Supreme Court rules coal contracts must be produced in ant coal case
The U S Supreme Court reversed a New York circuit ruling in Interstate Commerce Commission v Baird upholding ICC authority over 1903 interstate commerce. W R Hearst of New York had charged discrimination by anthracite railroads and coal mines. The decision mandates disclosure of coal purchase contracts despite railroad objections. Justice Day wrote the majority opinion with Justice Brewer dissenting.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Baird
Supreme Court of the United States
United States Circuit Court
Southern District of New York
W. R. Hearst
New York
Pennsylvania
Circuit Court of New York
United States Supreme Court
Justice Day
Hearst
Brewer
Train Timetable for Huron North South East West Routes
Daily and Sunday schedules show No 501 from Minnesota and Dakota No 16 Mail and Express No 504 Mail and Passenger and No 31 Friday departures. Connections: No 502 at Sioux Valley Junction to Watertown and No 33 at Redfield to points east. Departures and arrivals listed with times and exceptions.
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Minnesota and
Dakota
Mail and Express
Chicago
Eran Fe
Mal Mall and Express
Nopita Ota
Dakota Pase
Sioux Valley Junction
Watertown
Redfield
Japanese Army In Asia Move And Russia Fears
A Kobe letter reports 260000 Japanese troops in motion with 60000 more in garrisons and depots. First army has reached northwestern Korea near Chinnampho. Three Japanese armies of about 100000 each are planned to operate together to outflank Russian positions along the Yalu and Manchuria. No casualties reported. Separately, Fort Logan sees Fifth cavalry units arrive as state guards clash with regulars over a minor incident.
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Shanghai
Kobe
Japan
Korea
Chinnampho
Yalu River
Newchwang
Yalu
Manchuria
Railroads furnish cash provide fifty thousand dollars yearly
Washington April 5 under quick questioning in the house irrigation committee George H Maxwell stated that Great Northern Northern Pacific Southern Pacific Santa Fe Union Pacific and Burlington railroads each give 6000 yearly and Rock Island 3000 yearly to a fund for the National Irrigation association disbursed by Maxwell The fund totals 50000 yearly and has been collected in the past five years used to secure the passage of the national irrigation act in an education campaign.
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Washington
House Committee On Irrigation
George H. Maxwell
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Southern Pacific
Santa Fe
Union Pacific
Burlington
Rock Island
National Irrigation Association
Maxwell
Murphy Concedes Parker Delegates Control Albany Convention
Atlantic City April 5 Charles F Murphy leader of Tam many admits delegates pledged to Judge Parker will control the New York state convention at Albany on April 19. He says this will not change his aim to back the strongest candidate at St Louis and declines to reveal his St Louis plans or whether he will support McClellan or Cleveland.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Tammany
Charles F. Murphy
A. B
Parker
Albany
St. Louis
Judge Parker
McClellan
Cleveland
Supreme Court upholds Chicago gas rate ordinance
Washington April 5 The Supreme Court affirms a lower court ruling in the People’s Gas Company vs City of Chicago case. The Chicago ordinance fixing a 75 cent per thousand feet gas rate is sustained as valid, reversing a dismissal by the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
People’s Gas Company
Chicago
United States Dan's Court
Northern District of Illinois
Strike Again in Force in Chicago Plant
The American Can company hires thirty five Greek strike breakers after a settlement had ended a union strike. Union workers refuse to return, triggering a disturbance and a running fight between Greek workers and union can employees at the plant.
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Chicago
American Can Company
Can
Japanese Scouts Occupy Wiju as Russians Retreat Behind Yalu
A Reuters dispatch from Shanghai reports Japanese scouts entered Wiju Korea at 11 o'clock Monday morning. Russians apparently retreated beyond the Yalu river, signaling a shift in control near the border.
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London
Reuter
Shanghai
Wiju
Korea
Yalu River
Viceroy Alexieff Reports At Port Arthur
Tientsin April 5 Viceroy Alexieff after four days at Port Arthur on a inspection finds conditions highly satisfactory He notes damage from Japanese bombardment is significant The viceroy will return to Mukden soon Haipino Mining Co last week sold over 22000 tons of coal despite war outlook Generals expect Japanese unlikely to attack Newchwang Russian forces are ready to defend the place and Japanese task grows harder if they succeed
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Tientsin
Alexieff
Port Arthur
Mukden
Haipino Mining Company
Newchwang
Russia Declares Newchwang Siege Rights Reasserted
An official quoted by Novosti states Russia has no need to seek approval for declaring Newchwang under siege and will act as it sees fit. He notes Manchuria as potential war ground and asserts Russia's garrison there authorizes decisive steps without protest.
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St. Petersburg
Newchwang
Foreign Office
Novosti
Russia
Manchuria
Japanese Advance Reaches Yalu Ahead of Opposition
Tokio reports Japanese army reaches Seng cheng on the Yalu after an easy march through deserted country. The advance toward Wiiu is expected to meet no opposition from Cossacks, with large forces to arrive within days after a rapid advance.
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Tokio
Yalu
Sengcheng
Whiu
Wiiu
Cossacks Occupy Ungan Korea Before Japanese Arrival
Report from St. Petersburg states 500 Cossacks under General Artamanoff seized Ungan in Korea forestalling a Japanese advance from Chongju toward Unsen. Details are unclear and telegraphic text is garbled.
