Coal Roads Win Suit on Commodities Clause
United States Circuit Court in Philadelphia dismisses government suits to enforce the Hepburn commodities clause against major anthracite coal railroads as unconstitutional. Judges Gray and Dallas dismiss the bills. Buffington dissents without opinion.
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Philadelphia
United States Circuit Court For
Pennsylvania
George Gray
George M. Dallas
Joseph Buffington
Central of New Jersey
Lehigh Valley
Erie
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Delaware & Windsor
Philadelphia & Reading
Gray
Congress
Coal rates case closes as leaders report mixed results
Robert W. de Forest and John G. Johnson of Philadelphia served as counsel for the coal roads in the government suit. De Forest said he had no comment until he read the full text, as market leaders mostly posted losses.
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Robert W. de Forest
John G. Johnson
Philadelphia
Appeal Looms After Hepburn Commodity Clause Ruling
The Hepburn act commodity clause was declared unconstitutional by a Philadelphia circuit court. ICC officials voiced disappointment but urged possible amendments to restore the measure. An appeal to the Supreme Court is expected within sixty days. Attorney General Bonaparte and President Roosevelt supported immediate DOJ action.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Philadelphia
Interstate Commerce Commission
Judson Clements
Supreme Court of the United States
United States Circuit Court
Russell
Oyster Bay
Charles J. Bonaparte
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Department of Justice
Circuit Court
Bonaparte
New York
Lieutenant Wyman Restored to Duty After Acquittal
Major General Frederick D. Grant orders Lieutenant Guy H. Wyman of the 11th Cavalry to be released from arrest and restored to duty following a general court martial over statements claiming single status while married. Wyman, commissioned in 1905, had a prior marriage and child support obligation. Grant notes the acquittal was reluctantly approved and urges greater prudence in the future.
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Frederick D. Grant
Guy H. Wyman
11Th Cavalry
Wyman
Vanella Chambers
Huntsville
Ala
War Department
Grant
Revival of silk raising in United States staged
Alfred Van Praag and partners acquire land at Central Islip Long Island to plant Morus alba trees and build facilities for silk production. They plan to use a Hudson River experimental plant and aim for government backing including purchase of native silk cocoons and provision of mulberry saplings silkworm eggs and expert guidance.
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Alfred van Praag
West 40Th Street
Central Islip
Long Island
Islip
Hudson
New York
United States
Yonkers judge hears Ludlow challenge to 19% assessments
James B. Ludlow, Yonkers attorney and major property owner, told Referee Frank L. Young that the Federal Sugar Refining Co had its 19% year assessment cut by 150000 due to a 40 payment. He alleged the tax roll copy vanished during the certiorari proceedings as part of a broader suit alleging bias by Coyne era assessors.
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Frank L. Young
Yonkers
James B. Ludlow
New York
Federal
Mr. Ludlow
Coyne
Im7
End of Patterson Village If Reservoir Is Built
Residents of Patterson fear eviction as a new reservoir would flood homes and businesses. They favor the plan, expecting higher compensation, while Aqueduct Commissioners push the project to prevent water shortages. Estimates put the Croton additions at twelve years and 150 million dollars, with the new reservoir costing about 3.25 million and reducing waste significantly.
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Patterson
The
Tribune
John J. Ryan
Aqueduct
John H. O'Brien
Gas and Electricity
O’brien
Croton
O'Brien
Aqueduct Commission
Walter H. Sears
Sears
Catskill
Thaw transfer blocked by New York lunacy commission
Albany reports that the State Commission in Lunacy will oppose any move to transport Harry K Thaw from Dutchess County jail to Pittsburgh or outside the state. Dr Albert W Ferris says no jurisdiction allows such transfer of an insane patient and notes the custody remains with Dutchess sheriff pending further habeas corpus arguments.
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Albany
Harry K. Thaw
Dutchess County
Poughkeepsie
Pittsburg
State Commission
Albert W. Ferris
Blair
Pennsylvania
Ferris
County of
Dutchess
Justice Dowling
Thaw
Matteawan State Hospital
Wor
United States
New York
Trustee Confers With Thaw In Jail Visit
Roger O'Mara trustee for Harry K Thaw and his attorney ex Governor Stone met Thaw in the county jail in Poughkeepsie to discuss claims leading to his bankruptcy The visit also included Charles Morschauser Thaws habeas corpus counsel The parties expect no move to Pittsburg before the White Plains hearing on September 21.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Roger O'Mara
Harry K. Thaw
Stone
Pennsylvania
Thaw
Charles Morschauser
O'Mara
Pittsburg
Justice Mills
White Plains
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw Arrives Secluded in Michigan
Detroit reports Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw and a maid reached Mt Clemens last night aboard the Mackinac steamer and checked into the Media Hotel taking two rooms. She maintains strict seclusion as press not allowed.
