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New York Tribune

Location

New York, New York, United States of America

Date

Dec 15, 1908

Page

17

Brownsville Raid Confession Details From Conyers and Browne

A 1908 investigation report details Boyd Conyers and others naming John Holloman John Brown Carolina de Saussure and R L Collier as leaders of the Brownsville raid with inside gun rack openings Sergeant Reid and George Jackson implicated in enabling the attack witnesses describe coerced testimonies and a pattern of obstruction including a Senator Foraker letter that pressured false statements and a long pursuit of implicated ex soldiers across states.

Eon Conyers John Holloman John Brown James Powell Robert L. Collier Company C G Relief Guard Lawson A. H. Baldwin W. G. Baldwin Carolina Ge Saussure Senator Formaker Senate Brownsville Senate Committee Foraker Congress Boyd Conyers Fort Niobrara Lawrason Brownsyle Allison Tamayo George Jackson Company B Soaems Reid Zee John Holioman Joan Brown Bord Conyers Carolina Deussure R.L. Collier Capes CC Holioman Brown de Saussure Hollomen Cowen Alley Joseph B. Howeré No. 2 Katie E Leahy Monroe Tex Baldwin Esther Crews Station House Main Street Washington Reid S. H. Parker Charleston S. C Gainesville Atlanta Joe Blassingame J. H. Holloman Powell Holloman Rell Heia William Norfolk & Western Railway Chesapeake & Ohio Railway The Southern Railway Atlantic Coast Line George B. Davis War Department Onroe William Lawson 3Th Infantry Ar Conyers Carolina de Saussure Wiliam Anderson James Batley Charles F. Cooper William Lemons Henry Jimerson James “Rastus” Johnson Henry “Sonny” Jones Senator Foraker Senate Committee On Military Affairs Herbert J. Browne Browne J. R. Reid A. P. Blocksom South Convers Mingo Sanders Constitution League Macklin Penrose Helloman Macon Savannah R. L. Collier Barnesville

Soldiers fight over Brownsville incident in Bronx cafe

Private Robert Chanler of the Coast Artillery at Fort Totten and Private Eugene F Wood of the same unit, stationed at Fort Schuyler, argued with boatman Ludwig Sinzer in a Bronx cafe about the Brownsville affair. Sinzer slashed both soldiers with a pocketknife. he was arrested for felonious assault. The injured men were treated by a Fordham Hospital surgeon and returned to their forts.

Robert Chanler

Taft Hosts Calls On Trusts and Cabinet Talk

President elect Taft received several visitors yesterday at his brother’s home including Kellogg and Ferris discussing the anti trust law. Other callers included Fowler Whitridge Collier and Wash ington. Taft planned paintings and awaited cabinet suggestions from Murphy while attending theatre greetings and upcoming speeches. He aims to return to Washington soon and then go to Augusta for the winter.

Taft Henry W. Taft West 48Th Street Frank B. Kellogg Standard Oil Company Franklin Ferris Ferris Mr. Kellogg Judge Taft Timothy L. Woodruff Republican State Committee George Burroughs Torrey Woodruff Charles N. Fowler New Jersey House Committee On Currency Frederick W. Whitridge Third Avenue Railroad Company William Miller Collier United States Spain Booker T. Washington Jeannette Gilder Stanley W. Dexter Franklin Murphy Murphy

Archbold Ordered Back On Stand In Standard Oil Case

John D Archbold head of Standard Oil to be recalled in the government suit to dissolve the company Moritz Rosenthal said additional questions will round out his former testimony Adjournment likely to December 28 to allow more evidence before the January 1 defence deadline Standard's counsel to present papers tables and charts sought by Kellogg to the extent possible today

John D. Archbold Standard Oil Company Moritz Rosenthal The Standard Archbold Rosenthal Frank B. Kellogg

Standard Oil stock climbs in curb market to 710

The Standard Oil Company stock advanced yesterday 10 points to 710 in the curb market, its highest in years. It touched a high record price of 40 in fall 1901, having traded far below that level in the interim.

