Two-Cent Fare Ruled Unconstitutional in Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court, in a 4 to 3 decision, voided the 2-cent passenger fare law, prompting railroads to likely raise fares though not necessarily to pre law levels. The ruling affirms a lower court finding that the law unjustly reduces railroad returns. opinions vary on regulatory immunity and overall system earnings. Local railroad executives foresee no immediate statewide fare changes, with possible adjustments to specific divisions and time frames as the system recalibrates.
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Senator Hill Opposes Canal Change In 1000 Ton Proposal
Albany, Jan 2 Senator Hill of Buffalo criticized Superintendent Stevens in his Public Works report. Hill said revisiting the canal question would defer to the people again and ridiculed federal aid for a 5 to 6 ton vessel plan. He argued canal work should be pushed with ordinary business vigor to near completion.
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Boston Widow Gets Two Million Greenough Estate
Judge Grant in Probate Court ruled Martha D. Higgins Greenough the sole legal widow after upholding the Colorado divorce verdict. Mary M. Kerekes Greenough and Emma Pomeroy Eaton, the two New York wives, receive no share of the estate.
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Catholic Population in United States Reaches 13 Million
Milwaukee reports advance sheets of the 198 Wiltzins Catholic Directory showing 13,877,426 Roman Catholics in the United States, up 798,093 from last year. When including the Philippines 7,106,452 and Puerto Rico 1,000,000 plus 35,000 in the Sandwich Islands, the total under the U S flag is 22,018,578.
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Exceeded service advised for Atlantic Coast Line ad
A fragment from an old newspaper notice notes that service exceeded on the Atlantic Coast Line, with a Florida address and location at Broadway and Sid Street, likely an advertisement urging readers to act or inquire.
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Sovereign Bank suspension linked to Morgan and Dresdner loans
Toronto reports the Sovereign Bank halted operations after J Pierpoint Morgan and the Dresdner Bank refused further advances. Morgan’s loans funded European borrowings and left him a creditor over $2,000,000 as the bank’s solvency date neared. Officers consider recovering last May’s $2,500,000 losses while promising a substantial, though not full, dividend to shareholders.
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Morea & Co
Roosevelt to push remedial employer liability act through Congress
Washington January 20 President Roosevelt contemplates sending to Congress soon a message with recommendations for remedial legislation to meet Supreme Court objections to the employer liability act. He also plans to address the general subject of trusts though details are not disclosed.
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Wreck Delays Kentucky Senate Vote in Frankfort
The Kentucky House adjourned without a ballot for U S Senator due to a wreck of a Louisville and Nashville passenger train near Frankfort delaying lawmakers. Several legislators suffered cuts and bruises including Senator N C Cureton and Representatives Thomas Finley J A Duff and H L Meyers amid the incident.
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Two Ferryboats In Collision Near New Jersey Turnpike
The Wilkesbarre from Jersey City and the Syracuse from West Shore collided after 9 PM near Christopher Street. The Wilkesbarre shifted to 23d Street to discharge passengers before heading back for repairs. No injuries were reported.
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New York Grand Jury Initiates Inquiry Into Corporate Crimes
The New York County Grand Jury yesterday began an exhaustive inquiry into alleged crimes by persons connected with financial institutions and public service corporations. It appointed a special, confidential committee to gather reliable information and welcomed public tips while noting limits on its investigative powers. The foreman presented to Justice Dowling, who endorsed the effort and urged witnesses to come forward. The body emphasized the need for clear evidence of specific crimes and pledged to pursue a thorough, public-spirited investigation with District Attorney Jerome's support.
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Twain's Brother-in-Law Tells of Bank Receivership View
C J Langdon, Clemens' brother-in-law, in Pasadena says Mark Twain opposes a receivership for Knickerbocker Trust. Langdon, depositor himself, believes a receivership is best under the circumstances. He notes Satterlee, son-in-law of J P Morgan, is involved and Morgan reportedly held $800000 on deposit when the bank closed.
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Texas rents standard oil cars
Galveston January 20 Texas leased sixty six Union Tank Line tank cars to two railroads for crude oil from Oklahoma to Security and other Texas refineries. The state seized the cars to compel Standard Oil to accept service in suits to oust it from Texas. Cars leased for 250 dollars a year per car. At sixty thousand dollars yearly for these cars the state does not care whether Standard Oil accepts service.
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North Carolina to Hold Extra Session on Rail Rates
Raleigh January 20 in response to Governor Glenns call the legislature will meet in an extra session to act on the railroad passenger rate agreement. Pressure mounts to pass a state prohibition law. the Democratic caucus decided only rate related bills would be considered in tomorrow sessions.
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New Army Post Condemned Land in New Castle NH
The government condemned forty acres in the New Castle district for an army post and fortifications. The site includes Jacob Wendell's summer home. Spending about $400,000, a four company post will be built between Fort Constitution and Fort Stack, a prime coast location that faced opposition from summer residents.
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New York
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New Hampshire
Governor Cancelled Speech Over Prohibition Fear
Atlanta January 20 The Virginia Society dinner planned with Representative J Adam Bede as main speaker prompted Governor Hoke Smith to cancel his talk He believed serving wine at the event could violate Georgia prohibition laws acting to avoid legal trouble for the state government and attendees
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Virginia Society
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David Fine Dies in Mount Sinai Hospital
David Fine, who attempted death by his own action days earlier, died last evening at Mount Sinai Hospital. He lived with his wife at 2016 Seventh Avenue and was thirty four years old.
