Thaw trial defense cites mania as cause of Stanford White death
The Thaw defense closed its case arguing manic-depressive insanity explains Stanford White’s death at the hands of Harry Thaw. The trial adjourned as European witnesses faced Atlantic storm delays. Judge Dowling limited each side to three experts. two of the defense experts testified on Thaw’s mental state. Anthony Comstock described letters from Thaw about White's apartments and Thaw’s mother testified to insanity in the Thaw family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanford White
Pittsburg
Europe
Dowling
Harry Thaw
Tombs Prison
Anthony Comstock
Thaw
Wedding of Gladys Moore Vanderbilt and Count Laszlo Szechenyi
The marriage occurred at the Fifth Avenue home of the bride’s mother in New York. The groom is a Hungarian nobleman and Hussar lieutenant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Moore Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Laszlo Szechenyi
Hussars
Fifth Avenue
New York
John C. Hubinger
Iowa
Keokuk
Nevada
Assembly
Senate
Illinois State Reformatory
Pontiac
Mallory
William Hamlin
A. L. Sloss
First National Bank of
Appleton
Wis
Etowah County
Alabama
St. Petersburg
Helsingfors
Finland
Russia
Viborg
Grand Duchy of Finland
John L. Dickson
Fulda
Minn
Senator Hopkins
House
James McKinney
Ilinois
Currency Commission
American Bankers’ Association
Illinois Bankers’ Association
Medorem Crawford
Coast Artillery Corps
Francis T. Freeland
Denver
Col
Colonnade
Philadelphia
James L. Burkhaller
Farmers and Merchants’ Bank
Galesburg
Ill
Morris K. Jessup
American Museum of Natural History
Brick Presbyterian
A. C. Frost
Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Railroad
Frank R. O'Neill
Pulitzer Publishing Company
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
J. E. Gage
Chicago Street Railroad
Board of Education
Minneapolis
Various World News Items Across Debt, Crime, and Politics
A broad review notes honors for Eugene Meyer and labor law disputes, a labor movement dispute over postal franks, Argentine political tension and violence, a New York bank liquidating, naval movements to Buenos Aires, Mary Baker Eddy’s relocation, mine and railroad disputes, royal and aristocratic notices, and multiple fires and legal cases across the United States and abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of the Legion of Honor
Eugene Meyer
New York
Act of Congress
Supreme Court
Congress
Alcorta
William Rohde
Neidenfels
Orient
India
Earl of Yarmouth
Thaw
Alice Thaw
National Bank of North America of New York
National Bank
Charles W. Hanna
American Torpedo Boat Flotilla
Rio Janeiro
Buenos Ayres
Mary G. Baker Eddy
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Pleasant View
Concord
N. H
Chestnut Hill
Brookline
Mass
Christian Science Denomination
Mine Owners’ Association of Goldfield
Nev
Louise de la Ramee
Ouida
Jolina Cervelli
Florence
F. R. Darcy
Kalamazoo
Mich
Bergen Hill
Pennsylvania
Homestead
N. J
Illinois Central Railroad Eompany
Herrin
Ill
Showing Ichijo
Japan
Clinton
Fish Brothers
Portland
T. Tchigorin
St. Petersburg
R. H. Rogers
Hopkinsville
Taft
Philippines
Maria Bernado
Addis Adeba
Menelik
Mary Frances Reiley
Abraham Linecoln
Sioux City
New Orleans
United States
George L. Thomas
New York City
L. B. Taggart
United States District Court
Kansas City
Smith McPherson
Thomas
Taggart
Central
Pontiac
Madison
Jean Jumeau
Dessalines
Gonaives
Minnesota
Franco
Torture Reports Shock Illinois Reformatory Board
William Hamlin inmate death prompts inquiry as officers admit brutal punishments including 22 hours chained to cell bars with wrists at head level and repeated cold water applications. Hamlin fainted, endured days of torture, and was left with a fractured back before a physician was summoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontiac
Illinois State Reformatory
William Hamlin
Hamlin
Lovers' quarrel ends in double death near Ambridge
In Ambridge, near Pittsburg, Mary Cohinni, 18, and Dominic Polcina, 25, killed each other after a struggle at Cohinni's sister's home. Polcina broke down a door, a knife wounded him in the ear and brain, then he fired a fatal shot as Cohinni died on the kitchen floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Ambridge
American Bridge Co
Here
Mary Cohinni
Dominic Polcina
Italy
America
Polcina
United States Steel reports 1907 earnings record
