Thaw Trial Testimony Highlights Insanity Defense
The Thaw trial features testimony on Harry Thaw and his mother Mrs William Thaw. Witnesses describe Thaw's eccentricities and alleged insanity from youth. Defense promises new evidence while prosecutors label the Stanford White killing as premeditated murder.
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Thaw
Roth Avelyn Thaw
William Thaw
Jerome
Thawo
Justice Dowling
Harry Thaw
New York
Kate Fund
Garvin
Stanford White
Martin W. Kittleton
Charles Hh, Koehler
Winona
Minn
Wooster
Mra
Anty Crovetty
San Maeto
Cal
Thaw Aa
Monte Carlo
Alwys
Christopher Baguan
Mies Matilda Swin
Per August Weber
Capitalist Breuer Arrested For Attempted Destruction Of Own Building
A Cincinnati financier, C. Breuer, was arrested on charges of attempting to blow up and destroy a building he owned. Rentals from the property, ordered by a court to be paid to two daughters who refused to live with his second wife, are at issue.
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C. C. Breuer
Cincinnati
Upper East Side
New York
Mary Robinson
Druce
Duke of Portland
London
Rio
Bisson
Grand Army
Wisconsin
Amawa
la Crosse
Imperial Building Company
Scranton
Moblie
Ala
Federal District Court
Minneapolis
Hoosevelt
Gov. Sparks
Nevada
Sovereign Bank of Canada
Plate Diapenvary
Bowth Carolina
Iillnole
I T
Treasury
Cortelyou
Raicerbocker Trust Company of
Benjamin Ramone
St. Charlee
United Sates District Court
Harding
Jackson, D
Fragments From A Turbulent World News Report
A garbled roundup lists fires, deaths, and political shifts across major cities. Notable items include a Chicago wholesale house destroyed by fire with losses around 800000, a Baltimore Masonic Temple gutted, and a New York financier death by suicide.
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Lila Arudiey
Pooria
McNel & Higgins Company
Chicago
Masonic Temple
Baltimore
Muncie
Finglets
London
Mra. Herburt H. Beare
Boston
St. Regis
New York
Daniel C. Stover
Freeport
Plot to destroy Yankee warships hatch by anarchists
Brazilian police report an anarchist plot to damage American ships in Rio de Janeiro harbor and nearby cities. Chief conspirator Jean Pedher, based in Petropolis, is suspected to have fled toward Sao Paulo. authorities vow strict vigilance and swift arrests. The note cites coöperating police in Sao Paulo and Minas Gerais and prior tips from France and Germany.
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Rio Janeiro
Braxit
Rio
Jneiro al Petropolia
Ramiss Hons
Sao Paulo
Mines Geraca
Jean Pedher
Petropolis
Fedder
Petropolla
Investiga
Sao Pato
Associated Press
Washington
Paris
France
Germany
Minas Geraes
Charles Emory Smith Dies Editor and Politician
Charles Emory Smith, longtime editor of the Philadelphia Press and former minister to Russia, postmaster general, died at his home in Philadelphia at 65. Born February 12, 1842 in Mansfield Connecticut, he held roles as military secretary, judge advocate general, editor of the Albany Express and Albany Journal, and served in McKinley and Roosevelt administrations.
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Philadelphia
Charles Emors Smith
the Press
Minster
Russia
This City
Mr. Smith
Mansfield
Conn
Albany
N. Y
Union College
Ruseta
McKinley
Roosevelt
Lemoine swindle case draws European attention in Paris
Paris reports 8 accused in the Lemoine diamond swindle case involving Sir Julius Wernher of De Beers. Lemoine's secrecy device for diamond manufacture remains hidden in a London bank, hindering French court trials. In Chicago, John R. Walsh of the Chicago Capital Bank is found guilty on 61 counts. New York mourns the death of Edmund Clarence Stedman, the banker poet, at 70.
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Paris
France
Lemoine
Julius Wernher
de Beers Mining Co
England
Europe
London
Lamolee
Banker Watch
Chicago
John R. Walsh
Chicago Capital Bank
Federal District Court
Tne
New York City
Edmund Clarence Stedman
Panama canal report warns of falling coast to New York steamship trade
A government inquiry led by J L Bristow to assess Panama Railroad relations and potential government steamship involvement notes a sharp drop in Pacific coast trade. The Pacific Mall Steamship Co lost an exclusive contract, prompting service cutbacks and a shift in eastbound freight, signaling broader canal era consequences for Panamanian transport and future policy.
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Washington, D. C
Tate
Senate Committee On Interoceanic Canalé
J. L. Bristow
War Department
Panata Railroad Co
Pacific Coast
Pacific
Panama
North Atlantic
Pacific Mail Co
Secretary of War
Steamship Company
Pani
New York
Foraker Admits Defeat Plan To Fight Delegates
Cincinnati senator Foraker outlines a campaign plan stating Ohio’s 21 congressional districts will each elect their own delegates to the national convention. He favors Taft receiving four delegates at large without contest and says he will not participate in the state convention delegate selection. He notes no peace overtures and asserts districts operate independently of the state central committee.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Taft
Foraker
Washington
Itan Miegu
State Central Committee
Gruesome Discovery Links Italian Missing to Nernino Case
Three of four Italians missing from Florence, Colorado, over three months were found buried 150 yards from Antonio Nernino’s home, with Minichello throat cut, Buffetti head crushed, and the housekeeper Palmetto killed. Police seek the fourth sibling of Minichello, Congress, Washington. A separate report notes a 260000 Immigration station bill passed in Philadelphia and a debate on codifying U.S. penal laws.
