Attorney General Moody Rules on Eight Hour Law for Isthmian Works
Moody concludes eight hour limits apply to US government and contractors on US public works, not to Isthmian Canal Commission offices or Panama Railroad and Steamship Line. He warns against involuntary servitude via peonage, urges careful contracting and enforcement to avoid coercive labor practices, and leaves enforcement details to the Isthmian Canal Commission.
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Moody
Panama
United States
Panama Canal
Isthmian Canal
Congress
House of Labor
United States Congress
Secretary of War
District of
Co Jims
District of Coumbia
Hawans Railroad
Stamship Line
Pris
India
Cannot Make Shah Pay Bankrupt Persian Monarch Grandly
Special dispatch reports the Shah of Persia cannot be forced to pay debts contracted in France as a sovereign not subject to French law. An architect who built the Persian pavilion at the Paris Exposition faced payment demands from laborers who received decorations. their suit led to the architect’s bankruptcy and a bid to distrain the Shah’s baggage was denied by the court.
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Canses Bank
Washington Post
Parla
Persia
France
Kretechmar
Szech
Royal Palace
Ansils
Kretachmar
Kretschmer
Bretachmar
Humbert
Hawren
Kretschmar
Sujtaches
Rupert
Bretschmar
Attempt on Archbishop Ibarra in Tetela del Oro
In Tetela del Oro Puebla state a bomb was thrown at the roof of the parish house where Archbishop Ibarra was visiting. The blast wrecked the dining room but the archbishop and the priest escaped injury as they had left moments earlier. The incident drew heightened excitement across the area.
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Washington Post
Mexico City
Mex
Tetela del Oro
Puebla
Ibarra
Loomis Bowen Case Tangled in Washington Return
Minister Russell reports to Taft on arrival in Hampton Roads after Virginia trip. Taft to convene Loomis and Bowen for a formal hearing as Russell becomes the last witness. report to the President awaited.
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Russell
Taft
Hampton Roads
Beerstory
Washington
Virginia
United States
Colombia
Loomis
Bowen
Loomis-Bowen
Tragic grafted skin operation ends in death of Lydia Finnegan
In Philadelphia at Methodist Hospital a skin graft from her half brother Edward Ickes failed to save Lydia Finnegan who died two hours after the procedure. The operation involved grafting skin from Edward onto Lydia’s throat and chin to repair injuries from a prior accident. Mother Rebecca Finnegan, distraught, recalls a wax-flower incident that left Lydia scarred.
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Lydia Finnegan
Washington Post
Philadelphia
Methodist Hospital
Broad and
Wailf Streets
Lydia
Edward Ickes
Ickea
Drapellesay
Roberts
Rob Terts
Edward
Rebecca Finnegan
Coal Forge
Butler County
A Minister of War by Edward Mott Woolley
An 19th century melodrama unfolds in Morena where Minister of War Kretaachmier confronts a death warrant for Lieut Fellicsona, a plotting spy. A condemned soldier’s sister pleads, a disguise leads to a midnight palace plot, escape by a secret door, and a threatened revolution as love and duty collide. The King’s vengeance and a looming raid drive the suspense.
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Willams Kretachmer
Morena
Fellicsona
Moranta
Kretachmara
Aca
Camela
Saya Ha
Himaelf
Bleyem
Rupert
Mussoy
Mintser Gras
Marion Fie
Ruaale
Thia Sury
Torments of the Night in the Minister of War's Study
The minister of war endures a sleepless, guilt-ridden night. He burns letters and a photograph in a quest to purge traitorous memories, wrestling with love versus duty to the king. The cathedral chimes at 2 am soothe his strained nerves as dawn nears.
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Kretschmar
A Morania Kingdom Love and Murder in Shadowed Castle
Minister Kretschmar, torn by loyalty and passion, confronts a night of intruders and insidious plots as a mysterious assassin kills King Rupert. Dreams and dread haunt him while a servant reports a palace stranger. The tragedy ends with Rupert slain and Kretschmar facing a new, perilous future.
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Kretschmar
Rupert
Kretschmer
Enoldas
Editor Post Warns Earth Orbit Plot Sparks Fear Worldwide
A Buenos Ayres letter by Louisa Bello claims a Canadian astronomer intends to divert Earth from its orbit to explore space. The note warns such a move would threaten humanity, provoking international intervention to stop the scheme. The writer appeals to American readers to publish the warning.
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America
Buenos Ayres
Adolf Enrique Antégnini
Iyneh
Mars
Venus
Louisa Bello
MEAT TRUST INQUIRY AND DISTRICT COURT UPDATES
Federal grand jury continues beef industry investigation with possible indictments. Justice Gould to hear criminal cases to clear docket before summer vacation. Lipscomb embezzlement case linked to Crawford case. prospect of early July jury trials. Treasury receipts shown. Panama fever case reported. Hood's Sarsaparilla touted as remedy for weakness.
