STATE CALLS EVELYN MAY ANNUL THAW'S MARRIAGE
New York dispatch reports defense rested in the Thaw case and adjournment ordered until Monday. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw was served with subpoenas calling for Thaw letters she testified she returned to lawyer Hartridge. Rumors of estrangement swirl as family plans to seek separation if Thaw is acquitted.
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Howard Nesbit
Jeroma
New York
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Jerome
Thaw
Shakot
Hartridge
Howard Neabit
Harry Thaw
Yarmouth
England
Pittsburg
Lorraine
Delmas
Dong
Stanford White
Miss MacKenzie
May MacKenzie
Gina
J. J. Caine
Boston
Bingaman
Pittsboro
Decmar
Kittanning
Copley
Allan McLane
Hamilton
Black, Olcott, Gruber & Bonynge
Austin Flint
Charles Macdonald
William Mabon
Evelyn Thaw
Funeral Directors Massed in an Old City Ad
A sprawling Ohio or Maryland style notice lists numerous funeral directors with addresses and phone numbers. It reads like an industry directory snippet, detailing Hindle and Bayliss and several others with services, chapels, and contact lines. The passage then shifts to a legal section about Thaw and Evelyn Nesbit, noting court adjournments and witness orders as the trial develops, including discuss of medical experts and potential end of the case.
Thaw-like man shoots at woman in Baltimore home
A man calling himself Benjamin F Jenkins, drinking heavily, attempted to shoot Winnie Johns at 635 Raberg Street in Baltimore early this morning. After being turned away, he returned, claimed to be Harry Thaw, and fired three shots, with bullets lodging in the ceiling, door, and stairway.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Mar
Benjamin F. Jenkins
Short Street
Winnie Johns
Raberg Street
Jenkins
Aquor
Viait
Winnie
John4
Jenking
Harry Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit
Sokoto Steamer Grounded Off Louisburg After Terrific Storm
The Mexican Line steamer Sokoto ran aground on White Rock Shoals near Louisburg during a severe gale. Two powerful tugs attempted to refloat her, but she remains fast with unknown damage, after departing Halifax with 1 500 tons of coal bound for Havana and Mexican ports. The ship is owned by the Hitler Dempster Company.
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Halifax
Nova Scotia
Louisburg
Havana
White Hock Shoals
Hitler Dempster Company
Will Fight Father's Will In Waterbury Case
Frank C. Plume of Milford Pa plans to appeal a will provision cutting him off from more than $25 weekly amid an estate valued near $300000. His sister Emily, wife of Gov Joan Gary Evans of South Carolina, is named as nearest kin. Plume alleges undue influence by Evans and his wife. He received $14,000 from his grandfather Kellogg Plume, while the father had not lived with his wife for years and favored his granddaughter. Special to The Washington Post.
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Jerome
Justice Fitzgerald
Delmas
Abraham Hummel
Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw
Stanford White
Nes
Dodge-Morse
Terome
Mr. Jerome
Waterbury
Conn
Mar
Frank C. Plume
Milford
David
Plume
Emily
Joan Gary Evans
South Caroline
Hiei
Evans
Kellogg Plume
Washington
Lottery Indictments Hit New Orleans and Beyond
The U S grand jury indicted Louisiana and other state residents for sending lottery matter by express. Defendants include Harry Daponte James A Pierce Albert Fourcade Abe Frielander with others from Mississippi Louisiana New Jersey and Georgia. Accused used fictitious names in transmission and receipt of lottery material tied to Mexican lottery firms.
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New Orleans
Mar
United States Grand Jury
Louisiana
Express
Harry Daponte
James A. Pierce
Albert Fourcade
Abe Frielander
L. M. Wilpon
Meridan
Miss
C. W. Bradley
Monroe
Luther Bailey
Bridgeton
N. J
Louis Meyer
Brunswick
Lotéria de Bluefields Y
Adams in Idaho Court Feels Threatened If Released
Special to The Washington War Wallace Idaho March Steve Adams was brought to court and waived bond then returned to jail. He admits signing a confession implicating federation officers in the Steunenberg case and fears for his safety if released. The State says Adams will be tried again.
