Freight Tariffs Under Fire as Railroads Face Injunction
Chicago March 24 Judge Grosscup Granted a temporary restraining order against several railways to halt alleged discriminatory freight rates under the interstate commerce act. The government contends rate discrimination harmed shippers while railroads defend lawful pricing. the order runs until June 1 and may extend.
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Chicago
Grosscup
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Chicago & St. Louis
Fort Wayne
Michigan Central
Ilinois Central
Chicago & Northwestern
Grosseup
Courts of Equity
W. A. Day
United States
Ilegally
Jude Day
Attempted murder shocks Spokane woman in divorce case
Jacob Jones shot at his estranged wife Alice Jones in Spokane. He forced entry at 210 South Howard Street, fired three times, and surrendered after confessing. Mrs Jones lies delirious with a back neck wound. divorce filed about ten days earlier cited brutal treatment. recovery listed as unlikely. If she dies, it would mark the first murder in nearly three years in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
Jacob Jones
Alice Jones
Jones
South Howard Street
State land sale to W. H. Pierce near Corvallis
Helena dispatch reports March 24 that the state board of land commissioners sold five acres of Ravalli county school land near Corvallis to W. H. Pierce for $10 an acre for a crematory. Pierce requested donation but law requires minimum price of ten dollars per acre.
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The
Standard
Helena
State Board of Land Commissioners
W. H. Pierce
Corvallis
Ravalli County
Board approves five tract subdivision of school land near Lewistown
The board splits a half section of school land into five tracts for sale near Lewistown after a request from David Hilger. D R McGinnis asks to cancel state land leases near Galata Chateau county to buy the land, but the board says leases cannot be canceled before expiration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewistown
David Hilger
D. R. McGinnis
Galata
Chateau County
Journey full of perils in overland trek to New York
Harry de Windt, leading an overland expedition from Paris to New York, plans to push toward Sende-Kolymsk in East Siberia after 2000 miles of travel from Yakutsk. Officials warn of harsher than usual cold, epidemics, and famine, risking a winter halt if May arrival is not achieved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Harry de Windt
Paris
New York
Yakutsk
Siberia
Sedne-Kolymsk
de Windt
Aleady
Sende-Kolymsk
Douglas Will Bring Suit Over Northern Securities Merger
Attorney General Douglas will file in Saint Paul within ten days an injunction action to restrain Northern Securities from voting stock of Northern Pacific and Great Northern railways. The case names Northern Securities, Great Northern, and Northern Pacific as defendants. Burlington not included.
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Minnesota
St. Paul, Minn
Douglas
St. Paul
Northern Securities Company
Northern Pacific
Great Northen
Great Northern
Northern Pacific Companies
Burlington
Mob lynching reported in Alabama near Troy
In Troy Alabama on March 24 Bill Seigler a Black man charged in an incident involving a white girl was killed by a mob seven miles from town. A preliminary hearing sent him to the grand jury despite an overwhelmed sheriff. The coroner's jury found he died at the hands of unknown persons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Ala
Bill Seigler
Harriman Tour Ends In El Paso As Rail Chief Tours Mexico
E H Harriman president of the Southern Pacific and party arrived in El Paso at noon and left for San Francisco at 2 pm after a three week Mexican tour. Harriman called the trip for pleasure in Mexico while noting it is his first annual inspection trip of the Southern Pacific lines. Vice President Kruttschnitt accompanied him and made a similar statement.
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el Paso
Texas
E. H. Harriman
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Mexico
Harriman
Kruttschnitt
Portland Gold Mining Company Not Closing Mine
James F. Burns, president of the Portland Gold Mining company, says a report that the Portland mine would close April 1 is his private opinion and not the directors' view. Another company officer states the mine will not close down and no action has been taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
James F. Burns
Portland Gold Mining Company
Portland
Coloroad City
Lehigh Valley resumes full schedule after flood shutdown
Traffic on the Lehigh Valley railroad returns to normal between Wilkesbarre and Mauch Chunk after floods washed away two main line bridges on February 28. Service had run over the Central Railroad of New Jersey between Mauch Chunk and Wilkesbarre during the interruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Wilkesbarre
Mauch Chunk
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Central Railroad of New
Dillon's Suspension Limited by One Week
London March 24 A. J. Balfour won government approval to limit John Dillon's suspension in the house of commons to one week without debate. The motion passed as read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
A. J. Balfour
House of Commons
John Dillon
Supreme Court Recess Announced After Opinions
Washington March 24. After announcing a few opinions the United States supreme court recessed today until April 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Congress Seeks Unified Cuban Policy In White House Talk
A White House meeting brought together President and key Republican House members to discuss Cuban reciprocity and harmonize opposition. The talks touched on Sibley and Payne bill issues, proposed sugar refinements surcharge, and possible rebates with no firm conclusion, aiming for unified action on Cuba.
