Two-Cent Fare Ruling Hits Pennsylvania Railways
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled 4 to 3 that the 2-cent passenger fare law is unconstitutional. Railroads will likely raise fares, though not necessarily to pre law levels, and no appeal to the U S Supreme Court is possible. Officials in Pittsburgh and Harrisburg expect no immediate nationwide rate change.
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Youghiogheny
Yale
Senator Hill Opposes Reopening Canal Debate
Albany telegraph reports Senator Hill of Buffalo condemns Superintendent Stevens's stance on the 1000 ton barge canal. Hill says reasking the public risks revisiting the decision, notes navigation challenges for large vessels, ridicules federal aid for 500 ton craft, and argues canal work would be near completion if pursued with ordinary business vigor.
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Buffalo
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Greenough estate case decides legal widowship in Boston
Telegraph reports in Probate Court Judge Grant ruled Martha D Higgins Greenough the only legal widow after Colorado divorce in 186 was deemed invalid. Mary M Kerekes Greenough and Emma Pomeroy Eaton will receive shares of the two million dollar estate.
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Joseph F. Greenough
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Martha D. Higgins Greenough
Colorado
Legel
Mary M. Kerekes Greenough
Emma Pomeroy Eaton
New York
Catholic Population in United States Reaches 22 Million
Milwaukee Jan 2 There are 13 877 425 Roman Catholics in the United States per advance sheets of the IMR Wiltzins Catholic Directory published here The figures show an increase of 796 093 over last year including the Philippines 7 106 452 Adding Porto Rico 1 000 000 and 35 000 Catholics of the Sandwich Islands the total under the United States flag is 22 018 578
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Sandwich Islands
Unclear timetable fragment from Florida rail ad
Incomplete OCR snippet shows times 225 AM and 216 PM and mentions Repretyente and Atlantic Coast Line Railroad with a Florida location near Broadway and Whit. Advert appears to be a railway service or schedule notice with damaged OCR text.
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Sovereign Bank suspended as Morgan and Dresdner cut support
Toronto Jan. 20 The immediate cause of Sovereign Bank suspension was J Pierpoint Morgan and Dresdner Bank refusing further advances. Morgan interests hold over $2 million after aiding foreign loans totaling above $3.3 million during reorganization. Bank directors weigh recovering $2.5 million written off last May. President Asmilius Jarvis says shareholders may receive a substantial dividend with about $2 million in American corporate bonds expected to rise in value within two years. A shareholders’ meeting will be called at once.
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Sovereign Bank
J. Pierpoint Morgan
Dresdner Bank
Owiny
Europe
Mr. Morgan
D. M. Stewart
New York
Dresdner
Asmilius Jarvis
A. G. Mereau & Co
Roosevelt to propose remedial employers liability act
Washington January 20 President Roosevelt plans to send a message to Congress with recommendations to remedy the employers liability act after a Supreme Court ruling declaring it unconstitutional. He also intends 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 United States Senator due to a train wreck near Frankfort delaying several legislators. Injuries were reported as minor with Sen. N C Cureton and others receiving cuts and bruises.
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H. L. Meyers
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Two Ferryboats Collide Off New York City
The ferryboats Wilkesbarre of the Central Railroad of New Jersey and Syracuse of the West Shore collided after 9 PM near Christopher Street. Wilkesbarre, lightly loaded, landed passengers at 23d Street before returning to Jersey City for repairs. No injuries were reported.
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Grand Jury Sets Path for City Crime Probe
The New York County Grand Jury moves to launch an exhaustive inquiry into alleged crimes by those tied to financial institutions and public service firms. A special committee will confidentially hear information and seek tips to trace possible offenses, with District Attorney Jerome backing the funds and process. The panel seeks reliable specifics to enable legal action and vows public service over personal burden.
