Supreme Court Orders Carter to Refund $400000 in Harbor Fraud Case
The United States Supreme Court dismissed Carter from the army and sent him to the penitentiary after a decree demanding repayment of $400,000 tied to a Savannah harbor improvement fraud. The suit seeks possession of securities and real estate tied to the alleged loss exceeding $2,000,000, with Carter claimed to have profited about one third.
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Washington
Savannah
Oberlin M. Carter
United States Supreme Court
Carter
United States Army
Green and
Gaynor
Miss Marjorie Gould Weds Anthony J. Drexel Jr in Philadelphia
Miss Marjorie Gould daughter of George Gould became the bride of Anthony J. Drexel Jr of Philadelphia on Tuesday. She is said to have refused numerous titled foreigners to wed an American.
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Marjorie Gould
George Gould
Anthony J. Drexel, Jr
Philadelphia
Gould
Emperor Meets Roosevelt in Vienna With Royal Honors
In Vienna on April 18 Col Theodore Roosevelt was received by Francis Joseph in private rooms at the Hofburg palace, signaling high royal regard. Monsignor Belmonte Pignatelli appeared in papal vestments expressing regrets over Cardinal Merry Del Val in connection with the Vatican incident.
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Vienna
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Francis Joseph
Roosevelt
Hofburg Palace
Vatican
Monsignor
Belmonte Pignatelli
Pienarelli
Merry del Val
Three Men Rob Train and Escape on Engine
Three masked men looted mail and baggage cars of overland train No 1 between Bentcia and Goodyear Sunday morning. They escaped on the engine as the train slowed near Goodyear after a lantern signal. The haul is believed to run into hundreds of dollars with passengers held captive during the robbery.
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Bentcia
Goodyear
Halley's Comet Tail Seen From Chicago
Astronomers at Yerke Observatory report Halley’s comet has a tail at least 2,000,000 miles long and likely to grow as the comet approaches Earth. Observers expect the full display without a telescope within ten days as the body moves at about 3,000,000 miles per day.
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Chicago
Yerke Observatory
Wallace Mansion Burns in San Francisco Cafe Site
Fire Sunday destroyed the old Wallace mansion on Van Ness Avenue. The building, rebuilt after the 1906 earthquake and fire as Tait's Pompeiian gardens, had become one of the West’s most fashionable cafes.
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San Francisco
Judge Wallace
van Ness Avenue
Tait
Drewsey Aims To Be County Seat Of Otis County
Drewsey Oregon seeks to form Otis County from portions of Malheur and Harney Counties. The move targets establishing a new county seat in the western Malheur County town as part of the proposed subdivision.
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Vale
Ore
Drewsey
Malheur County
Otis
Malheur
Harney
Prosecution to Focus on Ballinger Stand in Inquiry
The Ballinger Pinchot inquiry moves toward Ballinger testimony as Brandeis seeks to delay cross examination of Frank Pierce. Pierce denied telling Moore he could secure patents without a hearing and said Dennett framed the law. Finney corroborated Pierce, Vertrees questioned Ballinger policy on water power site withdrawals and restorations. The Prosecution introduced Reclamation Service directors who testified they were ordered to restore withdrawals.
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Frank Pierce
Edward C. Finney
Secretary of the Interior
Pierce
Clements
Vertrees
LaFollette
Ballinger
Garfield
Reclamation Service
Smuggler George Olin Convicted in Federal Court
El Paso April 19 George Olin alias Snake Pool caught with 700 cans of opium was convicted of smuggling in the Federal Court. Olin is said to have had federates at every port on the border and was one of the most adroit smugglers of Chinese and opium with headquarters at El Paso Los Angeles and San Francisco.
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EL Paso
Tex
George Olin
Snake Pool
Olin
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Market prices for grain hay dairy and eggs in Portland
The Portland market lists wheat Bluestem 93 to 95 cents club 99 to 90 cents red Russian 86 to 88 cents. Barley 23 to 25 dollars per ton. Oats 27 to 28 dollars per ton. Timothy hay 23 to 26 dollars per ton in Willamette Valley and 18 to 23 in Eastern Oregon. Butter 28 to 35 cents, eggs ranch 26 cents, wool 14 to 17 cents, mohair 28 to 29 cents. Potatoes 10 to 14 dollars per ton.
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Willamette Valley
Iegon
Washington Creamery
Hill and Gould Conclude a Rail Traffic Deal
April 18 officials of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy and Denver and Rio Grande Western Pacific lines announce traffic agreements. The Hill lines gain California access while Gould lines reach the Pacific Northwest. Northwest traffic moves via Burlington to Great Northern and Northern Pacific, linking St. Louis and Gulf ports with Portland and Seattle through Denver. Portland and Puget Sound regions expect benefit from the arrangement.
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Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Denver & Rio Grande
Western Pacific
Hill Lines
California
Gould Lines
Pacific Northwest
Northwest
Burlington
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
North Pacific Coast
Pittsburg
Gulf of Mexico
Gould
St. Louis
Colorado
New Mexico
Hill
Portland
Seattle
Puget Sound
Aldrich to retire from the Senate at term end in 1911
Washington reports Senator Aldrich will not seek re election and will retire when his current term ends March 3 1911. In San Francisco April 18 Charles J Wezler admitted identity as Charles Wenler and denied involvement in Mrs Schulz murder at Gig Harbor after being arrested for carrying concealed weapons.
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Washington
Aldrich
Senate
Charlies Wezler
San Francisco
Charles J. Wezler
Tacoma
Wash
Henry Schulz
Wezler
Charles Wezler
Charles Wenler
Taft forgives hissing over suffrage convention incident
President Taft replies to suffragists apologizing for a hissing incident at the suffrage convention. He says the regret is for the use of the episode to embarrass suffrage leaders and clarifies his personal stance.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
Northern Pacific buys Kent dairy farm and Paradise crops
Seattle report says the Northern Pacific Railway Company purchased 270 acres of rich bottom land near Kent and 400 acres at Paradise, Mont. It established a dairy with 300 thoroughbred milch cows and 1500 White Leghorn hens and plants for corn and garden truck. All products will be used by the dining car department.
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Seattle
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Kent
Paradise
Mont
Hearst Ultimatum Shapes National Democracy Move
New York leaders say the National Democracy must accept Hearst dictation to unite with the Independence League after reviewing a letter from Hearst detailing John Temple Graves authorized terms from the Jefferson Day banquet in Washington.
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Hearst
Boss
New York
National Democracy
Independence League
William Randolph Hearst
John Temple Graves
Washington, D. C
Senate backs thorough inquiry into legislative corruption
Albany April 17 — Following Governor Hughes recommendation the Senate adopted a plan for a full inquiry into all allegations of legislative corruption. The Assembly now decides if the Senate example will be adopted statewide.
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Hughes
Albany
N. Y
Senate
Assembly
Capital to have sane Fourth in Washington
Washington on July 4 will feature a National safe and sane celebration. No dynamite crackers cap pistols or snakes in the grass will be sold in the capital during the event.
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Washington
National
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