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Florence
Woodies
Antonio Nernino
Dominic Minichello
Nerning
Ercola Buffetti
Frank Palmetto
Nernino
Minichel
Congress
Washington
Philadelphia
House
Avante
United States
Two Cent Fare Law Is Knocked Out
Pennsylvania Supreme Court declared the two cent fare law unconstitutional, affirming a Philadelphia Common Pleas Court ruling from September that voided the measure. The decision centers on state transportation policy and standard fare practices affecting Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
State Supreme Court
Common Pleas Court of
Negro in Hands of Law After Night Attack
A damaged clipping reports Grover Pranklin, a Black man, was taken from Sheriff Butler and deputies Sunday night and hanged for recovery by a local mob, with authorities preparing to pursue charges.
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Dothan
Grover Pranklin
Butler
Champ Clark Early Kansas City Tale Of Money Making Exit
A Wichita anecdote portrays Champ Clark, famed Missouri congressman, as a young attorney who briefly tried law in Wichita. He opened an office near the Pacific Express site in 1876, struggled to gain clients, left Kansas for Missouri, later rising to Congress. A street encounter with Kok Harris sparked his plan to leave after earning money, with a humorous note on a bronze-tinted face from labor.
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Champ Clark
Missouri
Wichita
Kan
Pacific Express Company
Kok Harris
Clark
Importance of being forty in marriage trends
A medical study cited at an Amsterdam psychiatry congress notes that over 80 percent of eminent figures such as Napoleon and Rembrandt were born to middle aged or older parents in large families. It suggests later marriages may still yield extraordinary outcomes for men past middle age, offering hope to bachelors.
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Louise Robines Yited
Congress of Psychiatry
Amsterdam
Napoleon
Benjamin Franklin
Coleridge
Balzac
Rembrandt
Rubens
Jenna Heynolde
Wagner
Schumann
Schobert
Child's wonder at neighbor turkeys with Christmas trees on tails
Charles and Jo are introduced to ornate plumage birds at a nearby country home. The boy, amazed, tells his mother that Mrs has turkeys with Christmas trees for tails, expressing delight at the peculiar display.
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Charles
Smoking in clubs as 19th century reform spur
The London Chronicle notes the mid-1800s struggle with smoking in clubs. By 1845 White's limited tobacco use to a back room, while smokers faced dismal quarters. King Edward as prince broke the norm, and White's refusal led to Marlborough allowing smoking throughout except the dining room.
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White's
London Chronicle
Edward
Prince of Wales
Marlborough
The Markets Roundup From New York and Midwest
A 1903 market summary reports on furrows of prices across several regions. Flour and wheat move lower in New York with various grades listed, meats show cattle and hog values, while Ohio and Buffalo scenes list Jobbers and regional grain figures. Prices cover trains of steers calves sheep hogs and potatoes with several city names noted for context.
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Cleveland
Butler—Bent Creamery
York State
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Archduke Ferdinand, IV
Grand Duke
Tuscany
Salsburg
Austria
Jennie G. Sorg
Paul J. Sorg
Middleton
Merchants’ National Bank
Thomas Hates
Springfeld
Mass
Israel Putnam
Bin
Eatate
Briscom
Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Settat
Morocco
d’Amade
Munal Rachid
Mulai Hafid
Inge Sentan
Edward 5. Whitaker
New Orleans
Fred Two Shote
J. M. Leveque
Morning World
New York County Republican Committee
Gov. Hughes
Western Bank & Trust Company
Dalian
Texas
Hartfield
Liverpool
Seattle
Vancouver
Denver
Col
Orman & Crook
Lydia K. Bradley
Miiolg
Peoria
Bradley Polytechnic Institute
John C. Guinn
Georgia City
H.R. Drew
Mineapolis
Harriman
Hough
United States Circuit Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Lake Carrera’ Association
Detroit
Mich
Chicago Sanitary Canal
East St. Louis
Eliza Matsen
Duluth
Mina
Ezekiel Gregory
Duyidaon
N.C
Boyertown
John F. Wetz
Ciizens
Longines
Prince Edward
J. Zu Inehausen Und Knyphiusen
Priasian House of Fords
Berlin
Dory
Ronen Quinto
Long Island City
Wesing
HL A
Folgen
Mayur RA. Sworth
Bt Paul
St. Catherines
Scharthorst
Tatt
Seniate Committee
Interoceanis Enble
Panama Canal
Isaac W. Baird
Portland
Ore
New York County
Willam R. Montgomery
Hamilton Bank
Gonalver
Haytl
Lumber Carriers’ Association of the
St Petersburg
Caucasus
Bibl-Egbat
Baku
Sanity County
South Dakota
Coal
Monongah
W. Va
Edward Henry Strobel
Government of
Siam
Mont
John W. Crawford
Admiral Dewey
Potomac
Hawaria
Penna
Petropolie
Knickerbocker Trust Company
John §. Peters
Meade Shumway
Beatrice
Neb
Jimtown
Connelinville
Hepburn
Miami University
Oxford
B. D. Scott
Roy W. van Hoesen
People’s National Bank of
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Denmark
Holger Drachmann
Copenhagen
Charles Baetens
Thomas Orchestra
Omaha
City National Bank of
First National
Bank of Commerce
Wquldatton
Oklahoma State Bank
William B. Thompson
Wich
Cty
High Court of
Monaco
Gould
Emma Levin
Frank Nuno
Ardaley
N.Y
Sutterlig
Inaouinia
Kitchener
Viscount Kitchener
Khartoum
Colon
Jemea Randall
Augusta
Maryland
B. M. Reynolds
Minnesota
Morgan City
J.J. Pissimaurice
Hurt
Eliah Mutaou
Chisholm
Ula Wise
Sabath
United States of America
Aivertea
Charles Emory Smith
Warne
Kanéan
Tolelo
Caah Ste
Buffalo
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