Thaw Jury Completes First Panel and Opening Moves
The second jury for the Thaw case is sworn in as prosecutors prepare direct case against Harry Thaw. Key jurors include Charles Fremmell and Arthur Franaething, with list of foremen and named local professionals. Opening statements set for Monday with Martin Littleton leading for the defense after eight days to assemble the jury and 372 talesmen examined. Mrs Thaw’s medical condition and potential commission to take her testimony loom over proceedings as defense weighs witness strategy. Edna Goodrich subpoenaed to testify, possibly aiding Evelyn Nesbit exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los York
T Ffarry &K
Rd Wilta
de Lontet
Twra
Sory
Utes
Ft Ia
Martin W. Littleton
Thaw
Talesmen
Countess of Yarmouth
Edna Goodrich
Evelyn Nesbit
White
Funeral notices and interments list in Grace Havre region
A series of death notices and funeral arrangements filed for January 1908 through January 1998. Entries mention residents in Grace Havre P St Pitricks Church area and surrounding towns with interment at Madison Cemetery. Names include Ada, Martitia, and Ralston among others, with dates and service locations in Ontario and nearby locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay
He Rotbneer
Grace Havre
Pitricks
New
Een Uiter
Tarrell
Ahirteenth
Juntary
ADA Vot Daventer
Oho
Sana & Co
Maddison
Martitatt
Toren
Donsville
Ralston
Peddinetan
Acer
Lowell
Sheikh Ashiri Named Moskwa Captain On Transatlantic Voyage
A Bedouin sheikh and leader of the Badaulin tribe, Capt Sheikh Ashiri, took command of the steamer Moskwa on her maiden voyage to the United States. The Moskwa, formerly Fuerst Lismarck, became the flagship for the Russian volunteer fleet, with the ceremony linked to his wartime honors and a royal marriage arrangement aboard. Ashiri, age 51, is noted for vast olive and date groves in Jerusalem and for earning numerous decorations he cannot display all at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Sheikh Ashiri
Moskwa
South Brookan
Fuerst Lismarck
Witch
Fight Walker Extradition From Ensenada Mexico
New Britain Connecticut January 10 The Savings Bank of New Britain has been notified that Bridgeport lawyers are engaged to assist William F H Walker absconding treasurer in his fight against extradition from Ensenada Mexico The firm admits it is engaged by New York officials and the State Department in Washington has forwarded documentary evidence to Mexico City requesting Walker's extradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Britain, Conn
Savings Bank of
New Britain
Bridgeport Lawyers
Williar
Ahearn Counted as Borough President for Bond Issue
Mayor McClellan must recognize John F Ahearn as de facto Borough of Manhattan president to authorize selling bonds for current city expenses. The Board of Estimate needs a unanimous vote, with corporation counsel advising recognition to avoid delay. Gov Hughes had removed Ahearn for incompetence, and aldermen re elected him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClellan
New York
Lan
John F Ahearn
Borough of
Manhattan
Board of Estimate
Ahearn
Hughes
Mr Ahearn
Gillette Appeal Heard In Grace Brown Murder Case
Albany Jan 10 The Court of Appeals heard the appeal of Chester Gillette condemned for murder in the first degree in the Grace Brown death at Bl Moose Lake in July 1906. A decision was not expected soon and Gillette remains in the death cell at Auburn as the appeal stayed execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Brown
Albany
Chester Gillette
Moose Lake
Court of Appeals
Gillette
Auburn
Fragmentary License Notice Incomplete Names And Places
A partial OCR fragment lists names including Radon Dixon and Mary C Hutchins with ages 28 and 20, and Carrie L Guy among others. Several surnames appear garbled, with several place names like Frederickaburg and Passapatenzy Ya Ter. The text lacks clear action or jurisdiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radon ¢ Dixon
Mary C Hutchins
Health Office Record Deaths From January Ninth
A garbled Health Office Deaths record lists numerous individuals with ages and partial addresses. Names include Mary La Bennett, Stevan Siipman, Joseph A Kaisenbach, Michael Higgine Hand, Frances A Taher, and lary H Squires among others, with ages ranging from two months to 73 years and scattered street references in Brookland and surrounding areas.
