Judge Foster Grants Jury for Excise Case
Judge W. Foster of General Sessions rules a jury trial is required for Felix Cornyn in an excise case, deeming penalties harsher than typical misdemeanors and arguing the right to jury trial for serious outcomes. He criticizes District Attorney Philbin for re submitting unrelated policy complaints and notes transfers to General Sessions depend on exceptional features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren ‘W. Foster
Court of General Sessions
Justices of
Special Sessions
Felix Cornyn
Court of Special
General Sessions
Supreme Court
Beekman
Foster
Newburger
Goff
Cowing
McMahon
Court of Special Sessions
United States
Court of Special ‘Sessions
Court of Appeals
New York
Philbin
Jerome
Colorado Lawyer Falls Dead in Court
Pueblo reports Judge W. P. Beck, a well known local attorney, collapsed in the County Court room while argumenting and died shortly after. Beck, a Pioneer of Ye was educated at Heidelberg University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Pueblo
W. P. Beck
Mrs McKinley in Washington News Update on Her Illness
Physicians issued a detailed bulletin on Mrs McKinley's health, noting a blood infection from a finger bone felon in Los Angeles, exhaustion, and an acute endocarditis affecting the mitral valve. Improvement was reported, with no progression, and a barely perceptible gain in health, as she rested quietly at the White House on her birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
President appoints officials and officers in revenue and army
Washington reports the President appointed Elmer B. Stephenson as collector of Internal Revenue for Nebraska District and Myron H. McCord as United States Marshal for Arizona Territory. Other army appointments include chaplains William W. Brander James L. Griffes John C. Granville and John M. Moose Captain Henry H. Whitney and first lieutenants LeVert Coleman and Alfred B. Putnam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Elmer B. Stephenson
Internal Revenue
District of
Nebraska
Myron H. McCord
United States
Territory of
Arizona
Jah
William W. Brander
James L. Griffes
John C. Granville
John M. Moose
Artillery Corps
Henry H. Whitney
LeVert Coleman
Alfred B. Putnam
Debated Manila Mint Plans Stir U.S. Officials
In Denver George F. Roberts said Congress adjournment halted new Manila mint proposals. Army officers favor a Manila mint to rival Mexican coinage, but Secretary Gage opposes. Two options: a free Manila mint producing a Philippine dollar redeemable in gold, or a token dollar sized like the Mexican coin with less silver and gold redemption.
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Denver
George F. Roberts
Mint
Manila
Congress
Mr. Roberts
War Department
Gage
East
Philippine Tariff Report Shows Doubled Trade Under Occupation
Manila June 8 A dispatch reports the Philippine tariff stays until Washington drafts a new tariff. Collector Smith will show duties in gold totaling 14 315 000 on imports and 1 698 250 on exports for thirty two months of American occupation. Totals for imports exports and duties and tonnage more than double the Spanish era averages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Washington
Col. Edwards
Smith
Immigrant arrivals at Manila in 1900 report
Washington reports 6302 immigrants arrived at Manila from July to November 1900, including 507 females. Among arrivals 5560 had prior Philippines exposure, 3032 illiterate, 1517 with $30 or more, 4671 Chinese, 5 Americans, 215 Spanish, 143 English, and 82 Japanese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Manila
Philippines
Captain Murray Declines JAG Major Appointment
Washington June 8 Captain Arthur Murray of the Coast Artillery declines the Major of the Judge Advocate General s Department post leaving a vacancy. He will soon become a Major of Artillery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Arthur Murray
Coast Artillery
Forty-third Volunteer Infantry
Judge Advocate General’s Department
Murray
Rains Damage Crops Across Western New York
Reports from Rochester and across Western New York indicate heavy crop damage from spring rains. Except for corn, much needs replanting while apples fall short and winter apples nearly fail. Grape regions expect record yields. Hessian fly and leaf curl threaten peaches and wheat is plowed under in low lands.
