Carter's Easy Plan Told in Greene Gaynor Case at Savannah
In Savannah the Greene and Gaynor trial progressed with judge congratulating counsel and jury. Defense argues conspiracy is not extraditable while vouchers for jetty and Cumberland Sound work are admitted as evidence. Witness Sterley testifies Carter left Savannah June 1897 with two clerks and wired payment amounts. vouchers bear signatures attributed to Edward H Gaynor but in Michael Connolly’s handwriting. Extradition question looms as court allows voucher evidence amid defense objections.
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Savannah
Greene
Aisnar
JW . Sterley
Geiger O' Marler
New York
Sterley
Carter
Washington
Trent Sterle
Due Greens
Gaynor
Havig
Curtis
War Department
Edward H. Gaynor
Exmain
Michael Connolly
Erwin
Jim the Pepman
Connolly
Cumberland Sound
Edward H Gaynor
Atlantic Contracting Company
Michael A Connolly
Osborne
Howard H Gaynor
Capt Carter
Capt. Carter
Speer
Banquo
Frewin
Local Funeral Homes Advertise First Class Service
An old city ad promotes W R Speare undertaker at 940 F Street NW and William Lee funerary director offering modest prices and crematorium access. Harvey’s Sons Funeral Directors at 1320 Fourteenth Street NW advertise first class services at moderate prices with a commercial chapel and telephone access.
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William Lee
Commadiona! Urape
Macera Crematorium
Pennsylvania
R. F. Harvey’s Sons
Fourteenth Street NW
Commercus Chapel
North
Calm Teacher Halts Panic At School Fire Alarm
Special to The Washington Post Newark reports a fire alarm caused a rush of 800 pupils from Primary School 108 when steam from a leaky radiator vents through a top floor classroom. Miss Perkins calmly controlled the class while Miss Sweeney shut the radiator, preventing panic and potential danger.
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Newark
Mott Street
Bedlam
Death under trestle near Luray Virginia
An unknown white man about twenty five, light hair and moustache, was found dead beneath the Jere mis Tain trestle on the Norfolk and Western Railway in Luray Virginia. He wore a new suit, a letter addressed to J W Poindeater Lawrenceville Va was in the coat. It is unclear if he fell from a train or committed suicide. He had a severe scalp wound and no other injuries.
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Peetal
Luray
Norfolk and Western Railwa
J W Poindeater
Lawrenceville
Paul Dresser
Frederick VIII Proclaimed King Of Denmark Amid Mourning
Frederik VIII was proclaimed king after the death of Christian IX in Amalienborg. Crowds cheered as bells tolled and guns fired. The new king pledged to uphold the constitution and continue governance with the same guardianship, while mourning officials and theaters remained closed. President Roosevelt sent condolences via Secretary Root, and international royal figures planned to attend the funeral at Roskilde Cathedral.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Frederick Viil
Christian VI
Amalienborg Palace
Hes
Christian
Lomse
Dremonia
Duchess of Cumberland
Isang Christian
Rae
Cathedral of
Roskilde
Louise
Fredrik V
Haakon
Norway
Alexandra
England
George
Greece
Russia
William Wll
Frederick
Frederik VII
Annagenborg
M Christensen
Christian IX
Frederick VIII
Sudd
Amagenborg
Royal mourning across Europe for King Christian IX
Resolutions of sympathy with the Danish royal family were observed as King Christian IX died. King Frederick VII’s proclamation read in London, King Edward to open Parliament in person with curtailed pageantry. Queen Alexandra travels to Copenhagen. Windsor curfew bell tolls eighty seven times for the Danish king. Oscar of Sweden and Crown Prince Gustave express bereavement, while Paris and Thomas report condolence efforts. A requiem at Taarskhoe-Selo is attended by the Emperor and Empress.
