Adoration Sparks Mob Attack on Clergyman and Lover
In Kremmling Colorado a mob of about 20 masked men horsewhipped retired minister Rev Harsha after years of alleged impropriety with 24 year old Ruth Schumacher. Schumacher was arrested on charges of obtaining money by false pretenses as Harsha recovers at his ranch with his wife and two children.
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Kremmling
Col
Ruth Schumacher
Harsha
Miss Schumacher
Texas
Denver
Colorado Springs
Enfield
Middletown
Conn
Donovan
St. John’s
Rockefeller Holdings Lead Standard Oil Stock Control
New York noted as of Sept 20 that John D Rockefeller owned 247,692 shares of Standard Oil of New Jersey, about five times any other holder, valued near 109 million dollars at 440 a share. The government aims to prove a long running oil trust with a 1882 agreement and a broad districted sales system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil
Mr. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
University of Chicago
Wesley H. Tilford
Frank B. Kellogg
Standard
Cleveland
Pittbury
Standard Oil Company of New York
Allied Companies
Rockefeller
William Rockefeller
Mr. Tilford
H. H. Rogers
Henry M. Flagler
Oliver H. Payne
Charles H. Pratt
Kellogg
Flynn
United States Secret Service
Standard Oil Hearing Touches War Between Oil Firms
At New York on September 20 during a Stand ard Oil suit hearing Mr Tilford recalled a war between oil companies and noted the price collapse and rebound. He described transfers of several companies from the National Transit Company to Standard Oil of New Jersey and discussed ownership of Gilbert & Parker stock and Hazelwood Oil. The session adjourned until Monday morning with cross examination planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Tilford
Kellogg
Standard Oil Company of
New York
Kelloge
Standard Oil
Standard Oil Company
Pittsburg Oil Refining Company
Coraopolis
Penn
A. D. Miller & Sons
Pittsburg
Senaca Oil Works
Warren
Cornplanter Refining Company
Warren, Penn
Conenango Refining Company
Glade Oil Works
Warren Refining Company
Emlenton
Levi Smith
Clarendon
Lake Carriers’ Refining Company
Neville Island
Semlenton Refining Company
Superior Oil Company
Beaver Refining Company
Oak Grove
Island Petroleum Company
Canfield Oil Company
Sterling Oil Works
Marietta, O
Tiona Oil Company
Continental Oil Company
Florence Oil Company
Florence Company
Mr.Tilford
Continental
Tilford
Schofield, Schirmer & Teagle
Cleveland, C
Republic Oil Company
Standard
Schofield Commpany
Republic Company
Hazelwood Oil Company
Gilbert & Parker Company of
Pennsylvania
Gilbert & Parker Company
Whit ney Hotel ruins cleared. diamonds buried found
Westboro reports the Whit ney Hotel cleanup contract awarded to W F Perkins of Barre with an estimated 4000 to 5000 dollars in diamonds jewelry and silverware buried in the cellar.
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Westboro
Whitney Hotel
West Main Street
W. F. Perkins
Barre
Government Experts Question Standard Oil Books Revenue
Government experts say the Oil Trust earned between 800 million and 900 million dollars over 25 years as they examine Standard Oil Company books. Treasurer Tilford resumed testimony explaining why 1899 dividends were 14 million instead of 32 million due to subsidiary payments. Rockefeller holds 247,692 of 972,500 Standard Oil New Jersey shares.
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Oil Trust
Standard Oil Company
Tilford
Standard
Manhattan
Wife Charged With Drunkenness Arrests Fired Back
Mrs Frederick Goodhue wife of a civil engineer 87 Bradhurst avenue says her husband had her arrested three times in two months to prove she is an habitual drunkard She was arraigned in Jefferson Market Court but freed by Magistrate Kernochan after a physician testified she was suffering from hysteria The magistrate dismissed the charge and the wife left court seeking carfare to return home She alleged an affinity in the case and hinted at a New England background for both families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frederick Goodhue
Bradhurst Avenue
Jefferson Market Court
Kernochan
New England
Largest Stockholders in New Jersey Standard Oil
The record lists the major holders of Standard Oil in New Jersey with figures like 15,000 11,700 and 10,000 shares among the top holders. The fragment notes the largest stockholders but omits full names and precise totals.
