Supreme Court Reverses Williamson Land Case Conviction
The U S Supreme Court reversed a $600 fine and ten month jail term for former Oregon Congressman J N Williamson over alleged timber cutting on public lands in Crook County. Justice White ruled indictments unclear and invalidated related proo f rules, remanding to the Oregon circuit court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. N. Willamson
Oregon
Crook County
Oreg
United States Supreme Court
Williamson
United States Circuit Court For
Supreme Court
White
Land Office
Gentral Land Office
Justice Wise
Supreme Court Upholds Extra Pay For Navy Aide
The Supreme Court ruled that a navy officer on Rear Admiral Kautz’s staff in 1899 qualified as an aide, entitling him to extra pay. William C Miller’s claim, totaling about $300, was affirmed, sustaining the Court of Claims decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shuttt
Iit
United States Supreme Court
Serterday
Willian CF Miller
Kautz
Court of Claims
Willer
Justice Day
High court rules for Chin Yow in habeas case
The United States Supreme Court yesterday favored Chin Yow in his habeas corpus battle, ordering a new hearing and remanding to California for testimony. Justice Holmes authored the opinion, reversing the district court's order to permit taking further testimony on Yow's citizenship claim. The decision does not directly dictate release from custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chin Yow
United States
Yow
United States Supreme Court
Yeaterday
California
Supreme Court
Justice Holmes
United States District Court For
Northern District of California
Texas oil suit advances to Supreme Court review
The United States Supreme Court granted certiorari yesterday at the request of Bradley W. Palmer and Waters-Pierce Oil Company. The Texas suit seeks the appointment of a receiver and challenges anti trust actions against the company. Claims involve a Yorbes Company and JI S Young in a trust case tied to the MacAndrews operations and a paste product valued at $1,623,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Supreme Court
Bradley W. Palmer
Waters-Pierce Oil
Licorice
Pany
Texas
Ned Trust
Rail line can condemn part of land not entire tract
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co won a Supreme Court ruling allowing partial condemnation. It sought a parcel in a 90 acre farm near Washington DC. damages of 45392 were awarded for a fraction of an acre. The Court of Appeals and Supreme Court upheld that acceptance of partial payment barred further action. Justice Moody authored the opinion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Francis Winslow Gamathers
United States Supreme Court
Winslow
Court of Appeals of
District of Columbia
Moody
Burkes Lose Their Case Before Supreme Court
The U S Supreme Court upheld New York State taxation on proceeds from sales of original imported packages by Edward and John Burke Limited of Dublin. The court ruled cash and receivables tied to sales, not imports, fall under state tax authority. Justice Day affirmed the New York ruling, stating taxation of proceeds does not violate the U S Constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lax
United States Supreme Court
Edward and John Burke
Dublin
Ireland
Tax Commissionera of
New York City
Burkes
New York
Supreme Court of
Justice Day
New York Court
United States
Standard Oil Intervenes In Elkins Law Repeal Case
The Standard Oil Company petitions the U S Supreme Court for leave to intervene in the Great Northern Railway case over whether the Elkins law fines for rebates were repealed by the Hepburn Act. Attorney F D McKenny files the petition. The case could affect Judge Landis’s $29,000,000 fine against Standard Oil and the government argues Hepburn amendments did not extinguish old penalties. Attorney General Bonaparte did not object, noting no claim of parallelism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Company
F. D McKenny
United States Supreme Court
Great Northern Rairoui
Elkins
Hepburn Railroad
Landis
Jin
Great Northern
Great Northern Company
United States
Bonaparte
Adelbert College Loses Bond Case Before Supreme Court
Justice Moody delivered the opinion for the court in favor of Adelbert College and Western Reserve University in a bond claim against Wabash Railway. The Ohio Supreme Court had ruled the bonds a lien on the road and ordered sale for nonpayment. The Supreme Court reversed, holding the railway under a United States Circuit Court receiver, giving exclusive jurisdiction to that court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Moody
United States Supreme Court
Adelbert College
Western Reserve University
Ohio
Wabash Rairoad Company
Toledo and Wabash Railway Company
Ohio Supreme Court
United States Circuit Court
Supreme Court Denies Brewery Cork Drawback Claim
The Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association of St Louis lost a $27000 claim for cork drawback under the tariff law on cork to be re exported. The Court of Claims had doubted the decision but the Supreme Court upheld the denial in an opinion by Justice McKenna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association
St. Louis
United States Supreme Court
Court of Claims
McKenna
Vermont Law Challenge Fails in Supreme Court
The Vermont statute requiring all in state corporations to reveal books for cases at issue was ruled unconstitutional. A company fined 3000 dollars for contempt for refusing to show its books before Chittenden County grand jury. After state supreme court sustained the verdict, the case went to the United States Supreme Court. Justice Peckham delivered the opinion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rovej
Supreme Court
Vermont
Supreme Court of Vermont
United States Supreme Court
Peckham
Carrington Freed Over Minor US Officer Case
Maj Frank De L Carrington of the First Infantry and Philippine Scouts was freed after the Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands reversed a prior ruling. The case involved falsifying accounts for a Louisiana Purchase Exposition purchase and a small $3500 charge, with arguments over civil authority versus military status. Justice White concluded a soldier is not a civil official under Philippine statutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands
Frank de L. Carrington
First Infantry
Philippine Scouta
Carrington
Fas
United States Army
Amiall
Justice Holmes
Maj
United States
Philippe
Congress
Great Task at Culebra and the Muddy Ditch
The account describes the Culebra cut on the canal project, detailing the immense excavation work from 1904 to 1907. It notes shifting widths due to landslides, monthly tonnages up to 1,000,000 cubic yards, and the engineering need for rail access, with health efforts to curb malaria through drainage control and mosquito management in the jungle effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Culebra Cut
Gold Hill
Culebra
Empire
Nine Mille
Iyatny
Ohle
Gas Gasel Argument on Appellate Jurisdiction Upheld
Washington Gas Light Company faces a challenge to a writ of prohibition against Justice Ashley Gould over an inquiry into valuing its plant for capital stock. The case hinges on whether the District Supreme Court has jurisdiction and if Congress empowering the inquiry is constitutional, with both sides citing numerous precedents. Gould argues the act is constitutional and suited to a binding valuation, while opponents urge appellate jurisdiction and proper remedies by appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of Appeals Yesterald
District Commissioners
Ashley M Gould
Equity Court No
Washington Gaslight Company
Justice Gould
Gas Company
Justice
Gould
District Supreme Court
Act of Congress
Goulds
Sali
Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia
Washington Gas Light Company
Salt Company
Paddy the clever fire horse in New York
Noshk Sun describes Paddy a fire horse at engine 40 on eighth street between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue. Paddy shows intelligence and memory, follows handlers, and performs tricks such as loosening his chain, bowing to spectators, removing a handkerchief, digging a straw pocket, weighing when thirsty, and offering a shake with either forehoof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noshk Sun
Ford
Engenie 10
Atxts Eighth Street
Broadway
Amsterdam
Nne
Paddy
Pearls Found in Turkey Gizzards Startle New Yorker
Mrs G Mc Neice of 2787 Broadway discovered fifteen pearls valued around 4000 dollars inside a turkey gizzard. She routinely checks fowl gizzards since moving from California ten years ago, noting previous small finds like coins and a pearl button. The provenance of the pearls remains unclear, with the butcher suggesting they may have belonged to a farmer casting pearls before swine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
G McNeice
Broadway
McNeice
California
Hotel guest list spans cities and hotels nationwide
A broad roster lists numerous guests and rooms in hotels from Baltimore to Porto Rico, naming individuals and accompanying spouses, including James Bradford, H J Hutchinson, L Maher, Janet Rollins, and Henry M Hi fan, with listings across New Willard, National, Riggs, Shoreham, and other establishments. The fragmentary roll hints at a centralized hotel register with many travelers and locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
F Sexton
St James John
Hall
John Kingler, Jr
Amor
Jesse B Brawer
National
Boston
HH Sanborn
Francis Siiner
New Willard
W H Leach
Platt
Chicago
Truman G. Palmer
Ebbitt
Thrall
Raleigh
Philadelphia
BK Clovst
Ds Frances
M B Mayer
D A Adame
E P Groves
Richard Seht
Gt James
A Bradford
Rupert Smith
Shoreham
Charles H Hutchinson
Riggt
Btorkley
F J Lucas
ER Wood
Joseph Hays
R W_ Swift
E. Mausbach
Hope Miller
WN Jeffresd
