New York Life Case Finds No Grand Larceny Charge
Appellate division frees George W. Perkins on grand larceny charges tied to New York Life Insurance campaign contributions. Justices McLaughlin and Patterson discuss open appropriation by the relator and repayment expectations, while McCall’s officers acted under the president’s direction. Civil restitution possible, but criminal larceny ruled absent.
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Supreme Court
George W. Perkine
Grand Jury
New York Life Insurance Company
Republican National Committee
Jerome
Perkins
Court of
Finance Committee
Justion Patterson
Perkina
Ingraham
Perkine
McCall
Justice McLaughlin
Peckina
Revised bill of exceptions filed in Williamson land fraud case
The defendants J N Williamson Van Geener and Marion R Biggs filed a revised bill of exceptions in Portland via Judge Bennett. The document runs 1060 typewritten pages and contains the trial testimony from their conspiracy to defraud trial. Judge Hunt of Montana refused the prior bill and may rule on the latest filing ahead of possible appeal.
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Willamson
Portland
J. N. Williamson
van Geener
Marion R. Biggs
Bennett
Judge Hunt
Montana
Congress to Adjourn Likely by Mid June
Washington May 22 indications point to an adjournment of congress about the 15th of June. The railroad rate bill has passed the senate and the house has nearly finished the appropriation bills with the sundry civil bill to be reported soon. The senate plans to dispatch urgent deficiency pension fortifications army and Indian bills and then finish post office agricultural legislative District of Columbia and military academy measures before adjournment. The house and senate expect to conclude the appropriation bills in short order as adjournment nears.
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Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
Outeide
Post Office
District of Columbia
Alwa
House
Allison
Expenses Cut in Zion City Church Administration
W G Voliva announced to Zion City followers that from January 15 to May 10 church expenses dropped from 9800 to 3682 dollars per month due to staff cuts and salary reductions. He noted annual ecclesiastical savings of 70000 dollars and said his own pay fell to 100 dollars monthly. Voliva also said John G Excell resigned as general ecclesiastical secretary amid doctrinal disagreements. Dowie’s condition remained largely unchanged.
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Chicago
W. G. Voliva
Christian Catholic Church
Zion City
Voliva
Oversera
Landis
Zion
Beatiie, Waeh. Chinese Merchant Deported from Northwest
Beatiie Wa Cheng company figure, one of the region’s wealthiest Chinese merchants, faces deportation after a trip to China aimed at patching trade relations and easing local conditions.
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Beatiie
Waeh
Wo Gen
Wa Cheng Company
Northwest
China
Stock Free of Cost under Granting Rates and Discrimination
Interstate Commerce Commission hearings reveal Pennsylvania railroad officials connected to coal company stocks and car allocations. Vice-President John P. Green Third Vice-President Samuel Rea and William A. Patton testified as investigators pressed for details on stock holdings and potential conflicts of interest in coal properties and railroad car distribution. Green denied ownership of coal stock, while Rea defended holdings tied to land syndicates and development. A five-director committee was appointed to probe officers' connections to coal firms.
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Philadelphia
Penmsylvania Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
John P. Green
Samuel Rea
William A. Patton
Patton
Glasgow
Pariihuitenert
In Poennsylvania Ra
Ite Offeera
Green
May clash on canal policy swirls in senate
In May, senators debate canal type with mood shifting toward a sea level plan. President Roosevelt discusses the issue with leaders at the White House as Taft signals Congress must decide the canal type or risk pursuing the lock option favored by the minority engineers.
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Senate
Tafthee
Congress
Board of Comsulting Engineers
Shall Moeedy Prosecute Conference at White House
An important White House conference was held in the late afternoon with the president present. Attorney Moody and James R. B. Garfeld, commissioner pending, were said to be among those in attendance as matters remained unsettled.
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Moeedy
Washington
White House
Alterney Moody
James RB. Garfeld
Southern Pacific unveils ornate new chair and Pullman cars
The Southern Pacific Company announces refined vestibule and Pullman cars for routes to California and points in New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, and Louisiana, highlighting elegant oboe cars and improved service on Oregon lines.
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New Mexico
Arizona
Texas
Louisiana
Trains Schedule for Portland and Nearby Cities
Railroad timetable lists departures from Portland at 6 30am and 8 00pm with listed times for Drain Roesby and San Francisco routes. For full details and advertising matters contact any Southern Pacific agent or office.
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Southern Pacific
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