Jury Court Reports Preview Busy Week With Jury Cases
A report from Judge Clements notes a brisk session with jury assignments made and jurors drawn for a special venue. The list covers cases scheduled from Jan 10 to Jan 17 1910 including probate matters, civil actions, guardianships, and continued cases, with many estate proceedings and hearings set.
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Clements
Renner
Bannister
Brindley
Gaines & Nichols
Letts
Walker
A. m
Campbell
Taylor
Winter
Adm
Stewart
Galer
Ruebsam
D. H. Wallingford
Washington
F. S. Shoemaker
Earl Kephart
Henry Barnes
Brighton
W. D. Britten
Kalona
C. P. Nichols
Ainsworth
T. J. Long
Crawfordsville
Chas. Schulty
D. K
Wellman
G. F. Wallace
S. 8
Coffman
Richland
Fred Maas
Riverside
John KE. Griffith
T. J. Dempsey
Frank Kephart
Wenzel Vondrasek
Pearl Parcel
Famous French aviator Delagrange dies in flight crash
Louis Delagrange, renowned French aviator, was killed in Bordeaux when his monoplane wings failed during a high speed turn. He had recently set a 124 mile distance record at Juvisy and was pursuing the Michelin cup. He reportedly had been offered $10,000 to visit the United States.
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United
Bordeaux
Louis Delagrange
Delagrange
Delegrange
Juvisy
Henry Farman
Europe
United States
Rockefeller Jr Says He Is Heart and Soul in Slave Trade Probe
John D. Rockefeller Jr. arrived at the criminal courts building to discuss the forthcoming white slave investigation. As foreman of the grand jury, he vowed the inquiry will uncover the truth or silence the alleged traffic in women.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Criminal Courts
Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
Iowa Faces Coal Famine Rears Des Moines Crisis
Iowa towns including Des Moines confront a coal famine with mines operating at full capacity. The capital city sees failed prompt deliveries and residents struggle to obtain coal for over a week.
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Iowa
Professor Moore quits Geographical Society presidency
Professor Willis L. Moore resigns after five years as president of the National Geographical Society denying polar politics or board dissension as reasons. He states he does not want the board to consider his name again for the presidency.
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Washington
Board of Management
Willis L. Moore
National Geographical Society
Peary
Board of Managers
Two Negroes to Pay Penalty in Kansas City
George Reynolds and John Williams were found guilty of assaulting Mrs. W. F. Jackson and sentenced to death by hanging. The verdict came on the first ballot after a five and a half minute jury deliberation. The trial faced heavy public anger with restricted access and security measures. Mrs. Jackson fainted on the stand and inmates threatened to lynch the condemned men, prompting relocation within the county jail.
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Kansas City
George Reynolds
John Williams
W. F. Jackson
Jackson
Rate case near end in Oklahoma fare law injunction
Arguments in three Oklahoma railroads’ bid to stop enforcement of a 2 cent fare law and maximum freight rate are expected to be completed in federal court before Judge William C. Hook. He will decide on the injunction or take the matter under advisement after hearings.
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Oklahoma
St. Louis
William C. Hook
Federal
Mann Bill for Railway Control
Washington January 5. Representative Mann of Illinois introduced a sweeping interstate commerce bill to regulate railroads. It differs from Taft administration proposals and would create a Bureau of Transportation in the Commerce and Labor Department to hear complaints, then urge action through the attorney general and Interstate Commerce Commission at government expense.
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Washington
House
Representative Mann
Illinois
Taft
Mann
Congress
Department of Commerce and Labor
Bureau of Transportation
Attorney General
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ex-Consul Wins Damages In Libel Suit
Pasquale Corte former Italian consul at Denver was awarded 10000 dollars in damages in his suit against the present consul Adolph Rossi for alleged libel.
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Denver
Pasquale Corte
Adoph Rossi
Mayflower Arrives In Santo Domingo With Dickinson and Edwards
The United States dispatch boat Mayflower arrived in Santo Domingo with Secretary of War Jacob M. Dickinson and Brigadier General Clarence R. Edwards and party aboard after a visit to Porto Rico. The political situation in Santo Domingo is described as quiet.
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Santo Domingo
United States
Mayflower
Jacob M. Dickinson
Clarence R. Edwards
Porto Rico
Markets Report Hogs Cattle and Sheep Prices in Chicago
Chicago markets show hogs up to 8.80 with heavy weights 8.40 to 8.80 and cattle firm to higher. receipts 2,000 today with 21,714 yesterday. Sheep strong to 10 higher, Western and native flocks in demand. Texas steers 4.15 to 5.20. Grain prices mixed with corn at 67 35 and oats 47 0.
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Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Chicago
Texas
Cook polar records en route to Washington for review
Dr. Frederick A. Cook's polar records are heading to Washington for examination by the National Geographic Society. The papers left Copenhagen on December 21 and are expected to arrive by week's end, per a notice to Professor J. H. Gore.
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Washington
Frederick A. Cook
National Geographic Society
J. H. Gore
Copenhagen
Nicaragua Generals Refute US Duel Executions Claim
General Medina released letters and telegrams claiming General Toledo and he did all they could to prevent the execution of Grace and Cannon, the Americans described as condemned by President Zelaya. The material aimed to substantiate their efforts amid the dispute over the death sentences.
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Zelaya
Managua
Jan
General Medina
Toledo
Insurance Probe Begins Grand Jury at St Louis
Grand jury in St Louis opens an inquiry into old line insurance companies operating under Missouri law. Commissioner Frank Blanke asks the probe, alleging false asset statements and violations of state insurance laws.
