Jurors selected in Thaw case as trial panel forms
The jury box fills with four new temporary picks plus three accepted jurors. Otto Weiss and Frederick Pitcher face challenges, Pitcher saying he fears a prejudice against expert testimony though he will listen. Mrs Holman, Evelyn Nesbit Thaw’s mother, forgives Thaw and hopes for acquittal while Nesbit’s brother Howard Nesbit and witness Ida Simonton will not testify in New York.
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American Tobacco Company
Otto Weiss
John Hancock Life Insurance Company
Frederick W Pitcher
Pitcher
Jerome
Jerome Pitcher
Mr. Littleton
Het
Lit.teton
Pilcher
Albert Hragler
Blackford Fish Company
Littleton
Roberts
Jmor
Hatchett
Goss Wells
Frazier
Morewood
Sanford
Rouvier
Tian Rose
George C Rupprecht
Ling
Moses Greenbaum
Nathan Lemlein
John R Maginn
Chicago Board of Trade
Maginn
Thomas F Cranston
Charles J Holman
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Pittsburg
Thaw
Wolman
Harry Thaw
Ilia
Luxuries for jurors at Knickerbocker hotel debated
Jury selection unfolds with jurors housed at the Hotel Knickerbocker, meals provided, and costs projected over $1000 weekly. Names include Charles E Gremmel, Arthur Arnæth Ing, and George W Cary among provisional jurors as venue and climate delays affect proceedings.
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Charles E Gremmell
Arthur Arnaething Baker
George W Cary
Flames follow rage riot in Sperta incident
Bryson City N C January 1 a courthouse and all records burned officials blame negroes linked to recent race riots in which five whites wounded and several killed no public documents saved city offices and clerk’s office damaged curfew aimed at negroes only requires departure by 9 PM or arrest several negroes held without bail awaiting Superior Court action
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Washington Post
Bryson City
N. C
Court House
Roth
Map of Erin Death to Snake at Exposition
Special to The Washington Post New York Jan 7 An opening night miracle at Morrison Square Garden featured a live snake placed on a turf map of Ireland. Umpire Tim Hurst intervened as the reptile died after contact with soil, and plans to bottle the snake for display were noted. Surplus money can be made by depositing funds with Union Trust Co.
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Ireland
Washington Post
New York
Morrison Square Garden
Emerald Isle
Tim Hurst
Aept
Union Trust Co
Rth & H Sts
Govt Control
Heinze Indicted Over Mercantile Bank Check Overcertification
New York Jan 7 Otto Heinze copper magnate and former Mercantile National Bank president indicted by federal grand jury for overcertifying fifteen checks totaling over 400000 drawn by Otto Heinze Co on Mercantile National Bank. Heinze surrendered on 50000 bail. 30 counts allege October 14 overcertification of a 64761 46 check to Gross & Kleeberg.
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New York
Federal Grand Jury
Otto Heinze & Co
Mercantile National Bank
Fritz Augustus Heinze
Heinze
Mr. Heinze
Otto
Arthur P. Heinze
Max H. Schultze
Gross & K
Investigation details cite bank penalty terms
The witness described penalties for overcertifying a check at a national bank as a term between five and ten years in a penitentiary. He noted bank failures typically involve violations of the national bank act by officers and suggested other cases could emerge as investigations proceed.
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National Bank
Q Penitentiary
Ridgely
Rent Strikers Threats Roil East Side Landlords
New York on January 7 reports threats of arson if evictions occurred, allegedly from rent strikers. Postcards warned that after houses were vacated the fire department would visit, amid widespread refusals to grant dispossess papers and marches delaying evictions as marshals waited for stoves to cool.
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New York
East Side
Madison Street
Schoolboys taught to rob scheme shocks city
Special to The Washington Post from New York reports the arrest of a boy and three adults at 187 Brome Street opposite University Settlement after Miss Oliver Jones complained to Commissioner Bingham. The boy Harry Scobel led detectives to 175 Essex Street where Martin Scott Fanny Scott and Jacob Somers were arrested for corrupting morals of children by teaching theft and exposing them to vice.
