Probe Over Beef Trust Inquiry Returns to Court
Four jurors from the 1908 grand jury pressed to renew action on the beef trust, claiming evidence existed to return true bills but facing a cooling prosecution. Judge Landis directed a fresh inquiry, with District Attorney Sims remaining in charge as officials pursue a new anti trust probe under federal supervision. Separate dispatches report declines in meat and dairy prices across Brooklyn and Manhattan amid weaker wholesale demand and boycott effects, with butter eggs and chops costing less than last week.
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Chicago
Beef Trust
Wade Hills
Indin W. Sims
Landis
Isaid
Iecember
Jude Landis
United States
RoMney
Department of Justice
New York
Brooklyn
Utthers’ Association of America
Ian Manhattan
Surplus Meat Shipped Abroad Amid Price Pressures
Port inspectors report surplus meat sent abroad to ease high beef prices. A Boston liner carried 873 cattle, 120 over its listed capacity, while a second vessel exported 338 head, 50 above allowance. Blight reductions lower beef and pork prices in retail markets.
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Oston
Boston
Food Stuff Exports Decline in 1908 Weakened by Trade
Washington reports figures from the bureau of statistics show food stuffs exports in 1908 at 493,046,981 dollars, down about 19 percent from 1907’s 399,960,419. Imports rose to 292,299,361 dollars in 1908 from 234,430,? in the prior year, signaling a widening trade gap.
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America
Washington
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
Farmers Plan Statewide Boycott Against Labor Unions
Farmers in this area launched a counter boycott against labor unions refusing to eat meat and aim to spread it statewide. They vow to stop using union labor products for a year and to advocate free trade. Organizers of the movement criticized meat packers over the boycott. Westminster College Receives 10000 Gift from Pittsburg Benefactor. President R M Russell announced the gift to equip the dairy with research books. Votes for Prohibition Fail in Local Election. By a large margin 814 to 6 504 the prohibition ballot was defeated with women and children playing a key role.
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Frankfort
Westminster
New Wilmington
R. M. Russell
Westminster College
Pittsburg
Prohibition
jWomen and Children
Gore seeks inquiry on cost of transporting periodicals
Senator Gore of Oklahoma introduced a Senate resolution directing a full investigation by the post office committee into the transport costs of second class mail matter. The probe would compare government and express rates for periodicals, rail charges for second class matter, and international postal rates among the United States, Canada, France, Great Britain and Germany. The measure sought immediate action but was laid over due to the post office committee chair’s absence.
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Gore
Washington
Senator Gore
Oklahoma
Senate
Post Office Committee
Senator Lodge
United States
Canada
France
Great Britain
Germany
Taft Sends Aid to Flood-Stricken Paris
President Taft cables President Fallieres of France expressing sympathy for the Paris flood sufferers and offers Red Cross relief. The State Department asks Ambassador Bason if Red Cross contributions are needed and acceptable to France. The message extends ardent wishes for disaster abatement.
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Washington
Taft
Vallleres
France
Paris
National
Red Cross
State Department
Bason
Red Cros
Fallieres
National Red Cross
United States
Extravagance One Cause Domestic Science the Need
Archbishop Ireland of St Paul condemns extravagant living and ignorance of housekeeping and cooking among American women. He links meat price fluctuations to waste and boycott, predicting only a long term return to former high costs unless young women are educated in domestic science and cooking. He foresees a social and economic revolution if such education spreads.
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Ireland
St. Paul
John Ireland
America
Admiral Evans Retired After World Cruise Command
Washington. Near Admiral R D Evans retired, who commanded the battleship on part of its world cruise, was detached from active duty January 26. Since retirement he has served with the general board. The Navy Department order ends active service, reflecting Meyer's policy to relieve retired officers by active ones.
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Washington
R. Dvans
Evans
General Board
Ne Reie
Navy ‘Department
Sailors Freeze to Death After Kamchatka Wreck
Sixteen Japanese sailors perish after the Koseuku Maru wreck near Kamchatka. Of 40 survivors, eight die from freezing during a two day march, eight are abandoned due to frostbite, and 24 are rescued by the Russian steamer Aitung.
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Kamchatkan
Aby Victoria
B. C
Railroad Trial Finds Terminal Railroad Guilty On Montrose
A St Louis police court jury convicted the Terminal Railroad Association of unlawfully placing its track on Montrose Avenue. The court fined $8006 and costs. The verdict will be appealed. If sustained, daily obstructing fines could total $1,000,000 or more, with the city attorney able to file over 2,000 cases.
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St. Louis
Terminal Railroad Association
Montrose Avenue
Cabinet Resigns After Election Defeat in Norway
Gunnar Knudsen's cabinet resigned after the Left government was defeated in November elections. Rights and Liberals won 63 parliamentary seats as ministers agreed to stay on temporarily. In Gary Indiana, 30 people were fined $60 and jailed 30 days for violating prohibition law.
