Exposé of Standard Oil price abuses and monopolistic tactics
Washington Aug 12 The Commissioner of Corporations Herbert Knox Smith delivers a strong official indictment of Standard Oil. He charges price discrimination abroad and at home, tying railroads to high costs, and using monopoly power to oppress consumers. The report details wide local price variances, bogus independent firms, and secret railroad rate discounts that boosted American prices while reducing foreign ones.
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Washington, D. C
Standard Oil Company
Herbert Knox Smith
Standard
The
Pennsylvania
Bureau
Kliss
Smith
United States
New York
Hamburg
London
United Kingdom
Belgium
Holland
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Orient
Beith Consime 1 de Cor
Atlantic Seaboard
Delaware
State
North Carolina
New Hampshire
South Carolina
Florida
Georgia
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San Francisco
Oregon
Washington
Galena Signal Oil Company
Pet
Comiceinney Armith Bays
Prince Yi Foresees Koreans’ Resolve After Sentences
The Korean supreme court sentenced Yisang f ol to death and Yi Wi Chow and Yi Chun to life in prison after The Hague mission. A Japanese landing at Qang Wha island left five dead and five wounded as troops disarmed Koreans. Prince Yi, nephew to Korea’s emperor, vowed continued patriotic work and blamed traitorous Koreans for the outcome. He sought a private audience with President Roosevelt, who declined.
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Seoul
Korean Supreme Court
Hague
Yisang
Yi Wi Chow
Yi Chun
Qang Wha Island
Chemulpo
New York
The
Prince Yi
Korea
Broadway Central Hotel
Roosevelt
Monopoly of railroad hubricants claimed by Standard Oil
The text argues Standard Oil's influence as a large shipper and general financial sway enabled it to secure a monopoly in railroad hubricants regardless of price, suggesting its dominance stems from power in financial circles and market leverage.
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Standard Oil Company
Terre Haute Directory Cites Population Over 65,000
Terre Haute Indiana August 12 The new city directory is out showing a population over 65 000 The school enumeration directed by State Superintendent Jotton last week would place the city at 45 638 Officials are demanding an explanation from Superintendent Fassett A Cotton who ordered and supervised the recent count.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Jotton
Fassett A. Cotton
SCHOONER SINKS IN LONG ISLAND SOUND COLLISION
New York Aug 12 The three mast schooner Myroneas bound from Rockland Me to New York with granite sank after a collision with the Tennessee bound from Fall River to New York. Four crew members drowned and Captain Belatty was rescued by passengers on the Tennessee. The Maine and other vessels aided. four missing sailors presumed drowned. The Tennessee, lightly damaged, remains at anchor as searches continue.
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New York
Myroneus
Rockland
Long Island Sound
Neptune Line
Tennessee
Fall River
Myroneas
Belatty
New Bedford Line
Maine
Joseph Kenney
Michael J. Coffin
United States
New Jersey
Neptune
Gun Keeps Police From Flag In Logansport
In Logansport Indiana on August 9 Chief Graham tried to force a marine corps recruiting corporal to take down a U S flag defying a city ordinance banning banners over streets. The corporal refused and warned he would be killed, sparking a tense standoff with armed veterans and two flags still flying as orders from Washington required the flag remain.
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Logansport
Ind
Graham
United States Marine Corps
United States
Murtaugh
Washington
Ossian Fire Douses Kitchen Blaze At W W Clark Home
A fire damaged the residence of W W Clark in Ossian Indiana last evening. The blaze started in the kitchen roof during supper and was spotted by painters working on the schoolhouse who sounded the alarm. Firefighters quickly extinguished it. In town events, the W C T U announces a silver medal oratorical contest this evening featuring Elsie Swayzee Gaynell Keefer Pearl King Halden Hunter and Edith Bash.
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Ossian
Ind
W. W. Clark
Elsie Swayzee
Gaynell Keefer
Pearl King
Halden Hunter
Edith Bash
Roosevelt Creates Tern Islands Bird Reservation
President Roosevelt issues an order establishing a new bird reservation on the Tern islands near the Mississippi mouth. It becomes the eighth such protected area and covers the temporary mud lumps that form from river sediment. Large numbers of brown pelicans and other terns inhabit the islets during the breeding season.
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Tern Islands
Washington
Roosevelt
Mississippi River
Torreon Man Found Dead In His Room
KE F Germains formerly of Fort Wayne Indiana and recently in Mexico City and Torreon was found dead in his Torreon room at 3 PM Thursday. He had stayed in Torreon two to three months after moving from Mexico City where he was employed as a cook. Friends took charge of the body after coroner’s viewing and burial arrangements were made with BE E Arey.
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Torreon
Coahuila
Mexico
KE. F. Germains
Fort Wayne
Ind
Mexico City
BE. E. Arey
Lost index finger at Wayne hotel accident
John Rupp a night engineer at the Wayne hotel lost the index finger of his right hand in an accident Saturday. The incident occurred as the sinker was being taken off.
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John Rupp
Wayne “Hotel
Wayne Hotel
Mr. Rupp
Rockefeller Feud Escalates as Brother Declares Monster Status
New York reports Frank Rockefeller, John D. Rockefeller’s brother, brands him a merciless monster and vows to publish John D.’s life story. He asserts their father William A. Rockefeller is alive in seclusion, with only four family members aware of his whereabouts. Chicago, Aug 12, adds Mrs. Harold Fowler McCormick defending John D., blaming Uncle Frank’s business failures for grudging rancor.
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New York
Frank Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
John D
H. E. Bigger
Cleveland
Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
William A. Rockefeller
H.ding
William
Frank
Mary Rudd
Middle West
John
Alcnre
Old Wing
Cedar Valley
Towa
Father Case
Father
Goa
Chicago
Harold Fowler McCormick
Foresters End Their Work At International Convention
The Catholic Order of Foresters international convention in St Paul adjourned after voting to keep insurance rates unchanged and selecting Montreal as the 1999 meeting place. Officers elected include High Chief Ranger Thomas H Cannon of Chicago and High Vice Chief Ranger F X Biladeau of Montreal, with other posts filled by Chicago and Montreal members. A note repeats Winslow’s Soothing Syrup teething guarantee under the Food and Drugs Act, Serial No. 1098.
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St. Paul
Minn
Montreal
International Convention of the
Catholic Order of Foresters
Thomas H. Cannon
Chicago
F. X. Bila
Dear
John A. Limback
Cedar Rapids
Thomas F. McDonald
J. Pe Smythe
Simon Vigr
Lawrence
Mass
John F. Doherty
la Crosse
Thomas P. Flynn
Michael J. Herbert
Julius A. Coller
Shakopee
John B. Stephan
James E. McGinley
Louis F. Niehoff
First Dividend August 19 for Peerless Creditors
First dividend for creditors from Peerless Manufacturing Co. assets will be declared August 19 and is believed to be at least 15 percent. Referee Sol A. Wood approved the sale of the factory to Henry Pfeiffer for 7000. Attorney Charles A. Hays returned from Defiance Ohio with his daughter. In a river canoe race, Karl Krotz aged 19 and Victor Mansfield aged 20 drowned when their canoe overturned.
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Peerless Manufacturing Co
Sol A. Wood
Henry Pfeiffer
Charles A. Hays
Defiance
Ohio
G. A. Krotz
Hays
Karl Krotz
Victor Mansfield
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Terry Hut
Long Island
Flag
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New Bird Reservation
E. F. Germains
Bro
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Dopay Manufacturing
Warsaw
Indiana
Winona Lake and Return
Mme
Schumann-Heink
Niagara Falls
Norfolk
East
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J.E. Ross
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