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Frederick
London
King Edward
Queen Alexandra
Sandringham
Copenhagen
Ius Christan
Edward
Windsor Castle
Christian
Stockholm
Sweden
Oscar
Gustave
Denmark
Norway
Paris
Loubethes
Fallieres
Rouvier
Thomas
Danish West Indies
Christian IX
Frederick VII
St Petersburg
Taarakhoe-Selo
Cleveland's Wit at Mercy of Doctors in New York
Former President Grover Cleveland warned against a hidden medical trust and urged more patient education. Speaking at the Medical Society of New York centennial event in Albany, he urged publicity on treatments and clearer doctor patient explanations to curb fear and preserve freedom of thought.
Cleveland Addresses New York Legislature at Centennial Meeting
Former President Grover Cleveland and Mrs Cleveland attend the centennial meeting of the State Medical Society in Albany. Crowds fill the assembly chamber as Cleveland speaks of past ties to New York and expectations for state legislation. The scene features greetings from Lt Gov Bruce and lively audience reaction. The item closes with an unrelated note: The Annual Midwinter Clearing Sale of Furniture begins Thursday at Stumph & Lyford in Mass Ave.
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Albany
Wny
Medical Society of the
State of New York
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Joseph D Bryant
New York
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
N. Y
Jane Grover Cleveland
United States
State Medical Society
New York State
Bruce
Grady
Stumph & Lyford
Mass. Ave
Dramatic assassination of Gen Griaznoff in Tifis
A Georgian assassin disguised as a painter hid a bomb in a paint can and killed Gen Griaznoff, chief of staff to the Caucasus viceroy, from behind a wall as he boarded his carriage. The blast killed Griaznoff and his Cossack orderly. the assassin was beaten and captured. Martial law followed along with widespread panic and arrests. The governor general and vice governor were dismissed for alleged treason. an inquiry was ordered. Riga prison riot frees political prisoners. guards overwhelmed.
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Tifis
Caucasia
St Petersburg
Grisznoff
Caucasus
Alexander Garden
Griaznoff
Droska
Vitis
Lot
Staroselski
Kutsis
Riga
Livonia
Imperial 4s Drop as Markets React to Foreign News
Foreign market negativity drives a 1-point slide in Imperial 4s to 791-2 on the bourse with Industrials also weakening. To curb savings bank drains amid revolutionary agitation, the government raises savings bank rates from 3 6 to 4 percent. Exchange rates climb with drafts on America priced up to 201 rubles per $100, official England rate at 5 75, and unofficial bourse level around 63 75 rubles per $100.
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St Pttersburg
Imperial 4
Amer Ca
England
Imperial Bank
Platform of Russian nobles calls for land sale to peasants
The National Congress of Marshals of the Nobility urges a strong central power to curb revolution and protect civilians. It seeks the emperor to name the national assembly date by April 28 and proclaims Russia indivisible. It favors private property inviolability and selling unoccupied government lands on easy terms with credit to peasants.
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Moscow
National Congress
National Assembly
Russia
Congress
Rhodes Scholars Doing Well at Oxford
London January 29 The Right Rev J C Hartzell Methodist Episcopal bishop of South Africa said he found Rhodes scholars from the United States at Oxford in a state of satisfaction and hopefulness The Americans are making excellent records in scholarships and athletics H J Rose of Quebec recently won both Craven and Ireland honors in classics a record unequaled for many years
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Hartzell
Oxford
London
J C Hartzell
South Africa
America
United States
H J Rose
Quebec
Ireland
Message From King Oscar Blesses Swedes in America
Stockholm dated January 30 reports King Oscar sending blessing and greetings to Swedes in America. He expresses deep interest in their prosperity and gratitude for their love and attachment to the old fatherland. The note accompanies references to Yakov and several regions and merchants assembling goods for distant ventures.
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America
Stockholm
Oscar
Hackett launches bid for Eighth District seat
Richard N Hackett of Wilkesboro has formally announced his Democratic bid for Congress in North Carolina’s Eighth District. He cites a need to reorganize the district after Republican gains and notes Salisbury supporters already canvassing. Other contenders include W C Newland of Lenox and T C Bouie of Ashe, with Spencer Blackburn assured on the Republican side.