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Chicago
United States District Attorney
Godman
C. B. Morrison
Washington
Moody
Justice Gould
District Supreme Court
Gould
Beach
Andrew A. Lipscomb
Crawford
Wright
Job Barnerd
Supreme Court
Boston
Yes Circuit Court
New York Merchants Push Reciprocity and Chinese Exclusion Reform
New York Merchants Association backs reciprocity treaties with Europe and urges Congress to negotiate with China for freer entry for nonlaborers while regulating undesired immigration. The South Manufacturing Association protested the Chinese exclusion act and sent delegates to Washington. Postmasters were appointed in several states, including Maine and New York.
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New York
Merchants’ Association
Congress
China
United States
Ae Augusta
Beccea
United Sates
Indian Buffalo Hunt Sparks Protests Over Slaughter Plan
Dan Beard reports a Buffalo hunt tied to a wild West show at 101 ranch Bliss Oklahoma, with 35 buffalos to be killed and 5,000 Indians to participate. Protests target government sanction and removal of the species, with telegrams sent to Interior and War Secretaries and to Miller Brothers.
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Washington Post
New York
Dan Beard
Recreation
101 Ranch
Bliss
Okla
Oklahoma
Beard
Miller Brothers
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of War
United States
Blas, Oxte
Miler Brothers
Aiarien
Faw
Ita
Elk
Ohio
Blacs
Rate discrimination against Vermont railroads upheld by ICC decision
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled against Central Vermont Railway and Rutland Railroad in favor of Capital City Gas. It found joint coal rates from Norwood to Montpelier discriminative, setting 90 cents per ton for railroad supply coal and a 15 per ton combination rate for coal moved between the same points for manufacturing or domestic use.
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Commission
Hackensack postmaster appointment stirs local intrigue
A new chapter in Hackensack New Jersey postmaster saga shows a local milkman and prominent New Jersey social figure William Jeffers vying for the office. Vice President Fairbanks sparked Indiana newspaper attention by backing Jeffers, while Thomas Cum ming had earlier been urged. The situation widens as Barry the milk dealer presses influence and claims of deal making surface, complicating a delicate federal decision.
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Hackensack
N. J
Fairbanks
Thomas J. Cumming
William Jeffers
New Jersey
Jeffersie
United States Senate
Hobart
Jeffers
Indiana
Fefers
Compieintie
Cumming
Ring
Barrys
Wortel
Wills Filed for Probate and Estate Updates
Will of Anna Howell Stewart dated March 2 1901 filed for probate. Bequests include 1000 to cousin Catherine E Smith 500 to servant Amelia Gibbons and household heirlooms to son Andrew Stewart. Grandchildren receive shares at age 25 with Andrew Stewart and Samuel J Millard in trust. Andrew Stewart as executor. Other wills: Fontaine Meury Gregory estate to widow Lucy F Gregory as executrix. Samuel Joseph Haislett estate to widow Hannah E Haislett with homestead as part of estate. Forestry Bureau names 29 students for summer data collection under foresters.
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Anna Howell Stewart
Anne Howell Stewart
Catherine E. Smith
Amelia Gibbons
Andrew Stewart
Samuel J. Millard
Howell Stewart
Barton Shriver Stewart
Teatatrix
West Fund
Adrow Stewart
Fontaine Meury Gregory
Ja Jett
Lucy F. Gregory
Samuel Joseph Haislett
Hannah E Haislett
Meridian Hal
May Extend Strike Decided Tonight With Rioting Articles
Chicago labor turmoil grows as Team Owners decide whether to resume deliveries or let strikers prevail. Shea backs a $22,000 strike fund to sustain action for weeks while 8,000 more workers may join if deliveries resume. Two colored officers protected nonunion drivers amid a riot at Leavitt and Blue Island, with a cable train aiding strikers and the conductor arrested.
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Shea
Chicago
Teamsters
Team Owners’ Association
Team Owners Association
Leavitt Street
Blue Island Avenue
Heirs Seek Court Appointed Receiver for Carusi Property
Eugene Carusi and other heirs at law of late Nathaniel Carusi sue Catherine A. Carusi in District Supreme Court to appoint a receiver to take possession of 118 and ilg P street northwest. The suit cites unpaid quarterly charges of 126.17, taxes, and needed repairs since a July 20 decree granting dower and income distribution. Charles F. Carusi represents the complainants.
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District Supreme Court
Eugene Carusi
Nathaniel Carusi
Catherine A. Carusi
Ilg P Street
Yeeres
Charles F. Carusi
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Edward Mott Wooller
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Sweet One
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Waa
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