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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1907
Page
2
Thaw Trial Turmoil Over Counsel and Jury Death
Dissensions among Thaw's counsel nearly forced Delmas to withdraw, but Thaw's mother intervened and reconciled. Juror Bolton's wife died, interrupting proceedings and prompting a Monday adjournment. Jerome accuses Delmas of misleading the jury while Delmas protests misconduct. Dr. EvansTestifies Thaw suffered brain storm during the White killing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thaw
Delmas
Harry Thaw
Bolton
Jerome
Delgaas
Congressional News Highlights and Policy Moves
The naval appropriation bill passed the house with about 96 million dollars. An effort to cut battleship numbers failed. The president sent the Santo Domingo revenue treaty to the senate. Roosevelt urged immigration limits to bar Japanese labor, via Secre tary Root to Republican leaders. Brownsville testimony described alleged plans to massacre colored soldiers by townsfolk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Burton
Ohio
Senate
Republic of Santo Domingo
Roosevelt
Root
Cannon
Congress
United States
Schmitz
Mixed disaster and crime reports across regions
A collection notes a Bronx electric train wreck killing 22 and injuring 145, ship collisions near Cardiff and Naples, a large Allegheny fire, deaths of Eli Baker Hubert and Henry Steel Olcott, a Washington mass denouncing polygamy, river drownings in Dixon and Rockford, fatal buggy train crash in Adrian, Nicaragua seeking reparation, a Springfield politician convicted, a Baku port governor murdered, a multi spouse arrest, a Northwood post office robbery, stock train collision in Pearl City, and Platte River flooding near Fremont Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Central
Bronx
Heliopolis
Orianda
Cardiff
Wales
Allegheny
Eli Baker Hubert
University of Chicago Divinity School
Henry Steel Olcott
Mme. Blavatsky
The
Theosophists
America
Adyar
India
Washington
White Star Line
Republic
Centro America
Naples
John Hilbert
Ralph G Schertner
Lauren Nye
Rock River
Dixon
Mary Hinkley
Warren Stamp
Ida Hinkley
Adrian
Mich
Nicaracua
Honduras
Walter Casey
Springfield
Inl
Chester
Baku
Russia
H. J. Attison
Hiram Edison Boshow
Northwood
Chicago Great Western Railway
Pearl City
Platte River
Fremont, Neb
Loss of Larchmont Steamer Off Block Island Tragedy
The Joy line steamer Larchmont carrying about 150 passengers and 50 crew sank after a collision near Block Island. Only 19 survived, many dying from exposure in small boats. survivor James Vann, a colored steward, died later reducing the list to 17. Officials deny cowardice charges against captain and crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joy Line
Larchmont
Providence
New York
Block Island
James Vann
Toy Line
Pennsylvania Railway
Mexico
Republic
America
Lahore
India
England
James Bryce
Germany
Charles W. Morse
Ports Rico
Arizona Copper Company
Clifton, Ariz
Leopold Wallan
Monitor
W. Va
John N. Bofinger
St. Louis
Rome
Vatican
Valdivia
Cookton
Australia
Kueckku
Emmett
Idaho
van Raaite
Holland
Harry Corbett
James J. Corbett
San Francisco
J. T. Cline
Joliet
J. Herman Feist
Rosa Mangrum
Nashville, Tenn
John$. Wren
Bloomington
Ill
Theodore P. Shonts
Iowa Society of New York
Southern Railway
Tallaposa
Chicago
John B. McKim
Pittsburg
Kan
Kansas City
Giosue Carducci
Bologna
John KE. McWade
Annville
Franz von Rottenburg
University of Bonn
Imperial Chancellery
Prince Bismarck
Pennsylvania
Baer
Howard T. Miller
Lestershire
N. Y
Ellsworth
Iowa Falls & Northern
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern
Georgia Southern & Florida Railroad
Lake City
Fla
Savings Bank of New Britain, Conn
Train Crash and Disasters Across Several States
A Rock Island passenger train struck a switch engine in Oklahoma City injuring the engineer and fireman seriously while twenty four passengers were bruised. A flour mill and elevator burned in Bloomer Wisconsin causing sixty thousand dollars in losses. Various political and social items follow, including a hanging death, college illness, and multiple investigations and fires across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Oklahoma City
O. T
Bloomer
Wis
