Regulating the Railroads in Federal Proceedings
Ods F Tucker of the Milwaukee and St Paul Railroading system answers the Interstate Commerce Commission against Burton Stock Car Company detailing lack of jurisdiction and denying excessive rates. A J Poppleton for Union Pacific similarly replies. The Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad seeks suspension of section 4 of the interstate commerce law affecting Moorhead City and Kingston North Carolina due to water competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ods F. Tucker
Milwaukee and St. Paul Rail
Taterstans Commerce Commission
Burton Stock Car Company
A. J. Poppleton
Union Pacific Railway Company
Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul Company
Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad Company
Moorhead City
Kingston
N. C
Tts
French general Boulanger praised as he retires
General Boulanger retires from the War Ministry and issues a citywide congratulatory order praising public and army support for his efforts to improve France’s military position and pledging to model military and republican discipline. His successor General Ferron pledges to increase defensive forces and republic resilience. Public excitement over Boulanger’s removal remains high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Boulanger
French War Ministry
Ferron
Republic
President and party trout fishing at Prospect House
The President and Col Lamont fished Tuesday for six hours and returned with about two hundred trout. He is getting sunburned. Mrs Cleveland Mrs Lamont and Mrs Rosman drove to Lake Placid and North Elba to visit John Brown's grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Lamont
Prospect House
N. Y
Cleveland
Lamont
Rosman
Lake Placid
North Elba
John Brown
Choctaw Nation fears of internal conflict and exodus
Reports warn of an imminent clash between full-blood Choctaw and mixed-blood groups. Many half-breeds cross into Arkansas for safety as families are urged to leave Choctaw lands. The text also notes a Knights of Labor District Assembly No 49 short of funds triggering scandal and a $1700 deficit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Knights of Labor
New York
Earthquake Shakes Trinidad and West Indies May 6
Report notes an earthquake affecting Trinidad and other British West India Islands on May 6. It mentions Paris Opera Comique fire relief formed by President Grevy donating 10000 francs. Also cites New Zealand Parliament dissolution after budget defeat and Bristol grain porters ending strike with a compromise on elevator use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinidad
British West India Islands
Grevy
Opera Comique
Paris
New Zealand
Bristol
England
Opera Comique Fire Death Toll Narrows to 226
Week of events reports the Paris Opera Comique fire death toll rising to 226 with 53 bodies recovered and 28 identified. Debris reveals charred remains, some still wearing gloves, amid a mass of twisted corpses and haunting scenes. The piece notes relief funds, political reactions, and other global dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Aes
Opera Comique
The
Freeman's Journal
Dublin
Parnell
Kennedy
Avondale
Dublin Express
Berlin
Russia
Paris
M. Bouvier
General Boulanger
M. Saussier
Chamber of Deputies
Boulanger
Hong Kong
America
Notable early 1900s notes record various public and private moves
Secretary and Mrs Lamar left Washington for a southern two week trip. Queen Kapiolani sailed from New York to Europe. George W Childs was awarded LL D at Athens College Tennessee. Nixon married Agnes Dolph in Washington. Commodore Davidson died in St Paul leaving a 1 million estate. Olympia Brown Willis accused of ballot box stuffing in Racine. President’s lake trip yields no fish. Major Terrey Poore dies in Washington. A Northern Civil War claim notes a boy 8 years 11 months joined service. Logan fund receipts total 63054.45. Legal papers highlight forged notes suit in California amid local hostility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamar