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Washington
Wallace
Idaho
Mar
Steve Adams
Western Federation of Miners
Steunenberg
Adams
Licensed to Marry in Maryland and D C, Obscure Pairs
Fragmentary notice lists Samuel I Suzman 28 and Lina Miller 19 both of Baltimore with Rev George C Bacon. also George Martit 28 and Elizabeth White 23 of Brookland DC. E E Marshal, Percy E Padgett 21 and Mabel EB 22 with Rev George C Bacon or similar officiant names.
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Samuel I. Suzman
Lina Miller
Baltimore
Lewi. O'Neal
George Martit
Elizabeth White
Brookland
D. C. Hey
E. E. Marshal
Percy E. Padgett
Mabel EB
George C Bacon
Deaths in Health Office Record March 7 list
Health Office record from March 7 lists deaths including Adelaide E Spurgeon at Home for Incurables aged 82, Charles H Mullin at Casualty Hospital aged 47, John Faykin at Soldiers' Home aged 67, Reuben Robinson aged 6d years, Mary Davis aged 40, Cornelius Brown aged 60, Charles Ferguson at Freedmen's Hospital, Etome Jackson aged 4 days, among others.
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Adelaide E. Spurgeon
Charles H. Mullin
John Faykin
Doke A. Moreland, Jr
Reuben Robinson
Mary Davis
St. Aw
Cornelius Brown
Charles Ferguson
Etome Jackson
Women Lose Day as Parliament Backs Law on Suffrage Debate
In London a heated House of Commons session failed to pass Dickinson's liberal women suffrage bill. Prime Minister Campbell-Bannerman signaled government division on principle while protesters and suffragists mobilized outside Exeter Hall. Prominent figures and supporters voiced mixed views as the debate closed amid police guard plans against disorderly demonstrations.
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London
Mar
House of Commons
Dicking
Dickinson
Bir
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Whitehead
Cremer
Tabor Party
Exeter Hall
James Teétr Hardie
House of Commana
Philip Snowdon
Charles B. Aked
Pembroke Chapel
Liverpool
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
New York
Israel Zangwill
Eve
Mr. Aked
Fifth Avene Baptist Church
Francis’ Cook
Misa
Tennessee Claflin
Reactionists Defeated in Dubious Dourma Session
St Petersburg March 8 reports a complete victory for the Constitutional Democrats in the Dourma session. A record vote of 379 backed M. Schilnokoff for secretary of the assembly, Golovin announced next business would be electing secretaries and examining member mandates. The result signals growing CD influence among workers and peasants. Stolypin's government program is anticipated next week, with the opposition trying to avoid violence when he appears.
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Washington Post
St.Petersburg
Dourma
Constitutional Democrats
M. ‘Schilnokoff
Assembly
Golovin
Stolypin
Tribune
Sutro's New Play John Glayde's Honor At St James
Special cable dispatch reports Alfred Sutro's new play John Glayde's Honor premiering at the St James Theater in London with strong American drama elements. John Glayde, a powerful iron king, piles wealth and luxury while a rumored affair tests his control as he pursues his wife and an Paris artist. The plot centers on deceit, power, and a climactic studio confrontation.
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John Glayde
Cable Dispatch
Washington
London
Mar
Alfred’ Sutro
St. James Theater
Glayde
Paris
Norfolk to Lakes Railway Consolidation Boosts Virginia Route
Richmond March report notes the Virginian Railway consolidation of Tidewater and Deep Water Railways forming a continuous line from Norfolk to the Great Lakes. The $33,500,000 capital merger is led by Hy Rogers of New York, signaling a major interstate rail deal.
