Thaw trial witnesses and a sprawl of world news
The week in review covers Evelyn Thaw and Mrs Thaw testifying as District Attorney Jerome seeks to exclude interested parties as Harry Thaw defense unfolds. It notes experts and acquaintances detailing Thaw's eccentric behavior and various other world events and notable deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Thaw
William Thaw
Thaw
Paris
Jerome
Justice Dowling
Harry Thaw
New York
Charles H. Koehler
Winona
Monte Carlo
Christopher Pagean
Matilda Stein
Per August Weber
Anarchist Plot Foiled in Rio Targets U S Fleet
Brazilian police said they uncovered and foiled an anarchist plot to destroy part of the American battleship fleet at Rio. Navy officials in Washington were surprised and skeptical about the claim.
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Rio
Navy
Washington
John R. Walsh
Chicago
Chicago National Bank
Corydon Junction
Ind
Southern Railway
Charles Emory Smith
Philadelphia Press
Russia
Allen Campbell Burrows
Ohio State University
Columbus
Gueatemala Northern Railway
Latin America
Atlantic
Pacific Oceans
Giroux
Ely
Nev
A. D. Bailey
P. J. Brown
Fred McDonald
Missouri Colony
Marshall
Sunflower Glass Company
Coffeeville
Kan
Dragooh
Macedonia
Cleveland Franklin
Dothan
Ala
Langdon
San Francisco
Abe Ruef
First National Bank
Texola
Oklo
Jones
Boston
St. Remi
Quebec
Gonaives
Hayti
Coal Mining Company
Monongah
W. Va
Mitchell Refuses Gift as Miners Honor President
President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers rejects a $2,700 gift from Montana and Wyoming miners. He asks the money be sent to Mrs. Mitchell, citing gratitude but preferring no personal payout. The union treasurer reports treasury growth from $337,960 to $864,890, with member count rising to 263,726 and last year adding 35,305 members.
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Montana
Wyoming
Mitchell
Indianapolis
Ind
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers of America
W. B. Wilson
Miners’ Organization
National Treasury
Wilson
Treasury
Government Readies War Stockpiles and Ordnance Upgrades
Brig. Gen. Crozier testifying before the house committee on military affairs outlined U S preparations for future war needs. He cited 731000 infantry rifles ready, 831000 1908 pattern rifles in use, 400000 Krag Jorgensens being replaced, and large ammunition stocks. He noted two 12 hour shifts could yield 1500 rifles daily, and that ongoing experiments seek safer more effective explosives under a 4 million dollar ordnance appropriation with progress indicated.
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Washington, D. C
Crozier
Bureau of Ordnance
House Committee On Military Affairs
United States
Ordnance Department
Barking Dog Saves Woman From Fire in Latrobe
A family home near Latrobe in Kingston awoke to smoke and flames when a dog barked and leaped onto the bed waking Mrs. Mary Allison and her two children. The dog tore away blankets exposing them to smoke, enabling escape as flames burst through the room.
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Latrobe
Mary Allison
Kingston
Congress Adopts Penalty for Government Crop Stats Leaks
The House on the 21st passed an amendment to the penal code making it a crime for any government employee to disclose advance information on crop statistics authorized by law. The Senate proceedings were uneventful.
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Congress
Washington
House
Senate
Judge Who Was Disbarred Dies
A man who died Sunday in Newark New Jersey was identified as ex Justice Thomas W Fitzgerald of the Brooklyn court of special sessions. He had been living under the alias J J Cary and was recently removed from the bench and disbarred from practicing law.
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New York City
Newark
N. J
J. J. Cary
Thomas W. Fitzgerald
Court of Special Sessions
Brooklyn
Yankee Cruiser to Go to Hayti
The cruiser Des Moines will be sent to Hayti to protect American interests amid the disturbed conditions on the island.
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Hayti
Washington, D. C
Des Moines
Decline in Panama Railroad Trade Alarms Government
Secretary Taft transmitted J. L. Bristow’s report on Panama Railroad relations with Pacific coast steamers. It shows traffic from San Francisco to New York dropping toward extinction by canal completion, with Pacific Mail’s exclusive contract cited as a trigger for eastbound losses.
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Hartfield
Liverpool
Seattle
Vancouver Island
Denver
Col
Orman & Crook
Lydia K. Bradley
Illinois
Peoria
Ill
Bradley Polytechnic Institute
John C. Guinn
Georgia City
H. R. Drew
Mineapolis
Minn
BE. H. Harriman
Hough
United States Circuit Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Lake Carriers’ Association
Detroit
Mich
Chicago Sanitary Canal
East St. Louis
Eliza Matsen
Duluth
Ezekiel Gregory
Davidson
N. C
John F. Betz
Philadelphia
Prince Edward F. L. Zu Innhausen Und Knyphausen
House of Lords
Taft
Senate
Panama Canal
New York County
William R. Montgomery
Hamilton Bank
Lumber Carriers’ Association of the
Kenora
Ont
Stanley County
South Dakota
St. Louis
Wells
Harvey Lockner
Tuscola
E. D. Scott
Roy W. van Hoesen
People’s National Bank
Franklinville
N. Y
Denmark
Holger Drachmann
Copenhagen
James Randall
Augusta
Baltimore
Maryland
Washington, D. C
Senate Committee On Interoceanic Canals
J. L. Bristow
War Department
Panama Railroad Co
Pacific Coast
Panama
North Atlantic
Bristow
Canal Commission
San Francisco
New York
Pacific
Colon
Atlantic
Pacific Mail Steamship Co
Panama Railroad
Pacific Mail Co
Secretary of War
Steamship Company
Foraker Admits Defeat in Ohio Delegates Plan
Senator Foraker declares a plan to contest district delegates to the national convention and to allow Taft four at large delegates. He says the state convention call is illegal and he will not participate. He predicts Taft will win district delegates, with each district choosing its own delegates independently.
