Wealthy Wheeling case reveals motive through Henry Phillips tale
Daniel Phillips, a Wheeling piano salesman, testified that Mrs Laura Farnsworth Schenk spoke of divorce and her husband Johns probable death during eighteen months before her arrest. The prosecution hinted at a motive by calling a prominent local family member to the stand in the poison case against Mrs Schenk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
Schenk
Laura Farnsworth Schenk
John C. Schenk
Phillips
Mrs. Schenk
Wileéon
John W. Mallett
R. S
University of Virginia
Whandlan
Obituaries and funeral notices from January 1911
A crowded list of death notices and funeral arrangements from Washington area residents dated January 11 to January 16. Entries name JOHN J. Albert and ANNA RE BECCA Allen among others, with addresses in Northwest and Southwest Washington. Multiple services scheduled for January 14 and 15, with private interments and references to Rock Creek and Glenwood Cemeteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beck
Martha J
Thomas Beck
Anna E. Satter
Iawa
Circle
Rock Creek
Berkeley
Evergreen
Prince Willi County
Norborne Berkeley
Virginia Regiment
Baltimore Sun
Virginia
Clements
Wisconsin Avenue Northwest
James T
Sarah J. Clements
Davis
Twelfth Street
Mollie G, Davis
Lynchbore
Seymour
Lena Frear
Downing
St Carroll Street Southeast
Myron M. Parker
Pleass Cony
Haines
Corcoran Street
Mary Meyer
Monica W. Waines
Marton
Ohio
Hovcuen
John L
Rose Gregory Kouchen
Randolph Place
Arlington
Loughran
I Street
Catflarine
John Loughran
Tustin
Op. m
Atreet
Mary Macomb
James P
Mary Nevin Tustin
White
Providence Hospital
NN White
Third Street
Des Taierment
Oswego
N.Y. Enbrurg
Trials and tales swirl as Schenk and Melber cases unfold
Courtroom drama centers on Mrs. Schenk amid alleged bribery and arsenic poison tests while detective and medical witnesses probe mineral water and lead poisoning. Separate Albany Schenectady cases reveal a mother admitting to poisoning her son with carbolic acid, and further clues link Melcher’s troubled relations and a missing boy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward McCallister
Florence Coleman
Schenk
Bhé
J. T. Thornton
Handlan
Albany
Schenectady
N.Y
Ion
Esene
Births and Deaths in Health Office Records
Health office records list multiple births including girls and boys to pairs such as George R and Margaret M Linking and William T and Irene B McDonald plus several other couples. The deaths section records ages and locations for numerous individuals at various hospitals and addresses, with names including Arthur Martin Ruth Ethridge Martha J Beck Mary G Davie and many more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R
Margaret M. Linking
Morris
Lucile Sheppard
Valentina
Maria G. Falcone
William T
Irene B. McDonald
Grover
Bessie L. Bell
Jon J
Elizabeth Shotler
Wiliam E
Amelia C. Boyer
Leason
Jeanette Adams
Robert HE
Helen
Wayland
Austin M
Bertie Cooper
Lemuel
Jessie Himmertalb
Winfield
Minnie Mayo
Richard and
Mary Y. Coumba
Wiltam
Louise Jones
Evans
Susie Smith
William and
Mamie Wright
Georga W
Amanda Robinson
Arthur Martin
A St. Aw
Seymore Prear
George Washington Hospital
Mars M. Tustin
Lata R St
Ruth Ethridge
St. Aw
John L. Houchen
Randolph Place Ow
Martha J. Beck
Sibley Hospital
Mary G. Davie
12Th St. Aw
Ann Rebecca Allen
9Th St. Aw
Yosre
John J. Albert
17Th
John W. Walker
L St. S
Mary M. Haines
Corcoran At
Charles I. Snook
Fla. Ave
Elizabeth Pierce
St. Nwy
Far
Martha A. Barrows
Teatella Hixon
Thomas
William A. Wale
May Wilams
Anna Brooks
Children's Hospital
Mary 7 Wheeler
Fists Fly At Maxim's In Violent Broadway Scuffle
Special to The Washington Post reports a brawl at Maxim's on New York's Nain Street involving Willy's Girl and patrons. Glasses and bottles flew, waiters and police intervened, shots were fired, and four men including a special policeman were held for examination after a lengthy melee with many injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willy
Washington Post
New York
Broadway
Maxim's
Juarez
