Standard Oil Defense Turns To Price Statistics
The trial features testimony on gasoline marketing, patent claims, and price records. Drake testifies that Standard Oil promoted gasolene use through agents, while defense counters with commodity price tables from 1890 to 1907 and notes on freight costs. Professor Johnson explains crude and refined oil price trends and wage effects on purchasing power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dredger
Johnson
Ohio
E. Dana Durand
Department of Commerce and Labor
Jury Deliberates in Ruef Bribery Trial in San Francisco
In San Francisco on December 9, the Ruef bribery trial nears a verdict as jurors, after two hours out, resume at 8 p.m. The defense slower to appear due to pleurisy, while prosecutor Hiram Johnson argues Ruef implied guilt. The case, tied to trolley ordinance bribery and linked to 1996 graft exposures, follows a sequence of indictments, shootings, and a split prior verdict.
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San Francisco
California
Abraham Ruef
Ruef
William P. Lawlor
Hiram Johnson
Heney
Henry Ach
Board of Supervisors
E. E. Schmitz
Parkside Realty Company
John J. Furey
Frank J. Murphy
Adolph Newburg
John M. Kelly
Ruf
E. A. S. Blake
Murphy
Blake
Francis J. Heney
Morris Haas
Haas
Biggy
San Francisco Bay
McGowan Denies Croker Name At Dinner Remark
President McGowan of the Board of Aldermen clarified that his remark at the American Wine Growers Association dinner did not reference Richard Croker. He said his intended target was critics who claim New York City is poorly governed, insisting the city governs itself and rejects outside dictates.
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Kellogg
Drake
Butte
Mont
McGowan
Board of Aldermen
Richard Croker
American Wine Growers’ Association
New York City
Fifth Avenue Real Estate Boom Draws Investors
Central Fifth avenue transforms into a premier investment zone with deals totaling over half a million dollars. Properties on No. 279 Fifth avenue and No. 9 West 50th Street change hands as Mrs. Buchanan Winthrop Henry D. Winans & May expands holdings, signaling brisk market activity from Lyons Building to numerous other high value sites along Fifth Avenue including parcels between 29th and 30th Streets and near 47th Street.
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Fifth Avenue
Manhattan Island
Buchanan Winthrop
Henry D. Winans & May
29Th
30Th Streets
Holland House
Winthrop
West 50Th Street
Columbia College
James A. Blair
50Th Street
Lyons
Albert B. Ashforth
C. Grayson Martin
F. W. Sharp
Frank J. Cassidy
George H. Heye
Andrew J. Connick
Pease & Elliman
Jefferson M. Levy
Tucker, Speyers & Co
Isabella Marx
Jacob Dreier
Howard
47Th Street
Simon Frankel
Margaret O. Sage
Russell Sage
Meson & Hamlin Company
John N. Golding
Fisher, Adler & Schwartz
Snow Jr must pay 5000 to ex wife for child support
Elbridge Gerry Snow Jr was ordered by Justice Mec Call in the Supreme Court to continue paying 5000 annually for the support of his two children now in their mother's custody. He must also pay 500 in counsel fees. The court held the original 5000 annual amount remains for the children's support and education.
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Elbridge Gerry Snow, Jr
Justice MecCall
Supreme Court
Snow
Fanatics Unmoved Were Taught to Shoot and Die
Kansas City dispatch details a deadly clash between followers of Adam and Eve led by Louis Bratt and James Sharp. Sharp surrendered then rearmed, while Lulu Pratt and Mary Pratt were among youths aiding Sharpside sermons. Police announce end of street meetings. several deaths confirmed and suspects detained.
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Kansas City
Louis Bratt
General Hospital
James Sharp
Adam
Eve
Sharp
Ahern
Nicholas Mullane
Patrick Clark
A. J. Selzo
Gir
Pratt
Lena
Mary Pratt
Lulu Pratt
Lulu
North Dakota
Missouri River
St. Joseph
S Pratt
Mary
Ahearn
Mystery death of Hirschberg inquest adjourned
St Louis reports the inquest into insurance broker and World's Fair director Francis D Hirschberg is adjourned until morning. The body will be buried at Calvary Cemetery after the funeral. Police evidence points to a possible killer within the house amid conflicting testimonies from a servant and nurse.
