Indict G P Sheldon Extradition Effort Faces Court Action
The Washington Post reports George P Sheldon, former head of Thenx Turusace Company, faces grand jury ex homine investigation for alleged misappropriation of company funds in 1908. Extradition to New York expected, with state superintendent Hutchinsa overseeing proceedings. Further prosecutions undecided as details emerge from Hartford County grand jury amid Sheldon’s illness and guarded Connecticut home.
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Connecticut
Hutchinsa
Bperial
Washington Post
New York
George P. Sheldon
Uapusel
Thenx Tusuraice Company
Vig
Gieanwoh
Thes County
Liserit
Grand Jury
Natt
Wanita
Mir Sero
Mnuke
Han Sheluon
Whi
Direct 4S
Nyonl
Hlasu Pilal Cedit
Chathaan Namal
Jerome New Climentain
Thenix
Mistinsares
Ag Anyti
Tosis Company
Freight Rates Scaled Across Interstate Lines
An order by the Interstate Commerce Commission tightened brick transportation costs. It sets a rate of about 100 pounds per 190 pounds and affects manufacturers across Ohio Kentucky and Virginia with eastern operations. The move targets freight charges on brick shipped from eastern factories to western lines.
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Interstate Commerce
Crick
Yebeho T Co
Cominy
Ohio
Kentucky
United States
Shippers Protest Heard Before Interstate Commission
The Interstate Commerce Commission heard arguments from mining companies alleging excessive coke transport rates. The case involves shipments from West Virginia and Pennsylvania to smelters in Colorado and Montana, with demands for reparations totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars. The matter, described as highly important, was set for hearings and could reach U.S. courts.
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Interstate Commission
Interstate Commission Orig
Nissen
Winthe Company
Ana Juprer Miming Company
Tegmia
Pennstvania Points
Colorado
Montana
West S 204
Ventune
Tis
Fis
Deportation Delay for Mother and Child in Stay Grant
A stay of deportation was granted by Assistant Secretary Cable for a mother and her four year old child arriving from Tenssia. The case cited the child’s feeble minded condition and the need for the husband to see his wife and child before final removal. The Hebrew Benevolent Association of Baltimore requested permission for them to remain aboard the next sailing.
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Cable
Hebrew Benevolent Assilon
Baltimore
Guggenheim Decision Delayed in Divorce Case
Court tentatively refuses to grant divorce but allows temporary measures for Breda. A heated session follows as counsel clash over the petition to dissolve the marriage. Judge Vanare objects to improper procedures and defers final order while reserving ruling.
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Breda
Vanarei
Anaes
Grice
Teuggenkor Brothers
Gugkenmem
Pure Milk for Washington Spotlight on Tubercular Cows
Federal inspectors report 57 of 154 cows tested at Washington area dairies show tuberculosis. Health officials fault Congress for missing funds for inspections and cattle testing. A local dairy proclaims a new milk plant with pasteurization and direct door delivery, touting White Cross Milk.
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Washington
Health Department
Congress
Perfectly Pasteurized Milk Gives Washington a Pure Dairy System
Washington residents are offered a uniquely pasteurized milk system delivering fresh milk and cream directly from refrigerated cars. The program emphasizes early filtration and sanitary pasteurization, cooling to 34 degrees, and rapid delivery, with options for unheated milk and the White Cross Milk variant at 9 cents per quart.
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Washington
White Cross Milk Promotes Pure Pasteurized Beverage Reform
Leading medical authorities endorse Campbell Concentrated Milk as superior milk reform. In Boston New York and London demand outstrips supply as hospitals and sanitariums prefer its dirt free, pasteurized three hour process at 140 degrees. Its filtration aeration concentration and hygienic bottling are highlighted by experts and the East Side Pure Milk League of New York.
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Boards of Health
Boston
New York
London
White Cross
H. W Conn
Wesleyan Univearty
Connecticut State Board of Health
Tom
East Side Pure Milk League
New York City
The Dockstader Minstrels At Belasco Theater Next Week
Belasco Theater hosts Lew Dockstader and his minstrels with Nell O Brien Al Jolson and Eddie Matter. The troupe presents The Nuby and the Heart and The Human Flag, plus incidental music and songs written for the season. Chase's Vaudeville previews include Beatrice Ingram and others with varied acts and a Visit to Historic Versailles by Ab the American Vitagraph.
