Secret Buckeye Maps Linked to Standard Oil Probe
Ohio hearings of the Interstate Commerce Commission reveal plans to introduce maps showing alleged Standard Oil and Buckeye Pipe Line concessions along railroad rights of way. Testimony suggests the Manhattan Oil tie and other documents may expose collusion between Standard Oil and rail interests, with witnesses including former Lake Shore railroad officials and a Dayton stenographer who tracked oil sales.
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Cleveland
Standard
Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lima
Commission
Standard Oil
TOG
Trust and Railroad Corporation
Buckeye Pipe Line Company
Buckeye
Manhattan Oil Company
Manhattan
Hancock
Wood County
Bradbury of
Pomeroy
Supreme Court
Witneses
Elizabeth Protzman
The
Dayton
Draymen
Standard Oil Company
Atlantic Refining Company
Republic Oil Company
Vacuum Oil Company
Solar Refinery Company
Sun Oil Company
W. E. MacEwen
Lake Shore Railroad
Union
Telegraphic News Fragment Summary of 19th Century Incidents
A garbled telegraph item recalls Seilee Downs and Ni ten. A fatal bear attack near Columbus. Saloonkeepers intimidated by a mob over an unspecified incident. A resort at White City in Ohio destroyed by fire with losses. A drowning incident in the Ohio River at Bridgeport while attempting to save a younger brother. Frank P. Toughton, cashier, linked to a financial distress note. A jewelry peddler reportedly starved on ten cents of ice cream daily in Argenta, Arkansas. Standard Oil HQ reportedly moving from Lima to Casey with no reason given.
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Pennsylvania
Peerless Transit
Railroa
MacEwen
Cleveland
Chicago
Lake Shore Road
Union Tank Line Company
Standard Concern
Standard Oil
Standard
W. D. Brickell
Columbus, Ohio
Dispatch
Standard—O l Company
F. S. Monnett
Ohio
Standard Oil Company
Brickell
Monnett
Standard Company
D. E. Byles
Independent Refining Company
Ol City
Frank J. Helmerich
Standard Or
Galena
Standard of Galena
Telegraphic
Seilee Downs
George
Columbus
White City
Nd. O
Bravty Slack
Ohio River
Bridgeport
Frank P. Toughton
Natonal Bank
Battle Creek
Mich
Roberts
Argenta
Ark
Lima
Casey
The March Is Over A Soldier’s Memory
Poem recalls veterans marching at war with fire and drum. It honors old soldiers, now aged, who rest in peace as comrades lay spring gifts, beneath a blue sky. A tribute to sacrifice and memory from a rural community.
Big Rise in West Virginia Railroad Valuations
Charleston May 2. The state board of public works completed railroad property assessments showing total value about 17 million dollars, nearly five hundred percent above last year and far above county real estate increases. Major lines like Baltimore and Ohio, Chesapeake and Ohio, and Norfolk and Western saw sharp jumps. telegraph and other utilities to be assessed next week. The note ends with a Baudelaire quote about life in a hospital setting.
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Charleston
State Board of Public Works
United States Census Bureau
West Virginia
State Board
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Chesapeake and Ohio
Norfolk and Westera
Burnap Retires After Long Railroad Career
Engineer William G. Burnap ends a four decade railroading run with voluntary retirement from Baltimore and Ohio at Keyser. A Civil War veteran, he served in Co D Lth Md Reg and worked up from machinist to engineman, noting no known deaths caused by him though injured four times. Burnap, known as Bill, lives in Keyser with ties to G R Post Keyser Lodge 7 and Grafton Lodge 284.
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Wm. G. Burnap
Baltimore and Otio Railroad Company
Piedmont
Newburg
Keyser
Bill
G. R. Post
Grafton Lodge No
Keyser Lodge
Order of United Workmen
Must Enlarge Tunnels For New Giant Locomotives
Chief Engineer VD B Carotiere of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad reports after a tunnel inspection that many tunnels must be rebuilt before the new heavy traffic locomotives can pass. Sections of several divisions will lose tunnel access until widening is completed, with only the Wheeling branch of the Potomac division likely needing end tunnel widening.
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VD. B. Carotiere
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Tunpela
Wheeligeg
Potrebarg
Dba Oanow
Largest Diamond Named by The Ace Boston Globe
Visitior Johnny reports that the Boston Globe identifies the largest diamond by name. The article notes the gemstone’s prominence and attributes, naming the key figure or source associated with the discovery or reveal.
