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President Roosevelt tells Henry W. Taft that Special Assistant Attorney General Oliver E. Pagan is a fine man, and that he allowing the new Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte free reign in picking his own assistants. Roosevelt is less convinced about Pagan, and believes his skills are less general than desired.
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1906-12-20
President Roosevelt tells Senator Knox that he has forwarded his letter regarding Special Assistant to the Attorney General Oliver E. Pagan to Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte. Roosevelt notes that he and Bonaparte have already spoken about Pagan, and the Attorney General thinks highly of him. Roosevelt is less certain, and believes Pagan is a specialist in only one line of work.
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1906-12-19
Attorney General Bonaparte reviewed the Chicago and Alton Railroad Company case. He sends President Roosevelt a copy of his letter to United States District Attorney Edwin Walter Sims and asks him to look it over.
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1907-08-21
The writer petitions United States Attorney Sims make a motion that the federal government repudiate its promise of immunity in the case of the United States vs. The Standard Oil Company of Indiana. The writer provides a thorough review of the case history beginning in June 1906.
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1907-08-20
Article details final days of testimonies during hearings before the Interstate Commerce Commission delivers a ruling regarding businessmen who were charging exorbitant amounts of money to transport frozen goods while shipping their own goods at cost and creating an unfair advantage.
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1904-10-14
President Roosevelt would like Oliver E. Pagan to be thanked for his admirable work and requests several different memoranda from Assistant Postmaster Bristow to go along with his report. “All possible diligence” should be used to collect the information on Perry S. Heath’s case so that it can be submitted to Charles J. Bonaparte and Holmes Conrad.
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1903-08-03
William H. Moody prepares for a case in Chicago regarding beef trusts and interstate commerce.
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1905-08-29
President Theodore Roosevelt, Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte, and others have come to Muskogee, Oklahoma, to investigate a fraud case involving Oklahoma Governor Charles Nathaniel Haskell. Haskell, along with J. George Wright and Dana H. Kelsey, are accused of scheduling land deeds to “dummy” persons. Governor Haskell has issued a formal statement rebutting these accusations.
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1909-01-22
Postmaster General Payne reviews the indictments in the postal investigation and is pleased with the work of Assistant District Attorney Oliver E. Pagan.
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1903-08-01
Henry C. Payne returns from vacation and finds the department elated that Oliver E. Pagan, the Assistant United States Attorney at Chicago, is in Washington helping prepare indictments for the grand jury.
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1903-07-09