Interstate Rate Ruling Upholds National Rail Regulation
The Interstate Commerce Commission, in a 4 to 3 decision, endorses the supremacy of federal authority over interstate rail traffic. It holds that railroads must equalize rates for interstate and intrastate moves under similar conditions and curb state-imposed price discrimination between Dallas and Texas points and Shreveport. The majority asserts national regulatory power, while minority critics call for new legislation.
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Washington
Mace Public
Interstate’ Commerce Commission
Congress
Railroad Commission of
Islans
St. Louisuithwestern Railway
Louisiana
Texas
Interstate Commission
Lane
Haseen
Commission
Prouty
Clark
Meyer
Clements
Harlan
McChord
Louisiana Commission
Dallas
Shreveport
Texas Railroad Commission
Itn
Chinese Shoot 3 Americans in Hupei Province
A report from Hupei Province states three Americans were shot in separate incidents. Police investigations are underway and no motive is released. The victims are identified as visitors, with local authorities urging calm amid rising tensions.
Senate bribery case rattles New Mexico officials
Testimony before a house committee described a conspiracy to influence four legislators La Cero Montoya Cordova at the Palace hotel bribery scheme. Sena testified of money passing and a signal clap, with two witnesses in a bathroom adjoining. All four defendants pleaded not guilty. bonds set at $2,000 each.
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Santa. Fe
A. A. Sena
House
Lacero
Montoya
Cordova
Sena
Elfego Baca
Palace Hotel
Senate
Baca
Wenceslao, Jaramillo
Jose D. Sena
Lucero
David J. Leahy
Miners Vote Down Pay Hikes in Western Coal Fields
In Cleveland Ohio operators rejected the miners demand for a ten percent wage increase and shorter hours. A subcommittee of eight miners delegates and eight operators will meet to study a possible compromise ahead of a general conference. unions warn of broad impact on 500000 workers and national coal output.
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Cleveland
Pennsylvania
Ohiio
Indiana
Illinois
Disute
John P. White
United Mine Workers of America
White
34 Heroes Honored In Maine Disaster Funeral
President Taft and the cabinet attended ceremonies marking the burial of 34 unidentified Maine wreck victims from Havana harbor fourteen years after the explosion. The funeral began at the White House grounds and ended at Arlington Cemetery with prayers by Rev. G Livingston Bayard and Rev. Father John P. Chadwick.
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White House
Arlington Cemetery
Taft
Washington
United States
Havana Harbor
Maine
McKinley
G. Livingston Bayard
Washington Navy Yard
John P. Chadwick
Negro convict lynched after guard killings in Georgia
In Cochran Georgia Homer Howell a negro convict killed Guard Joseph Coody aged forty and attempted to shoot two other guards at a convict camp a mile from town News says Howell and about sixty inmates plotted to escape Deputies were guarding him en route to Hawkinsville when a mob of about fifty armed men seized the prisoner and strung him up from a telephone pole
Allens Offer to Surrender in Hillsville Case
Sidna Edwards, one of the original five fugitives, is jailed in Hillsville as the Allen group weakens their boast they would never bow to conviction. They sent an emissary to Roanoke officials offering to surrender.
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Hillsville
Allens
Sidna Edwards
Little
Roanoke
Miners Rescued as 25 Tobacco Shaft Survivors Reach Surface
Rescue teams pulled twenty five miners to safety from the San Bois mine after hours of effort. Seventy five miners remained trapped two hundred feet below as rescuers battled poisonous gas and black damp in the shaft.
Jacksonville man admits sending bomb to New York judge
Fred Price alias Fred Newsom, arrested in Florida as a vagrant, confessed to mailing an infernal machine to Judge Rosalski of New York. He says the package was mailed from near Jacksonville and claims detectives will find the records. He also claims to have been a former friend of Folke KE Brandt.
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Florida
Rosalski
Jacksonville
Fla
Fred Price
Alsay
Fred Newsom
Judge Rosalski
New York
Newsom
Fire Horror Trials Halted in Triangle Shirtwaist Case
New York Justice Seabury ruled that Max Blanck and Isaac Harris, owners of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company, could not be retried on a manslaughter charge after their earlier acquittal for the factory fire that killed 142 people.
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New ‘York
Justice- Seabury
Max, Blanck
Isaac
Harris
Triangle
Shirtwaist Company
Judge Carpenter Guides Jury in Sherman Act Beef Trial
Federal Judge George A. Carpenter charges jurors in the large Chicago trial of ten beef magnates indicted under the Sherman act. He emphasizes innocent until proven guilty, beyond reasonable doubt, and that verdict must rest on admissible evidence, not suspicion or public pressure.
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Chicago
George A. Carpenter
Pierce Butler
Arthur Meeker
Armour & Co
Butler
Carpenter
Multiple Midwest Local News Fragments from 1900s
A scattered column reports a missing stamp package valued at $5,000 in Lawrenceburg after a hound snatched it from a messenger. Incidents include a wreck injuring ten in Peru, theft allegations in Anderson, river rescues in South Bend, an estate contest in Columbus, a mail fraud case in Gary, a chicken shower in Greenfield, a fatal interurban collision in Fortville, and a school assault case in Columbus with Tony Tone OD noted.
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Columbus
Adam Zwick
Deneen Calls Extra Session For Primary Act Vote
Governor Deneen at his Chicago headquarters issues a call for a special session of the legislature to amend the primary act to ensure a favorable vote on the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Deneen
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Patient
A Virginia woman from Odd, Virginia shares relief after years of illness. She states recovery from hemorrhage and back pain with Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and urges others to seek its guidance from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Mass. in confidence.
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Odd
Lydia E. Pinkham
Martha L. Holloway
Lydia
Am Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Playwright Twin Rivalry Sparks Theatrical Feud
Fragmentary lines mention two writers or figures amid a heated dispute. Names and context are unclear, but the clash is described as headline material with a sense of larger-than-life stakes and personal pride.
Spendthrift and Fighting Over Plans Noted
Fragmentary OCR reads like characters debating a plan and spending habits. The text mentions Puck and a struggle over strategy, but few concrete details remain to confirm who acts or what outcome is intended.
Election Time Shapes Political Economy in Liberality
A compact note outlines how liberal policies influence the upcoming election period. Analysts discuss potential shifts in spending, taxation, and governance as parties court voters ahead of polls. Local leaders weigh priorities amid national trends and regional concerns.
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Wushan
Ade, Province
China
Ncident
Black
Guard
Mob
Sherift
Outlawa
Richeson
Boston
Foss
Lawrenceburg
Greendale ‘Distilling Company
Roy Elder
Peru
L. A Edwards
Juanita Chapel
Maude Hackermann
Frank Farrell
William Mullican
Missouri Girl’ ‘Show Company
Fort Wayne & Northern Indiana
Wabash and Erie Canal
Anderson
Indiana Rolling Mill Company
Newcastle
Martinus Cederkirk
Thomas Broderick
South Bend
St. Joseph River
Chester Hawk
John Melcher
Henry Gollock
Gary
William Rhodes
Pittsburg
W. H. Kliver
Greenfield
Myr
Alvah Keats
Fortville
Union
Ess
Jacob
Stucker
Wayne
Suathe Kinney
William Walker
Agasault
Edith ‘Stucker
Tony
The
Teats
Pri ‘Mary
Solons
Sun Tso
Goa
Tiepherth
Baye Busted
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