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BIGHEART RICHEST INDIAN DIES AT HOME IN OSAGE NATION
James Bigheart former Osage chief and reputedly the wealthiest Indian in the United States, died of paralysis at his home near Big Heart Oklahoma. He was 67, born in Missouri, served in a Kansas cavalry company in the Civil War, once bought Valentines in Washington for allotments, and owned valuable land plus stock in two national banks.
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Paris Cab Drivers Protest City Regulations
Paris authorities faced a mass meeting of about a thousand cab drivers protesting new police rules that ban empty fiacres from circulating on the boulevards during crowded hours. The drivers demanded horses be kept at a trot when seeking passengers.
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Union Labor Bank Closes After Two Year Run
Chicago January 20 The Commonwealth Trust and Savings Bank once a union labor bank will be wound up and dissolved. Stockholders at their annual meeting say the experiment cost about 6000 dollars and will pay roughly 60 cents on the dollar. Of 200000 dollars needed to operate as a state bank only 128000 was subscribed and about 22000 actually paid in. Labor unions failed to support the institution.
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Adventurer in Toils Held as Counterfeiter
José St Pierre Giordani a Corsican born Dominican consular figure in New York arrested by Secret Service for counterfeiting Haitian money. He allegedly oversaw printing 1.5 million yellow backed Deux Gourdes with plans to forward to Haiti for insurgent troops. Bail set at 7500. adjournment to Jan 28. He previously acted as Santo Domingo consul and fueled Dominican politics and lobbying.
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New York
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State Department
Cambridge oarsman’s son saves five from lake ice
Horace M. Cummins, son of the famed oarsman, saved five people from Lake Quinsigamond after ice broke under John Russell and four friends. He found the thickest ice, lay down, and dragged each person to safety one by one.
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Ten Killed in Milan Railway Collision Near Milan
Ten persons are reported dead and many injured after a collision between an express from Rome and a Bergamo bound train near Milan. A Milan train then struck the wreckage. A special train with doctors and nurses has departed.
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Dougherty Files Suit for Divorce in Philadelphia
Daniel Webster Dougherty, father of Marion Dougherty Goebel, filed for divorce from Richard Alexander Goebel. The case cites Marion wed in London last spring, Goebel's alleged coercive demands and cruelty, and a prior $250,000 alienation of affections suit by Goebel against Dougherty. The proceedings detail the elopement, subsequent quarrels, and returns to the United States.
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Daniel Webster Dougherty
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Richard Alexander Goebel
Goebel
London
Doughertys
Foraker Plans Fight for Ohio Delegates at Convention
Senator Joseph B. Foraker outlined a campaign plan from Cincinnati to contest district delegates to the national convention and to permit Taft to have four delegates at large without a contest. He calls the state convention call illegal and says he will not participate. Taft-backed district delegates would be chosen independently by each district.
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Joseph B. Foraker
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Ohio injunction suit filed over primary election funds
Sandusky Jan. 3. Alexander Nielson filed an injunction suit against the Erie County Board of Elections arguing the Republican State Central Committee call misapplies public funds. He seeks to halt further actions of the primary that would choose delegates to the Republican State Convention and ultimately Ohio delegates to the Republican National Convention.
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Cat travels 120 miles to return home in Catskill
A Coxsackie storehouse cat carried to Jersey City on a barge found its way back to Coxsackie on Saturday morning, completing a 120 mile return journey. The animal had been given to a local truckman before vanishing for weeks.
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Fire Under Car Halts Subway Trains At Lth Street Station
A fire under a car at Lth Street station shut off power to trains south of Mth Street during rush hour. An ash can cover on the northbound local tracks sparked a short circuit when a train hit the lid, triggering sparks and a blaze. Passengers crowded the edge as officials contained the fire with hand extinguishers, delaying three tracks by four minutes and the affected track by fifteen minutes.
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Demonstrations by Unemployed Reach City Halls
In Detroit on January 2 a thousand Polish laborers marched to city hall demanding work saying months of unemployment have left families starving and calling for city street workers to be replaced by Poles. Mayor Thompson offered no solution. In Seattle about three thousand lumbermen marched to the mayor's office seeking jobs amid shuttered mills, but no work was available.
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Lawsuit Seeks 16375 From State Bank Boards Over Deposit
Henry B. Russ filed suit in San Francisco against the State Bank Commissioners and successors to recover 16375 contending favorable reports about California Safe Deposit and Trust Company and a 10000 deposit was accepted two days before the bank closed. HAAN'S Restaurant on Park Row offers refined surroundings for ladies with luncheon dinner and music in the Adyt.
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Aldrich bill may require banks to cash on demand
The Tribune reports in Washington that the Aldrich bill as sent to the Senate could be amended to force banks to cash checks and obligations with currency on demand or risk suspension of payments. Finance Committee members say such an amendment would curb bank hoarding during financial downturns and deter lenient actions by the Controller of the Currency.
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Cortelyou Explains in Senate Over Bank Resolution Delays
The Tribune reports from Washington that Senator Aldrich defended Secretary Cortelyou against Tillman’s charge and said a detailed Treasury response to resolutions on failed banks and Panama bonds would reach the Senate Finance Committee by next week. Cortelyou explained the delay due to the volume of figures involved.
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Southern Ry Limited Dining and Sleeping Car Service Ad
Advertises the Southern Railway Limited with Sunday departures from Ly N dain? cept Sundays at 5:55 AM and 9:25 AM, offering dining and sleeping car service between Columbia Augusta Aiken and Florida. references RES 271 and 1200 Broadway.
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