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Washington
White House
House of Representatives
Ways and Means Committee
Tawney and Morris
Minnesota
Ohio
William A. Smith
Michigan
Minor
Wisconsin
Metcalf
California
Dayton
West Virginia
Cuba
Wood
Root
General Wood
Congress
Sibley
United States
Payne
War Department meets over Cuban government preparations
Secretary Root and General Wood discuss legislation to stabilize the Cuban republic’s economy. Wood opposes a 20 percent import duty as relief and seeks more liberal concessions. Palma to visit Washington for talks with Wood and Root ahead of Palma’s May 1 inauguration. U S troops to stay only as long as needed to ensure peace and complete the transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Root
Wood
Cuba
Palma
New York
General Wood
Republic
Senor Palma
United States
Governor Receives Inquiry On Missing Father
Miss Lottie Moore of Salt Lake City asks where her father Walter Moore is. He last wrote four years ago. then he was living in the western part of the state and working as a miner. The governor has received the inquiry from Helena on March 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Standard
Helena
Lottie Moore
Salt Lake City
Walter Moore
New Mining Firms Form in Montana
Special dispatch from Helena reports the incorporation of The Big Black Foot Mining Company by T. F. Richardson G. H. Stanton and S. McPherson of Great Falls with capital of $100000. The Consolidated Gold Sapphire Mining Company was incorporated by ?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard
Helena
Big Blackfoot Mining Company
T. F. Richardson
G. H., Stanton
S. McPherson
Great Falls
Consolidated Gold Sapphire Mining Company
Fatal Rail Collision Shuts Pittsburg, Youngstown Line
A head-on crash between freight trains on the Pittsburg Youngstown and Ashtabula division in heavy fog kills four men and injuries three. The deceased include Norman Graham and Thomas James firemen, Charles Blackburn brakeman, with survivors Carl Bishop George Weather and Frank Brown. Cause under investigation as engineers claim they had orders to proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
Ohio
Pittsburg, Youngstown
Ashtabula
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Road
Norman Graham
Newcastle
Thomas James
Charles Blackburn
Erie Road
Carl Bishop
George Weather
Eric
Frank Brown
Four Killed in Lake Hill Engine Explosion
A westbound freight engine No. 206 exploded at Lake hill about 3 am injuring and killing four men including engineer William Wilton of Ogden brakeman I A Uphoff and fireman Roy Mansa. The boiler and upper engine parts were blown 50 feet from the roadbed while trucks stayed on rails. A supposed tramp was identified as William T Myers of Genessee Ill. Officials sent experts to determine cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake
Lake Hill
Ogden
William Wilton
I. A. Uphoff
Roy Mansa
Southern Pacific
Lake, Nev
William T. Myers
Genessee
Ill
Company 6
Lth Infantry
Tampa
Fla
Spurn American Assistance At Penn Church Funds
A dispute arose between the Penn Buckinghamshire vestry and their vicar over American money raised to repair Penn church. Rev. Kerby said he secured funds from the United States and would return donations after parishioners objected to the appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Penn Church
Buckinghamshire
Kerby
United States
Penn
Blythe Estate in Court Denies Certiorari Review
In a fourth related ruling the United States Supreme Court refused to grant a writ of certiorari in the Blythe estate matter. Florence Blythe Hinckley, the daughter, retains title to the California property as relatives’ challenges fail. The circuit court of appeals for the Ninth Circuit previously ruled in her favor, and today the case rests on that opinion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Thomas Blythe
California
Florence Blythe Hinckley
Circuit Court of Appeals
Ninth Circuit
Powell Clayton Jr Leaves Mexico Post After Duel Refusal
Official state department report confirms Powell Chiyton Jr son of Ambassador Clayton and former US military attache left his post in Mexico City on August 8 after refusing to duel. A prior Christmas brawl was a misapprehension in the tale, and a banquet honored him before departure with notable Mexican officials and social figures present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Powell Chiyton, Jr
Clayton
United States
Mexico
Department
Censorship Order Vacated By U S Government
Secretary Hay notified that protests by United States Minister Hart at Bogota and Isthmus councils led to vacating the order for Colombian censorship of official dispatches from consuls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hay
United States
Hart
Bogota
Italian Expedition Against Tripoli Rumors Persist
Rome reports continued rumors that Italy is fitting out an expedition against Tripoli with ships at Naples and Spezzia. The government has persistently denied the plan, though without categoric rejection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Tripoli