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St. Petersburg
Artamanoff
Ungan
Korea
Unsen
Chongju
Hawkins fatally shot by editor at Democratic convention
Lawton Oklahoma April 5 during Democratic convention assembling Colonel Hawkins sergeant-at-arms of the legislature was shot three times and fatally wounded by Editor Russel. The firing ceases but its effects continue.
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Lawton
Okla
Hawkins
Russel
Hay orders swift action for reporters held by Russians
Secretary Hay directed Ambassador McCormick in St. Petersburg and Minister Conger in Peking to secure the release of two American newspaper correspondents detained at Newchwang. The move follows reports from Consul General Fowler at Chefoo and Chicago Daily News owners that Washburn and Little were seized near Newchwang harbor while aboard the Fuhwan, with their Japanese servants imprisoned. they were saved from harsher treatment by U S consul Miller's intervention.
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Washington
Hay
McCormick
St. Petersburg
Conger
Peking
Newchwang
Fowler
Chefoo
Chicago Daily News
Washburn
Little
Newchwang Harbor
Miller
United States
Settlement Seen in Telluride Mine Strike Talks
Ridgeway Colorado April 5 Negotiations between the Telluride Mine Owners Association and the miners union committee with General Bell as mediator are advancing rapidly toward a settlement likely within three days. The terms, nearly settled, are said to be as favorable to the miners as the compromise at the strike’s start last fall and will be approved by the union executive committee without a member vote.
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Ridgeway
Colo
Telluride
General Bell
British Retaliation Fails Against Okpoto in Nigeria Battle
Meager dispatches report heavy fighting in Nigeria British West Africa as a punitive expedition against the Okpoto tribe suffers a reverse. Okpotos reportedly pierced the British square, killing or wounding many soldiers after an earlier December attack that killed two British officers and dozens of native troops.
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London
Nigeria
British West Africa
Receiver named for Alaska Fish and Lumber Co
A bankruptcy petition was filed in Mankato on April 5 for the Alaska Fish and Lumber company. Judge Lochren appointed Horace Cummings of Eagle Lake as receiver. Liabilities total about $20,000 aside from $64,800 mortgaged, with assets hard to estimate. Officers include General Gustav Widell Governor Van Sant Congressman McCleary U S Senator Clapp and Congressman Tawney. property located in Alaska.
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Mankato
Minn
Alaska Fish and Lumber Company
Lochren
Horace Cummings
Eagle Lake
Gustav Widell
van Sant
McCleary
United States
Clapp
Tawney
Alaska
Payne Protests Names in Congress Clerk Hire Report
Washington report says Postmaster General Payne, at morning Arlington hotel meeting with Chairman McCall and Reps Hitt Richardson and Bartlett, opposed disclosing names of members in a special report on clerk hire and third and fourth class postmasters. The committee first received a nameless version then a second with names via House order.
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Washington
Payne
McCall
Hitt, Richardson and
Bartlett
Arlington Hotel
Congress
Wases
House Committee
Capitol
House Committee On
Investigating Beef Trust Inquiries In St Louis
United States commerce agents are in St Louis to probe the so called beef trust. They were sent by Secretary Cortelyou to examine causes of low beef cattle prices and the wide spread between cattle and fresh meat prices. The investigation seeks whether a corporate combination manipulated prices and to report capitalization, management, and profits.
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St. Louis
United States Department of Commerce
Beef Trust
Cortelyou
Congress
United States
Jovinse
Choir Poisoning Case Strikes Minneapolis Boys
April 5 report says members of the Gethsemaneum choir in Minneapolis were poisoned after a breakfast served by the ladies' guild. Pork chops doughnuts coffee and bread ill some boys who were attended during Easter services. Medical staff treated several with a few in danger.
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Minneapolis
Gethsemaneum Choir
Ladies’ ‘Guild
Embezzlement Charged in Auburn Bank Case
Aly Robbins president and Edward Robbins cashier of the Farmers' bank in Auburn were arrested in Fort Wayne on embezzlement charges. They were held to the De Kalb circuit in 5000 dollars each after a complaint filed by depositors from the bank. The institution had closed weeks earlier amid a widening investigation into its financial failure.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Aly Robbins
Edward Robbins
Farmers’ Bank
Auburn
de Kalb
Edward L. Robbins
Albert Robbins
Cackley Arrested in Iowa for 36 Year Old Murder Charge
Keokuk report says Charles Cackley, a Civil War veteran sought for a 36 year old murder, was arrested after fleeing from jail near Farmington. He had lived at liberty until recently and faced trial in Iowa.
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Keokuk
Charles Cackley
Cackley
Reuben Fenstermach
Farmington
Woodchoppers
South
Towa
Friends Will Furnish Cash for F Trust Discrepancies
Cleveland April 5 missing George F Clewell treasurer of the F Trust company has raised a fund and stands ready to cover any discrepancies he left at the Federal Trust company. The warrant for his arrest was issued Saturday as authorities pursue explanations for irregularities in the trust’s accounts.
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Cleveland
Frien
George F. Clewell
F Trust Company
Federal Trust Ny
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