Oil Trust Heads May See Prison
Attorney General Moody plans to bring Sherman anti trust proceedings against leading Standard Oil members for restraint of trade. The move, likely to result in fines or imprisonment, could target long time executives like Henry Hering and John D Archibald. The civil side could dissolve the company if convicted. The start date remains undisclosed, possibly in the western district, timed around upcoming elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Moody
Standard Oil Company
Roosevelt
Supreme Bench
Charles J. Bonaparte
Navy
Tap‘st
Genoody
Milton D
Enr
F. B. Kellogg
Rrison
Rogers
Archibald
Justic
Henry H.ers
John D. Archibald
Circuit Courts
John D. Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
Standard
Atorney
Trained Nurses Receive Honors at Hope Hospital
Ten nurses completed the three year training at Hope hospital and received diplomas and badges at a packed First M. E. Church ceremony. Rev H B Master affirmed the nursing call, Dr W O Gross presented diplomas, and a reception followed with a nurse themed banquet. Graduates hailed from Ontario and U S towns with a final singing of Auld Lang Syne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E
Hope Hospital Training School
Schlatter
C. A. Rowand
Helen Gill
Dvorak
S. C. Moffat
Hope Hospital
Moffat
Miles
Clinton Wilson
Charles Lang
E. G. Hesser
H. B. Master
First Presbyterian Church
Harry Ross
J. B. Franke
Hope Hospital Association
W. O. Gross
Association
Miles F. Porter
Samuel M. Foster
Rowand
Peary at Pole Believed by Wife in Washington
Mrs. Rob ert E. Peary, wife of the Arctic explorer, expects her husband has reached the north pole and will soon return to report. She fears the dogs could fall to disease and leave him without transport, but her instinct says the expedition achieved its goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Robert BE. Peary
Washington
North Pole
Cape Heele
Boy Dale Canfield Becomes Local Weather Barometer
Cleveland reports 10 year old Dale Canfield as a human weather barometer. For over a year he vanishes from home whenever a storm approaches, showing marked fear of violent changes in weather.
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Cleveland
Dale’ Canfield
Women Vote Rights Spread in States and Territories
The Christian Herald notes women will vote in twenty seven states and one territory in November with full or fractional suffrage. Since 1848 the movement has grown steadily, with Wyoming as the first to grant full rights in 1890. Colorado also extended voting to women in earlier reforms.
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The
Christian Herald
Seneca Falls
New York
Wyoming
Colorado
Utah
Idaho
Kansas
Montana
Iowa
Louisiana
Arizona
Connecticut
Delaware
Illinois
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Michigan
Nebraska
North Dakota
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
South Dakota
Vermont
Washington
Wisconsin
Rhode Island
Pennsylvania
New York appoints McDonough Craven street cleaning commissioner
Mayor McClellan names McDonough Craven as the new street cleaning commissioner succeeding Dr. John McGaw Woodbury. Craven, a naval academy graduate and Sanitary Engineer, led the Barren Island garbage plant reconstruction and served under Colonel Waring. He is son of the late Admiral Craven and has long been linked to the department. The article also notes historic women’s suffrage movements in several states and related political rights developments.
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New York
McClellan
McDonough Craven
John McGaw Woodbury
Naval Academy
Barren Island
Craven
Admiral Craven
Colonel Waring
Waring
Department
Woodbury
New York Sanitary
Mr. Craven
Annapolis
Navy
Cadet Midsipman
Santiago del Cuba
Relic of Fort Wayne Bonds Lists Signers 1867
Archive reveals a Grand Rapids and Indiana railroad bond subscription from April 1867 bearing signatures of Fort Wayne business leaders. The $100,000 total pledges were stored with Fort Wayne National Bank as trustee, each name stamped with a five cent revenue stamp. The document will be framed for display in the bank.