New York City
Eich J Guepther
H Failey
W Gear
St James& Gumpert
Wallace Holdinger
S H Wallach
JP MacFarlan
M Martin Kallasan
G OH Beverly
Meo B. Schwan
Mies ‘Aubry
Simon H .Kaplan
Shelling
Sanford Well
Richmond
J. M. Stayman
G. Harrison
G N Hanson
California
H B Rollins
Misa Janet Rollins
Los Angeles
James McIachlan
Pasadena
Indianamiz
Girdigi
Indienapolis
Ebbitte Kemtuck
Joseph L. Hhtnock
Covington
Loury
Lexington
McEnary
New Orleane
Metropolitan
Ce Bavey
New Orleens
Riggs
Massachusetts
Wardwue
Haverhil
Henry
Lyons
Brookline
J . Kennedy
Youngstown
Rigga
Henry Bennet
Portsmouth
H McKeehan
Cleveland
New Wilfiid
Gilbert T. Jennings
Francia P Moran
Oklahoma
John BR. Abernathy
Guthrie
Wiley
G@ Haines
Pawhuske
Nationad
Pennsylvania
Sweet
Scranton
A Frank
Johnstons
John A Wilson
Franklin
New Witlard
South Carolina
Eilerbe
Marion
Virginia
Balentina
Fort Hunt
Sherchan
Hubert Mi Ward
Winchertar
Bales
Pavel Martin
Fay Martin
Norfolk
T. McGinwir
Grafton
Barn
Wisconsin
Mansfeld
Milwaukee
Porto Rico
Henry M. Hi Fan Ji
Ore Juan
New
Funeral for Rev Dr Denis Stafford At St Patrick's
Thousands gather for the funeral of Rev Dr Denis Joseph Stafford rector of St Patrick's Church. Cardinal Gibbons and many dignitaries attend the service and escort the body to Mount Olivet Cemetery. Admission is by ticket only with 2600 issued. ceremony led by Rt Rev Bishop Curtis and Rev Dr Fletcher. Cardinal Gibbons presides and offers absolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denis Joseph Stafford
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Cardinal Gibbons
Mer. Falconio
United States
Fairbanks
Justice White
Justice McKenna
Cannon
Bikins
Scott
Macfarland and
West
Father Smyth
St. Patrick's
Roosevelt
Doyle
Ths
Delock
Baltimore
St. Patrick’s Church
William E. Fletcher
Bishop Curtis
J.D Marr
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Mgr Falconio
Charles Bert
Daniel O'Connell
Foledo
Ohio
Philip O'Donnell
Albert Ridgeway
George Dougherty
E. R. Dyer
St. Mary's Seminary
Thomas Lee
St Matthew's Church
Mgr. Falconio
Father Byel
Georgetown University
Father Burns
Holy Cross College
Tenth Street
New York Avenue
Solemmn
Father McGuigan
Father Carroll
Arman Gumprecht
Ead
Rich O Keefe dies as $50000 fortune eludes grasp
Mary O Keefe sixty years old habitual drunkard died in a squalid room above a saloon in New Orleans. An uncle Michael O Keefe left his estate to the sisters Ellen O Keefe would have shared the legacy. The money is held in trust at Grand Rapids. Judge William J Stuart wired that search had been made for nine years for the O Keefe sisters. Former Clerk Barney Here to Help. Harry Barney returns to Capitol to assist the District Committee on legislative affairs for weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary O’keefe
New Orleans
Mary O'Keefe
Ellen O'Keefe
William J Stuart
Superior Court of
Grand Rapids, Mich
O'Keefe
Michael O'Keefe
Grand Rapids
Barney
Harry Barney
House
Capitol
Representative Smith
Movements of Naval Vessels Reported at Several Ports
Movements include Arrived vessels Abarenda and Brutus at Rio de Janeiro Nebraska and San Diego. Sailed Preble from San Francisco to San Diego. Arethusa left Para for Pernambuco Stirling from Para to Rio de Janeiro Saturn from San Francisco toward Magdalena Bay. The Fortune ordered commissioned at Mare Island for fleet service. The Pinta struck from the navy and ordered sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abarenda
Brutus
Rio de Janeiro
Nebraska
San Diego
Preble
San Francisco
Arethusa
Para
Pernambuco
Stirling
Rilo de Janeiro
Saturn
Magdalena Bay
Fortune
Navy Yard
Mare Island
Cal
Magdalene Bay
Navy
Ani
Dr Miles Nervine Promises Relief For Epilepsy
An elderly ad claims Dr Miles Nervine soothes nerves and restores energy, citing a testimonial from Peter McAulty of Massachusetts about his eighteen-year-old daughter who had fits for five years and then stayed attack free for two months after using the product. The ad notes a money-back guarantee and lists Miles Medical Co of Elkhart Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles’ Nervine
Miles
Peter McAul
Eld
Mass
Miles Medical CO
Elkhart
Ind
Discoveries in vital force promise a scientific cure
An interview with J. D. Smith describes life energy research by the Life Electricity Institute on F Street NW and lectures by Mr. McConnell. Smith, long troubled by chronic indigestion, insomnia, and heart problems, reports rapid improvement after starting lectures and self-treatment. The claim: a method to increase vital power and lengthen life, with public lectures at Dupont Circle and the Life Electricity Institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D Smith
Life Electricity Institute
F Street
McConnell
Misses Rainey
Dupont Circle
Hosley Dies After Strain of Long Tow Mission