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Rochester
N. Y
New York
Genesee
Wyoming
Steuben
Albany
Seneca
Despondent Youth Tries Drowning in Slaughter Tank
Frank Taylor of Oxford attempted to end his life by jumping into a tank of blood at Green's slaughter house in Pontiac after his sweetheart wed another man. He was rescued by fellow workers while assisting in cattle killing.
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Pontiac
Mich
Frank Taylor
Oxford
Green
Yale's French Prize Won by New Yorker
In New Haven on June 8 the Scott prize at Yale for excellence in French was awarded to Charles Duncan Miller, class of 1902, of New York. Alan Fox of Detroit and Robert Hall Ewell of Washington, D. C., won the first and second sophomore prizes in elocution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
New Yorker
New Haven
Leyland Liner Likely to be Saved
Reports of divers indicate the Leyland Line steamer Assyrian ashore off Cape Race can be towed to deep water. A wrecking tug with pumps is en route to keep the leaky holds dry and prevent foundering as cargo is unloaded by five schooners. The Algerine aids in unloading and uses the Assyrian’s steam to lift cargo. weather remains perfect.
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ST. John’s
N. F
Leyland Line
Cape Race
Algerine J
250 Foot Steel Tunnel Lunched as Aqueduct in New Jersey
A 250 foot steel tunnel, 12 1/2 feet diameter and over 1,000 tons, was launched at Crescent Ship Yard in Elizabethport, New Jersey, to serve as an underwater aqueduct for an Edison Company plant. The device will be sunk 23 feet beneath the river at Thirty ninth Street and East River and towed to a condensing plant. Engineers deem the test a success and foresee tunneling the North River at reduced cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Elizabethport
N. J
Crescent Ship Yard
Arthur Kill
Thirtyninth Street
East River
Edison Company
Erie
Frederic Martin Landé
Col Pence
Crescent Shipyards
Knight & Landé
North River
The
Sandé
Census fraud verdicts in Baltimore case
Jurors found Joseph H. Ching of St Marys County guilty on the fourth count for conspiracy with Guyther to pad census reports. Guyther pleaded guilty but faced no trial. Abell Bowles and Graves were found not guilty on the main charge, with discussions about pleas on related counts ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Joseph H. Ching
St. Mary’s County
Guyther
Marbury
E Graves
Bowles
Abell
Tramp Cat Wins Hearts on New Jersey Central Line
Plainfield readers learn of a demure maltese cat aboard a New Jersey Central train. The feline rode from Phillipsburg to Jersey City clinging to the smoking car beam as conductors urged boarding. She refused to dislodge, hopped off only at Jersey City, then wore ribbons and earned affection from yard workers and station staff alike.
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Plainfield
N. J
New Jersey Central
Phillipsburg
Conductor Day
New York
Jerae
Horace Pell’s Death Ruled Accidental Shot
Horace Pell the amateur actor died from a pistol wound in Cleveland. His brother Stephen brought the body to town yesterday and the casket was moved to an undertaker. A Cleveland physician’s statement says Pell declared before dying that he accidentally shot himself while cleaning a new revolver.
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Cleveland
Horace Pell
Ohio
Stephen O. Pell
Stephen QO. Pell
Horace
Return in Molineux murder case filed in Albany
The return in the Molineux murder case was filed today with the Court of Appeals in Albany. The document runs to 8405 pages, detailing the defense and prosecution positions and outlining the appellate strategy.
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Molineux
Albany
Court of Appeals
Wounded in two day duel involving Algiers mayor
Paris June 8 A sword duel resumed after a nineteen round bloodless start between Max Regis anti Semite Mayor of Algiers and M Laberdesque Algerian journalist. Regis wounded in forearm. duel halted. Seconds barred further fighting and a fight over accounts followed.
