Government to sue Standard Oil under Sherman act
Federal officials plan a permanent injunction to dissolve the Standard Oil Company branding it a monopolistic restraint of trade. John D Rockefeller Henry H Rogers William Rockefeller and John D Archbold will be summoned to testify as the case aims to block dominant methods used by the oil trust.
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John D. Rockefeller
Henry H. Rogers
William Rockefeller
John D. Archbold
Teatrty
Northern Securities Company
Department of Justice
United States Circuit Court
St Louia
Department
Standard Oil Company
Jonn D. Rockefelter
Henry H Rogers
Wiliam Rockefeller
John D Archbold
Oil Trust
Milton D Purdy
Measrs
Kellogg and Morrison
Hese
Standard Company
Garfield
Bir Garfield
Benning
United Hants Racing Association
Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad Directio
Deanwood Station
Mesors Purdy
Kellogs
Morrison
Standard
Findlay
John J Sullivan
Cleveland
St Laws
Chicago St Paul
St Louis
Rescue at Sea as Five Fishermen Are Saved in Storm
A storm off Morida and the Keys prompted Capt Rudolph Rubelli of the Standard Oil steamer Capt A M Lucas to rescue six fishermen whose houseboat burned after signaling for help. Later a deranged Albert Nelson leapt from a Brooklyn home into the sea and vanished.
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New York
Morida
Keys
Rudolph Rubelll
Standard Oil Company
A M Lucas
Cole
Laas
Albert Nelson
Brooklyn
Nelson
Schools of Love Debate at The Washington Fest
Special to The Washington Fest Chicago Tl Oct 2 Old bachelors and old maids attended the session of the Worlds New Thought Federation and faced a grave edict by Professor Alfred Lampher. He argued that without paternal or maternal instincts immorality cannot be gained and heaven has no place for nonparents. He urged schools of love as the diploma for marriage, insisting love must be taught by those who know its value.
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Chicago
Alfred Lampher
Schools of Love
Utes Move Toward Cheyennes in Raid Plan
Special report from Sheridan Wye dated October 26 notes Utes marching northwest toward the Northern Cheyennes' reservation about fifty miles north of Fort Custer. The objective is to urge Cheyennes to join a raid. Fort Mackenzie shipped 1260 rounds to May Grierson, who commands the Tenth Cavalry, en route to Arvada near the Utes. Col Rogers of the Sixth Cavalry has not been heard from since Fort Meade. Both commands, about 60 men plus officers, are expected to reach the Indians by Sunday.
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Sheridan Wye
Fort Custer
S- 15
Fort Mackenzie
May Grierson
Tenth Cavalry
Gillette
New Coke Making Machine Adopted by Rainey Company
Connellsville Pennsylvania October 26 The Rainey Coke Company the largest independent producer in the Connellville region officially adopted a new coke making machine developed by T J Mitchell general manager of the Rainey interests The device in use at Mount Braddock enables four men to charge water draw and convey coke from 30 ovens doing the work of forty to fifty men An accident near Milford Ohio claimed the life of M E Potter superintendent of bridges and Jacob Stoudt supervisor of interlockers of the Big Four Railway Both men from this city were on a motor car inspecting bridges when struck by a special tram Also listed are travel details for Harper's Ferry Martinsburg Berkeley Springs Cumberland and Baltimore area routes
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Washington Fest Connellsvile Pa
Wil
W J Rainey Coke Company
Connellville
T J Mitchell
Rainey
Mount Braddock Works
Springueveau
Jacob Stoudt
M E Potter
Milford
Ohio
Delaware
League of Powers Almost Dominate Europe
London dispatch reports a secret military convention among Great Britain France and Italy forming a defensive alliance. It aims to balance Germany and Austria Hungary and has backing from Spain Portugal and sympathetic interest from the United States. Germany Austro Italian tensions linger as King Edward's League of Peace seeks to restrain aggressive moves amid shifting power dynamics in Europe.
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Dlepatch
Washington Post
London
Post
Great Britain
France
Italy
Germany
Austria- Hungary
Japan
Europe
Russia
Edward
Spain
Portugal
United States
Algeciras
Austria
Servia
Venice
Francis Joseph
Eaward
League of Peace
Death by own action caps Capt Lem known sea pilot
Providence R I Oct 25 Lemuel A Dodge known along the Atlantic seaboard as Capt Lem committed death by his own hand today by leaping from the main deck of the bay steamer New Shoreham where he had served as captain. He fell into the water and died after being pulled from the bay. He had been a pilot from youth and was traveling to his Block Island home with his wife and son when the tragedy occurred.