New York report notes Commander Harry H Hosley DU S N, head of New York harbor and leader of the 1906 towing expedition to Manila, died of heart failure after grip symptoms. Funeral set for Thursday. burial at Arlington. Born New Hampshire, Hosley rose from Naval Academy in 1873 to command the Glacier voyage that hauled the Dewey dry dock across the ocean, a feat praised as demanding and hazardous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harry H Hosley
DU. S. N
Manila
Dewey
New York Yacht Club
Hosley
Olongapo
Nineteenth Street
Arlington
Genevieve
New Hampshire
Naval Academy
Philippine Islands
Chesapeake Bay
Navy Department
Glacier
Boston
W F. ¥Ullam
Hesley
Patuxent River
Hagley
Mediterranean
Army Orders Signal a Large Shifting of Officers
A Washington General Hospital relief clears Maj Horatio G Sickel to join Fort Oglethorpe after sick leave while Maj Jay E Hoffer Maj Clarence Williams and others head to Watertown Arsenal and Philadelphia for gun forgings meetings. Several lieutenants shift seats to hospitals, forts, and assignments with transfers to inspect materiel at Richmond and Tredegar iron works and to Manila with the Philippine Islands transport planned for February. The resignation of Second Lieutenant Warren Lotte is accepted. a Board of Visitors appointment for 1995 is announced including Gen Young and Col Higginson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horatio G Sickel
General Hospital
Washington
Fort Oglethorpe
George Brown
Ninth Cavalry
Edward Anderson
Seventh Cavalry
Army and Navy General
Lewis M Koehler
Fourth Cavalry
Hot Springs
Ark
Army and Navy General Hospital
Edwin D Bricker
Ordnance Department
Tittsburg
Aurora Ind
Cleveland
Ohio
Erie
Wilam Paterson
Coast Artillery Corps
1Gsth
Nat
James EB Wilson
Artillery District
Charleston
Donald W Btrong
Seventh Infantry
Fort ,Brady
Mackinac
Island
Mich
Warren Lotte
Seventeenth Infantry
Albion McD Coffey
Vancouver Barracks
Abambe
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Impereoo
Jetter
Department of Texas
United States Military Academy
S BM Young
Yelowst No
Schwab at Navy Dept for Union Iron Works grant talks
Charles M Schwab, president of Bethlehem Steel, conferred with Secretary Metcalf at the Navy Department about the department's grant of 2004 to Union Iron Works of San Francisco, now owned by Bethlehem Steel. They discussed progress on naval vessel construction at San Francisco yards amid high labor costs and financial stringency as Schwab travels to Cuba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Company
Bigg Navy Department
Metcalf
Department
Union Iron Works
Sann Francisco
South Dakota
California
Ue Bethlehem Steel Company
Schwab
San Francia Yards
Cuba
New Cruiser Below Speed After Navy Seal Fire Rooms Order
Rockland Me Jan 6 The new armored cruiser North Carolina built by Newport News failed to reach 22 knots on fourteen measured mile runs. Unofficial reports say 119 revolutions per minute needed, 117 achieved, due to sealed fire rooms from a Navy order. Tomorrow four hours at sea then a 24 hour Hampton Roads run. No official speed report issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockland
North Carolina
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Tre Rporta
Navy Department
Howest
Hampton Roads
HAZZARD TRIAL POSTPONED FOR DEFENSE COUNSEL
The court martial of Lieut. R F Hazzard of the Seventh United States Infantry, slated to begin at Fort Wayne, is postponed several days to allow the prisoner to confer with counsel Capt E L Glasgow named defense attorney. The court is expected to meet at the fort on Wednesday. Transport Crook sails from Manila with 46 casuals and 3 sick aboard, plus several military officers and medical staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Jane
R F Hazzard
Seventh Unied States Infantry
Fort Wayne
E L Glasgow
Crook
Mama
Manila
Edgar A Machlin
Twenty-fifth Infantry
George L Marton
Richmond McA Schofield
Quartermaster Department
Edmund JD Shortridge
Medical Department
Frank H. Savage
Fifteenth Infantry
Nagasaki
Frank C Baker
Fourteenth Infantry Sails for Manila Route
United States Army transport Sherman departed San Francisco on January 6 bound for Manila via Honolulu and Guam carrying about 1400 passengers, most of them enlisted men from the Fourteenth Infantry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourteenth Infantry
San Francisco
Sherman
Manila
Honolulu
Guam
Orders to Naval Officers
Midshipman W P Hayes detached St Louis to hires Midshipman RA Theobald, detached Chief St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W P Hayes
St Louis
RA Theobald
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Saya
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Sustneé White
Corntess
Department of Justice
Wis & Tarmber
Houston
Waters- Pierce Company
Railroad Company
Standard Oil
Fire Horse
Turkey
Gobbler
Bier
Dr. Stafford
St. Patrick’s
Rich
J. D. Smith
L Street Northwest
GLUB
Philippines
ARMY
Hazzard
Wellville
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