Bonaparte Calls for Expanded Legal Power for Prosecutions
Attorney General Bonaparte urges congressional reform to grant the United States right of appeal to the Supreme Court in certain criminal cases, especially where wealthy defendants appeal, citing the Standard Oil fine reversal. He argues for clearer statutes and a simple process to arrest and move corporate defendants to trial districts.
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United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Circuit Court of Appeals
Bonaparte
C. J. Bonaparte
Congress
Standard Oil
Supreme Court
Attorney General
Department of Justice
Dutch Get New Prize Jacob Van Heemskerk Captures 23 de Mayo
The Dutch battleship Jacob van Heemskerk towed the Venezuelan coastguard vessel 23 de Mayo as a prize near Cumana on the Gulf of Cariaco. The Dutch flag was raised on the captured ship while Venezuelan colors flew aft. The prize crew took control and the Venezuelan crew was sent ashore.
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Jacob van Heemskerk
Willemstad
Netherlands
Cumana
Gulf of Carasco
Ofling
Supreme Court affirms life terms for two murderers
The Missouri Supreme Court upheld life sentences for John Wooley and Robert Sassman. Wooley killed his nine year old stepdaughter Tear Smith. Sassman murdered a traveling companion Carl Miller and seized his wagon and horses. The crime was uncovered years later after a woman accomplice disclosed details.
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Supreme Court
Supreme Court of Missouri
John Wooley
Robert Sassman
State Penitentiary
Wooley
Tear Smith
Sassman
Carl Miller
House Slaps at Roosevelt Vote on Secret Service Evidence
The House adopted unanimously a resolution demanding the President provide any evidence supporting his claim about Congress resisting secret service appropriations. The special committee will stay in session during Christmas to receive and fairly consider such evidence, with 270 voting yes and 14 no on the preamble interpretation.
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House of Representatives
Congress
Perkins
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
Secret Service
Bennett
New York
Williams
Catholic Cleric Dies at 100 in Chicago
Canon Jeremiah C. Moynihan, likely the world’s oldest priest, died in Chicago at age 100, two years after celebrating his last Mass. The report notes his long life and age related details.
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Jeremiah C. Moynihan
Chicago
William KE. Chandler
New Hampshire
Minneapolis
Brewing
Civic Federation
Mill City
Onarelties
Cae
Roosevelt Defends Panama Purchase Against Pulitzer World Charges
President Roosevelt sent a special message to the Senate defending the Panama canal property purchase and denouncing alleged libel by the Indianapolis News and the New York World owned by Joseph Pulitzer. He calls the charges false and libelous and urges government action. Pulitzer replies calling Roosevelt a reckless demagogue and says the World will not be silenced.
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Roosevelt
Senate
Panama Canal
United States
Indianapolis
the News
Delavan Smith
New York
The
World
Joseph Pulitzer
Pulitzer
New York World
Congress
Panama
American Girl to Wed Earl in Royal Engagement
Officially announced marriage engagement between the Earl of Granard Bernard Arthur Forbes and Miss Beatrice Mills daughter of Ogden Mills New York. The eighth Earl of Granard is a court official and royal equerry. Five Injured in Steel Explosion at Carnegie Steel Ohio Works. Blunt, John Kelly died and four others seriously hurt in the blast at Carnegie Steel Company plant in Your City Ohio.
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Earl
Earl of Granard
Beatrice Mills
Ogden Mills
New York
Bernard Arthur Forbes
Blunt
John Kelly
Ohio
Carnegie Steel Company
Japan to End Emigration to United States
A Washington correspondent reports Japan will prohibit all emigration to the United States after a future date. Baron Komura will announce the policy when the Diet convenes, ending the last major source of tension with the United States. Secretary Root helped secure the decision through talks with Baron Takahira. Travel for merchants students and tourists remains free under existing passport arrangements.
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United States
Washington
Baron Komura
Japan
Elihu Root
State Department
Root
Tokio
Baron Takahira
America
Knox Named Secretary of State in Taft Cabinet
Senator Philander C. Knox of Pennsylvania has accepted the position of Secretary of State in the Taft cabinet, though he would prefer to stay in the Senate. His resignation to Gov. Stuart is prepared. Knox previously served as Attorney General under McKinley and as a Senator after Quay's death in 1904.