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Grand Jury
St. Louis
Old Line Insurance
Missouri
Frank Blanke
Insurance
Blanke
Mrs Sherman Seeks Divorce in Des Moines Case
Des Moines wife Anna E. Sherman files for divorce from M. Eugene Sherman secretary treasurer of the Des Moines Drug Co. Defendant named in district court petition filed by her attorneys.
Darius Ogden Mills Dies At 84 In California
San Francisco obituary notes Darius Ogden Mills a leading financier and philanthropist in the United States and pioneer of California. Father of Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, wife of the U S ambassador to Great Britain, Mills died at his winter home near the city at age eighty four.
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San Francisco
Darius Ogden Mills
United States
California
Whitelaw Reid
Great Britain
Washington City Market Prices Report
The listing shows prevailing market prices in Washington City for groceries and staples. Items include straw by load at 4.00 to 5.00 dollars, flour per sack at 1.60 to 1.70 dollars, bran per hundred at 1.30, shorts per hundred at 1.50, and corn meal ten percent at 0.25, with other commodities noted in the market table.
John A. Babcock Case at U S Stock Yards Chicago
Legal proceeding involving John A. Babcock at the North American Live Stock Commission Company in Chicago's U S stock yards. Case details indicate official action and judicial context with parties identified and venue noted.
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North .American
LIVE
Stock Commission Company
U. S
Taft's Interstate Commerce Message Delayed To Next Week
White House announces another shift in Taft's congressional program. The interstate commerce law message will likely reach Congress next Monday or Tuesday, while the antitrust paper was planned for tomorrow. Taft also to send Senate papers on Gravis charges against Ballinger with a brief transmission. The conservation message remains delayed and undecided.
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Washington
Taft
Congress
White House
Senate
Ballinger
House
Sage
Wickersham
Brown says Taft policy won’t alarm investors or hinder railroads
W. C. Brown, president of the New York Central lines, states in New York that he believes the Taft policy will provide safeguards and will not alarm investors or embarrass railroads seeking straightforward business.
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New York Central
Wall Street Associates
Taft
New York
W. C. Brown
New York Central Lines
Ship Subsidy Bill Sent in to Congress
Representative Humphrey introduces a U S ship subsidy bill with presidential backing. It increases pay to American ships for mail carriage to South America, China, Japan, the Philippines and Australia up to four dollars per mile for voyages of four thousand miles or more, and raises the transoceanic tonnage tax. Foreign built ships may be admitted to American register for foreign trade.
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Washington
Humphrey
United States
Taft
South America
China
Japan
Philippines
Australia
Indian service seeks agricultural graduates for reservations
Federal notice invites expert farmers with college training to manage demonstration farms on western reservations. Salary listed as 1200 dollars per year. Appointments restricted to agricultural college graduates and approved by Indian Commissioner Valentine.
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Washington
Indian Service
Valentine
Thugs Overrun Detroit Prompt Police Patrol Deployment
Detroit police surge: 150 plainclothes officers assigned to nightly patrols after a child’s murder and a man killed for defending his wife. Amid a wave of assaults on girls and women, Commissioner Groul acts to deter attackers until cases are solved.
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Detroit
William Keller
Groul
Aged Brothers Die in Log Cabin Fire Near New Florence
Jeba Utsler aged five and Daniel Utsler aged eighty were burned to death when a log cabin burned down near New Florence Pennsylvania on January 5. The blaze destroyed the dwelling and claimed the two brothers in the tragic incident.
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New Florence
Jeba
Daniel Utsler
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Ann E. McDonald
S. C. Pierson
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S. H. Ross
Rachel A. Riley
Konrad Steb
Louis A. Schloesser
Martin Stapleton
W. A. Gibson
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A. Dewey
James Wilson
E. T. Wiley
A. H. Young
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Mary J. Manatt
C. O. Griffith
Susan Simpson
Geo. Simpson
J. C. Evans
Tyndale Palmer
Wmn. Patterson Et al
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A. Anderson
Cashier
R. W. Gardner
E. R. Harvey
Win Smouse
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James Tobin
J. C. Mathers
O. K. Mauck
Laura Marbourig
Frank Bell
J. &. Borough
Giles C. Jones
James Fleming
Sarah M. Cooley
Arthur Cooley
Sophia Boone
John Adams Spencer
Fidelity & Deposit Co
Penn Oil & Supply Co
J. S. Fisher
Trumbauer & Smith
W. A. Row
Allen Phillips
Florence KE. Spencer
Fuller & Johnson Mfg. Co
Olds & House
Mary M. Wilson
Anna Bell Kallaus
Mary E. Johnson
John M. Johnson
W. Livingston
J. L. Downs
Ida C. Roberts
Wm. Chalupa
Lewis Hering
Jas. H. Hering
Edward J. Fritz
Mary McGaughey
Virginia Chilcote
Frances Matthews
Verne Osborn
S. W. Brookhart
Guardian Ad Litem
Wm. Scofield
John S. Allen
M. W. Bailey
Guardian
William Scofield
Esther Armstrong
J. B. Potter
J. H. Potter
Frank Stransky
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F. G. Peterson
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R. I
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S. C. Cook
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Chase Bannister
John D., JR
Magnate
Professor Moore
Cnet
C. W. Morse
ICE King
Hough
Charles W. Morse
Morse
Atlanta
Dickinson
Grain Market
Copenhagen University
D. O. Mills
Washington City
Reister & Son
John A. Babcock
Uncle Sam
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