Oil interests tied to railroads blamed for refinery bankruptcies
The industrial commission heard L. M. Lockwood of Zelienople accuse Standard Oil and favored railroads of driving independent refineries into bankruptcy. He cited contract rebates, biased rates, and alleged influence over courts and politicians, urging railroad nationalization under eminent domain to restore competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Industrial Commission Today
L. M. Lockwood
Zelienople
Penn
Standard Oil Trust
Standard O's
A. J. Cassett
Pennsylvania Railraid Company
Interstate Railway Commission
Standard Company
Lockwood
Oil Company
Dick Urpin
John Rockefeller
Hepburn Committee
Pennsylvania
Stanford Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Stanfard
Lo Kwood
Railroads
Great “Railway
Supreme Courts
Supreme Court
Rockwood
Albert Haight
New York Court of Appeals
Matthew
Railroad Commission
Judge Haight
Bell
Larrabee
Wyoming
Vin Mariani Tonic Endorsed by Medical Profession Worldwide
Vin Mariani is promoted as a powerful health tonic by doctors globally with thousands of American physicians backing its benefits. The advertisement touts strength, longevity, and suitability for malaria, nervous conditions, fatigue, and weak appetites, urging trial and promising a free book by writing to Mariani & Co. in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mariani & Co
West Lith Street
New York City
Vin Mariani
Railroads cited for influencing judges and commission tests
Mr Bell argued that railroads secured sympathetic judges and officials. He asked why testimony about such influence should be barred and warned the report would lack neutrality if the commission ignored these ties. Former Congressman Phillips ruled the testimony competent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell
Congressional Postal Commission
Phillips
Population estimates in early census forecasts
Washington notes the 12th census may place U S population around 75 to 77.5 million with experts like McCoy and Ritchett offering estimates near 77.5 million. Ritchett uses a growth formula predicting 360 million within a century and discussions of future density and living conditions.
Laudanum Found In His Pockets In Salem
Alphonso J. Cross alias A H Higgins, a 49 year old carpenter of 21 North Street Salem, was found dazed on a West End street and later unconscious on Causeway Street. A two ounce bottle of laudanum was found in his pocket half emptied at Massachusetts General Hospital. Station 2 says he attempted self harm, but Dr Dunn suggests possible accidental overdose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alphonso J. Cross
A. H. Higgins
North Street
Salem
West End
Causeway Street
Massachusetts General Hospital
Station 2
Dunn
French Reporter Rates Philippine Campaign Insights
Henri Turot, editor and correspondent, reports from Manila after visiting General Otis and Admiral Dewey. He quotes Otis on slow progress due to rains, Schurman on sovereignty, and Dewey denying a formal alliance with Aguinaldo. Turot notes local leaders predicting pacification challenges and urges regular troops over volunteers for a decisive campaign in the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
M. Henri Turot
L’eclair
le Monde Illustre
la Petite Republique
la Lanterne
Philippine Islands
Vancouver
B. C
France
Associated Press
Otis
Schurman
America
Philippines
Tunis
Annam
Mr. Schurman
United States
Admiral Dewey
Olympia
Aguinaldo
Spain
Florentino Torres
Philippine Committee of
Manila
Torres
Philippine Committee
Canada
Gregorio Araneto
Araneto
Paris
The Surgeon's Knife and Pyramid Pile Cure Promise Relief
A newspaper blurb touts Pyramid Pile Cure as a safe non narcotic remedy for all pile forms. It cites multiple testimonials from patients in Ohio Kansas Iowa and Indiana and notes the product is sold by Pyramid Drug Co with a mail order book on piles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
J. W. Meagan
Leonardville
Kan
James Jamerson
Dubuque
Iowa
M. C. Hinkly
Mississippi St
Indianapolis
Ind
Pyramid Drug Co
Marshall, Micn
Newfoundlanders Picnic At Roxbury Draws 2000 Fans
Over 2000 people attended the seventh annual Newfoundlanders Association picnic at Caledonia Grove Roxbury yesterday. The day held sports amusements and dancing with dinner served at noon and lunch in the evening. Proceeds support the sick and burial funds. Event winners included E Hallern first P Richardson second in boys 100 yards. Jessie Moulton first May Devereaux second in girls 100 yards. Eva Henderson first Sadie Cline second in ladies 100 yards. John Hafer won the potato race. Flemming and Moulton won three legged races. J M Mearles led the bicycle championship and E Doyle first with R Newton second in the five mile bicycle race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newfoundlanders’ Association
Caledonia Grove
Roxbury
Robert Somerville
E. Hallern
P. Richardson
Jessie Moulton
May Devereaux
Eva Henderson
Sadie Cline
John Hafer
Flemming
Moulton
J. M. Mearles
E. Doyle
R. Newton
Baron and Baroness de Bara Sentenced in Fraud Case
Baron de Bara received three years in the penitentiary and Baroness de Bara one year in jail in Chicago as a result of conviction for using nails in a fraudulent business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Baron