United States Steel Corporation posts net earnings of 32,553,995 for the December quarter and a yearly total of 160,984,477 in 1907, the largest in company history. Unfilled orders sit at 4,624,553 tons with a quarterly surplus of 3,559,274. quarterly earnings fall by 9,180,969 from prior expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
United States Steel Corporation
Congress Passes Minor Bills as Senate Weighs Criminal Code
In Washington on the 28th the Senate advanced many minor measures and again debated the proposed revision of the U.S. criminal code. The House featured Mr. Mc Gavin of Illinois denouncing American heiresses marrying foreign titled nobility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
United States
House
McGavin
Illinois
Million-Dollar Blaze Destroys Chicago Wallpaper Firms
A third major fire in Chicago's business district over as many days caused losses over 1 million dollars. The blaze nearly destroyed the building at 144 Wabash Avenue occupied by Alfred Peats & Co. and damaged another premises housing two firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Wabash Avenue
Alfred Peats & Co
Rioters Kill Twenty in Tabriz Amid Persian Turmoil
Renewed clashes between constitutionalists and reactionaries erupt in Tabriz, Persia, with twenty people reported dead and riots spreading through the city as authorities struggle to restore order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teheran
Persia
Tabriz
Separate Trial Favored for Architect Huston in Capitol Prosecution
In Dauphin county court Judge Kunkel began the capitol prosecutions with the commonwealth agreeing to a separate trial for Architect Joseph M. Huston amid rumors he will become a state’s witness. Other defendants Sanderson Snyder Mathues and Shumaker pressed for severances as jurors were chosen and testimony set to start. the case centers on alleged fraud in furniture payments totaling 19,308.40 of 49,417. The court halted for 15 minutes to consult and Huston did not attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Capitol
Dauphin County
Kunkel
Commonwealth
Joseph M. Huston
Huston
George Graham
John H. Sanderson
William P. Snyder
William Mathues
James M. Shumaker
Shumaker
Sanderson, Snyder and
Mathues
Rescue at sea saves crew of Helen G. Mosley near Fenwick Island
The schooner Helen G. Mosley, en route from Savannah to Boston with timber, was wrecked in a violent storm off Fenwick Island. Captain Harper and eight crew members abandoned ship in a lifeboat and, after four hours, were picked up by the Hamburg American liner Bierna and later transferred to the Earl of Carrick bound for Hamburg. The crew reported the vessel began leaking after mountains waves swept over the hull and pumps struggled to keep up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilman Mitton
Kewanee
Ill
Charles Bradley
Minneapolis
Beltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
Aurel Batonyi
New York
Frank Work
Burke Roche
Margaret Fulton
Jane Fulton
St. Clairsville
Georgia A. Smythe
Boston
New Brunswick
Maria Fitzherbert
George IV
England
Hocking
Farmano Lopez
Franco
Portugal
San Julia
Tagus River
James H. Smith
Mattie Halpin
Irvington
Ind
Port-de-Paix
Andrew Carnegie
Ilinois College
Jacksonville
Amsterdam
Hook of Holland
Songa
George M. Bourquin
Butte, Mont
Edward Creighton Largey
State Savings Bank
Heinze Institution
Newport News
Earl of Carrick
Shields
Harper
Helen G. Mosley
Bierna
Norfolk
Hamburg
New Jersey
Savannah
Fenwick Island
Trial Date Set in Standard Oil Case Over Railroad Concessions
Judge Bethea schedules the Standard Oil Company of Indiana trial for April 6 in Chicago. The case concerns allegedly accepted concessions from the Chicago & Eastern Illinois railroad on oil shipments from Whiting to Evansville. The Eastern Illinois charges total 2,124 counts with a maximum possible fine of 42,480,000, a larger exposure than the Chicago & Alton matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Bethea
United States District Court
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
Whiting
Ind
Evansville
Landis
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Standard Oil Co
Eastern Illinois
Taft accused in senate of knowledge of Philippine slavery
Washington report notes the senate on the 27th charged Secretary Taft with knowledge of slavery in the Philippine Islands while the house spent its session on a District of Columbia street railway regulation bill and Mr. Fowler spoke on financial questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Taft
