Justice Harlan Thirty Years On Supreme Bench
Washington notes Justice John Marshall Harlan marks thirty years on the U S Supreme Court since 1877. The piece highlights his swift rise from Kentucky judge to jurist and his Civil War service, famed opinions in Nebraska freight rate and Northern Securities cases, and his broad connections with national leaders.
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Washington, D.C
Supreme Court of the United States
John Marshal Harlan
Harlan
Supreme Court
Anguet
Story and Fields
McLean
Ohio
Wayne
Georgia
Cath
Bushrod Washington
Virginia
Lfe
No Man
Lui
Land
Supreme Bench
Nebragks
Northern Securities
Boyd County
Kentucky
Center College
Transylvania University
Blue Grass State
Washington
Gen. Grant
Roscoe, Conkling
James G. Blaine
Thomas A. Hendricks
Schuyler Colfax
Henry
Bryan Visits New Haven for Bennett Memorial Fountain Dedication
William J. Bryan spoke at the Bennett memorial fountain dedication in New Haven as Democrats from across New England gathered. Mayor John P. Studley accepted the dedication on behalf of the city. A New England Democratic Progressive League conference followed with leaders including Alexander Troup. A banquet at the Trenten Hotel featured George Williams, Governor Higgins, and Augustus Thomas. Bryan to tour major New England cities tomorrow.
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New Haven
Conn
William J. Bryan
Bennett Memorial
New England
Bryan
John P. Studley
Democratic Progressive League
Alexander Troup
Trentine Hotel
Mr. Bryan
George
Fred Williams
Massachusetts
Higgins
Rhode
Flavoring extract choice affects cake success
The text argues that flavoring extracts determine cake outcomes and recommends Blue Ribbon Vanilla for reliable, perfect results.
Pay Your Taxes Now Four Days Left
Pay your taxes now with a 23 percent discount ending soon then a 5 percent increase after a set date. Treasurer D G Lilly states timely payment saves money and urges residents to address the matter at 107 Princeton Avenue.
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Ery Sy
D. G. Lilly
Princeton Avenue
Santa Claus Store Opens New Goods at 5 and 10c
Local ad notes the Santa Claus Store at 30 Bland Street opposite the post office opening new goods. The brief item lists continued 5 and 10 cent merchandise and announces the store’s regular stock.
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Santa Claus
Bland Street
Freight crash at crowded trolley crossing in Waterbury
Five factory workers were killed and six injured when an extra Hartford bound freight crashed into a trolley car carrying twenty five bound for a Oakville pin factory. Flagman Flauin and Conductor Dillon were arrested with the motorman uncharged. Gates were up and flagman waved a clear track.
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Waterbury, Conn
West Main Street
Highland Division
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railway
Pin
Oakville
Flauin
Dillon
West Virginia Weekend Forecast Sees Fair Weather
The forecast calls for fair conditions on Saturday with warmer nights. Sunday also turns warmer across the state as conditions stay dry and calm.
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West Virginia
Multiple Sketches of Death Fires and Trials Across Cities
News briefs from Richmond Virginia Gloucester Massachusetts Nashville Tennessee and other cities report a hanging for murder a fatal fire causing injuries and property loss Arbor Day observances and legal actions including a manslaughter case in New York and a Louisiana gubernatorial campaign death plus a tobacco seizure and release order involving cigarettes bound for London and Singapore.
Bradley Case Heads to Jury After Delayed Arguments
Washington reports the Bradley murder trial proceeds with evidence complete and jury deliberation set for Monday. Experts for the government testified Mrs Bradley showed no insanity, while defense challenged their impartiality and noted her sane conduct during the shooting of Brown.
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Washington
Annie M. Bradley
Justice Stafford
Justice Stafford Fad
Edward H. Brush
Baltimore
Smith Ely Jelliffe
New York
Mrs. Bradley
Brush
Bruch
Bradley
Pey
Jelliffe
Radley
Brown
David H. Utter
Denver
Colo
Dr. Utter
Utter
Henrietta Marshall
Favor Resumption of Cash Payments
Replies from over six hundred banks to the Chicago clearing house indicate broad support for resuming cash payments. Pressure grows to secure a common New York date, with Chicago and New York leading a nationwide move as grain markets rise and grain movements and rail freight increase. Western roads eye car supply while some workers return after layoffs.
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Chicago
Chicago Clearing House
New York
Great Northern Railway
Comptroller Ridgeley Promises Hope For Currency
Comptroller of the Currency Ridgeley returned from Springfield Illinois with a message of hope. He spoke with bankers in Chicago and expects currency payments to resume within ten days. Treasury approved certificates for the full hundred million dollars of indebtedness. A Philadelphia Trades League delegation led by Senator Penrose urged relief from currency drain. Cortelyou said he authorized seven hundred fifty thousand dollars more circulation for Philadelphia banks and may keep receipts in banks or make further deposits.
