Perkins Case Argued Over Insurance Political Contributions
New York May 9 argument in the George W. Perkins case before the New York Appellate Division tests whether political contributions from insurance company funds are a crime. Perkins, vice president of New York Life, fights a larceny ruling. justice Greenbaum’s decision is under review.
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New York
George W. Perkins
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
Perkins
New York Life Insurance Company
Justice Greenbaum
Wiliam N. Cohen
Lewis L. Delafield
Howards. Gans
Russia in Turmoil After Meeting Dispersed
In St. Petersburg on May 9 police explained the closure of a liberal meeting as lawful since only members may attend societies meetings. Members of parliament were present, sparking fury among the democracy though no riot followed. Later troops dispersed another Economical Society gathering, deepening unrest.
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St. Petersburg
Town Flooded by a Dam in Crivitz Wisconsin
The Crivitz Paper and Pulp company dam failure flooded Marinette area on May 9, submerging towns under five to ten feet of water. Farm stock drowned and residents fled as homes were damaged and animals perished in the flood. Local resident Janes Henderson narrowly escaped with his family.
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Marinette
Wis
Crivitz Paper and Pulp Company
Janes Henderson
Pennsy Orders Additional Rails for 1907 Demand
The Pennsylvania Railroad places orders for steel rails for lines east and west of Pittbburgh totaling 120930 tons for 1907. The action highlights significant expansion in rail infrastructure and needs across major routes.
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Pennsy
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pittsburg
Schooner Algeria sinks off Cleveland Harbor and three dead
The schooner Algeria foundered two miles off Cleveland Harbor with three crewmen killed. The Iron Queen rides the breakwater in a sinking state as eighty crewmen were rescued by the life saving crew. In St Paul, Joseph A. Wheelock editor of Pioneer Press dies. founder of St Paul Press and former postmaster.
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Cleveland
The
Evening Journal
Algeria
Iron Queen
ST. Paul
Joseph A. Wheelock
Pioneer Press
Wheelock
Fulda Voted Schiller Prize Veto Sparks Fame Rise
Dr. Fulda, aged forty four, is hailed as the greatest German playwright by many. He won the Schiller prize for Der Taliaman, but Emperor William vetoed the award over a supposed insult in the play. The controversy boosted his popularity as he lectures in America. He is also a poet essayist and translator of notable skill.
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Fulda
Schiller Prize
Allison's Proposal Regulation of Injunctions
Rayner asks for further amendments to regulate injunctions in the Senate debate. Cullom introduces the compromise while Allison Mann critiques the president. The amendment limits appeals to the Supreme Court within thirty days and sets precedence for appellate courts. Rayner's amendment adds conditions to carrier injunctive suits and Fifth Amendment challenges.
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Cullom
Senate
Allison
Lu— Mann
Ilinois
Presi
Columbia Savings and Trust Co. Closes by Banking Commissioner
Pittsburg newspaper report notes the Columbia Savings and Trust Co. shut its doors today by order of the Commissioner of Banking.
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Pittsburg
Evening Journal
Columbia Savings and Trust Co
Commissioner of Banking
Indiana divorce ruling upheld for nonresident cases
In Indianapolis on May 9 a superior court judge ruled that a U S supreme court decision limiting state court power to grant divorces to nonresidents does not bind Indiana. The judge said Indiana law allows and requires granting divorces when spouses married in Indiana and facts warrant it, even for nonresident defendants.
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Indianapolis
Maggie Moorman
Clarence Moorman
J. L. MceMasters
Superior Court No. 1
United States Supreme Court
Indiana
Amendments to railroad rate bill offered in Senate
In Allison's absence, Custom proposed amendments to the railroad rate bill, printing to follow. the changes strike out certain timing provisions and add venue and jurisdiction rules for suits against the commission, including cases involving multiple carriers and district courts.
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Washington
Allison
Senate
Iowa
Alison
Murder Suspected in Death of Lena Mills in Decatur
In Decatur Illinois on May 9 a headless 15 year old girl Lena Mills was found on Wabash railroad tracks near Liliopolis. The child, daughter of Mrs. August Laski, had been placed with Michael McCabe at Liliopolis and had run away from her foster home. Authorities suspect murder by tramps as the cause.
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Decatur
Ill
Lena Mills
Liliopolis
August Laski
Michael McCabe
Iiliopolis
Supplies Sent to Frisco Railroads Reach 2200 Carloads
Frisco San Francisco May 9. The total rail shipments to the city by May 1 reach 2200 carloads, says Dr. Edward T. Devine head of Red Cross work. He notes this is a large amount but far below future needs.
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Frisco
San Francisco
Edward T. Devine
Red Cross
Failure of a Sugar Beet Company in Leavitt Nebraska
Judge Munger of the United States court appointed W. H. Ferguson receiver for the Standard Beet Sugar company plant at Leavitt in Dodge county Nebraska. The plant, one of the west’s largest, cost 1,277,000 dollars to build with a daily capacity of 1,100 tons of beets and 270000 pounds of sugar. The crop failure last year is blamed for the trouble.
