Supreme Court Rules State Rates Can Inhibit Federal Court Actions
The high court, in two joined decisions led by Justice Peckham, upheld state police power to fix railroad rates, ruling federal courts cannot override state rate laws. Justice Harlan dissented in the Young case, arguing the suit targets the state and violates the Eleventh Amendment. The Minnesota decision dominates the opinion, with North Carolina’s Wood case also affirmed.
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Washington
Young
Southern Railway
Ashville
Asheville
Supreme Court of the United States
Justice Peckham
Harlan
Minnesota
Biggest Grain Receipts Record by Arrival of 480 Cars
Grain receipts at the Omaha market reached 480 cars on Monday. Wheat accounted for 8 cars, corn 269, oats 79, leaving 146 cars to be forwarded as 25 wheat, 72 corn, and 46 oats. Remaining grain, about 80 cars, was to be handled through Omaha elevators for contracts still unfilled.
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Omuber
Omaha
Ecru
Negro leaders press White House on Jim Crow rail service
Prominent African American figures from the South met with President Washington to urge action over unequal railroad accommodations under Jim Crow laws. The president requested they submit their case in writing for formal consideration.
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Washington
South
Broward to Name Senator in Florida
Pensacola speculation swirls over who Governor Broward will appoint to succeed the late United States Senator William J. Ryan. The governor will make the appointment.
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Broward
Pensacola
Fla
United States
William J. Ryan
Washington
Stevens is Shot Adviser of Jars in Hermit Kingdom Attacked
In San Francisco D W Stevens former counsellor to the Japanese embassy at Washington and later diplomatic adviser to the Corean government at Seoul was shot and seriously wounded as he prepared to depart for Washington. Three Coreans waited and fired from a 32 caliber revolver. A first bullet missed and struck M Wn Chung fatally possibly. Stevens was hit twice in the back near the shoulder blade and spinal column. Recovery chances are described as good.
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Hermit Kingdom
San Francisco
D. W. Stevens
Washington
Seoul
Mr. Stevens
I. W. Chang
M. ‘Wn. Chung
My. Stevens
China Extends Welcome to U S Battleship Fleet
Washington reports diplomat Wu has extended a cordial invitation from China for the American battleship fleet to pause in Chinese ports during its global voyage. The gesture signals warming ties as ships circle the world.
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China
Washington
Rock Island Daily Press Plant Dynamic Blast
Dynamite exploded at the Rock Island Daily News printing plant damaging the press and destroying equipment. The blast wrecked the building but no injuries are reported. Police and fire crews respond to the Rock Island site. Local authorities investigate the incident and review security at the newspaper facility.
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Rock Island, l
Rock Island
Daily’ News
Ruling in a traffic case on oceanic transport powers
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled in the Cosmopolitan Shipping Company case that it has no authority over oceanic transportation and dismissed the complaint against Hamburg American Packet and other lines. The decision, written by Commissioner Franklin Lane, found lack of jurisdiction and sustained the demurrer.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Cosmopolitan Shipping Company
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Hamburg American Packet Company
North German
Lloyd Steamship Company
Wilson (Hull) Lines
Ward W. Pierson
Cosmopolitan Company
John CC. Spooner
William G. Choate
Harrington Putnam
Franklin Lane
Senator W J Bryan Dies in Florida Typhoid Fever
United States Senator William James Bryan of Florida died at Providence hospital Sunday morning from typhoid fever. He had only been in office seventy three days since succeeding the late Senator Stephen R Mallory, and thirty three days of that time were spent fighting the illness. Friends had feared his recovery at times, but reports had shown improvement as of Saturday night, making his death a shock.
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Washington
United States
William James Bryan
Florida
Providence Hospital
Stephen R. Mallory
Bryan
Bandits Rob Nevada Road Near Rawhide Steal 347000
Three heavily armed bandits overpowered Edward Hoffinan and a companion two miles from Rawhide Sunday. They threw them to the ground and escaped in the victims two horse rig with gold and bank notes totaling about 347000 en route to the Coalition Mining company at Rawhide. W A Miller, Coalition owner, said Reno received only scant details of the crime.
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Big Robery
Nevada
Reno
Nev
Edward Hoffmanan
Rawhide
Coalition Mining Company
W. A. Miller
Coalition
Boycott tensions rise over Tatsu Maru incident
Peking and Japan press China to take steps to curb a boycott on Japanese goods in China and end anti Japanese agitation. Canton meetings marked by resolutions observing the Tatsu Maru release anniversary as a day of mourning.
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Peking
Japan
China
Canton
Portugal Royal Health Worsens, Amputation Feared
Madrid El Mundo reports on good authority that the wound Prince Manuel now king of Portugal received in the arm during the assassination of King Carlos and the crown prince has not healed and has grown worse. Attending physicians declare amputation imperative.
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el Mundo
Manuel
Portugal
Darlos
Death Threats in St Petersburg Paper Target Milukoff
The Znamya newspaper of the True Russian People union prints threats with a black cross and the phrase Death to Milukoff, signaling violent hostility toward the political figure Milukoff in St Petersburg.
