Probing Thaw Jurors Thaw Sr5 Will Be Gone Over
A Washington Post dispatch from New York reports district attorney investigators scrutinizing at least two of the twelve jurors in the Thaw case. Jerome may seek excusal of jurors when court opens tomorrow morning, while Thaw’s attorneys resist any change. Assistant District Attorney Marshall returned from Pittsburg and reported on Harry K. Thaw’s history. Jerome remained in town orchestrating anticipated expert testimony.
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District Attorney's Office
Jerome
Thaw
Marshall
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Harry K. Thaw
Obituary notices from Washington area February 1907
A death notices page lists multiple funerals and memorials on February 1 to 8 1907 in Washington and surrounding towns. Persons named include Elizabeth Archer James A Archer Jane N Coan Samuel Butterfield Charles A Boynton Emma N Boynton George L Hall and Mary A Rodriguez among others with service details at Gawer's chapel St Mary's Church Arlington Rock Creek Mt Olivet and local churches. Interments in Frederick Md Arlington Md and private at Mt Olivet.
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Elizabeth R
James A Archer
M. Rensiem
Trinity Church
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Kensinegton
Charles A
Emma_N. Boynton
Nes Lowell
Chapel
Gawler
Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
Washington
ID C
Arlington
Elyvia
Oberlin
Cleveland
Ohio
Wtterfield
Samuel
Butterfield
Gawier
Frederick
Coan
Laurel
Jane N
Willam L Coan
Chelsea
Mass
Freer
National Tromeopathic Hospital
C. Clifom
Lander
Edward Lander
All Souls’ Church
Fourteenth
Arlington Moore
California Avenue
Sarah C
James E. Moore
St. Aloysiua' S
Rock Creek Cemetery
Odonneliaon
Poom
East Capitol Street
Thomas
Catherine O'Donnell
New York City
Rodriguez
Ins
Vermont Avenue
Jose Ignacio
Mary A Rodriguez
St. Matthew's Church
Mt. Olivet Cemetery
Speer
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Thaw trial notes show jurors at church as case moves on
Report covers pretrial actions of Harry Kendall Thaw in the Stanford White case. Jurors from his panel attended services and toured New York sites while Thaw met with counsel at the Tombs. Pittsburg observers weigh lessons from William Thaw will and a codicil disinheriting Harry, detailing equal shares to siblings and a later trust for Harry’s maintenance and income.
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White
Cassena
Garvan
Smith
Pfaif
Geratman
Brearly
Bolton
Broadway Central Hotel
Gerstman
University Place Presbyterian Church
Central Park
Grant
Broadway Central
Thaw Codicil Alters Estate Provisions and Gifts
The codicil to William Thaw's will authorizes executors and trustees to adjust provisions for Harry Kendall Thaw as if he were deceased, contingent on his demonstrated capacity. It specifies Lyndhurst residence to Mary Copley Thaw valued at $100,000, with sale at $400,000, plus $30,000 to Benjamin Thaw and $320,000 to Alex Blair Thaw. Debts forgiven include a mortgage by Thaw's former coachman. Rumors of disinheritance persist as Pittsburgh awaits the White murder trial for context.
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Coke Trust
Harry Kendall Thaw
Mary Copley Thaw
Lyndhurst
Harry
William Thaw
Pittsburgh
Harry Thaw
Thaw murder witness Warren cited in White case
Halsey W. Warren of Little Falls New York appears in New York as a subpoenaed witness for the prosecution in the Thaw murder trial. He cites a letter to Landlord Flannagan of the Rackton Hotel describing the rooftop theater shooting and his observation of the immediate scene with Stanford White killed and Harry K. Thaw calm and deliberate.
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N. Y
Halsey W. Warren
Little Falls
New York
Warren
Flannagan
Rackton Hotel
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Thaw
White
Tit
Madison Avenue
New York Call Money Lender Frothingham Dies in Fall
Howard P Frothingham a leading New York call money lender died after leaping from a second story window in his West Seventy seventh street home. Despondency from Wall Street reverses and nervous strain were cited. He was about 45, survived by a widow and daughter, with coroner notified days after the death.