Naples
Spezzia
Italy
Swamp Root Cure Noted in Patient Letter
A testimonial from James Cook and officers of the Reempaize Precinct in New York praises Swamp Root by Dr Kilmer & Co. The letter claims kidney and bladder relief after using samples and eight bottles, asserting renewed health and sleep. The notice promotes Swamp Root with drugstore availability and a free sample offer by mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
James Cook
Hugh E. Boyle
Reempaize
Greater
New York
John J. Bodkin
Dr. Kilmer
Bec U Science
Binghamton
N. Y
Anaconda Daily Standard
Topeka nurse horsewhips mayor in temperance protest
Miss Blanche Boise a nurse and protege of Mrs Nation whips Mayor Parker in his city hall office in Topeka. She declares she will horsewhip Governor Stanley and Judge Hazen next to force enforcement of temperance laws. Parker resists and Boise exits calling for more action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Blanche Boise
Mrs. Nation
Parker
Miss Boise
Associated Press
Double murder and suicide reported in Chicago home
Chicago police report indicate James Towns, his wife, and their 8-year-old daughter were found dead in bed from gas asphyxiation. A range plug was removed and the man’s arm lay over the child, suggesting murder and suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
James Towns
Sealing Season Ends With Record Poor Catch
The steamer Newfoundland, first sealing ship back from the ice, reports the worst fishing season on record. Sailed March 10, cruised the Gulf of St. Lawrence with no ice or seals, then collided with a small iceberg damaging her stem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John's
N. F
Newfoundland
Belle Isle Straits
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Newfoundland Sealing Fleet Faces Major Setback
The vessel, with 300 sealskins on board though capable of 40 000, entered the channel harbor near Cape Ray for repairs. March 15 saw the fleet with almost no seals. Algerine and Panther left the Gulf of St Lawrence for the North Atlantic, but Newfoundland reports little success. Twenty ships and 4 000 men are affected by the fishery’s failure.
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Channel
Cape Ray
Algerine
Panther
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Belle Isle Straits
North Atlantic
Newfoundland
Cruelty Claims Aboard French Bark Rene Blanche
Sailors aboard the French bark Rene Blanche arriving from Newcastle allege cruelty and near starvation during the Pacific voyage. Captain Loneau and mates face mutiny charges after sailors hoisted a police flag and landed Josef Verne in irons for a knife attack on the first mate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Newcastle
Pacific
Loneau
Josef Verne
Sailor Describes Cruel Conditions and Desertions
Clare Verne reports five to six days confined in foul small rooms with hardtack and water as punishment. He cites captains temper, torture of sailors, and mass desertions at Newcastle Melbourne and Hamburg, threatening to take the case to the French government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Verne
Verne
City
Newcastle
Melbourne
Hamburg
Smugling Attempt Leads to Arrest at Rio Grande
Smugeling Chinese in El Paso is reported with Wong King arrested by Inspector Joe D. Wier, aided by Mexican A Bargos who faces charges for trying to smuggle the Chinaman across the Rio Grande. Bargos reportedly resisted a year ago and shot the officer in the leg during a dark riverbank escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Tex
Wong King
Joe D. Wier
A. Bargos
Rio Grande
Pargos
Wier
Baldwin requests two three inch guns and shrapnel shells
Lieut. Col. Frank D. Baldwin of the Fourth Infantry, active against Filipino insurgents in Cavite, asks for two three inch guns and a supply of shrapnel shells due to inaccessible areas in the province.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Frank D. Baldwin
Fourth Infantry
Cavite
Cuban postal embezzlement cases yield prison terms
The audencia court in Havana sentences three defendants for postal fund embezzlement. F. C. W. Neeley receives 10 years in prison and a $56,701 fine, W. H. Reeves 10 years and $35,516, Estes G. Rathbone 10 years and $36,324.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Audencia Court
F. C. W. Neeley
W. H. Reeves
Estes G. Rathbone
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Interstate Commission
America
Alabama
Dillon
Supreme Court
Conlagies
Fantadl Eeelth
Auacoltu
Luis Awiul
Lorwise
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Jamen
John Ditchen
Charles Clark
Peter Schroff
Montana Standard Oil Company
E. T. Morris
J. H. Bryce
J. C. Hillman
D. Phelan
J. R. Hillman
Columbia Falls
Rochester German Insurance Company
Rochester
Montana
Xr. Roosevelt
Father
Gineer
Historic
Penn Church of
Blythe
Boyle
Nations Protege
Lash
Mr. Stanley
Hazen
Cious Circumstance
Neeley
F. C. W. Neely
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