Supreme Court upholds Minneapolis Sunday closing law
The Supreme Court of the United States rules Minnesota v Val Marciniak does not violate the federal constitution. Marciniak, owner of a Minneapolis saloon, was fined 25 dollars and failed at state level before appealing to federal court where the decision was sustained. Chief Justice Fuller announced the ruling without a written opinion.
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Federal Supreme Court
Minneapolis
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
State of
Minnesota
Val Marciniak
Marciniak
State Supreme Court
Federal Court
Supreme Court
Fuller
Mourner Refuses Carriage Driver From Nonunion Crew
In West Scranton a funeral was disrupted when a mourner declined a carriage driven by a nonunion man. The Liverymen and Undertakers Association president ordered carriages back. The refusing mourner was persuaded to ride after all, and the procession proceeded.
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Scranton
West Scranton
Reunon
Liverymen’s and Undertakers' Association
Goldfield Debates Deportation Evidence and Troop Withdrawal
Goldfield Nev December 24 mine owners vow to appeal to the president after federal troops are set to depart December 30. They claim new proof of a Western Federation of Miners deportation using rifles. Sheriff Ingalls plans to hire at least fifty deputies to guard the mines after troops leave.
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Goldfield
Nev
Washington
Western Federation of Miners
Ingalls
Cox
Aan
Western Federation
Rescue Work Halted in Pittsburgh Coal Mine Disaster
In Jacobs Creek Pennsylvania rescuers halted after penetrating about two miles due to gas and fire damp. Forty six bodies were recovered and 228 names on the missing list with estimates of deaths now exceeding two hundred.
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Jacobs Creek
Pittsburg
Five Die In Compressed Air Tunnel Blast
In Paris near Notre Dame five laborers were killed when a sudden caisson collapse in the unfinished Metropolitan subway tunnel under the Seine released a blast of compressed air. The accident forced a shield out of position and hurled workers against a concrete wall. Others fled to the exit ladder, all escaping unharmed.
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Paris
Seine
Notre Dame
Chatham Suffers Brief Severe Wind Hurricane
In Chatham Massachusetts on December 24 a brief hurricane-like wind storm overturned small boats on the beach uprooted trees toppled chimneys and scattered movable objects. The fury lasted about five minutes before calming.
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Chatham
Mass
Chicago worker found with 3023 in coat lining
Police report that David Ehler, a Chicago and Northwestern section hand, was killed by a switch engine in the yards. Three thousand twenty three dollars sewn in his coat lining baffles investigators as to the source of the funds, with even his wife unaware of any wealth beyond scant wages.
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Chicago
David Ehler
Chicago and Northwestern
Ehler
Child Killed in Rehearsal Accident at School Grounds
In Chippewa Falls Wisconsin on December 24 Charles Vance nine years old was killed during a play rehearsal when a loaded cartridge was accidentally used instead of a blank cartridge supplied for the scene.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
Charles Vance
Republican Club of New York Endorses Hughes for President
The Republican Club of New York City endorsed Governor Charles Evans Hughes for the 1908 presidential nomination and urged GOP groups nationwide to cooperate in his campaign. Over 300 members attended. nine voted against, favoring a more open delegate process.
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New York
Republican Club
Hughes
Charles Evans Hughes
United States of America
Joh Hedges
Movement to reelect Roosevelt and Johnson elevated to VP
Thomas W. Lawson announces in New York that he will launch a movement to back President Roosevelt for reelection and Governor John A. Johnson of Minnesota for vice president. He argues Roosevelt is essential to save the country from disaster and warns financial interests would fund either party to defeat them. Lawson says Bryan is honest but money power could discredit him early.
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Boston
Thomas W. Lawson
New York
Roosevelt
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
Lawson
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Calls On Cortelyou Remain Calm In Cabinet Ties
Washington says Taft and Cortelyou dispel rumors of enmity as Taft visits Cortelyou resting at home with grip. The president-elect and his secretary handled a lengthy talk and dismissed hostile gossip about presidential patronage and future power.
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Washington
Taft
Mr. Taft
Mr. Cortelyou
Brown Will Challenged Over Paternity Clause
In Salt Lake City the guardian for Mrs. Anna Bradley seeks to break Senator Brown's will claiming his disavowal of her children shows mental incapacity at drawing time. The suit, filed against the Brown estate valued at $50,000, argues habitual intoxication affected soundness of mind.