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M. Regis
Paris
Parc Des Princes
Max Regis
Algiers
M. Laberdesque
M. Laberesque
M. Thomegueux
Megis
Gerault Richard
Petite République
M. Malato
The
Aurore
M. Leroy
M. Brescher
Gaucher
Temps
China and Arbitration Issues Head to Hague Tribunal
The United States government again appeals to major powers to submit the Peking indemnity dispute to Hague arbitration. Mr Rockhill sent a cable to Secretary Hay seeking authority, which Hay granted in the morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Hague Tribunal
Washington
Peking
Rockhill
Hay
German Chinese occupation brigade detailed in cabinet order
In Berlin a cabinet order lists officers and unit strength of the German Chinese occupation brigade led by Major General von Rohrs cheidt. It includes three infantry regiments with three battalions each, commanders Count von Schlippenbach Baron von Ledebur and Col Grueber, plus one mounted chasseur squadron, three field artillery batteries and other troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
von Rohrscheidt
Count von Schlippenbach
Baron von Ledeb
Inventor claims ice machine could cut costs to ten cents a ton
Chicago news from June reports August Peter of West Pullman touting a frozen water machine that makes ice in one-eighth the time of current methods without ammonia. He plans a 100 ton daily plant at Sixty-ninth Street and South Chicago Avenue and will sell ice at ten cents a hundred pounds, undercutting both natural and artificial ice dealers. A patent was recently granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Peter
Ice Trust
Court to Return to Peking Delayed to September First
Shanghai June 8 An imperial edict dated June 6 says the imperial court will postpone its return to Peking due to hot weather and the Dowager Empress's age. The journey will begin again September 1, deemed a lucky day by astrologers to start the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Peking
Gen Botha's Wife in England Arrives on British Steamer
Mrs Louis Botha wife of the Boer commander general arrives at Southampton aboard the Dunvegan Castle from South Africa. She refuses interviews and may proceed to Holland and Belgium. A report of a peace mission origin is unconfirmed. The War Office says it has no knowledge of any request for a conference with Lord Kitchener.
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War Office
Lord Kitchener
London
Louis Botha
Southampton
Dunvegan Castle
South Africa
Fischer
Botha
Holland
Belgium
Europe
British War Office
Gen. Botha
Standerton
Johannesburg-Durban
British storm Boer laagers in Cape Colony report
British forces surprised two Boer laagers in Cape Colony on Thursday night capturing 42 prisoners 15000 rounds of ammunition and stores. A railroad wreck near Pretoria on June 7 killed nine soldiers and left many injured.
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Cape Town
Cape Colony
Pretoria
American Duchess Opens Charity Sale in London
The Duchess of Marlborough launched a Children's Union sale at Westminster Town Hall this afternoon. She spoke confidently about saving children from poverty and pain, receiving warm cheers as the American peeress wore black with lilies of the valley and was presented with a bouquet. The Duke sat beside her during the ceremony.
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London
Duchess of Marlborough
Westminster Town Hall
Children’s Union
Clinton E Dawkins Coming Here With J P Morgan
London report says J Pierpont Morgan’s return to New York will likely in late June. Clinton E Dawkins, Morgan’s English partner, will accompany him on a tour of major business centers reaching as far west as Chicago. Dawkins earlier served as Finance Member of the Council of the Governor General of India and later led War Office reorganization efforts.
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London
J. Pierpont Morgan
New York
Clinton E. Dawkins
Iportant
Chicago
Dawkins
India
J. S. Morgan Co
War Office
United Service Personnel Transfers and Assignments
Major ward L. Randall retires as Professor of Military Science at St. Joseph's College Philadelphia. A board of survey at St. Louis reviews shipping discrepancies for Quartermasters stores. Various officers are assigned or detailed to San Antonio San Francisco Manila Cuba Texas and other posts with leave and promotions noted.
