Standard Oil fined record $29 million in rail rebates case
Judge Kenesaw M. Landis in Chicago fined Standard Oil Company of Indiana $29,240,000 for rebating practices violating the railroad rate law. The ruling, the largest fine in American criminal jurisprudence, held the officials responsible as thieves. The case advances to higher courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenesaw M. Landis
United States District Court
Chicago
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Standard Oil Company
Landis
Murderous assault adds to New York police record
Ellen Bulger, a middle aged woman, was attacked in her Bronx apartment. She was beaten severely with a fractured skull and lacerations, then removed to a hospital. Police say she fought back against a smooth faced stranger about 40, who escaped and was coatless in an outing shirt and dark trousers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Ellen Bulger
Whronx
Five Jackson Residents Die In Auto Crash Near Jackson
An electric car struck a car carrying five Jackson residents about three miles east of Jackson Michigan. Mrs. Levi Palmer Mrs. Emily Pulver and Bernice Oliver were killed. R Adelbert Oliver the driver was probably fatally injured while Mrs R A Oliver escaped with less serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Mich
Levi Palmer
Emily Pulver
Bernice Oliver
R. Adelbert Oliver
R. A.oliver
Editor Becomes Fairbanks' Private Secretary
George B. Lockwood editor of the Marion Chronicle has been named private secretary to Vice President Fairbanks. The post pays four thousand dollars yearly after a congressional raise from two thousand two hundred. Lockwood previously served as private secretary to Indiana Governor Durbin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbanks
Washington, D. C
George B. Lockwood
Marion
Ind
Magills Released on Bond in Clinton Ill Case
Fred H. Magills and wife were released from custody in Clinton Illinois on bonds of 5000 dollars each. His bond is secured by his mother and J. F. Deland while the wife is bound by W. W. Graham her uncle W. H. Oglevee and Edward Deboere. They returned to the home of her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magills
Fred H. Magills
Clinton
Ill
J. F. Deland
W. W. Graham
W. H. Oglevee
Edward Deboere
Mine Blast Claims Eighteen Lives at Mittel Bexbach
An explosion of fire damp in a Prussian coal mine at Mittel Bexbach, six miles northwest of Homburg, kills eighteen workers and wounds eleven others. Rescue and investigation efforts follow the disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mittel Bexbach
Homburg
Prussia
Fence Agent Arrested In Ontario Bunco Case
Through Gallipolis Chief of Police Ed Martin, J. A. Butler a wire fence agent who sold county rights to several Gallia County farmers and swindled them out of $1,000 was captured at Chatham Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Martin
Gallipolis
Ohio
J. A. Butler
Gallia County
Chatham, Ont
Tragic death in Gallipolis child shot by brother
Robert Watts a boy from Gallipolis Ohio fatally shot his sister Gol die age five while handling a shotgun in an unhappy accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Watts
Gallipolis
Ohio
Goldie
Jewels Theft Charge Rocks Sicilian Family in City
Nuncio Sergius is arrested in Philadelphia on a theft charge brought by his brother Emilio of New York. The $30,000 antique jewelry collection vanished from Emilio’s Thompson Street rooms on June 29, with Nuncio also missing. Sir Caspar Purdon Clarke of the Metropolitan Museum valued the jewels at $30,000. Emilio seeks recovery for the homestead in Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nuncio Sergius
Philadelphia
Emilio Sergius
New York
Sorento
Italy
Emilio
Caspar Purdon Clarke
Metropolitan Museum
Thompson Street
Nuncio
Ambler
France Extends Coffee Duty Decree Window to October
France has informed the United States it will extend the decree for collecting the minimum duty on coffee from August 1 to October 1. It frames the extension as courtesy and hopes negotiations led by Ambassador Jusserand will yield an agreement. Diplomatic talks continue between Ambassador White and the French foreign office, though progress may be slow due to vacations. White plans to depart for Carlsbad for a spa cure.
