Supreme Court to Reconvene Over Tobacco Trust Case
Washington notes the eight member bench may delay a pivotal ruling on the Sherman anti trust case against the American Tobacco Company. The decision could ban or preserve the trusts depending on whether the court favors the government. Justice Moody's disqualification leaves eight justices, risking tied votes and postponed ruling.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Tobacco Trust
Court of Last Appeals
Congress
United States
American Tobacco Company
Supreme Court
Lacombe
Circuit Court
Southern District of
New York
Supreme Bench
Moody
New York Stocks React To President's Speech
In New York on February 19 the market reacts to the president's speech outlining policy shifts. Traders monitor potential effects on defense and industry shares as economic signals ripple through trading floors.
Market Anxiety Over Corporations Fades as Factor
Text suggests speculation that anxiety about corporate relations to law has exhausted its role as a market driver, diminishing its influence on investor sentiment and price movements.
Rear Admiral Sebree Gains Retirement After Pacific Command
Washington reports Rear Admiral Uriel Sebree will relinQuish command of the United States Pacific Fleet in San Francisco as he reaches age sixty two and joins the retired list. He is succeeded by Rear Admiral Giles D. Harber, with John Hubbard taking over the third squadron.
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Washington
United States Pacific Fleet
Uriel Sebree
San Francisco
Giles D. Harber
Sebree
Navy
Missouri
United States Naval Academy
Boss” Tweed
Spain
Boodler
The
Baltimore
John Ericsson
Sweden
Schley
Greely
Valparaiso
Chile
Samoa
Harber
Pacific
Ohio
John Hubbard
Prisoners Taken From Cairo Jail Under Militia Guard
In Cairo Newfoundland and Labrador on February 19 twelve convicted prisoners were moved out of town by about 100 infantrymen to a distant prison. Among them was John P Pratt a Black man detained after a purse snatching sparked a planned lynching. Militia patrolled streets and the town remained quiet through the night.
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Cairo
John P Pratt
Body Found In River In Logansport
The body of John F. Johnson former president of the State National Bank in Logansport was found in the Wabash River. He had served six years for embezzling 550000 dollars and had recently worked as a grain broker. Authorities presume death by his own action.
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Logansport
Ind
John F. Johnson
State National Bank
Wabash River
Johnson
Run Over By Train Kills Norton Woman
Norton Virginia February 19 special. Joan Sailar a Hungarian and father in law of Norton Coal Companys butcher was killed when run over by the yard engine at about 3 pm He lost both legs and an arm in the accident and died two hours later He had started toward West Norton for two pigs and did not hear the approaching train
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Norton
Joan Sailar
Norton Coal Company
Sallar
The Girl From Rector's Engagement Canceled
The Girl From Rector's Company cancels its engagement in Lynchburg Virginia after an acting mayor orders suppression of the show. The Academy of Music opened its ticket office and reported strong advance sales before the cancellation.
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Lynchburg Va
Girl From
Rector's
Academy of Music
Advance Vale
Cook refuses interview over north pole claim
Dr. Frederick A. Cook, in Santiago Chile on February 19, declined an interview about his claim to have discovered the north pole. His only request was to be left in peace.
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Cook
Santiago
Chile
Frederick A. Cook
North Pole
Senate Unit Reports Rail Safety Bills to Reduce Casualties
Washington Senate committee on interstate commerce advances two safety bills to July 1 1911 rail car equipment rules and mandatory accident reporting. Bills enjoy railroad owner and ICC backing. debate includes court of commerce provisions and railroad bonds. Senator Scott seeks Tug Fork Big Sandy Dam funding and pensions for several state residents. local political moves noted.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Senator Elkins
United States
House
Interstate Commerce Commission
McCumber
Z. T. Vinson
Huntington
Court of Commerce
Scott
Big Sandy
Representative Hughes
Fleming Dudley
Fairmont
Elkins
Clark Jacob
Hanna
Lutz
Parkersburg
James Patterson Wellsburg
Rogers Pastolice
McDowell County
Filbert
Joineon
Berkeley Springs
House of Delegates
Memorial meeting planned for Richard W Gilder in Mendelssohn Hall
Governor Hughes Jacob Riis and Columbia University president Butler join a commemorative gathering tomorrow at Mendelssohn Hall. The event honors poet and editor Richard Wesson Gilder and will be hosted by the American Academy of Arts and Letters and Gilder's affiliated organizations.
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New York
Hughes
Jacob A. Riis
Butler
Columbia University
Mendelssohn Hall
Richard Weson Gilder
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Gilder
Birmingham man kills three children then kills himself
George Stephens, son of a prominent mine operator in Birmingham Alabama, shot and killed three of his children and fatally wounded the colored nurse before turning the pistol on himself and taking his own life.
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Birmingham
Ala
George Stephens
Italian freighter F. 8. Ciampa lost with twenty crew
Queenstown February 19 The Italian ship F. 8. Ciampa vanished in a gale off Dunwoody Bay with a crew of twenty. Wreckage washed ashore today confirming the loss.