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Belasco
Lew Dockstader
James H J Decker
Belasco Theater
Nell O Brien
al Jolson
Eddie Matter
Aero Club Thy
Dockstader
Chase
Beatrice
Gram and Company
Ned Monroe
Frank Mach
Yosco
Lyons
Warren, Lyon and Meyers Dunbars Goat Circus
Comedienne
Tre Ssr
Miss Stahls
Patricia O'Bren
Fraud Charge Reopens Old Sugar Weighing Scandal at Dock
Testimony links removal of James Conlon to a threat by Hendernagel amid a long running sugar fraud case. Frank F Hornby, a government weigher, described a December 1896 conversation with Bendernagel and said sugar bags were weighed improperly. Hornby reported the issue but was later reassigned, as the court probes ongoing corruption in the Havemeyer and Rider refineries.
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New York
Dee
James Conlon
HO Tiuvemeet
Canton
Kehoe
George Balda
Stimson Tames
F Pendernagel
Havemeyer and
Rider
Frank F Hornby
Bendermagel
Mutha
White
M.vhall
Hornby
Bendernagel Hornb
Hen
Dernagel
Judge Woodruff Resigns to Practice in West Virginia
United States district judge for the Territory of Hawai resigns by cable to the President. he will join the Pocahontas Coal and Coke Company of West Virginia. Alexander Robertson is expected to be endorsed for the vacancy by the Hawaiian Bar Association. Woodruff had been Assistant Attorney General in the Interior Department from Pennsylvania.
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West Virginia
Honolulu
Dee 8
George W Woxlrut
United States
Tor
Territory
Hawai
Jett
Pocahontas Coal and Coke Company
Atts
Wil Indorse Alexander GM Robertson
Iocal
Woodruff Wes
Deaon
Apr
Department of the Interor Hess
Penngelvonia
Eaton separation widens rift in New England family
Admiral Eaton and his daughter remain in Asinippi while Mrs Eaton and her younger daughter Quint leave for North Weymouth. They reportedly moved after rumors of divorce and a claim the child was poisoned. The admiral declined comment, noting only that Mrs Eaton and time have gone.
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Asinippi
Weymouth
Waahington
Raston
Dec
Ineseph @ Eaton
Asuippi
Se Tuale Hobo
Eaton
Admiral Eaton
Boston
Jatun
North Veymouth
Dorothy
Ime
Suit ties up Astor's yacht in Admiralty Court
Coxswain Adolph Lote sues Col John Jacob Astor's Nourmaha in federal admiralty court for $10,000 damages claiming serious injury while discharging duties aboard the launch. The yacht remained at anchor off the city front delaying departure set for Tuesday morning.
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Miionaire
Admiralty Court
Jacksonville Fis
Col John Jacob Astor
Adolph Lote
Norway
Admiralty Division
Federal
Col Astor
Thaw Seeks Court Order to Move From Matteswan Asylum
Despite court rebuffs Harry K Thaw continues efforts to leave Matteswan asylum. An order issued directs Nyack authorities to show cause why Thaw should not be transferred to another institution. Petition by Mrs Mary C Thaw alleges mistreatment at Mattawan.
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Anytum
White Plains
Harry K Thaw
Matteswan
Efis
Nyack
Mary C. Thaw
Thaw
Matt
Schurz Home for Museum in Wisconsin Memorial Plan
The Wisconsin Society of New York votes to buy the Watertown property that housed Carl Schurz the 61st American home. It will be converted into a public park and a museum and presented to the State of Wisconsin as a Schurz memorial.
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Wisconsin Society of New York
New York
Watertown
Wis
Carl Schurz
Wisconsin
Schurz
Roosevelt heads to Mombasa hunt for antelope and bongo
Kermit Roosevelt arrived in Nairobi and plans a trip to Mombasa on the fourth for a hunt, aiming for antelope and other game. He already reported two bongos shot, with Roosevelt expected to arrive soon after from Nairobi. Nonetheless, details are sketchy due to the release.