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Washington Post
New York
Brome Street
University Settlement
Oliver Jones
Bingham
Harry Scobel Scobel
Essex Street
Martin
Fanny Scott
Jacob Somers
Eco
Fanny
Two Insurance Chiefs Die Within Hours in St Louis
Capt George Taylor Cram seventy three year old president of the American Central Insurance Company died at his home after a three week illness. He had long served as president, second only to George L Chase of Hartford. Chase died earlier in the day. Cram became president in 1876 and Chase since 1567. Also reported is the death in Mentone France of George Worthington bishop of Nebraska who recently led Episcopal churches in Europe.
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St Louis
George Taylor Cram
American Central Insurance Company
George L Chase
Hartford Insurance Company
Hartford
Chase
New York
Jane
Mentone
France
George Worthington
Nebraska
Europe
Potter
Brewery Collapse Kills One as Six Vats Plunge Into Cellar
Jan 7 in New York a three story Flannagan Nay & Co brewery building collapsed during repairs. Thomas Fleming died, two workers remain missing, five injured as six 200 gallon vats plummeted into the cellar, ammonia pipes burst, firemen waded through beer and fumes to free victims.
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New York
Thomas Fleming
Brew House
Flannagan, Nay & Co
Tenth Avenue
Fleming
West Virginia Special Session Called for January Twenty Eight
Gov Daw issued a call for a special session of the West Virginia legislature to convene January 28 with thirty seven subjects in scope The principal aim is to pass an act limiting tax levies The proclamation stresses comprehensive consideration of all items and urges swift action Also noted is a naval wedding invitation in Annapolis for Ethel Cowles to Robert Lettbetter at 4 pm on Wednesday January 22 from the Cowles family
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West Virginia
Charleston
W. Va
Jan T
Washington Post
Newport
Rif
Jan
Thomas Jefferson Cowles
U. S N
Cowles
Ethel
Robert Emmet Lettbetter
US MN
Sampson Row
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Baltimore Man Weds in St Bartholomews Church
The wedding of Miss M M Adelaide Gould of New York to Charles Ingram of Baltimore took place at 4 pm at St Bartholomews Church. Rev Dr Leighton Parks and Bishop Greer officiated. The bride wore a princess satin gown with lace and a diamond horseshoe. Mrs Lyttleton B Purnell Jr served as matron of honor. The couple plan to live in Baltimore after a brief South trip.
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Washington Post
New York
Mies
M. Adelaide Gould
Elgin R. L. Gould
Charles Ingram
Baltimoree
St. Bartholomews Church
Leighton Parks
Bishop Greer
E. Mulford Crutchfield
Richmond, Va
Ingram Will Lve
Baltimore
Train wreck on Collver special kills two, injures many
An Ohio to Florida excursion train wrecked on Copper Mine Creek trestle between Dallas and Hiram Georgia. Five cars plunged, two rail crew likely died, twenty plus passengers injured, many treated in Atlanta hospitals. Passengers from Ashtabula Cleveland and Erie among the injured. the second section delayed and later arrived.
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Ohio
Florida
Cuba
Atlanta
Collver
Cleveland
St. Augustine
Fla
Dallas
Hiram
Southern Railraad
Copper Mine Creek
Howards
Snapp
Edwards
R W. Griswold
Ashtabula
BR. W. Griswold
Creighton
Elizabeth Smith
R. E. Smith
Elizabeth F Rowbotham
K Peel
Rogers
J. Roth
D D Kilsie
Eric
N Ackerman
Columbus
Theodore Arter
Jacob Roth
Erie
Seaboard Air Line
Southern
Seaboard
Takahira to Come Here for Ambassadorship
Japanese Charge d affaires to announce appointment of Baron Takahira as successor to Viscount Aoki in Washington. Decision admitted by foreign office with instructions sent to state the appointment to the State Department. Delay tied to Aoki’s departure from the United States.
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Tokyo
Jane
Baron Takahira
Italy
Viscount Aoki
Washington
Foreign Office
State Department
Aoki
America
Coastal Gale Ravages Northeastern Carolina Ports
Morehead City and Beaufort report docks and warehouses swept away while boats and launches suffer heavy losses. The Norfolk Southern Bridge stands except for two spans. shipping feared gravely damaged as a survey steamer Bache drags anchor and collides with the hospital ship James Town in the storm. A Virginia Norfolk coast section notes 72 mph winds at Cape Henry and widespread minor damage with no reported deaths.
