Court bans express franks under interstate law
The U S Supreme Court held the interstate commerce act applies to express franks. The American Express Co was enjoined from issuing franks to its officers or others for employees or related railroad company families. The ruling upholds Judge Kohlhausat. In a separate case the court affirmed a $108000 fine against New York Central for rebates to American Sugar.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the
United States
American Express Company
Kohisuat
Chicago
Kohl- Haat
New York Central
Elkins
United States Circuit Court of
New York
New York Central Railroad Company
American Sugar Company
Supreme Court of the United States
Carroll D Wright Dies After Long Illness at 69
Carroll D Wright, president of Clark College in Worcester Massachusetts, died at age sixty nine after a two year diabetes battle. Born July twenty fifth eighteen forty in Dunbarton New Hampshire he served in the Civil War and held high posts including Massachusetts bureau of labor statistics chief United States commissioner of labor and census compiler. He was decorated with the Legion of Honor by France in 1907.
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Worcester
Mass
Carroll D. Wright
Clark College
Wright
Washington
Carnegie Institute
Carroll Davidson Wright
Dunbarton, N. H
Nathan R
Elizabeth Wright
Tufts College
Dartmouth
Wesleyan
Clark
Amherst Colleges
New Hampshire Volunteers
Caroline FE. Harnden
Reading
Massachusetts Senate
Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics of Labor
United States Commissioner of Labor
Legion of Honor
France
Standard Oil Case Opens With Quash Motion
Chicago February 25 The retrial of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana for alleged rebating began with a heated exchange as defense attorney John 8 Miller moved to quash the venire of 150 jurors alleging improper drawing Sixty percent of the pool are farmers and only three are Chicago residents DA Sims opposed the motion and the court quickly ruled to proceed with selection This record notes the early skirmish signaling a lengthy courtroom battle ahead
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Chicago
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Anderson
John 8. Miller
Sims
Miller
Venice
Earth Tides Measured In London Lecture
G H Darwin announced Hecker’s achievement in determining earth tides duration and extent. Through six years of day and night observation near London, Hecker found the earth nearly as stiff as steel, moving up and down about one third of a liquid earth. The vertical latitude rise and fall is four to five inches.
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London
G. H. Darwin
Hecker
Dry Farming Congress Opens at Cheyenne
Cheyenne Wyoming February 25 With more than 600 delegates present and hundreds more to arrive on snowbound trains the third Trans Missouri Dry Farming congress opened its sessions The three day meeting will tackle issues for semi arid regions Governor B B Brooks of Wyoming presided and a Roosevelt letter with greetings and support was read to the assembly
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Third
Trans-Missouri Dry Farming Congress
B. B. Brooks
Wyoming
Congress
Roosevelt
Brooks
Denver wind drives Rock Island train ahead of schedule
The Rock Island passenger train No. 5 arrived in Denver well ahead of time as a strong gale pushed it from the rear for over 100 miles. The engineer slowed the steam but the cars continued at about 50 miles an hour until braking was applied upon realizing the early arrival.
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Denver
Rock Island
Senator-elect Root Leaves Hot Springs For Albany Address
Hot Springs Arkansas February 25 Senator elect Elihu Root finished a strenuous training period and departed for Albany where he will address the state legislature before going to Washington for the inaugural. Root spent 22 days here with 20 mornings of long mountain rides and declared he never felt better.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Elihu Root
Albany
Washington
Root
Thomas Moore Did Not Earn Over 000 Yearly From Work
The record notes that Thomas Moore never earned more than 000 annually from his employment. It highlights a modest income level tied to his line of work and references his financial constraints.
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Thomas Moore
Rioting In South Omaha Greek Quarters Causes Damage
Rioting in South Omaha since Sunday afternoon left five gunshot injuries and extensive property destruction. Police and deputies battled mobs, with more than 30 buildings damaged and about 25 thousand dollars in losses as Greeks flee the city amid continued unrest and mass meetings at Baright hall.
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Omaha
Neb
South Omaha
United States
Coro Milas
New York City
N. J. Mandanis
Mndanis
Baright Hall
Mandanis
South
Edward Lowery
John Masuredes
Masuredes
Douglas County
Lincoln
Brailey
Shallenberger
Battleship Fleet Returns Home After World Cruise
Old Point Comfort Virginia February 24 28 bands played the Star Spangled Banner as the battleship fleet arrived off Hampton Roads completing a 45000 mile 14 month world cruise. President Roosevelt reviewed the ships aboard the Mayflower which carried him to greet the fleet in a heavy rain. The Connecticut Louisiana Georgia and Wisconsin led the four divisional flagships as Admirals Sperry and other officers received thanks from the president.
