Railroads Face Federal Suits Over Safety Rules
Suits filed in federal court accuse Missouri Pacific Kansas City Southern and Chicago Great Western railways of violating the interstate commerce commission safety appliances regulation. Initiated on instructions from the United States attorney general following complaints by the ICC.
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Topeka
Kan
Missouri Pacific
Kansas City Southern
Chicago Great Western Railways
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States Attorney General
Commission
Spanish cruiser sails to Morocco to rescue citizens
Cadiz reports the cruiser Duda Maria de Molina has departed for Arzilla to board Spanish subjects endangered by insurgent tribesmen after the occupation of the town.
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Cadiz
Spain
Duda Maria de Molina
Arzilla
Morocco
Twin Boys’ Play Revolver Fatality Near Hillsboro
In Springfield on October 29 an eight year old boy shot his twin brother in the right temple during a yard play with a revolver. Robert died within an hour. The incident involves Cyrus Coffee and occurred near Hillsboro.
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Springfield
Ill
Cyrus Coffee
Hillsboro
Charles
Robert
Riot Threat After Suspected Gambling Raid Deaths
Ripley Tennessee October 30 George Ester a negro shot and killed Officer Henry Susely and likely fatally wounded Officer John Bowers as they attempted to suppress a gaming game. Ester was captured. A mob has been and may attempt to lynch the suspect.
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Ripley, Tenn
George Ester
Henry Susely
John Bowers
Amicable settlement ends coal dispute in Chicago
In Chicago on October 27, coal operators and union miners agreed to settle all differences. The miners will not pay the proposed $500,000 fine for refusing to work on October 12, after a joint meeting of operator and miner executive committees.
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Chicago
Victory for Standard Oil in Ohio case
Columbus October 29 A judge in the common pleas court ruled against Attorney General Ellis in a Willis law case against Manhattan Oil, part of Standard Oil. The state sought 270000 in fines for nonpayment of tax. Manhattan Oil admitted nonpayment but claimed exemption. Judgment denied the attorney general.
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Columbus
Ellis
Oil Trust
Dillon
Common Pleas Court
Manhattan Oil Company
Standard Oil Company
Storm on the Lakes Rages as Upper Great Lakes Brace
At 9 am a northwest gale hit the Chicago area with winds near fifty miles per hour. Professor Cox warned this may be just a sample of the stronger winds to hit the upper lakes by night. Signals were posted, captains urged to seek shelter amid a large fleet and looming seas. Cost estimates run into thousands for the storm-related disruptions.
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Chicago
Weather Bureau
Cox
Upper Lakes
Standard Oil fined for restraint of trade in Ohio
Findlay Ohio October 30 Standard Oil Company fined five thousand dollars and costs of prosecution for operating in restraint of trade. Sentence suspended sixty days to allow defense time to file petition in error and forty days to file a bill of exceptions.
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Findlay
Standard Oil Company
Ohio
Marlborough Separation Drawn Up Between Duke and Duchess
London reports a separation agreement between the Duke of Marlborough and the Duchess. The duchess retains the children and Sutherland House in London while the duke keeps Blenheim Palace and his income. The couple's split stems from tensions intensified by the duchess's deafness and public friction.
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Marquis of
Blandford
Ivor Spencer- Churchill
Blenheim
Churchills
Sutherland House
Paris
Edward
Marlborough
Reynolds
London
Yale Student Joins Socialist Colony Leader
New Haven reports that Harry Sinclair Lewis a Yale senior from Sauk Centre Minnesota left the university Thursday and told his classmates he had joined Upton Sinclair's socialist colony prompting concern over the campus's political alignment.
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New York
New Haven
Conn
Harry Sinclair Lewis
Sauk Center
Minna
Dlass
Yale
Upton Sinclair
Socialist Colony
Four More Bodies Found in Kansas City Chamber Ruins
Kansas City Oct 29 four additional bodies were removed from the ruins of the Chamber of Commerce building, raising the total dead to twelve. Four persons are still missing at the site.
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Kansas City
Chamber of Commerce
Can
New Assistant Attorney General Named in Washington
Alfred W Cooley has been appointed assistant attorney general to succeed Charles H Robb who joins the District court of appeals bench. Cooley will leave civil service commission duties, with a successor not yet named.
