Rockefeller Subpena to Testify Before Judge Landis in Chicago
United States subpenas John D Rockefeller to appear in Chicago July 6 before Judge Kenesaw M Landis to testify regarding Standard Oil finances. The government seeks access to financial data after defense refusals. Rockefeller could be arrested for contempt if he resists and the case centers on illegal freight rates charged by Standard Oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States of America
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil
Landis
Federal Court
Rockefeller
Kenesaw M. Landis
Indiana
United States
District Court
Standard Oil Company
Chicago & Alton Road
Standard Ot
Harriman Arrested At Yale Harvard Race
New London Conn special dispatch says E H Harriman railroad financier was arrested by Lt Bailard Roosevelt naval aid during the Yale Harvard varsity race. Harriman came to view the race on his yacht Sultana and was warned for trespassing on the committee boat area before being taken to the revenue cutter in custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
Conn
E. H. Harriman
Harvard
Dallard
Roosevelt
Harriman
Bailard
Ballard
Osart
Mr. Harrimann
Dollar of 1804 Brings $3,690 at Philadelphia Sale
A United States silver dollar from the 1804 coin age sold for $3,690 at the sale of the late M. A. Stickney collection in Philadelphia. The event included a Brasher doubloon selling for $6,200 to a sealer, though its face value is $16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelpha
United States
M. A. Stickney
New York
Beauty Girl Divorced in Goshen Case
Mrs Eva Domer Clough of Goshen Ind was divorced last week from Leslie V Clough of Sioux Falls SD after a marriage of less than a year. Clough was among the American Beauty girls taken to London from New York and shown at the English court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goshen
Ind
Eva Domer-Clough
Leslie V. Clough
Sioux Falls
S. D
Assayers Arrested in Nevada Ore Theft Case
In Goldfield Nevada special report assayers were arrested after 1 596 pounds of high grade ore valued at 50000 dollars were recovered from the Little Florence Mine. The heist involved a rich ore stash allegedly stolen by the assayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldfield, Nev
Hive
Little Florence
Fire Sweeps Jamestown Fair Area Destroying Frames
Fire that began in the Berkley Hotel at Pine Beach near Jamestown exposition grounds leveled frame structures over a wide stretch between Virginia and Maryland avenues and streets 1002 and 1003 including Exposition avenue. Loss estimated from 200000 to 250000 dollars with about 20 percent insured.
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Norfolk
Berkley
Pine Beach
Jamestown Exposition Grounds
Virginia
Maryland Avenues
Exposition Avenue
Envy as awkward homage in merit La Motte reference
An unclear statement hints at envy as an awkward homage tied to a merit citation involving La Motte. The fragment suggests literary or critical commentary but lacks concrete events, dates, or identifiable individuals beyond La Motte.
Yale Adviser Walter Camp Reports Odd Oxford Baseball
Walter Camp the Yale athletic adviser traveled from Europe aboard the Caronia with his wife. In England he saw a baseball game between Oxford Rhodes scholars and an England footballers team. The score reached 52 to 38 after three innings with little crowd enthusiasm and overcooked play.
