Patterson Trial Ends Day as Lawyers Clash in Court
In New York Judge Vernon M Davis delayed the charge to the jury in Nan Patterson case after heated arguments from defense attorney Abraham Levy and assistant DA Rand. Levy urged mercy, portraying Patterson’s home life and the harm of condemning her, while Rand depicted her testimony as memory-based and urged a verdict of guilt, highlighting the pistol scene and urging jurors to consider the moral stakes.
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New York
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Nan Patterson
Gacrick
Davis
Abraham Levy
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Mr Reids
Patton
Oomand
Davee
Gore Ul Mirderer
Justice Davis
Yesterdas
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Unger
Miss Patterson
Levi
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Army officers criticised over misused funds on Governors Island
Washington Post special report notes a Washington commission investigated Governors Island. Funds totaling 40000 were allegedly used for an officers club rather than improving conditions for enlisted men. Rev Hervey Wood and a committee reportedly found neglect of the enlisted men and prepared a report for Congress and the War Secretary.
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Governors Island
Washington Post
New York
Washington
Congress
National Temperance Society
Rey
Ervey Wood
Hervey Wood
Walhington
Callcad
Derrick Hercules Adrift Strikes Texas in Navy Yard
A ten ton hoisting derrick named Hercules broke free from the Connecticut in Wallabout Bay and collided with the battleship Texas in the navy yard basin. Cables snapped in a squall as Hercules swung toward the Texas, damaging plates and forcing the ship toward drydock. The tugboats Pewtucket and Providence/Pennsylvania assisted, with Herculean efforts to control the drifting crane before it struck the stern post of the Texas.
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Tacoma
Minneapolis
Texas
Ster
New York
Tinos
Kentucky
Connecticut
Xwarkeeta
Pentubket
Waite Hastuis
Maiineapoli
Derrok
China Objects to Exchange Policy Details
A Cablegram from London reports China signaling reluctance to accept new terms for gold payments. Ministers debate fresh terms to extort from the Chinese government while the powers threaten gold bonds. China seeks to buy gold openly as international bankers push purchases through banks. China hopes England, America, and Japan will ensure fair treatment.
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Social
London Times
Washington Post
Peking
Ching
Wgoll
China
Foraga
International Bankers’ Commission
England
América
Japan
Czar Considers Reforms Amid War Mobilization
St Petersburg report on December councils at Tsarskoe Selo. Emperor Nichol II, Grand Duke Michael, ministers, and top officials discuss zemstvo congress resolutions. Debates split between concession advocates and autocracy supporters. Council rules out changes to government during war and plans measures on mobilization distress.
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St. Petersburg
NichoQes
Tsarskoe- Selo
Russia
Grand Duke
Michael
Council of the Empire
Prince Sviatopolis- Mirsky
M. Witte
M. Pobedonosisoff
The
Holy Synod
M Witte
Count Solsky
Zemstvoists
Iine
Parker Welcomed Home in New York Dinner Tribute
Alten Brooks Parker former chief justice and Democratic presidential candidate was honored at a Waldorf Astoria dinner by New York bench and bar. Elihu RootFrank S Black and W B Hornblower spoke praising Parker nonpartisan judiciary and bar traditions as attendees included Justice O'Brien and former Governor Black.
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Judge Parker
Bar of
New York
Root
Alten Brooks Parker
Court of Appeals
Waldorf-Astoria
D Cady Herrick
J. Morgan O’brien
Dion
Supreme Division
Frank 8. Black
Elihu Root
William B Hornblower
Parker
Supreme Court
Francs Orton Harrison
M. Linn Bruce
Mr. Bruce
Justice O'Brien
United States
van Brunt
Appellate Givistan
Tribute to Judge Parker Marks Final Speech by Bar Leaders
In a civic gathering, William B. Hornblower and Mr Black praised Judge Parker, calling him a model of integrity and noble character. They expressed regret that he would not remain on the bench and lauded his long service to justice and free institutions.
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O’brien
Tomst
Parker
New York
Judge Parker
Cadwalader Colden
John Wells
William Sampson
George Wood
Samuel J. Tilden
Root
Elihu Root
Parsons
Baltimore
Pennsylvania Railroad
Congressional Limited
Sieh Gaul
Nse
Bar
William B. Hornblower
Black
Hornblower
Tmhach
Illegal use of transfers at New York rail line
New York City Railway Company chief inspector testified in Police Court that illegal transfers cost the firm about $1,000 daily. Four men were arrested for soliciting transfers in the street and held on $100 bail each. The inspector alleged a department store clerks’ scheme involved repunching transfers to ride for a single fare.
