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Newspaper
Elyria Reporter
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1906
Page
2
In the closing week of the last session Congress passed a bill creating a United States District Court for China. The court replaces the old consular court and has exclusive jurisdiction in all cases and judicial proceedings, shifting authority from consuls and ministers under treaty and law.
The act creates a US district court seated in Shang hai Canton Tientsin and Hankow with a judge district attorney marshal and clerk all appointed by the President with Senate consent. Judge serves ten years and earns 8600. others 4000 4000 and 3000 respectively. Appeals go to the ninth circuit and then the Supreme Court. Lebbins Wilfley named first judge. he has Philippine experience as ex Attorney General.
Francesca Rappalo married Giacomo Randazzo by proxy after a breach of promise suit. The ceremony at the Church of the Holy Rosary involved an impersonator for Randazzo, and the marriage was later deemed fraudulent by Justice Maddox. The case centers on protecting Randazzo’s estate and Rappalo’s admitted motive.
Harvey L. Shaffer of Manhattan, uncle of John Phipps, a Hanover National Bank and Standard Trust Co director, and brother-in-law of Henry S. Phipps, was killed at the North Main Street crossing when an eastbound auto collided with a fast westbound express. Chauffeur Andrew Peters survived with minor injuries. Shaffer had lived with John S. Phipps at Westbury and ran his estate, taking his nephew’s touring car for a Babylon road trip when the crash occurred three feet from the rails.
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