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Ward L. Randall
St. Joseph’s College
Philadelphia
John A. Kress
Ordnance
Thomas F.davis
Fifteenth Infantry
William H. Bean
United States Clothing Depot
St. Louis
Sydney W. Taylor
Artillery Corps
Department of Texas
San Antonio
George M. Dunn
Department of Cuba
Casper H. Conrad, Jr
Third Cavalry
Charles R. Gill
United States Volunteers
Fort Totten
N. Y
San Francisco
Samuel B. M. Young
California
the Columbia
William R. Shafter
Harry M. Halleck
Edward H. Plummer
Tenth Infantry
Alexander B. Dyer
Ralph P. Brower
Presidio of
Harry L. James
Harry BE. Smith
Francis Moore
Eleventh Cavalry
Fort Myer
Walter Reed
Fort Monroe
Medical Department of the Army
Navy Officers Commissioned and Orders Revoked
A series of commissions and orders are recorded. L. C. Heilner becomes commander from May 12, while G. W. McElroy C. N. Atwater and H. Kimmell are commissioned as lieutenants commander from March 3 or May 12. W. S. Crosley and B. B. McCormick receive lieutenant or lieutenant from March 3 or Dec 26, 1900. Several lieutenants and lieutenants, junior grade, receive assignments from May 6. G. M. Meyers is appointed assistant surgeon from June 1. G. Barnett of the USMC is commissioned major from March 3. Orders detaching Commander T. S. Phelps Jr. from Mare Island Yard and ordering him to command the Alert are revoked. C. P. Perkins’s order detaching him from the Alert to Mare Island Yard is revoked. Lieut. E. R. Pollock is detached to duty with FE. W. Bliss Co. Lieut. G. B. Bradshaw is ordered to the Pensacola. Lieut. E. M. Campbell’s detachment from the academy and assignment to the Torpedo Station is revoked. he is detached from the academy and ordered to the Iowa on June 15.
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L. C. Heilner
G. W. McElroy
C. N. Atwater
H. Kimmell
W. S. Crosley
B. B. McCormick
Co. M. Tozer
A. MacArthur, Jr
J. H. Holden
W. T. Cluverius
E. P
Alert
Mare Island Yard
E. R. Pollock
FE. W. Bliss Company
G. B. Bradshaw
Pensacola
E. M. Campbell
Academy
Iowa
A Strange Double Murder Near Beiroot Syria
Foreign Correspondence from Shiayeh village near Beirot, Syria, recalls a man who shot another after a neighbor alerted. The victim survived to contradict the shooter’s tale, while the fiancée of the first man’s father seemed an innocent factor. The killer had not yet been captured, with some supposing he heads for New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York Times
Beyrout
Syria
Shiayeh
Opoysh
New York
Navy notices and ship movements reported from Cavite to Norfolk
Washington dispatch notes the gunboat Alava arriving at Cavite and several vessels changing stations. Annibal and Shubrick appear in transit reports with Shubrick at Norfolk and Ene Philade departing Mare Island for San Francisco. Peoria and Jacasins sail from Tompkinsville and Key West respectively, with Leyden bound for New London.
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Washington
Navy Department
Alava
Cavite
Annibal
New York
Shubrick
Norfolk
Annapolis
Philade
Mare Island
San Franci
Peoria
Tompkinsville
Jacasins
Key West
Howe Leyden
Newport
New London
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Roberts
Philippine Tariff Report
Crescent Yards
Maryland
J. H. Ching
Jersey City
China and Arbitration
Burnhams Phillips Custom Tailoring
Cemple Court Annex
Nassault
Angelus
WILCOX @ WHITE CO
Fifth Avenue
22D Street
Grand Rapids G Furniture
Grand Rapids Furniture Company
West
Broadway
England
Grace of Marlborough
Clinton E.dawkins
Coming
J. P. Morgan
the United Service
Army
le Boutillier Brothers
Medici
Valenciennes
Kimona
Twenty-third Street
Best &Co
H. B. Kirk & Co
N.Y
Navy
Apollo
Usic
Melville Clarks Apollo CO
Fifth Ave
Lincoln Safe Deposit CO
38Th St
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