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New York
New York City Railway Company
Man Goes Mad in Court During Will Hearing
In Chicago on December 21 Joseph Buteau of St. Raphael Quebec began to sing and chant in court while testifying on the sanity of a cousin in a will dispute over a $40,000 inheritance to the Roman Catholic Church. The judge ceased proceedings and had Buteau removed after his disruptive behavior interrupted the trial.
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Joseph Buteau
Chicago
St. Raphael
Quebec
John Benoit
Romain Catholic Church
Buteau
Philomene Pellerin
Benoit
Bureau
Baihff
Elis
Crime Still Baffles Police in Colorado Mountain Mystery
Colorado Springs December 21 The search for the unidentified girl's killer deepens as coroner Law holds forty hairpins from the corpse on Cutler Mountain and a $1000 reward is posted by county commissioners. A Denver woman previously reported missing sparked new inquiries while the body remains interred at Evergreen Cemetery. Manila dispatch notes Maj Edward E Hardin of the Seventh Infantry was acquitted on neglect charges after a prison escape.
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Colorado Mountain
Colorado Springs
Colo
Cutler Mountain
Ona D Heyt
Evergreen Cemetery
Manila
Edward E. Hardin
Seventh
United States Infantry
Malate
Sade
Fierce Class Battle Sequel To The Gould Episode
New York police investigate shooting by Kingdon Gould after a campus brawl between Columbia sophomores and freshmen near the 116th Street Broadway subway station. The melee halted traffic, wrecked the station entrance, and left many injured. Faculty and campus leaders move to suspend implicated students. Gould did not attend lectures as authorities seek statements.
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Millionaire
Hazers
New York
Kingdon Gould
Columbia
Broadway
H. B Mc €Nutcheon
116Th Street
IiMith Street
Polhiine
Nally
McAdoo
Young Gould
Gould
Butler
Frederick R. Hutton
Schools of Applied Scence
Thhorough
Dean Hutton
LAWYER M'FEE'S DOWNFALL IN CHICAGO CASE
John R. McFee, once in good standing, is sentenced to the penitentiary on forgery charges, alleged to have secured nearly forty thousand dollars. Victim includes Mrs. Anderson for thirteen and a half thousand. banks harmed as well. McFee was captured in Louisville. Grand jury still weighing further accusations as trial proceeds. William S. Young, former Cook County public guardian, appeared for McFee.
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Chicago
John R. McFee
McFee
Anderson
Louisville
William 5
Young
Cook County
Aitgeld
Fraudulent Ballots Reported in Denver Precinct Case
Handwriting experts testifying before the Supreme Court warned that hundreds of ballots from Precinct 2 Ward 4 appear fraudulent. Of 356 votes, 144 show irregular authorship with Democratic headings and 4 with Republican headings. Regular ballots numbered 177 Democratic and 28 Republican. Experts say many regulars may prove fraudulent. contempt charges against Isaac Goldman and Edward Sweeney are discussed. Sweeney seeks mercy for departure to Chicago for his deceased wife. 23 jailed men petition rehearing and sentence relief.
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Denver
Cole
Der
Supreme Court
Ward 4
M. M Henna
George H. King
Isaac Goldman
Edward Sweeney
Sweeney
Goldman
Chicago
Gabbert
Law and Lawsons Demurrer Heated in Gas Case
In Boston Judge Braley held a hearing on blocking Lawson and Weidenfeld from selling 60 290 shares of Bay State Gas Delaware stock and 5 percent bonds of Buffalo City Gas plus debentures. The suit, by Bay State Gas of Delaware, alleges conspiracy to divert funds. Lawson and Weidenfeld deny. Judge Braley reserved decision.
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Boston
Mass
Braley
Supreme Fifheral Court
Bay State Gas Company
Delaware
Thomas W. Lawson
Lawson and Weidenfeld
Buffalo City Gas Company
Lawson
Dela Ware
George W. Pepper
Delaware Company
Lawson and Weidenfeid
Deed of Rejected Suitor Ends in Double Tragedy
In Lockport a rejected suitor Fred Jones shot Constable William Gray and Mrs. Abbie Goodrich, then killed himself after shooting Mrs. Goodrich in the head. Gray died instantly. Goodrich died an hour later. Jones, 28, had threatened the widow, who was 54, prompting a peace-justice complaint and arrest warrant. A second item notes a Pere Marquette passenger train wreck near Grand Rapids with injuries but no fatalities. Union Trust offer follows.
