Patton faces Interstate inquiry over coal stocks
W A Patton assistant to President Cassatt of the Pennsylvania railroad testified before the Interstate Commerce Commission about holding stock in a dozen coal firms. He claimed his holdings, mostly unpurchased and paid for later, were investments. friendship and western Pennsylvania roots were cited as reasons. He argued railroad officials were not criminal for stock ownership in coal companies.
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Philadelphia
Interstate Commerce Commission
W. A. Patton
Cassatt
Pennsylvania Railway
Jose
Patton
Whitely
Fatton
Keystone Coal and Coke Company
Glasgow
George Sr
Pennsylvania
Ufe
Colonel Hu
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Railroad Officials Testify on Coal Stock Holdings
Witnesses from the Pennsylvania Railroad disclose holdings in coal firms while denying conflicts of interest. D a Newhall and Theodore N Ely describe limited stock in coal companies. Purvianto and Green outline positions and disavow coal lands or oil ties, noting the Susquehanna Coal Company owned by the railroad.
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D. &. Newhall
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Theodore N. Ely
William A. Patton
Cnul
J. TK. Johnson
Tyrone
Pennsylvania Tailtoad
John P. Green
Pennsylvania Beread Company
Adams Express Company
Susquehanna Cost Company
Those Burlington Rebates Court Case Opens in Kansas City
Testimony in the Burlington rebate case began in U S district court with George A Crosby charged for conspiring with freight broker George La Thomas and clerk YB Taggart to pay rebates to shippers on shipments from New York and New Jersey in 190 and 1908. George A Barton of Barton Bros Shoe Co. testified and produced two contracts showing payments of 20 cents per 100 pounds for goods to Thomas.
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Kansas City
United States District Court
George A. Crosby
Burlington Railway
George la Thomas
New York
Ctty
YB. Taggart
New Jersey
George A. Barton
Barton Bros
Thomas
Company to Route Shipping Duties and Salaries
The Pennsylvania Mailgondt board votes to investigate admissions before the interstate commerce commission. First Vice President John P. Green presents a May 18 notice asserting that no ownership on practice affecting the public duty will be tolerated, and the board adopts it.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Mailgondt Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
John P. Green
Jim
Green
Kentucky Ag sees graft in state printing contracts
Lexington May 24 Attorney General Hays charges state printing excess charges exceeding 20,000. He warns bidders litigation will follow state printing contracts. He cites teachers record and trustees books for 1896, says contracts blocked, notes four year land supply. He accuses Henry Bacon of Louisville of $24,744.41 billing for work believed doable at $4,000 and mentions a pending suit to recover about 20,000 from 1892.
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Lexington
Frankfort
Hays
Queston
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Henry Bacen
Louisville
Bacon
Did He Poison His Wife Indictment in New Jersey
Dr Frank Brouwer a physician has been indicted for murdering his wife Carrie B Brouwer who died last September after a long illness Exhumation and stomach analysis by chemists reportedly found poison Evidence supports a hard legal battle with James W Osborn engaged to assist the prosecution Brouwer pleads not guilty in a well to do family case Frisco banks reopen in San Francisco with most able to open quarters and record cash on hand despite the upheaval
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Toms River
N. J
Frank Brouwer
Carrie B. Brouwer
H. H. Cute
Bright
Brouwer
James W. Osborn
New York
San Francisco
Lost Girl Is Found in New York City
May 24 report states Fang Buglee a Pittsburg girl aged one year was found in New York after police searched Coney Island. She claimed to have come with Theya Rodgers who promised marriage, Rodgers arrested last Saturday.
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New York
Fang Buglee
Pittsburg
Coney Island
Theya Rodgers
Rodgers
Louisville to be closed Sunday across city limits
Governor Beckham and Mayor Harth announced the Sunday closing law will take effect at midnight Saturday. The board of public safety ordered police to enforce the rule strictly, banning saloons theaters liquor sales in drug stores barber shops hilliard halls bowling alleys skating rinks and all contract work. Professional baseball is also prohibited, likely canceling the Louis vs Toledo game.
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Louisville
Beckham
Harth
Board of Public Safety
Louis
Toledo
Stand Pat Talk by Landis in Congress Sparks Tariff Debate
Washington May 94voices raise as Landis defends U S producers with one price at home and abroad inviting Cochran emigrants while contrasting Coxey's Army march, Wilson Gorman tariff, and corn as fuel with regional claims from Indiana Nebraska Kansas and Connecticut officials in heated political clash.
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Washington
Jssues
Lous of Representatives
Rainey
Cochran
Tandis
Bourke Cochran
Landis
Eith
New York
Coxey
Wiliams
Senate
Capitol
Mill
Williams
Hinshaw
Nebraska
White Reedin
Kansas
Death of Henrik Ibsen in Christiania at 78
Norway's renowned poet and dramatist Henrik Ibsen died at 2 30 p m in Christiania after a period of illness. His literary work, noted for realism and protest themes, left a lasting mark on drama and national culture. The king and queen expressed sympathy as Norwegians mourn the loss of their leading literary figure.
