STATE CALLS EVELYN MAY ANNUL THAW'S MARRIAGE
In New York on March 8 1907 the Thaw case defense rested as court convened and adjourned to 10 30 the next morning. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw left court served with subpoenas to produce Thaw letters she testified she had given to lawyer Hartridge. Rumors spoke of estrangement and possible separation plans if Thaw were acquitted.
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New York
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Jerome
Thaw
Shakot
Hartridge
Delmas
Dong
Stanford White
Miss MacKenzie
Funeral Directors and Embalmers Directory Included
A long list of funeral directors and embalmers appears with multiple firms named. Hindle and Bayliss, Thos. R. Nalley & Son, R. F. Harvey's Sons, John M. Mitchell's Son, W. R. Speare, Adolph J. Schippert, Thos. S. Sergeon, T. A. Costello & Bro, WM. H. Riley, Frank Geier's Sons, John R. Wright Co., J. William Lee, WM. Sardo & Co., George P. Zarhorst, Shaffer Florist, and others are shown with addresses and phone numbers. The column notes service scope, chapels, and connection offerings.
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R. Nalley
W. R. Speare
F Street
N. W
Adolph J. Schippert
Ani Pa
Thos. S. Sergeon
R. Cain
Tolavhons
T. A. Costello & Bro
Erebalmers
H Street
Riley
Codertaker
Embalnee
Frank Geier
John R. Wright CO
North 47
J. William Lee
WM. H. Sardo & CO
Mont. Nu
Phono Eart
George P. Zarhorst
East Capitol
Thaw claim blotches crime at Raberg Street
A man calling himself Benjamin F Jenkins and claiming to be Harry Thaw fired three shots at Winnie Johns at 635 Raberg Street early this morning. He stood on the porch while intoxicated, rang the bell, and after being turned away drew a pistol saying he was Thaw and she Nesbit before firing. One bullet lodged in the ceiling, another in the door, and the third in the 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 Ashore Off Louisburg After Terrific Storm
The Mexican Line steamer Sokoto, bound to Louisburg to coal and then Havana and Mexican ports, went aground on White Rock Shoals during a storm. Two powerful tugs failed to float her as seas broke over the vessel with no shore communications yet confirming damage. The Sokoto 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 Over Milford Heir
Frank C. Plume of Milford Pa plans to appeal a will provision in Waterbury Connecticut that cuts him off except for 25 dollars weekly. The estate, valued near 300000 dollars, names Plume’s sister Emily and her husband Governor Joan Gary Evans of South Carolina as nearest kin. Plume claims undue influence by Evans and his wife. He was close to his daughter Kellogg Plume and previously received 14000 dollars for the child. The Chicago Post special reports.
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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
A United States grand jury indicted Louisiana residents and others on charges of sending lottery matter by express. Named New Orleans figures include Harry Daponte James A Pierce Albert Fourcade and Abe Friedlander. Others accused use of fictitious names in transmission and receipt of lottery matter involving 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 Fear of Assassination After Confession
Special to The Washington War Wallace Idaho March Steve Adams was brought into court and waived bond, returned to jail. He admits signing a confession implicating Western Federation of Miners officials in the Steunenberg cage, fearing release on bond could endanger him. The State says he will be tried again.
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Washington
Wallace
Idaho
Mar
Steve Adams
Western Federation of Miners
Steunenberg
Adams
Licensed to Marry Long Baltimore Brookland Couples
A list of names for marriages appears, including Samuel I. Suzman aged 28 and Lina Miller 19 of Baltimore, George Martit 28 and Elizabeth White 23 of Brookland, D C, and Percy E. Padgett 21 and Mabel EB 22 with Rev George C Bacon noted.
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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
Adelaide E Spurgeon 82 Home for Incurables Charles H Mullin 47 Casualty Hospites John Faykin 67 Soldiers Home doke A Moreland jr 1 mo Reuben Robinson 6d Mary Davis 40 Cornelius Brown 60 Charles Ferguson 35 Freedmen Hospital Etome Jackson 4 days 82% 10th wt
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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 Body Debates Enfranchisement Bill
Britain's House of Commons halted the women suffrage bill after a long debate. Premier Campbell-Bannerman supported the principle but opposed the current measure, while suffragists held Exeter Hall rally vowing to press on. Notable figures James Keir Hardie Israel Zangwill Rev Aked and Lady Cook contributed to the campaign.
