Government ready for trial in three rebate cases
In Kansas City on May 24 the United States district court announced trial readiness in three rebate cases. Defendants include George J. Thomas and L. B. Taggart, with Burlington Railway charged with export rebate conspiracies. Judge McPherson overruled Burlington’s demurrer. trials proceed.
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Kansas City
United States District Court
George J. Thomas
New York City
L. B. Taggart
George H. Crosby
Burlington Railway
H. B. Duncan
Department of Justice
Smith McPherson
Iowa
Phillips
Congress
Burlington
Kansas City Packers
New York
Explosion at New Jersey glucose plant injures workers
May 24 reports say a blast at the New York Glucose company plant in Shady Side New Jersey blew the roof off a four story building. Thirty workers had narrow escapes and many were injured as fire raged. Earlier a May 22 report claimed six killed and fifty injured with twelve men trapped in debris.
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New York
New York Glucose Company
Shady Side
N. J
Witness in Murder Trial Faints After Testimony
Josephine Ter ranova testified in her own defense on a charge of murdering her aunt. She recalled coming to America as a child and being beaten and forbidden to speak English or play with other children. A spectator fainted during her uncle’s alleged abuse, interrupting the proceedings.
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New York
Josephine Terranova
Reggies
America
Cossacks Kill Four in Simbirsk Uprising
In Simbirsk Eastern Russia on May 22 a clash between Cossacks and peasants tied to suppressing agrarian disorder left four peasants dead and about 200 wounded according to reports.
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Simbirsk
Russia
Republic Oil Co Withdraws from Ohio Ally of Standard Oil
The Republic Oil Co a New York corporation with Ohio headquarters in Cleveland notified Secretary of State Laylin it withdraws from Ohio The move creates a sensation at the state house as Standard Oil interests are noted among the consulted parties
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Republic Oil Company
Ohio
Cleveland
Columbus
New York
Laylin
Standard Oil Company
State House
Chandler Attacks Railway Rate Review
Former Senator William E Chandler, head of the Spanish war claims commission, denounces the Senate inserted court review provisions in the Hepburn railroad rate bill. He argues the changes invite court interference, impeding rate setting, and calls for striking out the review language in conference. Chandler asserts the bill remains a great advance but not the people’s full desired outcome.
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Washington
William E Chandler
Spanish War Claims Commission
Senate
Tillman
Bailey
House
Supreme Court
Commission
Gas magnate mum and is sent to jail
Henry L. Doherty, president of the Denver Gas and Electric Co., refused to testify about bogus tax receipts used in the election. Judge Frank T. Johnson ordered his commitment to jail until he would testify or be released on further orders. The case sparked a Supreme Court injunction delaying proceedings and allowed Doherty to be released on his own recognizance.
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Denver
Colo
Henry L. Doherty
Denver Gas and Electric Company
Frank T. Johnson
Joel F. Vaile
Johnson
Doherty
Dohety
Elections Commission
Supreme Court
Honest Election League
McMillan Syndicate of Gas and Electric Companies
New York
Money Market Report From New York May 2 1900s
F Prime mercantile paper at 4 5 per cent. Sterling exchange steady at 4.99 3 4.85 30 on demand and 4.62 0 4.82 10 for W days. Money steady at 1 3 percent.
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New York
Sterling Exchange
Senators Move to Probe Supreme Court Burden on Burton Case
Washington May 22 The senate directed the committee on privileges and elections to investigate the impact of yesterday's supreme court ruling in the Burton case. The Tate resolution was adopted without debate.
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Washington
Senate Today
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Supreme Court
Burton
Tate
Government to seek drastic controls on anthracite mines
Philadelphia report outlines expected congressional actions to regulate coal trade under government supervision. It cites possible penalties and probes into railroad and Standard Oil practices, with ongoing investigations by the Interstate Commerce Commission and counsel handling Sherman Act violations.
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Philadelphia
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Commission
Czar Grants Limited Amnesty in Russia May 27
St. Petersburg May 24 The long awaited amnesty will be proclaimed on May 27, the coronation anniversary of Emperor Nicholas II. The scope is limited and excludes terrorists. The government is releasing convicts in provinces and twenty seven council members of workmen delegates are freed. Premier Goremykin will present the government position in parliament and Stolypin seeks to address the agrarian questions.
