State Supreme Court sustains the R. R. Law in brief decree
Denver reports the state supreme court issued a decree allowing the state railway commission to continue functions while dismissing quo warranto claims. The ruling reverses a lower court order, notes the action was a private relators effort, and calls the remedy a public matter best handled by the state.
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Denver
Colo
State Supreme Court
State Railway Commission
Supreme Court
District Court
High Court
Dickson
F. J. Chamberlin
Bulkeley Walls
Halstead
L. Ritter
Elephant snatches brides honeymoon cash from circus
Charles H. Garretson and wife sue the Seell s Floto Circus in Spokane claiming an elephant Hetty Green swallowed $235 from the husband during a honeymoon visit last year. The bride also cites distress from the lion Ben Tilman and seeks damages and interest. Nazum Nazum represent the plaintiffs. Judge Dewitt C. Weber to handle the circus case.
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Spokane
Wash
Charles H. Garretson
Wallace
Idaho
Seélls-Floto Circus Company
Garretson
Sella-Floto Circus
Indianapolis
Hetty Green
Drawing for Lands at Twin Falls Idaho
More than 4,000 land seekers filled Twin Falls Idaho for the irrigated lands drawing under the Salmon river project. C Paulsen of Greeley Colorado drew ticket number one for a quarter section. Registration reached 4,020 with land requests from 40 to 160 acres each. Applications totaled 500000 acres, over six times the supply.
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Twin Falls
Ida
Salmon River
C. Paulsen
Greeley
Colo
Keene's Colt Gelt Wins Brooklyn Handicap at Gravesend
Keene's Colt Gelt, a three year old bred by James R. Keene, won the Brooklyn Handicap at Gravesend. He set a new track record for the distance and completed the race in 2 minutes 4 1 5 seconds, with Fair Play second and Master Hobert third.
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New York
Cheerea
Celt
James RK. Keene
Gravesend
Scond
Master Hobert
Golden Fraction Mining Company Formed in Nevada
Cheyenne men organize the Golden Fraction Mining Company with 1,000,000 capital to operate at Rawhide Nevada. Officers are J L Thomas president Louisa C Manewal vice president Captain H A Clarke secretary treasurer and board members M R Hartung Fred G Hirsly. Clarke and Manewal, already in a mining brokerage, will travel to Carson to complete incorporation and then to Rawhide to open the office.
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Golden Fraction Mining Company
Nevada
Rawhide
Nev
Golden Fraction Company
J. L. Thomas
Louisa C. Manewal
H. A. Clarke
M. R. Hartung
Fred G. Hirsly
Clarke
Manewal
Irm
Roosevelt starts parade in Kingston centennial event
President Roosevelt pressed an electric button at 11 o clock in Washington to signal Kingston North Carolina to start a parade marking the 260th anniversary of the town's founding.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Kingston
N. C
Four More Teddy Years Four More Teddy Years
In Washington June 1 a campaign view states there will be no lukewarm endorsements of Roosevelt policies in the Republican platform if Secretary Taft and his allies shape it. After talks with the secretary of war the implication is that a Taft nomination would include a pledge to carry out Roosevelt policies and strive for those not yet enacted.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Taft
Chicago
Bank Robbery at Cuba Bank Ends With Escape
Four men robbed the State Bank of Cuba Kansas early today and fled with between 6000 and 8000 after a fight with citizens. John Tohler cashier lives nearby and aided the alarm as robbers guarded the door. No one was shot and posses pursue the fleeing band with a supposed good lead on the escape route.
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Cuba
Kan
State Bank of
John Tohler
Tohler
Ciitizens
Southern Pacific Indicted for Rebating Under Sherman Act
Federal grand jury returned multiple indictments against Southern Pacific for alleged rebating and Sherman act violations. Twenty nine counts across three indictments cite unlawful refunds to customers. Company officials ordered to appear in court June 15.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Federal Grand Jury
Southern Pacific
Artillery Battery Ships for Philippines from Fort Bussell
One hundred fifty men of the Second United States field artillery departed Fort Bussell for San Francisco to sail for the Philippines. The battery’s horses and heavy equipment have already been shipped, and the unit travels in a special train via the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific lines.
