Federal probe cites Standard Oil profits and price fixing
Federal investigator funds company profits cited as unfair and monopolistic. The Standard Oil case outlined that price discrimination restrained competition and boosted profits. Subpoenas issued for grand jury witnesses as Alton railroad reparations inquiry begins. first testimony scheduled for August 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
Alton Rairoad
Grantinses
Standard Oil Counre
Features of fight against oil trust indictments and trial outcomes
A historical record lists indictments voted on August 28, 1906 with 6,428 counts in the trial of the oil trust case. March 4, 1907, to April 14, 1907, marked the trial period, fines assessed August 3, 1907, and rebates totaling 223,000 dollars. Government witnesses numbered 143, defense 8. The record cites 1,500,000 words, estimated government cost 200,000, and defense cost 123,000,000 with company earnings of 199,800,000 over 32 years. Indictments still pending at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SR Aonck
Grand Jury
Standard Oil Foretells Oil Price Hold Amid Probe
New York and Washington dispatches outline Herbert Knox Smith's report to President Roosevelt on Standard Oil and Elkins Act violations. The document asserts long running price rises, $27 million rise in profits 1896 to 1904, and total earnings potentially around $790 million, with profits supported by dominance rather than efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Judge Landis
Chicago
Standard Oil Company
Elkins
Chic
Alton Railroad
Roosevelt
Herbert Knox Smith
Standard Company
Standard
Noty
Smith
Furniture Trust Ordered to Quit
Chicago August 5 Federal Judge Lands today ordered the dissolution of the church and school furniture trust punished by fines totaling 45000 for admitted antitrust law violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Furniture Trust
Chicago
Landis
Church
Toledo
Ohio
Taylor
Augustus St Gaudens Dies After Illness at 67
Augustus St Gaudens, famed American sculptor born in Dublin in 1848, died after a long nervous stomach ailment. Roosevelt letter reveals he designed the new gold coins now nearing completion, likely his last major work. The artist’s career included Hiawatha, Farragut, Adoration of the Cross, The Puritan, and Diana atop Madison Square Garden.
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Cornish
N. H
Augustus St Gaudens
New York
Roosevelt
Augustus St. Gaudens
Thomas L. Elder
The
American Numismatic Society
Augustus St. Gandens
Dublin
Ireland
Paris
Rome
Farragut
Madison Square Garden
Isso
St. Thomas’ Church
Abraham Tine
Robert T. Randall
Diana
Son Square Garden
New York Mob Rampage Over Slap Suspect
A crowd in New York nearly killed Lounis Conconela, 21, mistaken for a girl’s attacker after a boy slapped a girl on East Ninety-fifth Street. Police rescued him as 500 rioters clashed. another man Hylo Saloda fought police with a knife. A separate race riot left John McCue dead and many injured.
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New York
Lounis Conconela
Sadie Hamberger
Agea
East Ninety-fifth Street
George Keshner
Keshner
Sadie
Hylo Saloda
Thirty-fourth Street
Saloda
Salada
Conconela
Coneconela
John McCue
Blames Saloons For Assaults By Negroes In Lincoln
Mrs Nance Curtis a national organizer of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union told an Epworth assembly in Lincoln that saloons are the main cause of assaults on southern women by African Americans. She claimed saloons have robbed white women of loved ones homes clothes and hung them upon saloon walls to inflame passions.
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Lincoln, Neb
Aug
Nance Curtis
Epworth
Lincoln
Attempt to wreck New York-Chicago Limited blocked by rails outside Alleghe
Pittsburg Aug 5 report says an attempt to wreck the New York Chicago Limited on the Pennsylvania Railroad outside Alleghe sluice bars were nailed to a tie and rested on the rails. The engine's weight prevented derailment and no injuries were reported.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Alleghe
DEDICATE PERRY MONUMENT ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN CEREMONY
Put in Bay Ohio Aug 5 in lake Champlain ceremony Vice President Fairbanks Governor Harris and other dignitaries unveiled a monument honoring Commodore Perry. Indianapolis Aug 5 former Indiana lieutenant governor and attorney general Alonzo Greensmith died of heart trouble.
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Fairbanks
Lake Champlain
Put-in-Bay
Ohio
Fairbank
Harris
Commodore Perry
Indianapolis
Alonzo Greensmith
Indiana
Teamsters Show A Gain at Boston Convention
Boston August 5 reports the fourth annual Teamsters International Union convention opened with record delegate attendance. International Secretary treasurer Hughes noted member growth despite a year old secession and warned of continued wage and condition improvements over the past twelve months surpassing the prior five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Teamsters’ Internation
International
Hughes
French Vessel Ready to Shoot at Casa Blanca Clash
Tangier Aug 5 advices from Casablanca say the Moorish tribesmen surrounding the town have retired after a bloody clash with natives inside. The French cruiser Galilee is prepared to bombard the native quarter if attacks on Europeans resume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tangier
Casa Blanca
Galilee
Dr DeSilva Named On A State Board
Springfield Illinois Aug 5 Argus Special Governor Deneen named Dr Joseph DeSilva of Rock Island a trustee of the state institution for the feeble minded at Lincoln to succeed Dr John Wagner of McLean who resigned due to a change of business duties.