Kansas City Star
Kansas Senate Chamber
Moses Hill
Farmville
Amherst College
Massachusetts
John D. Rockefeller
New York
Horace Sutton
Memphis
Tenn
Eau Claire Box and Lumber Company
Eau Claire
Alexis Alladin
Russia
Cleveland (O.) State
Cornell University
Nora Baggott
Indianapolis
Beacham
Mangum
Okla
Charles Thomas
Chandler
Ind
John Pope Baker
St. Louis
Jude Geehart
Joliet
Los Angeles
Mann Lumber Company
Mobile
Ala
Federal Department of Justice
Vanderburgh County
John P. Walker
Farmers’ Grain Dealers’ Association of Illinois
Springfield
Congress
Temperance
Washington
District of Columbia
Fred Caster
Dan E. Davis
Columbus
Ohio
Lebanon
Cincinnati Enquirer
Louisville Times
Evening Post
Legation
Trinidad
Castro
Paredes
Bridgeville
Del
Potontoec
Miss
Mount Vernon
William A. Howett
Litchfield
Flora Steipel
Philadelphia
Thaw Will and Codicil Admitted in White Case
In New York, the judge allowed the will Thaw signed the night of his April 1905 marriage and a codicil to be read as evidence. Dr. Britton Evans reiterated Thaw’s claim of insanity to the jury, who heard of $50 000 for death investigation and $7 500 for legal redress aimed at four women alleged to be victims in a house linked to Stanford White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mothers and Daughters of America
Providence
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Britton D. Evans
Pittsburg
Thaw
Compromise on Japanses Admission and Segregation in San Francisco Schools
A Washington agreement among President Roosevelt Secretary Root Mayor Schmitz and the San Francisco school board allows Japanese children to attend white schools in San Francisco under age-based rules while barring Japanese workers from the mainland and excluding American laborers from Japan. The plan restores school operations to presegregation practice with specific age based admissions for Japanese children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
San Francisco
Japan
United States
Roosevelt
Root
Schmitz
Frick Advances Wages Across Connellsville Region
The H. C. Frick Coke Co announces a wage increase affecting 21,000 workers in the Connellsville area. Effective March 1, the raise includes 12 percent for mining, 10 percent for drawing coke, and 15 cents daily for drivers rope riders cagers and track layers with proportional boosts for other labor classes. The higher scale makes western Pennsylvania coke workers the highest paid in their field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connellsville
H. C. Frick Coke Co
Western
Pennsylvania
Congress Backs Immigration Bill Restricting Japanese Entry
Washington reports the house adopting the conference report on the immigration bill that includes a clause forbidding the entrance of Japanese coolies into the United States. In the senate, debate continues on the agricultural appropriation bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Conference
United States
Senate
Six Seamen Lose Lives in Barges Run Ashore
Six seamen are reported dead after the Philadelphia and Reading Coal Co. barges Girard and Alaska went ashore and broke up off Highland Light Massachusetts on Monday. Only two men were saved the captain of the Girard and one other seaman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland Light
Mass
Philadelphia & Reading Coal Co
Girard
Alaska
Explosion kills many miners in Coahuila mine blast
A Las Esperanzas Coahuila coal mine explosion leaves 39 dead and 12 injured. The Texan dispatch reports the disaster as workers faced dangerous gas within the mine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monterey
Tex
Las Esperaizas
Coahuila
Hat Place
War in earnest on Nicaraguan frontier as Honduras attacks
Panaman information from February reports Honduras under Gen Bonilla attacking Gen Zelaya’s Nicaraguan frontier force after hours of fighting. Honduras defeated, while Zelaya backed by emigratos allied with Salvadoran and Guatemalan factions. Costa Rica tries to curb Nicaraguan refugees. Congress declares Honduras in a state of siege amid arming by American companies aiding Nicaragua.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manague
Nicarague
Bonilla
Honduras
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Panama
Salvador
