Thaw Case Turns From Science to Eyewitnesses in Second Hearing
In New York on January 29 the Madison Square Garden murder trial nears the end of testimony with no new expert witnesses. Jerome shifts strategy by admitting a will and Nesbit-Hummel affidavit while presenting eyewitnesses who deem Thaw's acts rational. Littleton prepares a full closing argument as Dowling signals a Friday jury charge.
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Madison Square Garden
Martin W. Littleton
Jerome
Justice Dowling
Abraham Hummel
Stanford White
Evelyn Nesbit mm Hummel
Thaw
Nesbit
Harry Thaw
Asylum For
Matteawan
United States Torpedo Boat Flotilla in Buenos Aires Welcomed
The U S torpedo boat flotilla arrived from Rio Janeiro and was received by President Alcorta and ministers of war marine and foreign affairs General Fraga Admiral Betbeder and Senor Zeballos. Lt Cone gave a suitable reply and a cordial exchange followed. The two fleets will briefly meet at sea then sail to Cape Correntes before signaling the news.
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Buenos Aires
United States Torpedo Boat Flotilla
Rio Janeiro
Alcorta
United States
Cape Correntes
Rascal Threatens a Judge in Muncie Case
In Muncie Indiana city judge Frank Gass remanded Robert Carr alias W C Fell to jail awaiting Brad dock Pennsylvania officer with requisition papers to take him to Braddock for trial on fraud forgery charges. Carr warned the judge I’ll get over with you. The prisoner had a $1500 bank credit in Braddock but was labeled wanted there for bank fraud and forgery. He forged several small checks in Muncie before arrest and would have escaped if not intoxicated.
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Muncie
Ind
Frank Gass
Robert Carr
W. C. Fell
Braddock
Judge Gass
Cart
No Honeymoon for This Couple
Joseph M Wicks and Grace McMasters of New York were wed by Justice Gunn in Ypsilanti. The bride, ill and quitting the company, had the ceremony at a hotel before departing. the groom continued with the Billy the Kid company to Flint.
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Ypsilanti, Mich
Joseph M Wicks
Grace McMasters
New York
Billy the Kid
Justice Gunn
Flint
Missing Michigan teens spark police search
Battle Creek police report Adela Westover, fifteen, and Ray Davidson, sixteen, missing since Wednesday after she left for school with a skirt and he sold a cornet to raise funds to leave the city. Authorities suspect elopement.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Adela Westover
Ray Davilson
Davidson
General John Coburn Dies in Indianapolis at 83
General John Coburn a lawyer and former representative died in Indianapolis of heart disease at the age of eighty three.
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John Coburn
Indianapolis
International Marriages Under Fire in House Debate
Rep. McGavin of Illinois denounced international marriages of US heiresses to titled foreigners. He urged a bill by Sabath to tax dowries and titled husbands, mocking dukes and earls as geese while criticizing snobbery and vice. The debate touched on tariff classification and the state of the union.
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Washington
United States
House of Representatives
McGavin
Illinois
Sabath
House
West Virginia Governor cites 495 mining deaths in last year
Governor Dawson, at a special legislative session in Charlestown, called attention to mining disasters, reporting 495 fatalities in West Virginia mines last year. He urged remedial legislation while warning against harming the mining industry.
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Charlestown
W. Va
Dawson
West Virginia
Frayed Nobility Sold for Wall Street Wealth in New York
A speaker denounces a transaction that trades noble values for millions from Wall Street lambs and ends with a woman added to the deal. He asserts every day in New York is a bargain, from ribbons to flesh, from Broadway shops to Fifth Avenue auctions.
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Wall Street
New York City
Broadway
Fifth Avenue
Bryan Criticizes Supreme Court on Employer Rights
Washington reports Hon. W. J. Bryan criticizing the Supreme Court's ruling that an employer may refuse to hire for any justifiable reason. He argues the decision misuses the creature of the law doctrine and could allow corporations to regulate employees' beliefs and affiliations. Bryan mingled with senators at a window recess and at a Newlands dinner, discussing currency bills and Democratic policy.
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Washington
House
W. J. Bryan
Supreme Court
Congress
Bryan
Senate
Bailey
Teller
Newlands
That six cent ol rate in oil case before judge landis
In cross examination Deputy Commissioner Durand confirms the 6 cent rate on petroleum was filed by the Chicago and Eastern Railway and that the 6ty cent rate prevailed from October 26, 1894 to October 11, 1895. Durand agrees that from October 11, 1895 the rate per 100 pounds on petroleum changed.
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Washington
Jan
Rosenthal
Durand
Standard Oil Company
Landis
Chicago and Eastern Hainess Railway Company
Oet
Lawful petroleum rates questioned in long Senate trial
Durand testifies that from October 1895 to January 1906 the filed rate for petroleum between Whiting Indiana and East St Louis Illinois was 6 cents per hundred pounds, while the Standard case had held 18 cents. The senate adjourned with little progress on crime code revision and other bills.
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Whitling
East St. Lou
Dalton
Chieeee
Illinois
Dar
Rosenthal
Whiting
Ind
East St. Louis
Chicago and
Eastern Illinois
East St Leuis
Durand
Interstate Commerce Commission
Whiting, Ind
Hogs and cattle markets in Chicago move lower on Jan 29 1908
Hogs receipts for the day 53 000 with a 6203 carryover from yesterday. Market tone 5 to 10 lower than yesterday's average. Light hogs 4 10 to 4 35, mixed packers 4 15 to 4 42, heavy shipping grades 4 15 to 4 45, rough 4 18 to 4 20. Cattle 28 000, 10 to 20 lower. sheep 22 000, slow but steady. Official receipts yesterday 32 839, shipments 3 252. Estimated receipts today about 58 000. market mostly 10 lower. Beef and stockers varied. cattle and sheep values charted across multiple grades and regions.
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Texas
John A. Babcock Promises a Square Deal
A brief note from John A. Babcock asserts continued commitment to fair treatment and reliable service, inviting readers to rely on a square deal in future dealings.
Hayashi Hints at Easing Japan China Dispute Policy
Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi told the Diet that talks with the United States and Canada progress with no details yet. he cited a settled China Kantao rail issue and said Japan remains mediator on Korea border disputes. He urged restraint on emigration and warned against harming national prestige while resisting taxes tied to armament costs.
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Tokio
Mink Hayashi
Diet
Gernment
United States
Cana
Rodel Lemieux
Bar
Japan
Canada
Hayashi
China
Korea
Bourget Discusses Divorce and Social Decay in Paris
Paris January 20 Paul Bourget spoke on his play Divorce presented last night. He warned divorce erodes the family social unit and makes dissolution a habit leading to remarriage and polygamy, contrasting indissoluble marriage with free union as the only two solutions.
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Paris
Paul Bourget
United States
M. Bourget
Ex-associate of Minnesota Supreme Court dies at 64
John A. Lovely, former associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, died in Albert Lea, Minnesota, at age sixty four. The Henry Coburn storage house in Tolianapolis was destroyed by fire, with losses estimated at 2000. Ex United States Senator Warne Miller of New York City has made an assignment for the benefit of creditors. George Barlow, 32, killed when an Iowa and Minnesota train struck their buggy at Princeton, with two others injured.
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John A. Lovely
Justs
Minnesota Supreme Court
Albert Lea
Minn
Henry Coburn
West Georgia Stree Tolianapolis
United States
Warne Miller
New York City
George Barlow
Iowa and Muinol
Princetosa
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Vanderbilt
Illinois Statesman
Chicago
Beach-Wickham Grain Company
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John A. Babcock
Is Witt
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North Americans Commission Company
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Chi
Hayas
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