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Providence
Lemuel
Atlantic Seaboard
Lem
New Shoreham
Big Home
Block Island
Expensive Collections stir Maine seacoast towns
Eastport Maine residents report a push in Congress to abolish self supporting customs houses along the coast. Machias shows 422 dollars per dollar collected, Castine 195, Cassett 537, Frenchmans Bay three while York nets only five.
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Eastport
Maine
Machias
Castine
Wiscassett
Frenchmans Bay
York
World’s Center of Unanalyzed Thought Created
Special to The Washington Post Chicago Oct 26 The closing session of the Worlds New Thought Federation convention established a thought clearing house inviting citizens worldwide to submit stray thoughts for analysis The federation aims to condense analyze and elucidate thoughts on subjects from art to ethnology as a center for undefined thoughts and emotional phenomena to be brought to life
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Washington Post
Chicago
Federation
New
Ami
Clearing-House
Secretary Shaw may join New York finance after cabinet exit
Rumor says Secretary of the Treasury Shaw will retire next March and reside in New York City, with possible ties to a large trust company or major insurer. His tenure shows strong financial skills and high prestige, prompting interest from financial houses. Confirmation could not be obtained locally.
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New York City
Treasury
Shaw
Beecome
Millionaire Sanford Ordered to Pay Record Alimony
Connecticut court referee rules Henry Sanford must give his wife 80000 as alimony with 20000 yearly support for a son and college funding. Judge Shumway to review, decision expected Tuesday, tied to allegations of Sanford’s infidelity and high-profile lineage at Yale.
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Connecticut
Millionaire Sanford
Washington Post
Bridgeport
Conn
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Henry Sanford
Samuel Sanford
Yale School of Music
Adama Express Company
Didore
Sanford
Shumway
Railway Pays Record Franchise Fee in State History
The Chicago Northwestern Railway Company remitted 50 000 as the largest franchise fee ever received by the state to cover a capital increase from 100 million to 200 million dollars. Directors voted the raise on October 18. Dies of Hydrophobia in Marietta Ohio John Fogus a well known veteran died of hydrophobia today after being bitten by a rabid dog three days earlier.
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Ansing
Mitch
Qet
Chicvago Northwestern Railway Company
Marietta
Ohio
John Fogus
Metcalf to Inquire on Japanese Discrimination in California
President Roosevelt sends Secretary of Commerce and Labor Victor Metcalf to San Francisco to investigate anti Japanese agitation and the exclusion of Japanese children from public schools. The move aims to calm tensions with Japan, protect treaty rights, and inform federal action. Metcalf will consult state and local officials and report findings to the President.
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Roosvelt
Victor Metcalf
Commerce and Labor
Washington
San Francisco
Japan
California
Metcalf
United States
Department of Justice
Dig Up Hermit's Wealth Uncovers 50 000 In Hoard
Special to The Washington Poet Wimona Minn reports 26 notes mortgages certificates of deposit and other property valued at 50000 buried on Samuel Hin's Pleasant Hill farm. The hermit died last week in a local hospital living in seclusion, dressed shabbily, and denying comforts. No will was found. heirs likely include his two brothers and sister. The search party, organized after his deathbed confession, unearthed the hoard only after digging began.
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Washington
Wimona
Minn
Samuel Hin
Pleasant Hill
Hife
Canek
Mar
Must Don Their Helmets in Major NY Police Shakeup
New York will deploy hundreds of plain clothes officers in a sweeping overhaul ordered by Commissioner Bingham. The general directive, effective tomorrow night, sends more than 600 men on patrol with night sticks, many previously helmeted, to combat pool rooms gambling and graft.
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Washington Post
New York
Police
Bingham
Lingham
Stabbed Centenary College President Fatally Injured
Centenary College of Jackson Louisiana president Dr C C Miller was stabbed multiple times by professor W F Moncrief during a faculty conflict over student mess hall duties. Moncrief sustained injuries but Miller died from wounds including a near heart stab. Miller had led the college four years after serving as a Methodist pastor in Alexandria.
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Washington Post
New Ouleans
Rey C C Miller
Centenary College
Jackson
WF Monerieff
Moncrief
Miller
Moncrieff
Moncriet
Methodist
Alex, Angria la
Woman Dies At Wedding Hour In Brooklyn
Mary Alexander of 191 Argyle Road Yale Park Brooklyn died from typhoid fever yesterday at Seney Hospital just as she was to marry James Rikel of 1779 Argyle Road. She will be buried in her wedding clothes tomorrow attended by family and fiancé remains.
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Trousseau
Washington Post
New York
Mary Alexander
Argyle Road
Yale Park
Brooklyn
James Rikel
Argyle
300 Clerks May Lose Jobs Over Stamp Contract
The United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing faces mass layoffs if the postage stamp printing contract goes to a private firm. If the government reopens the award, over 200 clerks could be dismissed. Warren L Green of American Bank Note Company argues the work was misgone. The contract requires daily delivery of 27 million stamps beginning February 1, with bids now reviewed by a awards committee in New Orleans.
