Taft Judge Dundy Wage Reduction Ruling Examined
A Democratic review cites Judge Taft decisions reducing railway workers’ wages in 1894. It claims Taft ordered a 10 percent cut for those earning over $35 a month and those at $1.10 daily, arguing property rights outweigh human rights.
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Chicago
Taft
Democratic National Committee
Thomas
Cincinnati
New Orlente & Texas Pacific Railway
Southern District of Ohio
W. D
Fed
Ceiver
Fed. Rep
Dundy
Union Pacific
Caldwell
Sanborn
Court of Equity
Cholera Cases Rise in Manila During Weekend Gatherings
Seven new cholera cases were reported in Manila for the day ending Sunday night. Authorities attribute the rise to Saturday and Sunday gatherings and feasts but say the outbreak is under control. Government may curb native gatherings and dangerous foods, with cockpits in suburbs blamed for weekend spikes.
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Manila
Health Department
Connecticut Bank Closes Doors in Middletown
The Columbia Trust company of Middletown Connecticut did not open today. Bank examiners were at work on its books and settlement is expected within six months.
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Connecticut Bank
Middletown
Conn
Columbia Trust Company
Mrs Annie Davie Returns From European Tour
Mrs Annie Davie and her daughter have returned to Kemmerer Wyoming after several months traveling the British Isles and the Continent.
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Europe
Kemmerer
Wyo
Mre
Annie Davie
British Isles
Weather Forecast for Wyoming and Nearby Areas
Washington dispatch provides 24 hour forecast ending Oct 26 1908 with maximum temperature 98 degrees and minimum around 2 degrees. Precipitation data incomplete.
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Washington, D. C
Wyoming
Depositions Taken in Federal Building Case
United States Commissioner John I Doyle of Denver finished depositions in the Forster Smith v United States suit seeking 80 000 in extra compensation on a 600 300 government building. The contractors allege the supervising architect forced tearing down and rebuilding walls and supplying extras. Forster and his widow are deceased. the suit proceeds through Smith and the Forsters estate.
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United States
John I. Doyle
Denver
Forster & Smith Ve
Forster
Smith
Forsters
A. C
Washington
Government
William P. Cne
Minneapolis
Italian laborer wounded in knife assault near waterworks
An Italian worker named Machic hey, employed on waterworks improvements, lies at St. John’s hospital with a serious knife wound to face and neck after a Saturday night attack in a tough district. He says a Negro slashed him and robbed his week’s pay. Thirty seven stitches were required.
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Machichey
St. John's Hospital
Veteran Mot Insane Case Shifts to Hospital
In Buffalo Wyoming an inmate of the State and Baitors' Home is reported to be in ill health from drink. Authorities plan to secure submission to treatment at the hospital in Lodwenworth as part of the effort to address his condition.
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Buffalo
Wyo
State
Lodwen- Worth
Sherman Denies Timber Lands Deal In New Mexico
J Sherman Republican vice presidential candidate declares he formed a company for a private timber venture but asserts no U S timber or money was involved. He notes the inquiry found the deal improper and was rejected years ago stating the affair was a private business investigation.
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Utica
N. Y
J. Sherman
New Mexico
Edmund Burke
Cheeking
Sherman
Lumber Kings Not Afraid of Famine
Congressman J R Mann and W H Ryan leading a congressional committee studying Northern Minnesota spruce timber visited St Paul and met Frederick Weyerhauser. Weyerhauser said his company never estimated sprucewood supply as it was not commercially valued and predicted a vast future timber stock in the Far West.
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St. Paul
J. R. Mann
W. H. Ryan
Congressional
Minnesota
Frederick W. Weyerhauser
Weyerhauser
Rawlins Store Burglarized Again. Fourth Time This Year
The J. A. Bennett Hardware store in Rawlins Wyoming was burglarized for the fourth time this year. Knives revolvers razors and other items were stolen in the break in noted by special to The Leader on October 20.
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Rawlina
Wyo
J. A. Bennett Hardware Company
Shop Workman Loses Eye in Union Pacific Accident
A shop worker, William Kappelman, suffered the loss of an eye after an accident at a Union Pacific yard on a Friday evening. He reportedly struck by a piece of metal while handling tools, neighbors say.
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William Kappelman
Union Pacific
Democratic county meetings announced for this week
Democratic county meetings will be held this week in Guernsey Wynte and Torrington. Speakers include W B Ross C L Rigdon W A Bartlett and other Democratic ticket candidates.
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Guernsey
Wynte
Torrington
W. B. Ross
C. L. Rigdon
W. A. Bartlett
Court restricts the power of unions in Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Court permanently enjoined several labor unions and ruled they cannot fine members to compel strikes. The case involved L. P. Willut Sons & Co. seeking to block fines of 100 dollars on two Bricklayers and Stonemasons members who refused to strike.