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Holbert
P Vonsalina
Lockport
Fred Jones
Charlottesville
William C. Gray
Abbie Goodrich
Jones
Grand Rapids
Mich
Pere Marquette
Saginaw
Today’s Issue Index and Page Highlights
Index to today’s issue lists major items including Patterson case ruling, Battleship Texas damage, Parker banquet guest, Gould’s fellow-students in battle, rescues at sea, New York senatorial fight, Inaugural Ball debate, forgery charges against Blair, Russian attacks, North Sea affair, rail legislation, Confederate chief’s son office, federal licenses for corporations, Burke Roche Washington talks, racing sports, Virginia Maryland news, Miss Glover wedding diplomat, child labor crusade trial postponement, district government affairs, Bureaucracy bught of Russia, more letter carriers, athletic records, and a Custer survivor stabbing incident.
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Texas
Judge Parker
Gould
New York
House
Metropolitan
Blair
Burke Roche
Washington
News
Virginia
Maryland
Eight Days Adrift After Hurricane Sinks Ship
Eight days and nights of ceaseless labor on the schooner Clara Goodwin ended when the Wallace appeared and rescued the crew after a hurricane battered voyage from Tampa to Philadelphia. The vessel sprang a leak near Cape Hatteras, pumps failed to save her, and Captain Osterman set the ship ablaze with all sails set before abandoning the burning wreck.
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New
Diamond Shoals
Wallace
Osterman
Red Star Line Steamer Kroonland Struck by Tidal Wave
New York dispatch reports the Red Star Line steamer Kroonland arriving from Antwerp after a severe voyage marked by continuous bad weather since departure on December 10. A stewardess insanity occurred on day two, a tidal wave swept the decks, injuring Belgian passenger Pirotte who broke his left leg, while lookout Fritz Sortlandt survived a forty foot fall with only a bruised side.
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New York
Red Star Line
Iin Kroonland
Antwerp
Tra
Pirotte
Kroonland
Fritz Sortlandt
LAND FRAUD INDICTMENTS IN OREGON TOWNSHIP
The first indictments from the federal grand jury name Frank Lin Pierce Mays a Portland lawyer from a prominent Oregon family as a conspirator to defraud the United States on land in township H Calinoda Mountains between Lane and Douglas counties. Also charged are Horace G McKinley S A D Puter Emma L Watson Marie Ware Robert W Simpson John Doe and Richard Roe. Allegations allege forged affidavits false claim filings and insufficient payment for lands with some fictitious applicants.
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Portland
Oreg
Franklin Pierce Mays
Oregon
United States
Calinoda Mountains
Lane
Douglass
Puter
McKinley
Depew Warned Of Loss If Repew Defeated In Senate Fight
A New York Republican conference at the Fifth Avenue Hotel rallied for Chauncey M Depew s reelection to the Senate by the state legislature, with leaders like Platt, Odell, Woodruff and Raines voicing support and warning that defeat could endanger GOP prospects in New York. The meeting, attended by about 75 Republicans, produced no vote but reinforced unity for Depew against opponents backed by Odell and Black.
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New York
Platt
Qdell
Woodruff
Depew
Raines
Republican Party
al- Wass
Kings County
Black
Chauncey M Depew
United States
Senator Depew
County of Kings
Chauncey M. Depew
Higgins
Odell and Depew Speak at New England Society Dinner
G H Odell former Lieut Gov Timothy L Woodruff and U S Senator Chauncey M Depew attended the New England Society of Brooklyn annual dinner at the Pouch Mansion New York Dec 21 Elijah R Kennedy served as toastmaster About two persons were present Guy Odell spoke on The State of New York Senator Depew on American Patriotism William Cullen Bryant read an original poem Other toasts by Samuel J Elder and Rev Dr Meland B McAftee Stewart L Woodford and Rear Admiral J R Coughlan attended the event Baltimore and Return ticket info appears at the end of the item.
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Brooklyn New England Society
New York
G. H. Odell
Timothy L Woodruff
United States
Chauncey M Depew
New England Society of Brooklyn
Pouch Mansion
Elijah R. Kennedy
Guy Odell
Depew
William Cullen Bryant
Samel J. Elder
Boston
Meland B McAftee
Brooklyn
Spain
Stewart L Woodford
J. R. Coughlan
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New York Dee
Thomas C Platt
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Fifth Avenue Hotel
Gev Woodruff
Gordell
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Pouch
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