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St. Petersburg
Associated Press
Nicholas II
Constitutional Democratic Party
Alexander Mil
Council of Workmen's
Goremykin
Peterhof
Nicholas
M. Stolypin
Exchange Restraining Order Aims to End Boycott
A temporary restraining order issued by Judge Teasdale bars the Traders' Live Stock Exchange from interfering with or boycotting R. K. Wertz at the Kansas City stock yards. Wertz claims the exchange barred him for not being a member and threatened expulsion of members who traded with him.
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Kansas City
Miust
Teasdale
Circuit Court
Live Stock Exchange
R. KE. Wertz
Wertz
Island Will Revolt As U S Fails Pines Control
S H Pearcy a large Isle of Pines land owner warns a revolt against Cuban authority will come soon unless the United States resumes control. Pearcy and his brother visited the White House but were referred to Secretary Root. he says Americans own most island land and have faced oppression despite assurances of American sovereignty.
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Washington, D. C
S. H. Peavcy
Isle of Pines
United States
McKinley
War Department
Pearcy
Violet Rays For Treating Insane at Illinois Hospital
Chicago May 23 Dr N W Taylor superintendent of the Illinois Western hospital for the insane reports experiments using violet rays for insanity treatment. A glass house roofed with violet panes exposes bare skin to sun baths from sunrise to sunset while meals are delivered inside, ensuring continuous exposure.
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Chicago
N. W. Taylor
Illinois Western Hospital For the
Baptist societies mark anniversaries in Dayton
The American Baptist Home Missionary Society closes its seventy fourth anniversary with Hon. W. S. Shallenberger elected as president and calls for certificates on whiskies sold to speakeasies. The ninety second anniversary of the American Baptist Missionary Union begins as talk of Baptist and Free Baptist union advances.
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Dayton
American Baptist Home Missionary Society
W. S. Shallenberger
Congress
Eitcher
Ohio
American Baptist Missionary Union
Baptist Mission Society
Baptist and
American Baptist Home Mission Society
Big Men Indicted in Oregon Land Fraud Case
Federal grand jury returned land fraud indictments April 9 involving prominent Los Angeles San Francisco and southwestern Oregon figures. The 6000 acre timber land tract lies along Lobster and Bucher creeks in Curry county. Indictment names include Richard D. Jones William H. Smith Jeremiah Humely A S Johnston William T Kerr John R Mier Warren Gillesen R W Kenny G L Stearns Jacob C Cross David M Goodwin A H Hedderly Richard Hynes M M Riley Lee R Ayres W D Gould and F W Dennis. Pacific Furniture and Lumber Co is cited as active agency.
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Portland
Ore
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Oregon
United States
W.A. Bristol
Lobster and Bucher Creeks
Curry County
Richard D. Jones
William H. Smith
Jeremiah Humely
A. S. Johnston
William T. Kerr
Coquille
John R. Mier
Port Oxford
Warren Gillesen
R. W. Kenny
Broadway Bank and Trust Company
G. L. Stearns
Jacob C. Cross
Pacific Furniture and Lumbber Company
David M. Goodwin
Maryland
A. H. Hedderly
Richard Hynes
M. M. Riley
Lee R. Ayres
Rio Grande water treaty signed easing U S Mexico friction
Secretary Root and Ambassador Casasus sign a treaty regulating Rio Grande waters to share 60 000 acre feet yearly for about 25 000 acres on the Mexican side and 200 000 acres total irrigable. The United States funds a 7 million dam at Engel New Mexico with Mexico guaranteeing US against individual claims. Opposition predicted in Senate.
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Washington
Root
United States
Casusus
Rio Grande
Senate
Reclamation Service
Engel
New Mexico
Steamer Manolita Attacked Near Melilla
The steamer Manolita bound from Tetuan to this port with an American flag was attacked by Moors near Melilla Morocco. Several passengers were seized during the raid reported May 21 1900s era.
