Edna McClure Details Thaw Nesbit Case and Rivalry
Edna McClure, once a friend of Harry Thaw and Evelyn Nesbit, testified in New York on July 3 about Thaw and Stanford White pursuing Nesbit from their meeting through the murder period. She described Thaw's threats, White's protection of Nesbit’s family, and Nesbit’s flight abroad with Thaw before returning to White.
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Washington Post
New York
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Criminal Courts Building
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Masse Folette
Monk
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Wild Rose” Company
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Miss Nesbtt
Misa McClure
Thia Parioa
Misa Nesbit
N Jo
Waite
Howard Nesbit
Thirty-ninth Street
Broadway
Howard Nestgt
Thaw White
Woman Held for Murder in Quebec Border Case
Richford Vermont July reports a case of murder near the Quebec line involving Hoa Beard Tracey wife of Edward Tracey of Glen Parnham. Forest Howard was shot at Tracey's home last Tuesday. Coroner's jury found self defense but Ernest Howard, Forest’s brother, swore out a warrant for Tracey alleging murder. Traceys married five years ago in Richford. Tracey says she acted after being assaulted in her husband’s absence.
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Hoa Beard Tracey
Edward Tracey
Glen Parnham
Quebec
Cowansville
Est Howard
Traceys
Howard
Ernest Howard
Tracey
King Forest Howard
Tingley
Newburyport
Mass
Vert
Mertres
Savannah
Lines Cooke
George W Parent
Tingley Hood
Boston
West-End Avenue
Philo’p Tingley
Powe
Mme Blavatsky
Mr Judges
Six Hurt In Trolley Panic On New York Line
Six people injured as an elevated railroad express collides with a local trolley near Cone Island. Mary Begall Mary Lawless and William H Lawless among the wounded as passengers escape flames after a fuse blows out. Panicked scramble follows the collision and fast-moving train.
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Cone Island
Mary Begall
Mary Lawless
Wiliam H Lawless
Comey Island
Bea Beach Palace
Manalo shoots wife and others in New Orleans home
In New Orleans this morning, Manalo, a meat market keeper, shot his wife and Adam Roux after returning home from work. Manalo was fatally wounded and Roux sustained only minor injuries. The incident occurred at his residence during the early hours.
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Manslo
Adam Roux
Manale
Roux
Manalo
Four Lives Lost In Western & Atlantic Wreck In Georgia
A head on collision between freight trains on the Western and Atlantic Railroad near Kings Bridge in Chattanooga Tennessee causes four deaths and four injuries. The southbound train failed to take the switch and struck the northbound train as it slowed on the main line. Fire destroyed two cars including one carrying cattle. Names listed include engineers Hamilton Atkinson and Atkinson and firemen Pinson Gantry with officials offering no cause statement.
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Tenn
Atlantic
Kings Bridge
Hamilton
Dalton Ga
HOT Pinson
Etyay
Robert Atainso
Atlanta Ga
O Gantry
Wabi
Atlanta Cie
Atkinson
Balloon Heads to Sea From Polo Grounds to Long Island Sound
Special to The Washingwares New York reports Roy Knabenshue and his wife sailed from the Polo Grounds at 4 PM in an ordinary balloon. They remained visible from the Washington Bridge at dusk as they drifted toward Long Island Sound under brisk westerly winds. A planned airship flight was canceled due to a broken shaft during preparations and a police ruling forbidding entrance fees on the grounds under Sunday law.
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Roy Knabenshue
Polo Grounds
Washington Bridge
Bronx
Long Island Sound
Sweeney
Murderer Hancock Dies in Cell After Escape Recapture
Brewton Alabama July 8 Fred Leslie Hancock, murderer of Prof Jesse Troutman, who featured in a sensational circuit court trial, killed himself in his Escambia County jail cell by ingesting carbolic acid after an escape on May 8 and recapture in Kansas City. He left a note seeking a fair trial free from prejudice.
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Ala
Fred Leslie Aancock
Jesse Troutman
Escambia County
Hancock
Kansas City
Raley
Birmingham businessman shoots self on church steps
Dave Simpson, secretary treasurer of the Gregory Vinegar Company, shot himself dead on the steps of St Mary's on the Highlands in Birmingham at dawn. He leaves a wife. no motive has been established for the act.
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Birmingham
Ala
Dave Simpson
Gregory Vinegar Company
Surgeon denies yellow fever in New Orleans reports
Dr John White, surgeon in charge of the marine hospital service, stated that no marine hospital physician in New Orleans has issued an official statement declaring yellow fever present there and that neither he nor his assistants have evidence of yellow fever in New Orleans.