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Bureau of Engraving and Printing
United States
Cortel
New York
Bureau of Engraving and Prgms
Post Office Department
American Bank Note Company
Warren L Green
Committee of Awards
Inspector Johnson
New Orleans
WC Witch
W P Zantzinger
Pullman Car Company Defies New Rate Law
The Pullman Car Company plans to challenge the new rate law arguing it is not a common carrier. It lacks its own ticket offices or stations and has not filed Tariffs, while railways post notices where tariffs can be obtained. A company representative maintains its role is simply furnishing lodging and meals on wheels, not operating as a common carrier.
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Washington Post
Chicago
Pullman Car Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Tne
Pullman Company
Negro Says He Was Coerced In Hartje Case Confession
Clifford Hope and a Black former Hartje coachman testified in Allegheny County court accusing coercion by private detectives. The negro said he was roughhandled in East Liverpool and told a lynching crowd awaited his return unless he confessed to false intimacy charges against Mrs Hartje. He claimed he signed the later deposition while intoxicated after threats and a revolver pointed at his head.
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Hope
East Liverpool
Ohio
Allegheny County
Hartje
German Prince Henry of Reuss Visits Philadelphia
Special to The Washington from Philadelphia October 2 Prince Henry of Reuss a German prince in the Dutch throne line arrives in New York by steamer and is expected in Philadelphia tomorrow afternoon He will visit Radnor at the country seat of James Francis Sullivan hosted by Mrs Oscar Livingston and Mrs Nichols The prince age thirty four unmarried is described as handsome with engaging manners and a keen sportsman He plans a Newport visit Monday to see Mrs Ogden Goelet during his world tour
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Washington Row
Philadelphia
Prince Henry of
Reuss
Radnor
Oscar Livingston
New York
B. Nichols
James Francis Sullivan
Italy
Newport
Ogden Goelet
Prince Henry
Tariff Experts Named for German Investigation Panel
Dr Anarles Waddell Stiles of the Public Health and Marine Hospital Service was chosen to lead a group of four tariff experts to Germany to investigate customs tariff complaints. He is joined by an official from the Animal Industry and a former agricultural attaché, with James L. Gerry and Nahum I. Stone also selected. Director North of the Census Bureau chairs the commission.
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Anarles Waddell Stiles
Public Health
Germany
Zieau
Animal Industry
Department of Agriculture
Wa Tn Aar
Berlin
James IL. Gerry
Th Customs
Treasury Department
Nahum I Stone
Department of Commerce and Labor
North
Census Bureau
Revenue Receipts Rise In September 1906 Totals 21M
Internal revenue receipts for September 1906 reached 21 262 699 an increase of 138 151 over September 1905. Totals by source show spirits at 851 070 a decrease of 3 762. tobacco 4119 355 up 1 714. fermented liquors 5 287 Sif am increase 343 571 5. oleomargarine up 7 913 and adulterated butter up 13 730. Miscellaneous 19 011 down 470 in the three months of the present town period.
Tammany Victory Clears Field After Court Ruling
The Appellate Division's decision throws out most Independence League petitions, leaving Tammany with a clear path for Congressmen and Assembly candidates. Hearst and Hughes campaigns react while Cortelyou and Woodruff are accused of backing a large corporate fund.
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Washington Post
New York
Tammany
Congress
Senate
Assembly
Supreme Court
Independence League
Judiciary
Murphy
Hearst
John 3. Brady
Hearst People
Francis McAvoy
Court of General Sessions
Otto A. Rosalsky
McAvoy
Brady Wil
Mieue
Oats
Threeten
Cary
Court of Appeals
Shober
League
Francis Burton Harrison
Brady and MeaAvoy
Charles E Hughes
Bath and
Corning
Willam R Hearst
Albany
Troy
Cohoes
Republican Campaign
Max F Ihmden
Hughes
Cortelyau
Woodrum
State Republican Committee
Thmsen
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Martinsburg
Berkeley Springs
Cumberland
Baltimore and Ohio
Devy
Secory
League OF Powers
Sailng
Me.) Custom House
Omer
Ame
Frisco
Dept of Union “Trust Co
Rey
Dr. Miller
Aetna
Iaabilthes
Butte
Mont
Eugene T Wuson
Aetna Banking and Trust Company
Wilson
Richard W _Hlendéreen
Negro
Tato Maki
Henry of Reuss
Messrs. Stiles
Gerty, and Stone
Director North
Tammany Victory
Cortelyou and
Woodruff
Jhusen
Shaw Charman
Richard W Herderson
Baltimore
Royal Lim- Ae
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