn
Rawlinson
Disturbances in Moscow spark student arrests and strikes
Reports from Moscow describe student disturbances leading to 250 arrests and sentences from one week to three months. Across Spain ferment in mining regions with rioting, fires at petrol offices, and calls for general strikes amid metal worker tensions. In Britain, the chancellor refuses to publish a note from Washington, while American-bound ships face smallpox vaccination rules. Other updates cover tariff talks in Berlin, tensions near Ipek Albania, a Greek minister resigning to duel, and Americans proposing vast Russia river commerce schemes.
Train plows trestle wreck leaves several dead
A south bound Southern Railway train plunged through a weakened trestle near Zetella Georgia at midnight. Engineer A F Mathews and baggage master A J L Hill, mail clerk Leo G Murray, and fireman Pete Dowell were killed. Injured include Georgia Agriculture Commissioner O B Stevens and Southern official Clifton Jones. The wreck occurred after heavy rains weakened three bridge bents. The first class coach survived. In Philadelphia W P Carleton visits Wilmington after his father W T Carleton is injured in a railroad collision. In Kalamazoo Forrest F Russell of the Runaway Girl company dies from injuries suffered near Decatur Indiana.
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Griffin
Columbus
Southern Railway
Zetella
A. F. Mathews
Clifton Jones
J. H. Kendall
New Aor City
Neala
Wilmington
Del
W. P. Carleton
Florodora’ Company
Philadelphia
W. T. Carleton
New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk
Carleton
Florodora
Lancaster
Kalamazoo
Mich
Forrest F. Russell
Grand Rapids & Indiana
Decatur
Ind
Kalamazoo Hospital
Russell
St. Paul
Mission work discussed at Toronto session
At Massy Hall the Student Volunteer Movement held its first session with Dr E E Chivers of Brooklyn urging core missionary zeal. Speakers praised Bible Society translations into multiple tongues, urged mission study in theological schools, and stressed every church member joining the imperial foreign missions effort. Over twenty section conferences followed the talks.
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Toronto
Ont
Massy Hall
E. E. Chivers
Brooklyn
John W. Wood
Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society
Bible Societies
Herman P. Beach
J. W. Millard
Baltimore
Millard
BE. W. Smith
Presbyterian Church South
Elmore Harris
Toronto Bible Training School
Thoburn
Fire damages two homes on West Michigan and Fort Wayne avenues
A blaze at 2202 West Michigan Street destroyed part of the residence of Thomas McCarty after starting from a defective flue, with an estimated loss of 20 dollars at 1 o'clock this morning. Earlier last night an overheated stove caused damage to the residence of Charles Gretwood on Fort Wayne Avenue.
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Thomas McCarty
West Michigan Street
Charles Gretwood
Fort Wayne Avenue
Schley-Sampson Case to Be Investigated by the House
Representative Watson will head a House naval affairs subcommittee to review the Schley board findings and the President's decision on the Santiago battle. A Mudd proposal to report for full committee was defeated. hearings will be public and a final report is expected adverse. The House also passed 159 private pension and military correction bills in about three hours.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Watson
Schley
National
House Pension Committee
Representative Overstreet
Overstreet
United States
Admiral Dewey
Admiral Schley
Meyer
Louisiana
Subcommittee On
Naval Affairs
Winfield Scott Schley
U. S.N
William T. Sampson
U.S. N
Treasury
Rowan
Jewett and
Worden
Taft notes tobacco imports and land purchases spark debate
The discussion covers land purchases costing three to seven million with caution on exact figures to aid negotiations. Taft notes Manila tobacco wrappers largely come from Connecticut. The Post Office Department explains periodical eligibility for second class status when church publications are mainly institution focused. A Civil Service Commission report shows unequal state representation in Washington. Legislation seeks rewards for Schley and Sampson, while pension bureau reform probes continue. Jefferson College relief and compensation for wartime property seizures pass Congress.
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Manila
Taft
Connecticut
Battle in Kentucky Leaves Dozen Injured and Mob Guards
Sheriff Stamp er and a posse clashed with a fedists gang at Har ris's distillery in Campton Kentucky. Four men were left wounded including Napier and Faulkner. two possemen also hurt. A hundred armed men guard the jail amid mob violence fears.
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Campton
Stamper
Vortex
Faulkner
Harris’s
Napier
Buck Wooten
Jeff Townsend
Clay Napier
John Faulkner
Wooten
Townsend
Rathbone Counsel Attacks Cuban Postal Fraud Case
In Havana on February 28 Senor Lanuza for Estes G Rathbone argued the Cuban postal fraud case is politically driven and that Rathbone has been treated unfairly. He warned that politics in law erodes justice as the court weighs the United States honor and Cuba's fate. The hearing will resume tomorrow.
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Havana
Senor Lanuza
Estes G. Rathbone
Rathbone
Cuba
United States
Tomorry
Pettus Offers Trade: Seats for Young Alabama Politicians
New York Times reports Senator Pettus of Alabama, aged in the eighties, jokingly proposes resigning if a younger generation can take his seat. An Alabama representative suggests a trade to allow new aspirants to have chances, noting Pettus’s witty reply about dying first.
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New York Times
Pettus
Alabama
Mr. Pettus
Post column on Dewey, Schley and Roosevelt standstill
Washington Post notes no change in the naval controversy. Adm. Dewey maintains Schley led from a top view on July 3, 18%. Roosevelt remains under a cloud of dispute as alignments persist and the situation remains unresolved.
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Washington Post
Dewey
Schley
Mr. Roosevelt
Public Debate Ends as President Hopes for Final Word
Public opinion remains divided as the president expresses a wish that the tiresome debate may be concluded. The article notes the ongoing squabble and the lack of fresh argument beyond the same-old positions.
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J. &. Wvild & CO
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Invalid’s
WM. H. Armstrong & CO
Surgical Instrument Makers
S. Meridian Street
Indianapolis
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Harriet J. Wishard
James Goodrich
Winchester
Indiana Republican State Central Committee
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Griffith
James Wright
Madison
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Willard
J. A. Kautz
Kokomo
Kokomo Leader
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New Yorker Staats Zeitung
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Prince
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Matanzas
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Lafayette Lafayette
Aight Cincinnati Sone
Cincinnati Express
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Fast Mail
Louis
All Points West
tWaily
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Indiana Station
Union Block
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Ckargia
Anderson Io
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Greenfield
Georgia
Meerdian
Greenwood
Franklin Berk
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