Carnegie’s Steel Story and Banking Critique in Inquiry
Andrew Carnegie testified before the Stanley committee about forming steel capital combines and wealth, denouncing the American banking system as a disgrace. He praised Charles Schwab, recounted open hearth rail and tube mill plans, and traced Carnegie Steel’s early mills and partners from 1861 onward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Andrew Carnegie
Wittless
Steel Trust
Carnegie
Stanley Committee
United States Steel Corporation
Carnégie
Scotland
Mr. Dodds
Schwab
Charles Schwab
Charlie
New York
Homestead
Connéaut
Ohio
Charlie Schwab
Stanley
House Investigating Committee
Miller & Small
National Bank of Pittsburg
Wall Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Mr. Schwab
Maid 10 Years Has Party in St. Louis Home
Christina Nuernberg mailed invitations for a party celebrating her tenth year as a maid in the Louis Goldman home. Mr and Mrs Goldman will be guests of honor along with about 100 other attendees who became acquainted through her service.
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St. Louis
Christina Nuernberg
Louis Goldman
Equitable building fire prompts plan for new 62 story tower
After the Equitable Life blaze in New York, most of 137 tenants have moved to the City Investing building. Officials weigh erecting a $25 million, 62 story headquarters on the site, despite legal limits on real estate ownership by insurers. Fire in the ruinous cellars continues as vaults hold up to $1.5 billion in securities. Police blotter shows all dead, two missing, twenty three injured.
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New York
Equitable
Equitable Life
City Investing
City Building Department
Metropolitan Tower
Woolworth
Widow accused in death of Ruth Hall over pancakes
Lancaster Ohio January 11 Mrs Nancy Hall aged 60 mother of 12 year old Ruth Hall who died December 12 after eating pancakes was arrested charged with putting poison in the cakes Her husband W T Hall and two daughters Bertha and Mary were seriously ill but are recovering local police reported evidence surrounds the poisoning case alleging deliberate contamination.
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Lancaster, O
Nancy Hall
Ruth Hall
W. T. Hall
Bertha
Mary
British gunboat expedition burns Malita village
British Belama sails for the Solomon Islands to avenge missionary Mr Daniels murder. A 47 man party including 25 sailors and 22 natives lands to punish the village. Ten natives are reported killed and the village burned. one sailor wounded.
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Victoria
B. C
Daniels
Malita
Solomon Islands
Partington
American merchant shot by Russian milliner improves
Berlin January 11 Norbert M Rodkin son an American merchant who was wounded last Saturday by a Russian milliner is much improved and has been discharged from the hospital.
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Berlin
Norbert M. Rodkinson
Maniac Kills Father and Holds Town Besieged
In Scottsville New York a man identified as William Twiman killed his father in his home then fired on police. Deputy Sheriff Si mon Bermingham was killed. deputies Herbert N. Abbott William Vokes and Howard A. Jenkins wounded. State troops and a cannon were used to force surrender. Twiman gave up and was taken to Rochester amid fears of lynching.
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Rochester
N. Y
William Twiman
Scottsville
Twiman
Arsenl
Simon Bermingham
Herbert N. Abbott
William Vokes
Howard A. Jenkins
Abbott
Jenkins
Crane Funeral Held For Enigmatic Iron Master
Chicago mourners attended the 10 o'clock service for Richard T. Crane at Trinity Episcopal Church. A single hand made book, costing 25000 dollars, was created about his life though few ever saw it. His will remained unopened as officials handled his estate questions.
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Chicago
Richard T. Crane
Trinity Episcopal Church
Twenty-sixth Street
Michigan Avenue
J. M. McGann
National League of Commission Merchants Opens Convention
In New York at the Hotel Astor the annual convention of the National League of Commission Merchants opens with twenty eight key marketing centers represented. C W Kimball of New York serves as president as sessions run through Friday.
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New York
National League of Commission Merchants
Hotel Astor
C. W. Kimball
Cabinet resignations follow Paris mob riots and trials
Paris news reports the entire cabinet resigned after violent protests near the palais de justice. The crisis followed the correctional court trial of trade unionists charged with distributing revolutionary circulars to soldiers. Georges Clemenceau framed the cabinet crisis, opposing Premier Calliaux as Delcasse moved to foreign affairs.
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Paris
Palace of Justice
Theophile Delcasse
Marine
Justin de Selves
Committee of
The
Senate On Foreign Affairs
the Seine
General Federation of Labor
Courts of Justice
Place du Chatelét
Notre Dame Bridge
Georges Clemenceau
Calliaux
Subpoenas issued in dynamite conspiracy inquiry
Indianapolis report says government grand jury subpoenas cover scores of people believed knowledgeable about explosions in New York and Midwest. Ortie McManigal's renewed confession implicates new names tied to McNamara and the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers. Investigators seek how many knew of the $1000 monthly payments for organizing and the use of funds.