Baroness de Bara
Baron de Bara
Ill Brigadier General Charles King Serious Ill in Tacoma
Brigadier General Charles King, arriving from San Francisco Sunday night, is seriously ill in Tacoma. He is suffering from malaria and a wound in his right arm received during an Arizona Indian campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
Charles King
San Francisco
King
Arizona
Klondike Dispatch Reports Yukon Fleet Moves and Gold News
Dawson reports a safer ice season with arriving steamers John J Healey Tyrell Victorian Seattle Sovereign Monarch and Arnold from Rampart City. Gold outputs on Minook Creek look favorable and officials warn miners to guard large shipments against highwaymen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Yukon
John J. Healey
Tyrell
Victorian
Sovereign
Monarch
Arnold
Dawson
Rampart City
Minook Creek
McGraw
Washington
Rampart
Northwest Mounted Police
Leppis
Eldorado Creek
Charles Hansfield
Helena
Bonanza
Hunker Creek
Andrew Hunker
United States
McCook
Eagle City
James P. Prater
Arthur Goddard
Prater
Goddard
Klondike
St. Michaels
Standish Monument Association Holds Annual Meeting
Standish Monument Association met on the monument grounds with President Blackmar presiding. The treasurer reported $600 spent last year for improvements and $2000 annual funding for future work. The group voted to open the monument to the public once a custodian is found, with a small admission. Officers elected include General Wilmon W Blackmar as president and several other named officers and committee members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Standish Monument Association
Blackmar
Wilmon W Blackmar
Arthur Lord
E. J. V. Huiginn
Myles Standish
Alden Frank
William J. Wright
J. Myles Standish
Edward E. Hale
Charles G. Richmond
Moses P. Parker
John B. Hollis
George E. McNeill
Winthrop P. Soule
W. W. Blackmar
Margaret F Gill Dead at 6 30 Morning in Boston
Margaret Flannelly Gill of 15 Moseley Avenue Boston dies after a long illness. Wife of Peter Gill showcard creator of 40 School Street. Funeral set for Tuesday at 8 AM at St. Margaret's Church Dorchester with interment in Malden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Flannelly Gill
Moseley Avenue
Boston
Mia Gill
Peter Gill
School Street
St. Margaret’s Church
Dorchester
Malden
Man Franks Herron Found Dead in Hotel Rexford Bed
Frank A Herron, a frequent guest at the Hotel Rexford, was found dead in his room yesterday afternoon. A physician believes death caused by suffocation during a fit. Medical Examiner Harris will determine the finding today. The body was moved to Tinkham's undertaking rooms on Howard Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Herron
Rexford
Herron
Harris
Tinkham
Howard Street
Fire Alarm at 2 45 P M Reports Stove Cause at Glenwood Street
Alarm from Box 235 at 2 45 p m for a fire started from a gas stove in a two and one half story frame building at 8 Glenwood Street occupied by Frank Fredericks. Damage to furniture and building is 100 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenwood Street
Frank Fredericks
Raid at Marginal Street Premises Seizes Alcohol Stock
Police raided Anthony Heron premises at 157 and 158 Marginal Street last night seizing twenty seven gallons of lager beer one gallon of ale and two gallons of whiskey in a case still under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Heron
Marginal Street
Fatally Hurd Bike Rider Struck by Trolley in Philadelphia
Louis Dewolf aged 17 was learning to ride a bicycle when he lost control and crashed into a moving trolley car in Philadelphia. Both legs were severed and he died from his injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Louis Dewolf
New Richmond Tornado Deaths and Property Loss Tallied
Five days after the New Richmond tornado officials report 122 dead, with 102 named and five unidentified bodies buried. Property losses total about 550,000 in the city plus 2,000 nearby, while relief funds rise to 35,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Richmond
Wis
Plan to Save Lakes of Killarney From Tammany and Goulds
London reports a concerted effort by the Duke of Westminster and the National Trust Society to prevent Tammany and Howard Gould from obtaining the Lakes of Killarney. A meeting on Thursday is expected to unveil a plan to preserve the lakes for the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tammany
The
Goulds
Killarney
London
Howard Gould
Ireland
Duke of Westminster
National Trust Society
Quincy Ribernians Celebrate A O H Parade Picnic in Quincy
The A O H union parade and field day at Lovell's Grove New Downer Landing drew about 400 participants from Norfolk and Suffolk counties. Division 26 Neponset won the tug of war. Irish step dancing and multiple athletic events highlighted the day. Notables included County President James O Dowd and Miss Nellie McGurrey plus William McKenna, with Rev Fathers Julian Johnston John Cuffe and John Casey in attendance. The event ran from noon to 9 p m with many auxiliary members assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Lovell’s Grove
New Downer Landing
Norfolk County
Suffolk County
Giants
Neponsget
Order
James O'Dowd
West Quincy
the Grove
Nellie McGurtey
William McKenna
Julian Johnston
