Thaw trial adjourned as snow halts ships and evidence heard
Judge delays proceedings at Thaw trial after winter storm disrupts Inner Bay shipping. Defense aims to call European nurses as witnesses and questions about lunacy records fuel friction between counsel. Prosecution plans to resume Tuesday with remaining fact witnesses. verdict possible by week end if cross examination stays brief.
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New York
Europe
Articlan
Warry K. Thaar
Stanford White
Meneay Teade
Ares
Sastios Dowling
Fartleton
Jerome
Cleoperta
Evelen Nesbit
Litlay
Nowramers
Atermey Derpine
Littleton
Wittesses
Ddniterin
Died Monnet on venesday January 28
Obituary notice lists mourners for the late Monnet with family names including Mrs. Joan Van Cusick and Mary Van Riswick. Funeral arrangements center on Saint Alovena’s church with service details and relatives attending. Funeral shows strong local ties and multiple family members mentioned.
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Babu
Mary van Riswick
Tite
Thie Tate
Tierson
van Keswitk
Danghre San Miswick
Cud Hee Brother
Damanry
St Alovema
Viera
Fraud on Life Company Policies Tied to Drowning Confession
William Watson a London born pottery maker is detained on charges of defrauding an insurance company of 8000 dollars. He allegedly staged his death by leaving clothes on a North Sunderland beach in 1908 then traveled to Paris London Quebec before arriving on the Pacific Coast where domestic troubles and an insurance scheme with Mrs Velen Lambert led to a confession. Watson worked in disguise as an engineer while under investigation.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Willam Watson
Watson
Meath
North
Sunderland
England
Paris
London
Quebec
Pacific Coast
Velen Lambert
Cleveland Judge Dissolves Amalgamated Window Glass Union
A final decree by Judge George L. Phillips in Cleveland dissolves the Amalgamated Window Glass Workers of America. The court finds the union a labor trust absorbing contracts and by laws, and voids its by-laws and contracts with related organizations while clarifying that general labor unions are unaffected.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Ana Tratteners
Amalgamated
Window Glass Workers of America
George L. Phillips
Common Pleas Court
Association of
Window Glass Workers
Guil
Phillips
Ilegal
Licensed to Marry Incomplete Names and Ages Listed
A newspaper blurb lists marriage license details with names including Lewis H Bennett 21 and Anne Norton, both from Baltimore Maryland, with reverends McNell Friminer and OConnell accompanying and Helena Ili referenced, ages and full details are truncated. The text is fragmentary and lacks complete context.
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Lewis H. Bennett
Anne 9
Health Office Deaths Record from January Second Reverted
A health office记 record lists multiple deaths with names and ages. Entries include Mary A Wood-Allen 66 Ida Mock T years, John Sexton 72 Hugh B Van Horn 4 Kate Garner 45 Michael Doyte 4 Friscilla Shipman 78 Sarah Joyce 68 Thomas Saunder 16 Annie Cleney 19 and an infant of Emmett and Jewsle Crockett 2.
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Mary A. Wood-Allen
Lowa Circle
Ida Mock
MD. Ave
John Sexton
Mth
St. Ne
Hugh B. van Horn
6Th St
Kate Garner
Michael HK. Doyte
Mo. Ave
Friscilla J. Shipman
Sarah Joyce
Thomas Saunder
Annie Il” Cleney
Deanwoot
D.C
Emmett C
Jewsle A. Crockett
Paure
Federationist editor defends free speech against injunction
In a detailed editorial Samuel Gompers denounces Judge Goulds injunction against listing Buck Stove and Range Company in the boycott. He calls it an invasion of constitutional rights and vows to appeal to the U S Supreme Court while stating no intent to disobey law or court authority. The District of Columbia Supreme Court had ordered removal of the company from the list.
