Defense Urges Insanity in Thaw Case with Heredity Argument
New York February 6 defense seeks to prove Harry Thaw insane at the time of the Stanford White killing. Jerome presses expert Dr C C Wiley on insanity and medical records while prosecutor insists on rigorous cross examination. Wiley cites Thaw actions the night of the tragedy and a 1905 Pittsburgh street car incident as basis for his opinion.
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Thaw Case: Insanity Tests and Family Links Featured
Jerome questions a psychiatrist about insanity tests tied to Harry Thaw’s Madison Square Garden murder of Stanford White. Albert Lee Thaw testifies on kinship to Thaw and a father in an asylum, with the defense seeking to show inherited strain of insanity.
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Thaw
Madison Square Roof Garden
Stanford White
Dr. Wiley
Albert Lee Thaw
Richmond
Harry Thaw
Thaw Case Testimony Interrupted Over Conversation Relevance
Penjamin Roman testified in January 1904 about a conversation with the defendant but Jerome interrupted stating it was not relevant or material. Justice Fitegerald instructed Thaw's lawyers to cite authorities on introducing character witnesses and ruled the testimony inadmissible as the witness was stored aside.
Testimony in Thaw Trial Highlights Doctors Commentary
Dr. Bingham of Pittsburg described Harry Thaw as nervous and high strung since infancy after treating him once for St Vitus dance at age seven. Dr. Deemar of Kittanning testified on John Ross Thaw’s cousin’s mental condition, adjournment followed as defense authorities debated collateral insanity. Delmas criticized the defense for entrusting Gleason with today’s proceedings amid court adjournment rumors.
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Pittsburg
Harry Thaw
Jerome
Jobo FL Deemar
Kittanning
Copleys
Thaw
Miss Copley
John Ross
Fitzgerald
Dolphin M. Delmas
Indl
John B.gleason
Dr. Wiley
Delmas
Mr. Gleason
Spirit in the Calaboose Haunts Calaboose Raid Uproar
Pittsburg police raided a spiritualist meeting in Oakland arresting the medium the spirit and twenty three others for violating a city ordinance. The medium fought back as lights revealed the deception while a supposed heir cried with joy upon hearing p apas voice before the reveal.
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Pittsburg
Oakland
Senator Elect Charles Curtis Becomes Kansas Senator
Charles Curtis, newly elected to the U S Senate from Kansas, has Kaw tribal heritage through his mother. Born in Kansas forty seven years ago to a Kaw mother and a white father, he rode as a jockey in boyhood races and later drove a back in Topeka before rising to Congress, where he has been reelected multiple times. He succeeds Benson who filled the unexpired term of Joseph R Burton.
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Charles Curtis
United States Senate
Kansas
Statesman
Topeka
Congress
Curtis
Benson
Joseph R. Burton
Winter Death Toll in North Dakota Stretches Past Two Hundred
Minneapolis reports a conservative estimate that up to 200 settlers may have died in North Dakota during a brutal winter. Frost and blizzards have shut railroads, causing coal shortages and fuel scarcity as isolated cabins and prairie homesteads suffer through unprecedented cold.
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Northwest
North Dakota
Soo
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Good Roads Progress in Michigan Report
Michigan's good roads department reports nine months of work with fifty two miles of stone roads thirty three miles of gravel roads and ninety miles of gravel and clay roads built under surveillance. Expenses total about 14000 dollars with road value estimated at 163177 dollars. Convicts are to be employed soon for stone crushing.
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Detroit
Michigan
H. S. Earle
Glenn's Order Revoked for Catholic Servants at Columbus
The War Department revoked Lieutenant Colonel Glenn's directive at Columbus post requiring Catholic sergeants and NCOs to form in line and march to church doors on Sundays with optional attendance. Only the church call may be sounded.
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Columbus
War Department
Columbus Post
Emperor William Hit by Snowball While Driving
In Berlin on February 6 the emperor was struck in the face by a snowball aimed at a private motorist. He gestured angrily, then the youths who tossed the missile fled.
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Berlin
William
Lithographers' Union Says It Declined Action
Report from New York on February 6 states the executive committee of the National Association of Employing Lithographers has declined a proposed measure. The statement outlines the group's stance and the reason for the refusal.
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New York
National Association of Emloying Lithographers
Strike leverage near end as unions and open shop stand firm
Ex Moager Seth Low, conciliation committee head of the National Clive Federation, proposes President Samuel Gorm ers of the AFL as mediator to settle the lithographers strike. Employers decline, saying the strike was not their choice and they have fought it to victory, preserving an open shop with equal opportunity, and refuse any conference with unions.
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Seth Low
National Clive Federation
Samuel Gormers
American Federation of Labor
Three Thompson couples wed from Dana in odd coincidence
In Tuscola Illinois on Feb 5 three Thompson husbands married three sisters all from Dana Indiana. The sisters married Elmer Roy and Fred Thompson respectively, with no blood relation among the Thompsons, only by marriage. A second item notes a coal famine looming in Twin Cities with Duluth nearby facing shortages.
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Thompson
Elmer Thompson
Dana
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Roy Thompson
Elmer
Fred Thompson
Thompsons
Market Hogs and Cattle Prices in Chicago Trade
Chicago markets report mixed hog and cattle movements on February 6 1907 with estimated receipts around 30000 hogs and 18000 cattle. Prices show gains for light hogs mixed packers and heavy shipping grades with beef cattle and sheep also strong, while official receipts yesterday stood around 20954 with shipments 5 and tomorrow’s receipts about 23000.
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Chicago
Chicago Ad Promises Fair Deal Always
A Chicago ad proclaims a plain pledge of a square deal for readers, promising fair treatment in every transaction and clear terms. The message emphasizes reliability and equality in service.
Statements by Standard Oil official challenge press ties
Secretary William B. Lowe of Standard Oil disputes a commission report linking the company to press influence. He cites Malcolm Jennings of Lancaster as an advertising agent and describes Jennings' contracts for display ads and paid editorials as legitimate business practices.
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New York
William B. Lowe
Standard Otl Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Standard of Company
Malcolm Jennings
Lancaster
Interstate Commission
Washington
Standard
Cleveland
Jennings claims no editorial matter under Standard Oil contracts
The record asserts Mr Jennings did not offer papers editorial matter under Standard Oil display contracts and any offered material came from other clients. It refutes a commission claim that Standard Oil used reading matter to push benefits, stating no such conduct occurred and contracts covered only commercial advertising.
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Jennings
Standard Ol Company
Commission
Standard
Standard Oil Company
Powder Accident Kills One in Mexican Border Town
A wagon loaded with 2000 pounds of powder suffered a flash and burned all powder at Santa Bullis Chihuahua Mexico. A Mexican driver died from burns while a man and another were fatally and seriously burned. The blaze is blamed on a cigarette igniting the powder.
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Tex
Santa Bullis
Chihuahua
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