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London
Mar
House of Commons
Dicking
Dickinson
Bir
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Whitehead
Cremer
Algo
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 Dourma Session
St Petersburg reports a complete victory for the Constitutional Democrats as 379 votes backed M. Schilnokoff for secretary of the assembly. Golovin announced upcoming elections for secretaries and scrutiny of member mandates. The result suggests CD gains among workers and peasants, reducing anticipated violence when Stolypin presents government plans next week.
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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
London writer Alfred Sutro presents John Glayde's Honor a dramatic portrayal of an American iron king whose quest for wealth corrupts his life. The initial American production at the St James Theater in London sparks notes of power, luxury, and marital strain as the husband confronts his wife's artist lover.
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John Glayde
Cable Dispatch
Washington
London
Mar
Alfred’ Sutro
St. James Theater
Glayde
Paris
Changes in Theatre and Railway News From Norfolk to Lakes
A theatre review praises a modern play as daring yet potentially unpopular, noting English cast and George Alexander in the lead. Separately, Norfolk reports the Virginian and Tidewater railways plan consolidation, creating a line from Norfolk to the Great Lakes with $33.5 million capital, controlled by Hy Rogers of New York.
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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 story from Ravenna on long line of twins
Special dispatch from Ravenna Ohio reports E R Brown of eight twin sets across generations. His eldest son in St Louis welcomed the sixth set of twins born to the son's wife, each pair including a boy. The Browns trace strong lineage including a Cherokee relation from Mrs Brown who died eleven years ago.
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Ravenna
Ohio
Mar
E. R. Brown
St. Louis
Brown
Roosevelt
Emperor Honors Tower Dinner With Kaiser's Tea Talk
Berlin dispatch reports at an American Embassy dinner for Emperor William II. Mrs Tower and other dignitaries attended as the Kaiser discussed German military life and tea culture. He noted U S anti liquor laws and suggested improvements while praising potato use for alcohol production.
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Kaiser
The
Washington Post
Berlin
William
Tower
Baronexb von Ketteler
Peking
Burgess
Stolra
Diuch
America
Heala
Germany
Yaquis On Warpath In Sonora Mining Fight
Fr Paso reports letters from A J Hardick a miner in Sonora Mexico say Yaqui troubles not over Mexican troops not in full control An officer and eleven Mexican soldiers from Fort San Mareial killed in a clash Indians attacked 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 Of 3 Month Old Ed In NY Apartment
Special to The Washing and New York City reports a mother Magdalene Butler of Fourth Avenue failed to locate her key and left her three month old daughter Ed alone in a high chair. Neighbors noticed smoke. Capt. Devaney and Roundaman broke the door and found the baby dead in a kitchen fire. Butler, aged and distraught, could not recall the key’s location.
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New York
Mar
Magdalene .Butler
Fourth Avenue
Devaney
Roundaman
Ketehuni
Fourth Precinct
Rich diamond field found in Elliott County Ky
The Washington Post reports a potential diamond field near Elliott County Kentucky close to the West Virginia line. Geologists describe a volcanic crater with kimberlite pipes showing gems including pyrope ilmenite jet black olivine emerald and mica. General Sam Pearson returning from South Africa predicts diamonds will be found in the crater area.
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Washington Post
Charleston
Elliott County
West Virginia
Transvaal
Sam ‘Pearson
South Africa
Boy Desperado Sentenced to Protectory for Shooting at Shelter
Special to The Weslington New York. Stephen Broderick fourteen years old, who has lived with his parents at 458 Fleshing arc nue, was sent to the protectory for an indefinite term by Judge Wilkin in the Children’s Court. The boy led a year of excitable gang activity, becoming irritable and prone to violence, and his arrest followed threats against an insurance solicitor who sought shelter in a grocer’s store. A gun misfired during a confrontation as Steve attempted intimidation, prompting police intervention and his arraignment after a report to the station house.