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Buck Stove Company
American Federationist
Buck Stoge and Range Company
Samuel Gompers
Federationist
Justice Gould
Mr. Gompers
Buck
Supreme Court
Gompers
United States Supreme Court
Federation of Labor
Supreme Court of
District Ot Columbia
Gould
Contest of the will of Walter F. Baker
Special to The Washington Post. Boston date lines report a contest over the will of Walter F. Baker a Harvard graduate and Boston clayman who died under suspicious circumstances in Bogota New Jersey His wife has engaged counsel to defend the will protecting her children who receive one third of the estate Baker’s brother Edward F. Baker seeks to set aside the instrument The child Walter reportedly visited in New Jersey and Harvard recipients are among those petitioning for allowance of the will
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Washington Pas
Boston
Iwater FP
Baker
Harvard
Bogota
N. J
Bhehoutr
Edward F. Baker
Beacon Etreat
Walter Baker
New Jersey
Two Women To One Man On Pitcairn Island
Portland Jan 4 Women outnumber men two to one on Pitcairn Island and the gap is widening, say officers of the British steamer Sint Magh arriving from Guaymas. Ruler Christian cites a population of about fifty men and about a hundred women with seventy children, as Ola Cottin, the Arcadia survivor, is still alive.
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Pitcairn Island
Portland
Oreg
Fitcairn Island
Sint Magh
Guaymas
Mexico
Saint Hugo
Witcairn
Sydney
Australia
Christian
Shwice
Ola Cottin
Ducct Island
Arcadia
Ls Sts
Skeleton Found Solves Burgess Mystery in Canada
A skeleton found on the plains northwest of Edmonton Alberta is believed to solve the disappearance of John M Burgess a spearfisherman who left last summer to establish a Canadian bank at Edmonton He wrote home of a long horseback ride and was never heard from again The remains show wolf predation and indicate a struggle with an empty rifle and five wolf fangs nearby
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Washington Post
Deadwood
Edmonton
Alberta
John M. Burgess
Thurges
Gess
Fire alarms by dog save eight dozen in Rochester blaze
In Rochester New York on January 24 a dog’s barking alerted workers to a fire at Hyler & Co clothing store 266 North Street. Eighty residents on upper floors were awakened and evacuated despite six inches of snow as neighbors provided shelter to the clothing fire victims.
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Rochester
North's Treat
Fnally
Hyler & Co
Big Draft Raiser Caught Near Jacksonville
Chicago charged with passing a forged 315000 check on the First National Bank of Chicago was arrested near Jacksonville. Nordstrom, a former Astoria bank clerk, came here with a draft for 3000 from Astoria, then cashed for 16.00. He was seized aboard a yacht bought at Brunswick, Ga, and an officer was dispatched to return him to Chicago.
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Chicago
Tarie Nordstrom
First National Bank
Jacksonville
Fir
Nordstrom
Astoria
Oreg
First National Bank of
Brunswick
Bebel Postpones American Tour Due to Health
Socialist leader Herr Bebel informs the American Socialist party that his planned visit to the United States is postponed indefinitely because of ill health. Jan 24.
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Bebel
Herlin
Jan
Herr Bebel
Reichstag
American Socialist Party
United States
Monument Inscription For Maj Henry Wirz Unveiled At Andersonville
Special to The Washington Post Savannah Ga Jan 24 The Georgia Division Daughters of the Confederacy prepared four sided inscriptions for a monument at Andersonville to Maj Henry Wirz C S A The inscriptions defend Wirz noting US government not Wirz bears blame citing Grant Jefferson Davis letters and prison records The monument is to be unveiled June 3 Jefferson Davis birthday.
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Washington Post
Savannah
Georgia Division
The
Confederacy
Andersonville
Henry Wirz
Gen. Grant
United States
Jefferson Davis
Wirz
Castaways All Safe After Amsterdam Collision
Hook of Holland January 34 All missing passengers and crew of the Amsterdam were brought ashore at noon today. Twenty aboard the one missing boat were found aboard the Norwegian Songs bound from Norwich to Amsterdam, fogbound outside the harbor. The Songs picked up the survivors about twenty miles north of Hook of Holland after they had been afloat only an hour.
