Verdicts Link Rebates on Sugar to Central Rail Firm
A New York federal jury finds New York Central Rail company and Frederick L. Pomeroy guilty of granting sugar shipment rebates under the Elkins act. Sentencing deferred to allow motions. The defense cited public opinion as a factor in conviction.
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New York
United States
New York Central Rail Company
Frederick L. Pomeroy
Austin G. Fox
Lowell M. Palmer
Pomeroy
W. H. Edgar& Bon
China readies larger army under Yuan Shin Kai and allies
Washington reports indicate China is expanding its army under Yuan Shin Kai, a leading figure in Chi fi province with Pekin. Tank Shao Yi rises in power with high salary, influence over foreign office, and control of key rail lines Hankow Pekin and Pekin Niu Chwang, amid rising anti foreign sentiment.
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Washington
Yuan Shin Kai
Yuan
Chifi
Pekin
Tank Shao Yi
Foreign Office
Hankow
Niu Chwang
Indian uprising gains sympathy in Japan
A Tokyo dispatch reports Japan fosters kinship with India to boost anti British sentiment. Hindu students in Tokyo publish an address urging Indians to heed the Asia for the Asiatics call and cast off British rule amid Russo Japanese war lessons.
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St. Petersburg
Tokio
India
Japan
Hindoo
Asia
Beveridge Calls for Limited Tariff Revision in Indiana
Logansport Ind Oct 18 Senator Beveridge spoke to a large crowd in his first Indiana campaign address. He focused on tariff policy urging limited revision noting changes since schedules were set and warning against risking the protective system by delaying necessary adjustments.
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United
Logangport
Ind
Beveridge
Indiana
Salvage Efforts Underway for Submarine Latin
Drowned like rats reports from Bizerta as salvage crews begin at dawn to raise the submarine Latin sunk three miles offshore. Officials fear the crew did not survive, though effort continues with slim odds of saving lives.
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Bizerta
Militia Deployed for Conway Hanging Disturbance
Governor Heyward ordered out the militia to prevent a disturbance at the Friday hanging in Conway. Commander Johnson, a white man of means, is accused of murdering Rev. Harmon D. Grainger.
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Columbia
Heyward
Conway
Johnson
Harmon D. Grainger
Cyclone in South Destroys Fort Pierce Buildings
Fort Pierce Florida reports from train No 98 from Miami describe a hurricane that leveled multiple structures. About 100 houses were blown down and churches were destroyed. The concrete jail threatened to collapse and prisoners were moved. Car sheds and steamer facilities were wrecked and a two story brick building collapsed.
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Fort Pierce
Fla
Miami
Severe hurricane sweeps Florida from Havana to Key West
Early reports say a severe hurricane moved from Cuba toward the Florida east coast. By morning the storm reached Havana causing damage, and later struck Key West blowing down small houses and trees along the waterfront.
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Key West
St. Augustine
Fla
Cubla
Florida
Havana
Cable failure leaves Havana cut off from US lines
New York reports massive disruption as Western Union cannot restore cable to Havana and land lines in Southern Florida remain down. No reliable damage estimates are available. A Havana connection via western Cuba is believed to be severed, with Santiago de Cuba confirming all wires to Havana are down.
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Havana
Western Union Company
Miami
Key West
Florida
Cuba
Associated Press
Santiago de Cuba
Bermuda
Guilty Verdict in Standard Oil Conspiracy Case
Findlay Ohio October court records show the State of Ohio’s case against Standard Oil of Ohio ending in a guilty verdict on the Valentine anti trust law conspiracy charge after a 32 hour jury deliberation. Judge Banker warned a motion for a new trial would be considered.
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Findlay
Ohio
State of Ohio
Standard Oil Company
Troup
Banker
Shonts denies Chinese labor on Panama Canal work
Chicago notes chairman Shonts of the canal commission says no Chinese laborers are employed in the Panama Canal zone and none will be. He says bids were invited and reports of 5,000 workers are incorrect, with only possible Chinese laundry workers, if any, in Panama.
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Chicago
Psnams
Panama
Canal
Embargo Ties Up Freight Cars in San Francisco
Freight shipments to San Francisco over the Southern Pacific are embargoed starting tomorrow, halting receipt for San Francisco and Oakland yards. Congestion has grown, with more than 3,500 idle cars on tracks as 400 cars arrive daily and cannot be unloaded.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Oakland
Fraud in Registration in Los Angeles Postcard Fraud
Returns to the secretary of the non partisan executive committee reveal 4450 unclaimed postal cards mailed to veterans show widespread registration fraud. Cards bear mail carrier notes such as there is no such street no such person and no such number reflecting errors and invalid addresses.
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Los Angeles
Japanese Seals Claim Damages From Toyo Maru No. 6 Incident
Victoria B C October 19 reports advices from Japan that Toyi Fishing company directors of Wayakama owners of the schooner Toyo Maru No 6 seek Japanese government action for a damages claim after five men were killed and 12 captured during a raid on the St Paul island rookery in the Bering Sea last July.
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Victoria
B. C
Japan
Toyi Fishing Company
Wayakama
St. Paul Island
Bering Sea
Another Cuba Chance Sparks Annexation Debate
Washington officials and Republican leaders split on Cuba’s fate with another self government try favored by President Roosevelt who fears annexation only if Cubans fail. Debate centers on keeping tariff walls on Cuban sugar and tobacco while fears of race and immigration influence southern and western interests.
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Moshiontete
Washington
Cuba
United States
Roosevelt
Unite States
South
Congress
West
Storm Spoils Bananas as Central America Hit by Hurricane
A hurricane off the east coast of Nicaragua causes about 1,000,000 in damages. No loss of life is reported. Little and Great Corn islands are stripped of vegetation while a 30 mile wide land path suffers banana crop destruction. Rama town also suffers great damage.
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Central America
New Orleans
United States Fruit Company
Bluefields
Nicaragua
Rama
Mrs. Jefferson Davis Dies in New York Hospital Hotel
Mrs Jefferson widow of the Confederate president dies of pneumonia at the Majestic hotel in New York. She was ill for days and was not expected to survive beyond the next hours. She had recently returned from the Adirondacks for health.
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Jefferson Davis
New York
Jefferson
Marestic
Davie
The
Majestic
Adirondacks
Trial of New York Central Rebates Case Opens
The New York Central Railroad faces a federal rebate case accusing deposits of about 26000 dollars to American Sugar Refining on westbound sugar shipments. It marks the first Elkins law related trial in this city and launches a Federal Criminal court term expected to extend over a year or more.
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New York Central
New York
New York Central Railroad Company
American Sugar Refining Company
West
Elkins
Federal Criminal Court
Army in Cuba Formally Declared as Pacification Army
Washington reports Brigadier General Barry acting chief of staff issued a general order by presidential directive naming the unassembled and to be assembled forces in Cuba as the Army of Cuban Pacification and constituting them as an army for the pacification effort.
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Cuba
Washington
Barry
Army of Cuban Pacification
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