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Christinia
Gunnar Knudsen
Rights
Liberals
Gary
Ind
Postal Bank Bill Ready For Action
Washington reports a postal savings bank bill crafted by Senators Carter Dolliver and Owen has been perfected and introduced in the senate. It creates a board of trustees, outlines depository offices, monthly deposit limits, two percent interest, and safeguards with bonds and collateral. New York notes Taft elected to the Military Order of Foreign Wars.
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Washington
Carter, Dolliver and
Owen
Carter
Senate
East
Board of Trustees
Secretary of the Treasury
Gneral
Postal Savings Banks
Congress
Postal Savings Bank
Postal Savings Depositories
Ajl
Postal
Postal Bank
United States
New York
Taft
Military Order of Foreign Wars of the
Peary Receives Two Medals From Chicago Geographical Society
Commander Robert E Peary is awarded the Helen Culver medal for polar discovery by the Chicago Geographic al Society and Prof T C Chamberlin of the University of Chicago receives a medal for geographical discovery after dissenting Dr Cook's tale. A London dispatch confirms Peary won a gold medal with Bartlett from the Royal Geographic al Society.
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Peary
Chicago
Helen Culver
Robert E. Peary
Chicago Geographical Society
North Pole
T. C. Chamberlin
University of Chicago
Cook
Cormamander Peary
London
You
Bartlett
Royal Geographical Society of London
Taft and Roosevelt Probed Over Alaskan Lobbying Charges
Washington hearing reveals Delegate Wickersham accusing President Taft and former President Roosevelt of supporting an Alaskan lobby through Governor Hoggatt and Major Richardson. Hoggatt counters that Wickersham is humbugging. Senate committee cautions Wickersham over his testimony.
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Washington
Wickersham
Taft
Roosevelt
W. B. Hoggatt
W. P. Richardson
Alaskan Road Commission
Hoggatt
Senate
Major Richardson
Hoggart
Guggenheims
Fat Dividends On Stock From Pennsylvania Railways
Pennsylvania Company directors declare a 16.67 per share stock dividend payable in stock. Pittsburg Cincinnati Chicago St. Louis Railroad declares a 124 percent stock dividend. Record holders Feb 5 may subscribe to new stock in proportion to holdings at par. The Pennsylvania Company wholly owns its parent and controls the P C C C St. Louis railway via substantial preferred and common stock holdings.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Company
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago
Pittsburg, Cincinnati
Chicago and St. Louis
Banker Captures Burglar in Philadelphia Home
Philadelphia wholesale grocer and Textile National Bank president Ruetschlin detained a desperado who demanded 500 at gunpoint. The man, Steven Brown, 35, of New York, claimed hunger drove his crime. police later arrested him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Henry Ruetschlin
Textile National Bank
Miss Ruetschlein
Ruetschlin
Steven Brown
New York
House Passes Bill Creating Bureau of Mines
A stormy session saw representatives move to create a bureau of mines in the interior department with a commissioner to be paid $5,000 annually. The bill shifts supervision of structural material investigations and coal and mineral fuel testing from the geological survey to the new bureau.
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Washington
Tawney
Committee On Appropriations
Bureau of Mines
Interior Department
House
Geological Survey
Washington Frauds In Bills Of Lading Probed
The interstate commerce commission issued an order warning carriers they will face criminal prosecutions for false date entries on bills of lading. The alert follows frequent frauds in interstate shipments, stressing enforcement against deceptive practices.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mrs Gould Ordered to Pay $165 for Furs and Millinery
New York case shows Katherine Clemmons Gould must pay $165 for fur and millinery bought before separation. Supreme court jury verdict awards the amount with interest. Mrs Gould already receives $30,000 yearly alimony from Howard Gould.
Oldest Arizonan Jane Corona dies at 116 in Arizona
Mrs. Jane Juana Corona dies in Arizona at 116, the oldest resident. Born October 20, 1794 in Sonora, Mexico, she married three times and smoked cigars from age ten until her death. Her youngest child survives at 60.
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Patagonia
Atiz
Jane Juana Corona
Anld
Arizona
United States Steel declares 4 percent annual dividend
Directors of United States Steel Corporation announce a regular 1 percent quarterly dividend and an extra of 0.75 percent on common stock, with total 1909 earnings of $131,479,975 and a year end surplus of $27,339,430. Unfilled orders on Dec 31 stand at 5,927,081 tons.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Morgan
Gary
Floods devastate France as Seine swells over cities
Paris reports widespread disaster from flooding across France. The Seine roars through towns with Ivry sur Seine submerged and Altfortville rooftops showing. Government mobilizes army and navy. a Senate relief appropriation of 400000 dollars is approved. Prominent donors include President Fallieres, Rothschilds, Bank of France, and Banque de Paris et des Pays Bas. Thousands of residents flee to Paris seeking aid.
