Oil Trust Fight Moves to New York Supreme Court
The New York supreme court will decide whether Henry H. Rogers can be compelled to answer questions about Standard Oil of New Jersey owning Waters-Pierce Oil Missouri, Standard Oil of Indiana, and Republic Oil New York. Att’y Gen Hadley seeks to prove monopsony in Missouri and has Lawson invited to testify. Pierce dodges, Lawson warns, and officers pursue subpoenas amid a tense hearing.
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New York
Henry H. Rogers
Herbert S. Hadley
Missouri
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Supreme Court of
New York State
Rogers
William V. Rowe
Hadley
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Indiana
Republic Oil Company of
Supreme Court
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Lawson
Magnate
H. Clay Pierce
Hachey
Pierce
Waters-Pierce Oil
Thomas Lawson
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Republic Oil Company
Waters-Pierce Company
Standard Oil
Mr. Lawson
Missouri claims right to testimony against conspirators at 26 Broadway
A sharp political missive asserts that the state should accept testimony only from the band of conspirators at 26 Broadway and their hirelings, insisting on excluding any other witnesses to prove a case involving the name Btandard or similar.
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Missouri
Broadway
Japanese Ambassadors Appointments and Honors in Tokyo
Viscount Aoki is appointed ambassador to the United States. The emperor elevates Count Inouye to ambassador to Germany. Baron Kaneko and Baron Komura are named privy councilors. Count Katsura joins the empire's military council.
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Siuzo Aoki
Tokio
Viscount Aoki
United States
Count Inouye
Germany
Baron Kaneko
House of Peers
Jutaro Komura
Japan
Portsmouth
Privy Council
Count Katsura
Empire
Philippine tariff bill sparks house debate in January session
Washington reports the Philippine tariff measure as the sole topic of house discussion with speakers largely opposing the bill. Gillett favored Canadian reciprocity while Bonynge and Cassel spoke for beet sugar and tobacco interest respectively. Burgess pressed constitutional objections, Williams defended near free trade, and Golden urged shielding Dingley rates from trusts. Senate meanwhile adopted two inquiry resolutions on the Panama canal and Isthmus money exchange. Pennsylvania postmasters named include Jennie Strunk and Solomon Tozer.
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Washington
House
Gillett
Massachusetts
Bonynge
Colorado
Burgess
Texas
Williams
Philippines
Cassel
Pennsylvania
Henry
Connecticut
Golden
New York
Senate
Panama Canal
Finance Committee
Canal Committee
Millard
Mr. Bailey
New Millport
Clearfield County
Jennie Strunk
Waukesha
Solomon Tozer
Vesuvius Eruption Attracts Tourists and Causes Damage
Mount Vesuvius erupts sending lava streams to the Funicular railway lower station. The scene attracts thousands of tourists including Americans. Activity possibly rising, with Etna also active, ejecting red hot ashes forming a large cone above its crater amidst snow.
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Naples
Italy
Vesuvius
Mount Etna
Sicily
Slow Progress in Savannah Harbor Trial
The first day of the Gaynor and Greene trial in Savannah GA over harbor contract fraud featured preliminary skirmishing. It may take several days before jury selection begins.
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Savannah
Gaynor and Greene
Savannah Harbor
Tennessee Man Chosen as Glasgow Consul Sparks Ohio Members’ Clash
Washington reports incensed Ohio senators Dick and Foraker oppose the appointment of Richard W. Austin of Tennessee to replace Samuel W. Taylor as consul in Glasgow. They urge the foreign relations committee to withhold action pending questions about the selection and party balance. The move signals a fraught shift in Ohio presidential patronage relations.
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Washington
Samuel W. Taylor
Ohio
Glasgow
Scotland
Foraker
Committee On Foreign Relations
Richard W. Austin
Tennessee
Taylor
Buckeye
Columbus
Howard Mannington
Urbana
Charles Pearce
Franklin County
Austin
Shonts Refuses Resignation Amid Press Drubs
Washington January 10 Chairman Shonts of the canal commission declares he will not resign over Secretary Taft’s letter and the commission report. He says he will endure any drubbing from press or Congress, and will carry on to complete the work, striving not to merit criticism.
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Washington
Shonts
Canal Commission
Taft
Congress
Became a Child Again Mrs Greenhouse Dies at 106 in Ohio
Sebring Ohio January 10 Mrs Mary Greenhouse of Apollo Armstrong county Pa dies at her son Joseph Hartleys home in Sebring aged 106 She had regained vision and memory after years of near blindness and enjoyed reading aloud to her grandchildren Burial planned in Apollo. James W Alexander and James Hazen Hyde were dropped from the Equitable Life board with Frick and Cravath elected to fill vacancies in Philadelphia
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Mary Greenhouse
Apollo
Ohio
Sebring
Armstrong County
Joseph Hartley
Greenhouse
Alexander and Hyde
Philadelphia
James W. Alexander
James Hazen Hyde
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Franklin National Bank
H. C. Frick
Paul D. Cravath
American Sculptor Honored by Royal Academy
London Jan 10 The Royal Academy general assembly elected Augustus Saint Gaudens American sculptor and Josef Israels Dutch painter as honorary foreign members of the academy in a noted ceremony last night.
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London
General Assembly
The
Royal Academy
Augustus Saint Gaudens
Josef Israels
Academy
Seven in Haverstraw feared dead in rock collapse tragedy
Eleven to thirteen houses tumbled into a 60 foot pit carved by clay diggers for brick making in Haverstraw New York. A blizzard hampered escape as fires and further collapses followed. Firefighters but water shut off by a landslide. James Sammie rescued his wife from the wreckage but she died in the collapse.