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Richmond
Mar
Virelnig Railway Company
Staite ¢ Sofas
Tidewater Railway
Viremnia
Deep Water Railway
West Virginia
Tidewater Company
Hy . Rogers
New York
A. Standard
Family Twins Surge Across Brown Line in St Louis
Special to The Weahington Fest Ravenna Ohio reports E R Brown of eight sets of twins in his family. The eldest son in St Louis recently welcomed the sixth set of twins one boy and one girl. Browns say their lineage remained strong well before President Roosevelt's policies. Mrs Brown, deceased eleven years, was a full Cherokee. At the World’s Fair weights showed twins totaling over two hundred and eighty pounds, the heaviest being 320 pounds.
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Ravenna
Ohio
Mar
E. R. Brown
St. Louis
Brown
Roosevelt
Emperor Honors Tower Dinner With Kaiser's Tea Talk
Berlin reports a state dinner at the American Embassy honoring Emperor William with eight ladies present. The Kaiser gave lilacs, violets, photographs, and gifts to the Tower family while discussing German red samoware, tea over beer, and American anti liquor laws. He noted potato cultivation and its use in alcohol production.
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The
Washington Post
Berlin
William
Tower
Baronexb von Ketteler
Peking
Burgess
Stolra
Diuch
America
Heala
Germany
Yaquis On Warpath In Mexico Border Fight
From Fr. Paso Texas letters received today report Yaqui troubles persist and Mexican troops lack full control. An officer and eleven Mexican soldiers from Fort San Mareial were killed in a fight while attempting to transport ore and supplies under heavy guard.
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Paso
Tex
Mar
A. J. Hardick
Sonora
Mexico
Fort San Mareial
I.ts Agecasary
Locked Door Costs Life In Apartment Fire Tragedy
Special to The Washing and New York. Magdalene Butler of Fourth Avenue failed to find her key and left her three year old daughter alone in a kitchen chair as smoke filled the apartment. Capt. Devaney and Roundaman broke down the door to a fatal fire, the baby burned to death.
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New York
Mar
Magdalene .Butler
Fourth Avenue
Devaney
Roundaman
Ketehuni
Fourth Precinct
Rich diamond field found near Elliott County Kentucky
General Sam Pearson reported from Charleston that a rich diamond bearing outcrop may lie in Elliott County Kentucky near the West Virginia line. Reported gems include pyrope, ilmenite, jet black stones, two carat olivine, bright emeralds, diopside and mica with other minerals. Pearson, after surveying the crater, believes diamonds will be found in the extinct volcano crater.
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Washington Post
Charleston
Elliott County
West Virginia
Transvaal
Sam ‘Pearson
South Africa
Boy Desperado Sentenced to Protectory for Shooting at Merchant
Special to The Weslington New York reports Stephen Broderick, fourteen, who had lived with his parents at 458 Fleshing arc nue, was sent to the protectory for an indefinite term by Judge Wilkin of the Children’s Court. The gang's leader’s conduct turned increasingly dangerous, with threats and violent acts against an insurance solicitor and local shopkeeper Terry who sheltered the man. Broderick’s arrest stemmed from a confrontation when a musket and a revolver were present. he fled to the station house after a shot was fired nearby. He had previously evaded a larceny warrant due to address changes.
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Weslington
New
York
Mar
Stephen Broderick
Wilkin
Fiilm
Steve
Jessel James
Iddac
Terry
Derry
Bad Jong
Waterbury cremation fund dance raises smoky joke
Waterbury Branch No. 32 of the Cremation Association of America reports a lively event to fund future needs. President Max Meislinger explains that proceeds—dubbed a smoke fund—will finance members’ welfare as attendees joke about burning poles rather than burying them.
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Waterbury
Conn
Max Meisginger
Observes 113th Birthday Woman Lived in Administration
Mrs Elizabeth Breedman Freeman celebrated her 113th birthday at her home in Clarion County. Known as Aunt Betty she has served under every U S President and claims tobacco smoking for ninety years. She was born near Connellsville and attends the Presbyterian Church. She has memorized nearly the entire Bible.
