STATE CALLS EVELYN MAY ANNUL THAW'S MARRIAGE
New York March 8 defense rested after court convened and adjournment ordered to 10:30 Monday. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw served with subpoena duces tecum to produce Thaw letters. she testified she would provide them though not in prosecution evidence. Rumors spoke of estrangement and possible separation plans if Thaw were acquitted, with comments from Howard Nesbit and relatives.
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Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Jerome
Thaw
Shakot
Hartridge
Howard Neabit
Harry Thaw
Yarmouth
England
Pittsburg
Lorraine
Delmas
Dong
Stanford White
Miss MacKenzie
Funeral Directors List and Ad Notices in Washington
A long column lists funeral directors with offices and phone numbers in Washington along with ornamental ads for funeral designs. The text also covers the ongoing Thaw murder trial including adjournments, witness plans, and potential rebuttal testimony, noting expected timelines and court strategies.
Thaw Parody Gunman Fires At Winnie Johns
A man calling himself Benjamin F Jenkins, intoxicated and claiming to be Harry Thaw, tried to shoot Winnie Johns at 635 Raberg Street after returning from an earlier visit. He fired three shots, none hit. one bullet lodged in the ceiling and another in the door.
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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 ran aground on White Rock Shoals near Louisburg during a fierce gale. Two powerful tugs attempted to refloat her, but she remains fast as communication with the shore is cut. Sokoto, owned by Hitler Dempster Company, had been en route from Halifax to Louisburg to take on coal for Havana and Mexican ports before the voyage was halted by the storm.
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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 seeks to overturn his father David E Plume's will alleging undue influence by Emily Plume wife Gov Joan Evans of South Carolina. The estate valued near 300000 grants Frank $25 weekly. Kellogg Plume received 14000. Frank plans appeal to restore kinship and future support.
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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 Against Louisiana And Others
A U S grand jury indicted Louisiana and other states’ citizens for sending lottery matter by express. Named New Orleans defendants include Harry Daponte James A Pierce Albert Fourcade and Abe Frielander. Others indicted are L M Wilpon Meridan Miss C W Bradley Monroe La Luther Bailey Bridgeton N J and Louis Meyer Brunswick Ga. The defendants allegedly 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 fears assassination after confession in Steunenberg case
Special to The Washington War reports Steve Adams was arraigned in Wallace Idaho and waived bond, returned to jail. He confessed implicating Western Federation of Miners officers in the Steunenberg killing, and fears release on bond could put him in danger. 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 Blended Baltimore Brookland Couples
A list of intended marriages appears with names and ages including Samuel I Suzman 28 and Lina Miller 19 both of Baltimore and George Martit 28 with Elizabeth White 23 of Brookland D C near shared clerical references Rev George C Bacon and Percy E Padgett 21 with Mabel EB 22.
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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
Health Office Record Deaths Reported to March Seventh
Health office record of deaths to March seventh lists Adelaide Spurgeon 82 at Home for Incurables Charles Mullin 47 at Casualty Hospital John Faykin 67 at Soldiers Home Reuben Robinson 60 years Mary Davis 40 years Cornelius Brown 60 years Charles Ferguson 35 at Freedmen Hospital Etome Jackson 48? at 10th Street West 4 days
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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 Suffrage Bill Fails in Commons
Debates over Dickinson's liberal suffrage bill stretched late as Conservatives and Liberal opponents blocked passage. Premier Campbell-Bannerman indicated government stance to defer to House decision while pledges and police precautions underscored intense, heated proceedings. A Exeter Hall rally followed with speakers including Hardie Snowdon Aked and Zangwill urging continued suffrage effort and funding from Lady Francis Cook.
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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 Dourma Session Victory for Constitutional Democrats
St Petersburg March 8 Today's Dourma session ended in a complete victory for the Constitutional Democrats. The vote of 379 for M Schilnokoff for secretary of the assembly was the highest yet recorded. President Golovin announced future business would include electing secretaries and verifying member mandates. The result signals growing CD influence among workers and peasants and a calmer reception expected when Prime Minister Stolypin appears to outline the government's program next week.
