Roosevelt Commission Accuses Standard Oil of Excessive Profits
Commissioner Herbert Knox Smith reports to President Roosevelt that Standard Oil used monopoly power to raise petroleum prices over the last decade. He notes massive profits, with dividends totaling over 451 million dollars from 1887 to 1906, and argues profits far beyond reasonable commercial returns. A follow up section will detail price discrimination and its impact on competition.
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Roosevelt
Herbert Knox Smith
Standard Oil Company
Smith
Standard Oil
Gie
Seventy-Fight Slain in Turkish Raid Near Urmia
An August invasion by about 6000 Turkish troops crossed into Persia near Urmia, destroying Mavanah village and killing seventy eight people including sixty women and children. Turkish forces then seized a Persian camp, with reports of a large Persian cavalry joining, threatening Urmia, a center of missionary activity hosting Fiske Seminary for girls and Urmia College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teheran
Persia
Urmiah
Mavaneh
Tabriz
Fiske Seminary For
Urmiah College
Batts Attorney at Law Real Estate Sale Notice
Real estate listing by Batts Attorney at Law describes 200 acres three miles north of Bryan with 125 acres cultivated 75 pasture plus a five room residence three tenant houses water from springs and wells priced at 25 per acre Also 59 acres 25 cultivated with good house and improvements at 12 per acre and four five room cottages on the west side near Mrs Spencer Ford home with two lots water cisterns and good improvements selling for 1000
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Bryan
Spencer Ford
Forty Drown in Loire River Train Crash at Angers
Forty passengers in a third class car plus the train engine plunged into the Loire after a bridge railing collapsed three miles southwest of Angers. The locomotive tender and a baggage and third class car sank, while the second class remained afloat. The conductor and fireman survived by swimming.
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Angers
France
Loire
Drowning of Child in Hampton Roads Rescue Miracles Follow
In Newport News on August 5 Clifford Starrett aged four drowned when a pleasure craft overturned in Hampton Roads. His father three uncles and a cousin escaped, aided by a tug from New York Philadelphia and Norfolk. At first, all were believed drowned.
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Newport News
Clifford Starrett
Hampton Roads
New York
Philadelphia
Norfolk
Dallas County Leads In 1907 Tax Valuation Increase
The Dallas county tax assessor sent the comptroller the 1907 assessed valuation totaling 61,041,430 dollars, up from 46,613,750 in 1906, an increase of 14,857,680 dollars. This marks the largest rise among counties reported so far this year.
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Austin
Comptroller’s Department
Dallas County
Aftermath near Casa Blanca as Moorish tribes retreat
Reports from Casa Blanca say hostile Moorish tribesmen withdrew after a bloody clash with natives inside the town. French cruiser Gallilee is prepared to bombard the native quarter if attacks on Europeans resume.
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Tangier
Casa Blanca
Gallilee
Fourth annual Teamsters convention opens in Boston
The fourth annual Teamsters International union convention opens in Boston with more delegates than any prior meeting. The central contest is the re election campaign of president Cornelius P Shea against Boston Council head John F Tobin.
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Boston
Teamsters’ International Union
Cornelius P. Shea
John F. Tobin
Boston Council
Fire Threatens Mail and Express and Telegraph Building
Fire in a paint shop in New York on August 5 seriously threatened the Mail and Express and Western Union Telegraph building. Firemen cut six large Western Union cables to battle the flames, causing great excitement at the union offices as people evacuated in order.
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New York
Mail and Express and
Western Union Telegraph
Western Union
Mysterious Bronx Attack and Civil Unrest Reported
New York on August 5 reports Mrs Ellen Bulger badly beaten in her Bronx apartment with a fractured skull and burns. A Russian, George Kestrem, charged with attempted assault on a girl, was mauled by a mob. An Italian pianist Hilo Saloda faced similar assault and police intervened. A race‑linked melee near One Hundred Thirty‑Sixth Street and Fifth Avenue left fifty injured and two men severely.
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New York
Ellen Bulger
Bronx
George Kestrem
Hilo Saloda
One Hundred
Thirty-Sixth Street
Fifth Avenue
John McCue
Matthew Murtha
NYC Hotel Men Oppose National Convention Stay in Summer
A New York hotel executive argues against bringing the national convention to the city next year, saying summer congestion and crowded leading hotels would complicate accommodations for delegates and politicians. He notes New York's only prior national gathering was 1868 in Tammany Hall with Horatio Seymour and Ulysses Grant.
