Supreme Court frees labor leaders from jail in civil contempt ruling
The United States Supreme Court held that the DC contempt proceedings against Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell, and Frank Morrison were civil and not criminal. It set aside their jail terms and sent the case back to local courts with instructions to dismiss, allowing civil action by Buck's Stove & Range if pursued.
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John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
United States
Court of Appeals of
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Buck's Brove & Hauge Company
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Buck's Stove and Ranger Company
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Supreme Court of the United States
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Organized Labor
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Lamar
Buck's’ Brove and Tange Company
Quincy
Mass
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Duncan
Granite - Cutter’s International Union
Enjustice
Bucks Store and Range Company
Federation
Philadelphia
United States Supreme Court
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Welcome for Middles in Yokohama hosts 60 American sailors
Yokohama May 15 The city hosts 60 American blue jackets from the Asiatic fleet as guests of Mayor Arakawa. A garden party is attended by 50 officers and 600 visiting soldiers with speeches by Vice Admirals Sala Adjula and Uriu. Admiral Hubbard and Rear Admiral Murdock respond. A dinner for Admiral Hubbard follows with officials from both navies and 200 residents. Mutual regard is exchanged.
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Yokohama
Japan
America
Arakawa
Sala
Marine
Adjula
Navy
Uriu
Sasebo
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Joseph
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Lengthy idle ends as freight car shops reopen
Bedelia Missouri May 16 Work resumed today in the freight car repair shops of the Missouri Pacific Railway after four weeks of idleness. About 134 percent of workers are again employed, with nine shift hours in operation.
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Associated. Prensa
Bedelia
Missouri” Pacific Railway Company
End of Revolt Near as Diaz Yields in Mexico
Reports from Hermosillo and Juarez indicate Diaz accepted insurgent demands and peace talks resume. Violence abates as federal troops withdraw from Hermosillo while negotiations advance, with ministers and mediators optimistic about cabinet reforms and governor allocations.
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Associatad
Hermosillo
Sonora
Mexico
Luis H. Torres
Sones
Sou Judeu
Guayamus
New Emperor Proclaimed in Abyssinia
In Addis Ababa, Prince Lidj Jeassu grandson of Menelik was proclaimed emperor after Menelik’s health declined. Heir to throne announced May 18 1900 at age thirteen. Ras Texsama named guardian amid imperial incapacity and coronation planned for later.
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Abyssinia
Lidj Jeassu
Menelik
Prinea Lid
Princesa Romana Onok
John
Taltu
Ras Texsama
Mrs Florence L Dodge Sentenced For Manslaughter
Mrs Florence L Dodge is sentenced to four to six years in Windsor state prison for manslaughter in the September 1709 shooting at her home in Lunenburg. Judge imposed the sentence today after her conviction on Saturday by a jury.
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Amanciated Press
Guild Hall
Windsor
Florence L. Dodge
William Heath
Lunenburg
Indian Lands on Sale Auction in Oklahoma Nations
An Associated Press report from Wewoka Oklahoma on May 15 states the government began an auction of 2 000 acres of unallotted Seminole Creek and Cherokee land. More than 160 acres went to one buyer. Much land was appraised below cash value with the sale requiring bids to meet appraised values.
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Associated Press
Hongkong
China
Canton
Shamien
Japan
Fermont
Annam
South
Wewoka
Oklo
Auburn Carpenters Strike Causes Work Halt
The Auburn contracting carpenters refuse a five cent per hour raise and a Saturday half holiday starting today. In response about 30 percent of journeymen carpenters join the strike, disrupting local work.
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Auburn
Government Wins Case Against Standard Oil Monopoly
The government secured a Supreme Court ruling affirming a lower court decree against Standard Oil of New Jersey for conspiracy and restraint of trade. The decision, read by Chief Justice White, modified some points slightly and included a dissent by Justice Harlan.