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R. N. Hackett
North Carolina
Washington Post
Salingbory
Richard N Hackett
Wilkesboro
Congress
Hackett
Salisbury
W C Newland
Lenol
T C Bouie
Ashe
Spencer Blackburn
Secretaries Loeb Letter in Roosevelt Sketch Case
Washington Post Special New York report notes Town Topics staff examined by Assistant District Attorney Hart over Col William D Mann perjury charge. Handwriting tests on Mann’s hand and a Loeb letter on White House paper reveal attempts to suppress the corrected Roosevelt sketch proof. The letter, dated December 23 1908, begins My Dear Judge and describes four photographs for publication including Theodore Roosevelt Jr. at tennis and Oyster Bay scenes. Courts and officials maneuver as Justice Deuel contemplates resignation while Nott prepares evidence for the Appellate Division. Col Mann worked at Town Topics to ready the issue.
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Washington Post
New York
Hart
William D Mann
Town Topics
Col Mann
Reginald Ward
Jerome
Loeb
Roosevelt
White House
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Oyster Bay
Bulelstein
Deuel
Joseph M Deuel
Nott
Hapgeed
Concerni Ag
Lakeville
Devel
Lynching posse hunts African American after woman stabbed
Mrs Nina May Dupree, about twenty, living with farmer W H Grogan near Cornell six miles from Atlanta, was found dying after a throat cut in her home. A crowd of over a hundred citizens with bloodhounds pursued a tall thick negro who escaped. Doctors say she may not survive.
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Atlanta
Nina May Dupree
W H Grogan
Cornell
Grogan
Columbus
Attacks on Balfour Stir Unionist Leadership
London reports a split within the small Unionist party over leadership as critics urge Balfour to retire while loyalists urge a united stance. The press, including the Morning Post, pressures him to abandon aloofness and lead a modern democracy, with supporters and opponents alike demanding policy shifts toward Chamberlain. In Chicago, the Life Insurance Policy Holders Association of Illinois is formed to represent and protect policy holders in nineteen mutual reserve insurers operating in the state.
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London
Beng
Balfour
Joseph Chamberlain
Mr Balfour
Morning Post
Chicago
Jan
Association of Minols
Mutual Reserve
Illinois
Menace to Russian Markets In Manchuria
In Manchuria the East Chinese Railroad weighs lowering northbound freight rates beyond Kwang-Cheng-Tsze as Japanese and American goods threaten Russian markets. Japanese middlemen move British, American, and Japanese wares. twenty trains are involved.
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Amercan
Manchura
St. Petersburg
Manchuria
Kwang-Cheng-Tsze
Famous Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Ad
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a cure for weak kidneys and related ailments. It quotes testimonials from Mrs A L Walker of Atlanta and urges readers to obtain sample bottles and a free information book by mail, noting hospital use and physician endorsement.
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The
Washington Daily Post
Kilmer
A Ll Walker
East Linden St
Atlanta
Kulmer
Kilmer & CO
Binghamton, S
Washirston
Armstrong Reveals Plot As Printer Deal Fueled Hearing
Albany January 30. An explosive Insurance Investigating Committee hearing saw Chairman Armstrong clash with Brandon Printing Company representatives. The senate finance committee moved to report favorably a bill to print 5 000 copies of testimony at up to 20 000 dollars, amid accusations of deception and a suspected stenographer printer deal.
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Albany
N .Y
Armstrong
Insurance Investigating Committee
Brandon Printing Company
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Johnny Montignani
Brandon
Supreme Court
Sensato. Armstrong
United States
Railroad Men Under Arrest After Fatal Grade Crossing Crash
Alfred Stackhouse engineer and Andrew Burke gate man for the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad were arrested at Belvidere on orders of the coroner. The combination car and engine struck and killed Walter Wilhelm and his wife at a Hackettstown grade crossing. A party of railroad officials traveling to Hoboken for an inspection were present.
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Philipsburg
Jan
Alfred Stackhouse
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Andrew Burke
Belvidere
Gig
Stackhouse
Walter Wilhelm
Hackettstown
Burke
Hoboken
Wreck of Santa Fe Passenger Train Near Laura
A westbound Santa Fe passenger train No 1 derailed at Laura twenty five miles east of Galesburg Illinois. The smoker chair car baggage car and express car overturned. A twisted rail caused the wreck. The conductor and two passengers were injured but not seriously. No one else was reported harmed.
