Grand jury to probe rebating by railroads and Standard Oil
In Cleveland on July 8 a judge ordered a grand jury to investigate rebating and discrimination by Lake Shore and Michigan Southern and other railroads in favor of Standard Oil. James R. Garfield and U S District Attorney Sullivan discussed the case after a conference with Lake Shore attorneys. Subpoenas were issued to Lake Shore employees to testify, focusing on shipments via the Lake Shore system. Garfield left decisions to Sullivan and Garfield planned to attend Fourth of July events in Mentor.
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Cleveland
Taylor
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern
Standard Ol Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal Grand Jury
James R. Garfield
Corporations
United States
Sullivan
Garfield
T. J. Jerome
Lake Shore Railway
Grand
Standard Oil Company
Abram Garfield
Country Club
Mentor
Washington
G. J. Grammer
Chicago
Fray and shooting linked to school board dispute in Ohio
July incidents in Grethorn Ohio show John Dever shot by his brother after a long board of education dispute. Denison bankruptcy discharge noted in Cleveland with liabilities and assets stated. Akron sees a fatal shooting in a Miss Hurley case. Toledo appoints a receiver for traction lines. Bucyrus reports a coal oil fire explosion injuring Amos Kelley.
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Grethorn
Jackson
John Boloman Dever
Johns
John Dever
Board of Education
Denison
Cleveland
Charles B. Denison
Denison, Prior and Company
Leland W. Prior
Akron
Mae Hurley
Cuyahoga Falls Sanitarium
George Dalrymple
Daniel G. Patty
Dalrymple
Bucyrus, O
Amos Kelley
Shot Five Then Turned the Weapon on Himself
In Lucedale Mississippi on July 3 a man named Charles Brewer killed his wife and mother in law, wounded his wife's grandmother and infant child, then killed himself after his wife refused to return home. He had accused her of mistreatment and opened fire when she stayed at her mother's house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucedale
Miss
Charles Brewer
Brewer
Family of Eight Drowned in River Crossing Accident
Durango Colorado reports Leonard Boat his wife and six children drowned while attempting to ford the Animas river near Cedar Hill New Mexico. Local authorities investigate cause and safety of crossing in heavy river conditions.
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Durango
Col
Leonard Boat
Animas River
Cedar Hill
New Mexico
Cortez named Colombian minister to the United States
Enrique Cortez is named by Colombia to replace Diego Mendoza as minister to the United States. Two miners trapped in Wales after a flood at Caradoovale colliery are rescued alive after six days. In Virginia, two black women and two black girls die after a freight train strikes them near Orange. Ice manufacturers in Philadelphia face $15,000 bonds after warrants allege price fixing. A reflective quote concludes the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enrique Cortez
United States
Diego Mendoza
Caradoovale
Wales
Orange
Philadelphia
Thaw Case Delays Arraignment as Witness Dies
New York July 3 A death among Harry Thaw’s aides removes a key witness. Bedford died after appendicitis surgery, clearing Thaw of drug use claims and denying notes passing between White and Mrs Thaw. Detectives for both sides questioned. no speedy trial expected, arraignment likely October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White
Thaw
New York
William Bedford
Harry Thaw
Presbyterian Hospital
Garvin
Bedford
Garvan
Miss Nesbit
Pittsburg
J. W. Rorke
William McDonald
Harry Raleigh
Jerome
Roosevelt rests at Oyster Bay after lengthy session
President Roosevelt enjoys his first day of rest since Congress began last December as work pauses at Sagamore Hill. Secretary Loeb runs executive business from Oyster Bay without the president’s direct involvement, and locals anticipate a Fourth of July speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Congress
Sagamore Hill
Loeb
Signing Scale Takes Root In Fifth District Coal Area
Officials of the United Mine Workers fifth Ohio sub district met at Wheeling and collected signatures from eastern Ohio coal firms on the Winder 1803 scale agreed at Columbus. Firms include Gaylord Coal company and Empire Coal company. Mines in the Pittsburg vein district near Cleveland plan immediate reopening after July 4 with preference to former workers. new hires to fill remaining spots under guard if necessary. An inquest at Salisbury into the Plymouth express wreck yielded no cause and left embalmers busy with American victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ling
Wheeling
W. Va
United Mine Workers of the
Ohio
West Virginia Panhandlie
Eastern Ohio
Columbus
Gaylord Coal Company
Gaylord
Lolliard Coal Company
Morris Post & Company
Wheeling and
Lake Erie
Cleveland
Pittsburg Vein
Hera
Hocking
Salisbury
Frederick H. Cossitt
London
America
BASEBALL SCORES FROM MAJOR LEAGUE GAMES
American League results from Cleveland and Philadelphia feature tight scores with Detroit, New York, Washington, and Boston, including multiple batters and pitcher combinations. National League action shows St Louis, Chicago, New York, and Boston matchups with varied runs, while American Association games list Toledo and Minneapolis, plus Louisville and St Paul results.
