Court Dismisses Federal Suit Against Coal Railroads
The U S Circuit Court of Penn Eastern District rules the Hepburn commodities clause unconstitutional and an overreach harming state rights. Judges Gray Dallas dissenting but no opinion. ruling impacts anthracite coal transport by carriers in inter state commerce. Coal stocks rise on the decision and Wall Street reacts with surprise.
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Philadelphia
Penn
United States Circuit Court
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
George Gray
George M. Dallas
Joseph Buffington
Gray
Congress
Dallas
United States
Reading
Baltimore & Ohio
Delaware & Tilles
Jersey Central
Pennsylvania and Erie
Wall Street
Bonaparte to Appeal After Court Ruling on Commodities Clause
At Sagamore Hill Attorney General Bonaparte and President Roosevelt discussed a Philadelphia ruling by the U.S. Circuit Court declaring the Hepburn Act commodities clause unconstitutional. They decided the Department of Justice should appeal the decision and take action on the case.
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Oyster Bay
Bonaparte
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Philadelphia
United States Circuit Court of the Eastern District of
Harriman Addresses Omaha Banquet On Banking Foresight
H Harriman and family were guest of the Omaha Commercial Club at the Field Club where he recalled the last money panic. He noted Union Pacific survived with its own credit and cited $300,000,000 spent on improvements since gaining control of Union Pacific and Southern Pacific. The Harriman special train departed at 9 o clock for Chicago, due Friday morning.
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Omaha
H. Harriman
Field Club
Union Pacific
United States Court
Harriman
Southern Pacific
Chicago
Harriman Plans Free Orange County School for Boys
E H Harriman of Arden eyes establishing a free school in Orange County for 100 boys combining trade and academic study. He has consulted with county School Commissioners and educational authorities on feasibility and best model. If successful he may expand into a larger endowed institution nationwide.
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New York Times
Middletown
N. Y
E. H. Harriman
Orange County
Arden
Goshen
Harriman
United States
Jilted at the Altar in Stamford
Emma G. Weed of High Ridge Stamford planned a wedding with Hiram Curtis a former state legislator and farmer. Curtis delayed and canceled the ceremony after a family council, leaving Weed ill at home and vowing potential damages.
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New York Times
Stamford
Conn
Emma G. Weed
High Ridge
Hiram Curtis
Miss Weed
Italian women seek miracle on Governors Island voyage
Three Italian travelers rowed from Governors Island to the Battery and performed a ritual. The ailing woman Lora Monfa carried holy water and, with two companions, prayed as she sprinkled the others and poured more water over them during the trip.
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Governors Island
Battery
Liberty Island
Lora Monfa
Ast 115Th Street
Launch Explosion Wounds Eight Near New Rochelle
Eight escape death when a forty two foot launch exploded in the Sound between Davenport's Neck and Fort Slocum. Owner John Hasslocher and guests aboard sustained injuries. Engineer Fred C Walter and sailor Benjamin Austin were hospitalized. rescue was aided by Elsie Hull and the Henels, with Fort Slocum soldiers assisting.
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New York Times
New Rochelle
N. Y
Davenport
Fort Slocum
Hasslocher
John
Austin
Benjamin
East Thirteenth Street
Manhattan
Walter
Fred C
New York
Hassiocher
Peter Ross
Smith
Jersey City
Dethl
Fred C Walter
College Point
Benjamin Austin
Emil Heuel
Davenport’s
Capt
Third Avenue
Tiger Cub Tumbles Again At Richmond County Fair
A tiger cub fell from a balloon during a misfired ascent by William Coby and Frank Robinson at Richmond County Fair Grounds. The cub was injured and may be euthanized while authorities warned against future balloon ascensions. The cub landed in a tree and limped back to the fairgrounds, drawing health department scrutiny.
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William Coby
Richmond County Fair Grounds
Coby
Frank Robinson
Robinson
Ee Dorp
Fair Grounds
Eee
State Treasurer reassures on Cosmopolitan Bank funds
Pennsylvania State Treasurer John O Sheatz arrived in Pittsburg to oversee the $100000 held by the closed Cosmopolitan National Bank he said the money is safe and will be paid dollar for dollar with no depositor at risk. Officials cited a broader pledge that most of the nearly $1 million deposited will be honored and that a consolidation with Washington Savings may occur.