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Haverstraw
Rockland Street
Harris Neilson
Benjamin Neilson
Silverman
Charles Cohen
P. Mannon
John B. Beauchamp
A. Proviteh
Abraham Dias
Joseph Albert
John McMurray
Bartley McGovern
Joseph Dailey
James Sammie
Mr. Sammie
Denison Prior & Co. head shoots self in Cleveland hotel
Leland W. Prior a Cleveland financier and junior partner in Denison Prior & Co. killed himself at the Hollenden hotel after a day of nervous pacing. A note to his son was found. The firm plans a creditors committee to investigate its half million dollar stock market exposure and brewery consolidations. The death follows tensions over financial affairs and market losses.
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Cleveland
Leland W. Prior
Denison, Prior & Co
Hollenden Hotel
Prior
N. B. Hasbrouck
Hasbrouck
E. C. Prior
George B. Denison
Cleveland Stock Exchange
Chicago Stock Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
Central West
Mir
Ohio
Charles E. Denison
Boston
Mr. Denison
H. R. Newcomb
George A. Garretson
H. P. McIntosh
E. G. Tillotson
John Sherwin
Newcomb
Citizens Savings and Trust Company
General Garretson
National Bank For Commerce
Guardian Trust Company
Cleveland Trust Company
First National Bank
Clubs Against Rifles In Vitebsk Strife Across Region
Four killed and several wounded in a frenzied attack by Lithuanian peasants on a detachment of infantry in Vitebsk, where peasants armed only with clubs charged rifles and were halted by a deadly volley. Russian notices report revolts and targeted killings across nearby towns and shootings between January 10 and 19.
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M. Maxim
Social Democrats
Baltic
Maxim
Novominsk
Russian
Poland
Iran
Inanatskevich
Apatoff
Nagasaki
Mongolia
Vladivostok
Siberia
Durango
Col
W. J. Thompson
la Plata County
Jesse Stenzel
Stenzel
Ten Thousand Men to Strike New York
A national allied building trades strike is to be ordered tomorrow affecting about 10 000 structural iron workers and indirectly displacing more than 200 000 workers. The Greater New York district council of the Housesmiths and Bridgemen's union asked for the action at a secret meeting seeking support in New York. The strike would impact contracts held by New York employers in major cities nationwide.
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New York
Allied Building Trades
Greater New York
Housesmiths and Bridgemen's Union
Taft Loses 20 Pounds In Self Diet Regimen
Washington reports Secretary Taft has been reducing weight for weeks, dropping from 314 pounds to 294 pounds through careful dieting and exercise. He plans to continue until reaching 250 pounds, aided by horseback riding and long walks.
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Washington
Taft
Philippines
Nvely Galt
McCoy Arrested Again in Brother's Darlington Murder
Robert McCoy, rearrested at Cannelton by Special Officer Dunlap, charged with killing his brother Hugh in December. A prior hearing with his son James ended in discharge. Detectives Lazarus and Dunlap seek new evidence. a witness, Miss Mary Gisnbaugher, may provide key details. others may corroborate the shooting account.
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Darlington
Robert McCoy
Cannelton
Dunlap
Beaver
Hugh McCoy
James Kelly
James
I. B. Lazarus
Mary Gisnbaugher
McCoy
Lee Coburn
Here
Hugh
Airship deal urged for North Pole voyage by Strobel
Toledo manager Charles J Strobel says he will furnish an airship and aeronaut for Walter Wellman and negotiate a deal to go to the north pole. He rejects sending the project to France and Dumont, promising a ship built to Wellman's specs or one guaranteed to carry any payload for a set number of days.
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Toledo
Walter Wellman
North Pole
Charles J Strobel
Roy Ixnabenshue
Lincoln Beechy
Wellman
Strobel
France
Dumont
Spitaberger
Save Mrs Tolla Pleas Brought To New Jersey Board
Strong effort to save Italian woman Antoinette Tolla condemned to hang in New Jersey next Friday for murder will be presented to the pardon board in Trenton. Officials say the defense argues self defense in her home when she killed Joseph Santa.
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Tolla
New York
Antoinette Tolla
New Jersey
Baron Von Richthofen Stricken In Grave Condition
Berlin reports Baron Von Richthofen the foreign secretary is in a most grave condition after a stroke of apoplexy. The terse dispatch notes his critical state and makes no immediate recovery forecast.
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Baron Richthofen
Berlin
Baron von Richthofen
Chicago Grain Market Shifts on Wheat Supply Drop
Chicago January 9 Wheat futures rose as May options gained percent, spurred by an unexpected large drop in world wheat supplies. Corn May advanced 4 or 4 cents while oats remained almost unchanged. Closing quotes: Wheat May 87 34 to 87 percent, corn May 44 percent, oats May 82 432 percent.
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Chicago
Pittsburg Market Prices January Nine Report
Pittsburg markets report corn prices for new yellow shelled and new yellow ear with various bids. No. 2 and No. 3 white oats, timothy and clover hay, eggs and butter quotes, cheese prices from New York Ohio Wisconsin, and cattle hogs calves and sheep quotes with ranges for grade and weight.
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New York
New
Ohio
Wisconsin
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Mr. Hadley
Philippine
Horman
Alliany
D.ck
Haverstraw EN
Gulfs
Denison, Prior
John Lawrent
Ohio Mayors’ Association
Civil Service Commission
M’coy
Chicago Grain Market
Pittsburg
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