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Cleveland
Detroit
Hoss
Clarke
Eubanks
Warner
Philadelphia
R.A. New York
Newton
Clarkson
Chesbro
McGuire
Thomas
Plank
Powers
R.H. E. New York
Orth and
Kleinow
Coakley
Bender
Schreck
Washington
Boston
Smith and
Wakefield
Young and Armbruster
Falkenberg
Heyden
Winter
Glaze
Harris
Peterson
W.L. P.C
N.Y
Chica
Philo
Cleve
Wash
National League
ST. Louis
RHE
Pittsburg
Brown and McCarthy
Ilc- Farland, Leifid, Lynch and
Gibson
Chicago
R.I. E
Cinginati
Lundgren
Kling
Fraser
Batterias
Pfeffer
O'Neil
Pitlinger
Dooin
Lslubs
American Association
Toledo
Indianapolis
Louisville
Columbus
St. Pauvi i
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
IL. Colum
Totedo
Ss. P
Louis
Indliis
Meat Inspection Law and Public Buildings Drive
Washington July 3 Meantime Representative Tawney outlines next year’s appropriations totaling 880 102 501 with 139 456 415 diverted to sinking funds Panama and other items leaving 740 726 886 for government. Livings tone criticizes the cost surge comparing to 1898 while noting meat inspection exams set for July 21 with 1000 salary and civil service rules. Treasury moves to apply omnibus public building law to acquire about 200 new buildings with 50 to 60 sites already government owned. Phelps case reopened with Cincinnati buying back catcher from Boston for presentation to Pittsburgh.
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Washington, D. C
Tawney
House Committee On Appropriations
Congress
United States
Panama Canal
Livingsstone
McKinley
Civil Service Commission
Treasury Department
Rising of Negroes Against Mob in Oklahoma Lynching Aftermath
A Purcell dispatch reports intense unrest in Womack Oklahoma where armed black residents intend to shoot members of the mob that lynched and burned Will Davis for consenting to the 14 year old daughter of Ira Robinson. Three white leaders are marked for assassination and a special grand jury will be empaneled. Capuaicum paragraph notes pepper plant native to tropical regions and its medicinal use as a stomach tonic in tropics.
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Guthrie
Oklo
Purcell
Womack
Will Davis
Ira Robertson
Norman
Okla
Noble
I. T
Dickerson
Chickashaw
Europe
Asia
Africa
America
Medienl
Theosvis
Trial of Chicago officials for illegal rebates in meat trade
Chicago July news reports John N Faithern and Fred A Wann former Chicago and Alton railroad officials face trial in federal court on charges of rebates to Schwarzchild and Sulzberger Packing. Indictments allege $1 per car rebates and free employee passes. Predists cabinet downfall in St Petersburg as Petru nk evitch predicts a shift to a responsible ministry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John N. Faithern
Fred A. Wann
Chicago and Alton Railroad
United States District Court
Schwarzchild and Sulzberger Packing Company
Kansas City
Schwarzchild and
Sulzberger
St. Petersburg
Ivan F Petrunkevitch
Liberal Movement
Constitutional Democratic Party
RAISED THE RATES IN C M B A RULING BUFFALO
Justice White nullifies the 1903 rate increase in the Catholic Mutual Benefit Association ruling. The suit by Michael Dowdall sought repayment of excess contributions since 1904, affirming the certificate is a contract and rates cannot be raised. No word on the overdue steamer America from Fabre line sailing Marseilles to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Catholic Mutual Benefit Association
Justice White
Supreme Court
Michael Dowdall
Supreme Council of
C.M. B.A
Dowdall
Supreme Council
Pittsburg
New York
America
Fabre Line
Marseilles
Naples
St. Michaels
Azores
First Talking Machine Made Out of a Rib
A New York Times style quip recalls the first talking machine, noting it was said to be made from a rib. The brief exchange stars a father and son, Little Willie Say, in a humorous reminiscence about early technology.