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Christianix
Henrik Ybsen
Norway
Ibsen
Bensik
Christinia
Eus
Bull
Ib&en
Sigurd Ybsen
Haakon
Queen Maud
Lbsen
Czar O Deputies Debate Amnesty Refusal Amid Terrorism Fears
In St Petersburg on May 24 officials defend denying plenary amnesty while warning against terrorism and violence. The article notes opposition claims the emperor violates the constitution and cites witnesses and war-time measures to suppress revolutionary activity.
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St. Petersimeg
Cresh
Nkiases
Qatts Coans
Siberia
Paul
Farmers Scrap Sparks Farm Violence in Owosso and Hildreth
In Owosso Michigan William Tish is jailed on assault charges against neighbor Daniel Fifield after a Sunday dispute over a fence led to a physical brawl. Fifield sustained severe injuries, with doctors noting extensive lacerations. Separate incidents report a fire at a storeroom in Alldworthth blamed on anti liquor elements, and a Westinghouse contract in St. Petersburg for electrolyzation of street railways totaling seven million dollars.
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Owosso
Mich
William Tish
Daniel Fifield
Bennington Township
Wifield
Tifield
Trish
Fifield
Owosse
Yaris
Charles Kollar
Hildreth
Alldwertth
Agreement Seen, Indiana Miners, and Operators Near Pact
Widespread reports from Terre Haute and St Louis suggest Indiana miners and operators are nearing a preliminary agreement before week’s end with talks likely to shift to Ohio for a possible conference. Analysts warn that intense public sentiment and posturing may precede a formal policy stance, with further bargaining expected as power players map the next steps.
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Terre Haute
Tad
Indiana
Ohta
Indianapolis
PREDICTS REVOLUTION IN RUSSIA AND UPRISINGS
In St Petersburg the Constitutional Democrats warn that the government will not grant a full constitutional regime. Professor Miryonkot accuses Premier Govemy'in’s cabinet of being puppets to court influence and argues Parliamentarism may be postponed or lost. The Central Committee outlines plans for universal suffrage and broader rights, while opposing parties debate steps. Elsewhere in the U.S. a lynching occurs in Columbus, Mississippi, as George Younger shoots Rector and a mob executes him. In Iowa, Representative I Lacey wins renomination for a tenth term, with Secretary Shaw endorsed for the presidency in 1908.
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St. Petersburg
Miryonkot
Constitutional Democrats
Haseshia
Govemy
Einsieror
Nicholas Sales
Loula Xvt
Trepott Cabal
Hila
Oskaloosa
Nbn I. Lacey
Repide Henn
Sixth Town
Shaw
Representative Cousins Renominated by Acclamation
Fifth Iowa district Republicans renominated Representative Cousins by acclamation. A railroad man, V M DiVinaces, was stabbed through the heart in a boarding car at Deertur, Ti. Heese-Snider Lumber Yard in Terre Haute, Ind. reported a $100000 loss by fire. The International Postal Congress at Rome approved Britain’s proposal to raise the weight of Satters. A Z Cassatt left London for Paris. The Kings Daughters and Sons conference held in Wheeling, W Va. Mrs Jefferson Davis’s condition reported improved. President Roosevelt accepted invite to speak at Oyster Bay on Independence Day.
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Cousins
Iowa
V. M. DiVinaces
Deertur
Heese-Snider Lumber Yard
Terre Haute
Ind
International Postal Congress
Rome
A. Z. Cassatt
Pennsylvania Railroads Company
London
Paria
The
Kings’ Daughters and Sons
Wheeling
W. Ca
Jefferson da- Wia
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
S. 1
Homeseekers Rates and Summer Tours Across the West
Advertises monthly irrigation land offers in eastern Colorado and the North Platte Valley, with a lottery to distribute 400,000 acres. Promotes low-rate summer tours from Omaha to California, Puget Sound, San Francisco, and western resorts, including Denver and Yellowstone, with specific round-trip fares and dates.
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Astern Colorado
North Platte Valley
Big Horn Basin
Shoshone
California
Portland
Puget Sound
Rocky Mountains
Pacific Slope
Omaha
Shasta
San Francisco
Shasta Figture
Colorado
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Rainy
Utah
Wyoming
Black Hills
Montana
Yellowstone Park
America
Iowa State Sabbath School Convention in Council Bluffs
The Rock Island lines will offer open rate travel from all points in Iowa with tickets on sale June 18 and 19 and 20 for travel within one hundred miles. Return passage limited to June Sard. Take Rock Island Lines schedule 6:15.
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Council Bluffs
Rock Island
Iowa
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