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New York
Walter Camp
Yale
Europe
England
Rhodes
Oxford
Camp
Three convicts hang for Missouri Penitentiary escape attempt
In Jefferson City Missouri special report notes Harry Vaughan Edward Raymond and George Ryan convicts hanged at the county jail for killing guard John Clay during a November 24 1905 escape attempt. Deputy Werden See and two others were wounded and Edmond Blake killed in the gunfire surrounding the breakout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Harry Vaughan
Edward Raymond
St. Louis
George Ryan
Kansas City
John Clay
Scott
E. Allison
Edmond Blake
Clay
Supreme Court
Vaughan
Werden See
See
Blake
Ellison
Raymond
Ryan
General Kuroki Aims to Deepen U S Japan Ties
General Kuroki and his party arrived after a visit to the United States. They praised the warm reception by both the American government and the people. He said the trip should foster better understanding between the two nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Kuroki
United States
Great Beer Trust Forming in Midwest Industry Merger
James G. Brailey of Toledo leads a planned brewery merger expanding from St. Louis to Ohio and targeting a nationwide consolidation of nearly all beer manufacturers into a billion dollar combination. The Cincinnati special notes Brailey’s role in the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Beer Trust Farming
Cincinnati
James Gs. Brailey
Toledo
St. Louis
Ohio
United States
Divorce Suit Stirs Muncie Society Circles
Mrs Harriet Anthony files for divorce from Charles H Anthony a wealthy horseman and businessman in Muncie Indiana drawing social interest due to her reputation as eastern Indiana finest dressed woman with gowns costing thousands for a single season
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
Harriet Anthony
Charles H. Anthony
Anthony
Indiana
Disaster at Chinese Theater in Victoria Broadcast
A Hong Kong dispatch reports a devastating fire at a Chinese theater in Victoria British Columbia. Six hundred audience members and ten actors perished as the building burned and collapsed, with flames said to have started from explosives under the floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
B. C
Hong Kong
Great Britain Moves to Form Steel Trust Big Firms In Britain Unite
London cable reports a nine firm steel combine led by Vickers Sons & Maxim bends to curb American and German rivals. Companies like John Brown & Co Cammell Laird Northeastern Steel Dorman Long Guest Keen Nettlefolds Baldwin and Stewart Lloyd join, with over 130 million dollars in capital. The plan mirrors the German trust with price regulation output sharing and order allocation to dominate world steel trade while U S and German competition remains wary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
Germany
Great Britain
Vickers Sons & Maxim
John Brown & Co
Harland & Wolff Company
German Trust
Vickers’ Sons & Maxim
Cammel, Laird & Co
Northeastern Steel Company
Dorman & Long Company
Guest, Keen & Nettlefolds
Baldwin Company
Stewart, Lloyd & Co
Coolest June in 75 years noted by Weather Bureau
The Weather Bureau reports the just closed June was the coolest on record in Washington for 75 years and likely similarly cool in New England the Middle Atlantic states and the lower lake region. Temperatures were lower across the country. The official note cites atmospheric pressure patterns over the Canadian maritime provinces and the North Atlantic driving prevailing ocean winds in northeastern districts and blocking continental lows in the Ohio Valley or off the New England coast.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
New England
Middle Atlantic States
Lower Lake Region
United States
Canadian
Maritime Provinces
North Atlantic
Ohio Valley
Town Slips Into the Missouri River at Elwood Kansas
Elwood Kansas, sixty miles north of Kansas City, is gradually washing into the Missouri River. The town lies in the river bottom across from St. Joseph Missouri. Settled in 1855 it once rivaled St. Joseph and fifty years ago the river ate the levee causing house moves. Now almost all of the original townsite is gone except about fifty acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Elwood
Kan
Missouri River
St. Joseph
Alfonso Saves Own Life in Knife Attack on Car
King Alfonso narrowly survived an assassination attempt as a man leaped onto his moving car and stabbed at him with a dagger. The king blocked the blow with a sharp hand strike, causing the weapon to fall away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Alfonso
First Gun for Bryan Campaign Opens in Wyoming
Wyoming chosen to fire the first gun in the drive to win the Democratic nomination for William J. Bryan. James C. Dahlman Omaha mayor and Democratic national committeeman from Nebraska will fire the gun in a sequence of ten speeches.
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Bryan
Omaha
Neb
Wyoming
William J. Bryan
James C. Dahlman
Nebraska
American Girl Weds Count in Boston Area Ceremony
Miss Cornelia Van Rennsselaer Thayer, daughter of Nathaniel Thayer, wed Count Carl Moltke of Copenhagen on a Saturday ceremony at the bride's father's home in Lancaster Massachusetts. Bishop William Lawrence of the Massachusetts Episcopal Diocese officiated the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster, Mase
Cornelia van Rennsselaer Thayer
Nathaniel Thayer
Carl Moltke
Copenhagen
William Lawrence
Episcopal Diocese of
Massachusetts
Steel Trust Moves to Seize Homes Along Lake Shore
United States Steel Corporation plans to control traffic from Chicago to Gary and has issued notices to vacate fifty houses in Indiana Harbor. In a $250,000 deal the Steel Trust bought lakefront land from East Chicago Company, enabling Chicago Lake Shore Eastern Railway to begin seizure actions against fifty families.
