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Attorney General Moody reports that he had a discussion with Elihu Root concerning the injunction in a suit in the New Jersey District, including the payment of dividends.
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1904-08-13
Senator Lodge informs President Roosevelt that Assistant District Attorney Casey dropped a suit against a mail carrier who was stealing mail and that Casey also received money from the mail carrier’s mother to retain legal counsel. Lodge asks Roosevelt to have the Attorney General contact Edward Mansfield to learn about this case. He would also like the Attorney General to speak with Stebbins in regard to the Curley case. In addition, Lodge discusses his voyage.
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1904-07-24
Robert Barnwell Roosevelt writes to President Roosevelt to share with him the details of a court brief involving Harry Earl Biscoe. Roosevelt believes the charges are ridiculous. He tells President Roosevelt he expects to see him soon at a wedding.
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1904-06-11
Civil Service Commissioner Cooley urges a settlement of Mrs. O’Donohue’s case. O’Donohue is demoralizing the office and appropriations have been received to remove detailed clerks.
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1904-05-18
Chronology of the daily life of Theodore Roosevelt from January 1892 to December 1898. Notable events include the death of Elliott Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt is appointed New York City Police Commissioner, his tenure as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, the Spanish-American War, and Roosevelt’s gubernatorial campaign.
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1985
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt sends John Robert Procter, president of the Civil Service Commission, an enclosed document, and asks Procter if he should do anything regarding the matter.
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1897-05-21
Charles J. Bonaparte supplies Theodore Roosevelt with details about when several lawsuits were begun against trusts during Roosevelt’s presidency. Bonaparte confirms that he advised the bringing of suits against both Standard Oil and the Tobacco Trust, and supervised both while he was Attorney General. He asks Roosevelt what he knows about a political alliance mentioned in an enclosed letter, as he is not sure that it is aimed at upholding the original principles of the Republican party, as it suggests.
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1911-07-26
The Outlook follows up on reporting on a lawsuit against individuals connected with the sugar trust, including Gustav E. Kissel. The defendants’ lawyers argue that the statute of limitations was up before they were charged with conspiracy, but the Supreme Court found that the statute of limitations did not apply. The Outlook corrects previous reporting in which it had implied that Kissel deliberately misled Adolph Segal in a conspiracy to gain control of the Pennsylvania Sugar Company. New evidence shows that this is not the case.
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1910
William Nelson Cromwell advises President Roosevelt and Attorney General Philander C. Knox that the civil tribunal of the Seine has dismissed the lawsuits brought by Colombia and Lucien N. B. Wyse to prohibit the new Panama Canal Company from being transferred to the United States.
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1904-03-31
The attached letter by Benjamin B. Hampton regarding investigation into the American Tobacco Company betrays Hampton’s poor grasp of the situation and the law in general. Attorney General Bonaparte in particular notes a section where Hampton suggests that President Roosevelt and founder of the American Tobacco Company James Buchanan Duke settle the matter privately as gentlemen rather than through the court system.
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1907-11-11
The San Francisco Bulletin publishes a statement from attorney Charles Stetson Wheeler, in which Wheeler criticizes defense attorneys who try to win cases on technicalities and set “traps” for lawyers and judges to get higher courts to offer their clients new trials. These attorneys try to prolong trials, slow down the courts, and are thus obstructing justice. In particular, the attorneys for the “graft trials” in San Francisco are doing this, and turning public opinion against those who are trying to hold their clients accountable. Wheeler asserts that such attorneys should be punished.
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1908-11-15
Supreme Court Justice Holmes presents the opinion of the court regarding several appeals from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York involving the Interstate Commerce Commission, Edward Henry Harriman and Otto H. Kahn. Holmes rules that the power of the Interstate Commerce Commission to compel testimony is limited, and only applies when conducting investigations into specific breaches of the law.
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1908-12-14
A record of the various legal documents involved in an appellate case between Peter A. Juley and Town Topics Publishing Company, including the appeal, summons, complaint, and decision.
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1906-07
Special Assistant to the Attorney General Richards responds to Attorney General Bonaparte’s notice of reports of his misconduct. The purported misconduct relates to suits against Senator Robert L. Owen’s cancelling of Native American land deeds. Richards describing his actions in the case, as well as those from the Interior Department and Owen. He asserts his innocence in the matter, and suggests that proceedings be brought against Owen due to his violation of Section 2111, R. S.
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1908-09-18
William H. Taft more fully explains to President Roosevelt the issue of the Southern railways.
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1908-08-26
President Roosevelt informs Attorney General Bonaparte that he does not want to any action concerning the southern railroads without knowing all the facts and is confident of a win. He believes Judge Peter Stenger Grosscup’s decision will be vital to the issue.
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1908-08-15
At a meeting of Fayette County Democrats in Kentucky, the participants resolved to form The Democrats’ Parker and Davis Club of Fayette County, and to work to elect Democrat Alton B. Parker as President. The article also provides updates on Judge Watts Parker and several cases in the District Court in Fayette County, as well as news about a farmer shipping diseased sheep, and the opening of schools in Kentucky.
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1904-09-13
George F. Murray recently shot and killed James German for having “caused the infidelity of his wife” while he was away on business. Murray will stand trial in Kettner tomorrow. Prior to this incident, Murray was a valuable officer in the mounted police service, and had previously served as a Rough Rider during the Spanish-American War.
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1908-03-18
Several changes should be made to a speech, with portions variously needing to be struck out or added. The contents of the speech seem to be about labor conditions, employment, and class relations, most likely related to the recent Supreme Court Ruling in Adair vs. U.S., establishing that it is unconstitutional to forbid interstate officers or inter-state carriers from firing workers who join labor organizations.
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1908-01-27
President Roosevelt asks District Attorney Baker to give his personal attention to the murder case against United States Representative James Thomas Heflin. Roosevelt says Heflin must face consequences. He asks Baker to call on him to discuss the matter.
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1908-03-29