Self slain at 9 Rich Man Facing Blindness Shoots Himself
Wealthy New York retiree Marquis C. Gaspar, aged eighty five, shot himself at his East Fifty-third Street home after losing his sight to cataracts. His wife Mary Gaspar found him in the sitting room. he had complained of darkness and asked about the day as he died instantly from a pistol wound. The Gaspar firm once owned fast clipper ships and a tea trade, with ties to China. he had given up business to paint watercolors. He leaves three children.
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Count Bent
Mme. Anna Gould
Count Boni
Doctors Ask For Shorter Medical Training
A gathering of educators and medical figures discussed shortening medical school training from four to six years. Dr Murray Gault Matthistcirtary of the National Federation of State Medical Examining Boards criticized current licensure exams as failing to adequately test anatomy physiology pathology and related basics. The remarks emphasized concerns about the proficiency of licensed physicians and called for reform in medical education and licensing.
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United States
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McCue Body Reinterred After Murderer Burial on Farm
The body of J Samuel McCue, executed in February 1864 for his wife’s murder, was moved from the McCue farm burial ground near Brookesville to Riverview Cemetery in Charlottesville beside his wife. The old home’s occupants include Harry McCue. Local Black laborers reportedly refused to work on the farm due to superstitious dread connected to the murderer’s remains, hindering labor and prompting the removal.
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Brookesville
Riverview
Ladenberg Mystery: Wealthy Banker Missing Twelve Years
Special to The Washington Post reports Adolph Ladenburg, a New York financier who vanished from a Ward liner near Nassau twelve years ago, may be alive in Germany. Rumors of sightings in Marienbad surface as Mrs Ladenburg travels to Europe to investigate, while Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. dismisses the tale.
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Boni de Castellane Slugs Prince de Sagan at Paris Church Door
A Paris church altercation between Count Boni de Castellane and Prince Helie de Sagan, aided by Boni's brother Jean, ended with a fight in the doorway and street. The prince was wounded, both parties were taken to the police station, and a legal case will proceed.
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New York
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Plot to Murder Empress in St Petersburg
Police in St Petersburg announce the arrest of nineteen suspects alleged to have plotted to murder Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna after her return from abroad. The conspirators advertised a mass for the empress in a fictitious church in a deceitful death notice, a scheme kept veiled in secrecy.
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Marie Faodorovna Romanova
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Ibero Sinking Report Reaches Vera Cruz
Second Officer Romean Portas arrives at Vera Cruz reporting the steamer Ibero sank in a December storm. All aboard were lost except three. The vessel had been unaccounted for weeks. Also notes a golf tournament and Seaboard Air Line fare ads.
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Mexico City
Romean Portas
Vera Cruz
Heenya
Cut Down Cromwell's Pay by Arbitration Ruling
Paris Jan 2 arbitrators reduce William Nelson Cromwell's Panama Canal fee to 125000 from about 724167.77 claiming services partly overlapped with Bunau Varilla and noting a nine and a half year 10000 annual retainer. The decision halves the former counsels earnings for selling the company's holdings to the United States.
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Washington Post
Paris
William Nelson Cromwell
Panama Canal Company
United States
Cromwell
Ribot
Henri Barboux
Georges Devin
M. Bunau-Varilla
Panama
Washington
Copper magnate fined for contempt in Grant suit
Col. W C Greene, president of the Greene Consolidated Copper Company, was fined 240 dollars for contempt of court after failing to appear for examinations in the suit brought by James A. and Nellie Grant. The Grants, stockholders in the now-absorbed Cobre Grande Copper Company, allege dividends flowed from Cobre Grande to Greene Consolidated while no dividends were paid on Cobre Grande.
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New York
Col. W. C. Greene
Greene Conacolidated Copper Company
James A
Nellie Grant
Glegerich
Supreme Court
Col. Greene
Mexico
Tme
Cobre Grande Copper Company
Cananes Consolidated Copper Company
Greene Consolidated
Cobre Grande
Greene
Cobre
Falls 150 Feet, Lives, Bridge Workman Swims to Shore
Henry Smith tumbled 170 feet from Blackwells Island Bridge into the East River. He struck a dangling chain, suffered a scalp wound, then swam feet first to shore. He was taken to a hospital and treated, with fellow workers amazed by his survival.
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New York
Blackwells Island
Henry Smith
Smith
Powers Fate With Jury Believes Youtsey Fired Fatal Shot
The Powers case in Georgetown Kentucky enters jury consideration as defense arguments push that Henry Youtsey fired the fatal shot in Gov William Goebel murder. The jury asked about exit door and window location, signaling focus on Youtsey as the shooter. The panel retired for the night with plans to resume tomorrow.
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Caleb Powers
William Goebel
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Morris
Henry HB. Youtsey
Youtsey
Secretary of State
Jim Howard
Lord Curzon Opposed as Irish Peers' Representative
London Jan. 2 Opposition grows to the candidacy of Lord Curzon for the vacancy in the Irish representative peers caused by Lord Kilmaine's death Viscount de Vesci and Lord Ashtown had already been nominated and resist retirement The eligibility question is raised and petitions against Curzon's return may follow if he wins. The Best New Year Resolution Reserve to open a bank account with Union Trust Co. adds ad text.
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Lord Ashtown
Ireland
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U. S
Telephone Girl's Romance Sparks Tower Divorce Scandal
The Tower family saga unfolds as Mrs. Tower seeks separation and alimony after accusing Albert Tower of cruelty and infidelity with Mrs Weiss aboard the yacht Erl King. She claims a $100 monthly allowance, a prior consensus to $700, plus $400 for servants, while detailing quarrels, a pistol incident, and threats at the Waldorf Astoria.
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Washington Post
Poughkeepsie
Albert Edward Tower
Hyde Park Road
Albert Tower
Mary Bogardus
No More Liquors in Cars in Connecticut
New Haven reports that the sale of liquors on dining cars of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad will be discontinued while the trains pass through Connecticut. There is no state law allowing licenses for such sales, and a licensing bill from the last general assembly failed.
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New York, New Haven
Farmer offers to marry Mrs Pankhurst at suffrage meeting
London report describes a Devon meeting where a farmer publicly proposed marriage to Mrs. Pankhurst arguing a husband would help her get a vote. She declined, saying she was not there for personal questions. The brief item blends with a transit ad mentioning a $4.28 Baltimore round trip via Pennsylva nnia.
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London
Mystery Surrounds Death of Miss Stollenworck at Kenosha
Chicago reports unusual circumstances in the death of Mary H. Stollenworck, found in her brother M. Stollenworck's Paris, Wisconsin home. Her lips were blackened as if burned with carbolic acid, a bruise appeared over the temple, and telephone wires were cut when help was sought. Officials weigh acid use after death. no robbery motive apparent.
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Mary H. Stollenworck
Paris
Kenosha
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Stollenworck
Taft to Speak Across States as Presidential Plans Grow
Taft accepts invitations to deliver addresses in New York Philadelphia Cleveland and Grand Rapids with further engagements considered. He aims to advance his presidential bid and will appear at Cooper Union in New York on January 10, the Lincoln Club in Grand Rapids February 12, and the Tippecanoe Club banquet in Cleveland January 29, among others. He plans potential events in New England, Iowa, and Illinois while weighing alliances with Republican leaders and factions.
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Taft Forces Win Direct Primary Plan in Ohio Convention
Columbus Ohio Jan 2 Taft and Paraker forces clash in the state central committee and win a direct primary plan for the Republican state convention delegates. Balloting sets Taft Foraker choice with Garfield as temporary chairman and Switzer Maloy debated for secretary. Foraker protests cited.
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