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Salt Lake City
Anna Bradley
Senator Brown
Ad Liteam
Mary Maddison
Bradley
Arthur Brown Bradley
Martin Montgomery Bradley
Washington
Brown
Denver league forwards first payment to DNC chair
The Denver Convention league sent 25000 dollars the first installment of 100000 dollars pledged to the Democratic national committee and forwarded it to Chairman Thomas Taggart at French Licks Indiana. The balance will be paid in installments on January 22 February 2 and March 22. Reids Station Georgia December 24. Bryant ten year old daughter of J D Bryant was killed by a lightning strike that wrecked the home and injured fifteen others.
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Denver
Democratic National Committee
Denver Convention League
Thomas Taggart
French Licks
Ind
Reids Station
Seder
Bryant
J D. Bryant
Mahdi Mol
Witness Withdraws Key Statements in Harden Von Moltke Case
In Berlin the Harden von Moltke trial saw Frau von Elbe modify prior testimony after an afternoon session opened to the public. Physicians testifying noted neurasthenia, while an expert withdrew an earlier opinion. detectives added no definite abnormality. A Munich probe was ordered into her reliability. In a separate report, a train wreck near Wabasha, Minnesota left George Dutcher dead after switch cars toppled onto him.
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Berlin
Harden-Von Moltke
Frau von Elbe
Count von Moltke
Herr Harden
von Moltke
Frau von
Munich
Professor Schweninger
Chancellor von Bismarck
Wabasha, Minn
George Dutcher
St. Paul
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Dutcher
Panama Canal excavation records set in Isthmus work
Washington reports reveal that last month’s Panama canal excavation totaled 1,838,486 cubic yards, enough to cover ten blocks to a forty foot depth. Goethals and the commission show ongoing progress, comparing pace to the Suez and Manchester canals, with yellow fever absent for over eighteen months and health steadily improving.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Goethals
Cheops
Suez Canal
DeLesseps
Manchester Ship Canal
Keil Canal
Panama
St Louis University athletes showcased strength in odd weighoff near Brocket
Seattle report notes football players lift and bear a pig weighing forty two pounds as part of a strength display. Describes the feat of carrying multiple times their own weight and compares it to the bite of an ostrich. Exchange.
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Seattle
Wash
St. Louis University
Brocket
Street car collision injures man on First Avenue
Minneapolis dispatch reports Thomas C. Hough of 2738 Oakland Avenue was badly cut about the head and possibly internally injured in a collision with a street car on First Avenue. His wife and daughter Edith were thrown from the automobile but escaped injury. Hough's injuries are described as serious.
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Minneapolis
First Avenue
Thomas C. Hough
Oakland Avenue
Edith
Hough
Not Guilty Verdict in Terra Cotta Wreck Case
A Washington jury returned a not guilty verdict for Engineer Hilderbrand Con ductor Hoffmeyer Fireman McClellan and Brakeman Rudder on manslaughter charges tied to the December 30 1906 Baltimore and Ohio wreck at Terra Cotta DC in which forty three were killed and many injured. The defense argued a double green signal misled the crew and that Takoma Park station was effectively dead. The government contends the equipment train arrived at Silver Springs at 6 30 with the block extended to University Station. Railway brotherhoods supported the defense.
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Washington
Hilderbrand
Hoffmeyer
McClellan
Rudder
Terra Cotta
D. C
Baltimore and Ohio
Silver Springs
Takoma Park
Takoma
University Station
Land Fraud Trial Dates Set for Oregon Cases
Francis J. Heney of San Francisco announced dates of January 13 to start the land fraud trials in Oregon. The special Justice Department official, traveling with Attorney General Bonaparte, said a definite agreement was made though he did not disclose details. A White House conference with President Roosevelt addressed the case status but he offered no specifics.
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Washington
Oregon
Francis J. Heney
San Francisco
Department of Justice
Bonaparte
Heney
Chicago
White House
Roosevelt
Mr. Heney
Supreme Court Denies Greene and Gaynor Certiorari
Macon Georgia December 24 text notes the U S Supreme Court denying certiorari in the Greene and Gaynor case leaving no legal path to stave off their penitentiary sentences. W W Osborne comments on the decision as cannot save them and Gaynor contemplates a Christmas without dinner.
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Macon
Greene
Gaynor
W. W Osborne
Supreme Court of the United States
Washington
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