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N. J. Standard Oil
Letter From Former Sweetheart Ties Pittsburg Murder
Pittsburgh man William Talbot McDonald killed his wife Mrs. Besse Smith McDonald and cut his own hand after a love letter from Anthony Carroll of Seacombe England was found in his pocket. Police note jealousy as the likely motive amid conflicting statements.
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Pittsburg
Anthony Carroll
Seacombe
Eng
Besse Smith McDonald
William Talbot McDonald
Allegheny General Hospital
Carroll
McDonald
Memorial for McKinley to be dedicated in Canton
A memorial dedicating President William McKinley in Canton C is planned for Sept 30 at West Lawn Cemetery. The $500000 monument rises 98 ft 6 in with sarcophagi at its center and four stone eagles at the compass points guarding the tomb. A 58 ft wide four flight stairway leads to the monument.
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William McKinley
West Lawn
Canton
McKinley
Shepard resigns as general superintendent of New Haven Railroad
General Superintendent O M Shepard of the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad tendered his resignation today. W G Bierd, ex Panama railroad manager, will fill part of the post and is en route to assume duties under Vice President John F Stevens. Shepard will not retire October 1 and will be assigned to other duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shepard
New Haven New Haven
Conn
O. M. Shepard
N. Y
W. G. Bierd
Panama
John F. Stevens
New Haven
Mr. Shepard
Fire mystery at Dorchester building prompts police probe
Boston area police and local authorities planned a rigid inquiry into a mysterious fire at 48 Adams street Dorchester early yesterday. The report lists various incidents including a pedestrian struck by a truck in South Boston and a bid win for the Copley Square Hotel by Amos H. Whipple.
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Adams Street
Dorchester
B Street
Second
Third
South
Boston
Patrick Feeney
Boston Street
City Hospital
Amos H. Whipple
Copley Square Hotel
Bankruptcy petition for Hawley Folsom Rommus business
Creditors last week petitioned the big wholesale house of Hawley Folsom and Rommus, men's furnishings, at 81 and 83 Essex Street. An undenominational mission opens this evening at 424 M Hanover Street at 8 p m. A stove fire in a Sum mer Street kitchen and an overturned candle in a Massachusetts Avenue basement caused small blazes at notes owned properties.
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London Street
East
Boston
Patrick Small
Hawley
Folsom & Rommus
Essex Street
Hanover Street
North End
Summer Street
Martha R. Prescott
Charles M. Belden
Massachusetts Avenue
Whanora Griffin
Famous bareback rider Henry Hawkins locked up in Pittsburg
Henry Hawkins once famed as a top bareback rider and Barnum's Circus star was placed under police guard in Pittsburg for his own safety after a period of instability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Henry Hawkins
Barnum’s
War Over Toot-Toots in Cohasset Night Horn Conflicts
In Cohasset on September 20, fishermen appeal to the Board of Selectmen to ban auto horn sounds during midnight hours. The auto riding aristocrats respond by accusing lobstermen of seeking revenge for a recent law banning foghorns on boats after dark.
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Cohasset
Town Board of Selectmen
Ma chinists convention ousts NY man over Erie payoff
The International Association of Machinists adjourned after expelling George Warner of New York who allegedly accepted 10 900 dollars annually from the Erie railroad to guarantee immunity from strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
The
International Association of Machinists
George Warner
New York
Erie Railroad
School nurses combat germs with citywide crusade
Twenty newly appointed nurses begin assignments to permanent school districts across the city to stamp out disease among children. Each nurse will carry remedies and promote Listerated Pepsin Gum, touted as the world’s greatest enemy to germs and a tasty, clean candy.
Chief Justice Fuller Visited Boston and Maine
Chief Justice Melville Fuller of the U S Supreme Court stayed at the Hotel Brunswick in Boston after a Maine summer holiday at Sorrento near Bar Harbor. The 74 year old judge and his family planned visits with Boston friends before returning to Washington, and they attended the Colonial Theatre to see Lorimer in The Quicksands.
