Federal suits against Standard Oil debated in Justice Department
Washington November 9 officials conferred on how to proceed against Standard Oil in four possible actions including dissolution for restraint of trade and criminal prosecutions under the Sherman Act. Jurisdiction discussions favored Cleveland and St Louis for initial action with tomorrow’s adjourned session expected to resolve points.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Great Ce
Standard Oil Company
Department of Justice
Kelloggs and Morrison
Milton D. Purdy
Standard
Firet
United States
Cleveland
St. Louis
Dent
Aity Maki
Harriman Railroad Probe Discussed by ICC
Washington November 9 The Interstate Commerce Commission weighs a general inquiry into the Harriman railroad system under its legal powers. Officials say no definite start date or method is set, but the commission remains committed to pursuing an inquiry amid heavy workload.
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Commerce Commission
Associated Press
Washington
Harriman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Northern Securities Company
United States
Commission
Municipality of
Spokes
Northern Pacific
Great Northerm
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Union Pacifs
Oregon
Mexico
Pacific Coast
Investiga
Investiga Rureean
Appointment of Counsel to Lead Coal Railroad Prosecution
Washington dispatch says Charles E Hugries will be replaced as special counsel for the Justice Department in the government prosecutions against the Coal railroad over monopolistic methods in mine ownership and coercion of independent operators. Attorney General Moody will announce the successor, with Alexander Simpson of Philadelphia continuing as associate counsel. The suits, prepared with material from the Interstate Commerce Commission, focus on eastern railroads and anthracite coal interests.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Charles E. Hugries
Department of Susticns
Moody
Hughes
New York
Simpson
Vest
Inter- State Commerce Commission
Interstate Commerce
Department of Justice
President On The Sea Aboard Louisiana En Route To Panama
President Roosevelt travels toward the Isthmus of Panama aboard the battleship Louisiana after transferring from the yacht Mayflower in Chesapeake Bay. The fleet passed Cape Hatteras and Cape Henry with no incidents and plans wireless updates along the coast.
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Washington
Louisiana
Panama
Chesapeake Bay
Capes
Cape Hatteras
Loeb
Couden
Norfolk
President Roosevelt
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Tennessee
Cape Henry
United States
Cape
Mayflower
Bomb Found in Cell Aimed at Judges in Kiev Trial
In Kiev on November 9 a powerful bomb was found hidden in the mattress of prisoner Rudenko, accused of attempting to assassinate Colonel Spiridovich, head of the secret police. The device was to be hurled at judges as his trial, now moved to a drumhead court martial, began.
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Kiev
Rudenko
Spiridovich
Secret Police
Lipton Auto Smash Wrecks Vehicle in Bridgeport Trip
An automobile carrying Sir Thomas Lipton and guests Sir Thomas Lipton William Marshall, Thomas H. MacDonald and R A C Smith crashed in Bridgeport Connecticut when the front axle broke just after departure for a local factory. No serious injuries occurred as the car was moving slowly and the occupants switched to another car to continue the trip.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Thomas Lipton
William Marshall
Thomas
Thomas H. MacDonald
R. A. C. Smith
Firebug Scares City Block With Incendiary Fires
Police say three fires in a block on 25th Street between Second and Third Avenues were incendiary. No. 227 and No. 231 saw hallway gasoline soaked areas, tenants evacuated, and rumors of arson spreading fear as a second fire damaged the first floor front apartment at No. 227.
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25Th Street
Second
Third Avenues
No. 227
No 231
Yonkers Tax Scandal Heads to Grand Jury Probe
Westchester County grand jury will investigate Yonkers tax accounts for years with a possible indictment of former Assistant Tax Receiver William B. Thompson on embezzlement charges. Thompson left town after twenty years of service. Hartshorn confirms facts and says the matter was reported to Receiver James T. Lennon and District Attorney Young. Experts Bragg and Ryan reviewed the books as part of a mayor ordered probe, noting methods that masked the shortage.
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Grand Jury
Westchester County
Yonkers
William B. Thompson
Thompson
Lennon
Hartshorn
James T. Lennon
Young
Wall Street
Henry T. Bragg
James F. Ryan
Shafter in Serious Condition at Bakersfield Ranch
Major General William R. Shafter, U S A retired, is seriously ill with pneumonia at his ranch fourteen miles south of Bakersfield California. Physicians have attended him daily and his condition worsened today prompting telegrams to a San Francisco physician to come at once.
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Bakersfield
Cal
William i. Shafter
General Shafter
San Francisco
Prominent Figures in New Jersey Republican Politics
United States Senator John F. Dryden is highlighted among New Jersey Republican figures with mention of major leadership in the party. The item notes Dryden's influence and draws attention to party operations and key political roles within the state.
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New Jersey
United States
John F. Dryden
Not Rosy for Dryden as Stokes Emerges in New Jersey Senate Vote
Senator Dryden's bid for re election faces collapse with only forty four Republican votes total and key Republicans balking. Ackerman and Tillman urge Stokes or Griggs as preferable U S Senate candidates if Dryden falls short. Colby and Wakelee signal opposition while Governor Stokes declines comment amid ongoing legislative maneuvering.
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Tribune
Trenton
N. J
John F. Dryden
Essex
Colby
Bergen
Dryden
Ackerman
Assemblyman
Tillman
Union
Mr. Dryden
South Jersey
Stokes
North Jersey
John W. Griggs
Hutchinson
Mercer
Griggs
United States
Wakelee
Elvins
Atlantic
Frank O. Briggs
Briggs
Republican State Committee
West
Bryan on Election Shows Democratic Trend Across States
W J Bryan argues the 1906 election proves a growing Democratic strength as Republicans face losses. He cites New York victories, Hearst's defeat, and the influence of McCarren Murphy and Croker. The piece notes Democratic gains in Congress and several states, including Iowa Kansas California Missouri Nebraska Oklahoma and plans for 1908 national success.