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Washington
Ridgeley
Springfield
Ill
West
Chicago
Treasury Department
Trades League of Philadelphia
Penrose
Cortelyou
Philadelphia
Internal Revenue, Customs
Post Office
Customs, Internal Revenue and Post Office
Aged Woman Victim of a Negro Brute
Richmond Virginia reports Mrs. Mary Perry aged ninety one was criminally assaulted in her home by James Booker a negro who entered through a rear window. The assault aimed at the daughter but the intruder was unfamiliar with the premises. Two citizens clubbed him into unconsciousness. Booker lies in a hospital in critical condition.
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Richmond
Mary Perry
James Booker
Knickerbocker Trust to Resume Operations After Crisis
The Sutterlee committee of depositors met in New York to approve a plan for the rehabilitation and early reopening of the Knickerbocker Trust Company. They rejected slow payment of claims and plans for a holding company, aiming for a swift restart of business. details await approval by other depositors, likely tomorrow.
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New York
Knickerbocker Trust Company
Sutterlee Committee of
Meeting of Historians in Cincinnati Opens Conference
A conference of the Central Ohio Valley Historical Association began at the University of Cincinnati with Arthur W. Dunn presiding. Papers were given by Reuben Goldthwaite Arch er E Hulbert FE Randal Mrs Jennie C Morton Virgil A Lewis and William Dudley Foulke among others.
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Cincinnati
Central Ohio Valley Historical Association
University of Cincinnati
Arthur W. Dunn
Indiana State Historical Society
Reuben Goldthwaite
Wisconsin Historical Society
Archer E. Hulbert
Marietta
FE. O. Randal
Ohio State Agriculture Society
Jennie C. Morton
Kentucky State Historical Society
Virgil A. Lewis
State Department of Archives and History of
West Virginia
William Dudley Foulke
Indiana
Association
Three Men Wounded in a Pistol Duel in Oakland
A pistol battle in Oakland California last night involved a deputy sheriff and a special policeman against a Chinaman and four white men. About fifty shots were fired. The special policeman Maderek W M Ryan and Wong Leong were wounded Wong Leong is near death. Muredek and Ryan were not seriously hurt.
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Oakland
Cal
Maderek
W. M. Ryan
Wong Leong
Muredek
Ryan
Lord Fairfax Returns to New York Banking Ties
Albert Kirby Fairfax, twelfth Fairfax baron, arrived in New York aboard the Adriatic and is linked to the Union Club of New York. He may resume banking in the United States after earlier work with Baring, Magoun & Co., and roles in English and international banking. He has sisters Mrs. Tunstall Smith of Baltimore and Mrs. Rhett of New York.
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New York
Albert Kirby Fairfax
Fairfax
John Conte Fairfax
Northampton
Union Club of
Lord Fairfix
England
Baring, Magoun & Co
Baron Kinnaird
Lord Fairfax
Baron Cameron
Tunstall Smith
Baltimore
Rhett
Large Cavalry Movement From Texas to San Francisco
One of the largest government troop movements in years began as units of the Third and Sixth Cavalry left Fort Sam Houston and Fort Clark for San Francisco. Nearly 700 officers and men travel with horses and equipment, requiring ten trains to reach the port for embarkation to the Philippines.
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San Antonio
Investigate Mills and Factories of South New York
Under National Civic Federation direction investigators from this city will survey southern mills and factories the first week in January. The study will last several months and examine employee pay working conditions and workers' lifestyles. The welfare department seeks broader Southern manufacturer representation on its executive committee.
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New York
National Civic Federation
Welfare Department
Federation
South representation limited on executive committee
The passage notes only four southern members among sixty on the executive committee. It lists Lewis W. Parker of Greers, S C. Thomas F. Parker of Greeneville, S C. R. A. Tompkins of Charlotte, N C. and Elizer Smith of Pelzer, S C, with Charles A. Moore as chairman and other notables including W. A. Clark and Heinz among the ranks.
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South
Lewis W. Parker
Greers
8. C
Thomas F. Parker
Greeneville
George Otis Draper
Massachusetts
H. J. Heinz
Pittsburg
J. K. Ruttschnitt
San Francisco
Cyrus H. MecCormick
Chicago
Theodore P. Shants
New York
Nathan Straus
Pierre S. Dupont
Delaware
Defense Seeks to Limit Evidence in Powers Goebel Case
The defense in the Caleb Powers trial suggests the fatal shot to Goebel came from the secretary of state office to shorten testimony. Civil engineer RE M Woodson testified he removed a bullet from a blackberry tree near the state house and identified the bullet lodged in the tree.
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Georgetown
Caleb Powers
William Goebel
Secrrtary of State
Goebel
RE. M. Woodson
State House
Woodson
Secretary of State Powers’ Office
Little Progress Made in the Walsh Trial
In Chicago on November 2 a new bid to bring before the jury John R. Walsh’s personal accounts failed. Judge Anderson barred testimony by Walsh’s bookkeeper McKay about personal checks saying it would amount to Walsh testifying against himself. Harris also testified on bond value methods, showing railroad fare issues exceeded ordinary prudence.
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Chicago
Ills
John R. Walsh
United States District Court
Anderson
McKay
Walsh
McKay A. W. Harris
Harris
Subscriptions to Certificates Closed
Washington announces final closing of the three percent one year certificates. Secretary Cortelyou states no new allotments will be made after Wednesday night and no further subscriptions will be considered. Some allotments may not be made from subscriptions already in hand on Wednesday.
