Supreme Court Allows Railroads to Route Fruit Shipments
The Supreme Court reverses a California ruling, holding that initial carriers may select routes for fruit shipments after leaving their lines. Justice Peckham states the rule does not violate the Interstate Commerce Act, and the decree is reversed with the case remanded to dismiss the bill.
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Justice Peckham
United States Supreme Court
Circuit Court of the United States
Southern District of California
Citrus Fruitees
Southern Pacific
Atchison, Topeka Am Santa Fe
Southern Caltorn
Buulwas
In-erstate Commerce Commission
Peckham
Missouri Winver
Lower Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Yias
Carcier
California
Uit
Etre Commission
oTpe Studio
Rulread
Circuit Court
Virginia May Adjust Money Troubles Against West Virginia
By a Supreme Court decision Virginia may file a bill of complaint against West Virginia to obtain an accounting and settlement of liability for debts incurred while West Virginia was part of Virginia. The motion was granted yesterday.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Virginia
West Virginia
Court Dismisses Case Against Cortelyou
The Supreme Court yesterday dismissed the Columbian Correspondence College case for lack of jurisdiction. The suit sought second class mail status for its quarterly publication, denied due to the college’s business character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court of the United States
Columbian Correspondence College
Washington
Cortelyou
Transmisson
Certiorari Denied in Roosevelt v Brinckerhoff Case
The Supreme Court denied a writ of certiorari in the case of Robert B Roosevelt against E A Brinckerhoff. Brinckerhoff had obtained circuit court approval to cancel a $100,000 bond issued by Holland Trust Company to the Holland Building Association, of which Roosevelt and Brinckerhoff were members.
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Robert B Roosevelt
E. A. Brinckerhoff
Supreme Court of the United States
Brinckerhoff
Circuit Court of Appeals
Holland Trust Company
Holland Building Association
Roosevelt
Murderers Taken From the Gallows Shadow
Supreme Court arguments set for April 2 in cases of J. G. Milton Leonard and Jesse Rawlings charged with killing a boy and girl and attempting more. Three of the ten convicted face death, the rest imprisonment. they filed pauper pleas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court of the United States
J. G
Milton, Leonard
Jesse Rawlings
Lowndes County
Garfield contradicts Packers immunity plea in Chicago court
Commissioner of Corporations Garfield testified all day in the meat packers immunity case, saying he handed 700 names of witnesses to the Justice Department under presidential direction, but that none of the information came from the packers. He stressed that his department and the Attorney General’s office operated separately and refused to let agents report to the district attorney.
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Chicago
Garfield
Department of Justice
Attorney General
Packers
Department
Bethea
Morrison
States Would Settle Their Own Disputes
New Jersey and Delaware seek a joint code to regulate fishing interests while the Supreme Court weighs suspending the long running boundary dispute. Attorney General McCarter and Counselor Bates filed the application, which the court took under advisement. The dispute has persisted since 1750.
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New Jersey
Delaware
Supreme Court of the United States
McCarter
Bates
Million in Legacy Taxes May Be Refunded
A Supreme Court review on legacy tax collection was granted over the case of Collector Bidman of New York versus Frederick B. Tishman and others. About $1,000,000 held by the government may be refunded if the high court reverses the circuit court ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court of the United States
Bidman
New York
Frederick B. Tishman
Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Washington and Oregon seek fishing islands boundary ruling
The Supreme Court granted Washington permission to file a bill of complaint against Oregon to secure judicial determination of the boundary between the states. The dispute concerns jurisdiction over small Columbia River islands valuable for fishing.