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Old National Bank
Fort Wayne
Grand Rapids and Indiana
Kendallville
Fort Wayne National Bank
H. McKinnie
George W. Ewing
P. Hoagland
Thomas W. Swinney
J. L. Williams
Joseph K. Edgerton
Alfred P. Fidgerton
A. S. Evans
Hugh T. Hanna
Charles Hanna
Eliza Hanna
William Willis Hanna
Bass & Hanna
G. W. Brackenridge
Morgan & Beach
Allen Hamilton
Holmes & Pfeiffer
Hill & Orbison
R. E. Fleming
O. Bird
B. W. Oakley
French, Hanna & Co
Henry Baker
A. D. Brandriff
B. Trentman
Clark & Dunne
Woodward & Young
John Orif
O. A. Simons
A. Meyer
H. Manning
Worden & Morris
R. Brackenridge
Miller & Moritz
Cochrane, Humphrey & Co
J. D. Nuttman
Burlesque Trust Hit in Buffalo Court Case
A jury in Buffalo supreme court awarded the Court Street Theater $66,500 against the Empire Circuit, dubbed the burlesque trust. The theater sued for $100,000, alleging a conspiracy to ruin its business by persuading managers to break contracts under threat of exclusion from Empire Circuit burlesque houses. The theater closed January 31, 1902, and never reopened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Court Street Theater Company
Empire Circuit Company
Burlesque Trust
Supreme Court
Marcus
Empire Circuit
United States
Simon Fleischmann
Eugene L. Falk
Rankin D. Jones
Cincinnati
New Zealand Champion and His Father Highlight Tennis Talent
A New Zealand tennis champion and his father emerge as notable players in a broader review of British and English talent. H. L. Doherty leads the field with Riseley close behind as Riseley wins multiple championships and defeats, while Wilding earns praise for potential despite limited early practice with his father noted as a skilled former player.
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New Zealand
H. L. Doherty
Little
Ward
F. L. Riseley
Riseley
Doherty
Leicester
Smith and Gore
Wilding
Wimbledon
Sunbiton
Mr. Wilding
Cuba Roughs Up Padded Payrolls In New Reforms
Havana reports Gov Magoon will shrink the Cuban civil service to cut waste. Details target treasury officials and relatives of Palma era leaders drawing salaries without work. Brigadier Bell tours garrisons and Morro Castle arms are to be dumped into the sea under American supervision.
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Havana
Magoon
Tweed
Treasury Department
Palma
Treasury
Don Francisco Carrillo
Remedios
Francisco Carrillo Morales
Justo Carrillo Morales
Antonio Carrillo Vergel
Elodia Carrillo Vergel
Common Council
Sixto Carrillo Ruiz
Onofre Carrillo Ruiz
Maria Carr
Francisco Carrillo
Custom House
Bell
Cienfuegos
Santa Clara
Morro Castle
Two Grotesque Murders Near Bristol Discovered
Two farm hands found murdered in a barn hayloft one mile northwest of Bristol Missouri. Bodies hidden under hay with bullet wounds in each forehead. Inquest begun by Dr Scheneker as evidence suggests deaths occurred in their sleep. Beer checks tag Wellington Bar St Joseph Mo found on one victim. Limited pockets contain small sums of money.
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Bristol
M. D
Scheneker
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OIL Trust
MR. Moody
Hope Hospital School
M. E. Church
Annabel McCallum
St. Thomas
Ont
Mabel P. Sanders
Sarnia
Helen Palmer
Wallaceburg
Irene Byron
Pittsburg
Mable A. Files
Eva B. Glasgow
Carrie L. Hammond
Prattsville
Mich
Katherine B. Hartman
Lydia HE. Kreutziger
Elkton
Rich
Dessie E. Kelly
Zanesville
Peary
Pole
Wife
Hong Kong
Hore
Kowloon
Tunis
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NEW
Ries
Australia
Finland
Isle of Man
Great Britain
Sweden
Norway
Iceland
Canada
Denmark
France
Germany
Holland
Hungary
Switzerland
Buffalo Theater
A. F. Wilding
Cuba
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