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Jamestown
Hampton Roads
Norfolk and Southern
Morehead City
N.C
Beaufort
Coasters
North Carolina
Norfolk and Southern Railroad
Norfolk
Jan T
Virginia
Carolina
Cape Henry
Indies
Newport News
Point Comfort
Winchester
Hounds to Track Robbers Along LIRR Corridor
A Long Island Rail Road strip from Queens to Nassau has seen twelve post offices burglarized since May with safes blown. Police efforts failed to trap the thieves, so five trained bloodhounds will be stationed at a central point, likely Mineola, to pursue the next robbery.
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Washington Post
New York
Long Island
Queens
Nassau County
Mineola
Roosevelt
Nassau
Poin
Immigrants Took Out Over 120 Million From U S In Year
The North German Lloyd Line based on steamship agents money changers and railroad men estimates more than 120 million dollars were taken out of the United States by returning immigrants in the year year. About 550045 foreigners traveled with around 3200 each while 1346683 aliens arriving added roughly 27.27 million dollars. Much of the outbound sum was supplied by relatives or friends in the United States.
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Washington Post
New York
Lloyd Line
United States
Commissioner of Immigration
Havana Students Strike Over Gov Magoon Decree
A Havana University delegation met Gov Magoon to protest his decree transferring pharmacy license examinations to a commission. Afterward students gathered outside the palace, with one speaker defending Magoon while others shouted against the decree and threatened to close the university.
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Havana
Gov Magoon
Gov. Magoon
Magoon
Wild runaway streetcar without crew on Brightwood line
Passengers on car No 319 on the Brightwood avenue line flee a runaway with no conductor or motorman aboard last night. John Osborn pressed the emergency but the car stalled then allowed him to regain control. a violent passenger allegedly struck conductor Jacob McDonald and motorman Trank A Williams before the man started the car again. Police and riders calmed the situation and officers later found the missing crew.
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Brightwood Avenue
John Osborn
Osborn
Mo‘erman
Filfott
Tenth Precinct
Bim
Clifford
Jacob McDonald
Eighth Street
U Street
Trank
Williams
Wallach Place
Willams
Sam
Charges Fraud on Indians in Oklahoma Statehood Era
Rep Stephen of Texas filed a House resolution alleging fraud connected with Chickasaw and Choctaw affairs. It claims Attorney Generals Mood and Bonaparte pressured dismissal of indictments against D H Johnson and five others who defended citizenship cases to deprive Indians of allotment funds, with fees totaling about a million dollars from contingent arrangements.
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Representative Stephens
Texas
House
Interior Department
Mood
Bonaparte
Grand Jury
Southern District
Indian Territory
D H Johson
Mosely
George Mansfield
R McMurray
Melvin Cornish
United States
Moody
W B Johnson
Johnson
Giklahoma
al Bonaparte
George R Walker
Southern District of
D H Johnson
Mansfield, McMurray
Cornish
Pope denies claim of advocating despotism
Rome dispatch reports that the Pope did not say a government must be despotic to govern well. After Vatican inquiries, a complete denial was issued, insisting the remark contradicted his principles. The misinformation allegedly arose at an anti slavery congress.
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Rome
Vatican
Papa
Democrats Not Opposed to Majority Budget Bill in House
Rush Aldrich bill draws mixed reaction as Democrats unlikely to oppose the majority policy while Republican leaders remain noncommittal. Chairman Fowler presents the bill in the House and invites improvements to create a more flexible money system for the country.
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Fowler
House
Currency Bill Creates 250 Million National Bank Notes
A proposed currency bill would authorize up to 250 million in new national bank notes secured by state, county, and municipal bonds and by certain railroad bonds. Interest at 0.5 percent per month would be charged on outstanding circulation. Treasury officials would approve the securities, and the currency would be deposited in treasuries for quick bank access.
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Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Aldrich Banking Bill Drives Early Senate Action
Senator Aldrich led Republican forces in the Senate introducing a measured currency bill to amend national banking laws. The proposal allows state and railroad bonds to back currency up to 7 percent of the security value with a half percent monthly tax while circulating. Committee on Finance will take the bill up next Tuesday for exclusive consideration and aim for swift passage.
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Aldrich
Senate
Congress
Committee On Finance
Bligsare M Hane
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Henry L Stimson
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Edward Lauterbach
Henkel
Shield
Lauterbach
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Charles W Morse
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Arthur P Hainze
F Augustus Heinze
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Minnie Healey
Marcus Dailey
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Chase and Cram
Miss Ethel Cowles
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Pa. Ave
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