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Milukoff
St. Petersburg
Znamya
Irgan
Union of True
Miluffoff
Pay as You Enter Car Introduced in New York Transit
New York introduced pay as you enter cars on the Madison avenue line from Harlem to Brooklyn Bridge on Sunday marking a novelty in surface car transportation. The change shifts fare payment to upon boarding, a departure from prior onboard collection methods.
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New York
Madison Avenue Line
Harlem
Brooklyn Bridge
Baker Found After Yaqui Incident In Hermosillo
The family of O. W. Baker, reported carried away by Yaqui Indians after Baker was killed, has located Baker’s body in Hermosillo, Mexico.
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Baker
Hermosillo
Mex
O. W. Baker
Fleet Visit to Japan Shows Strong US Japan Ties
Washington announces the American battle ship fleet will visit Japan after an invitation from Emperor Meiji's government. Secretary Root accepted with cabinet support, plans include stops at Hawaii Samoa Melbourne Sydney Manila Yokohama and the Philippines with Manila hosting target practice. The trip signals cordial US Japanese relations and may involve China next with a New York to Europe distance voyage.
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Japan
Root
Baron Takahira
Roosevelt
China
Metcalf
Pillsbury
Atlantic Seaboard
Hawaiian Islands
Samoa
Melbourne
Sydney
Manila
Yokohama
Philippines
Suez Canal
New York
Europe
Burkett and Hale Clash Over Naval Subsidy Debate
In a senate debate on the ship subsidy bill Senators Burkett and Hale clashed. Hale, chairman of naval affairs, argued the navy’s foreign cruise showed foreign colliers accompanying it and warned that in wartime the U S fleet could be crippled. The Maine senator pressed the issue seriously.
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Senate
Burkett
Hale
Committee On Naval Affairs
Orient
United States Navy
Maine
Evidence of No War in Debats Editorial
Paris Journal Des Debats interprets Japan inviting the American fleet as decisive proof that war between the two powers is unlikely. The editorial argues restraint and a budding understanding avert conflict amid rising tensions and naval peacetime diplomacy.
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Paris
Journal Des Debats
Criticism of President Washington in House Debate
In a Friday session the house criticized President Washington for not sending to Congress all information on corporations in his possession. Rep. Hardwick of Georgia denounced the president, while Rep. Mann of Illinois defended him, saying he acted in good faith and provided all information to Congress.
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Roosevelt
House
Hardwick
Georgia
Congress
Mann
Tlinois
Navy officials deny large profits for Electric Boat contracts
Secretary Metcalf and Admiral Capps testified before the special House committee that Electric Boat did not secure excessive profits on current contracts and is not expected to on future ones. Clarkson testified that Spear claimed influence with Speaker Cannon to aid Hobson, contingent on views on submarine boat proposals. Lilley presented an Adams affidavit alleging Archibald claimed Washington ties and a bias toward Electric Boat, prompted by Spear. Thurston discussed seeking AG guidance on contract discretion.
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Electric Boat Company
Speaker Cannon
Hobson
Naval Affairs Committee
Lilley
Clement Js. Adams
Bridgeport
Conn
Adams
R. F. J. Arembald
Collier's Weekly
United States
Pacific Coast
Archibald
Chambers of Commerce Boards of Trade
Lawrence Y. Spear
Telectric Boat Company
Spears
Thurston
Metcalf
Lake Boat Company
Attorney General
Protest by Laboring Men at Washington Labor Conference
The labor conference moves to present a memorial to Congress protesting inaction on organized labor issues. A protest committee will frame the address and seek a meeting with congressional leaders. The memorial may demand Sherman act amendments following Supreme Court injunction rulings. Delegates from Farmers National Union and Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers attend for the first time. 117 unions represented as the conference meets behind closed doors for several days.
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Congress
Gompers
Labor Conference
Supreme Court
Labor
Farmers’ National Union
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
American Federation of Labor
America
Promotions in the Army
Secretary Taft announced Brigadier General Charles B. Hall in charge of the general college at Leavenworth Kansas will be promoted to major general on the 27th instant upon the retirement of Major General A W Greely Colonel John B Kerr commanding the Twelfth cavalry at Fort Oglethorpe Georgia will be appointed a brigadier general
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Washington
Taft
Charles B. Hall
General College
Leavenworth
Kan
A. W. Greely
John B. Kerr
Twelfth Cavalry
Fort Oglethorpe
Ohio House Adopts Initiative and Referendum Proposal
Columbus Ohio The house approved by 100 to 16 a senate joint resolution to submit to voters a constitutional amendment establishing the initiative and referendum.
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Columbus
House
Atwell Senate
Abe Hummel Released From Prison
New York lawyer Abraham H. Hummel, once sentenced to a year in the penitentiary for conspiracy related to the Dodge Morse divorce case, was released from prison on Thursday.
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Abe Hummel
New York
Abraham H. Hummel
Dodge- Morse
Ttm
Great Cantilever Bridge Opens for Pedestrians in City Visit
New Yorks Blackwell’s Island cantilever bridge costing nearly 25 million dollars was crossed end to end by pedestrians for the first time. Alderman Timothy P. Sullivan, acting for Mayor McClellan, led a delegation across a narrow foot bridge atop the main steel girder weighing twenty tons, fitted in the presence of the party.
