Standard Oil Gas Deal Under Fire in New York Inquiry
William P. Burr reveals a contract between Standard Oil and Consolidated Gas to supply 255.4 million gallons of oil at varying rates. He alleges inflated costs, improper franchise charges, and hidden profits, citing expert analyses and extensive book scrutiny. Burr claims connections to Tweed era franchises and seeks further testimony before Special Master Masten.
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William P. Burr
Standerdoll Company
Burr
Standard Oil Company
Consolidated Gas Company
Comyur
Mr. Burr
Tros
William Rockefeller
James Stillman
Standerd Oil Company
Equity
Arthur H. Masten
Rave
Manhattan
New York State
Tn Willam PD
Fourteenth Street
Corporation Socul
Cc Ct
New York
Consolidated Gas Company Ov
Fefor
Isaac P. Martin
William M. Tweed
A. Oekey Hall
Alexander Ilitem Hitchman
Peter B. Sweeny
Shanley
Matthew T. Brennan
Thenaschelds
Tweed
Conley
Tall
Maver
Hitchman
Speekee
Assembly
Shantey
Judze
James R. Garfield
Abred R. Page
Lew
Masten
Jon A. Garver
Consollie Goo Company
Texas Senator Bailey Faces Waters-Pierce Documents
Telegraph report details Attorney General Davidson’s public reply with copies of vouchers and notes linking J W Bailey to Waters-Pierce Oil Company. Includes June 30 St Louis voucher, 1500 Texas civil case expense, telegrams, and notes showing alleged payments and requests. Also notes impact on Bailey’s election prospects amid Texas legislature.
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the Tribune
Austin
Tex
Bailey
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Davidson
Waters- Pierce Oil Company
St. Louis
Waters-Pierce Company
H. Clay Pierce
Joseph W. Bailey
Texas
Henry & Stribbing
Warn, Tex
State of Texas
Waco
Batley
Washington
Law School of
the State University
Dallas News
Galveston News
Vy Telegraph
Senator Bulley
John D. Johnson
Waters-Pierce Gas Company
Parel Pierce
Parel Pierce “He Even Went So Far,” Continued Mr. Johson
Pierce
No New Treaty With Japan Doubted by Administration
The President directed an emphatic denial to the press that a new treaty with Japan is in negotiation or contemplation. Officials including Secretary of State and Ambassador denied reports of any such talks as Senator Cullom and Senator Flint reiterated there is no truth to a forthcoming treaty or negotiations.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Japan
Tribune
Bacon
White House
Adee
Flint
California
Cullom
Committee On Foreign Relations
Fire in Cornell area kills seven
Federal grand jury indicts Union Pacific Railroad Company Oregon Short Line Railroad Utah Fuel Company and Gould Harriman interests over coal land frauds in Utah and Wyoming. Indictments allege Interstate Commerce violations fraudulent land filings and dummy locator schemes tied to the Utah Fuel Company and associates.
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Salt Lake City
Federal Grand Jury
Utah
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Oregon Short Line Railroad Company
Union Pacific Coal Company
Utah Fuel Company
Harriman and Gould
Harriman
Union Pacific
Oregon
Everett Buckingham
W. M
Wasatch
Sunnyside
Elrot N. Clark
Denver
George A. Moore
Ealing
Wyoming
West
Sevier County
Cornell Fraternity House Fire Fatalities At Ithaca
A massive blaze engulfed the Chi Psi Fiske McGraw mansion at Cornell University in Ithaca on December 7. Seventeen names appear among the dead and injured including W H Nichols and F W Grelle who perished, with J M McCutcheon and C J Pope badly burned while aiding others. Firemen died from a collapsing wall as students and football players helped rescue roommates, and the building was later dynamited to search for victims.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell University
Fiske-McGraw
Chi Psi
W. H. Nichols
F. W. Gerelle
J. M. McCutcheon
Pittsburg
H. M. Curry, Jr
McCutcheon
L. Schmuck
Nichols
Tom C. J. Pope
East Orange
N. J
T A. m
Sam Halliday
Earle
Gibson
Christ
Cornell
Jennie McGraw Fiske
John McGraw
Fiske
Williard Fiske
Boardman
W. H. Miller
Campbell & Richardson
Delta Chi
Ht Psi
Chicago
F. W. Grelle
South Orange N. J
O. L. Schmuck
Hanover
Penn
Mr. Nichols
Messrs. J. M. McCutcheon
C. J. Pope
R. R Powers
Atlanta
W. W. Goetz
Milwaukee
Wis
Cornell Infirmary
City Hospital
Fire Department
Messrs
A. S. Robinson
John Rumsey
E. J. Landeen
Robinson
Corneil Trive
Orange
Ferdinand W. Greile
Edward ¢. Greiie
Fairmount Avenue
Maplewell
South Orange
Carteret Academy
School of Mines
Clarence J. Fup
Eider
James
Newark Academy
Edwarden
New Rochelle
Voting Machine Opened in Elmira Trial
At a Supreme Court sitting in Elmira New Jersey Justice Sewell presided as an extraordinary term examined a voting machine from the recent election. The device failed to register a Democratic vote when the Democratic lever was pulled. Democrats contended all votes cast would have given them victory for the Assembly and County Treasurer over Sherman Morland.
