Trusts Overruled Objections in Ohio Idea Trial
The second day of the Standard Oil Company of Ohio piracy trial featured Judge Banker largely siding with the prosecution. Ida M. Butts testified as the first witness, describing her connection to George M. Rice and presenting stock certificates and transfer scrip for Rice and his twenty subsidiary companies. A dispute over a New Jersey record of corporate reorganization was reserved for ruling, with Rockefeller’s 1808 testimony read to the jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme
Elps
Ida M. Butts
Phelps
New Jersey
Standard Oil Company
Banker
Defense Objections to Ancient History Evidence in Oil Trust Case
Attorneys spar over scope of Valentine anti trust law as they challenge the prosecution’s aim to show a broad conspiracy among Standard Oil trust leaders. Phelps and Ellis defend the broad reach while Kline argues stock sales to New Jersey entities negate a conspiracy under Ohio law. The dispute centers on admissible evidence and the true target of the case in Hancock County.
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Informa
David
Ellis
Phelps
Elliott
Kline
Troup
Tolles
Valentine
Sampson
Standard O1l Trust
New Jersey
Standard Oil Company of
Ohio
Hancock Country
Tragedies reported in rail and tunnel incidents
Valleywide dispatches detail three fatal events on October 11. Iron Mountain fast mail derailment near St Louis city limits kills engineer John Caspar and injures ten. Union Pacific freight collision near Laramie claims five lives including engineers Strong Murray plus fremen Augstrom Kelley and brakeman Meyers. Pennsylvania tunnel blast near Long Island City kills three and injures many.
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ST. Louis
Evening Journal
Iron Mountain
Cheyenne
Wyo
The
Union Pacific
Laramie
Strong and Murray
Fremen Augstrom
Kelley
Brakeman
Meyers
Dr Alfredo Zayas A Cuban Revolutionary Leader
Dr Alfredo Zayas head of the Cuban revolutionary party and former Cuban senate president was listed as leader of the Liberals. He escaped Havana before a warrant was issued by the Palma government. Taft and Bacon the American commissioners noted his stance on peace talks and his role in keeping rebel camps orderly.
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Alfredo Zayas
Cuban Revolutionary Party
Senate
Dr. Zayas
Havana
Palma
Messrs
Taft and
Bacon
Plea of the Negroes Appeals to Rate Law
Representative Negroes from the south petition the Interstate Commerce Commission seeking an order against southern railroads for Jim Crow cars and discrimination. Signed by Mississippi delegates and about a dozen others, the filing cites Hepburn rate law and asks the commission to compel equal rights for colored interstate passengers. Oswald Villard urges organized defense in New York Afro-American council urging unity against racial degradation and calls for action against leaders like Tillman and others.
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Washington
South
Interstate Commerce Commission
Thomas Oliver
W. V. Johson
Mississippi
Tillman
New York
Hoke Smith
John Temple Graves
Vardaman
Oswald G. Villard
Avoiding the Doctor and the Clever Scot
A quirky old Scottish physician named Dr. Sanderson is described as both queer and clever. As he strides the street a sweep tumbles down a staircase outside a house. The doctor rushes over and asks if he is hurt, to which the sweep replies he is not and even feels better.
Jones declines zoo visit amid family chatter
London Health reports Jones refuses a zoo trip noting his children and relatives provide entertaining impressions. He jokes his eldest daughter does the kangaroo walk, his second daughter talks like a parrot, his son laughs like a hyena, his cook is cross as a bear, and his mother-in-law calls him an old gorilla.
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Jones
London
Stern father tests suitor with three month trial
A man asks to marry the daughter, and the stern father replies with a three month trial. If the suitor fails to satisfy as a son in law, he need not receive any salary.
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Sterno
Stern Father
Funston to Leave Cuba Command for United States
General Frederick Funston will depart Havana on the battleship Louisiana, returning to the United States with Governor Taft and Assistant Secretary of State Bacon. The Cuban affairs will be left to Governor Magoon and General J Franklin Bell, as Funston’s role was temporary. No major events have occurred in Cuba since the last report.
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Havana
Frederick Funston
Cuba
Taft
General Funston
United States
Louisiana
Bacon
Magoon
J. Franklin Bell
Funston
Pacific Coast
General Einston
General Bell
Mr. Bacon
Croker Sues for Libel In Dublin Court
J H Campbell attorney for Richard Croker in his libel action against the London Magazine sought permission in the Four Courts to serve a writ on the Amalgamated Press the publishers of the Magazine one of the Harmsworth companies.
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Dublin
J. H. Campbell
Richard Croker
London
Amalgamated Press
Harmsworth
Tammany to Mughead Defamation Case Seeks Damages
London based Croker counsels seek damages and a restraining order against publication of allegedly defamatory statements. The plaintiff denies any money from Democratic groups in New York beyond salaries from offices held, and swears he has not engaged in corrupt acts for personal gain.
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London
Croker
Tammany
Mughead
New York
Tammany Hall
Idaho Case Is Argued Before Supreme Court
The Supreme Court heard arguments in the Moyer Haywood and Pettibone case, Western Federation of Miners officers jailed in Idaho on Governor Steunenberg murder charges. Colorado residents claim kidnaping fraudulently gave Idaho jurisdiction, with Denver and Chicago attorneys arguing for the prisoners and Boise counsel for Idaho. A Paris tobacconist notes alleged cigarette amokers in royal circles.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Charles B. Moyer
W. LD. Haywood
George A. Vettibone
Western Federation of Miners
Canon County
Ida
Steunenberg
Idaho
BK. J. Richardson
Denver
S. Darrow
Chicago
W. Hawley
Boise
Colorado
Moyer
Chicago Markets Report 1906 Hog and Cattle Prices
Chicago markets show the hog market steady to higher with receipts around 17000 today. Cattle and sheep demand remain strong with western and Texas cattle and lambs trading at firmer bids, bulk hogs quoted near 86.10 to 86.60 and cattle 64.00 to 67.30.
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Texas
Fatal Shooting in School Sparks Tragedy of Love
In Meveland Ohio, Harry Smith 25 killed Miss Mary Shepard 22 in the South Buc tid school in front of sixty pupils. Two hours later he killed himself at his Warrensville home as a posse closed in, ending a rejected courtship and motive of love lorn rage.
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Meveland
Harry Smith
Mary Shepard
Warrensville
Smith
Cleveland
Young Smith
Miss Shepard
South Buetid
Kobler
Misa Shepard
Attempted assassination shocks Chehalis judge
In Chehalis Washington a midnight blast blew eight by three foot hole in a floor beside Judge Moses Yoder and wife. They were bruised but unharmed. Sausage maker John Spitzner shot himself after the attack, dying near town. The man believed the attorney aided his wife in a divorce. Adelaide Ristori’s son Marcus Giorgio Caparanica del Grillo wept at his mother’s deathbed arrival in Rome after duty in Paris.
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Chehalis
Wash
Det
M. Yoder
John Spitzner
Wools
Kestori
Adelaide Ristori
Giorgio Caparanica del Grillo
Paris
Margherita
League Wins Second Game in World Championship Series
A large crowd in Chicago watched the second game of the world championship series as the League defeated the Americans 7 to 1. The decisive win extends the League's series lead and underscores its dominant performance on the field.
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Chicago
Amerilean
Whittinghill Dies After Defeat in Indiana Nomination Fight
Jooneville Indiana October 11 Scott Whittinghill Republican candidate for county auditor who lost in a campaign fight is dead. The report notes his participation in the nominating contest and his party affiliation.
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Jooneville
Ind
Scott Whittinghill
County
Snditor
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Roumania
Christina
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