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Taft
Ohio
Cincinnati
Foraker
Washington
State Central Committee
Gruesome discovery in Florence uncovers three Italian killings
Bodies of Dominic Minichello, Ercola Buffetti, and Mrs. Frank Palmetto were found buried 150 yards from Antonio Nernino home. Minichello’s throat was slit, Buffetti struck with an axe, and the housekeeper killed by a head blow. Fourth victim, Minichello’s brother, still missing.
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Florence
Col
Antonio Nernino
Dominic Minichello
Nernino
Ercola Buffetti
Frank Palmetto
Minichello
Buffetti
House passes $250000 immigration station bill in Philadelphia
Washington report says the house approved a $250000 appropriation for an immigration station in Philadelphia on the 20th, opening a lengthy debate on immigration policy. The senate began discussion on codifying the United States penal laws.
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Washington
Philadelphia
House
Senate
United States
Supreme Court strikes down two cent fare law in Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania two cent railroad fare law was declared unconstitutional by the state supreme court on Monday, affirming a Philadelphia common pleas court ruling from last September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
State Supreme Court
Common Pleas Court of
Negro hanging survivor again in custody in Alabama
Grover Franklin, said to have been hanged from a tree by a mob near Dothan, Ala, is now again in the hands of law enforcement and faces possible recovery.
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Dothan
Ala
Grover Franklin
Butler
Champ Clark’s Wichita Early Work and Money Make
A Wichita letter in the Topeka Capital recounts Champ Clark the Missouri congressman once practicing law in Wichita. He opened an office in 1875 where Pacific Express stands today but left the state after years of small business and a single day’s earnings of one dollar.
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Champ Clark
Missouri
Wichita
Kan
Topeka
Pacific Express Company
Congress
Ros Harris
Clark
Importance of Being Forty in Marriage Trends
A Dr Rabinovitch paper on Amsterdam psychiatry congress notes late marriages may be linked to higher living costs and comfort standards. Among 74 biographies of eminent individuals many were born to middle aged parents, with famed figures like Napoleon, Franklin, Rembrandt and Wagner as youngest children, suggesting late marriage can still lead to success.
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Louise Rabinovitch
Congress of Psychiatry
Amsterdam
Napoleon
Benjamin Franklin
Coleridge
Balzac
Rembrandt
Rubens
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Wagner
Schumann
Schubert
Child meets turkeys with Christmas tree tails
Charles Jr. was shown a display of turkeys with tails like Christmas trees and described to his mother in awed terms. The scene took place near a handsome country home with green lawns and pea cocks.
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Charles, Jr
Smoking in Clubs and the Marlborough Break Story
The London Chronicle notes that in 1845 White's banned smoking to the poorest rooms, while clubs limited smokers to dusky spaces. King Edward as prince of Wales challenged this, opening Marlborough where smoking was allowed throughout except the dining room.
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White’s
London Chronicle
Edward
Prince of Wales
Marlborough
Markets show mixed gains across cities on January 22
Reports from New York Cleveland Toledo East Buffalo Pittsburg and Chicago detail grain and livestock prices. Flour wheat corn oats butter cheese eggs potatoes hay and cattle hogs and lambs show varying levels with no uniform trend.
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New York
Cleveland
Minnesota
York State
East Buffalo
Pittsburg
Chicago
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International Harvester Company
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Grand Army
Wisconsin
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Imperial Knitting Company
Scranton
Mobile
Federal District Court
Minneapolis
Roosevelt
Gov. Sparks
Nevada
Sovereign Bank of Canada
South Carolina
Lydia Bradley
McNeil & Higgins Company
Masonic Temple
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Muncie
Herbert H. Sears
St. Regis
Thomas Bates
Springfield
Mass
Tennessee
Jennie G. Sorg
Paul J. Sorg
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Merchants’ National Bank of
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Isaac W. Baird
Portland
Ore
St. Petersburg
Caucasus
Bibi-Egbat
Baku
Edward Henry Strobel
Siam
John W. Crawford
Admiral Dewey
Potomac
Daniel C. Stover
Freeport, Ill
Archduke Ferdinand
Grand Duke of
Tuscany
Salzburg
Austria
Israel Putnam
Europe
Settat
Morocco
d’'Amade
Mulai Rachid
Mulai Hafid
Edward S. Whitaker
New Orleans
J. M. Leveaue
Morning World
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Western Bank & Trust Company of
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