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Boston
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
L. P. Willut Sons & Co
Stonemasons’ Benevolent
Millionaire Will Denounced as Forgery in Suit
New York Oct 26 Dr Albert Hamilton Auburn handwriting expert testifies that the will of Ambrose Burbank who died in 1904 is forged in a case against Caleb H Burbank nephew and executor. The will allegedly leaves a residuary estate and a direct bequest of 600000 to him.
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New York
Ambrose Burbank
Albert Hamilton
Auburn
Caleb H. Burbank
United States
Mother and Babe Rest in One Grave at Lakeview
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Jeasse Hunter and her nine days old infant at their Snyder street home with Rev. F L Moore presiding. Both were buried together in Lakeview Cemetery. Mr and Mrs Lawson Bryan and Mrs Hunter’s parents traveled from Shoshoni to attend.
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Babe
Jeasse Hunter
Snyder Street
F. L. Moore
Hunter
Lakeview Cemetery
Mew
Lawson Bryan
Shoshon
Pipe accident injures two at Colorado & Southern yards
Laborers Joseph Tamperati and Ployd Austin, employed by Charles T Bray contractor for waterworks improvements, were injured at 4 PM yesterday when a large pipe shifted from a crane while unloading in the Colorado & Southern yards. Tamperati sustained arm and shoulder injuries and Austin suffered leg injuries.
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Joseph Tamperati
Ployd Austin
Charles T. Bray
Colorado & Southern
Tamperati
Austin
Graft Skin to Save Life: Ansonia Proceeds
In Ansonia Connecticut on October 26 a motion to save eight year old Luthev Hodio by skin grafts prompts dozens to offer. Forty volunteers will donate skin to the grafting, selected by health and suitability, after a sermon on Love Your Neighbor read by Rev Vladimir Retidorf.
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Ansonia
Conn
Luthev Hodio
de Paul Hodio
Atpeet
Goldstein
Vladimir Retidorf
William R. Palmer
Oxford
Youngest solo traveler crosses Rockies to Kilburne
A five year old girl named Vedn Coy rode unaccompanied from San Jose California to Kilburne Wisconsin through Cheyenne. Her ticket shows South ern Pacific Union Pacific and Chicago Northwestern lines. A tag on her bears the delivery address for Mrs Eunice Baker at Kilburne.
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Baby OF
Rocky Mountains
Cheyenne
San Jose
Cal
Kilburne
Wis
Eunice Baker
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Chicago & Northwestern
Smith Returned to St John’s Hospital on Burglaries Charge
Sam J. Smith charged with nine teen burglaries was taken back to St John’s Hospital from the county jail on Friday afternoon due to fractures and wounds. He will stay at the hospital until his condition allows confinement again.
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Smith
ST. John's Hospital
Sam J. Smith
Lila
Jilted seamstress leads to Magness arrest in Washington
Miss Georgianna Kappler, a Baltimore seamstress, provided a naval tip that helped arrest Charles Joseph Magness, linked to Senator Gorman's daughter Ada Gorman. She describes a prior engagement, Magness’ failure to marry her, and how she guided navy letters to his Baltimore address via Dolphin ship captain.
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Baltimore, Md
Georgianna Kappler
Charles Joseph Magness
Gorman
Daugh
Kappler
Navy Department
Washington
Navy
Magness
Hartlove
Dolphin
Ada Gorman
Italian Statesman Giuseppe Blancheri Dies at 86
Turin report notes Giuseppe Blancheri former president of the chamber of deputies has died at age 86. He presided for more than thirty years shaping legislative leadership and party strategy.
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Ifalian
Turin
Giuseppe Blancheri
Chamber of Deputies
Secretary Completes First Meeting Minutes of Wool Growers
G. Walker, secretary of the National Wool Growers Association, has spent years compiling official records since 1864. He received the minutes book from the first 1864 meeting, an important addition to the association’s archival collection.
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G. 8.Walker
National
Wool Growers’ Association
Walker
Army Court Martial Opens Over Horse Feed Misuse
Major General Fred D. Grant presides as Col. Gorman and Capt. Charles G. French face charges in a Fort Wayne, Michigan case. The court alleges officers used government horse feed for personal horses owned by Army officials, including Dr. John L. Burkhart, an army contract surgeon, and fed them at government expense.
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Army
Detroit
Mich
Fred D. Grant
Department of the Host
Col. Gorman
Charles G. French
Seventh United States Infantry
Fort Wayne
John L. Burkhart
Ofcers
Cashier Convicted of Colossal Embezzlement
Pittsburg October 26 William Montgomery former cashier of the defunct Allegheny National Bank which failed for over one million dollars was found guilty by a United States court jury on two indictments charging embezzlement and the taking of four hundred nine thousand dollars He was then tried on a third indictment charging misappropriation of one hundred forty four thousand in bonds.
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Pittsburg
Allegheny National Bank
United States Court
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