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Howard P. Frothingham
West Seventy-seventh Street
Wall Street
Frothingham
Financial District
New York City
Atlantic City
Pietre Acritelli
Weston
John H. Huddlestone
West Wightyfifth Street
Laualter
Beatrice
Lillian
Men Carry Out Death by Own Action Pact in Hotel
Minneapolis report states George Kirkmyer and Santi Valatine, both laborers, killed themselves by inhaling gas in a hotel. They were unemployed for a period and Valatine said Kirkmyer planned suicide, a threat friends mistook as a joke until both bodies were found in bed.
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Minn
George
Kirkmyer
Santi Valatine
Valatine
Ena Kirkmyer
France Liberalizes Church Lease Authority Under Briand Circular
Paris reports Minister Briand issued a circular granting mayors and municipal councils freedom to lease churches rent free to recognized sects or clergymen for up to eighteen years with prefect approval for longer terms. Lessee repairs fall to the user while ensuring the edifice remains linked to its original sect. The plan outlines pastoral succession via a common law association and allows lease transfer with consent. Bishops signing is optional. clergy stay personally responsible for terms. The circular also aims to guide clergy, not just officials.
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Monks Fight at Bethlehem Grotto Sparks Inquiry
Rome reports a clash on January 22 in the sacred Bethlehem grotto involving Italian Franciscans, Armenian and Greek monks. One Italian, one Spanish, and three Armenian Greek monks were wounded as candles were lit during competing rites. The Italian consul opened an inquiry, with authorities favoring the Latin monks and seeking punishment for the guilty.
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Hints of Religious War Echo at Brooklyn Mass
The Bishop of Brooklyn Rt Rev Charles Manard McDonnell thanked Brooklyn Catholics for sympathy shown to French bishops and clergy at a Grand Opera House mass meeting. He voiced cautious optimism for an amicable war outcome but warned peace might come only through blood. Spectators crowded the venue, with 3000 to 9000 people eager to enter to hear him, plus Supreme Court Justices Carr and Kelly among others.
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New York
Brooklyn
Charles Manard McDonnell
Chkergy
Grand Opera House
Supreme Court
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William J. Kelly
Lamp Explosion Kills Burke in Cleveland Home
In Cleveland on February 3, John Burke twenty two died of burn injuries after helping Mary Gardner Masterson twenty, tend a gasoline lamp that exploded in her Weost Twenty sixth Street residence. Masterson was seriously burned but likely to recover. The blast damaged several fine paintings including a $1,000 valued work.
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Ohio
John Burke
Mary Gardner Masterson
Weoat Twenty-sixth Street
Ohio Politician Houck Injured In Runaway Crash
Mount Vernon Ohio Feb 3 Louis B Houck a leading Democratic politician in the state was badly hurt in a runaway accident He was unconscious for hours and suffered a broken collar bone and other bruises Henry A MacKay also hurt with Houck sustained a broken hip and is a fellow state senator and former private secretary to the late Gor Patticon
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Ohio
Louis B. Houck
Henry A. MacKay
Mr. Houck
State Senate
Gor Patticon
$1 000 Offered For Scalping Stunt At Jamestown Exposition
Richmond February 2 Special to The Washington Poet reports a bold publicity stunt by President Rex of the C W Rex Company. The firm offers 1000 in cash to the man who allows himself to be scalped by an Apache tribe member at the 101 Ranch exhibits opening at the Jamestown Exposition. The spectacle includes a fair start before 150 Indians and a potential final scalping in the arena by Chief White Eagle, approved by the Jamestown Exposition Company directors.
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Richmond
Rex
C. W. Rex Company
101 Ranch
Indiana
White Eagle
Plans for GANAL work form new corporation formation
William Oliver of Knoxville leads a conference with ten contractors to form a corporation for Panama Canal work if his bid wins. Key roles include McDonald supervising construction, George and John Peirce overseeing masonry, Walsh on excavation, Brennan on portions, Russell in charge of work, Ackert guiding transportation, and Smith and Chester handling finance.
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William 3. Oliver
Knoxville
Tenn
Panama Canal
Oliver
John 8. McDonald
John Pleres
City
George Flerce
Maine
P. T. Walsh
Walsh Contracting Company
Davenport
Iowa
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Brennan Construction Company
Washington, D. C
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Olivear
McDonald
George Peirce
John Peirce
Walsh
Brennan
Ackert
Southern Railway
Mr. Chester
Smith
Metropolitan Street Harroad Company
Scarcity of coal cars cripples Tennessee Southeast economy
In Knoxville on February 3, the coal industry across Tennessee and southeastern Kentucky stalls for two weeks due to a car shortage on the Southern and Louisville and Nashville lines. Only one day, Monday, offered any cars to mine operators, halting hundreds of small industries. A partial Monday supply is promised but permanent relief seems unlikely as steam, commercial, and domestic coal stocks run low and a cold period could worsen hardships.