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Elmira
N. J
Supreme Court
Justice Sewell
Assembly
Ben
Sherman Moreland
Schwab Hurries Home From Mexico Mining Find
El Paso reported Charles M. Schwab hurrying back to New York after claiming to have bought the greatest mining camp in the world in Mexico. Also an advertisement touts Great Seal Spring Water for purity and fame.
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the Tribune
el Paso
Tex
Charles M. Schwab
New York
Mexico
Banks Targeted as Call Money Fluctuates on Wall Street
Brokers charge banks and trust companies with conspiring to keep call money rates high after loans spiked to 38 percent and then fell to 2 percent. Charles F. E Quincy and others openly blamed banks for fixed high rates while some brokers secured cheaper funds. Officials defended banks noting they seek prevailing rates and serve out of town deposits. Treasury relief rumors and heavy merchant demand press on liquidity amid market volatility.
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New York Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange
Jacob H. Schiff
Chamber of Commerce
Excohanse
Charles FE. Quincey
Broadway
Quincey
Wall Street
Shaw
Amon Stock Exchange Agion
Inter
House Appropriations Bill Proposes Spelling Reform Provision
Washington December 7 The appropriations bill for 1908 seeks over 21 million dollars with a ban on simplified spelling in official documents. It tightens salaries including a raise for the Speaker’s secretary and requires the Government Printing Office to use Webster’s orthography in printing.
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Washington
Congress
House
Appropriations Committee
Senate
Committee On Appropriations
Government Printing Office
Webster's
ST Co
Kings
Railway bill passes French Chamber with 264 vote margin
Paris December 7 The Chamber of Deputies approves a state purchase of the Western Railroad by 264 to 187. If approved by the Senate the measure would take effect after one year.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Ex Governor Black to Leave Law Firm January 1
Ex Governor Frank S Black will sever ties with Black Olcott Gruber Bonynge on January 1 to open an independent office. The firm expires by limitation then and Black plans to focus on counsel work. The reorganized firm will be Olcott Gruber Bonynge McManus.
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Frank S. Black
Black, Olcott, Gruber & Bonynge
Maiden Lane
Black
Roland B- Molineux
Terence McMenus
Mr. Black
Black, Olcott, Gruber & Honynge
Olcott, Gruber, Bonynge & McManus
Fatal House Fire After Child Plays With Matches
A three year old, Tommie Murray, suffocated in a Clinton avenue home fire sparked by matches in a narrow room. Turpentine and flames endangered nearby houses as the mother evacuated eight children. The blaze caused about $14 000 in damage before firemen reached the scene.
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Tommie’ Murray
Clinton Avenue
Murray
Tommie
Overnight to Chicago Pennsy Special
An 8 hour Pennsylvania Railroad service from New York departs 3:55 PM and arrives in Chicago by morning. Other fast trains run to Cleveland Cincinnati and St Louis via the same corridor with rock ballast and dustless readbed noted.
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THE
20Th Century Limited
Chicago
New York
Palcin
America
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cleveland
Cincinnadi
St. Loula
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Hi.c. Pierce
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Gainesville
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Forester
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Coal Company
Frank A. Calkins
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Frank &. Cook
Cook
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Alfred S. Hook and Ladder Company
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