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Supreme Court of the United States
State of Washington
Oregon
Columbia River
Supreme Court Dismisses Darden Murder Case for Lack of Jurisdiction
The Supreme Court yesterday dismissed Joshua W. Darden v. State of Arkansas for want of jurisdiction. The indictment charged murder, but the high court ruled it lacked authority to hear the appeal in this matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darden
Joshua W. Darden
Arkansas
Supreme Court of the United States
Swamp Land Case Set for April in Supreme Court
The Supreme Court yesterday scheduled the hearing of Oregon v. Secretary Hitchcock for April 2. The case concerns claims to swamp lands within the Klamath Indian reservation, presenting a legal contest between state and federal authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Hitchcock
United States Supreme Court
Klamath Indian Reservation
Suit Against Bancroft Set for October 9
Wicomica County Maryland sues Bancroft over a tax dispute. The Supreme Court of the United States yesterday set the hearing for October 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bancroft
Wicomica County
Supreme Court of the United States
New Business High School Dedicated At Noon
The new Business High School at Ninth Street and Rhodes Island Avenue will dedicate today at noon under the board of education. It is the first building of its kind, cost $260,000, houses 700 pupils, and features a three story brick design with a gymnasium and assembly hall. Alumni reunion and banquet follow, with addresses by Robert Curtis Ogden and Charles A. Jones among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business High School
Ninth Street
Rhodes Island Avenue
Board of Education
Business Alumni Association
D. Stanley Simmons
I. Pavarini
Richard Kingsman
Macfarland
James T. McCleary
J. Holdsworth Gordon
Charles A. Jones
Business High School Alumni Association
A. T. Stuart
Alys Bentley
Robert Curtis Ogden
New York
John Wanamaker
Ogden
Alumni Association
Washington
First Street
D and
Streets
Central High School
Old Thompson School
Seventeenth Street
Negro High School
Rhode Island Avenue
Aluroni Association
Congress
O. H. Platt
Connecticut
Senate
Congressional
United States
Allan Davis
Eighth, Ninth
R Streets
Eighth
Ninth Streets
Rhode Island
Eighth Street
Ayer's Sarsaparilla Endorsed by Doctors for Weak Blood
Trusted medicine claims sixty years of experience with Ayer's Sarsaparilla, the original sarsaparilla doctors endorse for thin blood and general debility. The advertisement cites no secrets and notes publication of 3.0 by Ayer Co. Lowell, Mass.
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Ayer
Ayer Co
Lowell
Mans
Land to be Condemned for Post Office Addition
United States seeks to condemn remaining portion of a square south of the city post office for an addition. About half the square has been purchased from owners at agreed pricing. several owners refuse, prompting a petition for appointment of a commission to condemn the rest. Property includes original lots 1 2 3 and parts of 4 5 14 fronting B Street and Twelfth Street. Owners named: Michael Gatti Stephen Gatti Daniel J Broderick F R Forney EH Haning Lorenza Costa and D K and BE Hanvey.
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United States
D. W. Baker
District Supreme Court
B Street
Eleventh
Twelfth Streets
Eleventh Street
Twelfth Street
Michael Gatti
Stephen Gatti
Daniel J. Broderick
F. R. Forney
EH. C. Hanng
Lorenza Costa
D. K
BE. K. Hanvey
Verdict Set Aside In Street Extension Case
Justice Barnard of the District Supreme Court vacated the jury findings in the extension of M street east of Bladensburg road after Mrs. Mary Ann Huhn challenged the verdict as unjust. The jury had awarded Mrs. Huhn 34740 in damages and 4740.31 in benefits against other property. A jury for the T street northeast extension began hearing evidence at City Hall on damages and benefits to nearby properties from the street’s opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Barnard
District Supreme Court
M Street
Bladensburg Road
Mary Ann Huhn
Edward L. Gies
T Street
Daughters protest probate of Simmons will
Elizabeth I. L. Gardner and Mary E. Macleod, daughters of John B. Simmons, filed a caveat to probate alleging undue influence and saying the October 4, 1905 will was not their father’s voluntary act. Arthur Peter represents the caveators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Simmons
Elizabeth IL. Gardner
Mary E. Macleod
Arthur Peter
Wife seeks divorce in District Supreme Court
May N Tennant filed for divorce from Joseph F Tennant in District Supreme Court alleging separation since September 1901 and infidelity. They wed December 2, 1899, living together until the husband left and ceased support. co respondent named in petition. Douglass & Douglass counsel for petitioner. Bucklen's Arnica Salve advertised for burns and cuts. 25c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May N. Tennant
District Supreme Court
Joseph F. Tennant
Effort to Show Conspiracy in Greene and Gaynor Trial
Savannah Ga Feb 25 The government presses its case in the Greene and Gaynor trial with expected completion within a week or ten days The day’s evidence includes Goodyear cross examination on an interview offering 16 000 and a third of 750 000 profits from a Brunswick Harbor jetty project if he abandons dynamite plans and joins Carter and Gaynor Sterley testifies about forged names by Connolly as an overt act Deguiscard discusses Greene and Gaynor accounts at American Exchange National Bank New York The government moves to prove profit division among Greene Gaynor and Carter
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Savannah
Greene
Brunswick Harbor
Carter
Gaynor
J. W O. Sterley
Michael A. Connolly
Alphonsq EK. Deguiscard
the Gaynors
American Exchange National Bank of New York
Protest Against Congo Atrocities Sparks 1904 Appeal
Boston February 26 A protest and appeal from missionaries of seven nationalities working in the Congo was received in the city today. The document expresses disappointment that a memorial to the state’s sovereign elicited no reply and claims the commission report omits or softens abuses. It denounces oppressive taxation and urges action to end the Congo regime for justice liberty and humanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Congo
Uwinnana
Communssier of Inquiry
Widow Sues For Estate as Will Contested
Mrs. Malyina Smith, widow of Charles H. Smith a Treasury clerk who died January 5, contests probate of an alleged will that leaves most to Annie W. Hughes. She disputes the 9000 value stated, claims larger estate and real property, denounces alleged fraud, and seeks jury issues on validity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Smith
Treasury Department
Malyina Smith
Annie W. Hughes
Smith
Opinson
Anna W. Hughes
Birds of Freedom Back Eleven Eagles Return From Exposition
Eleven large American eagles captured last spring by an Alaskan expedition were returned to the Patent Office after exhibition at the Portland Exposition. Department chiefs inspected them in corridors as attendants carried each bird on a shoulder, the largest placed in Secretary Hitchcock's room.