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Joh White
Marine Hospital Service
Marine Hospital
New Orleans
Taft Oil Plan Offshore Stir Factional Divide In NC Rally
Special from Greensboro NC July 8 Secretary Taft expected to address North Carolina Republicans on unity amid bitter factionalism led by Blackburn Harris vs Pritchard Butler Adams Rollins wings. He will speak before Tuesday’s state convention and then head to Put in Bay for a Bar Association engagement as party leaders seek harmony and oil to lubricate factions.
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Oll
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Matt W Ransom
Senate
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Roosevelt
Washington
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Jamestown steamship disabled off Bonds Light Station
The Jamestown bound from Norfolk to New York was sighted disabled and adrift about six miles off Bonds Light Station, thirty miles south of Barnegat. The Old Dominion line dispatched the William Rowland and the Merritt-Chapman steamer I J Merritt went to assist, while the Jamestown made no signals as investigators presumed a repair stop. the vessel carries freight only.
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New York
Jamestown
Norfolk
Barnegi
Old Dominion Ine
William Row
Merrit- Chapman
I J Merrtt
Charleston Arrives Porto Rico Secretary Root in Harbor
San Juan Porto Rico July 3 The cruiser Charleston with Secretary Root and party aboard arrived at 4 oclock in the afternoon The Charleston entered the harbor at speed setting a New York San Juan record of three days and nineteen hours Morro Castle and the Italian cruiser Umbria saluted The Secretary and party went ashore greeted by Capt Rohrer and Marines A large crowd gathered to see Root at the naval station He later reviewed police from the palace balcony Then Root spoke of relief work after 1899 hurricane and coffee planting He suggested Porto Rico as ideal for a Pan American Congress If held in American territory Porto Rico would suit best Pier Measure Defeated Executive council defeats Gor Winthrops pier proposal citing Congress act pending War Secretary approval blocks local pier builds
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New York
Morro Castle
Umbria
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A H Frazer
Rohrer
Gol Bailey
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Root
Seecutive Council
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Act of Congress
Secretary of War
Tisular
Shot Sweetheart's Uncle
Meade Emory a Seattle lawyer was fatally wounded at his home by Sever Thompson a University of Washington student and son of Miriam H Thompson. Thompson allegedly shot Emory after Emory tried to enforce a request to keep the admirer from entering the house. He barricaded himself in a room with Emory's two small children and refused to surrender until his father arrived.
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Meade Emory
Sever Thompson
University of Washington
Miriam H .Thompson
Great Northern Railwayompany
Thompson
Sall
Charlotte Whittlesey
Emory
Whittlesey
French cruisers at New York sailors rush to Coney Island
Two French cruisers the Premanivera Jurier de La Grayiere and Desare arrived in New York today and anchored in the North River. Sailors were given shore leave and many crowded the boats to take the trip to Coney Island tonight amid lively crowds and holiday mood.
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New York
Prema Mnivera Jurier de la Grayiere
Desare
Venezuela
North River
Secretary Wilson Arrives in Chicago for Meat Inspection Talks
Secretary Wilson of the Department of Agriculture and about thirty inspectors and superintendents from cities with government meat inspection will confer in Chicago beginning tomorrow. Dr A D Melvin leads the party and says they will study the new act and implement changes to conform with the law, aiming to finish in about three days.
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Wilson
Department of Agriculture
A D Melvin
Bureau of Animal Industry
Beached Disabled Steamer Henry Houghton Collides Near Windmill Point
Beached during a three-ship passage on the Detroit river. The Henry Houghton struck by the Prank Peavey near Windmill Point and driven ashore in Leake St Clair. Three women and a child were rescued by a launch. The Peavey sustained injuries but did not stop.
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Mich
Henry Houghton
Wiadmill Point
Leake St Clair
Collisins
Prank Peavey
Peavey Houghton
Omaha
Windmill Point
Peavey
Houghton
Tokyo to Issue Bonds for Water Works Redeem
A Tokyo dispatch reports the municipality will contract a 7.5 million loan at 6 percent with an issue price of 4, arranged by a foreign syndicate. Funds will redeem water works seen bonds and other municipal undertakings. Issuing houses include Yokohama Specie Bank Limited and two London banks.
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Tokyo
Daly Telegraph
Yokohama iSpecie Bank, Limited
Sinclair for Congress in New Jersey on Socialist ticket
Trenton July 8 Upton Sinjelatt of Princeton author of The Jungle has consented to run for Congress from this district on the Socialist ticket. He was previously the party candidate for the general assembly.
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Trenton
Washington Post
Upton Sinjelatt
Princeton
Congress
Five Hole ups In Series At Yosemite Valley Stage Robbery
Five Yosemite Valley stage coaches were held up yesterday near the National Park entrance by a lone highwayman. He obtained a considerable amount of money and jewelry from passengers after halting each coach in succession. The bandit’s features were hidden by a duster, and he ordered valuables tossed to the roadside before moving on, escaping into the brush after all five cars were resolved.