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DR. Desilva
Dr. Wagner
State Institution For Feeble Minded
Lincoln
Springfield
Deneen
Joseph DeSilva
Rock
Island
State Institution
John Wagner
McLean
Turko Persian Raid Threatens Urmiah In Persia Clash
At Urmia a Turkish raid crossed the frontier and destroyed the village of Mavaneh. Eighteen men and six women and children, mostly Christians, were killed. A large body of Persian cavalry reportedly joined the invaders, threatening Urmia with a population of 30 000 to 50 000 including many Christians. A land march from Rock Island covered 193 miles to Fort Sheridan with them.
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Teheran
Persia
Uru
Mavaneh
Urmiah
Rock Island
Fort Sheridan
Old Settlers' Reunion Set for Watch Tower Aug 29
Rock Island County Old Settlers association executive committee meets at J H Cleland office to decide on the annual picnic location and date. Aug 29 chosen for the outing at the Watch Tower instead of the Davenport homestead with arrangements for Tower access and fundraising to cover restoration costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Latter Enjoins State From Enforcing Its Own Laws
Judge Vandeven ter of St Paul issued an injunction stopping Arkansas secretary of state from forfeiting Rock Island rights to do business. A citizen suit led to federal court action, with state forfeiture halted pending determination of state secretary's authority.
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St. Paul
Vandeventer
Secretary of State of
Arkansas
Rock Island
United States
Rock Island Road
Secretary of State
Kermit Roosevelt Joins Forces Here in Leavenworth
The first squadron of the 13th cavalry arrived in Leavenworth from Fort Riley to transfer to Fort Sheridan amid a rainstorm. Lieutenant Philip Sheridan Jr. entered the column amid good-natured joshing over a newspaper story about Lieutenant Grant’s courtship of Mr Root’s daughter. Kermit Roosevelt is to join the unit.
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Leavenworth
Kas
13Th Cavalry
Fort Riley
Fort Sheridan
Philip Sheridan, Jr
Grant
Root
Sheridan
Kermit Roosevelt
Train Plunges Into Loire River Killing Forty in France
Angers France August 5 a wreck on a passenger train crossing the Loire left about forty passengers and the engineer dead as cars sank after the locomotive plunged into the river. The accident occurred near Les Ponts de Ce with over 150 aboard and all but the conductor died in the depths. Rescue attempts were made but failed.
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Angers
France
Les Ponts de Ce
Rive Loire
Wall
Loire
Ens
Bout Cancelled: Yanger McFarland Match Off
Chicago Aug 5 Harry Gilmore Jr cancels the Yanger McFarland bout citing misrepresented terms. He notes a promised 133 pound 2 PM fight with a 64 40 purse split, but finds signed articles for 120 pounds 3 PM and an even purse division.
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Yanger
McFarland
Chicago
Harry Gilmore, Jr
Shooting and assault near Dayton shocks city
Abe Gordon a traveling salesman was shot and likely fatally wounded while his companion Anna Markowitz was killed by choking near the soldiers home. The killer escaped and authorities seek the assailant after the August 4 incident near Dayton Ohio.
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Dayton
Ohio
Abe Gordon
Anna Markowitz
Fighting Chaplain Lozier Dies at 78 in Mount Vernon
John H. Lozier known as the fighting chaplain died in Mount Vernon Iowa at age 78. He authored several war songs. In Baltimore a deranged wife Christine Nenadel 26 strangled her two infant children during a relapse of insanity.
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John H. Lozier
Mount Vernon
Iowa
Baltimore
Christine Nenadel
Even Scores With Russ Ex-Governor
A historical note recalls General Karakozoff, ex governor general of Odessa, being shot and killed in Caucasus on Aug 5. The assassin fled as details mention his harsh rule suppressing Odessa and orders to police to fire on mobs. Separately, Scott County Pioneers Association plans annual reunion Aug 28 at the Outing club in Davenport with a meeting agenda outlined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret
Bride
Clinton
Fred Magil
Emily S. Magill
Fred Deland
Fay Graham Magill
W. W. Graham
S.A Graham
William Ogley
Ed D.boice
Walter Holtman
Colorado Springs
Fay
Holtman
Piatgorsk
Caucasus
Karakozoff
Odessa
Thesassin
Richard Haney
J. H. Marshall
L. D. Edwards
C. B. Marshall
Scott County Pioneers’ Association
Davenport
Policeman Bayley Cook Stricken on Davenport Street
Bayley Cook day desk sergeant at Davenport police station collapsed near Farnam and Locust streets while returning home about 8 am. He died instantly from an apoplectic stroke at age 58, after telling colleagues he felt ill. Survived by wife and two daughters.
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Bayley Cook
Davenport
Farnam
Locust Streets
Hero of Santiago Thomas Myler Drowns in Ireland
Arklow Ireland August 5 Thomas Myler who said he hoisted the stars and stripes over Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish American war drowned yesterday while training to swim St George's channel Strike Ended in Duluth Mesaba range mines back in operation after the labor stoppage ended this morning August 5.
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Thomas Myler
Ireland
Arklow
Santiago de Cuba
St. George's Channel
Duluth
Mesaba Range
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Pratt
Federal Investigator Funds Company
Fight Against Oil Trust
Charles M. Pratt
Collumasiwuce Omni
Corporation
ST. Gaudens
Mint
Pliceman
Filario Rocco
Edward Smith
John Barbour
Minos Central
Job Naughton
William Donovan
Donovan
Kim
Co. T. U
Telis Nebraska
Perry
Morocco
Joseph DE Silva
Persian Empire
Jone
C.r.j.&p.road
Commonwealth
15Th Cavalry
Magills
Ler
Santiago
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