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New York
East River
Blackwell’s Island
Timothy P. Sullivan
McClellan
Long Island
Contest for Montana Lands Under Scrutiny
President Roosevelt ordered a thorough Interior Department inquiry after a Montana mine owners committee charged fraudulent land classifications by the Northern Pacific railroad. Million-acre titles in Montana, long claimed by the Northern Pacific, are placed in question.
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Montana
Helena
Mont
Roosevelt
Montana Mine Owners Association
Northern Pacific Railroad
Garfield
Northern Pacific
Judge Recommends Commutation for Orchard Death Sentence
Caldwell Idaho Judge Fremont Wood says Harry Orchard told the truth in his plea of guilty in the Haywood Pettibone murder trials and recommends commuting Orchard's death sentence to imprisonment. The death sentence was imposed after Orchard pleaded guilty.
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Caldwell
Idaho
Harry Orchard
William D. Haywood
George A. Pettibone
Frank Steunenberg
Fremont Wood
State Board of Pardons
Orchard
State Penitentiary
Iowa Republicans Choose Taft Delegates at Large
Des Moines Iowa Republicans convened and elected four delegates at large to the national convention. They were instructed to vote for William H Taft and endorsed Senator William B Allison by a vote of 672 17 24 to 5077 24. The platform also approved the Ohio tariff revision plank.
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Iowa
Des Moines
William H. Taft
William B. Allison
Ohio
Grover Cleveland Celebrates 71st Birthday in Lakewood
Ex President Grover Cleveland marked his seventy first birthday at the Lakewood hotel with his wife and children. He appeared in good health and high spirits as congratulatory messages poured in from across the country.
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Cleveland
Lakewood
N. J
Grover Cleveland
Lakewood Hotel
Fremont Senator Ned Allen Will Not Attend Convention
Former United States senator Ned William V. Allen says he will not attend the populist national convention as a delegate because he cannot consistently attend while planning to support William Jennings Bryan. He notes his stance as a delegate opposed to the convention’s proceedings.
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Fremont
Ned
William V. Allen
United States
W. J. Bryan
Roosevelt Hosts Albany Politician at White House Lunch
Washington William Barnes Jr of Albany New York was invited to discuss political conditions in New York with the president at a Wednesday lunch. The informal meeting followed Barnes's arrival to the capital at the president's invitation.
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Roosevelt
Washington
William Barnes, Jr
Albany
N. Y
New York
Customs Shortage Found in St Louis Office
A Washington committee probe in the St Louis surveyor of customs office found a shortage estimated between $5,000 and $6,000. Chief Deputy Clerk A. F. Shriner, the official in whose division the shortfall occurred, has been relieved from duty pending further inquiry.
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St. Louis
Washington
Surveyor of Customs
A. F. Shriner
Billion Dollar Grass Seed Craze Promises Big Yields
An Iowa farmer on 100 acres sold 3800 dollars worth of seed and produced 300 tons of hay from Billion Dollar Grass along with other seeds. The notice invites readers to send 4 cents for a mail-order seed catalog from John A Salzer Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin offering varieties like Macaroni Wheat and Sainfoin plus a new seed package.
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Iowa
John A. Salzer Seed Co
la Crosse
Wis
America
Victoria
Crosse
Answered Truthfully in Jury Questioning
During a late financial flurry a St Louis business man named John Smith was questioned for jury service. He identified himself as White, age forty eight, and answered that his business was rotten.
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St. Louis
John Smith
Smith
Reward for Catarrh Cure Offer by Hall's
One hundred dollar reward pledge for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney and Co Toledo Ohio advertise testimonials and a 15 year belief in I J Cheney as honest and able to fulfill obligations. Walpine Kinnan Marvin endorse the firm. Hall's Catarrh Cure sells for 75 cents a bottle and is said to act on blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Family Pills recommended for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
O. We
I. J. Chaney
Walpine, Kinnan & Marvin
Uebel
Etixie of
Senna
Fic
Diplomat’s Wife Gifts Box of Cigars to Husband
A wry exchange features a diplomat and Mrs. Torkins. She says she gave her husband a box of cigars and he valued them highly, joking that he now smokes a pipe to preserve them and not use them up too fast.
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Mrs. Torkins
Castoria prominently labeled as trusted for decades
The notice urges careful examination of each bottle of Castoria to ensure the signature and the statement In Use For Over 30 Years are present, reaffirming the product as the familiar remedy purchased for infants and children.
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Mathera
Price of vigilance in a witty exchange
In a brief dialogue, Ferdinand is asked what his umbrella costs him. He replies that the price is eternal vigilance, underscoring a light moral about constant watchfulness in a witty exchange.
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Ferdinand
It Cures While You Walk Allen's Foot-Ease
Allen's Foot-Ease claims to cure hot sweaty calloused and swollen feet while you walk. Sold by all druggists for 25 cents with no substitutes urged. Trial package free. Address Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy New York.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
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