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Evertes
Mary la Bennett
St Pw
Stevan Siipman
Georgetown Unty Hosp
Yra Joseph A
Kaisenbach
Tirol Garstenberg German Orp Asylum
Michael Higgine Hand
Sts
Sears Minyra
Gurgess
Park Pine
Joseph T Maguire
14Th
Et Se
Frances A Taher
St Nw
Lary H Squires
Sears Dames E Mudd
Lopia A McNett
Amon
Iilent “of
Clarence
Delia Adams
South Brookland
C” Houra
Vivisections at Rockefeller Institute Report Kidneys Transplanted
New York January article by Dr. Alexis Carrel details kidney transplants between cats at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. It describes surgical steps, post operative care, and notes that nine of fourteen cats survived the operations, though many endured weeks of agony and died from complications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York City
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Alexis Carrel
Carrel
Journal of Experimental Medicine
Haat Sixty Sixth Street
Medical Department
Upper East Side
Rockefeller Institute
Carre
Crowds Honor Dead Poet Abrah Goldfaden
Washington Post reports mourners packed the People's Theater on the Bowery for Abrah Goldfaden's funeral. Police formed lines to manage crowds as the hearse moved toward Washington Cemetery across the East Side and Williamsburg Bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Abrah Goldfaden
Shakespeare
East Wleventh Straet
Peoples Theater
Bowery
Blaustein
Joseph Barandess
Rimpuum
Coffy
I Bmnocoats
Rent Strike Dying Out in Lower Moat Side
Washington Post reports lower Moat Side tenants resuming rent payments after a period of strikes. About seventy five evictions this week with most tenants moving elsewhere before goods are removed. Over 1,000 dispossess orders signed, many settled without marshal involvement. agitators’ calls for riot fail as tenants accept lawful rent adjustments or none at all. Piles Cured in 6 to 24 Days. PAZO Ointment guarantees relief from itching and bleeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Reindeer Herd Brought to Labrador Amid Heavy Ice
The Norwegian herd imported by Dr Wilfred Grenfell was landed at Notre Harbor Labrador after rough seas. The steamer Anita had to beach on a reef as ice floes crushed its hull. Several deer perished but most were landed and plans to use them as beasts of burden and food for natives were discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johns
Newiundimaa
Van
Norway
Wilfred Grenfell
Motle Harbor
Labrador
Anita
St. Johns
Pana
Court hears rhymed appeal over brindle cow trade
New York reprint reports a Jamaica case in the Third District Municipal Court over ownership of a brindle cow traded for sheep and a leghorn rooster. Spaulding and Hickey, parties to the dispute, navigate a dispute framed as poetry while a police case and civil complaint await resolution. the matter hinges on value, delivery, and rightful possession with a rhymed complaint filed by Spaulding's attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George B Spaulding
Jamaica
Hollis
J. Hickey
Holles Heutenant
Holitn
Third District Municipal Court
Jamai Ca
McLaughin
Hickey
Holils
Spaulding
Merrick Road
Holhs
Bin
Mra A. Conklin
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
George
Cnemacs
Trains Crash on Trestle in Alabama Wreck
A head on collision today on the Alabama and Mississippi Railroad at Vinegar Bend Alabama between a passenger train and a logging train killed five people and seriously injured two. The dead include W B Paine a merchant and Charles C Busbre a section foreman. Frank Marks the passenger train engineer and Henry Tall the fireman were among the injured, with several unnamed negro passengers also hurt. The wreck occurred on a trestle, total casualties described as severe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Vinegar Bend
Ala
Alabama and Mississippi
Paine
Charles C Busbre
Frank Marks
Henry Tall
Nebraska Chancellor Andrews denies resignation report
Lincoln Jan 10 Chancellor E Benjamin Andrews of the University of Nebraska denied a rumor he will resign. He stated there is absolutely no truth in the report and noted his health improved after a European trip last summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denes
Lncoln
Nebr
E Benjamin Andrews
University of Nebraska
Two Boats Wrecked in Grand Canyon Expedition
In the Grand Canyon below Bright Angel two men in a sixteen foot rowboat head toward The Needles Cal. Their third companion Ebert Loper is missing. Monett’s boat smashed in rapids five miles above here. Russell saved him. The expedition began Green River Utah and has lasted over three months. Maj John W Powell explorations are cited for context.