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Indianapolis
Ind
New York City
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Minois
Iowa
Middle West
Federal Grand Jury
Ortie McManigal
United States
Charles W. Miller
John J. McNamara
International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
McManigal
Los Angeles
Cal
McNamara
Woman Juror Locked Overnight With Jury in Seattle Case
Seattle on January 11 report states Mrs. Rénia Dotridge the sole woman juror in a manslaughter trial slept behind a screen in the jurors’ room alongside eleven male jurors under a judge’s order Judge J Ronald é. A woman bailiff attended and occupied an adjoining couch during the night.
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Seattle
Wash
Rénia Dotridge
Ronald É
Dodridge
American woman convicted of fraud in selling mysterious powers book
Mrs. Violet Scott, an American on trial for fraud in selling books claiming to teach attainment of mysterious powers, was convicted in Berlin and sentenced to 18 months in prison.
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Berlin
Violet Scott
Lost Destroyer Me-Call Near Bermuda Port
A Bermuda dispatch reports the torpedo boat destroyer Me-Call is approaching Hamilton Bermuda escorted by the cruiser Birmingham. The Me-Call had caused days of concern as it neared the port.
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Bérmuda
Washington
Hamilton
Bermuda
Birmingham
Taft weighs Horace G Stone for U S district bench
President Taft seriously considers Horace G Stone of Chicago for the district bench if he promotes from the court to fill the vacancy left by Judge Grosscup. District Judge Carpenter is said to be first in favor of the promotion.
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Washington
Taft
Horace G. Stone
Chicago
Grosscup
Carpenter
Sun Yat Sen to lead 100000 troops in Peking campaign
Reports from multiple cities on January 11 indicate Sun Yat Sen will personally command an army of about 100,000 against the Manchus in Peking. Foreign ministers officially notify that China’s provisional government is organized, as revolutionary movements push northward and foreign troops prepare for deployment.
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San Francisco
Sun Yat Sen
Peking
Nanking
China
Wang Chung Wei
Shanghai
Manila
P. L
James H. Arrasmith
St. Petersburg
Russia
Mongolia
Foreign Office
Two Die In Monastery Fire At Villanova College
A fire at the Villanova college monastery near Villanova Pennsylvania destroyed the old structure. Two men were reported buried under the ruins while three hundred priests and students aided firefighters in the effort to save the surrounding new buildings.
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Philadelphia
Villanova College
Villanova
Government Pensions Proposed for Persian Royal Family
It is understood the government will grant the former shah Mohammed Aji Mirza an annual pension of 80 000 dollars if he quits Persia for good. His brothers Shaa El Sultane and Salar Ed Dowleh would receive 40 000 dollars each on the same terms.
WIFE SPANKING LEADS TO JAIL SENTENCE IN HAMMOND
Charles Buluois spanked his sixteen year old wife with a strap in West Hammond. The judge, Frank Green, sentenced him to 100 days in jail saying no man has right to beat his wife.
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Hammond, Ind
Charles Buluois
Frank Green
West Hammond
Buluois
Armour Victory In Sherman Law Trial Over Packers Case
Chicago January 11 jurist George A. Coldwellson presided as J Ogden Armour and nine packers faced Sherman act charges. Court excluded government exhibits 53 54 a letter and telegram linking Armour to profits and margins, weakening the case. Five other documents were admitted including exhibits 56 57 58 59 and 60 offering alternative evidence on margins and percentages of total current week.
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Chicago
J. Ogden Armour
George A. ‘Coldpeusen
Arthour
Armour
Jerome H. Pratt
Formour & Co
Pratt
Armour & Co
Armour& Co
Pratt-Armour
Arthur Manager
A. Connors
Arthur Meeker
Arthur
Texas health board fights meningitis as expert stays to help
Dallas reports the state board of health outlining a meningitis campaign while Dr. Abraham Sophian of the Rockefeller Institute receives word of his mother’s illness. He vows to remain in Texas to combat the epidemic. In Philadelphia the McNamara brothers’ guilty plea for dynamiting is debated in history by a University of Pennsylvania instructor.
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Charlies A. Bookwalter
Indianapolis
McNamara Brothers
Dallas
Tex
State Board of Health
Abraham Sophian
Rockefeller Institute
New York
Texas
Dr. Sophian
Philadelphia
John General Sherman
Hero
Mexico
Thomas P. Ganiger
U of Pennsylvania
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A. Carnegies
Aldrich
Charles A. Bookwalter
British Tars Burn Town
Serat
Negro Maniac
Crane Funeral
French Palace of Justice
Clemenceau
Shuster
Teheran
Persia
W. Morgan Shuster
Nasir-El-Mulk
Mazék
H.G. Stone
U. S. Bench
Jorden Armour
Robert Taylor
Tennessee
Sun
Organization of China
Shah of
Spanks
Hammond
Doctor
McNamaras
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