Law Departments Challenge New Legal Holiday Legislation
Attorneys statewide condemn the new legal holiday laws as unconstitutional and as special legislation. Sacramento lawyers vow to take the matter to higher courts, arguing the laws burden certain cases and disrupt court operations. Judges privately doubt the measure but caution public opinion may hinge on ongoing legal maneuvers.
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Sacramento Bar Association
Wheels of Justice
Samerior Court
Sacramento
Violence in Oakland Park Shootout Between Deputies and Chinese
In Oakland California at Sixth and Alice streets a pistol battle erupted between Deputy Sheriff Moffitt and Special Policeman Murdock and a group of four white gunmen and a Chinese man. Shots were exchanged leaving Moffitt and Murdock wounded but alive. Several Chinese and white assailants opened fire in the park, with four whites reported imported from San Jose to join the fight. The confrontation ended with police returning fire and Murdock assisting after being struck.
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Yaqui Raid Attacks Pack Train Near Monton de Lena
Reported Yaqui Indian raid near Monton de Lena leaves four men dead and mutilated, with two injured travelers from a Mexican prospecting party recounting the attack. Local authorities note five raids in seven days in the area and warn of continuing danger.
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Sonora
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Monton de Lena
Gp Borpini
Killing Near Mojave Targets Saloons Amid Tension
Mojave region reports a surge of violence linked to saloons near Aqueduct route. A saloonkeeper, Ralph Bowers of Eichtecen Mile House, was killed by J. M. Coyapry during a poker game amid clashes with aqueduct officials over saloon operations within two miles of camp 44.
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Eduet Hoard
Eli Jake
Haccanta
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Ralph Bowers
Eichtecen Mile House
J. M. Co
Finn
Rest cure urged by magnate and others in crisis
James J. Hill and Stuyvesant Fish urge a national rest cure to restore public confidence amid a market panic. They blame lack of trust in Wall Street driven corporate mismanagement and call for decisive government action and criminal prosecutions to clear the way for recovery, stressing support for western and southern agriculture.
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New York
James J. Hill
Fai
Stuyvesant Fish
Chicago
Wall Street
Fish
Eleven Die In Fremont Consolidated Mine Fire
A mine fire at the Fremont Consolidated mine near Jackson California trapped eleven workers. Two men escaped to the surface while others remained unable to reach air due to smoke. Efforts to reach imprisoned laborers through the Grover shaft failed as flames and smoke blocked progress. Nationalities among the imprisoned were Americans Italians and Austrians. Owners Goodall Perkins of San Francisco previously paid dividends.
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Nalston Mips
Mont Consolidated
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Fismont
Fremont
Goodall & Perkins_of
San Francisco
Seized Italian noble subjected to torture in grotto
A dramatic kidnapping at Naples reports a marquis seized by masked assailants, taken to a grotto where he was tortured and a letter to the marchioness mandating his release. He was found half frozen and badly injured, with one attacker disguising as a policeman.
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Naples
Tardy relief for lumber shippers debated in Senate
Senate debate in Washington centers on emergency relief for lumber shippers from Oregon Washington and Montana. The proposed interstates law amendment would allow shipper hearings on rate merits before final action taken by the commission. The objecting shipper would have right to be heard on rate issues.
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Mého
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Ton
Oregon
Léesteuaio
Multiple-city dispatches mix gunfire theft and rescue
A sprawling telegraphic digest reports a drunken row near Gas Point ending in a killing exonerated by a coroner’s jury, a Mexico City banker robbed of 40000 dollars in jewelry, a Des Moines man presumed dead in a California surf accident, San Francisco police raids and a streetcar hold up in San Bernardino. Other items note a geese hunter shot, a Portland directory issue, rail and militia actions, a feud leader killed in Kentucky, Chicago saloon violence, and Vesuvius activity with nearby villages unaffected.
Insane Patients Overwhelm Los Angeles County Hospital
Insane patients crowd the Los Angeles county hospital with cells and basement spaces overfilled. Officials report fifty three demented individuals in residence, twenty in temporary cells, as capacity is exceeded and conditions grow intolerable.
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Los Angeles
County Hospital
Kidnappers Terrorize Mexico City In Major String
Police hunt a large kidnaping gang active in Mexico City over two months. Forty nine children, ages two to nine, were stolen from homes, leaving the city in a climate of fear as authorities pursue the organization and their suspected methods.
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Mexico City
Girl Charged With Murder Sings in Prison Cell
Louisa Wims, a mulatto girl charged with the murder of her six weeks old infant by throwing it into a Santa Fe stream, was bound over to the superior court and will await trial in county jail. She initially claimed innocence while in a police cell.
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Louisa Wims
Santa Fe
Saneron
Bely
Teune
Etarets
Lumbermen Held Up by Railroad Lines
Lumber firms in Oregon Washington and Idaho file complaints with the interstate commerce commission accusing rail lines of unlawfully raising freight rates from 3 to 100 pounds. The Potlatch Lumber Co leads a list of forty-one complainants including Pacific Northwest and Great Northern routes. A conspiracy among the railroads is alleged as the motive behind the increases.
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Interstate Com Commission
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Safa
Conn
Teese Acific
Ith Ern
Burlin
Fe Southern Pacific
Chicago
Ieee
Onery
St. Paul
Fence Dispute Heads to Superior Court at San Pedro
San Pedro fishermen and the San Pedro Salt Lake Railway clash over a breakwater fence. The railway sues to enjoin fishermen from tearing down the railside fence it built around its claimed property. Judge William James granted a temporary injunction with a $1000 bond. December 6 set for show cause hearing. The case hinges on access to the water for the fishermen’s boats versus the railway’s claimed rights to fence the shore.
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Bar Island
Sanselee & Salt Lake Railway Company
E Tegaditna Dinkicuiea Sactuaduy
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2,000,000 Acres of Government Land Restored to Entry
Washington report by Commissioner General R A Ballinger shows that after March 4 more than 2,000,000 acres of public land suspended under blanket orders were restored to entry. The document notes proposed openings of Indian lands in 1908, including Colville and Flathead reservations, with several other reservations slated for future openings. It also covers efforts to curb illegal practices in public lands and mentions limited field force capacity.
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Colville Reservation
Flathead Reservation
Montana
China Reservation
Blackfoot Reservation
Tuberculosis test tried on University of Michigan students
In Ann Arbor sixty senior law students subjected themselves to a new ophthalmic tuberculin test to detect tuberculosis germs. The test uses tubercle bacillus prepared from cultures and precipitated in alcohol injected into the eye. Early results show no reaction among the students tested.
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University
Michigan
Koch
Wey
Congress Faces Big Problems Ahead as Session Opens
Congress faces a wide range of financial and tariff issues as the new session convenes. Leaders from both parties acknowledge the unsettled financial situation and expect focus on rail rate law amendments, sales taxation on stock trades, and tariff questions while bipartisan disagreement stalls decisive action.
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Japanese Emigration Curbs Discussed by Government
In a garbled dispatch the article notes potential U S government concerns over Japanese emigration policy. It suggests regulations are being prepared and that the Japanese government may align with broader aims to control immigration flows, with statements indicating ongoing consultation and potential legislative action.
Duty on Paper Tax to Be Lifted by Congress
Washington reports that Representative Champ Clark will introduce a bill after the convening of Congress to remove the duty on paper printing. The proposed measure states that no import tax shall be collected on any paper or printed material used in serials or their components.
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Con Representtaive
Champ Clark
Pix Sours
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