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France
United States
Lcorto Ico
M. Jusserand
Washington
Ambassador White
Foreign Office
Paris
Carlsbad
Rail Casualties Amid US Railways in Six Months Ended March
The six months ending March 1 showed 41 507 railroad casualties across passengers and employees. In the three months ending March 31 there were 20 363 casualties, up from 20 044 in the prior quarter. Passenger train collisions and derailments totaled 8 091 with 3 823 collisions and 229 derailments affecting passenger trains. damages to cars engines and track reached 3 536 110 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Navy Acts on Georgia Battlecruiser Accident Findings
The Navy Department will implement rigid precautions following the naval board's findings on the July 15 Georgia disaster. Acting Secretary Newberry approves most recommendations and deems the cause a flareback, with orders to prevent similar incidents by safer loading procedures and gas ejector jet operation safeguards. Admiral Mason supports the flareback cause and notes the effect of the air jet and circular loading scoop on the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Newberry
Georgia
Over 1,000 Killed in Pennsylvania Mines Report
The annual mine report by James Hoderick, chief of the mines department, cites over 1,000 deaths last year in Pennsylvania coal mines. Of 477 anthracite deaths, most were due to carelessness or unfixable fault. 1, then 27, 188, and 26. Bituminous mine deaths totaled 477 with similar causes. the toll leaves nearly 1,000 widows and 3,410 orphans. The chief urges lowering the employment age for boys from 16 to 14 to reduce distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennusylvania
James Hoderick
Department of Mines
Memphis Fire Destroys Cold Storage Plant. Fireman Killed
An early morning blaze on the eleventh floor of the Memphis Cold Storage Company's under construction building in Memphis killed fireman Joseph Slaskey and seriously injured two others. The loss is about fifty to seventy five thousand dollars? or six hundred thousand. Buildings destroyed include the Oliver Finney Grocery, Bebr Cole Grocery, Memphis Paper, and the Memphis Cold Storage plant. insurance likely covers half to three fourths of the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Memphis Cold Storage Company
Joseph Slaskey
Oliver-Finnie Grocery Company
Bebr- Cole Grocery Company
Memphis Vpaper Company
Memphis Cold Storage
Unexplained 179 Degrees Sun Sweeps McGregor Area
A heat event near McGregor Texas reached 170 degrees in the sun and 17 in the shade for 1 hour 20 minutes. A three by two mile area was affected with a hazy veil overhead. Scores of people and livestock collapsed, cattle hogs and poultry died. one man lost 35 head of stock. No explanation has been found.
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McGregor
Texas
Presbyterian Union Valid in Church Property Case
Chancellor Bearden ruled the unionists valid under church constitutions but dismissed their bill seeking exclusive possession of Cumberland Presbyterian church property in the dispute with anti-unionists. Both sides appealed with costs taxed to the complainants.
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Ato Trayetteville
Tenn
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Walter Bearden
Unnion
America the Promised Land at Atlantic City
Jacob H. Schiff, banker of New York, told the close of the Jewish Chautauqua meeting in Atlantic City that America is the promised land for Jews not Palestine. He said Israel’s hope finds its guiding star in the United States and the free land inspires Jews toward higher citizenship, eliciting instant applause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob H W. Schiff
New York
Chautauqua
Atlantic City
N. J
Palestine
Israel
America
Schiff
United States
Son Kills Father in Ohio Shooting
In Zanesville Ohio Charles Sweed was shot dead by his 15 year old son William Sweed after alleged abuse and threats to his wife. The youth surrendered to police and is in custody. The Sweeds are described as African American.
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Charles Sweed
Zanesville
Ohio
William Sweed
Sweed
Sweeds
Navy shifts to torpedo boat duty for midshipmen
A new Navy policy assigns midshipmen to torpedo boat work including submarine duties. The Navy aims to strengthen torpedo boat service by training capable young officers, addressing shortages from battleship commissioning and underlining the service as attractive to new commissioned midshipmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Department
Torpedo Boat Service
Navigation Bureau
Safe Looters Captured After Rooftop Breakout
Charles Williams tried to loot a safe at 134 Wabash Avenue Chicago restaurant owned by N. N. Kolissant. He was pursued by manager Hoeusner and Policeman Mulcahy, fleeing to the kitchen roof where Mulcahy cornered him. Williams confessed at Central station.