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Mast Tennessee
Kentucky
Southern
Louisville
Nashville
Steamer General Warren Grounded Near Conanicut Island
The General Warren of the Enterprise Transportation Co ran aground early today on The Dumplings off Conanicut Island in Narragansett Bay while en route from Fall River to New York. No passengers aboard, Captain Brown and a crew of twenty remain on the vessel in a sheltered position with no immediate danger. A daylight inspection found a small bow hole that could be temporarily patched. Bow remains out of water at low tide, about twenty feet of stern depth.
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General Warren
Enterprise Transportation Company
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Narragansett Bay
Fail River
New York
Brown
Kingston Asks for Loan for City Rebuilding
Kingston Jamaica February 3 The reconstruction committee appointed by Archbishop Nuttall to carry out proposals for rebuilding the city met Saturday and passed a resolution to ask the imperial government to authorize a loan of five million dollars at a low rate of interest to be repaid in twenty years.
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Jamaica
Nuttall
Riot at Paris church as Vilatte faces militant Catholics
Police kept order at the Barnabite Monastery renamed the Church of the Holy Apostles where the French Apostolic Catholic Church was inaugurated amid a planned schism. Several thousand gathered outside, while inside worshipers and detractors clashed notes of excommunication and protests followed Archbishop Vilatte's pontifical mass.
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Church of the Holy Apostles
Vilatte
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Roussin
Vilatta
Pictures Stir Actresses Decision Permitting Head Transplants
London actresses reel as Justice Darling upholds Dunn & Co. verdict allowing head swap on bodies for post cards. Gertie Miller sued over fake photos. Edna May and Camille Clifford express fear and outrage. The ruling prompts calls for protection schemes while some see legitimate artistic commissions as safe. Lionel Monckton, Miller’s husband, contemplates an appeal over jury guidance.
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London
Justice Darling
Whel
Gertie Miller
Dunn & Co
Edna May
Camille Clifford
United States
Miss Dufford
Bunn & Co
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Edna
Venus de Milo
Lionel Monckton
LIMIT TO SIZE OF WAR SHIPS
unm yokyo feb 3 the hochi quoting a naval expert says in spite of the apparently limitless rivalry in size and efficiency of naval armaments according to the systema at present known ships cannot be successfully constructed exceeding 20000 tons or efficient guns of greater caliber than twelve inches more powerful explosives have recently been invented and greater economy in space realized in boilers and engines these are new epoch on naval armaments and it is now only open to experts to concentrate their energies on carrying these innovations into event orders 14000 ton steamship london feb 28 the dominion line has ordered a new 14000 ton twin screw camship from harland wolff of eet face for rue canadian service
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Directors to be named from subscription lists
Thirty directors will serve, with the remaining directors selected from the subscription lists. The arrangement assigns a total of thirty seats across the board, with additional appointees drawn from those who contribute to the funds or Membership lists.
Pasha to Face Charges in Palace Secret Police Case
Constantinople ruled to form a special commission to probe Fehmi Pasha chief of the palace secret police and a Sultan favorite. He is accused by the German Embassy of causing a ship cargo seizure bound for Hamburg. A forest prospector near Midiah sought refuge in the German Embassy after feuds with Fehmi Pasha.
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Fehmi Pasha
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Midiah
Black Sea
Germany
Fehmi Pasha Faces Penal Code Infraction
The statement demanded punishment for Fehmi Pasha, noting the action breaches the penal code and could lead to imprisonment.
British Columbia election results tighten Conservative lead
Victoria and Vancouver swung Conservative with heavy majorities. Conservatives hold 25 seats to 11 for Liberals and 1 for Socialists with five seats unsettled. Former Commissioner McInnes defeated in Vancouver by about 4000 votes. Premier McBride elected in Dewdney and Victoria, plans to resign one seat for a supporter. Vancouver elected five Conservative by about 200 vote majorities. Victoria four Conservative. All ministers elected except Mason whose Alberni seat is in doubt.
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Vancouver
McInnes
McBride
Dewdney
Mason
Alberni
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