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Newspaper
Ashton Gazette
Location
Ashton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1907
Page
2
Bribery Charged Millionaire Oil Man to Be Arraigned
John S. Glenn of Buffalo New York a millionaire oil operator will be arraigned in Pawnee Oklahoma to plead to an indictment by a federal grand jury charging bribery and conspiracy in attempts to lease 300000 acres of Osage Indian lands in 1905. The indictment asserts he offered Osage citizens 2000 to secure aid of influential men to manipulate the Osage council. One Osage reportedly threatened to block the plan, and Glenn allegedly agreed the man should receive 20000 upon success. A major legal question concerns whether bribing an Indian council is a crime.
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John S. Glenn
Buffalo
N. Y
Pawnee
Okla
Glenn
Osage Council
Abe Ruef
United Railroads Company
Schmitz
San Francisco
Scumitz
Ruef
Grand Jury
Frederick W. Dohermann
Crime Breaks Record in New York Official Report
The annual chief clerk report from New York's district attorney notes a felonies surge in 1906 with more homicides and assaults, 53 convictions in 1905 contrasted with 110 indictments in 1905, while a Kanawha Fuel dissolution leads to Cabin Creek Consolidated Coal. A Fort Gibson school tragedy, a Belle Center baby hat pin tale, and Louisa Douglas's marriage to a gardener round out disparate items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Attorney's Office
New York
Kanawha Fuel Company
Columbus
Ohio
Cabin Creek Consolidated Coal Company
Ottawa High School Graduates Strike For Diploma
Ottawa Kansas students in the graduating class refused to proceed with commencement until the faculty issued a diploma to a neglected member and allowed him to take his place on the platform, showing loyalty to a classmate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Kan
Standard Oil Monopoly Report by Commissioner Smith
Herbert Knox Smith reports to the President that Standard Oil used rebates and pipeline evasion to throttle competition and establish a practical monopoly in the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Facts
Herbert Knox Smith
Standard Oil Company
St Paul Road Guilty Pleads to Two NY Car Charges
Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul rail road pleaded guilty to two car charges in New York and paid a total fine of 620000. The guilty plea hinges on railroad operations and financial penalties, reflecting federal or state enforcement action in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul Road
Chicago, Milwaukee and St
Bishop Pays Back His Salary
A Nebraska Episcopal bishop returns $600 a year for eight years after criticism over living in New York while the coadjutor bishop performed the work. The Reverend George Worthington is noted in connection with the repayment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal
Nebraska
New York
George Worthington
Presbyterians Abroad Seek United Church Union
At the 119th General Assembly in Columbus Ohio the morning sermon by Rev Dr Ira Landrith urged united effort toward merging with the Southern Presbyterian church The assembly elected Rev William H Roberts of Philadelphia as moderator The Southern Presbyterians met in Birmingham Alabama opening their seventy-seventh session Meanwhile Cumberland Presbyterians met in Dickson Tennessee for their annual assembly
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian General Assembly
Union
119Th General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church
Memorial Hall
Columbus
Ohio
Ira Landrith
Nashville
Cumberland Presbyterian Assembly
William H. Roberts
Philadelphia
Landrith
Southern Presbyterian Church
Dr. Landrith
South
Southwest
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church In the
United States
Southern Presbyterians
Birmingham
Ala
Allen G. Ifall
J. R. Howerton
Montreal
N. C
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Dickson
Tenn
Bethlehem Church
McAdow
J. L. Hudgins
M Hudgins
Schmitz
All Around the Globe Summary of several local items
Hierman Bowie, who killed Frank Jarmes at Norfolk Nebraska, was captured near Norfolk. George B. Butler, portrait painter, died at his home near Croton Falls New York in his seventies. An ore mine accident at Riddlesburg Pennsylvania left three dead and six injured, three fatally. The four story Graham Paper Company warehouse in St. Louis suffered fire and water damage estimated at fifty thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hierman Bowie
Frank Jarmes
Norfolk
Neb
George B. Butler
Croton Falls
N. Y
Riddlesburg
Graham Paper Company
St. Louis
Ruef pleads guilty in San Francisco graft case
Abe Ruef political boss of San Francisco pleaded guilty to accepting a bribe before Judge Dunne. He acknowledged corruption spanning years and expressed willingness to aid civic reform and seek reparation, having shaped city government by backing Schmitz for mayor and controlling party machines. The confession stunned the state and highlighted the graft network.