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Patent Office
Hitchcock
Department
Portland Exposition
Dempster Croissant Will Divides Washington Estate
By his will dated May 31 1092 filed yesterday for probate John Dempster Croissant devises premises at 1717 Q Street NW to widow Sarah J Croissant and 821 North Carolina Avenue to his son De Witt C Croissant. Bequests include 200 to Florence A Pierce and 1000 each to Levi Frank Croissant Mary Croisant and Florence Croisant's daughter. Provisions aid Mrs Mary E Davis. Residue to be divided equally by widow and...
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John Dempster Croissant
Q Street
Sarah J Croissant
North Carolina Avenue
de Witt C Croissant
A. Pierce
Levi
Frank Croissant
Mary Croissant
Florence Crois
Castro’s Next Move and The Alabama Precedent
The report from Willemstad Curacao dated February 26 describes Castro seeking US arbitration over damages from France for fitting out the filibustering steamer Ban Righ at Fort de France to prey on Venezuelan commerce during the Matos revolution. The Ban Righ, later Tabertador Bolivar and President Marroquin, was in Marti nique by late 1901, captured Venezuelan warships, bombarded positions, and was sold to Colombia after Matos’ fall. Also noted is an attempted poisoning of Archbishop Juan Bautista Castro using cyanide in wine on February 18, blamed on a mysterious pest attack.
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Fort de France
Matos
Castro
Venezuela
Willemstad
Island of Curacao
Caracas
United States
France
Ban Righ
Martiniqué
Great Britain
Alabama
Tabertador
Bolivar
Marroquin
Martimaque
Manuel A Matas
Mastre
Fort Dé France
Ban Reigh
Zumbador
General Crespo
Colombia
Juan Baptista Castro
Laid to Rest by Masons Maj George Anse Bartlett Dies
Funeral services for Maj George Anse Bartlett longtime Treasury Department disbursing officer were held at his home 1404 Newton Street Northwest under Masonic rites. Burial at Rock Creek Cemetery followed with Masonry emblems and tributes from colleagues and officials. Bartlett served since 1865, promoted by Secretary Windom to his final post, and organized the Treasury Guards with Gen Ordway and Col Clay. He was a 32nd degree Mason and Mystic Shrine member, born in New Hampshire April 23, educated there, later working in betting in Lawrence before enlisting in the Fourteenth Massachusetts Infantry. He died after a two week illness of erysipelas, survived by his mother, a sister in Tinverhill Massachusetts, brother MM Bartlett a War Department clerk, son George V Bartlett, and daughter Mrs JHO Hess in the Philippines.
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Mar George Anse Bartlett
Tresury
Newton Street
Nocrthwest
Masonic Order
J W Chickering
Hock Creek
Maj. Bartlett
Maj Burtlett
Ibo
Treasury Department
Windom
May Bartlett
Lawrence
Mays
Fourteenth
Massachusetts Infantry
Ma ‘Bartlett
Tinverhill
Mass
al MM Bartlett
War Department
George v. Bartlett
J HO Hess
Philippines
Labor case postponed over officers of Knights of Labor
In Circuit Court Justice Wright postponed the quo warranto proceeding to determine who could act as Knights of Labor officers. The delay follows the absence of attorney R Golden Donaldson for the petitioners, with a new date set for March 21, 1908. Also probate proceedings noted for the estate of Henry R Hughes, who by his will dated September 14, 1908, names Marian J Hughes as sole beneficiary and executrix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Labor
Circuit Court
Wright
Cir
R. Golden Donaldson
Herry R. Hughes
Marian J Hughes
Sue Benefici Iya
Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills Claim Quick Relief
An urchase ad touts Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills as a fast cure for nervous or sick headaches and neuralgia with no heart impact. Guaranteed refund if the first box fails, offering 25 doses for 23 cents and claiming broad safety for use in business or pleasure.
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Miles
Orivelle
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Paul J. Sleman
James E. West
Thomas Grant
Charles A Jones
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B. Stanley Simmons
C. Rivenbark
Norfolk
Bucklen
Gongo
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Birds OF Freedom
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S A Bartlett
Dr. Miles
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