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Old Point Comfort
United States
Hampton Roads
Washington
Admiral Sperry
President Roosevelt
Connecticut
Louisiana
Georgia
Wisconsin
Norfolk
Roosevelt
Capes
Fort Monroe
Worfolk
Australia
Japan
Antipodes
California
Here
Unmarked Goods Sold to Dealers in Nebraska
Lincoln Neb February 24 the latest ruling by Governor Shallenberger and deputy food commissioner Mr Maine on applying the national pure food law where the Nebraska act is vague is interpreted by package goods dealers to mean net weights need not be marked on covers.
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Lincoln, Neb
Shallenberger
Maine
Express Car Burns on Burlington Road
Gretna Nebraska February 24 an express car on the west bound Burlington train caught fire between Chalco and Gretna and burned with nearly all its contents. The two express messengers escaped by crawling to the coach in the rear as the blaze was discovered midway between the towns and the train hurried to Gretna still in flames.
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Gretna
Neb
Burlington
Chalco
Rex Arrives as Mardi Gras Keys Turned Over in New Orleans
Rex arrived in New Orleans as the city marked the ceremonial handover of the Mardi Gras keys to the monarch. The parade was one of the most notable events in the city’s history.
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New Orleans
Rex
Bellhop Inherits Legacy Of 32000 From Colonel Warfield
In San Francisco on February 24 a bellhop named Jack Douglas received a letter from New York revealing he has inherited 32,000 from Colonel G. H. Warfield. The note recalls his past as a polo pony rider for the colonel, prompting astonishment at the windfall.
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San Francisco
Cal
Jack Douglas
Man Hotel
New York
G. H. Warfield
Harvard President's Nephew Dies After Fall at Dorm
Stewart Douglas Robinson, 19, nephew of President Roosevelt and Harvard sophomore, fell from a sixth story Hampton Hall window on Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge. Friends found him in bed. later unrelated events suggest he stood and leaned out, losing balance. He was a substitute hockey team member and son of Douglas Robinson. his mother is President Roosevelt's sister.
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Cambridge
Mass
Stewart Douglas Robinson
Roosevelt
Harvard College
Hampton Hall
Massachusetts Avenue
Douglas Robinson
Robinson
Stewart
Stewart Robinson
Sophoore
Harvard
Hat Lost on Train Incites Lantern Search
In Evansville Indiana on February 24 Rev. John Bradbury’s silk hat fell from a window of the last passenger train near Owensville. The conductor stopped the train and the crew used lanterns to locate the hat.
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Evansville
Ind
John Bradbury
Owensville
Five year old saves three year old in harbor plunge
In South Norwalk, Johnny Hogan, aged five, plunged into Norwalk harbor to rescue his friend Mildred Torrington, three, who had fallen from a dock and was sinking. He could not reach shore but freed her head from mud and held her up until William A. Fendit and Edward Webb arrived to assist.
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Norwalk
Conn
Mildred Torrington
Norwalk Harbor
Johnny Hogan
Axe
Johnny
William A. Fendit
Edward Webb
Bledsoe Sentenced for Attempted Robbery in Jones Case
Robert Bledsoe of Dallas pleaded guilty to attempted robbery of Lawrence M. Jones, a Dallas millionaire, in Kansas City. He received a 0 year penitentiary term. the judge lamented the leniency and noted the crime as diabolical. Jones testified the dynamite bomb was intended to intimidate.
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Kansas City
Robert BR. Bledsoe
Dallas
Tex
Lawrences M. Jones
Bledsoe
Ralph W. Latshaw
Criminal Court
Hut
Jones
Three Assemblies to Improve Park in Midwestern States
North Dakota legislature asks Iowa and Nebraska to fund park improvements on grounds used by the federal government at the Battle of Glasgow Hills where Iowa and Nebraska soldiers are buried. South Dakota also seeks a constitutional amendment to curb polygamy and urges Iowa to adopt it.