Washington
Queen Kapiolani
New York
Europe
City
Rome
George W. Childs
Philadelphia
Athens
Tenn
Richard Nixon
Agnes
Dolph
Oregon
Cleveland
Lamont
Adirondacks
Hill
Albany
Commodore W. F. Davidson
St. Paul
Minn
Racne
Wis
Olympia Brown Willis
Wisconsin
Prospect Park
N. Y
Dave Cronk
Cul. Lamont
Terrey Poore
Bright
Major Poore
Avery Brown
Elkhart
Ind
George E. Lemon
Logan Fund
Logan
Hilton
Chemical National Bank of New York
William Kissane
William K. Rogers
Sonoma County
California
Kissane
Fires and Accidents Sweep Across the Nation
A roundup of deadly fires and disasters reports several deaths and injuries. Bruce Howard & Co. shanty blaze near the Croton aqueduct killed two, with two more burned. Drowned victims include Charles Mowne and Joseph Beichber in Indianapolis that afternoon. Additional drownings occur in Montreal Utica and Ohio as boats capsize or flood events strike multiple towns. A. C. Housch elevator and the Oak land fire devastate property. Wisconsin’s largest tobacco warehouse burns. earthquakes shake Nogales. a cyclone damages Huntington rooftops. Numerous boiler explosions in Cortland and other sites leave several dead or injured among workers and bystanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Howard & Co
New Croton Aqueduct
New York
Charles H. Mowne
Joseph Beichber
Indianapolis
Celestin Vezeau
Charles
Joseph Sobindoux
Wilfred Herrieux
Phileas Vallier
Nelson Montreanil
Montreal
Montreauil
Clarence House
Herbert Jones
Estella Cool
Utica
N. Y
Oakland
Iowa
Loren M. Parker
Williamsburg
Adrian
Mich
Chicago, Burnington and Quincy
Magnum
Inl
A. C. Housch
Wisconsin
Stoughton
Nogales
Huntington
W. Va
T. H. Reece
John Kelly
W. K. Albertson
John Perry
Hitchcock Manufacturing Works
Cortland
H A. Webster
Frank Scott
Simonton Named Possible Southern Favorite for Supreme Court
A Washington special notes Judge Simonton of South Carolina has not confirmed interest in succeeding Justice Woods but is viewed by Southern leaders as a strong rival if named. Georgia allies back Hammond, saying no Southern challenger matches him. A Washington telegram reports a plan to unite Randell and Carlisle factions on tariff via an administrative measure reducing tariff and internal taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simonton
United States
South Carolina
Washington
Justce Woods
Supreme Court
Georgia
Hammond
South
Congress
Randall
Carlisle
Heaven
Tropics
Goldsmith
Henry W. Longfellow
Maintan Ip
Crop prospects improve as business failures tally weekly
The week sees 155 U S failures and 22 in Canada, 175 total, down from prior week and last year. Dun and Co notes better crop prospects offset by worry over speculative price moves and Treasury receipts boosting government borrowing. Washington plans cautious bond purchases. Interstate Commerce Commission hints at possible enforcement. Transportation costs rise with more suits filed. Philadelphia clothing cutters lockout ends after four months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
R G. Dun & Co
Treasury
Washington
Philadelphia
Hudson River tunnel plan links Jersey City to New York depots
Railroads terminating at Jersey City consider tunneling under the Hudson to Washington Square New York where depots will be built. The project would cost millions and financial arrangements are advanced. Also: church and fraternal meetings across the country, and a $2,500 side race won by Jacob Gaudaur over Hanlan in Pullman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
Hudson River
Washington Square
New York
Elisha Atkins
Union Pacific
Pacific Railway Commission
Boson
Union Pa
Chicago
Washington
Grant
China
Loyal Legion
Geo. John A. Logan
Rock Creek Cemetery
Mra Logan
Springfield, Jr
Abraham Lincoln
Golden City
Arkansas
Jacob Gaudaur
Edward Hanlan
Pullman
Haenlan
Gaudaur