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Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Michigan
Detroit
Mackinac
Media Hotel
Mount Clemens
Shellard Indicted for Murder in Brooklyn Toolhouse
David H. Shellard ex-patrolman indicted for the murder of Barbara Reig in the Irving Park toolhouse Brooklyn on July 22. He is jailed at Raymond Street awaiting trial. Attorneys Hymann Newmann and Peter B. Hanson failed to renew the $10,000 bail. Shellard pleaded not guilty in court.
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David H. Shellard
Barbara Reig
Irving Park
Brooklyn
Justice Rogers
Raymond Street
Hymann Newmann
Peter B. Hanson
Shellard
Harriman and steel cars pivot in large Pittsburgh venture
The today’s letter of a five million dollar contract for steel cars by H Harriman provokes comment as Pittsburgh’s Pressed Steel Car firm is excluded. The report recalls a past clash with Harriman over car orders and notes his move to source orders elsewhere after plans for a seven thousand car order were not accepted.
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Pressed Steel Car Company
the Tribune
Pittsburg
H. Harriman
Harriman
Steel Corporation
Macomb Statue Ready for Dedication in Detroit
A bronze statue of Major General Alexander Macomb, hero of the Battle of Plattsburg, will be dedicated today in Detroit by the Michigan Society of the United Daughters of 1812. Sculptor Adolph A. Weinman of New York designed the piece, with architecture by Albert R. Ross. The commission was awarded by competition in 1906. The monument features a circular south-facing platform and granite pedestals with bronze 1812 guns.
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Alexander Macomb
United States Army
Plattsburg
Detroit
Michigan Society of the United States Daughters of 1812
Adolph A. Weinman
New York
Weinman
Albert R. Ross
Monument to Major General Alexander Macomb Erected in Birth City
The pedestal and statue sit on a granite platform with a seven foot high pedestal bearing oak and laurel wreaths and the inscription honoring Major General Alexander Macomb, hero of the Battle of Plattsburg. New Hampshire granite forms the base in pinkish tones. The monument is presented by the State Daughters of 1812 September 11.
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Macomb
Alexander Macomb
Army of the United States
Plattsburg
Ae Society of These States Daughters of 1812
New Hampshire
Dispute at Brooklyn Democratic Club Over Officership
A quarrel at Edward M. Shepard’s Brooklyn Democratic Club on Mon Tague Street centered on a resolution by ex Water Register John E. Eastmond to bar political officeholders from club posts. President Daniel Moynahan opposed the move, called a member’s remark a lie, and the measure was defeated amid ongoing friction between the two men.
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Edward M. Shepard
Brooklyn Democratic Club
Montague Street
Indorsing Bryan and Kern
ex-Water Register
John E. Eastmond
Daniel Moynahan
Eastmond
Moynahan
Metz
Fewer Pupils Expected as Many Return to Europe
The city public schools anticipate lower enrollment this week, not the usual rise of twenty five thousand in eight years, due to unusually many foreign families returning to Europe. Superintendent Dr. William H Maxwell says no child six or older will be turned away and new schools will ease overcrowding. The Health Department on 14th Street and Sixth Avenue was crowded with parents seeking vaccination and certificates, with an estimated four thousand children vaccinated and the rush likely to continue.
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William H. Maxwell
Europe
Maxwell
Health Department
14Th Street
Sixth Avenue
Marine Intelligence Miniature Almanac Note
Marine notes list sunrise and sunset times for Sandy Hook Governor Island and Hell Gate with high water data. The fragment includes moon rise times and tides but contains garbled text after initial figures.
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Moon
Sandy Hook
Gov. Island
Hell Gate
Outgoing Steamers Notice in Today’s Paper
The notice lists outgoing steamers for today Sunday September 13, announcing mail ships and routes. It highlights scheduled departures and connections for maritime mail service.
Destination and steamers in early 20th century liner routes
Listing ship routes and sailings with destinations including New York to Japan Corea China and the Philippines via Vancouver Victoria Seattle and San Francisco with several steamers such as Empress of India Suverie and Bellerophon scheduled around Sept dates and times in Tacoma and other ports.
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New York
Japan
Corea
China
Philippine Islands
Vancouver
Victoria
Tacoma
Bellerophon
Shipping news highlights arrivals departures and quarantines
A weathered shipping column lists numerous steamers arriving at and departing from various ports. Vessels including the Hamilton Iroquois Patricia Martha Washington Manna Hata Dagfred Ida Cuneo Momus Carlton Bry and Lusitania are noted with origins destinations passenger counts and quarantine remarks.