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Grand Canyon
Artz
Jan 10
Colorado River
Needles
Cal
Green River
Utah
Bright Angel
Charles & Russell
Prescott, Ariz
R Monett
Goldfield
New
Ebert Loper
Louisana Mo
Monett
Bright Angel Trail
Stanton
Russell
Here
The
Maj. Powell
John W Powell
United States Geological Survey
Colorado
Rio Virgin
Marble Canyon
Itsel
C D Walcott
Geological Survey
May Powells
James White
SIS
No Friends At His Funeral In New York Death
H Gray Duberly killed himself in an undertaker’s room on Seventh Avenue. He left letters to titled parsons in Canada and England claiming relationship, including one to Earl Grey governor general of Canada. Earl Grey would pay funeral expenses. body sent to Mount Kensleo Cemetery for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Earl Grey
H. Gray Duberly
Duberly
Seventh Avenue
Parsons
Canada
England
Ottawa
Mount Kensleo
McGlellan Mayoralty Case Wins Struck Jury
New York Supreme Court grants Mayor McGlellan a struck jury for quo warranto proceedings aimed at ousting him. Justice Devis ruled the jury could not be impaneled impartially within a reasonable time by ordinary methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Supreme Court
New York
McGlellan
Justice Devis
Supreme Court
McClellan
Woman Kneels Before Express Train in Tragic Suicide
Newark Jan 19 Mrs Henry E Boehme of Orange New Jersey killed herself by kneeling on the Lackawanna track as an express train neared Roseville. The engineer could not stop the locomotive and she died instantly. Affects of mental disorder followed the birth of her child three months ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Henry E. Boehme
Orange
Lackawanna Railroad
Roseville
Boehme
Washingtonian Phi Beta Kappa Membership Tokyo?
At Harvard Chapter Phi Beta Kappa Society meeting Charles Vernon Imlay of Washington DC and Ward Switzer Allen of Baltimore were elected to membership. They were the only two Southerners admitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Phi Beta Kappa Society
Charles Vernon Imlay
Washington, D. C
Ward Switzer Allen
Baltimore
Academia Epartment
German Lines Form Pool To Dominate World Shipping
Hamburg America and North German Lloyd end seven year feud and pool to coordinate North Atlantic and East Asiatic routes for four years. Emil L. Boas says rates cut for second cabin on Amerika and Kaiserin Auguste Victoria through May 19 08 as pooling sparks potential three way battle with Cunard and IMM.
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New York
Lloyd Mas
Cunard Line
Bremen
Gustav H. Schweb
Emil L. Boas
Cunard
International Mercantile Marine
Amerika
Kaiserin Auguste Victori
Lloyd
Tragedy at Ravenna Cemetery Ends in Double Death
Edwin Collier and his eight year old blind son died at Ravenna Cemetery in a night time tragedy. A letter in Collier handwriting expressed overwhelming loneliness and mercy for his wife and son. Neighbors say he had been dazed since his wife’s death six months earlier and had spent money seeking relief for his son’s blindness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ravenna
Ome
Jan
Edwin Collier
Edwin
Coltier
Jane
Bawin
Flo
Divorce Suit Echo Reaches Appellate Court Over Details
In New York City the appeal court required Louis Wels to provide specifics in his wife Minnie Weis Wels divorce case. Mrs Weis accuses the millionaire’s associate Albert Edward Tower of improper intimacy in 1908, while Wels denies it and raises separate charges. The court upheld striking vague allegations from the trial jury’s framed issues and ordered a bill of particulars before renewed questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jane
Millionaire Tower
Poughkeepsie
Supreme Court
Louis Wels
Minnie
Wels
Albert Edward Tower
O'Gorman
Weis
Prelate
Tower
Lst
Isaied
Hhis
Magic Boots Heir Dr Dunlop Declared Insane in Mansion Test
Dr Clark W Dunlop, a millionaire physician of 122 West 86th Street, was declared hopelessly insane by Dr William Bradford Noyes, under court direction. The examination noted his bizarre laughter and inability to make a will, though he may answer sanely to disposition of property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gan Inn