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Chicago
United States Steel Corporation
Lake Shore
Gary
Indiana Harbor
Steel Trust
East Chicago Company
Chicago, Lake Shore & Eastern Railway
Warn Americans on Japan, says Baptist official
Rev Henry C Mable general secretary of the American Baptist Mission Union warns Americans not to underestimate Japan. He notes a standing army of 1,000,000 and daily jiu jitsu training producing square, stocky soldiers, asserting no nation can afford to contemn Japanese efficiency or valor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Henry Co. Mable
American Baptist Mission Union
Korea
Orient
Japan
Tommy Atkins
Berlin Lieutenant Plans Africa Auto Crossing
Lieutenant Graetz of the Prussian army will depart Berlin to attempt the first automobile crossing of Africa starting from Dar es-Salaam around August 10. He aims to traverse East Africa, Central Africa, Rhodesia, Southwest Africa and Swakopmund in about six weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Graetz
Africa
Dar es-Salaam
German East Africa
British Central Africa
Rhodesia
German Southwest Africa
Swakopmund
Cummings backs Roosevelt for Republican nomination
Governor A B Cummins of Minneapolis declares for Roosevelt as the Republican nominee amid talk on interstate commerce and corporate regulation as key issues. He asserts Roosevelt will be nominated and that no man can decline to serve under such circumstances despite Roosevelt’s stated unwillingness to run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
A. B. Cummins
Town
Roosevelt
Republican Party
Cummings
West Hotel
Bisbee Fire Ravages Ten Acres and Hundreds of Homes
A Saturday fire in Bisbee Arizona menaced the town with high winds and a scarce water supply. Firefighters blew up buildings with dynamite to halt the blaze. About ten acres burned and over 200 houses on Whi huahua Hill were destroyed along with part of the business district. The blaze started in a gasoline explosion at the Colorado Hotel.
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Bisbee
Ariz
Whihuahua Hill
Colorado Hotel
President May Hunt Big Game
Oyster Bay New York special report says Sir John Harrington British minister to Abyssinia is guest of the President. Harrington, famed hunter of lions and elephants, dined with the President who is said to have discussed African game hunting. He invited the President to join a 1909 hunting trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oyster Bay
N. Y
John Harrington
Abyssinia
John
Africa
Sir John
Roosevelt's Double Visits Berlin Draws Attention
Daniel Donovan of Philadelphia serves as a Roosevelt look alike visiting Berlin. Local American colony members admire the likeness and Donovan reports he is often mistaken for the President in Oyster Bay where a relative lives. He concedes the President is more handsome.
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Berlin
Roosevelt
Daniel Donovan
Philadelphia
Donovan
Oyster Bay
Figured in Big Robbery Connection in Two States
A Jewish girl surrendered to police and confessed involvement in the June 26 treasury wagon robbery. The blast killed two bank employees and wounded many others, with $170,000 taken. The confession followed remorse and was linked to the Tiflis Cable case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiflis
Treasury
Imperial Bank
Rich Man Sinks to Death in Wisconsin Lake
Word comes from St Paul of the drowning death of Frederick M. Tozer a wealthy Wisconsin lumberman near St. Croig Falls Bal sam Lake. He and companions were in a boat that overturned during a voyage.
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St. Paul
Balsam Lake
St. Croig Falls
Wis
Frederick M. Tozer
Red Flag to Wave at Amsterdam Cable Congress
Anarchist delegates from around the world will meet in Amsterdam this August to discuss methods for overthrowing established governments at a great congress organized by Amsterdam Cable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Hanly Sees Unsettled Political Climate At Pittsburg
Special Governor J. Frank Hanly of Indiana spoke at the Pittsburg Synod event and, amid interview remarks, said he would retire from politics after his term to return to law practice in Indianapolis. He ruled out a Senate bid and forecast eventual settlement of national issues before the next Republican nominating convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
J. Frank Hanly
Indiana
Chamber of Commerce
Duquesne Club
Young People’s Convention
Senate
Hanly
Knox
Yale
Archduke Granted Absolute Divorce
Archduke Leopold of Austria has obtained an absolute divorce from his Bavarian actress wife with whom he eloped. He may return to Vienna where the Emperor is ready to restore titles. Leopold used the name Leopold Wolfing in the suit, and the wife was known for a simple life insistence that led to an unhappy marriage.
