Sheridan Statue Unveiled in Washington to Honor Civil War Hero
President Roosevelt attended the unveiling of General Philip H. Sheridan's equestrian statue at Sheridan Circle near Massachusetts Avenue and Twenty-third Street. The ceremony recalled his Cedar Creek ride from Winchester and praised his Civil War leadership and Indian campaigns. The bronze horse, Rienzi, is the largest single-piece cast in the nation, and the event featured a military parade and remarks by Horace Porter and the president.
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Roosevelt
Phil
Cedar Creek
Winchester
Washington
Philip HO
Sheridan
United States
Army
Navy
Sheridan Eirate
Massachusetts Avenue
Twenty-third Street
National Capital
Cavnlry
Jubal A. Early
Phi
Rienzi
Gatton Borglum
New York
Providence
National Guard
District of Columbia
Horace Porter
Staf
General Grant
Grant Monument Association
Sheridn
Cliss
Grant
Fira Forks
Appomattos
Ini Fet
Sherman
Thoms
Farragut
America
Groot
Thomas
Lee
Jackson
Johnstons
North
South
Mm da Owhese Benne
Rockefeller's Testimony Highlights Standard Oil Holdings
At the hearing, John D. Rockefeller acknowledges ownership of about 2.6 million shares in Standard Oil of New Jersey while many shares were held by others. He describes distributing stock to holders and discusses contracts with Schofield Schurmer Teagle and others, denying certain monopoly claims and noting past affidavits and statements about interests in subsidiaries.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
Frank 3. Kellogg
Standard of Company of New Jersey
Kellogg
Ste
John PD. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Standard Oil Trust
Schofield, Schurmer & Teagle
Standard
Ohio
Schofield, Schur Mer É& Tengie
Pioneer Oil Company
Cleveland
Bayonne
Standard Oil Company
Chic
Mr. Kellogg
Mr. Rockefeller
Archbeld
Flagler
Standard 61l Company
Hot Mide
Standard Hat
Rockefeller testimony cites ownership in subsidiaries and railroads
The questioning suggests control through majority stock in subsidiary firms to mask rent ownership. Rockefeller replies that he owns stock and bonds in several railroad companies and is later excused. Irwin J. Archbold, vice president of Standard Oil, then testifies on the stand.
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R Duals
Standard Oil Company of
Ohio
Rockefeller
Questons
Irwin J. Archbold
Standard Ones
Cummins Wins Iowa Senate Seat In Joint Session
Des Moines reports Albert B. Cummins elected United States Senator with 106 votes to 35 in a joint session of Iowa's legislature. Democrats backed Claude Porter, Republicans largely supported Cummins, ending factionalism for now. Cummins will serve the unexpired term and a full six year term starting January.
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Des Moines
Albert B. Cummins
United States Senate
Wiliam B. Allison
Senate
House
United States
Garst
Ione
Govenor Cumming
Iowa
Gars
Cummins
Amson
Tragic Family Shooting in New York Leaves Two Dead
Carl Loose a baker killed his 17 year old daughter Meta and seriously wounded his 19 year old son Frederick, a Lutheran pastor in Yale SD. John, 19, disarmed his father and is a witness as police take Loose into custody. Frederick, with his wife, had moved to New York seeking to help end his father’s drinking and neglect. Frederick faces possible death or long recovery in hospital.
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New York
Ils
Carl Loose
Meta
Frederick
Yale
Hes
John
Hold
Loose Fluthy
Wieht
Eatels
Leone
Fred Jake
Lift
Youth Arrested Over Bicycle Near President Heading to Church
Washington report states Gilbert Boyer, a young man, was arrested after nearly colliding with the president while the president walked to church last Sunday. Boyer was released upon filing collateral which he forfeit to avoid trial on the charge of not having a suitable helmet on his bicycle.
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Washington
United States
Gilbert Boyer
Wan
Roger
Heavy Snow Binds Salt Lake City Streets
Snow paralyzed streetcar service in Salt Lake City as rail lines in the northern Utah region faced heavy disruption. A thick blanket of nine inches of snow fell, delaying transportation and hindering travel as the storm persisted.
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Salt Lake City
Robbery verdict looms in Minnesota and tobacco market tension
In Stilhweter Minnesota Frank Datel alias rani Lafountainn faces second degree robbery charges after a violent incident involving a knife. Witnesses describe a bucket and bed as improvised weapons, with a coin used to attach a blade to a body. Louisville reports suggest a cent price friction could affect the American Tobacsen company and Burley Tobacco Society as big tobacco pools in Kentucky near 76 million pounds value.
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Stilhweter
Minn
Ney
Frank Datel
Rani Lafountainn
Cunninethan
Ratc
Louisville
Tobacce
Arununte
Velvine
Plan to Consolidate Chicago Car Lines Mapped
Chicago and New York financiers including J P Morgan and associates move toward a merger of the elevated and streetcar systems with a power supply deal. A committee chaired by John Z Mitchell of Illinois Trust and Savings was formed after a conference at his office to study the plan. Chicago capitalists have begun initial steps in the consolidation effort.
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Chicago
J. P. Morgim
New York
John Z. Mitchell
Illnois Trust
Conference on Senatorship in Ohio Capitol
Senators J A Foraker and Charles Dick and Governor Harris met at the statehouse in Columbus to discuss a successor to Senator Foraker. A January legislature is to be called to elect his replacement. Rumors say Foraker may back Governor Harris if reelection proves unlikely.
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Colubus
J. A. Foraker
Charles Dick
Harris
Statehouse
Senator Foraker
United States Senate
Foraker
Trains Collision Near Lake Street Kills Two
Two railroad workers died and three were fatally hurt when two freight trains collided on the Ann Arbor line near Lake and in Washtenaw county Howell Michigan on November 23. Authorities say a signal change may have caused the crash.
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Howell, Mich
Ann Arbor
Lake and
Washtenaw County
Unclear Fragment Describes Personal Crisis in New York
A damaged clipping reports a husband facing a personal crisis while his wife lies dying in a Brooklyn hospital. The text mentions a professor and a deadly gas incident linked to a lamp tube, but details are garbled and uncertain.
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New York
Dyip
Brooklyn Hospital
Janis Frei
Hody Thampeon
Attlehors
Maass
Alroy
Rennis
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Gen. Sheridan
Grand Army
Bly
Whit Iy
N c Omma
Oi Magenate
Sufzon Borglum
William B. Allison
Lhqots
New York City
Philadephia
Fred Bra L-Ley
Boston
Pacifit
West End Athletic Club
al Kubiak
Michigan
Freebyterian Hospital
Utah
Marc
Carvist
Stiilwatse
Foraker, Dick and
Columbus
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