The High Financier J Whitaker Wright Falls in Poison Death
London reports reveal J Whitaker Wright, once a premier promoter in high finance, collapsed after a fraud trial. His assets plunged from an estimated 14.5 million to about 2.6 million, with unsecured creditors left largely unpaid. Wright, sentenced to seven years penal servitude, died by poison within an hour of his transfer from the courtroom, amid a wider crash that wrecked dozens of firms and reputations.
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London
J. Whitaker Wright
London Stock Exchange
Wright
Directu
Toiladelphia
Bigham
Girl Wields Stiletto in Brooklyn Love Trap
Police seek a seventeen year old Brooklyn girl believed linked to a fatal stabbing at 112 West Sixth Street Williamsbridge. Joseph Riga and his wife Carmen were found critically wounded. a bloodied eleven inch stiletto lay at the scene. Witnesses recall a loud quarrel before shots were fired as the fleeing girl escaped. Police search intensified for the alleged suspect.
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Brooklyn
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Carmen
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Williamsbridge
Tey
Fordham Hospital
Giuseppe Tartarina
Joseph Smith
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Street Railways Liable For Private Damages In Court Ruling
Judge Keith in Richmond holds public service firms liable for private acts causing damage and defines two capacities for street railways. Townsend v Norfolk Railway case upheld damages for property defacement, distinguishing smoke and dust harm from train operation. Other appeals on typographical union, steel company, and railway cases noted with progress reports.
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Keith
Supreme Court
Townsend
Norfolk Railway and Light Company
Circuit Court of Norfolk
Circuit Court
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Power House
Supreme Court of Appeals
Everett Waddell Company Et al
Richmond Typographical Union
No. 9
W. H. Meredith
Southern Railway Company
Jones
Schwalm
Beardsley
Richmond Standard Steel Spike and Iron Company
Newport News
Point Hailway and Electric Company
Lake
Gordon Cumming
Marshall R Peterson
Sill
Newport News and
Old Point
Mutual Life Trustee Resigns Over Management Clash
Stuyvesant Fish resigns from the Mutual Life board, sending notices to all members as no meeting is set before March. Paul Morton lauds the Armstrong committee report as thorough and courageous while noting some disagreements. Gov Higgins defers a rushed selection of Hendricks's successor and praises the legislative inquiry’s factual pursuit.
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Hendricks
Washington Post
New York
Stuyvesant Fish
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Mutual
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Paul Morton
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Insurance Investigating Committee
Cheaper Gas For New York Brings Hope Of Higher Use
Albany Feb 23 The State commission of gas and electricity fixed Manhattan Island gas at 30 cents per thousand cubic feet with a May 1 start for three years. Reductions to 8.5 cents may follow against Bronx companies while Brooklyn Union Gas is under investigation. Governor Higging said price cuts should lift consumption and profit ratios with Consolidated’s Astoria plant. Chicago Feb 2 The 15 cent gas suit against People's Gas Light and Coke Co was deemed invalid by Judge Grosscup. The city’s 1900 ordinance set 7 cents. the company charged $1.00. The case will go to the Supreme Court.
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Astoria
Chicago
People's Gas Light and Coke Company
Peter Grosscup
United States Supreme Court
Children Rob Woman in Wide Open Street Ambush
In Clarksburg West Virginia on February 23 a robbery was carried out by children ages eleven and twelve who surprised and wrested a purse from an elderly woman named Mrs. Gaylord as she walked home. The pair fled by Baltimore and Ohio train toward Grafton but were later arrested. The recovered purse and dollars were found on them and they are expected to be sent to reform school. A separate note from Newport News, Virginia reports ten jurors chosen for the Andrew Davenport murder case tied to a life insurance claim. In Frederick Maryland, William A. Crimmins, manager of Western Union’s Frederick office, died at forty one from Bright’s disease.
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Washington Post
Clarksburg
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Cecil Tuambert
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Grafton
Reform School
Frederick, Md
Wiliam A. Crimmins
Frederick
Western Union Telegraph Company
Bright
Tennille Offers Men’s Fleece Shirts at One Dollar
Tennille sells men’s fleece lined shirts at 1.00 with a lot of fleece undershirts in tan and light blue priced at 0.50 and 0.75. The offer notes no free items.
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Tennille
Witte Has Not Resigned Amid Cabinet Doubts
Reports from St Petersburg state that Premier Witte did not resign and the Emperor rejected changes to the cabinet. MNemeshaeff likely remains minister of communications, while successors to Timirlazeff and Kutler are undecided. Krivoshein’s appointment as agriculture minister is seen as temporary.