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Willie
New York Times
Market summary for grain and live stock prices across cities
Grain and live stock prices report across Chicago East Buffalo Pittsburg Cleveland Cincinnati New York and Toledo. Cattle ranges show common to prime steers around 4 to 5 dollars, hogs up to about 7 dollars, sheep and lambs up to 7 dollars, calves near 4 dollars, with grain quotes for Wheat Corn Oats and rye varying by city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
East Buffalo
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
New York
Toledo
Horsehair? No Iron Nails How They Are Made
Three million nails from a ton of metal. 2000 nails per mold and eighty molds a day yield 160000 nails daily. Liquid iron pours through sand passages, forming a connected brittle network. Annealing with hematite ore in kilns softens and toughens the nails for use.
Inaccessible Guatemalan Forests Limit Timber Trade
The New York Herald reports vast northern and eastern Guatemala covered by dense forests of mahogany cedar and chicle. Government ownership, concession forestry, short five year terms, and import reliance for railroad ties and coal due to inaccessibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guatemala
Peten
Alta Verapaz
Izabal
United States
California
New York Herald
Marriage and Health According to American Medicine
Marriage is presented as beneficial to health for both spouses. Married men over twenty and married women over forty show lower mortality than singles, while widowed or divorced individuals face higher mortality. Unmarried persons exhibit more personal crises, marriage promotes temperance, and life expectancy favors married men by about five years with wives outliving single women by roughly one year.
Alphabetical Advertisement From 1842 Times
A London Times item from 1842 presents a playful advert titled To Widowers and Single Gentlemen. It seeks a household supervisor and table host promising an English, agreeable, sociable, and genteel candidate with traits like honest, industrious, judicious, lively, and youthful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
London Times
The Widow's Wish and Two Views of St Parson
A dramatic exchange centers on a widow seeking compensation after a fatal accident. A judge fines the first chauffeur fifty dollars for killing a man, while the widow arrives with an unusual demand to pay the fuel. The groom hesitates as both families weigh whether the match improves or worsens the union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Press
Dreyfus Trial Hears Denunciation of Evidence as Forgery
Paris July 3 The Dreyfus hearing resumes with Procurator Boudouin calling much evidence a tissue of falsehoods paid for by witnesses. He denounces the alleged lettre incriminating Dreyfus from Emperor William as a forgery. Madrid July 3 Premier Moret confirms rupture of Spanish commercial relations with Switzerland and France. Jules Cambon discusses the matter with Moret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Dreyfus
Baudouin
Rennes
William
Spain
Madrid
Premier Moret
Switzerland
France
Jules Cambon
Premierx Moret
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Standard Oil and Railways
Buckeye State
Zanesville
Muskingum River
McConnelsville
Morgan County
Thomas D. Fuller
John S. Jones
Prescott
Ariz
Jessie Mines Company
Arizona
Jones
Fuller
Hare
Isaac Bohlmann
Liberty Center
New
John Watkins
Somerdale
Watkins
Thomas H. Tracy
Clarence Brown
Alexander Smith
Hephive
Toledo and Western Railway Company
Fayette, O
Adrian
Mich
Toledo, Fayette and Western Railway Company
Natal
Durban
Noodsburg
Dunne
John Campion
Fire Department of
Campion
Cairo
Singer Manufacturing Company
St. Paul, Minn
Howard Eliott
Northern Pacific Railway
Tobolseff
Shanghai
Chekiang
Hangchow
Hsincehenghsien
Sungehichen
Viadikavikaa
Vilayes
Viadikaviaz
Panama
Shaw
House of Commons
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Byron
Root
Charleston
Warsaw
Baseball
Phelps
Herrman
Boston Americans
Phelps I
St. Parson
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