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Weslington
New
York
Mar
Stephen Broderick
Wilkin
Fiilm
Steve
Jessel James
Iddac
Terry
Derry
Bad Jong
Waterbury cremation fund dance sparks grim humor
In Waterbury on March 6 Waterbury Branch No 32 of the Cremation Association of America joked over a fundraising event described as a smoke fund after claims enough eggs were brought to turn six members into ashes. President Max Meis ginger led the crowd in cheerful banter as undertakers watched.
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Waterbury
Conn
Max Meisginger
Observes 113th Birthday of Pennsylvania Woman
Mrs Elizabeth Freedman of Clarion County celebrates her 113th birthday in Pittsboro noting she has lived through every U S president. Affectionately known as Aunt Betty she has twenty great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren. She still enjoys tobacco and claims it partly aided her long life and credits her church and Bible memorization.
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Pennsylvania
Freedman
Connellsville
Presbyterian Church
Missing New York Woman Disappears From Seashore Hotel
Atlantic City reports the disappearance of Miss Lilian Haas aged about fifty from the Chetwood House. She came from New York several weeks ago and left after breakfast a week ago. Despite searches by the detective force and hotel staff, no trace of Miss Haas has been found or heard from since she left the hotel. Her friends in New York were notified but have not located her either. She was described as cheerful and well supplied with money.
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May MacKenzie
Gina
Miss MacKenzie
Thaw
Jerome
J. J. Caine
Boston
Bingaman
Pittsboro
Decmar
Kittanning
Copley
Allan McLane
Hamilton
Black, Olcott, Gruber & Bonynge
Austin Flint
Charles Macdonald
William Mabon
Evelyn Thaw
Cable Dispa
Cwacngton Font
Atlantic City
Lilian
Chetwood House
Haas
New York
Potel
Dog Uses Telephone Across 100 Miles in Boston Bull’s Talk
In Winsted Connecticut on March 8 a clever Boston bulldog owned by Dr Charles F Chandler of Columbia University spoke with his master and mistress over the telephone between New Hartford and New York City a span of 100 miles. The dog recognized Mrs Chandler’s voice and barked in reply, while the humans also conversed with the canine.
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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
T 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 illness he helped keep Gorman in power and his passing may trigger political upheaval in Maryland Born in Kent County Maryland March 11 1835 he later 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 He was a long time Democratic executive committee member and father of a large family
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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 Strikers Extinguish Fires Amid City Blackout
Paris confronts a strike as 3.30 skilled workers halt work and extinguish central station fires. Some parts of electrical equipment were removed, delaying full restart for up to a week. Telephonic and telegraphic services largely intact, gas lamps dark along certain boulevards watched by patrols. metro service continues.
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Paris
Parisian
Mrs Thomas Sues Again for Divorce from Millionaire Husband
Boston reports Mrs Mary Elizabeth Thomas of Peabody sues for divorce from Elmer Barrows Thomas after ten years of marriage alleging gruel and abusive treatment seeks custody of their two children. The case follows a widely publicized prior separation involving related Peabody and New Hampshire social circles.
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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 exile of Kingston pastor details
Rev. Dr. J. G Van Slyke of Kingston returned home after an extended Southern trip during which he was arrested in Caracas. He was told foreign clergymen were barred from entering Venezuela and, after consul mediation, released on condition he refrain from religious duties for seven days before leaving the country.
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Kingston
J. G van Slyke
First Reformed Church of
Caracas
Venezuela
van Slyke
Wesult
Prince Converse Dies in New Orleans Almshouse
John Converse known as Prince Converse dies in an New Orleans alms house after twenty years as a clubman. He claimed wealth in youth and to have lived in Montreal and was said to be related to the English royal family. The nickname Prince stems from a tale involving a visit of Prince of Wales incognito.
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New Orleans
Mar
John Converse
Couple Die Same Hour After Quarrel in Early Marriage
Fred Mutt and his wife Susan, longtime separated, both died today in Trenton New Jersey. Each was found dead at about the same hour of the day and both perished from apoplexy, the same disease.
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Washington Post
Trenton
N. J
Fred Mutt
Susan
Hach
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Kent
Hindle & Bayliss, Undertakers
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Gude
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Justice Fitzgerald
Abraham Hummel
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Terome
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Wiley
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Norfolk
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Waltham Watch Company
Tham, Mass
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