Nebraska Supreme Court Bans Giving Away Cigarettes
The Nebraska Supreme Court rules unlawful the giving away of cigarettes or cigarette papers, upholding the act’s title as sufficiently expressing its intent. John Alperson remanded after arrest. the court emphasizes the act aims to banish cigarettes from commerce to protect public health and morals.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Supreme Court
Douglas County District Courts
John Alperson
Alperson
Hearing of Complaints Against the Railroads
The Interstate Commerce Commission opens hearings on its complaint against ten railroads and three private car firms alleging unjust and unreasonable charges for refrigerated fruit and vegetable transport. The case tests commission jurisdiction over private car lines as each company contests the authority.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Armour Monoplies Private Car Freight Amid ICC Hearing
Washington witnesses say Armour car lines hold exclusive contracts with major railroads to handle all refrigerator freight. H M Emerson of Atlantic Coast Line testifies shippers must use Armour cars or freighters refused. schedule allows other private cars, a point for the ICC to resolve.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Knapp
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
H. M. Emerson
Atlantic Coast Line
Armour Car Lines
Department of the Road
Central of Georgia
The
Southern
Sea Board Air Line
Relics of Admiral Jones Arrive on La Lorraine
Paris based passenger C A Herreschoff Bartlett of New York sails on the French line steamer La Lorraine from Havre carrying a number of relics of Admiral John Paul Jones to the United States.
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Paul Jones
Paris
C. A
Bryan Presents Bryan to Japanese Emperor in Tokio
The American minister Lloyd C. Griscom presented W. J. Bryan and Captain Clover of the Bat- Geehip Wisconsin to the Japanese emperor on Friday. After the audience Bryan left for Nikko and will return to Tokio to address the Young Men's Christian Association.
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Bryan
Joc Mikado
Tokio
Lloyd C. Griscom
W. J. Bryan
Captain Clover
Bat
Bryan Speaks to Japanese in Tokyo Audience
William J. Bryan addressed about 10 000 listeners in Tokyo with Count Okuma presiding. The speech lasted forty minutes and was clearly heard by students. Bryan dined with Count Okuma, and Tokyo officials invited a public reception, though time constraints prevent attendance.
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Bryan
Tokio
William J. Bryan
Count Okuma
Okuma
Panama Canal Observations Show Progress and Health Initiatives
Shonts reports on Isthmian improvements with Stevens guiding force. Repaired over 200 French houses in two months and new docks at Cristobal and La Boca nearing completion. Bridges strengthened for heavier locomotives while health measures include fumigation, isolation, and mosquito control as labor rolls rise to nearly 4,000.
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Washington
Shonts
Isthmian Canal Commission
Panama
Stevens
Cristobal
la Boca
Anglo Cuban Treaty Sparks Cuban Dissatisfaction
Washington reports growing Cuban opposition to the proposed Anglo-Cuban treaty. Officials say the pact is disadvantageous to Cuba and blocks renewal of the reciprocity agreement, which currently lasts five years.
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Washington
Cuba
United States
Indictments Stand in Chicago Meat Packers Case
Federal Judge J Otis Humphrey divided on the demurrer of meat packers charged with illegal conspiracy. He overruled the demurrer to odd numbered counts alleging conspiracy in restraint of trade while sustaining the demurrer to even numbered monopoly counts. The court also allowed extending the demurrer to the first count, which was overruled.
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Chicago
J. Otis Humphrey
Tornado Devastates Sorento Illinois Town
A tornado hit Sorento Illinois thirty two miles northeast of St Louis Tuesday night killing eight people and injuring thirty five with three possible fatalities. Forty houses were blown apart and a complete swath of destruction cleared through the town as debris and wreckage scattered across the area.
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St. Louis
Sorento
Congressmen Return from 5000 Mile Statehood Tour
A group of congressmen traveled from Chicago through New Mexico and Arizona to study statehood for two territories. They passed through Kansas City on the return journey after inspecting mining properties in Cananea Mexico and spending most time in the two territories.
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Kansas City
Chicago
New Mexico
Arizona
Kansas Cty
Cananea Mexico
Tariff Rates Up as Agriculture and Meat Products See Large Hikes
Washington reports German customs tariff changes raise ad valorem duties across broad categories. Agriculture and meat items show notable increases, with minerals oils and tobacco among high taxed commodities. Conventional tariffs remain lower, while favored nation imports face reduced duties.
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Washington
Germany
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
Monument at Gettysburg for the Regular Army
Lieutenant General Chaffee and Major General Bates inspected models for a regular army monument at Gettysburg, after Congress set aside 25000 dollars under the national Gettysburg park commission. A broad consensus favored a single large monument marking regular army positions over many small markers.