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Cal
Yosemite Valley
The
National Park
Ahwahnee
Ayman
New Marseilleise Poem Sparks Russian Press Outcry
Century publishes a second poem by M Amfitaatroff titled The New Marseilleise lauded by some as brilliant journalism yet seized and likely to be banned. Dedicated to Maxim Gorky it calls for armed revolt with lines urging the people to rise and seize power. Petersburg July 9 report notes the publication and crackdown.
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Marseilleise
Maxim Gorky
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Senator Pettus Returns Home From Tennessee Trip
Selma Alabama July 8 Senator HW Pettus arrived home Friday night after a few days at Tate Springs following Congress adjournment. Rumors of a Colorado trip and rail travel from Washington were denied. Tickets went on sale July 1 for travel to Colorado springs or Pueblo with return by August 24 and details available from ticket agents. Destructive fire and prowling thieves could not touch household effects stored in Union Trust warehouses.
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HW Pettus
Tate Springs
Congress
Senator Pettus
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Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Pennsylvania
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Wood
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Gage and Mrs Tingley join Theosophy at Point Loma
Special to Theoston Post from Los Angeles July 8 1912 reports former Secretary Lyman S Gage and Mrs Katherine Tingley joining the Universal Brotherhood at Point Loma California. Gage plans to live there as a member, while Tingley continues to lead the Theosophical settlement known as the Purple Mother.
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Egypt
Theston Post
Los Angeles
Cal
Lyman S Gage
Katherine Tingley
Point Lona
Tingley
Gage
Point Loma
California
New York
San Diego
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Inqmry
Hills Island
Bach
Mme Blavatsky
Spots
Mahatma
Claude Falls Wright
Theosophical Society
Laura Leonine Leonard
the Universal Brotherhood
Paint Loma
Chicago
Organization For Life
C. A. Griscom, Jr
Brotherhood
Taft Peacerakes Lymar Gages New Faith
The issue highlights Taft urged by Lymar Gages to embrace a new faith for peace. The story hints at political strategy ahead of campaigns and notes shifting public sentiment as Washington business rises while Russia faces a famine crisis and hardships in urban centers. Astor and Ende plan Virginia travel, with sport gossip and sermon permit notices included.
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Taft
Lymar
Washington
S-N
France
Astor
Ende
Virginia
Mob chases wife slayer through downtown streets
Indianapolis scene as Aaron Morton, accompanied by two men, shot and killed his wife on a crowded street car. A mob of about a thousand pursued him for blocks toward the station where firemen and police protected him. A mob member fired at Morton while another pursued him with a knife.
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Indianapolis
Tolly
Aaron Morton
Morton
Panic blast highs at Young's Pier Theater caused 100 injuries
At Atlantic City July 8 an explosion in a moving picture machine at Young's Pier Theater triggered a panic as 2 000 spectators surged for exits. Cool men smashed doors to save lives while women and children were helped out. 100 plus were injured, one man seriously burned, and fire damage estimated under 1 000 dollars.
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Washington
Atlantic City
Young’s Pier Theater
William Friend
Light on Hartje letters in divorce case sparks forgeries claim
Pittsburg Pa July 8 Detective George Perkins reports handwriting expert Hartje case will show letters presented by Augustus Hartje are forgeries. A young unidentified stenographer, not from this city, may have produced the letters. Prof T M Willars declined to testify after examination, stating the letters are bogus. Mrs Hartie endures delays as the case proceeds and speculation grows over missing Tom Modine’s whereabouts.
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Wuetington
Pittsburg
George B Perkins
Hartje
Hartie
Augustus Hartje
T M Willars
Haities
Tala
Haitie
Tom Modine
Acme
Natal rebels surrounded in Umvott district Battle ends with heavy losses
Natal troops surround and defeat a large rebel body in the Umvott district. Five hundred forty seven rebels killed and few escape. No white casualties reported. In Durban July 8. other notes cover Cananea Mexico mining camp fortification and a Niagara Falls Baltimore & Ohio special train schedule July 22 through Philadelphia Lehigh Valley.
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Durban
Umvott
Niagara Falls
Baltimore & Ohio
Wasington
Philadelphia
Lehigh Valley
Roosevelt and Bryan Vie for 1904 Nomination Power
A front page analysis argues Theodore Roosevelt and William Jennings Bryan dominate the trust issue shaping the 1904 campaign. It suggests Roosevelt could edge Bryan as tariff and trust questions fuse, with party lines blurring and a potential readjustment trend across Republicans and Democrats.
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