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Washington Post
St.Petersburg
Dourma
Constitutional Democrats
M. ‘Schilnokoff
Assembly
Golovin
Stolypin
Tribune
Sutro's New Play Daring John Glayde's Honor in New Drama
A Washington dispatch reports Alfred Sutro's John Glayde's Honor staged at St James Theater London to night. The English author writes a powerful American drama about John Glayde an iron king who pursues wealth and luxury while his wife flirts with an artist in Paris. He follows her to the studio as the tale unfolds amid infidelity and tension.
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Cable Dispatch
Washington
London
Mar
Alfred’ Sutro
St. James Theater
Glayde
Paris
George Alexander
Ambitious railway merger eyed from Norfolk to Great Lakes
Richmond Virginia reports a major rail deal as the Tidewater and Deep Water railways consolidate into the Virginian Company. The new outfit, backed by Hy Rogers of New York, plans continuous service from Norfolk to the Great Lakes, with capital rising from 100000 to 33500000 dollars.
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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 RUNS To TWINS From Ravenna Family Counts Sixth Set
Special to The Weahington Fest Ravenna Ohio reports E R Brown father of eight sets of twins learns eldest son in St Louis wife recently bore the sixth set to him one boy in each pair Mrs Brown a full blood Cherokee Indian who died eleven years ago. At the world fair twins weighed and totaled over two hundred pounds for the biggest pair at 320 pounds.
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Ravenna
Ohio
Mar
E. R. Brown
St. Louis
Brown
Roosevelt
Emperor William II Honors Dinner At American Embassy
Berlin reports the German emperor hosted a dinner at the American Embassy in his honor with 24 guests including eight women. He presented lilacs violets and photographs, discussed German military tea culture and anti liquor laws, and noted potato use in zinc production. Mrs Tower and Mrs von Ket teler attended. conversations touched on American alcohol laws and cross border saloons.
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Washington Post
Berlin
William
Tower
Baronexb von Ketteler
Peking
Burgess
Stolra
Diuch
America
Heala
Germany
Yaquis On Warpath In Sonora Mining Frontier
Letters from A J Hardick in Sonora report Yaqui trouble continues with Mexican troops unable to fully control the area. An officer and eleven Mexican soldiers from Fort San Mareial were killed in a clash as ore and supplies were moved 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 Infant in Snowbound Apt
Special to The Washing and New York describes Magdalene Butler of Fourth Avenue failing to recall her key leading to a December fire. Her three year old daughter Edna died in a high chair after a snowstorm cleared and smoke filled the apartment. Neighbors alerted authorities as Capt. Devaney and Roundaman broke in to discover the child dead.
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New York
Mar
Magdalene .Butler
Fourth Avenue
Devaney
Roundaman
Ketehuni
Fourth Precinct
Diamond field found in Elliott County Kentucky
Special to The Washington Post reports a rich diamond bearing outcrop near the West Virginia line in Elliott County Kentucky. A craterlike volcanic pipe yields kimberlite similar to Transvaal diamonds, with gems such as pyrope ilmenite jet black olivine emerald diopside and mica found on surface. Gen Sam Pearson, just from South Africa, predicts diamonds will be found in the crater of the extinct volcano.
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Washington Post
Charleston
Elliott County
West Virginia
Transvaal
Sam ‘Pearson
South Africa
Boy Desperado Sentenced For Shooting At Shelter Incident
Special to The Weslington New York reports fourteen year old Stephen Broderick, once a gang leader, was sent to the protectory for an indefinite term by Judge Wilkin in Children’s Court after a year of alarming episodes. The arrest stemmed from an incident where he fired near an insurance solicitor who sought shelter in a grocer’s store, and a mob threat pushed the boy toward firearms and disruption. Broderick’s wavering behavior and prior larceny warrant were noted by officials, with a history of eluding authorities due to family address changes.