West Wighty-sixth Street
Clark W Dunlop
William Bradford Noyes
Justice Truax
Supreme Court
Noyes
Truax
Dunlop
Tte Boots' Institute
West Twenty Street
Louis B Couch
Dunlap
C0ASTIN G CRASH KILLS BOY IN KALAMAZOO
Kalamazoo Mich Jan 10 Homer Gannett aged seventeen among six victims of a coasting accident died in Burgess Hospital from injuries Hoy Brooke another victim is unconscious and may be paralyzed Delbert Martin Earl Martin Arthur Hankers and Charles Garrison survived without immediate danger The sled collided with a tree and Gannett's head and face were severely crushed and cut Also Denver district attorney Harry Cranston resigned his post to becomes effective when his successor is appointed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalamazoo
Mich
Homer Gannett
Burgess Hospital
Hoy Brooke
Gunnett
Delbert Martin
Earl Martin
Arthur Hankers
Charles Garrison
Congo Concession Reply Contrasts Wealth and Beliefs in Leopold Era
Brussels report outlines government response to the Congo commission. It states King Leopold seeks no personal profit from colonial donations and charts funds toward philanthropic, educational, hospital work, Catholic missions, and sleeping sickness research. It highlights Katanga wealth with numerous copper and maganese mines and large ore in sight, while denying ongoing forced labor though taxes were paid in labor. If the treaty fails ratification, Leopold may revert Congo to independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Congo Commission
Leopold
Congo Independent
Congo
Kaiserin Visits Berlin American Church on Promised Visit
The Kaiserin surprised Pastor Dickle at the Vasita American Church in Berlin by announcing a visit planned since the church opening three years ago. She arrived at 11 o clock with an adjutant and a lady in waiting, toured the buildings, inspected the kitchen, and especially noted the library and the arrangements for congregational comfort and recreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Washington Post
Kaiserin
Dickle
Empresa
Sir Arthur Quits Inquiry Over Lost Regalia
Dublin January 10 The vice regal commission convened to probe the July disappearance from Dublin Castle of regalia valued at $250000 but was halted when Sir Arthur Edward Vicars Ulster king of arms withdrew with his representatives protesting the inquiry’s limited scope He demanded a public proceedings and the panel adjourned to consider the points raised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ulster
Dublin
Dublin Castle
Arthur Edward Vicars
Sir Arthur
Arthur
Admiral Ito Dismissed Over Alleged Scandal
Jan 10 advices report Admiral Baron Ito, head of the supreme naval council and former Japanese navy commander in the China war, has been dismissed for an alleged scandal involving his relation with a Yokosuka navy yard worker’s wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vietoria
Boc
Aki Maru
Baron ¥ Ito
Supreme Naval Council
China
Yokosuka
Throwing of Hazardous Device Hits Warsaw Car
In Warsaw on January 10 extremists attacked a post car station at Sokolow near the Vistula. A hazardous device exploded injuring ten soldiers and railway employees. After looting safes the assailants escaped with a large amount of money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Sokolow
Vistula
Rairead
Roebling Gift Declined by Board of Home Missions
The Presbyterian board of home missions refused a property gift in Asheville North Carolina from John A Roebling, a wealthy New Jersey manufacturer, citing an attached condition on acceptance. Rev Charles I Thompson, secretary, stated Roebling’s views on prohibition were unknown to the board and had no bearing on the decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John A Roebling
New Jersey
Presbyterian Board of Home Missions
Asheville
Roebling
Charles I. Thompson
Thompson
Boston Murderer Insane Alienist Reports
Alienist Dr George F Jelly, chair of the Massachusetts insanity board, testifies in court that John A Steele of Fxerest is insane. Steele killed Lidward Coren, president of the Massachusetts branch of the American Federation of Labor, and wounded Dennis D Driscoll, secretary, at the State House on December 5. Indicted for murder, Steele likely to be sent to an insane asylum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max