Jacksonville
Tenderloin
Jefferson Market Court
auHce
Pompadour
Willy’s
Ram
Walter
Iam
George R. Lyons
Merz Cluskey
Lyons
Edward J. Beckman
James P. Nelson
William D. Pope
Senate passes snow bill for Washington sidewalks
The Dillingham bill passed by the Senate requires owners tenants and occupants within the District of Columbia fire limits to clear snow from front sidewalks within four daylight hours after snowfall ends. Commissioners must clear sidewalks adjacent to public buildings and at street crossings or face removal of snow and salt costs plus a $3 penalty per offense. The measure carries a $10,000 appropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillingham
Senate
District of Columbia
Mexican Battle Near Santo Tomas in War Expectation
Dispatches report rebels concentrated at Santo Tomas near Ciudad Guerrero as Gen Navarro sends a detachment. Government forces are expected to defeat about 50 rebels who are fleeing toward the mountains amid reports of rebel cruelties against prisoners in Chihuahua towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Santo Tomas
Ciudad Guerrero
Navarro
Spon
Chihuahua
Jaures Backs Taft Peace Plan In Chamber Speech
Paris January 13 French Socialist Leader M Jaures urged deputies to back President Taft's universal arbitration plan. He said France's ententes with Russia Britain and Italy strengthen its power to lead and that a U S Great Britain treaty would be the first link binding all nations to end armed peace and fear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Great Britain
Licensed to Marry Names in Dixon Ill and Nearby
A list of expected marriages includes Thomas Snowden and Helen C. Koerper, both in their 20s and 50s, with multiple couples from Dixon Illinois and surrounding areas. Several entries note ministers such as Rev Herbert Scott Smith and Rev Donald C. MacLeod. The fragmentary item ends with Drew and others awaiting marriage configuration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Snowden
Helen C. Koerper
Herbert Scott Smith
Merton Ransom
Majorie Watt
Dixon
Donald C. MacLeod
Harry Moorman
Chase Labertz
J. Gluahak
Joseph Demunieux
Elizabeth von Garrett
T. G. Smith
Giuseppe Manit
Lugia Strepell
Organize with Democrats in Delaware Senate Deadlock Break
Dover Delaware January 13 The Republican majority broke a deadlock by voting for Senator Thomas M Monaghan Wilmington to be president pro tem. Republicans opposed Louis A Drexel and claimed patriotism over partisanship. An accord with Democrats set a nonpartisan Senate committee selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
Del
Delaware
Senate
Danish Prison Uniforms Show Humble Danish Justice
The New York Tribune reports Danish prisons issue light gray coarse uniforms. Trousers are short at first and lengthen as term progresses. A letter from Copenhagen notes former Minister Alberti, tall and stout, required a specially measured uniform and bed in his cell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Tribune
Imees
Copenhagen
Horsens
Alberti
Petitions for Colt Filed in Rhode Island Senate
Four petitions signed by 2251 voters urge Judge Le Baron B Colt to succeed Nelson W Aldrich as U S senator. Lawmakers report active campaigns by both Republican camps ahead of Tuesday joint ballot. Henry F Lippitt may be short of votes. Colt supporters fear a deadlock as Democrats watch developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
le Baron B. Colt
United States
Nelson’ W. Aldrich
Statehouse
Henry F. Lippitt
Rosewell B. Burchard
Bermuda
Judge Colt
Arthur J. Brown
Hotels and guests listed by city across states and shores
A long OCR list shows hotel guests in several cities Raleigh Chicago New York Philadelphia Pittsburg California Georgia Kentucky Maryland Massachusetts New York New Jersey Ohio Pennsylvania Virginia West Virginia and Fortionc with names such as Masterson Wallace Woodbury Boyd Lamberd Rovinson Brewster Williams Burpham Ferritt Evans Lester Murphy and many others staying at Willard Ebbitt Shoreham Riggs St James and other hotels. The item reads as raw traveler registry data rather than a news report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bostor