Philippine Islands
House
District of Columbia
Fowler
Barge Sinking Off Delaware Breakwater Kills Six
Four men and two women died last Sunday off Delaware breakwater while trying to save the crew of the tug M E Scully as the barge White Band sank in a gale sweeping the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. I
M. E. Scully
Delaware Breakwater
White Band
Miss Vanderbilt Weds a Count in Fifth Avenue Home
Miss Gladys Vanderbilt marries Count Laszlo Szechenyi, a Hungarian nobleman, in a noon ceremony at the Fifth Avenue residence of Mrs. Vanderbilt in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanderbilt
New York City
Gladys Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Laszlo Szechenyi
Fifth Avenue
Japanese volcanic ash cement takes Japan export lead
American observer G H Scidmore reports a Japanese company turning volcanic ash into cement with nine percent half year dividends on 200000 yen. Major yards and plants supply ash cement for Keelung harbor works, with exports to north China Formosa Korea. Crude supply appears inexhaustible as land is uncovered, expanding agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. H. Scidmore
Nagasaki
Department of Commerce and Labor
Washington
Mitsubishi
Kawasaki
Empire
Sasebo
Wakamatsu Iron Foundry Company
Keelung
North China
Formosa
Korea
Hondo
Japan
Oregon
Testimony of the rocks humor in Chicago Tribune
A playful exchange quotes Dora-Papa and Jack debating wealth. The father confirms his son’s money via “the testimony of the rocks” in a humorous line from the Chicago Tribune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora
Jack
Chicago Tribune
A Business Man's View on Wealth and Influence
A dialogue contrasts wealth's potential for good with the challenge of hiring benevolence. Dustin Stax argues that paying people to do good often fails to yield value for money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dustin Stax
Too Realistic Husband Fires at Actress Press Agent
The husband of a pretty actress opened fire at her press agent, warning not to stand so close as blank rounds scar the shooter at six feet. The incident unfolds with tense dialogue and admonitions about safety.
Christmas Dinner Gossip Sparks Money Talk
In a humorous exchange Miss Swellgirl mocks the rich as money mad, while Mr Cashless counters that the truly hard up are the ones without funds. The exchange plays on class and wealth during a holiday gathering.
Market Report for New York Commodities and Livestock
The Markets in New York on January 29, 1908 show dull flour, wheat No 2 red at 1.04, corn No 2 white at 674, oats mixed 53 4, hay steady at 21.00, cattle quiet, sheep wethers 3.50 to 5.30 and lambs 7.25 to 7.75, hogs down to 4.90.
Market Prices Report from Cleveland and Toledo
Cleveland and Toledo market notes list current prices for commodities and livestock. Grain values include flour patent at 5.35 to 5.70, No 2 red wheat 1.00, No 3 yellow corn 59 cents, No 3 white oats 54 cents, and cloverseed 11.15 dollars. Livestock prices show best steer 4.75 to 5.00, calves 8.00 to 8.25, wethers 5.00 to 5.25, lambs 7.15 to 7.25, hogs 4.55, with butter 35 cents, cheese 17.5 cents, eggs 22 cents, potatoes 50 cents, hay 15 dollars, and sheep and other items. Toledo cash prices record wheat 99.54 cents, corn 5? and 8? cents, oats 53 cents, and cloverseed 11.15 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Minnesota
York State
Cattle and Hogs Prices Across Cities
East Buffalo cattle leads with steers at 5.10 to 5.85 and calves to 8.75. Sheep steady with wethers 5.50 to 6.00 and lambs 7.00 to 7.75. Hogs mix with Yorkers 4.70 and pigs 4.65. Pittsburgh notes choice steers 5.50 to 5.75 and good 5.00 to 5.20. prime wethers 5.50 to 5.65 and lambs 5.00 to 7.60. hogs Yorkers and pigs at 4.65 to 4.65.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Buffalo
Pittsburgh
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North Carolina
Charles F. Brown
St. Louis
Andrew Jackson
Detsch
Harry Ferree
Ferree
Emily Yznaga
Duchess of
Manchester
Lister Kaye
Natchez
Miss
Kenneth
George Stetson
Burlington
W. Leo Bockemohle
Bank of Ellinwood
Ellinwood
Kan
Loop
Deer River
Free Methodist Seminary
Wessington Springs
S. C
Lydia Bradley
Peoria
Bradley Polytechnic Institute
University of Chicago
Turie Nordstrom
Mayport
Fla
Quarrrel
Steel Trust
Oil Trust
P.ery
Toledo
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