State House
Boston
Mass
George F Jelly
State Board of Insanity
Delares
John A Steele
Fxerest
Steele
Lidward Coren
Maasichusetts
American Federation of Labor
Dennis D Driscoll
Equitable Life Assurance to become mutual company upheld
New York January 10 Justice Crane of the Supreme Court Brooklyn ruled the state law allowing the Equitable Life Assurance Society to transform itself into a mutual organization constitutional. The decision confirms Equitable may pursue reorganization under existing statute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Assurance Society
New York
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Justice Crane
Brooklyn
Religious and Social Services Announced in Northwest Washington
A dense local listing details services at Christian Science churches of Evangelical and First Church groups. It notes morning and evening services, lectures by Bishop Olver C Sabin and M Rinfobt S Whinian, a Salvation- era reading room, Young Woman's Christian Association activities, and the Secular League event with Mr James A Heenen at the Pythian Temple. Weekday meetings cover healing by mental suggestion, heredity, and missionary study classes conducted by church groups in January 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal Epiphany
McKim
Holy Communion
At & Am
Ham
Babylon
Washington
Wiliam J Palmer
Misa Beelman
Shiloh Baptist Church
16Th
17Th
Sundar School
Key J Milan Waldron
Christian Fribeyor
Xoom
Sunday Turceratinn
John EH Raley
Unitarian All Souls Church
L Street
Siymes
Pierce Mintster
Ter Alsfred Ro Hussey
Publet
REW
Seventh Day Adventists
Christ
Easthouse
Christian Science First Church
Christ Ictent
Roptren
Evangelical Christian Science
Evangelical Christian Science Cflagh
Beowish
Northwes
Olver C Sabin
M- Rinfobt
Young Women's Christian Association
Young Women Christian
Twalfth Streen
Mabel Thurver
Secular League
James A Heenen
Pythian Temple
Ninth Street
Mort
Seaton Wild
eMicca
Sovanleentc
Phardis
Woman's Home Missionary Societies
The
Methodist
Elmer Wiber
Young Woman S Christian Association
SHASES HEARING POSTPONED IN BROOKLYN CONTEMPT CASE
Canon William W Chase rector of Christ Church Brooklyn failed to appear prepared to answer contempt charge. Justice Marean postponed hearing to next Monday after Chase’s counsel said he was unprepared. The action stemmed from attempts to block Sunday moving picture showings in Brooklyn in which Canon Chase played a part.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
New York
William 3 Chase
Christ Clareh
Marean
Supreme Court
Canon Chases
Canon Chase
Boy Kills Burglar In Alverton Home Invasion
A fourteen year old, Paul Bowers, awoke to burglars breaking into his father’s Alverton home near Greensburg. He waited with a double barreled shotgun and fired as the burglar ascended the stairs, striking him in the abdomen and killing him. The incident occurred early today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensburg
Paul Bowers
Alverton
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Evelyn Derlare
Charles F Gremmell
Arthur FR Naething
George W Cary
George CG Rupprecht
Aatesman
John H Holbert
David E Arrowsmith
William H. McHugh
William Foodlittle
Frank J Howell
William Burck
Y M. CO A
Francis Dovale
James A Hopper
Bath
Czar
Hum
Speare
F Street
N. W
Frank
Sardo & Co
Tore
Fingalmers
Thos
S Sergeon
Unipel
Nalley & Son
A. Costello
Geo P. Zurhorst
WE Corp
William Les
Temala
Frank Geier
Owe
Howe
John R. Wright CO
Geo
C. Shaffer
Vain
arTe
Gude
Heuer
wuTisTi Flakal
Walker
Health Office Record
Kalon Wine
Matey
Long Island
Verendant
Andrews
Nebraska
Wolellan
Washingtonian
W. Dunlop
Row York
Boy
Denver
Colo
Harry Cranston
United States
Jay
Bonaparte
M. Schollaert
M Srhelbert
Pastor
Admiral Ito
Board
Congregational
Hheels Northwest
Res
Samuel H Woorrow
JW Bischo
Shase
American Security and Trust Company
Fifteenth and
Pennsylvania Avenue
Charles J. Bell
Rabhive
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