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Washington
Cortelyou
Husband shoots wife then kills himself in Hinston
Alfred Hintton fired on his wife after declaring divorce, wounding her, then shot himself in the head, dying instantly. The incident occurred in Hinston on November 29.
Bank Looters Case Promises Quick Arrests in Brooklyn
After the Borough Bank robbery investigators seek all who could access the closed bank and promise arrests soon. Police expect most stolen books and papers have been destroyed though prosecutors say they know what the documents show. Assistant D A Elder calls the theft no shield for the guilty in New York.
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New York
Borough Bank
Brooklyn
Secret Service Witness Poisoned in Los Angeles Case
Trinidad Vasquez a Mexican government secret service officer and chief witness in Villareal and Rivera revolutionist cases was poisoned today in Los Angeles. Poison believed to be in his food this noon he is expected to recover.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Trinidad Vasquez
Secret Service
Villareal
Rivera
Thirteen Hanged in Odessa Trial
Odessa reports that thirteen terrorists have been hanged this week after field court martial proceedings. Officials say the executions deter disorder and spur police to a more fearless duty.
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Odessa
Foraker to contest Ohio delegation with Taft support
Senator Foraker declares he will contest Ohio’s delegation to the Republican national convention with Secretary Taft. He mails a letter defending his stance on the railroad rate bill, arguing railroads must invest to expand capacity and that restraining legislation now would hamper growth. The Ohio Republican League endorsed Foraker for senator and president.
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Washington
Foraker
Ohio
Taft
Conrad Mattern
Ohio Republican League
Senator Foraker
The
League
United States
Nebraska-born man freed after twenty years in Mexican jail
James Kenzbury of Nebraska, seventy-five, was released from a Guadalajara prison after nearly twenty years. He had killed Alberto Sanchez in a land dispute in Jalisco following an attack with a knife. His case involved a long delayed trial, no witnesses, and government appeals leading to reversal and release. His 5,000 acre ranch and wealth were cited in reports.
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Giveston
Texas
James Kenzbury
Nebraska
Guadalajara
Jalisco
Alberto Sanchez
Kenzburg
Diaz
Kenzbury
Mexico
Wealthy Widow and Beauty Doctor Secretly Wed in Milan
A Cleveland dispatch reports the ceremony in St Peter's Cathedral New York between Dr Harry Chapin known as the beauty doctor and Mrs Valentine Fries widow of a millionaire lumberman. Relatives in Milan say the wedding came after a romance sparked by facial cream experiments. Fries Landing founder valued the estate uncertainly.
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New York
Cleveland
The
Times
Milan
Ohio
St. Peter's
Harry Chapin
Valentine Fries
Fries
Fries Landing
Huron County
Huron River
French Reinforcements Fight Beni Hassen Along Algerian Frontier
Heavy French reinforcements pour into Oran as fierce fighting rages along the frontier with Beni Hassen tribesmen who captured Babelassa outpost yesterday and now burn villages. Rebels grow stronger and a holy war declaration is expected as Gallic forces press to quell the revolt. Sublette & Barney advise fever precautions through fruit.
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Oran
Algeria
Beni Hassen
Babelassa
Debt Notice From The Paris Store
All parties indebted to The Paris Store please call and settle at once. Pay directly to bookkeeper in the office of The Paris Store. 11 30 2 WM. SAMETH
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Paris
Sameth
Last Notice to Taxpayers and Local Sales Bits
Last notice to taxpayers states until November 80th to pay taxes with a two and a half percent discount. The message invites timely payment with a one week two percent savings and signs by William P. Wile D.8 in Room 1 at the Telephone Building. Also notes a big fur sale at Ferrell's and fresh fish and oysters at Sublette and Parnes.
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P. i Wley
D. 8
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Mr. Harlan
Murray Bay
Canada
Golf ‘Club
Superior Supply CO
Bluefield, W. Va
R. E. Rolling
W. B. Hicks
Asst
L. E. Tierney
W. H. Thomas
Flat Top National Bank OF
Bluefield
W. VA
Les
Thomas H. Peery
W. D. Thornhill
P. J. Kelly
B. 8. Pedigo
J. D. Er
C. B. Hancock
L. EB. Tierney
R. M. Garrett
E. L. Bailey
C. O. Wright
B. A. Heller
BE. E. Carter, Pres
D. R. Wood
Union Bank and Trust Company
Edwin Mann
W. C. Pollock
Cashier
L. A. Hooper
First National Bank of
Bent
Flagman
John Gillison
Madison
Pearl Thomas
Gloucester
Mars
Harvard
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Supreme Court of Appeals
Butte
Mont
Cody
Wyo
Copenhagen
Norden
A. W. Smith
New York Vvjentrel and
Hudson River Railroad
Kerley
Baton Rouge
Leon Jastremeki
Louisiana
Knights of Pythias
Norfolk
London
Singapore
Waddill
British American Tobacco Company
Bradley Case
Meeting of Historians
Secretary of State
Sublette & Barney
Ferrell's
Sublette & Parnes
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