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Ansociated Press
Washington, D. C
Standard Oil Company
Supreme Court
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
White
Harlan
United States Circuit Court
Missouri
United States
Standard Ol
New Jersey
Supreme Court of the United States
Senate deadlock at pro tempore ballot and wool tariff debate
Washington May 15 The senate fails to elect a president pro tempore on the first ballot with Gollinger 33 votes Bacon and Clapp also considered. The deadlock persists on the second ballot as the chamber moves to a joint resolution for direct election of senators. In the House Ways and Means a revised wool tariff schedule is drafted for caucus ratification with free wool supporters hopeful it will place raw wool on the free list.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
Gollinger
Republican Caucus
Benator Bacon
Tamber
Clapp
Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives
Forest fires ravage Iowa state lands across six counties
State Forestry Commissioner reports fires in Lycoming Tioga Clearfield Union Clinton Monroe and surrounding areas damaging state reserves. The worst blazes hit Lycoming and Clinton counties with about 40 000 acres burned in Clinton including 4 000 acres of state lands. Fires continue with no damage estimate yet.
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Conklin
Clinton
Union
Franklin
Lycoming
Tioga
Clearfield
Fike
Monroe
Fine Creek
Tangarcoutac Creek
Bakers Run
Clinton County
Switchmen Hold Meeting at Fifth Biennial Convention
The fifth biennial convention of the switchmen's union of North America opened in the old capitol building St Paul May 16 with President Frank T. Hawley presiding behind closed doors. A contest to unseat Hawley grows from his 1909 strike failure as the convention also hosts the women's auxiliary biennial session.
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Associated Press
St. Paul
Author of fiction Dead
Dr William Robert Anthony Wilson, 41, Pittsfield Massachusetts author and physician, died at his home. A native of Washington DC, he practiced medicine in Peoria Illinois before moving to Pittsfield in 1906. He married Jamy Barnes of Louisville Kentucky and survives him. The interment will be in Shelbyville Kentucky.
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Pittsfield
Masa
William Robert’ Anthony Wilson
Wilson
Washington
Pooria
Jamy Barnes
Louisville
Shelbyville
Standard Oil Declares Quarterly Dividend Of Nine Million
New York May 15 The Standard Oil Company approved the regular quarterly dividend of 9,000,000 to shareholders. The distribution is due at this time and accompanies the near declaration.
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Prees
New York
Standard Oil Company
S. Weckholers
Elgin Butter Market Posts 657000 Pound Output
Elgin reports butter market activity with a May tally of 657000 pounds produced. Details specify the week’s yield and market context for dairy traders and regional wholesalers.
Stimson Pick Boosts Progressives in Taft Cabinet Shake
The selection of Henry L. Stimson as secretary of war and Jacob M. Dickinson’s role draws praise from progressives and officials. Taft aims to unite factions in New York and bolster public confidence while balancing bipartisan cabinet shifts amid party tensions. Dickinson’s departure is seen as voluntary, with chatter of friction over the Mexican situation and other arms of the administration during a critical period.
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Henry’ L. Stimson
Sue Jacob M. Dickinson
Taft
Dickinson
Stimson
Roosevelt
New York
Ion
Old Guard
Suritoga
Mienbi
White House
Timor Woodruff
Sti Appilaunen
Dare
Lfe
Tait
MacVeagh
Chicago
Four Boys Near Drowning in Green Bay Rescue
A Green Bay incident reports four boys under fifteen escaping drowning after a rowboat capsized near the Grassy Bank light station. Fran Riggle and James Elms in a gasoline launch rescued the exhausted youths clinging to the overturned craft.
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Northwestern
Milwaukee
Wis
Green Bay
Grean Bay
Fran Riggle
James Elms
No Succession Is Pla led Denial at Foreign Office
May 1 report from St. Petersburg states the foreign office denied the appointment of Baron as Russian ambassador at Washington. The ministry head rejected Sergine Aronoff’s templated proposal.
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St. Petersburg
Foreign Office
Baron
Wash Tha
Anto Sergine
Aronoff
Fighter of Snowms: Dead. (ay Amsosiates Prone.)
Unclear readable fragment notes a death linked to a fighter named Billy Coan. Other names appear garbled. No clear date, location, or organization identified.
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Patrik
Billy, Coan
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