Presbyterian General Assembly
East Tennessee Rail Interests Face Interstate Inquiry
The Interstate Commerce Commission heard a petition from the East Tennessee Farmers Association alleging persistent railroad discrimination against East Tennessee. F B Stahlman of Louisville and Nashville testified that Southern lines deserve relief and argued for through traffic rates to New York while noting Lake Erie and Western could join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Tennessee Farmers’ Association
East Tennessee
F. B. Stahlman
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Fink and Gault
Queen and Crescent
Stabiman
Alabama
New York
Stahlman
Lake Erie
Western
Tramps Front Page Train Theft and Multiple Fugitives
A Cleveland dispatch reports twenty tramps boarded a freight near Kent Ohio and looted cars before guards locked them in a box car. Several escaped before Akron bound trains, with seven captured and the rest eluding pursuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Danzeiger
Canton
Ohio
Salvation Army
New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio
Kent
Cleveland
Akron
Omaha
Loup City
Nebraska
O. B. Willard
Sherman County Times
B. T. Richardson
Northwestern
Willard
Richardson
Rescue at the gallows averted Leggett life saved for 30 days
Savannah special reports attorney William Clifton delivering Gov Gordon's telegrams granting Leggett a 30 day reprieve on the scaffold. The crowd cheered as the sheriff halted the execution, Leggett expressed gratitude, and Clifton was hailed as a hero amid renewed calls for clemency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Leggett
William Clifton
Gordon
Tatnil
Clifton
Johnston's Station
Savannah, Florida and Western Railway
Riedsville
Tatnall
MR. Clifton
Mattox
North Alabama Industry and Labor Movements Across Regions
The scattered text surveys industrial growth in Alabama and New York, union activity from Texas to Britain, and labor politics in Missouri, Wisconsin, Ohio, and Michigan. It notes Knights of Labor assemblies, conventions in Cincinnati and Columbus, and calls for labor parties, with mentions of wages, strikes, and emigration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
New York
Texas State Farmers’ Alliance Cotton Congress
Waco
Franklin County
Missouri
San Antonio
Texas
Winnipeg
Man
Maryland
Bordentown
N.41
Denver
Col
Powderly
Omaha
Missouri Synod of the Lutheran Church
Knights
Tennessee
Richard Treverick
Jesse Harper
Kansas
Michigan
Robert Revie
Wisconsin
Iowa
Weaver
Ohio
Columbus
Henry George
Labor Party
Cincinnati
South Carolina
Cigarmakers’ International Union
Great Britain
Northumberland
Knights of Labor Urge Fourth of July Celebrations and Land Reform
T V Powphery urges Knights of Labor to revive public Fourth of July demonstrations honoring a people’s government. He calls for readings of the Declaration, unity with other groups, and peaceful action to restrain alien land ownership, prosecute land fraud, and restore land to the people with a centennial Constitution anniversary noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonies
Republic
Fach
Nedis Chapetel
Ple
Knights of Labor
Order
Knight of Labor
United States
T. V. Powphery
Master Workman
Eccentric German Feeds Entire Sheep and More
A German resident near Whittenberg famed for extraordinary appetite could swallow a whole sheep or pig for a bet and even chew glass and stones. He lived to about eighty, supporting himself by feats of gluttony and odd consumption, preferring caterpillars, mice, birds, and minerals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whittenberg
Hamlet
Child Appetite Recounts Astonishing Feeding Habit
Dr Capriano describes two children with exceptional appetites. The seven year old, the worst, ate greedily including uncooked rabbit, half a pound of candles, and butter. The mother notes the child ate more than the rest of the family of six combined, despite appearing healthy.
