True Bills for Bail Rebaters Shake Minneapolis Freight Case
Indictments labeled True Bills were returned by a federal grand jury in Minneapolis on freight rebate schemes. Great Northern and other railroads face counts totaling over 190 with penalties from 1960 to 2000 dollars per count. No rail officials testified, and jurors warned the case may signal broader probes into grain shipments and concession practices.
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Minneapolis
Minn
H. B. Duncan
Department of Justice
Great Northern Railway Company
Uchicago
St. Paul
Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad
Wisconsin Central Railway
Minneapolis and
St. Louis
W. P. Devereaux Company
McCaul Dinsmore Company
D .F. Dewald
Ames Brooks Company
Duluth
Great Northern
Spencer Grain Company
Reat Northern
Duluth Superior Milling Company
Menereal
Tn Railroad
Superior
McCaul Dinsmore Comnany
Pacific Coast
Dem and Rep Central Committees Close Campaign HQs
Democratic committee surrendered the rooms on East Columbia Street where Chairman Hoffman and Secretary Schroeder handled campaign office work. Republican headquarters at Berrying Harrison Streets were also surrendered by Chairman Skelton amid a party victory. Hoffman praised the central committee and other Democrats for their efforts on the ticket.
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Democratice
Republican Central Committees
Democratic Committees
Columbia Street
Hoffman
Schroeder
Miss Garnst
Berrying Harrison Streets
Skelton
Fire devastates quarter destroying houses and vice dens
Fire sweeps Hong Kong destroying more than five hundred houses including restaurants brothels and gambling houses. The blaze rages but a go down on the Shamoon island is later extinguished as winds ease and officials say the fire is now under control amid the smoky ruin.
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Hong Kong
Shamoon
Haaken
Fight on Mormons Renewed in Utah Congressional Race
Salt Lake City Utah November 8 An anticipated new contest in Congress centers on alleged Mormon church influence in Utah politics and Roosevelt s stance. Orlando W Powers democratic candidate defeated by Joseph Howell republican prompts leading democrats to plan a meeting on party alignment with the American anti Mormon faction. The issue hinges on church state separation and shifts among Mormon and gentile voters with President Smith s guidance cited and Roosevelt s position debated.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Congress
Orlando W. Powers
Joseph Howell
Smith
Joseph F. Smith
Granite Stake Tabernacle
Sarah D. Woodruff
Wilford Woodruff
Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Association
Roosevelt
Smoot
Jacob A. Riis
New York
Jamess. Clarkson
Iowa
Riis
Clarkson
George B. Cortelyou
Republican National Committee
Church
Lord Curzon May Become American Ambassador
Washington reports that Lord Curzon former viceroy of India is eyed as probable successor to Sir Henry Mortimer Durand as British ambassador to the United States. Curzon travels to America with Mrs Lester mother of Lady Curzon and will visit here for an extended period, officials say the post is likely to be offered due to his US connections and long foreign service experience.
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Washington
Lord Curzon
India
Henry Mortimer Durand
United States
Great Britain
Washington Post
Lester
Lady Curzon
Sir Henry Mortimer Durand
British Ambassador Sir Mortimer Durand to Retire
London reports the retirement of Sir Mortimer Durand as ambassador to the United States at year end. He will resign at his request and leave the diplomatic service for private life. An interim period is expected with an acting ambassador to be named soon.
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London
Mortimer Durand
United States
Foreign Office
Mortimer
Wagon blocks Main Street coal loss delays streetcars
A wagon belonging to the Moderwell Coal Company broke down on West Main Street last evening, scattering coal across the thoroughfare and delaying streetcars for about twenty minutes while the tracks were cleared.
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Moderwell Coal
Garfield to Take Place in Cabinet
President Roosevelt announces cabinet reshuffle with James R. Garfield of Ohio named to succeed Ethan Hitchcock as interior changes, Herbert Knox Smith promoted to commissioner of corporations, and William H Moody slated for supreme court appointment. Commissioner Richards of the general land office will retire March 4 1907. Moody expected to retire from justice late December.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ethan Allen Hitchcock
France
James R. Garfield
Ohio
Hitchcock
Garfield
Herbert Knox Smith
William H. Moody
Massachusetts
Supreme Court of the United States
Henry Billings
Brown
Richards
General Land Office
White House
Interior Department
Department
Land Office
Smith
Connecticut
Moody
Navy
Department of Justice
Expressions of Esteem for Dr Isaac M Rosenthal
The Allen County Medical Society adopted a memorial report on Dr Isaac M Rosenthal who died October 29 1906 at his West Berry street home from an brain abscess secondary to long standing ear trouble He was the societies first president and its oldest member for about fifty years He was a progressive physician who used iodine before germ theory and remained engaged with medical progress advising papers and discussions He urged his children not to mourn but to rejoice with him.