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New York
Empire
Hearst
Democratic and Independence League
Hughes
McCarren
Brooklyn
McClellan
Jerome
Croker
Murphy
Roosevelt
Mr. Hearst
Congress
Middle States
Iowa
Kansas
California
Cummins
Harris
Bel
Missouri
Oklahoma
Nebraska
United States
Legislative
Liberal leaders press for Magoon office distribution in Havana
A Liberal sub committee led by Juan Gualberto Gomez met Governor Magoon seeking broad office appointments for Liberals. After two hours, leaders claimed the interview was satisfactory though no specific pledges were announced. A Liberal Club meeting vowed action if demands aren’t met.
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Havana
Magoon
Liberal Party
Liberal
Juan Gualberto Gomez
Demetrio Castillo
Jose J. Monteagudo
Alfredo Zayas
Carlos Garcia Y Velez
Velez
Liberal Club
Reinos
Albert
Betancourt
Trains Crash On Long Island Rail Road Near Jamaica
A eastbound train 29 and westbound train 114 collided at 5 30 last night near Jamaica. Three hundred people aboard escaped serious injury though several were hurt and a relief train worked through the night. Bessie Sinkoff and Max Sinkoff were among passengers injured. conductors Wilson Ayers and others were bruised.
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Jamaica
Long Island
Oyster Bay
van Wyck Avenue
Bessie Sinkoff
Max
West Main Street
Sinko
Louis Germand
Edward Wilson
Albert Ayers
Long Island City
Indictment in Shelby Tube affair targets three officials
A federal grand jury in Pittsburg indicted Frank L. Emmett James Dunn and Charles L. Close for conspiracy to defraud the United States. They face thirty counts each over about 10 000 defective tubes supplied to seven battleships and two armored cruisers including the Nebraska Maryland Vermont Louisiana Minnesota Washington Tennessee Charleston and Pennsylvania.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Federal Grand Jury
United States
Shelby
Frank L. Emmett
James Dunn
Greenville
United States Stes. Corporation
Charles L. Close
Emmett
Dunn
Close
Shelby Tube Company
Emmett, Dunn and Close
Nebraska
Maryland
Vermont
Louisiana
Minnesota
Washington
Tennessee
Charleston
Pennsylvania
Negro Soldiers Plot Revenge in Brownsville
Advices say members of the 25th Infantry to be discharged plotted to avenge themselves on Brownsville citizens. Prominent locals received anonymous threats. soldiers report twenty sworn to revenge. Town responds by arming residents and guarding homes, with no quarter promised.
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Tribune
Galveston
Tex
Brownsville
25Th Infantry
Acquits Alleged Murderer Crockett in Racial Bias Verdict
Dothan Alabama November 4 Judge Henry Pearce dismissed the jury and said Crockett was acquitted because he was a white man who killed a Negro. He further stated that if the victim had been white the verdict would surely have been guilty and no juror could face the public.
Mrs Peary Leaves for Cape Breton to Await Update
Although no new messages have arrived from her husband, Mrs. Robert E. Peary has traveled to Cape Breton to await further advices from the explorer.
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Mrs. Peary
Cape Breton
the Tribune
Portland
Robert E. Peary
Seek McCarren Scalp as Murphy Attacks Tammany Hall Power
Charles E. Murphy leader of Tammany Hall aided by William Randolph Hearst moves to oust Senator Patrick Henry McCarren by a Democratic State Committee resolution calling for an investigation into charges against McCarren and Kings County party affairs. The meeting at Hotel Victoria saw proxies, protests, and a petition demanding removals from the committee.
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Charles E. Murphy
Tammany Hall
William Randolph Hearst
Patrick Henry McCarren
Kings County
Democratic State Committee
Hotel Victoria
McCarren
Hearst
Judson A. Betts
Catskill
Daniel Sheehan
Elmira
John Anderson
Newcomb
D. E. Conway
Troy
Francia J. Molloy
Haffen
Bronx
Charles H. Bulger
Oswego
Murphy
Fingey
Charles F. Murphy
Thomas F. Grady
Daniel E. Finn
Rourke Cochran
P. J. Ryder
George F. Scannell
Thomas E. Rush
D. F. Cohalan
James J. Frawley
A. Z. Wemple
Robert Wemple
Fultonville
J. E. Bafter
Clinton Beckwith
Herkimer
Mr. McGreevy
James E. Schwarzenbach
Hornell
John J. Collina
Matt” G. Merzig
Buffalo
Max Simson
Hearst Forces
W. S. Jackson
Frederick W. Skene
Queens
Chanter
Brooklyn
Patrick Hayes
Kings County Penitentiary
Senator McCarren
John H. Deelaney
Edward Glinnen
Frank W. Foley
Willeam J. Dalton
P. H. Malone
Frank J. Ulrich
Max Lehman
Mortimer S. Brown
Wardem Hayes
Grady
Democratic Committee
Kings Co
Democratic Party
Mec Carren
State Committee
May Carren
George W. Batten
Niagara County
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Sir Thomas
May
Major Car& LE
Edward C. Stokes
Ernest R. Ackerman
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United States Senate
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Bryan
Democratic
President
Lincoln
Neb
W. J. Bryan
Senate
House
Wcarren
Tammany Men
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