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Hook of Holland
Amsterdam
Songs
Norwich
Songa
Engineer Kiles Six in Rail Yard Lynching Frenzy
In Baku on January 24 a crowd attacked a locomotive engineer after a collision killed several workers. The engineer opened the throttle and fled the mob firing six shots, injuring many as he escaped through the crowd.
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Baku
Transcaucasia
Rebels seize Port de Paix as Haiti turmoil grows
Reports from Port au Prince, Jan 24, state rebels led by Gen. Firmin have taken Port de Paix thirty five miles north of Cape Haitien. Officials sought refuge at the American consulate while the rising spreads along the north shore. An English and a French cruiser are expected to provide protection to their nationals.
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Port Au Prince
Haiti
Port de Pais
Cape Haitien
Charles Mot
Conquist
St. Marc
Miot
Thomas
Vortigern
Firmin
Mole Saint Nicolae
Lemoine Bought Diamonds in Court Case
Paris Jan hearing in the Henri Lemoine diamond case features a diamond merchant testifying that stones Lemoine gave to Sir Julius Wernher as manufactured were sent to Mme Lemoine by de la Baan. Another merchant linked to Mme Lemoine diamonds will be examined after tonight's session as the Jeweler Association president files a fraud complaint against Lemoine.
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Paris
Henri Lemoine
M. de Flaan
Lemoine
Julius Wernshier
de Beers Mining Company
Mme. Lemoine
de l ‘Baan
Mme Lemoine
Dis Gurare
Jeweler Association of
Franer
Influenza Strikes Imperial Family in St Petersburg
An influenza outbreak reaches the Russian imperial family in St Petersburg. Grand Duke Alexis Nikolaieviten, the emperor's heir, and his four sisters are sick. The heir's condition worsens with an ear inflammation as Prof. Simfovehy is called to attend. The Grand Duchess Marie Payiovna, fiancee of Prince Wilhelm of Sweden, is also ill.
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SS. Petersburg
Alexis Nikolaieviten
Simfovehy
Marie Payiovna
Paul Alexandroviteh
Prince Wilhelm
Sweden
Lawyer Hum of Verre Haute Dies in Chicago Pneumonia
Lemuel R. Hum of Verre Haute Indiana, counsel for John R. Walsh in the recent banker's trial, died in Chicago of pneumonia after Mrs Beatrice Metcalf fired several shots at him as he left the courtroom. A Mr Hamill had been ill for days.
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Chicago
Lemuel R. Hum
Verre Haute
Ind
John R. Walsh
Beatrice Metcalf
Hamill
Bryce on Lawmaking United States Leads All
New York January 24 James Bryce British Ambassador to the United States spoke at Carnegie Hall to the New York State Bar Association arguing laws have grown too heavy for legislatures to handle and must be crafted by specialists He urged separating general laws from administrative and judicial matters and periodic revision to keep statutes clear. Joseph H Choate praised the Hague Conference as an earnest assembly of nations for peace and said the Monroe doctrine gains beyond force in debt collection and that Bryce should become an honorary member of the State Bar Association
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New York Bar Association
Joseph H. Choate
New York
James Bryce
Carnegie Hall
Bryce
New York State Bar Association
United States
Congress
Administrative Department
Judicial Department
Agaress Ue Aternoon
Association
Hague
Mr. Choate
Mr. Bryce
Unesiemua
John F. Dillon
State Bar Association
Mer. Bryce
Senator Fulton Under Fire in Oregon Land Fraud Case
Portland report details prosecutors aiming to link U S Senator Charles W. Fulton to a land fraud conspiracy connected to Hall and Mays. Former State Senator W W Striver testified Fulton sought to influence civil action against Butte Creek Livestock and Lumber Co. and claimed a letter existed but was not in government possession. The letter allegedly surfaced after indictments of Striver Hall Mays Hendricks and other federal officers.