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Galesburg
Laura
Here
Frankfort Repeal Effort Fails In State Senate
In Frankfort the attempt to repeal the statute that moved Caleb Powers from state to federal courts failed on a party line vote. The debated section limits appeals from the crimin code and blocks higher court review of juror discharge motions, a provision tied to Powers’ transfer in the murder case of William Goebel.
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Frankfort
Jane
Caleb
State
Senate
Burnams Bill
United States
Cochran
Caleb Powers
William Goebel
Miss Gould Improves After Brief Illness
Special to The Washington for Invington on Hudson reports Miss Etelen BM Gould shows signs of recovery from a light cold. Household members say her condition never caused concern and that canceling engagements was only precautionary.
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Washington
Invington
Hudson
Etelen
Health Office Record of January 30 Observations
Report lists residents with ages and addresses including George Bush 41 at 4th St NW, Daniel Bunbury, Mabel Beverly, Anne BR, Buck H4 Md Ave NE, Win E Dorphey, Peggy St AW, Thomas Greenwell, Wm Mumruries 620 Martin Place NE, Wincie Herbert 02 P St NW, Amy Hawkins 19, Niolet M Let year Burnt Mills, Susie McGraw 136 1st St SW, Mary Echerfer Conduit Read 3, Ann Mo Sterra 804 10th St TW, James Terrell 193 Bost NW, Moses Tilts 12 9th St near Susie Wood 41 O St Alley NW.
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Veare
Susie McGraw
Mary Echerfer
Sterra
Vearm
James Terrell
Bost
Moses Tilts
Susie Wood
Licensed to Marry in Multiple State Records
A fragmented notice lists numerous couples and locations including Laurel Maryland Redmond Virginia Farmville Virginia Macon Georgia Boyds Maryland Willboro Yale McClurg Missouri Georgia Virginia and Maryland names such as George Gabril Dan Lewnman John Rabies Jr Juce G Wright John H Heall and Maud Gauley among others, indicating a broad marriage license compilation with varied jurisdictions.
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George Gabril
Dan
Lewnman
Laurel
George H Shibley
Aline M Patterson
Edward A Lyons
Anna
Adams
Baltimore
John Rabies Jr
Redmond Va
Juce G Wright
Farmville
John H Heall
Charlea County
Yargart
Baxter Daniel W Nicholson
Mabel G Saxton Linton Mo
Solorca
Macon
Haze F Horne
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Alexandma Va
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John Townsend Anderson
Annapolis Royal
Nova Scotia
Hbua
Band of Alexandra
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Halifax
N &S
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Edward Boul
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Isar Bowberr
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Francis Ham Hon Hill
J Street
Jinin Muneral
Mount Jezreel Baptist Church
Tillie Koch
Mia
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Sla
Omatharme Kuntz
Lt Street
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Nellie
Tars Reesewife
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Hus- Jong
Mas Regan
Eugene A
Nti
Teckeon
Romore
Sanday
Theodore Storrett
Mire
Sarih Walte
Pet Mori Ss
James Perrett
Hagerng Anes
Citherer
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Undertakers
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F Street
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Hmnbalrers
George P,. Zurhorst
East Capito
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Dresser
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Fegley
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Philadelphia
William G Porter
Wither der Grosse
Bremen
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Liverpool
Cherbourg
Kaiser Wilhelm
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Hamburg
Amerikan
Antwerp
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Dover
Pinehurst
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Southern Railway
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Emeland
Rooth
King Frederick
Thomas J O8
MR. Cleveland
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the Doctors
Gen. Griaznoff
Rhodes
Yakov
Kuidtuan
Vladivostok
King Oscar
Blackburn
Jérome
Mann
Denel
Staes
Swamp Root
Ail Gibrs
Binghamton, Sr
Powers
Miss Gould
Health Office Record
Affleck’s
Pennsylvania Avenue
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