Guatemala
Emigratos
Gen
Escalon
Manuel Cabrera
Central America
Policarp Bonilla
Costa Rica
Puerto Cortez
New Orleans
National Congress of
Executive
Congress
Nes Thaw Trial Opens to New Evidence Rule Change
Mrs Evelyn Nesbit Thaw faces cross-examination as District Attorney Jerome secures a ruling opening the trial to evidence that could challenge the truth of her story. The question to Nesbit about the truth of the tale was ruled competent to assess her credibility despite objections from Thaw's counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Jerome
Diarg
Harry K. Thaw
Senator Smoot Defends Utah Senate Seat in Capitol Session
In Washington the day featured Senator Smoot defending his right to act as Utah's senator. Several minor bills were approved by the Senate. The House approved multiple measures by unanimous consent and spent the rest of the session on the post office appropriation bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Smoot
Utah
Senate
House
Nationalist victory in Polish parliament elections
In Warsaw Russian Poland the final elections to the new parliament show a nationalist triumph with Jews and socialists defeated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Russian
Poland
Tax Commissioner Frank E Healy Removed From Office
New Haven Connecticut Gov Woodruff removed Tax Commissioner Frank E Healy from office for improper conduct as state officer Healy was charged with offering to secure a Hartford county commissionership for Howard A Steele upon payment of 1200 dollars
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Frank E. Healy
Woodruff
Hartford County
Howard A. Steele
At Least 60 Killed in a Mexican Mine Disaster
Report from Las Esperanza Mexico states the death toll from a Monday mine explosion will range from sixty to eighty workers. The incident affects miners in the region and draws attention from Laredo Texas. Authorities continue to confirm details as rescue efforts proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Tex
Las Esperanza
Mexico
Art of Keeping Young Seeks Hidden Secret of Youth
An article argues aging can be managed by attitude and simple routines. It relays a tale of a woman over 60 who appears 35 through cheerfulness, optimism, and avoiding self pity. It prescribes daily smiles and a nightly cold cream massage as the path to youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles Herald
Pat Had Troubles of His Own
A humorous exchange about a phrenologist prompts Pat to joke that such a man could judge his wife by the bumps on her head. The brief dialogue captures rustic humor and a Irish-tinged cadence from Tit-Bits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat
Begorra
Pop Had One
A Yonkers Statesman item quotes a playful exchange about radium and cars as a father and son joke. The dad asserts radium ranks highly in cost beside automobiles, reflecting a lighthearted, whimsical moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pop
Yonkers Statesman
Noted Truths of Pickpockets Keep in Touch with People
A Baltimore American quotation comments that pickpockets, as a class, always maintain contact with the public. The remark highlights their vigilance and social proximity, implying they exploit familiarity to operate unseen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore American
Markets News Roundup From Major U S Cities
Price reports from New York Cleveland Toledo East Buffalo and Pittsburgh cover flour wheat corn oats butter eggs cheese potatoes hay cattle calves sheep hogs and lambs with varied values and steady to dull tones. Notable figures include Yorkers hogs and steer prices across multiple markets and a range for lambs from several cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cleveland
Minnesota
York State
East Buffalo
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Daimler Manufacturing Company
Long Island City
Grimm
Jefferson, Wis
Wisconsin
Gustave Leeman
Christina Ruspoli Bonaparte
Prince Charles Bonaparte
James Findley Harrison
William Henry Harrison
Mound City
William F. Walker
Cramp
Willard D. Barr
Lawyer County
Wabash River
Third Avenue
Riverside Methodist Church
Pine Bluff
Ark
FRICK
Toledo
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