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Philander C. Knox
Pennsylvania
Taft
Washington
Knox
Senate
Stuart
McKinley
Roosevelt
Matt Quay
Humorous News Notes Reflect Global Quips and Quirks
The column jests about rulers and tycoons with lines on the emperor, Rockefeller, and bank wreckers. Panama’s canal work, Japan and China tensions, and independents forming a trust are sketched with wry asides. Indiana’s 12 year old prodigy is tossed in as a final quip.
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Rockefeller
Panama
Japan
China
Indiana
Caracas riots topple Castro statues amid calls for deposition
Venezuelans in Caracas defy the regime of Castro with a major demonstration that escalated to rioting and arson. Protestors burned statues and pictures of President Castro and claimed the executive was finished as authorities imposed martial law.
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Caracas
Castro
Plaza
Bolivar
Venezuela
Holland
Netherlands
Gomez
Cipriano Castro
Europe
Andrade
Trinidad
Hains Trial Begins in Bayside Yacht Club Case
The trial of Whornton Jenkins Hains, charged as an accessory in the murder of William E. Annis, began in the Supreme Court at Finshing before Justice Crane. Capt. Peter C. Hains Jr. is named, with Claudia Hains in divorce-related matters. the case centers on a fatal shooting at the Bayside Yacht Club last August.
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Army Oficer
Annis
Whornton Jenkins Hains
William E. Annis
Peter C. Hains, Jr
Crane
Supreme Court
Finshing
K. L
Outing
Bayside Yacht Club
Hains
Claudia Hains
Thornton
Venezuelan dictator Annis faces revolts and foreign pressure
The article describes Annis facing revolutions and plots since taking power, with foreign powers pursuing him. It notes Castro as his uncertain origin and claims European powers oppose him. It recalls Annis as a cattle header in the 1890s before ruling Venezuela and defying Europe, and details an assassination attempt aboard a boat with Capt Hains shooting five times while Thornton restrained club members with a drawn revolver.
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Castro
Venezuela
Europe
Annis
Hains
Thornton
Bank Assignment Shocks Napoleon Ohio Town Officials
Citizens State Bank in Napoleon Ohio assigns assets after overextended loans by cashier to Judge Michael Donnelly, president of Ohio German Fire Insurance Company. LD Donovan named assignee. bank president Heller confined in a Minnesota hospital. Deposits total 835000, capital 71000, surplus 21000. Directors seek equal protection for creditors.
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Napoleon
Ohio
Citizens’ ‘State Bank
LD. D. Donovan
Heller
Minnesota
Gros
Michael Donnelly
Ohio German Fire Insurance Company
Donnelly
Avery Named Acting Chancellor to Succeed Andrews
The University of Nebraska board of regents says Dr. Samuel Avery will become chancellor if his administration remains satisfactory after he was chosen acting chancellor in place of E Benjamin Andrews, whose resignation takes effect January 1. No further search for a replacement is planned.
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Avery
Andrews
Board of Regents of
The
University of Nebraska
Samuel Avery
University
E. Benjamin Andrews
Message on Browns ville and the Texas shootings
President Roosevelt sent a Senate message with War Department findings on the Brownsville incident of August 15, 1906. It confirms black soldiers led the raid, discharging all involved without honor and offering restoration to nonparticipants who cooperate and reveal others, with documents detailing murders by the troops against white residents.
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Roosevelt
Senate
War Department
Brownsville
Texas
Cashier Confesses Large Theft Behind Cal Race Gambling
Adrien Le Buef, a three year cashier at Hale Brothers dry goods in Oakeland California, admits stealing about 240000 of firm funds in four months. He says the money went to gambling especially on Seattle races in Oakeland poolrooms.
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Adrien le Buef
Hale Brothers
Oakeland
Cal
Seattle
Sun’s Rays Start Fire In Ohio Home
A fire in J. C. Holt’s Sycamore residence was started by sun rays focused through a water filled fish globe. The blaze was discovered quickly, preventing total destruction of the house.
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J. C. Holt
Sycamore
Ohio
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