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Tribune
St. Louis
Francis D. Hirschberg
Father Bronsgeest
Hirschberg
Calvary Cemetery
Wardenski
Barrett Frost
Ida Rehbaum
CHURCH MERGER PLANS REPORTED AT PHILADELPHIA
Plans for uniting the Presbyterian Church in the United States with over 1 800 000 members the Re formed Church in the United States with 280 000 and the Welsh Presbyterians with more than 170 000 have been made by a committee of church leaders. The panel found no creed or government sacrifices and will urge their churches to an absolute union within a year.
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Philadelphia
Presbyterian Church
United States
Reformed Church
Federal Council of Christian Churches
Knute Neilson
Blanchard
Louisiana
Congress
Newlands
Nevada
Johnson
Minnesota
Middle West
Lake Superior
Gulf of Mexico
Newlands and Smoot
Noell
Noell, Broward
Ansel
Lea
Smith
Miss Ida Hawley Dead After Appendicitis Operation
Miss Ida Hawley a well known actress died yesterday at Allston’s sanatorium following an appendicitis operation. In her twenties she acted on stage last season with Daly company and Shakespearian revivals. She served as Fritz Scheff’s understudy, led in The Pearl and the Pumpkin, and lately appeared in vaudeville. Her body will be taken to Toronto for burial.
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Ida Hawley
Allston
Conservation conference outlines nation resource plan
Washington held by the National Conservation Commission with over thirty states in attendance. Gifford Pinchot led the session as Senator Flint reported on minerals, noting mining waste exceeds 300 million dollars and U S mineral production surpasses two billion annually. Projections warn coal iron ore petroleum and gas supplies may run dry by mid-century.
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Washington
National Conservation Commission
Gifford Pinchot
Flint
California
United States
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days with Paizo Ointment
Piles cured in 6 to 14 days by Paizo Ointment promises relief from itching bleeding and protruding piles. Product guarantees cure within 14 days or money back. Includes a 50 cent price claim and refund offer.
Jury Has Davis Case In Omaha Murder Trial
The Charles Elwat Davis murder trial moved to the jury after lengthy closing arguments by William F. Gate and the State's Attorney. Davis was remanded to custody under guard as deliberations began following the judge's instructions. The proceedings emphasized the case against Dr. Frederick T. Rustin.
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Omaha
Charles Elwat Davis
Frederick T. Rustin
Davis
William F. Gate
Iplish
Liquor League Convention Proposes Saloon Limits
Washington dispatch reports the National Liquor Leagues closing session endorsing liquor control by saloon limits based on population. Delegates condemn overlegislation and overtaxation and call Anti Saloon League a menace to governance and property rights.
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Washington
National Liquor Leagues Convention
Jersey group seeks lower Hudson River bridge to Manhattan
North Hudson County property owners urged by United Taxpayers Association Ho son River Bridge Association and Board Trade of North Hudson to build a Hudson crossing with a southern terminus to ease access to Manhattan. They dismissed a northern bridge as useless, arguing location should minimize value loss.
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North Hudson County
United Taxpayers’ Association
Hoson River Bridge Association
Board Trade of
North Hudson
N. J
Hudson
Manhattan
Isist Ste
Tim
McDougal May Be Reappointed as New York Marshal
Representatives Payne and Dwight pressed for General C. D. McDougal to be reappointed as marshal for the Northern District of New York. The President indicated he would send the nomination to the Senate amid activity by State Chairman Woodruff backing ex-Senator Wilcox for the post.
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Washington
Payne and
Dwight
New York
C. D. McDougal
McDougal
Senate
Woodruff
Wilcox
Louis A Prince a fugitive in open swindling case
Louis A Prince, indicted last month on an open swindling scheme using malls, failed to appear as his case was called before Judge Field. Bail was forfeited and a bench warrant issued for his arrest as a fugitive from justice. Abraham Gruber, Prince’s attorney, said he could account for the absence. Prince was indicted jointly with Arree and George W. Emanuel by J. Waiter.
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Feders
Louis A. Prince
Judge Field
Abraham Gruber
Prince
Judgefield
Arree
George W. Emanuel
J. Waiter
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Croker
Big Fifth Ave
Snow, JR
Aeolian Hall
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THE
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34Th Street
Zeman Ee
Mati
Federal Council
the Tribune
E. M. Gattle & CO
Goldsmiths and Jewelers
38Th Street
B. Akman & CO
35Th Street
5Th Avenue
Conservation Commission
Rustin
Liquor League
Jersey
Lower Gotham
Hudson County Realty Men
58Th Street
M'Dougal
M. Knoedler & Co
Frederic Remington
Fifth Ave
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