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Washington
Chaffee
Bates
General Staff
Gettysburg
Congress
National Gettysburg Park Commission
Abyssinia Sends an Envoy to Roosevelt
Eli-Haq-Abdul-Ally Sadik-Pasha prince of the Ethiopian church and general of the Abyssinian army arrived in New York aboard the Cedric as envoy of Emperor Menelik. He seeks a commercial treaty but aims to study closer ties with Europe and America after visits to Berlin Paris and London.
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New York
Eli-Haq-Abdul-Ally- Sadik-Pasha
Menelik
Roosevelt
Cedric
Abyassinia
Europe
America
Berlin
Paris
London
Joint statehood not wanted in New Mexico tour
After ten days in Arizona the congressional party in a special train passed through Albuquerque today returning home. In Arizona they found fewer than fifty people favoring joint statehood with New Mexico, including twenty who presented a petition for jointure at Tucson.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Arizona
Congressional Party
New Mexico
Tucson
Texas railroads sued for penalties under Loveux tax claim
District Attorney Warren W. Moore filed suits in the Fifty third district court against fifteen Texas railroads. The actions seek penalties for failure to pay a 1 percent tax on gross earnings, amounts ranging from 3000 to 25000, tied to the Loveux bill now on appeal after prior state victory in the trial court.
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Austin
Tex
Warren W. Moore
Fifty-third District Court
Texas
Naval War Records Highlight Blockade and River Ops
Washington notes by Charles W. Stewart say volumes twenty and twenty one of the civil war records nearing completion. The works cover west half blockading squadron under Farragut from 1863 to 1864 and present Confederate naval operations and inland river warfare with data on ironclads torpedo boats and shore coordination.
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Washington
Charles W. Stewart
Naval Library and
Naval War Records
Farragut
Czar Nicholas Proclaims Peace with Japan
St. Petersburg reports an imperial manifesto declaring peace between Russia and Japan. The document speaks of suffering endured, calls for friendly relations, and vows to restore harmony while blessing efforts toward national development and prosperity.
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Czar
Nicholas
ST. Petersburg
Russia
Japan
Birth rate concerns voiced by Irish bishop in London
In St Pauls cathedral Dr Ingram, bishop of Ireland, warns clergy that a falling birth rate mirrors a wider decline in England and the colonies. He calls artificial birth control a blight among the middle classes and urges the church to promote a simpler, harder life.
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London
Ireland
Ingram
St Paul's Cathedral
Roosevelt
England
Church of England
Shoes to rise sharply in Chicago over next two weeks
Chicago retailers warn footwear prices will climb beyond anything in forty years as scarce hides push costs. Jobbing prices up 50 cents per pair and tanning hides have surged about 30 percent since September 1, signaling higher costs for ready and custom-made shoes.
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Chicago
Government Extends Time for Colima Manzanillo Line
The Mexican government extends the deadline for the Mexican Central branch from Colima to Manzanillo to October 1909. A narrow gauge line between Colima and Manzanillo, formerly owned by the Mexican National Construction Co, has been acquired and will be converted to standard gauge. The Central reports 3000 workers on the Colima extension.
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Mexico
Mexican Central
Colima
Manzanillo
Pacific Coast
Colivia
Mexican National Construction Company
the Central
Negro Troops to Philippines for Second Philippine Tour
Secretary Taft decides to send the Twenty-fourth regiment of infantry colored troops to Mindanao Philippines for a second term of service there.
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Philippines
Wahington
Taft
Mindanao
Philippine Islanda
Japan to Increase Navy
London Times correspondent reports in Tokyo that Japan may raise its army from thirteen to twenty divisions to fulfill duties under the Anglo Japanese alliance.
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Japan
London
Times
Tokio
Room for Economy in Government Printing Says Landis
Congressman Charles B. Landis argues that cutting printing appropriations by 20 to 25 percent could save up to a million dollars a year. He cites waste from excess documents and urges smarter distribution and reduction, noting some materials have little demand yet remain piled in departments and garrets.
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Washington
Charles B. Landis
Congressional Printing Investigation Committee
Congress
Landis
Southern railroad managers testify on fruit car handling
In Washington several traffic managers from southeastern railroads told the Interstate Commerce Commission about their practice of using private car lines to handle perishable fruit shipments. The railways act as transportation agents while private lines assume handling responsibility. A. Allis of Augusta Ga described his ice provider contract with Armour car lines and related terms. Hearings expected to conclude tomorrow.