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Hamilton
Boaz
Newport News
Norfolk
Old Dominion Ss Co
Iroquois
Chichester
Jacksonville
Charleston
Clyde Se Co
Moise
Patricia
Ger
Mazin
Hamburg
Boulogne
Plymouth
Hamburg-American Line
Bar
Martha Washington
Geralimich
Trieste
Patras
Palermo
Almeria
Phelps Bros & Co
Manna Hata
Charles
Baltimore
New York and Baltimore Transportation Line
Gere
Nor
Meyer
Baracoa
Arras
Dagfred
Jamvold
Maracaibo
Delaware
J H Winchester & Co
Rio Grande
Risk
Mobile
Tampa
Key West
Mallory Ss Co
Manuel Calvo
Span
Castello
Genoa
Barcelona
Malaga
Cadiz
Compania Trasatlantica
Har
Lusitania
Liverpool
Fire Island
Luisiana
Itai
Carbone
Naples
C B
Richard & Co
Sandy Hook
Watt
Queenstown
Cunard Line
Corrientes
Scharfe
Santos
Rio de Janeiro
Barbados
Finch, Edge & Co
Comanche
San Giovanni
Messina
Bahia
Hio de Janeiro
Nanette
Barbarossa
Bremen
Cherbourg
Bluecher
Cedric Bri
la Provence
Havre
Altai
Inagua
Port-au-Prince
Anita
Unclear Place Names and Locations Listed in Report
Fragmentary text lists numerous cities and regions such as Carteret New Jersey Singapore Merida Havana Vera Cruz Savannah El Dorado Galveston Norfolk Newport News Copenhagen Altona Fiume Trieste Mexico Philadelphia with scattered names and foreign spellings in no clear context.
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Carteret
Colon
Cristobal
Indrawadi
Singapore
Merida
Havana
Vera Crus
Savannah
el Dorado
Galveston
Jeffers
Norfolk
Newport News
F Tieteen
Dan
Copenhagen
Altonia
Fiume Vig Trieste
Puerto Corvo
Mexico
Hird
Nor
Philadelphia
Steamers at Foreign Ports Arrivals Summary
Shipping news lists several vessels arriving and sailing from New York to European and South American ports. Entries include ships such as Southam Teutonic Bry and Prins Friedrich Wilhelm with destinations Cherbourg Bremen and Hamburg. Other noted routes involve Rotterdam Liverpool Valparaiso Genoa Cadiz Shanghai and Calcutta with several September dates.
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Matt Wessel
L. For
Prins Willem V. Hayti
Westvavas
Vigilancia
Nassau
Daghestan
Kan
Lowther Castle
Montevideo
Barber
Rio
Tampa
Umbria
Liverpool
Cunard
New York
Southampton
American
Leneceeseee
Caracas
Porto Rico
Red
Dagfred
Curacao
Hed D
Havana
Ward
Ponce
Wilhelm
Jamaica
California
Glasgow
Mesaba
London
Finland
Antwerp
Red Star
Pennsylvania
Hamburg
Hamb-Am
City of Atlanta
Savannah
Iroquois
Jacksonville
Clyde
Lampasas
Galveston
Mallory
Monroe
Norfolk
Old Dominion
Albania
Cristobal
Panama
Suriname
Demerara
O. F
Jefferson
Southam
Sing
Sconties
New Aden
Tamerac
Rio Grande
Pernambuces
Rio de Janeiro
Santos
Cherbourg
Etruria
Liv
Rosario
Egda
Nor
Trieste
Argentina
Gaust
Port Natal
Auckland
Colowhe
Calcutta
Bremen
Ceith
Queens
Three Broadway Stores At Warr en Street 13th Street And 34th Street
Three Broadway stores located at Warren Street 13th Street and 34th Street in Manhattan reported a combined frontage of 258 842 units in the OCR fragment. No additional context or events are provided.
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Broadway
Warren St
13Th St
34Th St
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Locomotive Common
Delaware & Hudgon
Ontario& Western
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Ehe
Patterson, N. Y
Commerce Commission
J. B. Ludlow
Harriman and Steel Cars
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Marine Intelligence
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Es Liver
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Victoria Hamburg
Louis
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Shipping News
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Hippodrome
America
Birdland Ballet
Rocers, Peer & Company
Mary Mannering
Betsy
Max'Boure” Daly
Wks
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Shakespeare
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Lucia
Atia
Carmen
Eve
Fedora
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Salome
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Blaney
Emma Carus
Alex. Carr & CO
Opera House
Lincoln St
Frank Bush
Binay
66Th St
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Eva Tanguay
Virginia Harned & Co
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Matthews & Ashley
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ST Eta
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Ork
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