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Geneva
Archduke Leopold of
Austria
Saxony
M. Giron
Vienna
Emperor of
Leopold Wolfing
Mme. Adamovries
Lightning strikes scissors in Newport store
Miss Ida Himsworth, a Newport saleswoman on Market Street, was trimming her nails with scissors when a lightning bolt struck the scissors. The blades broke into three pieces and she was shocked but not seriously hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
Ida Himsworth
Newport
Pickpocket's Rich Haul From Brooklyn Bridge Crash
A pickpocket stole 6350 from Peter Worth a bookmaker. The money remains missing as George Howard is arrested on Worths complaint and charged with jostling him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn Bridge
Peter Worth
George Howard
Worth
Kaiser and Kaiserin to visit British royals this fall
In a bid to ease Anglo German tensions the Kaiser and Kaiserin will visit King Edward and Queen Alexandria in England this fall. The rulers, though uncle and nephew, reportedly harbor mutual cordial dislike yet agree to make the gesture for peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Kaiserin
Edward
Alexandria
England
Peasants Burn Estate in Tula Russia Riot
The incendiary diary movement spreads among peasants in retaliation for the dissolution of parliament. Six estates are burned including those of Count Vladimir Bobrinsky, a Constitutional Democratic leader, and Princess Vladbolakaya.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tula
Russia
Cabie
Vladimir Bobrinsky
Constitutional Democratic Party
Vladbolakaya
Government's Income Shows Large Surplus This Year
Washington special notes the government closed its fiscal year with a surplus of about 87 million dollars, one of the largest net balances on record. It compares this to 1902 when the surplus was about 91.3 million, the largest since 1890.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bath yard launches USS Chester scout cruiser in new class
The Chester, a bath iron works launch, is one of three scout cruisers authorized by Congress on April 7 1904. The vessel costs 1 638 000 dollars and represents a completely new type for the United States Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Navy
Bath
Chester
United States Navy
Bath Iron Works
No institution makes itself sacred by labeling others secular
A concise reflection on religious authority noting that sanctity cannot be assured by deeming competing groups secular, urging humility and coexistence among beliefs.
Francis Murphy Dies Temperance Pioneer at 71
Francis Murphy long a noted temperance advocate dies at his daughter’s Los Angeles home at 71 after years of ill health. An apostle of temperance, he claimed twelve million pledges signed and spoke at over twenty five thousand meetings across the United States since arriving in 1856. He began public work in 1870 and helped thousands renounce strong drink in Pittsburg and elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Francis Murphy
Wayland Trask
St. Andrew's Place
Murphy
United States
Pennsylvania
Portland
Pittsburg
Old Home
Ex Judge Loving Acquitted In Virginia.double parallel to Thaw case
In Nelson County Virginia ex judge William G Loving was found not guilty after a trial for the murder of Theodore Estes son of Sheriff M K Estes. The case contrasted with the later Thaw White affair as Loving's daughter Elizabeth testified of Estes alleged assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Loving
Virginia
Harry Thaw
New York
Stanford White
Theodore Estes
Evelyn Thaw
William G.loving
Nelson
Thomas F. Ryan
M. K Estes
Nelson County
Estes
Oak Ridge
Elizabeth Loving
Judge Loving
Barksdale
Taft Promise Provokes Havana Cable Protest
General Castillo, a leader from the last revolution, protests Secretary Taft's forecast that the American occupation will endure 18 more months. He told Governor Magoon he would cable Mr. Taft that such promises to the revolutionary committee would not be kept if the occupation lasts that long.
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Havana
Castillo
Taft
Magoon
Revolutionary Committee
Napier Driver Sets 24 Hour World Speed Record
London cable reports S F Edge the Napier automobileist broke all world records by driving a sixty horsepower Napier six cylinder car on the Brooklird cement motor track. After twenty four hours the record stood at 1581 miles 1310 yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
S. F. Edge
Napier Automobilist
Brooklird
Hege
Yale Man Killed in Auto Crash at Commencement
A Yale University auto accident killed D. Leet Oliver a senior in the Sheffield Scientific School and prominent member of St. Anthony's fraternity. The crash injured two other students and another man casting gloom over commencement exercises. Oliver was the son of Mrs. J. B. Oliver of Pittsburgh and among Yale’s upper classmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Yale University
D. Leet Oliver
J. B. Oliver
Pittsburg
Sheffield Scientific School
St. Anthony’s
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