Boodlers Run Free as High Court Ruling Blasts Informations
Missouri Supreme Court rules that convictions based on information filed solely by prosecutors are illegal. In St Louis about 2000 cases may be affected, with many arrests and convictions under scrutiny. Prosecuting attorneys must swear to facts from personal knowledge, ending decades of practice.
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Supreme Court
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House of Delegates
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Louis Becker
Harry A. Faulkner
McDonald
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William Bonner
Circuit
Secretary Root Rebuts Press Reports On Gen Wood Testimony
Washington dispatch notes Secretary Root's letter to Senator Proctor defending Gen Wood and denouncing false press reports about Bliss testimony. Bliss says he gave no orders or remissions of duties on the Jai Alai silver service and affirms Wood’s integrity during his Cuba tenure.
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Bills
Gen. Wood
Washington
Root
Senator Proctor
Committee On Military Affairs
Tasker H. Bliss
Gen. Bliss
Philippines
New York
Jai Alai
Wood
Cuba
Sudden Arrot Building Fire in Pittsburg
A four hour blaze in the Arrot power building in Pittsburg caused by spontaneous combustion damaged six tenants with losses at least 150000. Firemen Captain William Bennett and nozzleman Joseph Farley were seriously burned. The Bijou Theatre faced a near panic as audiences evacuated calmly during the alarm.
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Pittsburg
Arrot Power
Penn Avenue
Duquesne Way
Sixth
William Bennett
Engine Company No. 2
Joseph Farley
Bijou
Arrot
Inland Steel to Hire Nonunion Workers at Indiana Harbor
The Inland Steel Co. at Indiana Harbor said it would end bargaining with the Amalgamated Association and will not employ any union men hereafter. Part of the plant operates with nonunion workers after presenting the policy.
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Chicago
Inland Steel Co
Indiana Harbor
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Supreme Court Opens Northern Securities Case Hearing
Washington December 15 The Supreme Court began hearing arguments in Northern Securities Co et al v United States on appeal from Minnesota Circuit Court. The case centers on whether purchasing major stock in two railroads constitutes a merger and violates the Sherman Antitrust Act.
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Lerger
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Northern Securities Co
James B. Hill
J. Pierpont Morgan
Daniel S. Lamont
United States
Circuit Court For
District of Minnesota
Interior Secretary Reports Land Reforms and Pension Trends
The annual Interior Department report highlights proposed changes to homestead and pension laws, noting 22,824,300 acres sold, widespread land frauds, and calls to repeal the homestead commutation clause. Pensioners total 1,043,933 with declining numbers, 900,000 rebellion veterans alive, and education and Indian population statistics included.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Commissioner of Pensions
Commissioner of Education
Terrifying Wrecks Kill Three and Burn Child in Iowa
In Ottumwa and Adel two separate rail disasters Sunday morning killed three train workers and a child, with ten injured in Ottumwa as a westbound passenger derailed near Albia and five cars burned, and three crewmen dead plus five injured after a double header collision on the Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul line near Adel. Authorities work to determine causes as the fires spread.
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Ottumwa
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Albia
Cedar Creek
W. RB. Mitchell
Des Moines
Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul Road
Adel Ia
Frank Finnicum
Oscar Dyre
Ireman
Walter Ward
Marines Land from Prairie at Colon Move Toward Panama
A company of U S Marines from the cruiser Prairie landed at Colon under Capt Smedley D Butler and proceeded by train toward Panama. They are headed for Yaviza near the San Miguel gulf Tuira river with camp life gear and machine guns. Authorities hope to monitor Colombian movements and ease ship confinement.
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Colon
Tuira River
Smedley D. Butler
Panama
Yaviza
San Miguel Gulf
Cauca
Republic of Panama
Colombia
Nama
Miners Strike Continues in Telluride Region
The Miners union votes to persist with the strike until an eight hour day settlement is reached with mine and mill managers. Managers refuse to recognize the union or grant its demands.
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Colorado
Telluride
Col
Dynamite Found in Acker Merrill Condit Building Site
Two one pound sticks of dynamite with detonating caps and fuses attached were found Monday by laborers in the Acker Merrill Condit building under construction at Forty third street and Broadway. Mysterious explosions occurred Sunday morning in this building and the Broadway tabernacle. Contractors on Forty third street and Broadway employ members of the new Housesmiths union formed to oppose Sam Parks’s union walking delegate.
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New York
Acker, Merrill & Condit
Forty Third Street
Broadway
Broadway Tabernacle
Forty-third Street
New Housesmiths’ Union
Sam Parks
Double highwaymen kill Nessler. Temple wounded in Chicago
In Chicago two armed robbers shot Anton Nessler dead and severely wounded John Temple during a saloon attack on Princeton avenue. The robbers looted the cash register and fled. In Paris Lord Abinger dies from injuries after a restaurant Stair fall. born 1871. mother is a daughter of the late Commodore Magruder.
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Chicago
Anton Nessler
John Temple
Temple
Princeton Avenue
Lord Abinger
Paris
Commorsre Magruder
United States
White Throated Sparrow and Winter Dreams
A Washington Star reader notes poems from Various sources about nature birds and seasons. The piece contrasts sparrows and robins with winter fears and a child’s bedtime comfort. It ties poems from Youth's Companion to themes of endurance and hopeful faith in youth and wisdom.
Struggles of Life and Gentle Reflections in Verse
A collage of vintage verse fragments from authors like J A Edgerton Miriam S Clark and J M Lewis, touching on fate and personal growth, the comfort of a mother willow, joyous youth, enduring love, and timeless devotion across poems from Orange Judd Farmer Youth's Companion Houston Post and Leslie's Monthly.
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J. A. Edgerton
Orange
Judd@ Farmer
J. M. Lewis
Houston Post
California Limited Dream and Siding Reflections
The narrator recalls the California Limited and its opulent cars as he envies modern speed and comfort, contrasting with 1849 wagon travel. He imagines someday riding west over the Santa Fe, imagining luxury and ease on a perpetual summer journey.
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George Ade
Peggy
Paris
Prairie Junction
Santa Fe
Lnte
Golden West
Tome
California
Johnny Drummer
Markets Report From New York and Other Cities in December 1903
Flour and grain prices show fair activity with mixed notes across cities. Live stock ranges include steers around 4 to 5 dollars and hogs between about 4.90 and 5.30, with lambs and sheep showing varied, higher figures in different markets.
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New York
Cleveland
Minnesota
York State
East Buffalo
Pittsburg
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