Standard Oil Company

German American Coke and Gas Company Formed After Sale

The American Coal Products Company sold its by product coke oven interests once held by United Coke and Gas Company to Oberhessische Kokewerke and Chemische Fabriken Aktien Gesellschaft of Berlin. The transfer takes effect January 19 19. A new company with 2 million dollars capital will be created with headquarters at 17 Battery Place.

American Coal Products Company United Coke and Gas Company Obersehhlesische Kokewerke and Chemische Fabriken Aktion Gesellschaft Berlin Germany German-American Coke and Gas Company No. 17 Battery Place

Cure a Cold in One Day Advertisement

A vintage ad claims relief for a cold in one day with LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. Mentions E. W. Groves and a five cent price per box.

E. W. Groves Ture

Harriman Wins Challenge to Interstate Testimony

A legal battle over whether Congress can compel testimony from Mr. Harriman and other directors regarding stock dealings and dividends ended in a favorable ruling for Harriman. The decision affirmed limits on applying the commerce clause to private corporate actions and upheld the distinction between legislative and administrative powers.

Congress

New York Central Case Argued at Supreme Court

Government cases against New York Central Railroad over alleged sugar shipment rebates faced Supreme Court arguments. A $108000 fine imposed by the Southern District of New York against the railroad was at issue. Henry I. Stimson led the U S attorney team with Wade H. Ellis. Austen G. Fox and Joan B. Lindsay defended the railroad.

Washington Supreme Court of the United States New York Central Railroad Company United States Circuit Court Southern District of New York American Sugar Refining Company Henry I. Stimson United States Wade H. Ellis Austen G. Fox Joan B. Lindsay

Strange Case Cleared in San Francisco Mystery

Mire Ada McCormick was arrested for stabbing her husband ending the two year mystery of Ada Long’s disappearance. Ada Long, daughter of James M. Long, a San Francisco manufacturer, was found wandering in a demented condition after the family believed she had been placed in a sanatorium. McCormick refused prosecution and the family will care for her.

San Francisco Mire Ada McCormick Ada Long James M. Long Miss Long James McCormick McCormick

Preach at All Alike at Ethical Social League Conference

Professor John B. Clark warned that wealth in church ranks weakens moral influence and urged church state cooperation for practical righteousness while Rev. Henry S. Coffin urged tariff justice and neighborly love. main address by Walter Rauschenbusch on social service and church progress, noting today’s youths seek broader opportunities beyond seminaries.

John B. Clark Ethical-Social League Hotel Astor Henry S. Coffin Madison Avenue United States Walter Rauschenbusch Rochester Theological Seminary Theological Seminary Churches of

German freighter Harburg floats after fog grounding

The German freighter Harburg ran aground in thick fog off Bellport Long Island on Saturday. She was floated westward and towed toward port with wrecking tugs. part of her cargo pipe clay was thrown overboard. On the flood tide she moved into deep water under her own power.

Harburg Bellport Long Island

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Jackson Cowen Herbert Elkins Eliza- Tess Sergeant Reid District of Columbia George W. Madert Washington, D. C William G. Baldwin Roanoke 2Th Infantry Frank Natus Dominguez J. Brandolph Notary Publile Fianela Manhattan Aeolian Hall Aeolian Company Fifth Avenue 34Th Street New York City Key West Park &Tilford Bronx Boatman Standard Oil E. M. Gattle & CO Asterias Goldsmiths and Jewelers Fifth Avenue and 38Th Street H. Harriman Harriman Union and Southern Pacific St. Joseph & Grand Island Railroad Company Oregon Shortline Railroad Company New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Union Pacific New York Central Mr. Kahn John G. Milburn Interstate Commerce Commission Walker D. Hines Cravath, Henderson & de Gersdorff Otto H. Kahn Kahn, Loeb & Co Kahn Hines Supreme Court Clark Reed & Barton CO Lilvensmiths, and Jewelers Cor 32Nd Street
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