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Omaha
Neb
Munger
United States Court
W. H. Ferguson
Standard Beet Sugar Company
Leavitt
Dodge County
West
May Snow Smashes Central Wisconsin Snowfall
A furious May snow storm swept central Wisconsin with eight inches of snowfall in Plainfield and surrounding areas, likened to a winter storm in early May. The brief report notes heavy snow across the region. The event highlights an unusual late spring weather surge in Wisconsin.
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Wisconsin
Plainfield
Wis
President Criticised For Contrasting Proclamations On Navy Policy
Representative Mann of Illinois told the house a tale of a family of eight with a crippled father and a nursing mother. The navy's discharge rule prevented the 20 year old son from leaving service, despite the plea to aid the family, as the secretary of the navy cited the president's mandatory order.
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Washington
Mann
Illinois
Rms
Navy
Granting of Injunctions Notice to Supreme Court Appeal
After the word causes is to be added Provided that no injunction interlocutory order or decree suspending or restraining the enforcement of an order of the commission shall be granted.
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Supreme Court of the United States
United States
Settlement of Lisette Schandein will announced
Milwaukee probate court publishes the final settlement of Mrs. Lisette Schandein. Contestants Ella B R Frank and Emil Schandein receive 50 000 cash and 300 shares of stock in a Milwaukee brewing company as part of the distribution.
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Milwaukee
Lisette Schandein
Ella BR. Frank
Emil Schandein
Milwaukee Brewing Company
Schandein Will Contest Ends In Settlement
The probate case over the Schandein will concluded with all parties reaching agreement after an appeal. The will left $912,500 in property and shares valued at $1,000 each to Heyl, son of Jacob Heyl and Louise Schrandein, while Clara B. Klein received a large portion of the estate as daughter in law. The case featured sensational testimony before probate, but no specific provision for Heyl was made and the involved Milwaukee brewing shares were disputed.
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Tliete
Johann Philly Mrik Heyl
Jacob Heyl
Tin Fest
Louixe Schrandeio
Bowda
Milwaukee Brewing Company
Schinden
Clara
Murder Charge Follows Death of Neighbor in Argenta Case
Adam T. Rowertock, a wealthy farmer east of Shia City near Argenta, was stabbed to death by neighbor Thad deus Querrey who is jailed on murder charges. The April 21 stabbing left Bowersock, Bethel School director, gravely injured. he died later. In Havana, a cigarette factory collapse killed six and injured a dozen workers.
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Hecatur
Adam T. Rowertock
Argenta
Thaddeus Querrey
Querrey
Bowersock
Bethel School
Querrey’s
Bowerock
Bia Hiome
Wee
Havana
Jose Gener
Chicago market report May 9 1906 hogs cattle and sheep
Chicago markets show mixed receipts with hogs steady to lower and cattle weak. Light hogs bring 6 20 to 6 45, mixed packers 6 25 to 6 50, heavy shipping grades 6 10 to 6 60. porkers 6 37 to 6 50. Cattle receipts about 22 000 with bids 4 00 to 6 15 for beeves and 1 70 to 5 15 for cows and heifers. sheep receipts 20 000 with natives 3 25 to 3 90 and western lambs 3 25 to 3 50. Market opening steady, then mixed ranges and overall quiet activity.
Education bill debate over religious teaching in England
In the House of Commons David Lloyd George argues the education bill endorses the last of four settlements as the only feasible compromise, citing religious differences between Protestant and Roman Catholics, and condemns coercive sectarian dogma while noting Anglo Irish and English village tensions under landowner influence.
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Lofiden
May
House of Commons
David Lloyd Fborg
Board of Trade
Balfour
Germany
States and church laws spark debates on rights and democracy
A public discussion centers on granting universal rights to all denominations, criticizing sectarian favoritism and urging a common syllabus. Lloyd George links clericalism to democracy’s struggle, noting Americans, French, and English trends toward liberty of conscience and Bible access for children.
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Llough-t George
England
Miss Adelaide Randolph and Hon Lionel Lambert Wed in London
In Trinity church Sloan Square London Miss Adelaide Randolph married the Hon Lionel Lambert second son of the late Earl of Cavan heir presumptive to the title. Attending the ceremony were United States ambassador Whitelaw Reid Mrs Reid and Miss Reid, embassy staff, J Pierpont Morgan and the Earl of Cavan. The bride is the step daughter of the late William Whitney.
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London
Adelaide Randolph
Lionel Lambert
Earl of Cavan
Trinity Church
Sloan Square
United States
Whitelaw Ried
Reid
Soft coal prices rise on lake shipping conditions
Superior Wisconsin May 9 reports higher soft coal prices due to lake shipping disruptions from the marine strike. Youghiogheny Pittsburgh and West Virginia grades now cost 50 cents more on docks at the head of the lakes compared with last year.
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Superior
Wis
Youghingheny
Pittsburg
West Virgina
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Jerome
Samuel Untermyer
Cohen
Greensbaam
Untermyer
Delafield
Russia
Cleveland Harbor
Pittsburg Institution
Ludwig Fulda
America
Rayner
National Supreme Court
Commission
District of Columbia
Ulinois
Openin
Chicago
Grain Market
Beach-Wickham Co
McCall Bros
Lloyd-George
Clericaham
Saya
Hagland
Wright
Democracy
Ite Hinemy
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