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Queenstown
Ciampa
Dunwoody Bay
West Virginia and Virginia Weather Outlook
Partly cloudy and warmer in West Virginia on Sunday. Monday sees snow flurries and colder conditions. Virginia also warms Sunday with partly cloudy skies. Monday forecasts rain possible with moderate south winds.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Lavena Pressley Burned To Death In Allen Street Fire
Three year old Lavena Pressley died after clothes ignited from an open grate at the family home on Allen Street. Neighbors Bert Nunn and Charles Carson helped tear off burning garments to ease her agony before Dr. Thompson could do more. The child died about nine o'clock last night after hours of suffering.
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Lavena Pressley
Allen Street
Pressley
Bert Uunn
Charles Carson
William Pressley
Carson
Lavena
Gladys
Bert Nunn
Dr. Thompson
Nunn
Blackhand Chief in Federal Prison
New York report says Lupo the Wolfe Giuseppe Morello and six confederates were found guilty of making spurious money and were sentenced to hard labor in the federal prison at Atlanta for terms from fifteen to thirty years and fines up to $1,000 each, totaling 150 years and $7,600.
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New York
Lupo
Wolfe
America
Giuseppe Morello Calef
Atlanta
Condition of Tillman Improves But Speech Likely Gone
Tillman shows more encouraging condition with no unfavourable symptoms noted. If current state holds for a few days he may regain limb use, but speech power remains probably lost.
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Tillman
Senator Tillman in grave condition shows signs of recovery
Washington reports Senator Benjamin R. Tillman of South Carolina remains critically ill with paralysis and aphasia. Attending doctors say condition is grave but improving with no new unfavorable symptoms, and his vital organs function well. Dr. Pickford and Dr. Babcock consult as relatives gather at his bedside.
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Washington
Benjamin R. Tillman
South Carolina
J. W. Babcock
Senator Tillman
Columbia
S. C
KB. F. Pickford
Greenwood
8. C
Benjamin R. Tillman, Jr
Jim
Tillman
Tillman Writes Name Amid Stroke Recovery Test
Washington February 19 Senator Tillman surprised doctors with a show of dexterity as he slowly wrote his name thanks to a test by Dr Babcock using a lead pencil held in his paralyzed left hand. The scene demonstrated his retained comprehension and motor response despite the stroke paralyzing his right side.
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Washington
Babcock
Treatment advance raises hope for patient’s affliction
The report notes that the doctors gained hope from the development, believing it will prove highly valuable in the patient’s ongoing treatment and care for the illness.
Ballinger Pinchot Inquiry Nearing End
Washington notes the Ballinger-Pinchot inquiry case for the prosecution appears near completion as the committee adjourns until Friday. Gifford Pinchot may testify after a brief absence and cross examination of Louis Glavis ends. Henry M. Hoyt corroborates Glavis’ May 1909 contacts.
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Washington
Ballinger-Pinchot
Brandies
Gifford Pinchot
Pinchot
Louis R. Glavis
Henry M. Hoyt
Porto Rico
Glavis
Hoyt
Pierce
Cunningham
Alaska
Wickersham
News Forecast For The Next Six Days
Washington D C February 19 The United States Supreme Court reconvenes Monday with a possible landmark tobacco trust decision on the docket alongside Standard Oil and corporate tax cases The Philadelphia circuit court will hear the ant h racite coal trust suit Monday Washington’s birth anniversary holidays suspend public business Tuesday Taft to deliver two addresses in New York City and Newark Marie Louise Logan wed Henri de Lincay at St Patrick’s Cathedral New York Canada’s Nova Scotia legislature and Ottawa rifle association events slated The opening of King Edward VII’s new parliament dominates foreign coverage with the throne speech debate likely to stretch into March awaiting Lords veto issues
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Washington, D C
United States Supreme Court
Fct
Tobacco Trust
Ne Standard Oil
United States
Philadelphia
Washington
Taft
New York City
Board of Trade
Newark
Marie Louise Logan
John A. Logan
Henri de Lincay
Belgium
St. Patrick's Cathedral
New York
Canada
Nova Sec
Canadian Forestry Association
Fredericton
Toronto
Dominion Rifle Association
Ottawa
King Medward
House of Lords
Indian Appropriation Bill Fails to Move on Warehouses
The House spent six hours debating the Indian appropriation bill on February 19 with most time given to an amendment to abolish Indian warehouses in New York Chicago St Louis Omaha and San Francisco. The House adjourned until Monday without action and the Senate was not in session.
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Washington
House
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Omaha
San Francisco
Senate
Martial mood grows in Cairo as mob clashes loom
Four negro special deputies testified in the coroner's inquest into Alexander Halliday's death amid renewed anti negro agitation. Three hundred militiamen patrol streets at dusk as tension heightens with questions about who fired the fatal shot. The inquest, steeped in grand jury style, adjourned after sixteen witnesses.
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Cairo
Alexander Halliday
Halliday
Street Car Strike Triggers Riots in Philadelphia
Philadelphia faces a sudden strike by the Amalgamated Association against the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company at 10 o clock. Police and firemen battle turbulent crowds across several city sections as two street cars are burned and many attacked. Central city service nearly halts with cars heavily guarded.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
Sound Killing Wall Protects No 54 Residents
The sound killing wall between 50 and 54 East 9th Street shields No 54 apartments from printing presses in No 50, absorbing noise with hollow ferro-cotta blocks packed with mineral wool. The design, the city’s first filed for this purpose, may influence other cities and prompts interest from architects and builders.
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New York
East H9th Street
No. 54
New York City
Upegah Archhitect
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