Government wins in merger cases in Supreme Court
The U S Supreme Court affirms a government victory in Northern Securities Co v Great Northern, holding the Sherman anti trust act applies to the holding company scheme that consolidated railroads to curb competition. Justice Harlan writes the opinion. Justice Holmes dissents partly.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Northern Securities Company
Great Northern
Justice Harlan
Circuit Court
District of Minnesota
Harlan
Congress
Hill and Morgen
Great Northern and Northern Pseiile
Great Lakes
Mississippi River
Pacific Ocean
Puget Sound
New Jersey
Pune
Laws N Competition Ag
Vonehern
Northern Pacific Rally
Securities Company
United States
Compan
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Morgan
Smaller
Brown
Brewer
McKenna
Day
White, Peckham
Holmes
Justice Holmes
Supreme Court
Northern Pacific
Great Northern Roads
Morgen
Eeoh Road
Merger decision draws mixed reactions across nation
Justice White dissented arguing Congress must regulate commerce and warning the court's majority left society vulnerable. President Roosevelt praised the ruling while Governor Van Sant called it pivotal for curbing trusts. Col. Clough of J P Morgan & Co was in Washington and markets dipped after an initial rally.
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Congress
Becinning
Washington
Roosevelt
Associated Press
New York
3. P. Morgan & Co
Col. W. P. Clough
Securities Company
Russians plan indefinite fall back to mobilize for Far East action
Kin Chow reports highest Russian authorities in Port Arthur acknowledge a long retreat and mobilization of 260 000 troops for assault against Japan with potentially 200 000 more to oppose China Admiral Makaroff is set to fight hard to weaken the foe and keep the Baltic fleet viable though Czarevitch and Retvizan repairs may take months Japanese Red Cross notes eight of 23 wounded Russians in Matsuyama hospital in serious condition with amputations and Roentgen guided extractions. three rescued Russians are engineers and a tors pedal operator.
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Kin Chow
Port Arthur
Makaroff
Baltic
Far East
Pallada
Czarevitch
Retvizan
Matsuyama
Red Cross
Merger Decision Concurred by Four Justices
In Washington on March 14 the merger decision was concurred in by Justices Brown Brewer McSenna and Day with the chief justice and Justices White Peck am and Holmes dissenting. Justice Brewer concurred for different reasons than the majority.
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Washington
Brown
Brewer
McSenna
Day
White, Peckam
Holmes
Merger Case Attracts Attention In Insular Holdings Suit
Washington notes the merger case draws unprecedented attention for its era. The United States sues Northern Securities Company and two railroads to dissolve a holding merger deemed illegal under the 1903 act and court rulings. The November proceedings were set for expedited handling by four circuit judges.
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Washington
Bench
Bar
Circuit Court
District of Minnesota
United States
Wielf Ledding
Burn Enemies Out of Business Sparks Racial Tension
A Brooklyn sermon endorses violence to defend Black rights and “burn their enemies out of business” amid a mob killing in Springfield Ohio. Clergy across churches prompt self defense, while New York reports on failures of Macedonian reform agents to influence events in Constantinople.
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Hoy
M. Jacobs
M. E
Brooklyn
Springfield
Ohio
Jagobe
Bishop Brown
Methodist Episcopal Church
Fort Wagner
Petersburg
Germany
England
Constantinople
Herald
Berlin
Siberian Front Echoes From Irkutsk Train Ride
St Petersburg telegram from Irkutsk describes slow express trains and mobilized troops marching through Siberian wastes. General Rennenkampf travels with the convoy as reservists prepare for front. In Irkutsk families of war refugees await transfers amid frost and sorrowful scenes of exhausted children and mothers.
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St. Petersburg
Irkutsk
Russia
Gea
Rennenkampf
Coasack
Bmanchura
Yeutside
California rancher Michael Hattery dies after wife lies ill
Haywards California March 13 Michael Hattery a Castro valley rancher and pioneer of Southern Oregon took poison and died shortly before midnight. He was found in bed with an empty glass beside him believed to contain strychnine and whiskey. His wife was reported ill in a San Francisco hospital.
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Cal
San Francisco
Michael Hattery
Castro Valley
Hattery
Oregon
Colombia Desists from Reclaiming Lost Panama Territory
A French steamer from Colon reports Colombia has desisted from any movement to recover its lost territory and has forbidden further attacks on the Panaman frontier. About nine hundred Colombian soldiers are returning to Bogota and officers from Cartagena head toward Cauca. The Tutmat expedition of eighty men had to retreat to Cartagena due to illness.