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Melilla
Morocco
Manolita
Tetuan
Wu Ting Fang Seeks Jury Trials and Electrocution
Pekin May 21 Wu Ting Fang former Chinese minister at Washington petitions the throne to permit jury trials and for native lawyers to practice before courts He also asks for electrocution as the method of executing criminals instead of decapitation.
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Pekin
Wu Ting Fang
Washington
Strife Likely in Canal Zone Warned Malcontents
The cruiser Columbia sailed from League Island with 600 marines bound for Guantanamo and San Domingo amid fears of revolutionary disorders around Panama. Root and Taft warned malcontents to keep away from the canal zone, as the navy deploys forces on both isthmian shores to maintain order.
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Philadelphia
Columbia
League Island
Guantanamo
San Domingo
Washington
Cuba
Panama
Magoon
Amador
Canal
Root
Taft
Canal Zone
Gulf
Pacific
Forest Fires Out In Wisconsin and Michigan
A May 21 dispatch reports all danger from forest fires ended with rain and light winds. The Escanaba and Lake Superior line fire burned about 64 miles, Quin nesec 30 miles, destroying Woodlawn, Kingsley, and Perkins and leaving around 2 000 homeless in the district and 1 000 desolate at Quin nesec.
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Marinette
Wis
Milwaukee
The
Sentinel
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Escanaba and Lake Superior
Channing
Quinnesec
Escanaba
Woodlawn
Kingsley
Escanaba and
Lake Superior
Perkins
Hascanaba
Mine on Fire at Hazel Kirke Coal Mine
Fire reported at Hazel Kirke coal mine near Bentleyville with a number of men trapped inside. Rescue operations underway as officials assess danger and seek to reach the miners.
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Pittsburg
Hazel Kirke
Bentleyville
House Committees Move to Conference on Rail Rate Bill
Washington May 3 The house committee on foreign and Interstate commerce recommends disagreement to senate amendments and sends the measure to conference. The Allison compromise provisions including court review of orders and pipeline carrier status spark debate but are likely to be accepted by conferees. The May 22 session saw twenty-two bills pass including revenue cutter service regulation lighthouse aid and shanghaiing prohibition.
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Washington, D. C
House Committee On Foreign and Interstate Commerce
Senate
House
Interstate Commerce Commission
Williams
Mississippi
United States Revenue Cutter Service
United States
Mississippi River Commission
Congress
Mississippi River
Princess Chimay Faces Matrimonial Fatigue in Europe
Vienna reports Princess Chimay has taken her Italian husband to visit Rigo's mother in Raksodo and brought Rigo’s father’s tombstone from Paris. She confides unhappiness with her marriage, hopes to win back Rigo, and telegraphs funds to him in America which are refused. She then travels to Pesth to show herself as a living statue to earn money.
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Vienna
Chimay
Rigo
Raksodo
Paris
America
Pesth
Inauguration of President Palma in Havana
President Palma was sworn in at noon in the red salon of the palace with the diplomatic corps, cabinet officers, senators and congressmen present. The oath was administered by the chief justice before eight supreme court judges as crowds outside cheered and cannons fired.
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Havana
Palma
Diplomatic Corps
Congress
Supreme Court
Cabanas
Mendez Capote
Royal Arcanum Tiana elects Howard C. Wiggans supreme regent
In Old Point Virginia on May 21 the Council of the Royal Arcanum Tiana elected Howard C Wiggans as supreme regent and approved the full slate of officers. A reaffirmation of existing assessment rates was adopted unanimously.
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Old Point
Es Council
The
Royal Arcanum
Tiana
Howard C. Wiggans
Body of Unknown Man Found in River at Muscatine
The body of an unknown man was found in the Muscatine river on Sunday. He appeared to have been in the water for six months and there is no clue to identify him.
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Muscatine
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Railway Rate Review
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Mum
Standard Oil
William A. Glasgow, Jr
Czar Grants Limited
Annesty
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Violet
Bridge
Big Ditch
Princess Chimay
Riao
Toplas Estrada Palma
Pole
Gonoranos Lopez
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