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Philippines
United States’ Field Artillery
Fort Bussell
San Francisco
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Self-Styled Pope Hanged in Manila Prison
Faustino Ablen once named himself pope on Leyte and his top aide Espiri dion Rota were hanged at Bilibid prison after being found guilty of several murders.
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Pope
Manila
Faustino Ablen
Leyte
Espiridion Rota
Bilibid
Weather Outlook and Report for Wyoming
Forecast notes local showers Tuesday with generally fair conditions in the far southeast. 24 hour data show max 62 degrees min 40 with 0.20 inch precipitation. Prepared by W. & Palmer, Section Director.
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Washington, D. C
Wyoming
W. & Palmer
Bectlon
Murderer Surrounded as Posse Nears Capture in Wyoming
G A Sommers, accused of Sheriff Bath's murder, is located near Sheep mountain in Fox Creek valley. Posse members surround the fugitive as Governor Brooks offers a $400 reward for his arrest. Sheriff Bath's funeral is set for 2 30 p m tomorrow, expected to draw a large crowd.
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Laramie
Wyo
Wood
G. A Sommers
Alfred H. Bath
Sheep Mountain
Sommers
Fox Creek
Wood's Landing
Brooks
Albany County
Bath
Train wreckers ditch special in Minnesota near Mishawa
A special Minnesota and International train was ditched by wreckers near Mishawa, derailing the engine and three cars. Baggage man Charles Yorn was cut about the head and bruised. no other injuries reported. Wreckers had removed fish plates cut ties and pulled spikes from the rails.
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Brainerd
Minn
Minnesota & International Railroad
Mishawa
Ahd
Charles Yorn
Panama election on the square stirs Central American politics
Washington June 1 The Panama presidential campaign aimed at an early July vote shows revolutionary tendencies raising grave concern. The American government plans to ensure a fair election with about five hundred marines stationed on the Isthmus to guard 100 polling places.
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Washington, D. C
Panama
Profligate Congress Riles the Treasury
A Washington dispatch reports on the closing session with remarks by Mr. Fitzgerald attacking Republican fiscal policy and calling the session the most profligate in history. He cites a near 4.79 billion dollar next-year appropriation and questions revenue projections and wartime spending comparisons to Theodore Roosevelt and Grover Cleveland.
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Washington, D. C
House
Fitzgerald
Executive Department
Congress
Republican Party
Treasury
John D s Son-In-Law Bailout For Fine
Harold F McCormick son in law of John D Rockefeller was fined 10 dollars and costs by a Glencoe justice of the peace for speeding His plea he had no money but R T Crane Jr lent him enough to pay the fine The judge quipped that John D s son in law owed nothing in his jeans
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John D
Chicago
Harold F. McCormick
John D. Rockefeller
Glencoe
McCormick
R. T. Crane, Jr
Crane
Investigators Pursue New Sheep Disease
Dr. Charles F. Flocken, head of pathology at the U S bureau of animal industry, arrived from Washington to study a recently attacked sheep disease. State Veterinarian Dr. Phaeging will assist in the inquiries as they head north to determine the illness and its source.
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Charles F. Flocken
Division of Pathology
United States Bureau of Animal Industry
Washington, D. C
de. Flocken
Phaeging
Flokken
Preliminary Criminal Docket Call Draws Jury for June Term
The district court held a preliminary call on the criminal docket yesterday and drew the jury for the June term of court.
Fire devastates Hooker Oklahoma business district
Liberal Kansas reports a large blaze sweeping Hooker Oklahoma destroying 21 houses in the business district. The fire began in a restaurant and damaged the post office and two newspaper plants. A special train from Liberal carried relief aid to the town.
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Liberal
Kan
Hooker
Okla
Here
Storm Hits Arcola Area Causing Damaged Homes and Yard
Arrivals from Arcola report a Sunday storm swept the dry farming belt, demolishing a lumber yard and leveling the homestead residence of Mia Cummings and damaging numerous other buildings.
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Abacola
Arcola
Mia
Cummings
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