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Frisco
Abe” Ruef
San Francisco
Cal
Dunne
Ruef
Abraham
Abe
Schmitz
Labor Party
Notable early 20th century academic gifts and reform talks
Rapid notes on 23 year old astronomer Robert H. Baker at Allegheny, Coppee’s $200 yearly prize to poets, Cornell Brown Columbia Colgate alumni backing Gov. Hughes, and mixed reports on school fraternities and moral reforms. Springfield debates on recognizing secret fraternities threaten high school staff ties. Jamestown expo to showcase a 200 by 200 foot model playground for 600 children with home made apparatus. Chancellor Day warns presidents to bar immoral students. Rockefeller adds 2 million for University of Chicago real estate, boosting total gifts to over 23 million. Yale’s William Lyon Phelps lauds Mark Twain as America’s top novelist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francois Coppee
Academie Francais
Gov. Hughes
New York
Cornell
Brown
Columbia
Colgate
William H. Fishep
Baltimore
Pennsylvania
Springfield
Mass
Board of Education
Playground Association of America
Day
Syracuse University
New York Methodist Conference
John D. Rockefeller
University of Chicago
Mr. Rockefeller
University
William Lyon Phelps
Yale
Connecticut
T “Mark Twain
Martyr to yellow fever experiment becomes lifelong invalid
John R. Kissenger of South Bend Indiana, a World War I era volunteer for yellow fever research, suffered spinal inflammation after inoculation by five infected mosquitoes. He, Moran, and others risked lives to test prevention methods amid early 1900s fever studies, with Kissenger now unable to walk and confined to a wheelchair. A separate Rural Delivery report notes 37 507 routes and 87 447 carriers as of May 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Kissenger
South Bend
Ind
Kissenger
United States Army
Indiana
Arisop
Patton
John J. Moran
War Department
Cuba
Walter Reed
James Carroll
Jesse W. Lazear
Aristides Agramonte
Lazear
Congress
Messrs. Kissenger and
Moran
Kissinger
New York Strike Riots Shake Docks and Sugar Refineries
Longshoremen strike over wage demands leads to strike breakers loading ships on schedule while crowds clash along the docks. Several lines reach terms with workers, sparking renewed action. Riots also flare at the Hagemeyer sugar refinery in Brooklyn amid the strike upsurge.
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New York
Hagemeyer
Brooklyn
Market Developments Show Broad Merchandizing Ease and Metal Lead
Measured by sustained payment flow through banks the volume of commerce keeps expanding as money conditions ease. Borrowing moderates while defaults rise slightly, yet no major signs appear. Prices rise across materials led by iron and steel while distributive trade improves on better weather. Retail gains in seasonable lines and strong mail orders for dry goods clothing boots shoes hardware. Spring goods selling well and demand for lightweight apparel grows with warm weather. Breadstuffs markets reflect rising European purchases with a sharp wheat rally benefiting growers as crop marketing stays heavy. Bank clearings reach 267,754,845 dollars, up 26.4 percent from the prior week. Chicago district failures 26 vs 19 last week and 23 a year ago.
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Europe
Chicago
Dun’s Review of Trade
New York Weather and Trade Report Amid Crop and Market Pressures
Unseasonably cold and rainy conditions hinder retail trade across a wide area, delaying orders for summer goods and reducing demand for fall apparel. Crop prospects look modest. business failures rise to 184 for the week ending May 16, with Canada failures at 22. Wheat and corn exports show weekly and yearly totals,Bradstreet's Commercial Report notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
United States
Bradstreet
Market Price Snapshot Across U S Regions
A sweeping list of grain and livestock prices by city including Chicago and Indianapolis rates for cattle hogs and sheep, plus wheat corn oats rye and hay ranges. Regional notes include Milwaukee Buffalo New York Toledo and Detroit with varied No 2 grades and fresh butter and egg quotes. Short items report trans Atlantic liners adding immigrants and a pending charter filing by Elks of the World in Louisville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Law
New York
Boston
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Toledo
Carlos
Portugal
Argentina
Brazil
Lisbon
Colored Organization
Elks of the World
Louisville
McChesney
State Department
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ashton Gazette
Ashton
Illinois
HN. Y
Fort Gibson
Colored School
I. T
Belle Center
Farrell Fitzpatrick
Louisa Douglas
R. G. Dun Commercial Agency
Santa Barbara
Chicago Board OF Trade
the Bulls
Octopus
Newport
Marix
Naval Board
Abraham Reuf
Robert H. Baker
Amherst
Allegheny Observatory
Yellow Jack
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