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State House
Des Moines
North Dakota
Iowa
Nebraska
OE Dakota
Glasgow Hills
South Dakota
Printing Costs in Congress Keep Rising Despite Savings
Washington reports the Printing Investigation Commission found public printing expenses grew from 200000 in 1840 to over 7 million in 1905. It notes a savings of over half a million annually from new supervision powers and details large surplus removals from storage, plus a change to buckram bindings for official files.
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Washington, D. C
Joint Committee On Printing
Congressional Record
Geological Survey
Department of Agriculture
Senate Passes 40 House Bills and Canal Zone Actions
The senate approved 40 house bills on its calendar and several Senate-originated measures. These include granting leaves of absence to Isthmus Canal Commission employees for injuries incurred at work and extending time for the underground telephone system in Honolulu. Also authorizes leases of public land in the canal zone for up to 25 years.
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Washington
Senate
House
Isthmus Canal Commission
Honolulu
Pananama
Heney accuses rival attorney of knowing of assassin plan
Frances J. Heney charged Henry Act, counsel for Abraham Ruef, with knowledge of Morris Haas’s plan to shoot the prosecutor during a November attempt. Judge Lawler threatened imprisonment as tempers cooled. One juror seat remains to be filled after a day of challenges with ten talesmen examined and discharged.
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San Francisco
Frances J. Heney
Henry Act
Abraham Ruef
Morris Haas
Lawler
Talesmen
Masked Raiders Attack Warren County Editor in Mason
In Lebanon Ohio on February 28 a mob of about 50 masked men invaded A C McClung editor of the Warren County Appeal at Mason. They broke windows and doors, wrecked furniture, and escaped. Threats had been sent to him over his temperance stance.
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Q Street
Thirtieth
Dionysius Catapodis
Charles Estroyl
Lebanon
Ohio
A. C. McClung
Warren County Appeal
Mason
McClung
Royalty Honors Grand Duke Vladimir in Petersburg
In St Petersburg on February 23 the remains of Grand Duke Vladimir were moved from his palace to Fortress St Peter and St Paul. The emperor and grand dukes walked behind the gun carriage bearing the casket as foreign sovereign representatives stayed away for the ceremony. The interment is scheduled for tomorrow.
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St. Petersburg
Vladimir
Neva
St. Peter and St. Paul
Tobacco Trust History Outlined Before Roosevelt
Commissioner Smith reports the rise of the Tobacco Combination from 1890 with American Tobacco as the seed firm. It notes four fifths of U S tobacco output, 316 million dollar capitalization, and a Consolidated Tobacco deal that enriched a small group of directors at the expense of common stockholders. The study critiques fiduciary duty and reveals schemes to dominate the industry.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Herbert Knox Smith
America
Bureau of Corporations
Smith
Amerean Tobacco Company
United States
Consolidated Tobacco Company
American
Continental
The
Consolidated
Plot to Dethrone Nicholas Unearthed in Russia
A St Petersburg official reports a reactionary plot to dethrone Emperor Nicholas and set up a regency under Grand Duke Vladimir. The plan emerged amid Azef revelations and anti government factions seeking a strong hand. Vladimir's sudden death halted the move.
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St. Petersburg
Nicholas
Russia
Vladimir
Azef
CUT STEEL PRICES AND WAGES DECLINING TRADE CONDITIONS
New York Feb 22 conferences between heads of subsidiary companies of United States Steel discussed trade conditions. Reports say sweeping price cuts for steel except rails and corresponding wage reductions were decided, with independent mills forming for self protection. E H M Gary expected to issue a statement later. Steel common fell to 4 cents below last night’s close, then slid to 48 1/2 cents before noon recovered to 49 cents.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
E. H M. Gary
Wisconsin Senate Deadlock Persists on Re-election Ballot
Madison February 22 United States Senator candidate Stephenson failed by eight votes on the fourteenth joint ballot of the Wisconsin legislature as deadlock continued over his re-election bid.
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Madison
Ireb
United States
Supe Stephenson
Wisconsin
Japan to bar emigration to Pacific coast
News from Tokyo reports the Japanese government will forbid immigration to the Pacific coast. Count Komura, the foreign minister, says Japan will not dispatch emigrants abroad and will discourage Japanese farming methods for Manchuria migration.
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Bulletin
Victoria
B. C
Japan
Pacific
Tokio
Komura
Pacific Coast
Mexico
South America
Manchuria
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J. P. Krause
Frank Dolzial
H. C. Murphy
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William Chandler
Edward Porter
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