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Washington
Alfred W Cooley
Board of Civil Service Commissioners
Charles H. Robb
District Court of Appeals
Cooley
Civil Service
Independence League to appeal ballot decision in New York
The Independence League will appeal to the New York Court of Appeals from the appellate division ruling removing several league candidates from the official ballot for Congress, assembly and judiciary. A special session may be needed, with application to Chief Judge Culion. The ruling could bar many top nominees in New York County, but not affect the state ticket led by William R. Hearst.
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New York
Independence League
Court of Appeals
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
League
Congress
Assembly
Judiciary
Culion
New York County
William R. Hearst
Italians Start Run on Adirondack Trust Bank in Saratoga
In Saratoga New York Italians began a bank run on the Adirondack Trust Company led by president State Senator Edgar T Brackett. Brackett kept the bank open after hours and offered a 2000 dollar reward for the run's source. The move followed Brackett failing to win renomination for senator.
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Saratoga
N. Y
Adirondack Trust Company
Edgar T. Brackett
Brackett
Report Attacks Wisconsin University Board and Fraternities
Madison October 29 report by the legislative investigating committee condemns the Wisconsin state university board of regents and faculty. It urges drastic action to curb executives ignorance of university business and textbook price gouging and notes snobbery tied to fraternities harming poorer students. Governor Davidson ordered the release of the document.
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Madison, Wis
Board of Regents
Wisconsin
State University
Legislative Investigating Committee
G. N. Knepp
University
James O. Davidson
Anarchist Berkman Reported Missing After Lecture Tour
Emma Goldman and associates fear Alexander Berkman vanished after a lecture trip. Telegrams were sent to Columbus Cleveland Pittsburg Buffalo and Rochester seeking trace. Berkman left New York two weeks ago and may have been kidnapped or harmed himself.
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New York
Emma_ Goldman
Cleveland
Alexander Berkman
Miss Goldman
Columbus
Pittsburg
Buffalo
Rochester
Berkman
Fallieres backs new labor ministry in France
Paris October 29 President Fallieres welcomed the new cabinet and told Minister Viviani that no doctrine or reform frightens him. He urged the government to lead democracy and praised the creation of a labor ministry as essential amid France’s evolving economy.
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Paris
Presiden Fallieres
M. Viviani
Labor
Ministry of Labor
France
Fleeing Bank Officer Arrested in Chicago
John T. Hoag assistant cashier of the Aetna Banking and Trust Company of Washington was arrested in Chicago on information from Washington charging him with conspiring with other bank officials to wreck the institution. Hoag, with his wife and daughter, was en route to Spokane, Washington.
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Chicago
John T. Hoag
Aetna Banking and Trust Company of
Washington
Hhem
Hoag
Spokane
Wash
One Thousand Ministers Wanted for Lutheran Missions
Need for a thousand preachers to staff vacant charges and new missions across the country was agreed at a Pittsburg conference of the home mission board officers and Pittsburg synod ministers now in session.
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Pittsburg
Lutheran Church
Home Mission Board
Constitutional Amendment on Nov 6 1906 South Dakota
Voters are asked to decide on amendments to the state constitution including Section 7 on officer elections and Section 23 on police magistrates and municipal courts. The measure names proposed changes and instructs electors to mark Yes or No. Candidates list appears for statewide offices and party lines.
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South Dakota
South Dakota drainage amendment proposed for public lands
The draft constitutional change adds Section 6 to Article XXL allowing drainage of agricultural lands as a public purpose. It authorizes drainage districts and levee construction funded by special assessments on benefiting properties. Electors are asked to approve and ratify the relation to drainage with a yes vote.
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State OF
South Dakota
Proposed Amendments to the Constitution
The document outlines amendments to Article 11 Section 1 proposing a state annual tax cap of two mills on property value to cover ordinary expenses and debt service. It details conditions for additional levies if income falls short and specifies that debt interest and principal be payable within ten years with a similar two mill cap, guiding voters to mark Yes or No.
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South Dakota
Nomination Certificate for L C Bulner Republican Caucus
Certificate of nominations issued by County Auditor L C Bulner for representatives in Congress. Affirms Republican Party designation and candidacy.
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Republican Party
L. C. Bulner
Congress
Republican
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