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N. N
Leusner
Mulcahy
Heusner
Williams
Woman Works in Mine as Man in Washington County
Susie Prowle disguised as a man for three years working in Cecil mine beside her husband Steve Vrowle. A mine accident led to her discovery after she was taken to hospital with injuries that were not serious. Vrowle was jailed for employing female help in a mining operation while the case drew attention to labor practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Prowle
Susie Prowle
Cecil
Steve Vrowle
Proyle
Explosive train wreck near Milan injures and kills
An Illinois Central engine boiler exploded near Milan Tennessee destroying two trains and injuring ten, with four people dead on site including engineer Maloney from Chicago and fireman Robert Senderson from Jackson plus two unidentified tramps and A K B Lynch of Jackson. The high speed blast triggered fire and derailment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Central
Milan
Tenn
Maloney
Chicago
Robert Senderson
Jackson
A. KB. Lynch
Senn
Duke Drains Raritan River to Make Fairyland for Bride
James B. Duke flooded the Raritan river at Somerville New Jersey diverting flow to his 2000 acre park. He halted operations at the Raritan woolen mills affecting more than 1000 workers and creating artificial lakes and fountains on his estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Duke
Raritan
Somerville
N. J
Duke
Nationalists Lead Early Philippine Election Victory
In the first general election across the Philippine Islands, incomplete returns from fifty of eighty districts show 31 Nationalists elected to Congress, 10 Progressives, 8 Independents, and 1 Catholic. Nationalists sweep Manila in both districts with large majorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippine Islands
Congress
Manila
Georgia Prohibition Bill Clears Senate and House
The Ilardman Covington prohibition bill passed the Georgian Senate and then the House by 139 to 39, approving the measure to enforce statewide prohibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Senate
House
Man killed while stealing ride on freight train
Charles Bradley aged 35 was killed at York Pennsylvania while trying to steal a ride on a Lehigh Valley freight train. His clothes caught fire from a locomotive spark and he was crushed when he fell between the cars.
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Charles Bradley
York
Pan
Lehigh Valley
Flames Endanger 800 Guests at Long Beach Hotel Blaze
Eight hundred guests at a Long Beach New York hotel were forced to flee as the seaside resort’s large Atlantic coast hotel burned to the sands. Fire crews battled the blaze but the structure was destroyed, prompting evacuations and inquiries into its cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach, L. I
Atlantic Coast
Valued Paintings Found in Italian Village Church
Milan correspondent reports Paradisi the Trieste painter found two hitherto unknown Titian pictures in a church at Traci Dialmatia. One shows the Magdalen and the other the descent from the cross. The paintings are said to be of great value.
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Milan
London ‘Tribune
Paradisi
Trieste
Titian
Traci
Dialmatia
Government selects United States Steel for Alaska towers
The United States government awards a contract to United States Steel Corporation to supply transmission towers for wireless telegraph service in Alaska. Plans include erecting a chain of towers along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and the Gulf of Mexico.
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United States
United States Steel Corporation
Alaska
Gulf of Mexico
Lynching in Crisfield Stuns Maryland Town
James F E Reed, described as a negro, was lynched in Crisfield Maryland. Earlier he crept up behind policeman John T Daugherty and fired a bullet into his brain. Daugherty died instantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James FE. Reed
Crisfield
John
Daugherty
Archbishop and girl arrested in Paris case
Archbishop Lagen of the Independent Polish Catholic Church fled St. Louis with $1000 from his parishioners and a girl. He was captured in Paris and had previously lived in Chicago with the girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lagen
St. Louis
Paris
France
Chicago
Soils New Suit Hatchet Attack in Mayfield Fight
Elis Odum was nearly beheaded by Will Watt with a hatchet in Mayfield Kentucky after Odum foiled Watt's attempt at a new suit. The blade buried to the handle, leaving Odum injured in the confrontation.
