Rockefeller testimony cites Flagler and Todd as standard oil architects
John D Rockefeller testified under cross examination in the federal suit to dissolve the Standard Oil trust saying he credited two men Henry M Flagler and Samuel C Todd as the master builders of the oil combine. He recalled railroad presidents like W H Vanderbilt held stock in Standard briefly and identified dozens of bought plants and small Cleveland firms in the Standard Oil acquisitions.
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New York
Standard Oil Trust
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
John D. Rockefeller
Standard
Henry M. Flagler
Samuel CC. T. Todd
Rockefeller
Frank B. Kellogg
Kellogg
Oil
de Voe
Rockefeller testimony on Standard Oil founders and company managers
Rockefeller described who ran various acquired firms and stated a fair stock valuation for purchases. He credited H. M. Flagler and S. C. T. Dodd with creating the Standard Oil trust, said each manager ran an independent operation, and noted earlier pipe lines predated major building. He did not recall Standard owning 31 percent of Tidewater.
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Rockefeller
de Voe
Carley
Chess-Carley Company
Pitcairn and
Vandergrift
Imperial
Warden
Frew and Lockhart
The
Atlantic
Acme
Archbold
Kellogg
Standard
Standard Ofl
Standard Oil Trust
H. M. Flagler
Dodd
Standard Oil Company
Tidewater
Standard Oil Inquiry Concludes Day of Testimony
The examiner refutes claims of a Lombard pipeline deal a $5,000,000 offer, Standard Oil acquiring Tidewater stock, and Standard obtaining United States pipeline ownership. The witness denies Standard built the first refinery or tank car or steamer, noting that buying existing innovations was unlikely. The session ends with the remark, I should think not.
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Lombard
Standard
United States
Ministers oppose Roosevelt on Catholic voting issue
In New York a Presbyterian Ministers Association resolution rebukes President Roosevelt for labeling opposition to a Catholic candidate as bigotry. It endorses a New York Lutheran letter critical of the president and argues Vatican claims to temporal power make it dangerous to elect a candidate who answers to the pope before the people.
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New York
Presbyterian Ministers’ Association
Roosevelt
New York Lutheran
Vatican
Tornado Death Toll Reported Near Piney Arkansas
Tornadoes struck Piney ten miles west of Russellville causing heavy damage. Initial reports estimate twelve to twenty deaths and about thirty injuries with structures and timber destroyed along the Arkansas river. Berryville and Mulberry areas reported injuries and fatalities in later transmissions.
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Russellville
Ark
Piney
Arkansas River
Berryville
van Buren
Mulberry
Taft Campaign Fund Totals Hit Exact Sums and Big Donor List
Albany reports official Republican national campaign contributions show Taft’s election fund at 1 655 518 27 with 12 330 contributors. Charles P Taft gave 110 000, Larz Anderson led individuals with 25 000, Carnegie and Morgan gave far less than rumored, and New York Chicago headquarters netted 1 085 368 27 with state committee transfers totaling 620 150.
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Albany
Republican National Campaign Fund
George R. Sheldon
William Howard Taft
Charles P. Taft
Andrew Carnegie
J. Pierpont Morgan
William Nelson Cromwell
Whitelaw Reid
Carnegie
Morgan
Cromwell
Reid
C. P. Taft
Larz Anderson
Boston
Anderson
Nicholas Longworth
Roosevelt
New York
Chicago
National Committee
Republican State Committees
Fate of Speaker Cannon
Washington November 24 The arrival of Speaker Cannon at the capital is awaited by friends who believe his presence will end rumors that President elect Taft will oppose his re election. As the Sixty first congress members arrive interest in the speakership grows and becomes the main topic. Cannon's tariff stance is seen as the key issue in his re election and allies expect him to state his position clearly on arrival.
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Washington
Cannon
Taft
Congress
Sixty-first Congress
Explosion at Brooklyn trench claims six year old
A six year old boy is the victim recovered from the Brooklyn trench blast. The International Live Stock exposition will open at Union Stock Yards Chicago next Saturday, and the president-elect will attend without an invitation.
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Union Stock Yards
Chicago
Brooklyn
Truth and Quality in Laxative Pick
The advertisement extols Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a reliable laxative that cleanses and relieves internal organs without debility or dosage increases. It claims physicians approve its ingredients and urges purchase of the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product through leading druggists.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Chicago Markets Report November 24 1908
Estimated receipts 37000 with leftovers 1089. Market prices show light hogs and mixed packers lower, heavy shipping grades steady to 6.15. Cattle around 7500, good but steady with some weakness. sheep 22000, slow after yesterday's advance.
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Reeves
Texas
Chicago Market Hogs and Cattle Report November 24 1908
Chicago market summary shows hog receipts 47678 yesterday shipments 741 with 40000 expected today and 37000 tomorrow. Cattle and sheep prices mix with mixed packers and western stockers seen. market slow with declines from yesterday’s highs and assorted ranges for hogs cattle and lambs. Furnished by Beach Wickham Grain Co. 544 545 Postal Telegraph Bldg. Chicago.
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Beach- Wickham Grain Company
Chicago
John A Babcock JS and Ghicago Ill Message
A brief notice from John A Babcock JS in Ghicago Illinois asks to be contacted for timely service and promises a square deal. The message emphasizes reliability and straightforward business approach.
Roberts Warns Britain Needs A Strong Army To Repel Invasion
In the Lords Lord Roberts argued Britain must quickly field a formidable army to deter a German invasion, warning that 200,000 troops could be staged from northern German ports and battle-ready rail and shipping systems could mount a discreet landing. The motion for immediate defense was carried 74 to 382.
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London
House of Lords
Lord Roberts
Great Britain
Germany
England
John Bull
Harrow Sea
Earl of Crewe
Europe
Wireless pioneers claim independent communication system
Paris reporters state Italian scientists Bellini and Tosi, with government approval, announce a breakthrough in wireless teleg raphy after eighteen months near Normandy. Two perpendicular rectangular aerials fix to receive and transmit create unified electromagnetic forces. A single vertical Hertzian plane can be switched instantly by the Bobine device, promising independent communication and huge advantages.
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Paris
Bellini
Tosi
Normandy
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Boston Herald
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Arkansas
Aristotle
Sinews
Sheldon
Chas. P. Taft
Union League, New
Cornelius N. Bliss
Charles M. Schwab
Elihu Root
John Jacob Astor
B. F. Jones
Pittsburg
C. G. Davis
F. E. Grimes
J. G. Battelle
Detroit
W. B. Ridgely
Clarence H. Mackay
H. H. Huntington
San Francisco
F. M. Alger
R. A. Alger
T. H. Newberry
P. H. McMillan
Philadelphia
Wire
John A. Babcock
North American Commission Company
Roberts
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