Schmitz Graft Not Criminal Says Court In San Francisco
California district court of appeals overturns extortion verdicts against former Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz and Abe Reuf. It holds no acts proved a crime in the French restaurant case and bars subsequent indictments. Bail possible for both. further appeals pending with timelines outlined.
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California District Court of Appeals
San Francisco
Eugene E. Schmitz
Abe Reuf
Reuf
Schmitz
Supreme Court
Justice Cooper
Dunne
Cooper
Frightful List Of Fatalities In New Jersey Railroads
The New Jersey railroad commissioners report 108 killed and 198 injured from January 29 to December 1 last year. Unguarded grade crossings blamed for many accidents.
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New Jersey
New Jersey Railroad Commissioners
Terrible rail wreck near Vinegar Bend claims lives
A head on collision between a passenger train and a logging train ten miles west of Vinegar Bend Alabama caused five deaths and multiple injuries. Engineer Frank Marks and fireman Henry Hall survived with serious injuries while a dozen others, including convicts, were aboard the trains as the trestle collapsed into the ravine.
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Mississippi Road
Vinegar Bend
Ala
W. B. Paine
Charles C. Busbee
Frank Marks
Henry Hall
Marks
Court declines to alter boycott injunction in Buck Stove case
Justice Gould of the District of Columbia Supreme Court overruled the American Labor Federation's motion to amend its order in Buck Stove and Range Co. v. federation. The court kept the temporary injunction blocking the federation from listing the company or urging a boycott, ruling the order remains valid and unchanged.
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Justice Gould
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Washington
American Labor Federation
Buck Stove and Range Company of
St. Louis
United States
Storm warnings issued along Gulf coast from Texas to Florida
Warnings were issued Friday for a Gulf coast storm with special alerts for Texas Louisiana and Mississippi coasts. The storm was described as moving eastward and affecting Texas as it progresses.
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Texas
Florida
Gulf Coast
Louisiana
Mississippi
Damages for Collapse of Bridge Trial in Atlanta
The federal court jury in Atlanta awarded J. C. Burnham of Alabama $4,000 in a suit against Haralson County Georgia. Burnham sought $30,000 after a bridge over the Tallapoosa River gave way, hurling him, his wagon and team into the water from about thirty feet.
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Atlanta
J. C. Burnham
Alabama
Haralson
Georgia
Burnham
Tallapoosa River
Haralson County
Sectional clash as penal code reform debated in Congress
A Washington special reports heated debate Monday over codifying US penal laws. Democrats and Republicans argued over reconstruction era measures and amendments, with party lines hardening on civil rights and use of federal troops at southern ballots. A Williams story ended the session as amendments remained in place.
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House
United States
South
Hepburn
John Sharp Williams
Senate
Vardaman
Williams
Mississippi
Webb
Southern Railway Cuts Salaries Amid Expense Reductions
A Washington report notes President Finley and several top officers of the Southern railway take a 10 percent salary cut effective February 1 as part of broader expense reductions. Wage earners face no immediate cuts. the move follows the 1907 annual report showing increased costs and revenue losses blamed on steel and labor costs and the Panic. The company reduced dividends and halved improvements while squeezing surplus funds to meet financial pressure.
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Washington
Southern Railway
Finley
Southern
American Battleships Reach Rio Janeiro in Gala Welcome
The sixteen ship fleet led by the Connecticut entered Rio Janeiro harbor at 4 pm on Sunday after a 3000 mile passage from Port of Spain Trinidad. Crowds along the quays cheered as Admiral Evans and Brazilian officials welcomed the ships.
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San Francisco
Rio Janeiro
Connecticut
Evans
Bremen
Alencar
G. E. Anderson
Port of Spain
Great Mass Meeting in Atlanta for Forest Preservation
A monster mass meeting will be held in Atlanta on January 16 to crystallize southern sentiment for forest preservation. Delegates from every section will attend and promoters expect a strong delegation to press the Appalachian White Mountain bill in Congress.
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Atlanta
South
Congress
Southern Railway Receivership Report Declared Groundless
J. S. B. Thompson assistant to the president of the Southern railroad says a Washington report about a receivership for the Southern is without fact or foundation and should be dismissed as rumor.
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Southern Railway
J. S. B. Thompson
B. Thompson
The
Southern Railroad
Washington
Southern
Italian Immigrants Reported Kidnapped in Louisiana
The Louisiana State Immigration League reports four Italians involving about twenty eight men who vanished after a train stop in Tallulah. They were headed from New Orleans to Girard Louisiana where work awaited them and were lured by a man sharing a name with a local planter who persuaded the group to follow him.
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Louisiana
Louisiana State Immigration League
New Orleans
Girard
Tallulah
Theatre Fire Kills and Injures Dozens in Boyerstown
A devastating blaze at Rhoades Opera House in Boyerstown Pa during a moving picture show killed many from local families and injured about sixty as burning oil and exploding lamps cast chaos. Survivors describe panicked escapes, with homes nearby serving as improvised hospitals.
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St. John’s Lutheran Sunday School
Pottstown
Opera House
Boyerstown
Reading
Navy Yard Reductions Cut Pensacola Workers
Nearly one hundred Pensacola navy yard workers have been laid off as another reduction hits the construction and repair department. Thursday’s cut affects iron and ship workers, marking the second round in ten days and eroding salaries across the yard.
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Pensacola
Pensacola Navy Yard
Fla
Department of Construction and Repair
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California Circuit Court of Appeals
Abe Ruef
Engineer Marks
Labor Federation
Gear County
Brazil
Bob Evans
Pennsylvania
Boyerstown, Pa
Rhoades’ Opera
Navy Yard
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