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Watt
Elis Odum
Mayfield
Odum
Attempt on King Peter of Servia Mentioned in Dispatches
Vienna reports frontier dispatches say King Peter of Servia survived an attack as his royal train was wrecked at Palanska. No serious injuries were recorded and the incident is described as an attempt on his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Peter of
Servia
Vienna
London
Frontier
Palanska
Denver Woman Claims Daughter's Marriage Is Temporary
Margaret Fealy Cavallo of Denver says her daughter Maude Wealy wed Hugo Sherwin "on approval" and that if she dislikes him after one year he must leave.
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Margaret Fealy Cavallo
Denver
Maude Wealy
Hugo Sherwin
Aged Buffalo murderer electrocuted at Auburn prison
Charles Bonier, an aged Buffalo murderer already twice convicted for the murders of Franz and Johanna Frehr over money, was electrocuted at Auburn prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Bonier
Buffalo
Franz
Johanna Frehr
Auburn
Schmitz Regrets The Tangle In San Francisco
Eugene E. Schmitz, former mayor, says he regrets the tangle as he appoints thirteen supervisors to fill vacancies and comments on the official mess in San Francisco.
Train boiler explosion kills three in Urbana Ohio
Three men died when a Pennsylvania freight engine boiler exploded at Urbana Ohio. Engineer L W Chamberlain fireman P F Weisner and brakeman C A Stewart were instantly killed as the blast toppled several railroad cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Chamberlain
P. F. Weisner
C. A. Stewart
Urbana
Pennsylvania
Crops Boost Hope as Early Reports Debunk Fears
Reports from Chicago and various states show crop prospects improving with a strong wheat harvest and bumper corn output in Nebraska Illinois Kansas and Minnesota. The downturn feared from a cold spring faded as surveys highlighted robust yields across many regions, including Iowa Indiana Missouri and Ohio with some variability in fruit and late crops.
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United States
Chicago
New England
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Indiania
Nebraska
Towna Ound
Linois
Kansas
Minnesota
Dakotas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Illinois
Indiana
OWIO
Tennessee
Kentucky
Midsummer Trade Outlook Mixed as Markets Stabilize
Dun's Review of Trade notes quiet midsummer conditions with no loss of business strength. Grain movement slows amid steady raw materials markets while demand rises for rails, plates, and cars. Harvests progress. corn and spring wheat show improvement. livestock values surge with higher hog costs and record beef prices.
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Dun
Trade gains and mixed signals in Bradstreet report
New York reports crops improving with freer fall buying in southwest markets and expanding shipments of fall goods. Distributive trade shows optimism amid active late retail trade, with strength in raw wool and weakness in spelter copper and lead. Weekly business failures total 142, down from 155 last week and below earlier years.
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United States
Commodity Price Averages Across U.S. Cities
The report lists mixed bids for cattle hogs and sheep across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Toledo with prices for wheat corn oats rye butter and creamery eggs and clover seed. Prices range from 14c to 86c for dairy and 3 to 8 dollars for livestock with grain quotes in cents per bushel or ton.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Ste
Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Northern
New York
Toledo
Minor notes and public meetings over education bill in Chile
Reports note public meetings in Chile opposing an education bill seen as giving clerical party control of schools. An earthquake felt in Santa Barbara caused fainting among Potter theater attendees. Rockefeller spoke on happiness via self sacrifice to a Cleveland Sunday school. An attempt to wreck Grand Duke Peter Nikolayevich’s train near Peterhof failed when a pistol exploded but did not derail.
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Chile
Santa Barbara
Cal
Potter Theater
John D. Rockefeller
Huclid Avenue Baptist Sunday School
Cleveland
Peter Nicholievitch
Peterhof
St. Petersburg
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