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Melville Fuller
United States Supreme Court
Brunswick
Justice Fuller
Sorrento
Bar Harbor
Boston
Maine
Washington
Colonial Theatre
Lorimer
Supreme Court
Augusta
Conviction for Illicit Liquor Sales in Sherborn
Police secured a conviction with a 100 dollar fine and two months in jail for Alice Green alias Alice Murphy, maid at 5 Briggs Place, on selling liquor to Isadore Lewin a Tech student and Morris Clarke a Malden cab driver. Landlady Hattie Carlow and guest Mrs. Lillian Dale face trial in connection with the case.
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Sherborn
Alice Green
Alice Murphy
Briggs Place
Isadore Lewin
Morris Clarke
Malden
Hattie Carlow
Lillian Dale
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White Caps
Methodist
Rockefeller’s Holdings
United States
Standard Oil Trust
Oil Combine
NEW England News
Portland
Rufus H. Richards
Bath
United States Circuit Court
Rufus H. Richardson
Dedham
Mass
Attleboro
Lowell
Isaac P. Bachelder
Ladd and Whitney
Newport
BR. I
Joseph J. Newtry
One Hundred and Seventeenth Coast Artillery Company
Fort Adams
Anna Dunn
Kay Street
Louise Nissen
Lincoln Street
Noroton
A. Floyd Delafield
Willimantic, Conn
Adeline Mason
William Clemens
Mark Twain
Worcester
New Hebrew Synagogue
Shaarai Thorah
Nellie Dreillinger
Samuel Utley
Central District Court
Salem
Joseph Irving Sawyer
Northey Street
Massachusetts Humane Society
Revere Beach
New Yale Library
RB. I
All Saint’s Chapel
General Grant
Fort
Standard Oil Ses In
OWL
D. M. Harkness
H. M. Flagler
O. B. Jennings
J. A. Bostwick
C. M. Brewster
Lockhart
Pittsie ‘Ledyard
Payne Whitney
William C. Whitney
John D. Archbold
W. G. Warden
Daniel O’day
W. H. Tilford University of Chicago
M’kinley
Northern Engraving Co
Greater Boston
St. Bernard’s Court
Massachusetts
Catholic
Order of Foresters of
West Newton
Will
Dodge
United States District Court
Robert T. Barrett
Jamaica Plain
C. S. Curtis
Municipal Civil Court
Boys’ Symphony Orchestra
Benjamin Shoolman
Joseph Krulee
Philip A. Robrisk
Max Krulee
Hyman Stern
Patrick H. Mullahy
7 Keys Street
Elmwood Gymnasium
Joseph Underhill
Boylston Street
State Street
Norton
Harry Jones
Russell Street
West Cedar Street
Iroda Tomashawsky
Roxbury
Richard F. Hoyt
Clark Road
Brookline
Attilio FE. Conti
Winthrop
Sinn Fein League
Wells Memorial
Ireland
H. P. Polis
Academy of Agriculture
Bonn
Polytechnic School
Aachen
Prussia
United States Weather Bureau
Federal
T. H. Lane Company
Haberdashers
Washington Street
Lane Company
Recovev
Machinists
OUST
N. Y. Man
Temple Plage
Tremont Street
David J. Ingreham
Ingraham
Artificia David O Ingraham
Temple Place
Fioor
Winter Street
Chief Justice Fuller
Tremont ST
Boston Suites
Saime
New Clothing Department
Holmes
Luce
Dr. Jos. Grady
Sun
New England Mutual Life Insurance Co. of
Flood
Albert H. Curtis
Mer. Home Office Agency
Gen. Agt
Milk St
Federal St
Tel. Rox
Frederic J. Crosby
Erschatmer
Warren St
Wash
Sullivan
Waltham
Jeremiah
Ann Sullivan
Jolland
Cross Street
St. Mary's Church
Wadman
Cambridge
Ellsworth Wadman
Kelley Riley
St. Joseph's Church
Father Walsh
Timothy M. Kelley
Mise Catharine Riley
Kelley
Bowdoin Street
West End
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