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Twain's Brother-in-Law Calls For Knickerbocker Receiver
Los Angeles January 20 C J Langdon brother of Mrs Samuel Clemens living in Elmira New York wintering in Pasadena says Mark Twain is a dear old fellow but wrong in opposing a receivership for Knickerbocker Trust Company Langdon a Knickerbocker depositor supports a receivership He notes J P Morgan son-in-law Satterlee and Morgan had eight thousand dollars on deposit when the bank closed and suspects opposition to the receivership
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C. J. Langdon
Samuel Clemens
Elmira
N.Y
Pasadena
Mark Twain
Knickerbocker Trust Company
Knickerbocker
Satterlee
J. P. Morgan
Morgan
Texas Rents Standard Oil Cars
Texas seizes sixty six Union Tank Line tank cars to compel Standard Oil to accept service in anti trust suits. The cars are leased to two railroads for 20 dollars per car monthly, totaling about 200000 dollars annually, amid Oklahoma crude oil shipments to Texas refineries.
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Galveston
Union Tank Line
Texas
Oklahoma
Lynched Negro Not Dead In Alabama
Grover Franklin the negro who was taken by a mob and hanged to a tree last night near Dothan Alabama is alive and in custody after officers pursued the mob. He was cut down and brought to the county jail where recovery is possible.
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Butler
North Carolina Legislature to Convene Special Session
Raleigh N C January 20 The North Carolina Legislature will meet in extra session tomorrow to act on Governor Glenns agreement with railroads on passenger rates. Pressure to pass a state prohibition law grows as Democrats caucus and decide only rate related bills will be introduced.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Glenn
New Army Post Planned on New Hampshire Coast
The government condemned forty acres in New Castle for an army post and fortifications between Fort Constitution and Fort Stack. The site, including Jacob Wendell's summer home, is praised for location but faced opposition from summer residents. The project budget is $400,000 for a four company post.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Gan
New Castle District
Jacob Wendell
New York
Fort Constitution
Fort Stack
New Hampshire
Prohibition Laws Foiled Dinner Speech
Governor Hoke Smith cancelled his speaking engagement at the Virginia Society dinner after concerns that serving wine could violate prohibition laws, with Representative J. Adam Bede of Minnesota slated as the principal speaker.
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Atlanta
Virginia Society
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Minnesota
Hoke Smith
David Fine Dies After Attempted Self Destruction
David Fine aged 34 died in Mount Sinai Hospital last evening after an attempted self inflicted death several days ago. He resided at 2016 Seventh Avenue with his wife.
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Bigheart the Richest Indian Dies in Oklahoma
James Bigheart former Osage chief and reputed wealthiest Indian in the United States died of paralysis at his home near Big Heart Oklahoma He was sixty seven born in Henry County Missouri and served in a Kansas cavalry company during the Civil War He once bought two thousand dollars worth of valentines in Washington and mailed them to statesmen and tribal members He owned substantial land and held stock in two national banks
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James Bigheart
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Big Heart
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Kansas Cavalry
Washington
Paris Cab Drivers Protest Police Rules
Paris cab drivers held a mass meeting to protest new police regulations banning empty carriages from circulating during crowded hours and ordering horses to trot when seeking passengers. The demonstration reflects tensions between cabmen and authorities over urban crowding and safety rules.
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Union Labor Bank Closes After Stockholders Vote
The Commonwealth Trust and Savings Bank, a union labor bank formed two years ago, will be wound up and dissolved after stockholders approved the move at their annual meeting in Chicago. The venture cost about 6000 to the owners, who will receive roughly 60 cents per dollar. Of 200000 required to operate as a state bank, 128000 was subscribed and only about 2200 had been paid in. Labor unions failed to back the institution.
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Chicago
Commonwealth Trust and Savings Bank
Adventurer in Toils Held as Counterfeiter
Corsican born, Dominican citizen José St. Pierre Giordani, former Santo Domingo consul general in New York, was arrested by Secret Service for counterfeiting Haitian money. He allegedly oversaw production of 1 500 000 in yellow backed Deux Gourdes bills and faces a 7 500 bail as authorities pursue charges linked to insurrectionary funds. Giordani, living in New York for years, had aided Jiménez’s faction and run a controversial consulate operation before Washington refused recognition.
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New York
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Pearl Street
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Cummins Saves Five From Lake Quinsigamond Ice Break
Horace M. Cummins Jr son of the famed oarsman and a capable sculler himself rescued five people from thin ice on Lake Quinsigamond. John Russell and four friends fell through as they boated. Cummins circled the break and, lying prone, dragged each exhausted rescuer to safety one by one.