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New
York
Mar
Stephen Broderick
Wilkin
Fiilm
Steve
Jessel James
Iddac
Terry
Derry
Bad Jong
Dance for Smoke Fund becomes cremation joke in Waterbury
Waterbury Branch No 32 of the Cremation Association of America hosts a dance praised by president Max Meis ginger, who jokes about burning bodies and a sinking fund. Attendees cheer as the plan to fund future needs shifts to a smoke fund, with undertakers peeking in from the doorway.
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Waterbury
Conn
Max Meisginger
Observes 113th Birthday in Cla rlington County
Aunt Betty Elizabeth Breedman Freedman of Clarion County celebrated her 113th birthday at home today, claiming to have lived in the administration of every U S president. Born near Connellsville, she is a Presbyterian and has memorized nearly the entire Bible. She has twenty great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren and has smoked tobacco for about ninety years, calling it partly responsible for her longevity.
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Pennsylvania
Freedman
Connellsville
Presbyterian Church
Missing Woman Disappears From Chetwood House
In Atlantic City on March 8 a missing New York woman, Miss Lilian Haas aged about fifty, left the Chetwood House after breakfast and has not been seen since. Detectives report no trace from the hotel staff or anywhere else, and New York authorities are unable to locate her. The missing woman was described as cheerful and well supplied with money and personal belongings.
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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 Winsted Conn on March 8 a Boston bull terrier owned by Dr Charles F Chandler a Columbia University instructor with a summer home in New Hartford spoke with his master and mistress via telephone between New Hartford and New York City a distance of about 100 miles. The dog reportedly recognized voices and barked in response during the call.
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Washington
Conn
Boston
Charles F., Chandler
Columbia University
New ‘Hartford
New York City
Chandler
Freeman Rasin, Baltimore Political Leader, Dies at Home
T Freeman Rasin a 35 year Democrat leader in Baltimore and political chief of staff to the late Senator Arthur P Gorman died at his home after a illness lasting two weeks He began in city politics in 1867 and held posts including clerk of the Court of Common Pleas naval officer for Baltimore port and Maryland Insurance Commissioner He was born March 11 183? in Kent County and was a long time ally of Gorman leaving a large family of grown children behind
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Gorman
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Kent County
Robert Wilson Rasin
Mary “Rebecca Ringgold ” Rasin
Washington College
Chester
Cleveland
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Berlin
Germany
Tate
Paris in Darkness Strikers Hit Central Stations
Paris faces disruption as workers strike halting central stations and extinguishing fires. About 3 30 skilled worksmen refuse to work, delaying restoration for 48 hours and up to a week for replacements. Telephonic and telegraphic services slow but private plants keep some operation. Police patrol gasless boulevards at night while the Metropolitan subway keeps running.
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Paris
Parisian
Mrs Thomas Sues for Divorce in Second Suit
Mrs Mary Elizabeth Thomas of Peabody sues millionaire husband Elmer Barrows Thomas for divorce for gruel and abusive treatment and seeks custody of their two children. The case follows a prior marriage dispute that attracted notable social attention on the North Shore with other wealthy friends also parting ways.
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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
Exiled American Pastor Detained in Caracas
Rev. Dr. J. G. Van Slyke of Kingston, pastor of the First Reformed Church, was arrested in Caracas while on a southern trip. Venezuelan law barred foreign clergy. he was released after promising not to perform religious duties for seven days and to depart the country.
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J. G van Slyke
First Reformed Church of
Caracas
Venezuela
van Slyke
Wesult
Prince Converse Dies in Almshouse in New Orleans
John Converse, once a noted New Orleans clubman known as Prince Converse, died today in a local alms house. He claimed wealth in youth and ties to Montreal and the British royal family, with the nickname stemming from a tale of attending a visit by the Prince of Wales incognito.
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New Orleans
Mar
John Converse
Trenton Couple Die in Separate Homes Hours Apart
Fred Mutt and his wife Susan, long separated after early quarrels, died today in their respective Trenton homes. Both deaths were reported at the same hour and attributed to apoplexy, a sudden disease.
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Washington Post
Trenton
N. J
Fred Mutt
Susan
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