Supreme Court Rules Against Labor Leaders in Bucks Case
Washington readers report that Justice Wright of the DC Supreme Court ruled against Samuel Gompers and AFL officers in the Bucks Stove and Range boycott case. Gompers received twelve months, Mitchell nine, Morrison six. all were released on bail pending U.S. appeals.
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Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Bucks Store and Range Company
Higher Court
Washington
Buck Stove Ane Range Company
Presdent Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Justice Wright
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
Gompers
Gomphers
United States Court of Appeals of
Federation
Gould
Federationist
Illinois United Mine Workers
John Walker
Missouri banishes Standard Oil Indiana, Republic Oil, Waters-Pierce
Missouri Supreme Court rules to oust Standard Oil Indiana Republic Oil and Waters-Pierce Oil from the state for conspiring to fix prices limit trade and restrain competition. Each company is fined 50000. The 1905 suit was led by Attorney General Hadley and opinion by Judge Woodson with seven justices concurring.
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Jefferson City
Supreme Court of Missouri
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Republic Oil Company
Missouri
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
St. Louis
Hadley
Woodson
Graves and Lamb
Letter Introduced Calls Annis Rascal in Hains Case
Nearing end of its case against Thornton J. Hains for the killing of William E. Annis the prosecution presented a June letter in which Hains labels Annis a rascal and scoundrel. A second letter's contents were barred from testimony. Police testimony added sensational detail as Hains allegedly vowed to kill again if given the chance.
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Flushing
N. Y
Thornton J. Hains
William E. Annis
Peter C. Hains
Thornton Hains
Captain Hains
Julian Ripley
William R. Annis
Annis
Justice Crane
Mr. Ripley
Eugene Fallon
Darrin
Pittsburg Bribery Trial Reveals Sixty Officials Link
In Pittsburg the bribery case against seven councilmen and two bankers exposes claims that as many as sixty city officials were “easy to reach” and could be bought for five to one hundred dollars. Testimony shows payments tied to a new filtration plant project and that prices varied by official, with some trades even involving clothing or streetcar tickets.
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Pittsburg
W. W. Ramsey
A. A. Vilsack
German National Bank
John Klein
Klein
Sleuth
Ramsey
Vilsack
Robert Wilson
Herbert Jones
Wilson
Brand
Jones
Royal Tombs Looted in Danish Cathedral Heist
Copenhagen reports the cathedral at Roskilde, long the burial place of Danish kings, was looted on December 24. Vases wreaths urns and shields of gold and silver were carried off including the tombs of King Christian and Queen Louise.
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Copenhagen
Roeskilde
Christian
Louise
Europe
Ducks Meet Tonight at Boston Water Sports Show
Boston December 24 The Sportsmen's show opens eleven nights of water sports with American swimmers gathering for races including 25 50 100 440 880 yard events stretched to a mile and many novelty contests. Participants range from high schools to clubs in Boston and beyond.
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Boston
America
American savants meet at pan American congress in Chile
Delegates from across the western hemisphere gather in Santiago for the pan American scientific congress opening. U S representatives include Prof A C Coolidge, Prof Hiram Bingham, Prof Leon S Rowe, Prof Paul S Reinsch, Col William C Gorgas, W H Holmes, Prof Bernard Moses, George M Rommel, Prof William M Shepherd, and Prof William B Smith.
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Santiago
Chile
North
South
Central America
pan-American Scientific Congress
Western Hemisphere
United States of America
A. C. Coolidge
Harvard Historical Department
Hiram Bingham
Harvard
Leon S. Rowe
University of Pennsylvania
Paul S. Reinsch
University of Wisconsin
William C. Gorgas
United States Army
Isthmian Canal Commission
William H. Holmes
Bureau of American Ethnology
Smithsonian Institution
Bernard Moses
University of California
George M. Rommel
Department of Agriculture
William M. Shepherd
Columbia University
William B. Smith
Tulane University
Louisiana
Ten Thousand Dollar Bill Found In Illinois
In East St. Louis Patrick Sullivan found a $10,000 bill and the St. Louis sub treasury urged him to turn it in. Treasury officials said the bill is not part of the $173,000 stolen from Chicago and not among the $61,000 stolen from the St. Louis office.
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East St. Louis
Ill
St. Louis
Treasury
Patrick W. Sullivan
Chicago
Treasury Department
Edwards Sweeper's Coach Named New York Street Commissioner
William H. Edwards, Princeton football captain from 1897 to 1901 and later coach of the Michigan team, has been appointed street cleaning commissioner in New York, succeeding Foster Crowell. He also refereed the last Yale Harvard game.
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New York
William H. Edwards
Princeton
Foster Crowell
Edwards
Michigan
Church Thief Sentenced in Ebenezer Church Theft
Chicago December 24 William Brown a Black man was found guilty of stealing a communion service from Ebenezer Baptist church and given an indeterminate penitentiary term.
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Chicago
William Brown
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Chicago Hog and Cattle Market Wanes on Dec 24 1908
Market reports show opening hog prices up to 10 cents higher with varied grades and heavy packing sector. Cattle receipts weak with slow trade and values slipping from the prior close. sheep and lamb markets mixed to steady amid listed ranges.
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Texas
President Roosevelts Advice to 1500 Y M C A. Runners
President Roosevelt responds to 1500 YMCA boys who ran from New York to Washington. He says vigorous bodies are essential for work and must serve, not master, the man. He notes strength grows through effort and that athletic training prepares boys for life and duty.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Boys of America
New York
Gordon Leech
Paris
Peter the Great
Death of Mutual Reserve Life ex-president Burnham
Frederick A. Burnham, former president of Mutual Reserve Life Insurance, was found dead from gas poisoning at his home on Mast Seventy-Fighths Street. Police call it death by own action. The company failed last February and went into receivership. Burnham, his brother George Burnham, treasurer, and actuary D Eldredge were charged with larceny and forgery over alleged misappropriation of company funds.
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New York
Frederick A. Burnham
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company
Mast Seventy-Fighths Street
Burnham
George Burnham
Con D. Eldredge
Alderman Pardoned in Bribery Case by Governor
Milwaukee reported former alderman Ignatz Obershauser, convicted of soliciting a bribe, received a pardon from Governor James O Davidson after his juror Ignatz Gorski of 728 Seventh Avenue allegedly could not speak English. The supreme court upheld the verdict as untimely to rectify the error.
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Milwaukee
William ©. Okershauser
House of Correction
James O. Davidson
Davidson
Ignatz Gorski
Seventh Avenue
Obershauser
Supreme Court
Leading Citizens Arrested in Tar and Feathers Incident
Kendall Wisconsin reports twenty two leading villagers were arrested on charges of administering a coat of tar and feathers to William Tatro. Allegations state Tatro prompted farmer Thompson to disinherit his son George a school teacher amid relationships with Trepson’s daughter.
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Kendall
Wis
William Tatro
Tatro
Thompson
George
Trepson
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Fiompers
James Duncan
Tl Am
Illinois
Samuel Gompérs
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
Wrights
Federal Union
Samuel Gompers
Indiana and Republic Oil Companies
Hains
San Obispo
McCutcheon
Chicago Tribune
Raa Son
Ww. C. N. C. Gorgas
Sullivan
Edwards Sweepers
White Wings
Beach-Wickham Grain Company
John A. Babcock
The
North American Commission Company
Ghigago, ‘Ill
Mutual Reserve
Hammacher, Schlemmer & Co
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