John Cuffe
John Casey
Peter A. Lane
Quincey
Thomas Rowan
Charles Farrell
John Dolan
Michael O’brien
R. J. O’brien
P. A. O'Brien
William MacKenna
John Lane
Joseph White
William Donaher
Peter McDonough
John Duffy
William Garrity
Joseph Scully
Frank Foley
Daniel Little
Thomas Murphy
William J. Sullivan
John T. Savage
Edmond Powers
Thomas F.mcdonald
John Deady
Cornelius Driscoll
Daniel Donahoe
Thomas Higgins
Joseph M. Sheehan
James P. Flanagan
Patrick Ferguson
Cornelius Spillane
Bernard Conander
Henry Clare
Miles Burke
Patrick Tonguey
William Callaghan
Q. Brown
Jeremiah Curtin
Cornelius Crowley
William Corcoran
Jeremiah Hinchen
J. H. Cunningham
Atlantic
B. A. McLean
James P. Landers
John FP. Granahan
Patrick McNeice
J. F. McKenna
Patrick McNally
E. J. McKean
Michael McNally
J. H. Canty
Denis McCarthy
Patrick Dolan
Hugh Gilmartin
Patrick McGrail
Thomas Do
Demonstration Planned Against French Squadron In Newfoundland
In St John s Newfoundland on June 17 it is said Admiral Bedford with British warships Crescent Fraserpine and Quail will meet Commodore Giffard s squadron Comus Alert Buzzard and Columbine for a show of force against the French squadron Isly Troude and Fulton as Britain presses fishery dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. John's
N. F
Bedford
Crescent
Fraserpine
Quail
Giffard
Comus
Alert
Buzzard
Columbine
Isly
Troude
Fulton
Williams Talks to Democrats of Maine
George Fred Williams of Boston and John Scott of Bath addressed a Democratic mass meeting in Lewiston’s City Hall. Williams praised the new Democracy of 1886, defended the income tax, urged silver restoration to lift property values, denounced retirement of greenbacks, and predicted Bryan as next President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston
George Fred Williams
Boston
John Scott
Bath
Dingley
City Hall
Williams
Grover Cleveland
Gage
Bryan
Promotions of Captains in the Army
A board of officers led by Major-General Merritt will meet at Governor's Island on June 22 to report on implementing an act to increase army efficiency. It requires captains who show aptitude in troop command to be reported to the War Department and eligible to compete for major vacancies in the adjutant general and inspector general departments, under a President prescribed examination system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Santa Cruz
Ton-Quin
Madagascar
Dahomey
France
United States
The
Associated Press
Washington
Merritt
Governor's Island
N. Y
War Department
Adjutant General's
Inspector-General
Veterans' Reunion of First Massachusetts Cavalry Held at United States Hotel
The Veteran Association Company G held its twenty sixth annual reunion yesterday afternoon at the United States Hotel. After dinner speeches, veterans recalled vivid reminiscences while the gathering enjoyed good cheer. Attendance was among the best in recent years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veteran Association
Company G
First Massachusetts Cavalry
United States
The Rivals to Be Staged at Tremont Tomorrow
Final rehearsals for Sheridan’s The Rivals were held at Boston College hall with a strong cast. Dr T J Giblin leads as Captain Jack Absolute, R W Hurley directs and plays Sir Anthony Absolute, with J H Cullen as Bob Acres and Miss Nora McCarthy as Lydia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheridan
Tremont Theatre
Young Men's Catholic Association of Boston
Boston College Hall
T. J. Giblin
Captain Jack Absolute
R. W. Hurley
the Magisrate
Amherst College Stuents
Anthony Absolute
John H. Cullen
Bob Acres
J. A. Scanlon
Lucius O’trigger
J. F. Jennings
Faulkland
J. F. Dever
David
J. M. Galvin
Thomas
T. J. Hurley
Fay
Lillian Boles
Malaprop
Nora McCarthy
Lydia Languish
Julia
Teresa Redmund
Lucy
Robert W. Hurley
Guard rails for electric cars
J E Watson of Poston urges Boston Elevated Company to install guard rails on open cars after a near accident. He describes a simple, quick device fixed at both ends of the car, raised by conductor and motorman in five seconds, staying out of passenger paths when not in use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashua
Lowell
Boston Elevated Company
J. E. Watson
Poston
Destruction of Hat Shocks Charlestown Woman
In Charlestown on June 3 a two story window water throw damaged a lady's hat valued at 107 H. The incident raises questions about penalties for property damage and public nuisance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir
H. Ln
Charlestown
Water Throwing Intent Clarified in Hat Wearer Case
The rule states water tossed from a window to clear a sidewalk carries no penalty, but if the act aims to wet the hat wearer an assault is committed. This sets a distinction between nuisance and intentional harm under the cited precedent.
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Rockefeller and
Turpin
Industrial Commission Hearing
Hanover Street
Wilson's
F. H. Wines
J. S. McCoy
Congress
Executive Department
McCoy
H. 8. Ritchett
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Pritchett
Great Britain
King III
Standish Monument
Margaret F. Gill
Humboldt Bar
Pacific Coast
Oscord
England
Quincy Ribernians
P. m
M&s. Sallie LK
Sellars, Luttrell
Tenn
Democrats OF
Maine
Veterans’ Reunion
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