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Washington
Southeastern
Interstate Commerce Commission
Prive Car
A. Allis
Augusta
Armour Car
Vanderbilt and Astor Protest Denial at New York Hearing
John Jacob Astor and Cornelius Vanderbilt are said to deny owning stock in the International Power company during testimony at a New York hearing. The case, brought by William B. Franklin and George L. Scott against Joseph H. Hoadley and others, seeks to recover 65 800. Lewis Cass Ledyard issued a statement from Newport denying the stock ownership claim.
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Newport
R. L
John Jacob Astor
Cornelius Vanderbilt
New York
Wiliam B. Franklin
George L. Scott
Joseph H. Hoadley
Lewis Cass Ledyard
Mr. Vandehilt
Colonel Astor
International Power Company
Lost three in the Iroquois theater fire trial begins
In Chicago the first damage suit stemming from the Iroquois theater fire of December 1903 moves forward before Judge Landis. Prospective juror James C. Long, a Geneva resident, admits he knew victims and later reveals three of his daughters died in the blaze.
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Chicago
Landig
United States Circuit Court
James C. Long
Geneva
Michael Named Consul General at Calcutta
W H Michael chief clerk at state department is named consul general at Calcutta succeeding Stanley Stoner. Stoner resigned recently and withdrew due to a family illness prompting the request to resign. The announcement came from the state department and notes the resignation as voluntary.
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Michael
India
Iington
W. H. Michael
Department of State
Calcutta
State Department
Stanley Stoner
Stoner
Department
Court Martial of Navy Records Heavy Prisoner Counts
The annual Navy report by Judge Advocate General Captain Diehl shows twelve commissioned officers convicted and three acquitted, with 905 enlisted men convicted and thirty acquitted in general courts-martial. Summary courts-martial convict 4,157 blue-jackets and 1,018 marines with 200 and seventy-seven acquittals respectively. Desertion and fraudulent enlistment drive many convictions. Mare Island prison crowding spurs use of two prison ships.
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Washington
W. Diehl
Navy
Diehle
A. C. Kelton
United States Marine Corps
Naval Prison
Boston Navy Yard
Asiatic Station
Mare Island
Manila
Nipste
Bremerton
Wash
Bonds stolen from Brooklyn law firm safe
Bonds of the People's Gas, Light & Coke company worth 30 000 dollars vanished from the Baldwin & Ward offices at 86 Lexington street Brooklyn. An additional 166 000 dollars in bonds remained untouched. The theft targets the old Eighth Ward bank as merged into Borough bank where Baldwin & Ward serve as attorneys. Police suspect an expert opened the safe.
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New York
People’s Gas, Light & Coke Company
Buffalo
N. Y
Baldwin & Ward
Lexington Street
Brooklyn
Eighth Ward Bank
Borough Bank
Irving's ashes laid to rest in Westminster Abbey
Sir Henry Irving, beside Garrick and near Shakespeare's statue, was buried in Westminster Abbey in a ceremony that drew England's top officials and a wide cross section of society. King Edward was represented by General Sir Dighton Probyn, the prince of Wales by Lt. H. P. Carrington, with cabinet ministers and ambassadors in attendance. Whitelaw Reid came from Scotland to honor the American tragedian.
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London
Garrick
Shakespeare
Henry Irsing
Westminster Abbey
England
Life of
Irving
Edward
Dighton Probyn
Prince of Wales
H. P. Carrington
Whitelaw Reid
Scotland
America
Anarchists Indicted Over Bombing Of King Alfonso Escort
In Paris five anarchists face indictments after a long preliminary inquiry into the attack on a carriage carrying King Alfonso and President Loubet. Avino alias Ferras is charged with attempted assassination of the king and president and their escort, though Alvino remained at large. Philosophic writer Charles Malato and anarchist Caussanet are charged with complicity.
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Paris
Alfonso
Loubet
Avino
Ferras
Alvino
Charles Malato
Caussanet
Norway Moves Toward Crown by Storthing Action
A dispatch from Christiania reports the Norwegian government reached a consensus on settling the throne question by storthing vote. The Danish court agrees to drop a plebiscite and Prince Charles of Denmark accepts the crown upon majority storting election.
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Copenhagen
M. M'chelson
Christiania
Storthing
Charles
Denmark
Norway
Congressmen Tour Grand Canyon Area During Arizona Visit
A Minnesota congressman and colleagues from Wisconsin North Dakota and Arizona traveled to the Grand Canyon bottom while others toured the reservation timber reserve. The group then dined at El Tovar hotel with Santa Fe Railroad officials and departed for Flagstaff after midnight.
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Arizona
Grand Canyon
Ariz
Tawney
Davis
Breenerson
Minnesota
Marshall
North’ Dakota
Minor
Wisconsin
el Tovar
Santa Fe Railroad Company
Flagstaff
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Texas Railroads
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