Minnesota Rail Rates Upheld by Supreme Court
The U S Supreme Court ruled today that states may fix reasonable interstate rail rates until Congress acts, in the Minnesota freight and passenger rate cases. The court also set broad principles for railroad property valuation, and held Minnesota would confiscate the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad property with its maximum freight and 2 cent passenger fare law, ordering an injunction against enforcement for the rail line for now.
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Court finds NP and Great Northern rates not confiscatory
The court ruled that Northern Pacific and Great Northern failed to prove their rates were unreasonable or confiscatory, reversing a prior U.S. District Court ruling in Minnesota that had held otherwise.
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Coldest June 9 on record hits crops nationwide
Yesterday's cold wave chilled crops across the United States with frost and snow in many areas. In New England, the Middle Atlantic, and the lake region the weather bureau logged the coldest June day on record, with the city noting a prior 1884 low of 42 degrees on June 15.
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Frosts Kill Crops Across Regions Amid Cold Spell
Frosts last night completed crop destruction in the Lake region Ohio Valley and mid Atlantic mountain districts. In Pennsylvania temperatures fell to 40 degrees and Grand Rapids Michigan reported damage. The month of roses persisted elsewhere, except in the southern West.
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Socialists Wed in Locked Office at 39 Court Street
Kenneth Macgowan of Harvard and Edna Behre of Radcliffe married by Justice of the Peace James Fraser in a closed fourth floor office. The ceremony drew no crowd beyond a witness from Everett. Macgowan, Harvard Socialist leader and Boston Transcript assistant dramatic editor, and Behre left with a quiver of jonquil bouquet in her hand.
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Student’s Socialism Sparks Romantic Turn at Radcliffe
The narrator recalls living with Theodore F. Behre as a roommate in college. He meets his roommate’s sister Edna Behre at Radcliffe where she is a student. A lively discussion of socialist ideas leads to romantic attachment as she completes her degree with a thesis on socialism.
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Governor Foss Veto Record Soars With 27 Actions
The veto count up to the Meaney bill includes 27, with 20 sustained by the Legislature and five overridden, leaving two pending. Foss has set a new yearly veto high, though sustaining records remain unmatched. Previous years show varied outcomes, including 18 vetoes in the prior year with nine sustains and nine overrides. The note mentions prior governors and a medical ad about Horsford's Acid Phosphate.
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Americans Win Davis Cup Tie Against Australia
New York June 9. The United States clinched the Davis Cup preliminaries by winning the final matches at the West Side Tennis Club. Maurice E McLoughlin defeated Stanley N Doust in straight sets 6-4 6-4 6-3. R Norris Williams Jr outlasted H M Rice 1-6 4-6 6-1 9-7 6-2 to seal the victory.
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McLoughliin Edges Doust to Force Series Finish
McLoughliin defeated Doust to clinch a series by victory, with continuation noted on Page I First Column as readers awaited the final outcome. The match highlighted a pivotal moment in a contest against players from the island continent.
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Husband Sees Wife Drowned in Maine River
In Portland Maine on June 9 Ada M Turner 53 of Westbrook drowned in the Presumpscott River while her husband Albert J Turner unable to swim tried to save her. She lost balance from a boat while tossing brush into the water, he jumped but she sank before he could reach her. The body was recovered.
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Man Injured After Fall From Staging at Harvard Power House
Owen Scanlon of 126 Smith Street slipped from the staging at the Harvard Medical School power house yesterday morning and suffered a broken thigh bone in his left leg.
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Local Baseball Scores and Page references
Lawrence Worcester seven Brockton six Lowell two Lynn one New Bedford zero Portland nine Fall River two. Detailed stories of baseball and other sports on Pages ten and eleven.
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Jewelry worth $10 000 packed ready for flight
John M. Richards aged 18, said to be from Princeton Me, was captured in the basement of Frederic Winthrop's Back Bay home at 299 Berkeley street by Special Officer John Lyons and Patrolman J. J. Delaney. Richards had been in the house since Sunday, wore Winthrop's clothes, and two small suitcases held nearly $10,000 in jewelry, books, champagne, and a revolver.
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Burglary Suspect Richards Found Armed After Release
Richards, nearly starved after being released Saturday afternoon from the Charles street jail on a breaking and entering charge, wore a 50 round cartridge belt and a large automatic pistol holster. He pointed the Colt at two officers who had entered the basement to pursue him, as revolvers hid behind a boiler. He had awaited grand jury action when released after no bill was returned. He had found a bed, tobacco, liquors, and ice water despite confinement.
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West End
Red Sox Nearing The First Division Milestone
The Red Sox victory over Cleveland and the loss by Chicago and Washington moved the Worlds Champions closer to the first division, now within 212 games of the target.
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Astronomical Notes from the Year’s Calendar
On the 161st day of the year with ten days till summer the observatory notes the early morning rise of Venus at 2 04 a m and Mars at 1 31 a m while Jupiter climbs at 9 02 p m and Saturn at 3 38 a m. Auto lamps are to light at 7 50 p m.
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Boston Area Weather Forecast for Early Week
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for fair skies Tuesday and Wednesday with continued cool conditions. Moderate northerly winds expected, followed by light to moderate northwest winds in northern New England and light to moderate winds in Southern New England.
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