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Roosevelt
Mombasa
Nairobi
British East Africa Desk
Kermit Roosevelt
Cable
Noro
Rare 18th century and literary first editions auctioned in New York
A Washington Post report details a December sale of banknotes manuscripts and letters in New York by Louis Jigen. Highlights include Milton’s Latin and English Paradise Lost first edition with the rare second title page selling for 420, Longfellow’s Outre Mer two volumes in original wrappers, and Lamb and Poe letters and unsigned autographs fetching up to 200. The auction also features Kipling’s At the End of the Passage manuscript, Shakespeare Tales editions, and a Nuremberg Chronicle from 1493 for collectors in Europe and the United States.
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Washington Post
Louis
Jigen
New York City
Andertons
An &x
Johm
Milton x
London
JP Sedtio Mnltons Parade
Lnst
F W Morris
Thoma Killegrews
Portyast
Peraulia
Orginal
Andrew Larg
Oxford
JF Drake
Shakespeare
Charles Lamb
Fion
GD Smith
Charles Lamh
Rovert Southey
Coleridge
Wordsworth
Hander
Cook
Maddox
Ana Ah
Lamb
George Puttenhams
Elisabetha
Dodd, Mead & Co
Charles Lamy
Gir
Thomas Moores
Utopia
Ralph Roving
Bernard Quaritch
Flag Coiy
Nuremberg Chronicle
ED Nertah Dagar Allan Poe
Fitz-Greene Ualteck
New York
Laughton Osborne
Arthur
G EH Richmond
Advance in Ordnance Tests of 12 Inch Gun
Admiral Mason reports tests of a 12 inch 10 caliber gun with high velocity and strong muzzle energy. Navy plans include 14 inch guns, carrier ships Arkansas and Wyoming, plus propellant and munition design to support rapid production if proven successful.
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Admiral Mason
Admral
Newton E Mason
Bureau of Ordnance
Navy Department
Ganniel
Arkansas
Wyoming
Uis
Wipo Me
Col Scott Sees Dickinson In Washington For West Point Budget
Col Hugh L Scott superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point met with Secretary of War Dickinson in Washington to discuss estimates for Congress. He is expected to testify before the House Military Affairs Committee on the army appropriation bill as the army seeks to increase cadet numbers. The defense of the bill will be aided by Scott and other senior officials as the department pushes for enactment.
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Hugh L Scott
United States Military Academy
West Point
Washington
Dickinson
Congress
Atait
Department
Army Orders From 1909 Discharges and Transfers
Leaves of absence and honorable discharges list officers and soldiers from the Twenty third Infantry and other units. Promotions and postings include Capt Sidney A Clanton, Chaplain Jol A Ferry, Capt John A Murtagh, and Capt Rederle Po Commo with transfers to Fort Leavenworth Fort Sereven and other stations. Also notes recruiting and depot examinations at Philadelphia and Puerto Rico, with duty changes for Quartermasters Amos W. Kichall and Abraham Bickam.
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Sidney A. Clanton
Twenty-third Infantry
Ays
Jol A Ferry
Intentes
Walter Read Generat Hospital
John A Murtagh
Tel Cerga
San Francisco
Cal
Fort Leavenworth
Hans
Rederle Po
Medics Core
San Franciete
Xlowence
Fort Sereven
Fort Glevk Tar
Cettalion
Twenty Third Infantry
Tyoope A
Dy Utes Cavalry
Tex
Fort Sem
Houston
Mort B
Rhatoll
Amos W Kichall
Quartermaster Gap
Albert C Daten
Abraham 8
Bickam
Wedeeday
General Depot
Quartermaster’s Department
Belgh
Gamibell
Porto Rlco
Infantre
Wallaboro
Subway Ordinance Held Up Amid Alleged City Company Collusion
Cleveland taxpayer CB Harris seeks restraining order stopping city officials from legalizing a street subway ordinance passed by the council Monday night. The petition claims the measure mirrors a referendum rejected previously and alleges collusion between the city administration and the Cleveland Underground Road Transit Company.
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City
Cleveland
Dee
Cleveland Underground Road Transit Company
Harris
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