A Wandering Humorist Setstle Down with Housekeeping
Burdette in Brooklyn Eagle recalls settling into a new home after years in inns and camps. He jokes about unpacking hammered china and crackle ware, misadventures in storage, and surviving a barrel mishap with a stubborn nail. His playful reflections mix memory, domestic oddities, and humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burdette
Brooklyn Eagle
Adirondacks
New York
Nowgong
Washington
Local Veteran Credits St Jacobs Oil Relief
A veteran George McKona of Ashburnham Massachusetts writes that after suffering from ironic rheumatism linked to Ander sonville he used St Jacobs Oil and received immediate relief. It was sold by druggists and dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George McKona
Ashburnham
Mass
Andersonville
St. Jacobs Oil
Some Advice to Wives From a Brooklyn Magazine
Practical guidance on marriage roles, urging wives to accept imperfections, let husbands have the last word, read newspapers with him, expand knowledge beyond fashion, and respect his family. Encourages companionship and raising mutual standards within a Brooklyn Magazine voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Magazin
Baltimore Yacht Club Uses St Jacobs Oil During Practice
Cann Orro Senorneten of the Captain Oro e Yacht Club in Baltimore notes a practice cruise where St Jacobs Oil caused several sprains and bruises. The product is sold by druggists and dealers nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cann Orro Senorneten
Oro’e Yacht Club
Baltimore
St. Jacobs
Dr Pierce's Medical Discovery and Elixir of Calisaya
An older advertisement touts Dr Pierce's Medical Discovery as a cure for liver related ailments and related symptoms. It also promotes Ferro Phosphorated Elixir of Calisaya by Hazard Hazard & Co as a premier tonic for dyspepsia low spirits and recovery from fever and illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Calisaya
Hazard, Hazard & Co
New York
All Druggis
James L. Cocsy, Esq
Yucatan
Houston
Minn
Ee ‘Golden Medical Discovery
Taengssa A. Cass
H. E. Mosiey
Montmorenci
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Haddock
Sioux City
John Arensdorf
Marsh
Fred Munchrath, Jr
Mundhrath
David Weebin
E. Lovell & Sons
Brown's Valley
Minn., the Round Eevator, Becker & Chadbourn
Lewis Miller
Chautauqua Assembly
Sycamore
Jay
Pacific Railroad
Gov. Ames
Jay Gould
Gould
Ames
Chicago Stock Yards
Minneapolis
Corets Seton Rear
Avassoon
Detroit
Feas
Senet Setuid Cous
Waris
Noinnath
Cific
Financial and Industrial
Baptist Missionary Society
M. M. Gibson
San Francisco
Grand Loge of Good Templars
Saratoga
Marion
Treasury Department
National Railway Commission
Clifton’s
Providence
Pittsburg
New England
Fall River
East
Labor and Industrial Notes
Nick Davenport
Home Again
Winds of Heaven
Buffalo
Tre
Buckingham
Ayer’s
Harter
Ina
Bawa
Va.er
Valley
Douglas Co
Hood
Mas. C. A. M. Heaparp
Chile
Ely
A. Jackson
Portamouth
Cruggists
ES Bros. Crugeista
Owego
N. J
USA
Dragotsts
Radway
Sasaparilliam Resolvent
Ecure
RAD
Iway &O., Snc
Brewster's
Haus
N.claré St
Williems
Acre
Wie
Uo.liams Mpg. CO
J. A. Sherman
Mudway
Enema
Warren Featherbone Company
Three Oaks
Thomas
Lord & Detectives
Grannan Detective Bureau
Arcade
Jones
Binghamton
N. Ws
Pensions
Specie Betzeeehi
Bax Brats
Amera Co
Iiss
John L. Thompson
Coseres
Mit Nt Sipentz
Serous
Chichester
Fom
Aek
Wizard Oil Company
Reas M
Dunham, Wayne, DuPage Co
Ape Harter
Ower
A. J. Tower
Boston
Fis Braw
Mary A. McCune
Columbus, Kane
Cenk
I. V. Wenner
Yorkshire
Cattaraugus Co
Wae & Brees
D. Lazanne
Decatur Street
New Orleans
Bog Owi
F. Asbury Howe
M. Church
Silverton
Ida M. Strown
Aineworth
H. Eat
Staruland
Sayes
Bea Pe ‘Foon
Leonerd Ponto
Iamaburg
Dorchester Co
Pie Golden
Canina
Epward Newrox
Harrowsmithy Ont
Wicer
Isaac F
We Rockland Co
Bete Cue
Golden Medical Discovery
Drugzisti
Cal
Mr. Downs
Gary
Salednal
Josrin McFarland
World's Dispensary Medical Association, Proprietors
Main Street
Samt
Procter & Gamble
Chiao
Fis
Gough Syrri
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