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Pennsylvania
Freedman
Connellsville
Presbyterian Church
Missing New York Woman Sparks Seashore Mystery
Atlantic City reports the disappearance of Miss Lilian Haas a fifty year old woman who arrived from New York weeks ago and lodged at the Chetwood House. She left the hotel after breakfast about a week ago and has not been seen or heard from since. investigators say she seemed cheerful and well supplied with means.
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Cable Dispa
Cwacngton Font
Atlantic City
Lilian
Chetwood House
Haas
New York
Potel
Dog Uses Telephone Across Hundred Mile Gap
In Winsted Connecticut on March 8 a Boston bull terrier owned by Dr Charles F Chandler of Columbia University spoke with his master and mistress using a telephone between New Hartford and New York City about 100 miles apart. The dog recognized Mrs. Chandler's voice and barked in response, while the dog and mistress conversed across the line.
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Washington
Conn
Boston
Charles F., Chandler
Columbia University
New ‘Hartford
New York City
Chandler
Death of Freeman Rasin longtime Baltimore political chief
Freeman Rasin a Democrat leader in Baltimore for thirty five years and political chief of staff to the late Senator Arthur P Gorman died at his home after a paralytic illness two weeks earlier He was born in Kent County Maryland in 1837 educated at Washington College moved to Baltimore and held posts including clerk of the Court of Common Pleas naval officer for the port of Baltimore and Maryland Insurance Commissioner His ties to Gorman began in 1872 and continued until Gormans death leaving a large family of grown children.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
T. Freeman Rasin
Arthur P. Gor
Racin
Brown
Carroll W. Rasin
Razin
Cty
Gorman
Charles’ J. Bonaparte
Maryland
T. Freeman
Rasin
Kent County
Robert Wilson Rasin
Mary “Rebecca Ringgold ” Rasin
Washington College
Chester
Cleveland
Mr. Rayin
Berlin
Germany
Tate
Paris in Darkness Strikes Stop Fire Extinguishers
Paris faces a strike as 3,300 skilled workers halt work and extinguish central station fires. Some stations’ electrical apparatus damaged, missing parts may take days to replace. Telephonic and telegraphic services suffer little due to private plants. gas fires patrolled by police. subway operations continue despite outages.
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Paris
Parisian
Mrs Thomas Sues Again For Divorce In Boston
Mrs Mary Elizabeth Thomas of Peabody petitions for divorce from millionaire Elmer Barrows Thomas after ten years of marriage. The libel cites cruel treatment and seeks custody of their two children. The case echoes a notorious North Shore society split involving prominent families and mutual friendships.
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Washington Post
Boston
Mar
Mary
Elizabeth Thomas
Peabody
Elmer Barrows Thomas
Thomas
North Shore
Tof Peabody
Phillip.c. Simonds
New Hampshire
Peabody & Great Deal
Venezuelan expels Kingston pastor on trip
Rev. Dr. J. G. Van Slyke of Kingston’s First Reformed Church was arrested in Caracas while returning home from a Southern trip. Venezuelan law barred foreign clergy from entering the country. after inquiry he was released by the American consul on condition he refrain from religious duties for seven days and depart.
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Kingston
J. G van Slyke
First Reformed Church of
Caracas
Venezuela
van Slyke
Wesult
Prince Converse Dies In Almshouse In New Orleans
John Converse, once famed in New Orleans society as Prince Converse, died today in an alms house. He claimed wealth in youth and ties to Montreal and the English royal family. Local lore tied him to a rumored incognito visit by the Prince of Wales in New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Mar
John Converse
Mutt Couple Die Same Hour From Apoplexy
Fred Mutt and his wife Susan, long separated after a quarrel early in their marriage, both died today in their Trenton homes. They were found at the same hour, each having succumbed to apoplexy, the same disease.
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Washington Post
Trenton
N. J
Fred Mutt
Susan
Hach
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