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Portland
Oreg
Hall and Mays
Canspiracy
Suse
Francis Vs. Heney
W. W. Striver
United States
Charles W. Fulton
Fulton
John H. Hall
Steiner
Hall
Butte Creek Livestock and Lumber Company
Oregon
Stelver
Mays
Hendricks
Retired Boston Clearing House Certificates Mark End of Era
The final batch of Boston clearing-house certificates issued during last fall's stringency were canceled today after a period of eighty eight days. Values ranged from twenty eight dollars up to twelve dollars and six cents, with the first cancellation on January 10. In New York, between $500,000 and $1,000,000 of outstanding certificates were retired, leaving about $100,000 remaining. A separate report from Washington, Pa notes Henry Hull, aged eighty, celebrated his birthday by skating, and a Tacoma incident describes a man feeding money to ashes after a bad whiskey drink, while a Connecticut chimney climb by two young women ends with pride and an American flag displayed at the top.
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Heston
Jan
Boston
New York
Ann
Masslire
Dominic Sarulo
Dcq
Curley
O'Neil
Barulo
Sarulo
Washington
Henry Hull
Mr. Hull
Tacoma
Glaf Anderson
Anderson
Wilhmanne
Vann
Van
American Thread Company
Connecticut
Railway Companies Fined in Safety Appliance Court
Six railways were found guilty in U S District Court of violating the safety-appliance law. Judges Bethea and Landis imposed fines in four cases, with Elgin Joliet and Eastern and Grand Trunk Western each fined 200 dollars plus costs. Bell Railway Company got 200 dollars and costs, while Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe faced 100 dollars and costs. Two other railroads, Chicago and Northwestern and Michigan Central, had sentences suspended pending a new-trial motion.
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Chicago
United States District Court
Bethea
Landis
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway
Grand Track Western Railway
Bell Railway Company
Atchiapn, Topka and Sante Fe Railway
Bellea
Chicano and Northwestern Railway
Michigan Central Railway
Sestencs
Street Drama On Camera Ends In Real Fight In Darby
A half intoxicated driver disrupted a staged moving picture scene before the post office in Darby when he leaped into the camera focus and struck the villain, prompting Policeman Crambach to intervene as a crowd watched. The incident, though chaotic, amused onlookers who witnessed the staged drama turn real for a moment.
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Darby
Jan
Vilain
Pont
Crambach
Burglar abandons loot for portrait in note to owner
A burglar left behind a note claiming a preference for a portrait over gold and keeping the picture. Mrs McDade turned the note over to police who show little urgency in locating the thief. Swamp Swallows a Trestle reports a trolley line trestle disappeared overnight with heavy timber and ten thousand cubic feet of fill gone.
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Pittsburg
Mary McDade
Penn Avenue
Margaret McDade
Mics
Winsted
Conn
Jan
C. W. Blakeslee & Son
Woodbury
Waterbury
Middlebury
Granddaughter of Late Mayor Foils Night Burglars
Candace Hewitt fourteen daughter of the late Mayor Abram Hewitt of New York hid when masked burglars burst into the Hewitt mansion in Grarery Park. She, awakened by a lantern at her bedside, fled to her parents who alerted police as her father fired at burglars fleeing with silverware and valuables from the neighborhood.
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New York
Candace Hewit
Gramchild
Abram
Hewitt
Edward Rinewood Hewitt
Graiery Park
Accond
Candace
Burlington
Wis
Jan
Nerywest
Lexington Avenue
Papa
Della Emory
Hewitt Mansion
Henry W. Fone
Boy Kills Little Sister in Accidental Shooting
In Rochester on January 24 Bert Phenes, 17, of near Corning, shot and killed his sister Frances, age six. The gunshot ended her life. the child's bank and coins were found nearby. Phenes is jailed and claims the incident was accidental.
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Rochester
Bert Phenes
Near
Corning
Frances
Area Six
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