D. Masterson
Raleigh
Charles F. Wallace
F. Woodbury
D. Frank Boyd
A. A. Lamberd
Willard
C. W. Rovinson
Riggs
Chicago
William Brewster
Williams
H. Burpham
Ferritt
G. H. Evans
Shoreham
A. G. Lester
Artington
New York City
M. Rulseyser
L. S. Bmith
A. J. Bhaw
Myers
Hd. Hopely
Charles “L. Murphy
M. Burtis
Glucksman
Alien Rogers
Harry B. Wolff
G Aachon
H.T. Prichard
F. H. Michiel
G. G. Welch
James Adamson
A. M. Dickinson
H. L. Brown
A. M. Chidesta
Arlington
H. K. Person
Stuclair
Pittsburg
R. W. Stevens and Family
St James
W. Joseph
William Bruce Stevens
Samuel
Gvermore
California
G. Gottmen
T. W. Gartey
San Francisco
Georgia
D. Linthicum
Atlanta
St. James
Raligh
Kentucky
W. E. Settle, Jr
Frankfort
Morbech
Gardner
B. C
Springfeld
Wil- New York
H. C. Wrath
Buffalo
T. F. McDonnell
Charles H. Chase, Jr
Rochester
Nast
Mount Morris
Weldman
Albany
Idra
B.T. Wilson
Misa
M. Ducias
Brooklyn
Ephitt
TT Hunt
Adams
Shersham
William M
Akron
A.B. Meade
Cincinnati
M. Lani
Cleveland
A. R. Johson
Ironton
L. Shaw
Columbia
Ebbitt
Pennsylvania
L. L. Hinsley
Lancaster
Ftr
R. Alexander
George T. Parker
Scranton
J. Head
Latrobe
Virginia
W. D. Edwards
Norfolk
H. W. Netherland
Richmond
J. Fred Bringer
Staunton
B. H. Jares
Rateighy
Warrenton
West Virginia
W. Guy Titrick
Clarksburg
James
C. Huldakoper
P. Huldekoper
Wappocoine
Fortionc
E. Whitecroft
Brisngiand
Dix Still Refuses Interference in Senatorship Fight
Albany dispatch reports Gov Dix planning a New York trip with no public statement on the United States senatorship. He may face a push from Shepard supporters and fellow politicians, including Murphy Cohalan Herrick and McCooey, who plan to press him to back Edward Shepard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
United States
Gov. Dix
New York
Thomas M. Osborne
Edward M. Shepard
Auburn
Charles F. Murphy
W. F. Sheehan
Daniel F. Cohalan
D. Cady Herrick
Osborne
Shepard
Murphy
Sheehan
Cohalan
John H. McCooey
Kings County
Shepard Committee of
Brooklyn
Auction draws record bids for Ward art collection
Large Mendelssohn Hall audience watches the Ward collection sale raise 152285 for 72 works. Schreyer's Arab Chief and Escort led at 11600, Dupree Cattle at the Pool percent etc. Corots La Chaumiere Aux Sureaux bought by Senator Clark for 6200. Alfred Stevens Marine and Frederic Remington Waiting for His Master each 410. Charles P Taft connected dealers bought several pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Mendelssohn Hall
Leslie D. Ward
Newark
Prudential Insurance Company
Dr. Ward
Schreyer
van Marcke
Israel
le Vieux Scribe
Dupree
Charles P. Taft
Corot
W. A. Clark
Alfred Stevens
Frederic Remington
Population totals from thirteenth century census list many cities
Population statistics issued yesterday include St. Cloud Minnesota with 10600, Reno Nevada 10867, Logan Utah 7622, Provo Utah 3, Sandusky Ohio 49988, and Guthrie Oklahoma. Guthrie had a special census in 1911 when its population was 11652.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Cloud
Minn
Reno
Nev
Logan
Utah
Provo
Sandusky
Ohio
Guthrie
Okla
Also Mentioned on This Page
Daniel Phillips
W. R. Pumphrey & Son
Ith St
Trw
Martina
Nee
Berkville
R. Speare
F Street
N. W
A. Spear
Zurhorst
East Capitol Se
J. Williamg Lee
Ulver Tn
Peonsylvania Ave
John R. Wright CO
Puneral Directere
Embalmers
Telephone North
R. F. Harvey's Sons
Etricfly
Weane East
Chamber of Commerce
Ife
Mrs. Mether
Albany, N
George Melber
Charles ‘S. Smith
Vette DE LD
Cincinnati Inquirer
Clevaland Plain Dealer
Chicago Record-Herald
Buffalo Courier
New York Times
Boston Globe
Philadelphia
Providence Journal
Syracuse Post-Standard
St. Paul
Alvey Fant
Health Office Record
Birtha
Manhatteo MartLris Whiskey
Kalon Wine. CO. Ohare Hos
St. N. W
N. Y
Alvert
Calvert Co
MR. Taft
Monaghan
R. Harris & CO
the Jewelers
COLT
Lippitt
Aldrich
Tammany Men
Dix
A. F. Bornot
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