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New York
Chicago
Tammany Hall
Horatio Seymour
U. S. Grant
Lightning kills Dolsee Deronen and horse near Hayes
In Lake Charles Louisiana on August 5 Dolsee Deronen son of Mr and Mrs Fenelon Deronen was riding near his Hayes home when a bolt of lightning struck him and his horse, killing them both instantly. Friends later found the bodies along the highway.
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Lake Charles
Multiple Drownings and Fatal Accidents Reported Across States
Bathe near Cuero Texas man drowns near Jacksonville Florida plant valued at 105000 burned Vines of H J Taylor near Chillicothe Texas bear straw berries Sam Dickson buried under sand Marlin Texas two die Eleven miles from Birmingham gas kills James Garrity and son D W Kyle dies Galveston heart disease Dominion Furniture factory St Theresa Junction Canada fire loss 100000 Mr Martin rural mail carrier shot Hopkinsville Kentucky Horace Ralph and Herman die Naperville Illinois train accident Jim Hughes dies Nacogdoches Texas blunt force head wound Abilene stockman Cliff Young San Antonio spinal paralysis from horse fall Warrrant issued for another nevor
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Cuero
Tex
Armour Fertilizing Company
Jacksonville
Fla
H. J. Taylor
Chillicothe
Sam Dickson
Marlin
Birmingham
Ala
James Garrity and Son
Napersville
Lll
Horace Berger
Ralph Berger
Herman Volkman
Jim Hughes
Nacogdoches
Cliff Young
Abilene
San Antonio
Houston Ruling Upholds Railroad Employee Pass Contracts
Judge Kittrell rules the pre–anti pass contract remains valid. Wells Fargo Express wins case against Texas and New Orleans Railroad to continue employee transportation, declaring legislature powerless to annul the contract.
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Houston
Wells-Fargo Express Company
Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company
Kittrell
Sixty-first Judicial District Court
Guitar Player Shot to Death at San Antonio Dance
In San Antonio on August 5 a guitarist named Marcello Garcia was shot in the head and killed while performing at a dance. Investigating authorities jailed a man named Manuel Moran in connection with the deadly shooting.
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San Antonio
Marcello Garcia
Manuel Moran
Man Killed By Katy Engine In Dallas Accident
Dallas Aug 5 John Holt was run over by a Katy switch engine and horribly mangled He died in fifteen minutes.
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Dallas
John Holt
Katy
Shooting near Sardis wounds man face and bond set
In Waxahachie Texas on August 5 a shooting near Sardis left L. L. Layton with a facial wound that may prove fatal. A double barreled shotgun was used and George Prince was placed under a $500 bond.
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Waxahachie
Tex
Sardis
L. L. Layton
George Prince
Funds For Championship in San Antonio
A subscription drive in San Antonio aims to raise 1500 to reward the Bronchos if they win the pennant this year. The team has fifteen players and the 1500 would divide into 100 for each player.
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San Antonio
Ice trust alleged in Fort Worth grand jury probe
Fort Worth officials announce that an ice trust in the city will be examined by a special grand jury session. County attorney records will be reviewed as evidence at the inquiry.
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Fort Worth
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Commissioner Smith
Washington
Aus
James & Nunn
Paul M. Raysor
James Drugstore
Texas
Rizotto's Restaurant
Parsons’ Building
North Main Street
C.L. Hilger
Brazos Valley
J. W. Batts
Taliaferro Building
Court House
Brazos County
Re. Batts
Monroe Edge
Bryan, Texas
Shoop
Dr. Shoop
Schoop
Dr. Shoop’s
M. H. James
River Loire
Holmes & Parker
New York Hotel
Hous
Judge Kittrell
Funds For Championship
Ice Trust
Rockies
Colorado
Earth
A.a.glisson
Fort.worth
Colorado Springs
Boulder
Glenwood Springs
Denver
Denver Road
Hilger
C. L. Hilger
ROYCE
Higgs & Haygoods
Mien
John Wittman
Natt
Merchant Tailo
S.H. Franklin
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