Supreme Court Upholds Rebates Case Against Railroads
The Supreme Court in a five to three decision sustains a lower court ruling fining the Chicago Burlington & Quincy Rail Road and several packing firms for granting and accepting rebates on export shipments. Justice Day led the majority with Justices Harlan White McKenna and Holmes concurring. Chief Justice and Justices Brewer and Peckham dissented. The packing companies and brokers faced fines after a lengthy Kansas City trial. Thomas and Taggart faced penalties later remitted or discharged.
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Supreme Court of the United States
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Eighth Circuit
Chicago
Hurlington & Quincy
Kansas City
Justice Day
Harlan White
McKenna
Holmes
Brewer
Peckham
Justice Moody
United States District
Smith McPherson
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Burlington Road
Mississippi River
New York
Burlington
Thomas
Taggard
Mississippi Valley
National mothers congress reelects Mrs Schoff president
The News In Barter reports Mrs Frederic Schoff was reelected president of the national mothers congress. Also noted are labor actions at Anheuser Busch in St Louis and various political and criminal items including a resignation acceptance, a gatling gun on a warehouse roof, and a bank robbery recovery update.
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Frederic Schoff
National Mothers’ Congress
Anheuser Busch
St. Louis
Executive ‘Council
The
American Federation of
Bat
Washington
Charles Sr. ‘Stillings
American Tobacco Company
Maysonville
D Amade
Morocco
Settat
To Increase Medical Force Passes House Under Suspension
The bill to expand the army medical department was approved by the House of Representatives under suspension of the rules, aiming to raise medical efficiency and capacity.
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Medical Department of the Army
House of Representatives
Fire destroys large portion of Shoshone business district
A major fire in Shoshone Wyoming destroyed most of the business district with a saloon as the start point. Damages estimated around $60,000. The blaze caused extensive property loss but no injuries were reported. Fire crews from nearby towns fought the flames through the night.
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Shoshone
Wyo
Jury convicts four in Pennsylvania capitol fraud case
The jury found John H. Sanderson, William Posnyder, W. L. Matheus, and James Voshuman guilty after six hours of deliberation in the capital furnishing fraud trial. The defendants faced maximum penalties of two years and a $1,000 fine each. The case stemmed from overcharging the state on the capitol project, raising costs to about $13,000,000 from an estimated $4,000,000.
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Pennsylvania
Smid
John H. Sanderson
William Po Snyder
W. L Matheus
James’ Vo Shuman
Sanderson
Snyder
Robbers Heels After Tyre Bank Hold Up
Three bandits robbed the Tyre Kansas bank of about $2,500 and fled toward the Oklahoma line. One positioned outside while two took the money. Three men were inside the bank during the heist. The robbers rode off on horses as a posse closed in, believed headed for the Spavinaw hills in Oklahoma.
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Coffeyville
Kas
Tyre
Oklahoma
Spavinaw Hills
AFL Plans Major Labor Conference in Washington
The executive council of the American Federation of Labor announces what will be the most important conference of national labor leaders yet held. Over a hundred unions will be represented in Washington on Wednesday this week to plan new tactics amid numerous court decisions against unions.
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American Federation of Labor
Washington
Wage Cut Announced in New England Mills
Within twenty four hours after notices were posted in Lowell cotton mills announcing a ten percent wage reduction affecting all 20000 employees, similar notices appeared at Amoskeag mills in Manchester New Hampshire and at Jackson company and Nashua Manufacturing Company mills in Nashua New Hampshire.
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Lowell
Amoskeag Corporation
Manchester
N. H
Jackson ‘Company
Nashua Manufacturing Company
Nashua
Hundred Thousand Stolen From Utah National Bank Reserve
An official statement reports the January theft from the Utah National Bank reserve box totaled 106,250 dollars, higher than the earlier 43,000 figure. President W. S. McCormick and Cashier Nelson covered 33,000 dollars of the deficit from their personal purses.
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Utah National Bank
W. S. McCormick
Nelson
Grieved Love Affair Ends in Tragic Drinking Death
Miss Theo Baird aged twenty died in her Highland university room in Hiawatha Kansas by drinking carbolic acid. She was the daughter of Willis Baird, a respected Highland resident. A love affair is said to have left her despondent.
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Theo Baird
Highland University
Hiawatha, Kas
Willis Baird
Highland
Baird
Sale of Notable Paintings at Auction
Constant Troyens painting Return of the Flock at Evening sold with spirited bidding to Alexander Barrie for 7000 dollars. Felix Siem Opening of the Grand Canal Venice realized 5500 dollars at the Oehms and Ehrich sale.
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Constant Troyens
Oehms and
Ehrich
Alexander Barrie
Grand Canal
Venice
Felix Siem
Paris
Battleship Fleet Near Magdalena Bay at Sea
San Diego reports the American battleship fleet under Rear Admiral Evans is about 200 miles south of Magdalena Bay awaiting harbor entry. Wireless communication with the fleet is intermittent and ciphered reports limit details until tomorrow night or Friday morning.