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New York Times
Pittsburg
Penn
John O. Sheatz
Pennsylvania
Cosmopolitan National Bank
Sheatz
Cunningham
FE. A. Kitsinier
The
Cosmopolitan
Kitsinker
Washington Savings
Cone
Flower After a Fortune Involved in Richmond Swindle Ring
Richmond reports identify Mrs. Hagaman as former Mrs. Hagaman linked to a gang of confidence men quack doctors and diamond thieves. Dr Richard C Flower alias Horace Courtland is wanted for swindles including a $1,000,000 theft and is believed to be in the city. Police claim enough evidence could send him to prison for a thousand years.
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New York Times
Richmond
Téndsey
East Marshal Street
F. F. Hagaman
New York
Theodore Hagaman
Waldorf-Astoria
Horace R. Courtland
R. C. Flower
Boston
Philadelphia
Richard C. Flower
Garvan
Flower
A Booth & Co Receivership Lands Chicago Firm
The fish and oyster firm A Booth & Co was placed in the hands of receiver W J Chalmers by Judge Bethea in the federal court. Complainants Linen Thread Co and Alfred E Booth said liabilities reach 5.5 million with assets at 8 million. Booth blamed reliance on short term paper instead of mortgaging. Market cues warned of trouble as stock quotes fell sharply.
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Chicago
A. Booth &Co
la Salle Street
Bethea
Federal District Court
Linen Thread Company of
New York
Alfred E. Booth
Baltimore
Commercial National Safe Deposit Company
W. W. Booth
Chicago Exchange
A. Booth & Co
A.booth Packing Company
Lake Superior
Treas ury theft unsolved in Chicago case dismissal
George Y W Fitz gerald was accused of stealing 173000 from the United States Sub-Treasury in Chicago. Judge Chetlain freed him after the case was dismissed as a conference sought to resolve federal and state disagreements over witness access and evidence. The U S Sub-Treasurer Boldenweck refused to testify citing ongoing federal investigations.
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Chicago
George Y W. Fitzgerald
United States
Sub-treasury
Chetlain
Boldenweck
Wilkerson
Secret Service
Collins Catches Fugitive Near Clinton Prison
Cornelius V. Collins superintendent of state prisons and the State Parole Board members hunted five Clinton Prison escapees. One convict was captured in the woods on the mountainside northwest of Dannemora. the others were apprehended shortly after. The escape occurred when a cellar window’s iron bars were sawed away. The escapees had sentences ranging from five to twenty years for highway robbery.
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Plattsburg
N. Y
State Parole Board
Cornelius V. Collins
Clinton
Dannemora
Cole
Indianapolis School Pays Governor Hanly for Graduation Address
The Indianapolis School Board approved a voucher showing Governor Hanly received 25 for delivering a June graduation address at the Manual Training School. The bill was submitted signed by the governor with accompanying city controller records.
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New York Times
Indianapolis
Ind
Age Hanly
Burglars Break In At Worplesdon Place Jewel Heist
Surrey police investigate a break in at Worplesdon Place between Guildford and Woking. Thieves entered by rope ladder, rifled Mrs Watts's jewel box, stealing a five inch gold net purse and a diamond trinket valued at 500 dollars, then fled, leaving a jimmy mark on a drawer.
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NEW York Times
London
John Ward
Whitelaw Reid
Surrey Police
Worplesdon Place
Guildford
Woking
Jimmy
No Heir for Holland
Telegraph dispatches from Apeldoorn report Queen Wilhelmina remains without an heir to the throne of Holland. Despite earlier disappointments and public hope since April, progress toward a birth has been unsatisfactory though the Queen’s general health is stated as good.
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Amsterdam
Apeldoorn
Het Loo
Wilhelmina
Holland
Tent Dwellers Evicted by Brooklyn Sanitary Chief
Dr. Travis R. Maxfield, Sanitary Superintendent, led police to remove about 400 tents at West Twenty Fifth and West Thirty Fifth Streets for failure to install sewer connections. The Hotel Arlington in Henderson's Walk was closed for the same reason. No resistance occurred as occupants began packing, with most slated to move by next week as season ends.
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Travis R. Maxfield
Brooklyn
Coney Island
West
Ejected Patriotic Marines In Boston Theater
Two Marines were ordered to sit after standing for The Star Spangled Banner and refused, leading to their ejection from a Boston theater. Navy officials say they will investigate with Col. Thomas N. Wood reporting to Washington if the account is confirmed. Theater manager denies ejecting anyone, while an employee claims the men were intoxicated and noisy.