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Allen County Medical Society
Isaac M. Rosenthal
West Berry Street
Rosenthal
Lving
Spring Beach hotel in Rome City sold to Jesse Kelsey
The Spring Beach hotel at Rome City, a favored Fort Wayne summer stop, was sold by W. S. O Rourke to Jesse Kelsey. Kelsey formerly lived in Fort Wayne and has resided in Rome City recently. Mrs. Tuttle sold 28 Wagner Street and plans a winter visit to Memphis Tenn. with her daughter Mrs. Frank Waters.
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Spring Beach
Rome City
Fort Wayne
Sylvan Lake
W. S. O'Rourke
Jesse Kelsey
Negro Educator Pilcher Called to Explain Public Remarks
President Roosevelt ordered the War Department to obtain Col. William L. Pilcher’s explanation for reported anti Negro troops remarks. If confirmed, Pilcher faces court martial for violating army publication rules. Officials note broader concerns over black soldiers and equal justice under the president’s scrutiny.
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Washington
Roosevelt
War Department
William L. Pilcher
Twenty-Seventh Infantry
Army
Booker T. Washington
Col. Pilcher
Brownsville
Pilcher
Secretary of War
Banker Niblick Takes His Life In Indiana River Tragedy
Decatur Indiana November 8 The coroner will rule W H Niblick died by his own hand while mentally distressed He walked to the St Marys River placed his hat on a boat and waded into three feet of water The body was recovered ten minutes later Despite two years of melancholia he remained a prominent banker founder and former president of the Old Adams County Bank He left an estate valued at about 250000 Surviving widow a son four brothers and two sisters The post mortem showed brain decay and merged brain lobes He was well known in Fort Wayne and respected by regional bankers
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Sentinel
Decatur
Ind
W. H. Niblick
Indiana
Adams County Bank
The EBB Arnold Electrical Coin City Thes
The readable fragments show EBB and Arnold Electrical in a city setting with unclear context. No dates or figures are present. The note resembles a brief street notice or industrial brief about electrical services or a local business mark.
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EBB -Arnold Electrical
Weather service to be world wide
Willis L. Moore advocates turning every sailing ship into a weather observatory using instruments from the weather bureau. Daily wireless reports would reach Washington, enabling earlier storm warnings and safer navigation across the seas through global cooperation and data sharing with Britain, France, Germany, Spain, and Japan.
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Weather Service
Washington
Willis L. Moore
American Weather Bureau
Seven Seas
Weather Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Chief Moore
Moore
American Weather Service
Florida
Straits of Florida
Europe
West Indies
Great Britain
France
Germany
Spain
Japan
Orient
Bureau of Ocean Meteorology
Nations Discuss Seaborne Reports For Clarity
Proposed service of value outlines the need for each nation to designate which seas its reporters will cover to avoid confusion. The plan stresses assigning distinct reporting zones for phenomena to ensure clear, coordinated coverage.
Service life of big guns short says Crozier
Brigadier General William Crozier chief of ordnance asserts that 12 inch coast defense guns would wear out after about sixty rounds and could not withstand a two hour engagement. He favors lowering projectile velocity to extend life and notes 14 inch guns offer longer life with greater power.
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Washington
United States
William Crozier
War Department
Crozier
Chief of Ordnance
Taft Board
Endicott Board
Department
General Crozier
Congress
Philippine Islands
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Howell
Mortimer Durrand
Husand
Mary Lester Curzon
America
Sir Mortimer
LFE
Will
Interior
Medical Society
Buys Spring Beach Hotel
Niblick
Jess
Earl S. Sloan
Boston
Mass
Kraut Cutters
NBC
National Biscuit Company
Weee
Ree
Helena
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