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Johnny
Boston Globe
Swiss Funeral Customs
Swiss funeral practices describe a formal black edged notice inviting sympathy and an exhibition of the mourning urn. A black cloth covered table with a black jar sits before the death site where visitors leave black margined visiting cards. Only men attend the churchyard, often following the hearse on foot. carriages appear occasionally.
Rebate Cases Convict Two Defendants in Kansas City
In Kansas City on May 28 George L. Thomas and L B Taggart were found guilty of conspiracy to illegally grant rebates to shippers. George H. Crosby, on trial, was discharged. Sentencing for Thomas and Taggart to occur early, with future trial dates set for other defendants including Armour Packing, Nelson Morris, Burlington, Chicago Alton, and D H Kresky. Judge McPherson to preside.
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Kansas City
George L. Thomas
L. B. .Taggart
Thomas
United States District Court
George H. Crosby
Burlington Railway
Taggart
Fung'em
Thomas and
Taigart
McPherson
Armour Packing Company
Nelson Morris & Co
Burlington Railroad
Chicago & Alton
M. Fairhorn
F. A. Wann
The
Alton
D. H. Kresky
Wichita
Russian Tragedies and Other May 28 News
A mixed May 28 dispatch reports political killings in the Caucasus with Social Democrats winning most seats, plus police deaths in Grodno and a high school head shot in Tula. It also notes Japanese market control in Manchuria and Korea, Chinese repatriation talks in Oakland, and a Red Cross effort to locate earthquake separated children in Boston and San Francisco.
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Tiflis
M. Lefevre
Social Democrats
Caucasus
Grodno
Kos
Iitant
Tula
Russia
Radetsk
Vitersk
Belkine
Libau
Odessa
Washington
Manchuria
Manchukao
Korea
Oakland
Cal
Chentuily
Chineas
China
Ellen Louise Bigelow
Harvard
Mass
Roosevelt
California
Devine
Red Cross
San Francisco
Penn railroad chief eyed over graft probe in Philadelphia
Officials of the Pennsylvania Railroad face a federal inquiry over graft and favoritism disclosed by the Interstate Commerce Commission investigation. A.J. Cassatt, president, was named in testimony as a target of alleged ruinous influence and the board’s five member committee vows a thorough exam. The probe, conducted in secret sessions, follows disclosures that shook railroad and financial circles.
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Paris
A. J. Cassatt
Pennsylvania Railroad
Amerika
Cherbourg
New York
Philadelphia
Interstate Com Merce Commission
F. A. von Boyenburk
Renkirk Brothers Coal Company
Pennsylvania
Cassatt
Proba
Patterson
Willam H. Barnes
James McCrea
T. D. Cuyler
Effingham B. Morris
Pennsylvania Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bridge Trust Indictments Hit Lima Grand Jury Report
Indictments against one bridge company and agents were returned by the Lima grand jury amid reports of a bridge trust in Allen County. Sixty-four installments re ported fiscal abuses, with two former county commissioners named among the indicted. Sensational testimony centered on bridge trust operations and inflated bridge costs.
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Grand Jury
Lima
Allen County
Bridge Trust
T. Burns
George W. Kanawal
Albert Heffner
James T. Adams
Findlay
John Dun
Columbus
John Reed
Canton
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Deep
Baton ‘Tank
U. P
A. P. Union
Cedarville
United Presbyterians
General Synod
Reformed Presbyterian Church
United Presbyterian Church
W. H. McMillian
Allegheny
Mr. McMillan
H. J. D. Pierce
St. Louis
Robert M. Snyder
Kansas
Central Traction
Helen M. RI
West Va
Charles. Baudelaire
W. G. Burnap
Frey
W. A. Pratt
Pearl St
Grafton, W. Va
Federal Commission
Phiadelphia
Arthur T. Reeder
Marine Corps
Treasury Department
Herolam
United States
Chagres River
Reeder
Priveta
Marine Corpa
Stephen Jenner
Camp Nott
Bruary
Jenner
Meeker
Tex Jenner
Reader
Himaell
Jenger Bank
In & Canoe
Sarah Bernhardt
Texas
Central
Highth
Streets
Francesco
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