Rockefeller Testifies On Standard Oil Court Hearing
In Chicago Judge Landis questions John D. Rockefeller and Charles M. Pratt about the Standard Oil of New Jersey and its control over Standard Oil of Indiana. Rockefeller admits limited memory and notes New Jersey company stock around 98 to 100 million dollars with about 40 percent annual dividends. Pratt testifies on earnings for 1903 to 1905 and the Jersey company's refinery and distribution role.
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Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
K. M. Landis
United States District Court
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Rockefeller
Mr. Pratt
Charles M. Pratt
Dodge
John 5. Miller
Landis
Mrr. Rockefeller
New Jersey Company
Pratt
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Company of New Jersey
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
Howe
White
Barstow
Miller
Archbold
Cone
Mr. Rockefeller
Brook
Reckefeller
Standard Oi Company of
Standard Oil. Company of New Jersey
Syn, N. Y
Standard Oi Company
iIt
Union . Tank
Standard
Museum Secures Famous Painting in New York Announcement
A museum announces the acquisition of a renowned painting in New York. The brief note confirms the securing of the artwork for its collection, signaling enhancements to its curatorial holdings and public exhibition plans.
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Secures
Neve York
Fire Threat Hits Joliet State Penitentiary
A Saturday blaze at Joliet's state penitentiary prompted evacuation as flames broke out in a cell area. Prison guards and inmates were moved to safety and the fire was brought under control with no injuries reported.
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Joliet
Spon Bastion
Lesson for world peace via naval demonstration amid rising Japan US tensions
In Oyster Bay Admiral Brownson urges a swift transfer of U S naval strength to protect coasts as President Roosevelt plans a world showing of naval capability. Berlin flags a looming US Japan conflict while Tokio papers question American naval patriotism and base readiness if war breaks out.
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Oyster Bay
Brownson
Sagamore Hill
Washington
Loeb
Roosevelt
Germany
Berlin
Japan
United States
Pacific
San Francisco
Sakamoto
Tokio
Hachi
America
Pescadores
Cavite
Manila
Tangier General Gen. MacLean Captured by Raisuli in Morocco
British legation confirms Gen. MacLean, commander of the sultan’s bodyguard, has been captured by Raisuli the bandit. Raisuli demands terms including house reconstruction, indemnity of $100 000, and reinstatement as governor of Tangier and Fahs plus police command.
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Tangiers
Morocco
Harry MacLean
Raisuli
MacLean
Zinat
Tangier
Fahs
London
San Perdicaris
Five Years for Schmitz as Crowd Applauds in San Francisco
Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz, convicted of extortion, is sentenced to five years in San Quentin. The court crowd erupts in thunderous applause as Judge Dunne pronounces the judgment amid protests from defense counsel and comments from Sheriff O Neill.
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San Francisco
Eugene E. Schmitz
Judge Dunne
Attorney Fairall
Haywood Case Nears End as Defense Meets Jury
Boise Idaho reports the Haywood trial heads toward completion with defense presenting most of its direct case. Charles H Moyer will testify next and William D Haywood follows. Rebuttal by the state may begin Wednesday or Tuesday depending on cross examination. A verdict or disagreement could come within two weeks.
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Boise
Idaho
Haywood
Charles H. Moyer
Western Federation of Miners
William D. Haywood
Moyer
Wisconsin Tornado Kills Twenty One in Wide Path
Twenty one people are confirmed dead as a tornado raked a hundred mile stretch through Central Wisconsin on Wednesday night. Authorities fear the death toll will rise as reports arrive from affected areas. Dozens more are wounded and property damage exceeds $100,000.
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St. Paul
Minn
Wisconsin
Gamage
Rates Raised in Revenge Charged Against Railroads
The interstate commerce commission heard a complaint from flour milling firms in Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri accusing Missouri Pacific and other western railroads of raising flour rates in retaliation for a petition filed earlier. The suit claims unjust and discriminatory pricing versus Minneapolis and other northwest origins.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Missouri Pacific
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Atlantic
Minneapolis
Northwestern
Wire Companies Accused Of Telegraph Monopoly
New York Acting on a petition by Attorney General William S. Jackson Justice M. W. Platzek appointed R. Burnham Moffatt to take evidence on alleged illegal rates by Postal Telegraph and Western Union. First hearing set for July 16 at Moffatt's Wall Street office. The petition claims a January 1900 formation in New York created a monopoly restraining telegraph competition and seeks testimony from Clowry Mackay Gould Harriman Jessup and other officials.