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Cummins
Ten Killed and Many Hurt in Milan Rail Collision
Ten people killed and many injured in a crash near Milan as an express from Rome collided with a Bergamo bound train. A Milan train plowed into wreckage. a special train with doctors and nurses was dispatched to the scene.
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Dougherty Files Suit For Divorce In Philadelphia
Philadelphia reports a sensational divorce suit filed by Daniel Webster Dougherty against Richard Alexander Goebel over the marriage of his daughter Marion Dougherty Goebel. The complaint cites elopement in London, subsequent coercion, hotel ejections, and alleged alienation of affections amid Goebel’s demands for funds. The case follows Goebel's separate suit seeking $250,000 damages.
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Goébel
Foraker Plans Fight for Ohio Delegates at Taft Rally
Senator Joseph B. Foraker arrived in Cincinnati and outlined a campaign to secure district delegates to the national convention for Taft while opposing participation in the state convention call. He said the state call is illegal and that districts should choose their own delegates, with Taft favored in the state race but districts free to choose their own fate.
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Ohio
Taft
Joseph B. Foraker
Washington
State Central Committee
Nielson seeks injunction to halt Erie County GOP primary
Alexander Nielson files in Sandusky Ohio to stop the Erie County Board of Elections from proceeding with the Republican primary. He argues the primary call misapplies public funds and seeks an injunction to prevent selecting delegates to the state convention and ultimately the national convention.
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Ohio
Republican State Central Committee
Alexander Nielson
Erie County Board of Elections
Nielson
Cat Makes Remarkable 10 Mile Homeward Stroll
A Coxsackie storehouse cat was taken by barge to Jersey City on December 7 and given to a truckman. On Saturday morning the cat reappeared at Coxsackie after walking 10 miles back home, according to telegraph report from Catskill, NY dated January 2.
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Jersey City
Fire Under Car Halts Subway Traffic At 11th Street
A fire under a car at the 11th street station caused power loss south of M street, shutting down all lights and triggering a blaze after an ash can lid caused a short circuit. Police and fire teams worked as passengers crowded the platform, with delays of four minutes on three tracks and fifteen minutes on the affected track.
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11Th Street
Demonstrations by Unemployed Demand Work
Telegraph report from Detroit on January 2 describes about one thousand Polish laborers marching to City Hall demanding jobs. They cite months of unemployment and hunger among families and call for replacing city street workers with Poles. Seattle reports about three thousand men, mostly lumbermen, marching to the mayor seeking work, but no jobs were available.
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Thompson
Seattle
Jan
Bank board suit seeks 16375 from California Safe Deposit
Henry B. Russ sues the present and former State Bank Commissioners to recover 16375 allegedly deposited with California Safe Deposit and Trust Company. He claims favorable reports on the bank’s condition and notes a 10.00 deposit accepted two days before closure. HAAN'S Restaurant ad notes refined surroundings for ladies with luncheon and music.
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Henry B. Russ
Boards of State Bank Commissioners
California Safe Deposit and Trust Company
Aldrich Bill Likely Mended To Require Cash on Demand
Washington reports that the Aldrich Bill could be amended to compel banks using emergency currency to cash checks and obligations with currency on demand. Finance Committee members warn against bank laxity and favor hearings to expose weak practices, while arguing the measure aims to ensure sound currency rather than profit for bankers. The committee plans further debate after Secretary Cortelyou’s Treasury report, with amendments to involve geography of emergency issues and rail bonds security debated.
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Finance Committee
Aldrich
Taliaferro
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Teller
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Treasury
Cortelyou Explains In Senate Dispute Over Bank Failures
Senator Aldrich defended Secretary Cortelyou against Senator Tillman as a resolution seeking information on failed banks and receiverships moved through the Senate. Aldrich said Cortelyou’s reply would reach the Finance Committee by next Monday, while Tillman worried about executive department compliance. Cortelyou sent a letter noting delays and miscommunication in timing of the response to the Panama bond issue inquiry.
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Senate
Ivan
Southern Ry Limits Ly Dining Sleeping Car Service
Regions cited include Columbia Augusta Aiken and Florida with limited Sunday schedule at 9 55 A M and 9 25 A M respectively. The notice promotes dining and sleeping car service on the Southern Railway line.
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