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Magdalena Bay
San Diego
Cal
Evans
Lower California
Washington
Navy
Point Loma
Loma
Connecticut
Magdalena
Callao Pert
Left Fortune of Millions Heir in Worchester YMCA Secretary
John T. Dowers secretary of the Worchester Mass YMCA has been notified he inherits 10 million dollars from an uncle Thomas Wallace who died in Melbourne Australia. Dowers will not travel to Australia for the funds though he has local counsel. He will keep his YMCA post regardless of the fortune outcome.
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John T. Dowers
Young Men's’ Christian Association
Worchester
Mass
Thomas Wallace
Melbourne
Australia
Mr. Dower
Premier Campbell Bannerman Fails to Improve
The health of Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman has worsened with no improvement and renewed anxiety. He remains largely isolated, consulting only acting premier Herbert Asquith and receiving no attention to political affairs.
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Henry Campbell- Bannerman
Herbert H. Asquith
Governor Magoon Reaches Havana Amid Carnival Welcome
Governor Magoon arrived in Havana on the revenue cutter Harvey and was saluted by the Cabanas fortress. He rode in a carnival parade through the Prado in the afternoon, showered with confetti amid cries of Viva Magoon.
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Governor Magoon
Havana
United States Revenue
Harvey
Cabanas
Prado
Viva Magoon
Anna Gould Sails to New York with Three Children
Mme Anna Gould and her three children left Cherbourg aboard the White Star liner Adriatic for New York. She had planned to sail on Kronprinz Wilhelm but cancelled and postponed. Last minute state rooms were secured on the Adriatic.
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Anna Gould
Mme
Cherbourg
New York
Adriatic
Brotherhoods Unite Endorses Merger Plan in Buffalo
Delegates from the Wesley Brotherhood and the Brotherhood of St. Paul met in Buffalo New York and reached an agreement to merge the two Methodists organizations with a joint membership of about one hundred ten thousand. The merger is seen as increasing church influence and effectiveness.
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Wesley Brotherhood
The
Brotherhood of St. Paul
Buffalo
N. Y
Brotherhoods United
Night riders raid in Gibson county warns negroes to flee
In Trenton Tennessee night riders attacked a negro tenant in Gibson county firing shots at his house nearly hitting three children. They visited other negroes and left warning notes to leave the area.
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Trenton
Tenn
Gibson County
Bandit Rifles Mail Train On Great Northern Westbound
A lone robber boarded the westbound oriental limited at Bonner's Ferry Idaho and ransacked the mail and express cars for nearly five hours. He bound two mail clerks Benjamin Stumpf and John W Nystern, cut mail, and escaped at the Oregon Navigation junction near Spokane. The bandit used the alias C W Bennett and wore a sweater and overalls with a beard. The theft was discovered in Spokane at 9 20 a m.
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Great Northern Railroad
Bonner’s Ferry
Idaho
Spokane
Wash
Oregon & Navigation Junction
Newport
Priest River
Benjamin Stumpf
John W. Nystern
Sand Point
Bonner's Ferry
Nystern
Stumpf
C. W Bennett
Knife for a trusty in Denver jail escape attempt
Giuseppe Alia, condemned for the murder of Father Leo Heinrichs, tried to escape Denver jail using a razor blade. He slashed a trusted jailer across the neck, who chased him and, aided by Deputy Warden Carpen, overpowered the fugitive. The wound was two and a half inches but did not sever the jugular vein and the jailer is expected to recover.
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Giueseppe Alia
Leo Heinrichs
Denver
Alia
Carpen
Transandine Tunnel Inaugurated For Andean Railway
Chilean minister of public works and a committee of American engineers attended the inauguration of the Chilean sections of the trans Andean tunnel. The project connects Arica in Chile with La Paz in Bolivia and will be the highest tunnel crossing the Andes. Upon completion the line will shorten travel to Buenos Aires by six hours.
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Arica
Chile
la Paz
Bolivia
Andes
Buenos Ayres
Ten Years Of Backache Cure Promised By Pills
Mrs. Thomas Dunne of Columbus Ohio describes ten years of back ache and exhaustion from housework. She credits Deans Kidney Pills with bringing quick relief and a permanent cure after trying many remedies. The ad notes the medicine costs 50 cents per box and is sold by all dealers.
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Thomas Dunne
Vine St
Columbus
Ohio
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Tommy's sharp reply to the parson on spelling injurious
In a lecture on smoking the parson asks Tommy to spell injurious. Tommy retorts he does not spell it at all, prompting the parson to ask what he went to school for.
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Tommy
Eczema Miracle Cure For Baby With Cuticura
A LeSueur Minnesota mother recounts severe eczema on her two month old daughter face and scalp. After doctors and various remedies worsened condition, she used Cuticura Remedies and within two months the sores vanished and skin cleared completely.
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H. F. Budke
LeSueur
Minn
Red Headed Boy Still Busy
The Wyoming Tribune asks what has happened to the freckled faced boy who did chores from fetching water to milking cows. The Denver Post notes he is likely busy being kept by his parents to fund rolled up trousers and cigarettes.
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Wyoming Tribune
Denver Post
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