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New York
William S. Jackson
M. W. Platzek
Supreme Court
R. Burnham Moffatt
Postal Telegraph& Cable Company
Western Union Telegraph Company
Moffatt
Wall Street
Jackson
Robert C. Clowry
Clarence H. Mackay
George J. Gould
H. Harriman
Morris K. Jessup
Courtesy Wins a Fortune in Toledos Miss Bish Gift
Miss Ethel Bish of Findlay Ohio receives 20000 dollars from Mrs Mary M Kendall of Oswego New York. Bish helped Kendall after an injury in Toledo three years ago and Kendall rewarded her with the gift.
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Findlay
Ethel Bish
Mary M. Kendall
Oswego
N. Y
Toledo
Maj Dreyfus to Retire From Army in Coming Months
Paris reports in military circles that Maj Alfred Dreyfus, former artillery captain convicted of treason and imprisoned on Devil's Island, is nearing retirement from the army.
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Dreyfus
Paris
Alfred
Artillery
Devil's Island
Levee Breaks in Bakersfield Cause Massive Property Damage
Buena Vista lake levee break floods 30 008 acres owned by Miller and Lux and Tevis Land Salm pany, with about 1 000 000 damage. Sunset railway halted and oil fields cut off from the city.
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Bakersfield
Cal
Buena Vista Lake
Miller and Lux
Olympic Cup Goes East In Formal Golf Match Event
Cleveland Ohio reports the Olympic Cup for foursome teams attracted worldwide entrants. The Metropolitan Golf Association held the cup last two years but finished with 64146 strokes, while the Western Golf Association placed second with a fluctuating score and the Canadian team contended for the prize.
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Cleveland
Met* Golf Association
Western Golf Associ
Westerny
Public Guardian Notes Fee Dropers and sidewalk Waste Policy
Fragmentary report cites city policeman and officer Frick enforcing sidewalk waste rules. Text mentions dropping fees in street and directing offenders to be carried to a waste place on the sidewalks amid cautionary language from a New York Herald style source.
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Ublic Guardian
Irs
Ordfi
W. York Herald
Automobile Collision Kills Man. Family Injured in Keyport
A car carrying Christopher Horandt, a Paterson realty silk manufacturer, was struck by a locomotive in Keyport as the party returned home late Sunday. He died and several family members were injured in the crash.
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Keyport
Christopher
Horandt
Paterson
Kingsley urges trustees to see life insurance as public trust
President Kingsley of New York Life Insurance stresses that life insurance trustees are public servants, duty bound to public service and strict standards of efficiency integrity and faith while managing a going business for policyholders and people. He pledges to translate honor into daily performance.
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Kingsley
New York Life Insurance Company
Board of Trustees
New York Life
Lesson ends with boy shouting boxing champ Joe Gans
A teacher in a negro school seeks to inspire via Tuskegee like learning. After praising Booker T. Washington, she asks a boy for the greatest negro, and the student answers Joe Gans with surprising immediacy.
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Tuskegee
Booker T. Washington
Rastus
Joe Gans
Swapping Off His Old Woman at the Woman's Exchange
A verdant old man visited a downtown Woman's Exchange and asked the attendant if it was the right place. He then shyly offered to swap his old wife for any other woman on hand, a line that evokes Lipincott's Magazine humor.
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Lippincott’s
Grape-Nuts Ad Claims Children Love Its Quick Use
An ad copy proclaims Grape-Nuts as a scientifically laden food that disappears quickly in households with children. The narrator notes difficulties keeping it in stock due to children’s love and the need to prepare it rapidly.
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Ine
Jong
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William Rockefeller
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Schmitz
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San Quentin
Postal and
Western Union
Metropolitan Association
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Frank Clark
Grand Jury
Ard Copping
Paracey James
Nance
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