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Paris
France
Seine
Senate
Fallieres
Rothschilds
Bank of Franca
Banque de Paris Et Des Pays Bas
Ivry-Sur- Seine
Alfortville
Nitrow Fuel Markups Spark Ohio Conspiracy Case
Nine Ohio and West Virginia torpedo firms and prominent Marietta businessmen were indicted by a grand jury on charges of conspiracy in restraint of trade. A circular notifying customers of higher nitroglycerin torpedo prices for oil well shooting led to the Valentine act case. Prosecutor Edward B. Follett asserts the group acted as a trust to force price hikes.
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Ohio
Grand Judy
Marietta
West Virginia
Edward B. Follett
Supreme Court route set for tax case against AMG Cleveland
U S Judge R B Taylor upheld the federal corporation tax law and dismissed a stockholder suit against the American Graph Company of Cleveland. The ruling lets the case proceed to the U S Supreme Court for a decision this week, with attorney Richard Inglis saying it likely will reach that tribunal soon. Taylor cited a Vermont action as precedent and dispensed with a hearing.
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U. S. Supreme Court
Toledo
United States
R. B. Taylor
American Multigraph Company of
Cleveland
Supreme Court For
Richard Inglis
Taylor
Supreme Court
Vermont
Senator Daniel Re-Elected in Virginia Race
Richmond reports John W. Daniel of Lynchburg was re-elected to the United States Senate, marking his fifth election to the post. The Republican minority vote went to Congressman Slemp.
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Daniel
Richmond
John W. Daniel
Lynchburg
United States
Senate
Slemp
Receiver Named for American Bank in Mexico City
Alfonso Arriagora an attorney was appointed receiver of the United States Banking Company which suspended after a run of a day and a half in Mexico City authorities moved to stabilize the bank and protect depositors as the financial distress unfolded within the Mexican capital.
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Mexico City
Alfonso Arriagora
United States Banking Company
Kaiser Absolute Power Debate Sparks Reichstag Row
Herm von Oldenberg a Conservative Agrarian urged Kaiser Wilhelm to hold absolute power and suspend the constitution. Conservatives cheered while Liberals Socialists and extreme left shouted against any suspension as the debate opened a campaign toward a czarist authority. von Oldenberg said the talk aimed at military discipline not constitutional change, but Socialists rejected the clarification.
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Berlin
Germany
Reichstag
Herm von Oldenberg
Kaiser Wilghelm
Potsdam
von Oldenberg
Kaiser
Socialeista
von Eldenberg
Aviators Warned In Cedar Grave Digest
Squire Kammek, justice of the peace, proclaims title to his property spans from earth’s center to the solar system and warns aviators not to fly over his land. He cites risk from collapsing flying machines and threatens imprisonment for violations after learning a neighbor plans to test a homemade aeroplane.
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Cedar Grave
N. J
Squire Kammekhor
Post Office to End Cent Piece Practice in Rural Boxes
Washington officials estimate 300 million one cent coins are taken by rural carriers for postage from letter boxes. Complaints rise, and after February 15 the Post Office will stop the practice due to delays in collection and delivery of mail.
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Washington, D. C
Post Office Department
Horse Not Down and Out
Washington reports that despite more cars the American horse remains valued. The crop reporting board notes average horse prices rose from 96.64 in 1908 to 108.18 in 1909, while the U S horse population grew from 20,640,000 to 21,040,000.
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Washington, D. C
Crop Reporting Board
Department of Agriculture
United States
Switch Strike Settled In Minneapolis Northwest
Minneapolis switchmen who had been on strike since November 30 will return to their old jobs. They will resume work with wages unsettled, but will follow the Chicago compromise figures. If no hitch arises next week, the program should pass. those close to the matter describe it as “cut and dried.”
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Minneapolis
Minn
Northwest
Chicago
Sverdrup to North on Interview Quest
New York reports Sten Drewsen of Copenhagen, the first newspaper man to greet Dr. Cook on his return, says Capt. Otto Sverdrup will voyage north next summer to interview the two Esquima g said to have accompanied Cook.
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New York
Sten Drewsen
Copenhagen
Cook
Otto Sverdrup
Two Wounded In Duel Near Edgewood
In Middlesboro a pistol duel at Edgewood left Deputy Sheriff Gordon Givens and miner Benjamin Gatliff mortally wounded. Givens had moved to arrest Gatliff on a disorderly conduct charge.
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Middlesboro
Edgewood
Sheri Gordon Givens
Benjamin Gatliff
Givens
Gatliff
Stringent Oleo Law Bill Introduced in Senate
A bill introduced by Senator Penroge of Pennsylvania seeks to amend oleomargarine law. Drafted by a committee representing railway interests, it imposes taxes of 3600 on manufacturers 400 on wholesalers and 45 on retailers while tightening manufacture and sale regulations.
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Washington
Senate
Penroge
Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania Co. and
Panhandle
Corporation
American Bank
New Jersey
Justice
Department
Sverdrup
Wiil
Esquime
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