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New York
Colon
Herald
Panams
Thornton Stakes at Oakland Draws Deep Field
San Francisco says the Thornton stakes for four miles will be run at Oakland next Saturday with forty five eligibles and a prize value above $8 500. M J Daly plans to start Olaude and there are contenders such as Ric Shannon Veterano Horatius Outburst the Way Expedient and Baffled. Past winners include Star Ruby the Bachelor Judge Denny and Schiller with Rio Shannon the previous winner.
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Oakland
M J. Daly
Olaude
Ric Shannon
Veterano
Horatius
Outburst
He the Way
Thornton
Ruby
the Bachelor
Denny
Schiller
Rio Shannon
City of Pueblo Reaches San Francisco After Terrific Gale
The City of Pueblo arrived from Sound ports after an extreme southeast gale on March 10 battered the ship. Seas washed decks from stem to stern, windows stove in, and the steamer took eighty hours rather than the usual fifty. Captain Jepeon also reports speaking the tug Deandleen with Grace Dollar in tow at 6 50 am on March 12.
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San Francisco
Pagifle Coast Steamship Company
Pueblo
Jepeon
Deandleen
Grace Dollar
Columbia River
San Pedro
Funeral of Queen Dowager in Seoul Draws World Dignitaries
Seoul March 14 The Queen Dowager funeral drew diplomats led by United States Minister Allen. The procession moved eight miles to the tomb with a hundred pallbearers and a long, color filled march. The Emperor, in straw robes, presided at a canopied pavilion before the rites began.
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Seoul
United States
Allen
Bodies of two Russian sailors found at Chemulpo
Men on the Variag at Chemulpo recovered two Russian sailors. The bodies were brought ashore and burial services were held by the captains of the Hatuse and Asam.
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Toklo
Chemulpo
Hatuse
Asam
Japanese torpedo boat destroyers suffer heavy losses off Port Arthur
A Tokyo dispatch reports Vice Admiral Togo’s supplement on the Port Arthur action. Jamese torpedo boat destroyers rescued many sailors from the Misallal Russian units, despite deadly shoves of shore batteries and approaching Russian ships. Four rescued men were not crew members.
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Togo
Port Artur
Cartsin Shoj ‘O Avil
Lotikia
Roosevelt Proclamation on Neutrality Praised Abroad
St. Petersburg reports wide approval of President Roosevelt's neutrality proclamation. Officials and newspapers laud its substance and spirit as a firm stance to abstain from actions or speech that could irritate Japan or Russia. Continued on Page Six.
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St. Petersburg
Roosevelt
Japan
Russia
Yuan
Official Gazette
Murderer Tobin Executed in Sing Sing Fire
Thomas Tobin was executed in the electric chair at Sing Sing for the murder of Captain James B. Craft. He walked to the chair in prayer and received three shocks before death. Tobin, an ex convict, lured the captain to a Tenderloin saloon where a drugged drink led to the brutal killing and decapitation.
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Ossining
N. Y
Thomas Tobin
Sing Sing
James B. Craft
Tobin
Captain Craft
Vic
Flood and Ice Action Amid Susquehanna Reports
Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania reports dynamiting efforts to break ice jams on the Susquehanna above the city while railroads mobilize hundreds of workers to clear tracks and cut roadways through ice up to fifteen feet thick. Iowa and Illinois also report heavy snow and disrupted traffic as weather worsens. In Cripple Creek detectives note no Gus tav Marx related crimes in the district and claim all cases are accounted for.
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Wilkesbarre
Susquehanna River
Camp Goldfield
Gustav Marx
Chicago
Cripple Creek
Marx
Rumor Denied on Port Arthur Status from Far East
St Petersburg report quotes Admiral Abass denying rumors that Russia abandoned Port Arthur. He says the Port Arthur situation has not changed and nothing important has occurred in the past 24 hours.
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St. Petersburg
Russiapa
Port Arthur
Abass
Far Eastern
Associated Press
Strenuous Voyage and Mutiny aboard the Falls of Hatladale
The 235 day voyage of the British bark Falls of Hatladale from Liverpool to the eastern passage around the Cape of Good Hope endured ferocious storms near Cape Horn. A hurricane on October 9 forced nineteen sails to be blown away, crew mutinied at Foveaux Island, eight men refused duty until pressed back into service, and attempts to reach the Falklands failed as water and ice damaged cargo.
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Falklands
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Cape of Good Hope
Foveaux Island
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Foveaux
Coutts
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