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New York Times
Boston
Mass
Navy Yard
Thomas N. Wood
Marines
Washington
British Liner Lake Michigan Stranded Near Margate
The British steamer Lake Michigan of 8200 tons gross and 470 feet length stranded near Margate while en route from Montreal to London with passengers. A lifeboat has launched to assist as the sea remains smooth. Captain Parry commands the Canadian Pacific service vessel, which left Montreal August 20 and Quebec August 30 for London and Antwerp.
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Broadstairs
England
Montreal
London
Margate
Lake Michigan
Parry
Canadian Pacific Service
Uebec
Antwerp
Dewey & Sons Co. Offer Sherry and Madeira
Dewey and Sons Co at 138 Fulton Street New York advertise sherry before dinner and Madeira after for sale to customers in the city.
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Dewey’s
Dewey & Sons Co
Fulton St
New York
Pastor Berg Denies Salary Boost at Catskill Church
In Catskill New York Rev Irving H Berg refuses a $500 annual salary rise after church officers raised his pay to 2500 from 2000 during his month off He thanked them but asked to keep the old figure The matter to be reconsidered next May by church officials.
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New York Times
Catskill
N. Y
Irving H. Berg
Catskill Reformed Church
Berg
Snakelike Sea Monster Said Shot Off Copeland Islands
Belfast reports a fisherman near the Copeland Islands shot a sea monster described as 50 feet long with a 6 foot girth. The creature has a fan shaped tail and a head like a seal and several photographs were taken.
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Belfast
Ireland
Copeland Islands
County Down
Good Crops Says J. J. Hill After Labrador Trip
James J. Hill returned to town after a summer Labrador fishing trip. He appeared well with a gloved hand following a reported automobile accident in St Paul last month. He declined to discuss railroads and Harriman terms, noting the topic was an old story while praising crop prospects in the Northwest.
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James J. Hill
Labrador
St. Paul
Van Alen to sue over steamer ticket mix up
James L. Van Alen plans a lawsuit against the New England Navigation Company after missing business in New York. He bought a $7 stateroom on the Commonwealth for himself and wife, found it occupied when aboard, and left at Newport. His agent estimates the salt at $25,000.
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Newport
James L. van Alen
New England Navigation Company
New York
van Alen
Commonwealth
Burned to Death at Play in Bayonne
Four year old Mabel Wirth of West Forty seventh Street Bayonne New Jersey was set ablaze when children tossed lighted sticks. She ran home to her mother who was severely burned while trying to put out the flames. The child died shortly after at Bayonne Hospital.
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Mabel Wirth
Weat Forty-seventh
Bayonne
N. J
Cholera Spreads in St Petersburg Amid Deaths Rise
Asiatic cholera is spreading in St Petersburg with a sudden rise in deaths. The Health Commission notes 102 additional cases under watch and drafts 100 doctors into the cholera squad. Two new cases and eighteen deaths are reported, with suspects possibly triple that number. A case is also noted from Peterhof.
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ST. Petersburg
Health Commission
Peterhof
Raphael Painting Moved Within Vatican Gallery
Raphael's Transfiguration was relocated from the Vatican Picture Gallery to a new suite of rooms set aside by the current pope. The 125 foot transfer involved lowering the work, packing it in a padded box, and carrying it across the Belvedere courtyard to its new resting place.
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Rome
Raphael
Vatican
Pius VII
Louvre
Paris
Belvedere
Actress Coghlan Sells Island Mine Property
Halifax reports Gertrude Coghlan discovers a platinum mine at Fortune Bay Prince Edward Island and sells eighty five acres to a Montreal firm for 125000 dollars. She inherited the estate from her father Charles Coghlan amid prior bids near one tenth of that sum.
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New York Times
Halifax
Fortune Bay
Prince Edward Island
Gertrude Coghlan
Montreal
Wright Sets New World Air Flight Record In Brisk Breeze
Orville Wright stays aloft 1 hour 5 minutes 52 seconds in a 12 mile breeze, beating his own prior mark. He plans a passenger flight next day to meet War Department requirements, while spectators report his machine handled uneven gusts and noted eye irritation after landing.
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New York Times
Washington
Orville Wright
War Department
Wright
Earth
Aeronautic Board
Wuri
Alexandria
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Hiram
Dream
Elsie Hull
John Hasslocher
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A.booth & Co
Great Fish and Oyster
Treasury
G. W. Fitzgerald
Collins
Parole Board
GOV. Hanly
Indiana
Mrs. Ward
Ejected Patriotic Marines
J. J. Hill
New Gallery
Lion
Wrights
Taylor
Mr. Wright
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