Standard Oil Attorneys Fight Indictments In Federal Case
Chicago March 7 Attorneys for Standard Oil of Indiana prepared a strong defense in a federal court trial on indictments for alleged violation of the Sherman act. The day featured extended arguments over whether the government can prove the charges or must abandon the case. The defense challenged the use of Alton tariff sheets and cited routing from Whiting Indiana to East St Louis Illinois via the Chicago and Alton line. Judge Landis allowed the ferry tariff sheets as evidence, though the defense argued the Chicago and Alton railroad routed freight differently. F S Hollans of the Alton freight office testified about tariff publication and issuance details for much of the day.
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Chicago
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Standard Oil
Whiting
Ind
St. Is. Mo
Chicago and Alton
St. Louis
East St. Louis
Wiggins Ferry Company
Alton
Landis
Ferry Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago and Alton Railroad
F. S. Hollans
Alton Road
State Immigrant Passage Funding Declared Unlawful
Attorney General Bonaparteheld that it is unlawful for a state government to pay the passage of intending immigrants or to aid immigration beyond advertising. The South Carolina case raised $30,000 for immigrant expenses, prompting congressional discussion on contract labor and federal limits.
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Washington
Bonaparte
South Carolina
United States
Association For the Encouragement of Immigration
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Department Justice
Fort Department
Mother's testimony leaves Thaw trial tense and moving
Mrs. Thaw testifies on her son Harry Thaw after Paris 1903 life story reveal. She recalls his 1902 mood, sleeplessness, and marriage to Evelyn Nesbit, while the court considers madness questions and possible commissions.
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Justice Fitzgerald
New York
Experts in Thaw Trial Request Emergency Funds
New York March 7 District Attorney Jerome seeks an emergency appropriation of 15000 in special revenue bonds to pay experts hired by the state to testify on Harry Thaws sanity. The Board of Estimate and Apportionment is expected to grant the request. In Patrick murder trial the DA had secured more than 50000 to cover expert expenses.
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New York
Jerome
Metz
Harry Thaw
Board of Estimate
Albert T. Patrick
William M. Rice
Trial of Will J. Davis in 1903 Iroquois Theater fire
Danville Illinois March 7 The trial of Will J. Davis for manslaughter in the Iroquois theater fire stalls over legal points. Witnesses have returned to Chicago with notices for further action. The defense seeks to challenge the Chicago ordinance tied to the alleged violation.
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Danville
Will J. Davis
Chicago
Supreme Court
Suffragists Released After Commons Protest
London reports that Mrs Deshard and fellow suffragists were freed after prison terms for protests at the house of commons. Several vow to endure further jail time to compel authorities to enact suffrage legislation, insisting on martyrdom.
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London
Deshard
French
House of Commons
Christensen bill gives railroad commission electric line supervision
St Paul March 7 The house committee on express telegraph and electric railways approved the Christensen bill with an amendment uniting authority. It preserves city council powers and allows state oversight only when councils fail or for lines outside municipalities. The session moved other measures including underground cattle passes and a state gas inspector bill.
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St. Paul
House Committee On Express, Telegraph and Electric Railways
Christensen
State Railroad Commission
Railway Commission
House Committee
O. P. Nelson
Spring Grove
Seven injured as train collision rocks Neoga area
In Neoga on March 7 an eastbound passenger train No. 4 collided with local freight No. 29 on the Toledo St Laws and Western railroad. Seven people were injured, four seriously, including Edward Kennedy the freight engineer and Mrs Jora Welton of Greentown Indiana along with Allen Finskel Neoga and J Pord of Delphos Ohio.
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Neoga
Toledo, St. Laws
Death of Joseph Bespoles at 419 Toronto Avenue
In St. Paul on March 7, Joseph Bespoles aged thirty was found dying in a bathroom at 419 Toronto Avenue with a bullet wound to the head. He died thirty minutes after being taken to the city hospital. Bespoles worked as a delivery clerk for Elite laundry and no motive for suicide is known.
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Senate
J. E. C. Robinson
St. Cloud
H. H. Witherstine
Rochester
Game and Fish Commission
Seretor J. W. Wright
Litchfield
St. Paul
Joseph Bespoles
Toronto Avenue
City Hospital
Bespoles
Trainmen on Pennsylvania Railroad Avoid Strike
Differences between the Pennsylvania Railroad and its trainmen were settled after a conference between General Manager Atterbury and the grievance committee. Concessions were made by both sides with the Pittsburg pay scale extended to yards within forty five miles of the city. The wage increase is reported to total about $1,820,000 annually.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Atterbury
Pittsburg
Erie
Wreck of Dakota Remains Unsalvageable Near Yokohama
The Dakota liner wrecked off Mojima lighthouse March 3 remains in the same position forty miles from Yokohama. Salvage is impractical as only open boats can approach and strong west winds and waves threaten total abandonment of the vessel.
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Yokohama
Great Northern
Dakota
Mojima
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William Thaw
Thaw
Graeme M. Hammond
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SION
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L. C. Spooner
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W. H. Putnam
W. L. Hollister
Frank T. White
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HUB Department Store
Austin Steam Laundry
Eas Delivery
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Fox Hotel
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Drexel State Bank
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