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Premer Witte
Nicholas
M Mnemechaieff
Communications
Commerce
Timirlazeff
Agriculture Kutler
M. Krivoshein
Witte
Gapon
Count Witte
Father Gapon
M. Tumiazeff
Postal Telegraph Union
League of Leagues
Ballot for All Austrians Proposes Universal Suffrage Reform
Vienna reports five bills presented by Premier Baron Gauth von Frankenthurn outlining a scheme for universal suffrage. It would create 455 Lower House deputies with voting rights for Austrians aged 24 plus citizenship duration. Plural voting banned and district quotas set Germans 205, Slavs 30, Italians 16, Roumanians 4. a temporary suspension rule for disorderly members is included.
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Vienna
Baron Gauth von Frankenthurn
Pan-Germany
Disappearance of Oakland Journalist in Macedonia
Abert Sonnhasen of Oakland California, Evening Post correspondent, disappeared at Vodeng near Monastir after arriving February 15 and leaving his hotel February 17. Born 1878 in San Francisco, Sonnichsen was an author and journalist who had been in Macedonia as a foreign correspondent. the Evening Post has not yet expressed serious concern, with the last letter dated February 6 from Sofia.
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Abert Sonnhasen
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New York
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San Francisco
Evening Post
Fresh church rights in Paris
Paris authorities and police seized inventories of twenty two churches amid demonstrations. Barricaded doors were broken down and firemen cleared demonstrators with water. Four arrests were reported. At St Servan three artillery officers defied a general order to open a church and outside help was needed to gain entry.
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Paris
St. Servan
Corcoran Slips as Middletown YMCA Beats Team
In Middletown Conn Feb 23 Corcoran faced the Middletown YMCA basketball team. A wire back screen hampered Corcoran as fatigue from nightly play and daily travel showed. Middletown led 18 to 11 at halftime and won 44 to se. Chisolm Boyle and Bateman starred with field goals. Middleton is noted as Connecticut champion. Lineups list Ward Boyle Bateman Richards Chisolm Draecegr for Middletown and Carbon Carlson Smith Ahern Hourl uw for Corcoran.
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Conn
Connecticut
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Bateman
Richards
Chisolm
Curtin murder case ties hotel proprietor to crime
Washington Post dispatch reports the arrest of George Patterson proprietor of the Hotel Tontine along with Stephen Davis and Earl Arnold near Fort Washington as state investigators press a murder case involving Curtin. Bail was denied for Patterson amid indications of undisclosed knowledge. Davis had prior court trouble for threatening his wife. George Elmore received sixty days on the chain gang for attempted theft after a parade.
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Curtin
George Patterson
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Stephen Davis
eTip Arnold
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Harrie Meeks
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Paff
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Davis
Arnold
Patterson
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Bailey
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George Elmore
Poher Court
Travis Wins President's Cup in South Florida golf
Walter J. Travis won the President's Cup championship of South Florida at Palm Beach via. defeating C. B. Cory four and two. F A Huston captured the Seminole Cup by four up with three to play over J. Dunlap Jr. The consolation cup went to G. Holman by default at dawn.
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Via
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Walter J. Travis
C. B. Cory
F. A. Huston
J. Dunlap, Jr
G. Holman
Deawn
Longstreet the Famous Racer Dead at Elmendorf Farm
Lexington Kentucky February 2 The famous race horse Longstreet is dead at J B Haggin s Elmendorf farm He earned over 80000 on the turf and defeated horses such as Proctor Knott and Salvator He was once owned by Gen W H Jackson and Richard Croker He was twenty years 7
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Lexington, Ky
Longstreet
J. B. Haggin
Elmendorf Farm
Proctor Knott
Salvator
Divorce Granted to Mrs Leech in Maryland Case
Baltimore February 23 Mrs A Leech received an absolute divorce from Edwin A Leech after a two year marriage. They lived with Leech's mother at Cedar Lawn near Govans Town Baltimore County, site of society events. Decree awarded $10 000 alimony in lieu of support, unpaid to date. The case, based on unfaithfulness, was heard with limited testimony before Judge Duncan who signed the decree.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
A. Leech
Edwin A. Leech
Washington
Duncan
Radway's Ready Relief touted for many pains
An ad claims Radway's Ready Relief cures lumbago headaches toothache neuralgia rheumatism and back pains within minutes and offers permanent cure after continued use. It urges buyers to ensure they get Radway's. A second item reports the unveiling of a statue to French poet Alfred de Musset in Paris on Feb 23 facing the Comedie Francaise with the Muses inspiring him.
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Alfred de Musset
Comedie Francaise
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