International and Domestic News Briefs Summary
AIC commissioner orders wheat through rate from Nebraska to Pacific coast terminals at 63 cents per 100 pounds starting Sept 15. Alabama Legislature completes act to erect a Jefferson Davis monument near the oath site and old capitol. Guatemalan consul general in New York Se¤or Bengoechea presses libel suit against La Semena editor César Zamora. A Treasury official headed commission will tour Europe to study export conditions tied to the German trade agreement amid criticism by U S trade groups. Attorney General Bonaparte interview rumors on Harrigan prosecution are deemed unfounded by Washington officials. Western Union Telegraph workers strike in Chicago spreads nationwide due to sympathy with Los Angeles telegraphers. End with baseball league standings summary.
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Harlan
Interstate Commerce Commission
Nebraska
Pacific Coast
Alabama
Jefferson Davis
Old Capitol
Senor Bengoechea
New York
Bonaparte
Kb. H. Harrigan
Washington
Western Union Telegraph Company
Chicago
Los Angeles
Five men guilty of attacks and a string of sensational events
Five men were found guilty in New York courts for attacks on women and girls. Other items report a Polish priest figure fatally shooting one man in Wittsburg, a prominent figure shooting himself, high Alpine climbing feats, a plan for a Hamburg Bremen canal, and assorted government and industry notes including railway irregularities and race balance remarks in Hawaii.
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New York
Ludwig Sezevsiel
Chicago
Wittsburg
Ida MM. Tarbell
Standard 68 Company
Ida Licehte
George Wallace Delamater
Pennsylvania
Azcalunl Legislataive
Jivanese Gevernment
America
Wilhelmina Ludwig
Port Jervis
N.Y
Hamburg
Bremen
Southern Railway Company
Alabama
Alteney General Kirby
Arkansas
Secretary of State
Jedeo Viderenter St le Paul
Lock Island
Montpelier
Marcellin Alwert
France
Argedniers
Trlaware and
Studson
Willcox
Panama
Canal Zone
Strauss
Department of Commerce and Libel
Tsono- Julu
Hawaii
Bank Theft Epidemic Shakes Wall Street Trusts
A surge in embezzlements in New York banks prompts tighter bonds for clerks and wider surveillance. Detectives track nearly every fund handler as speculation temptations grow, following the Windsor Trust heist by teller Runyan.
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Windsor Trust Company
New York
Runyan
Wall Street
New York City
Financial District
Alumni Board Backs Tuition Hikes and Student Loans
The Yale alumni advisory board urges moderate tuition increases where costs rose and a uniform student loan system. Williams College sees President Hopkins resign in 1908, to be succeeded by Harry A Garfield. Massachusetts College forms a new agricultural education department linked with extension work. The National Educational Association endorses teacher prep and living wages, rural high schools, and broader school duties. Pittsburg School Board plans a baths project for pupils and after hours care. Sydney Talbot notes Osler’s theory at 99 years of life.
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Yale University
Williams College
Henry Hopkins
Harry A. Garfield
James A. Garfield
Williams
Princeton University
Hopkins
Massachusetts College
National Educational Association
Los Angeles
Peace Associations
School Board
Pittsburg
Sydney Talbot
London
Osler
Record Fine Doubles as Landmark Rebates Case
Judge Landis fines Standard Oil 29.24 million dollars on 1462 counts under the Elkins law for rebates the largest such penalty in history. Oil lawyers will appeal as prosecutors hint at railroad conspiracy probes and possible indictments of Rockefeller tied to a vast rebate scheme.
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Kenesaw M. Landis
Federal District Court
Chicago
Standard Oil Company
Elkins
The
Oil Corporation
United States Court of Appeals
Federal Supreme Court
United States District Court
Oil Company
Landis
Congress
Rockefeller
Chicago and Aston Railroad
John B. Rockefeller
Trust
Init States
Judge Landis
Stockefeller
Yvelates
Standard Oil
John D. Rockefeller
William Rockefeler
John D. Archbold
H. 4. Rogers
J. A. Moffett
United States
New Jersey
Indiana Company
Decisions On Corporate Crime And Transportation Law
The opinion contrasts corporate penalties with individual liberty, upheld standards for rail and oil company conduct, and warns against lenient fines that could invite future violations. It condemns corporate malfeasance, notes that motive is irrelevant, and underscores the harm to society when penalties resemble a license to offend.
Monopoly charged with unlawful price rising methods report
Public revelations accompany a Roosevelt report by Herbert Knox Smith detailing how Standard Oil used secret rebates and price manipulation to raise profits and oil prices. The document includes a critical summary to the President and highlights consumer impact. A separate Philadelphia collapse reports three deaths in a concrete building incident.
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Judge Landis
Chicago
Standard Oil Company
Elkins
Chicago and Alton Railroad
Roosevelt
Herbert Knox Smith
Standard Company
Standard
Chicago Business Outlook Shows Steady Yet Mixed Signals
Dun's Review of Trade notes midsummer quiet with steady factory production and rising distribution of goods. Iron and steel demand grows while car and rail orders increase. mines push to overcome strike setbacks. copper declines, grain yields improve, and hog and beef prices rise as stocks remain tight.
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Dun
Market Outlook Brightens with Fall Trade Expansion
Bradstreet's Commercial Report notes renewed farmer prospects and freer fall shipping for corn and cotton, with improving distributive trade in large southern markets and eastern cities. Spelter copper and lead weaken while raw wool remains strong. US weekly business failures total 142, compared with prior weeks and years.
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Midsan Imer
United States
Grain and Livestock Prices Across U S Markets
Market summaries list bids for cattle hogs and sheep in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Toledon. Prices cover wheat corn oats rye hay butter eggs potatoes and clover seed with varied grades and ranges.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Ste
Cincinnati
Soc
Detroit
Milwaukee
New York
Public Meetings in Chile Rally Against Education Bill
News notes report public meetings in Chile opposing an education bill seen as giving the clerical party control of schools. An earthquake shook tall buildings in Santa Talibara California. several women fainted at Potter the ater. Rockefeller spoke at Euclid Avenue Baptist about happiness through self sacrifice and helping others. An attempt to wreck the train carrying Grand Duke Peter Nicholievitch failed when a pistol detonator exploded on the track but did not derail the train.
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Chile
Santa Talibara
Cal
Potter Theater
Joshn J. Rockefeller
Euclid Avenue
Peterbor
St. Petersburg
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