Controversy as Corbin Refuses to Aid Reading Trial
In a heated session, Mr. Corbin defends Reading Railroad against alleged abuse while denying knowledge of any coal price fixing. Chairman Tillman presses debt, salaries, and earnings as concerns rise over $10 million in annual fixed charges and a 50 percent drop in business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tillman
Mr. Corbin
Reading Railroad Company
Tai
Corbin
Reading Railroad
Keim
Coal and Iron Company
Road
Miners Reach Conditional Agreement For Return To Work
A conditional pact between Master Workman Lewis and President Corbin aims to resume mining by Monday. The deal requires approval by the joint executive boards of the Miners and Laborers Amalgamated Association and the Knights of Labor. The Reading strike leaders endorsed discussions but imposed unmet conditions, while wages will revert to the $250 basis until mutually changed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Corbin
Schuylkill
Miners and Laborers’ Amalgamated Association
Knights of Labor
Reading
Philadelphia
Austin Corbin
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company
Reading Coal and Iron Comany
Gome
W. T. Lewis
Keim
Coal and Iron Company
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Delaware & Hudson
Lehigh Valley
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Company
Ther
Deserted miners face hardened tone as talks resume
In Porrsville master workman Lewis pushes for immediate mine resumption after talks with President Corbin. Rail leaders denounce him while Readings backers meet to plan. A call to resume work Monday signals a fragile settlement amid widespread dire relief needs in Shenandoah and Freeland.
Dexter Bank Case Opens with New Evidence Reported
Bancor Me Feb 17 Grand jury to report late tomorrow in the Stain Cromwell trial. Charles Stain and John Harvey lead witness testimony. Dexter witnesses delayed reappearance. Jury to be impaneled tomorrow forenoon. Attorneys general Baker and Appleton for government. Lewis Baker and Patrick Gillen to defend Stain and Cromwell. Prosecution counters alibi claims and notes Stain near Dexter before the bank cashier’s death. Drury of Boston arrived to take testimony in Stain case. Fowler corrected location details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville D. Baker
Frederick H. Appleton
Lewis A. Baker
Stain
Patrick H. Gillen
Cromwell
Medfield
David L. Stain
J. H. Fowler
Norfolk
Henry Thomas
Fowler
Franklin
Young Tascott's Misdeed in Chicago Murder Case
Chicago reports name William B. Tascott, 22, as prime suspect in the A. J. Snell murder. A $2000 reward is offered. police circulate descriptions. Tascott, son of industrialist Colonel James B. Tascott, has a troubled past including burglary and time in Kentucky prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Snell
William B. Tascott
James B. Tascott
J. B. Tascott Manufacturing Company
Kentucky
Henrietta Owsley
Andrescott
Mys
Ick
Tescott
Snell
Tascott
Blair Bill Advances as House Adjourns to Monday
The Blair educational bill was laid before the House and referred to education. A resolution instructed the manufactures committee to report back on Monday the plan to investigate the sugar trust in New York. The urgency deficiency bill passed after an eight hour law enforcement amendment. A request to probe judicial appropriation use by revenue agents was referred. A joint resolution seeks talks with Mexico to form an international boundary commission along the Rio Grande and Colorado River beds. The House passed relief for Nathaniel McKay and executors of Donald McKay, naval contractors, 156 to 72, then debated a motion to reconsider, which failed. Breckinridge reported a spending inquiry on the fish commission, adopted. After wrangling, the House adjourned until Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Committee On Education
Secretary of the Treasury
New York
Yeas
Henderson
North Carolina
Crain
Texas
Mexico
United States
Rio Grande
Colorado River
Nathaniel McKay
Donald McKay
Kr. Breckinridge
Kentucky
Committee On Ways and Means
Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries
Fish Commission
Captain Meigs Railway Exhibition Impresses Boston Journalists
A Boston newsroom tour of Captain Meigs's Cambridge models proves the system has moved from trial to near practical use. The trip included tests on a curved track with 50 foot radii, grades from 60 to 345 feet per mile, and a demonstration train at over twenty miles per hour. Meigs claims curves as sharp as a right angle are manageable, with safety and efficiency benefits including broader commuting radii and potential city valuation gains. Journalists consider his plan, with a public lecture likely, and note the strong girder construction tested against high wind loads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Captain Meigs
East Cambridge
Meigs
New York
Cambridge
Pacific
London Underground
Ee Railway
Anniversary Balls Highlight Ola Colony Benefit Event
The Ola Colony Beneficial Association held its ninth annual ball at Odd Fellows Hall drawing about 600 railroad workers and guests. Flowers and bunting adorned the hall, with Tufts supplying the collation and Edmonds’s Band providing music. Notable attendees included J. H. French and N. B. Brieckford among others from O C R R and related outfits. Boston Council No. 93 of the American Legion of Honor marked its eighth anniversary with a Berkeley Hall ball featuring twenty two dances and an elegant supper by Tutts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ola Colony Beneficial Association
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Tufts
Edmonds
Amon
J. H. French
B.C. Willis
Frederick Lowell
Lee Hammond
M. J. Leavitt
Walter Pierce
F. A. McQue
John Burnam
E. A. Haggett
EB. Dearborn
Henry Duecey
William Lowell
Boston Council
American Legion of Honor
Berkeley Hall
Tutts
B. C. Marks
A. H. Barnaby
C. N. McGuire
H. Appleton
W. J. Anderson
E. H. Kelloge
W. G. Owen
H. 8. Levy
E. C. Leonard
J. F. Bush
M. Campbell
K. H. Studley
B. W. Minor
L. N. Shaw
N. Simon
H. Vinal
Very Lively Thieves Arrested in Local Burglary Ring
James Price was arrested for breaking into the schooner Samuel C. Hart, removing three iron bars and packing away the captain’s compass and other items. Thomas Gannon faces arrest for larceny of a $15 silver watch, $16 cash, and a $500 check from Natick. Several other thefts include a $35 gold watch, a $20 clothing item, and a $60 copper wire theft from Edison Electric Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Price
Samuel C. Hart
Thomas Gannon
J. D. Baker
Natick
M. I. Kneeland
Taylor Street
W. B. Goldthwaite
East Chester Park
John KE. Hughes
Edison Electric Company
Head Place
Bank Statement Excerpt From 19th Century Ledger
A dated bank report lists assets and liabilities including loans and discounts, U.S. bonds to secure circulation, reserves with national and state banks, currency, specie, and deposits. James Adams and I. Harris sign as cashiers with notary attestations from 1888 and 1883 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Ain
James Adams
Jony Wells Morss
Joshua Loring
William A. Rust
J. O. Wetherbee
State OF Massachusetts
U.S
National Bank
Total Sassesese
United States
Treasury
U. S. Treasury
Chugertrius
U.S. Treasury
Eee
Va Ec
U. S. Treasurer (5 % of Circulation), Sourls Uasin Aallaisissee
Burplus Fund
Deaths of Dr Charles B Wellington and Luther L Durant
Dr Charles B Wellington son of Dr N W Wellington of Cambridgeport died yesterday afternoon at his Temple street home of typhoid fever aged 28 He was Harvard Medical School class of 1885 and three years resident at Cambridge Hospital resigning last fall to return to practice Luther Leland Durant a longtime Washington county VT bar member since 1850 died suddenly of heart disease in Montpelier yesterday He had been a partner of Hon Paul Dillingham for eleven years
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B. Wellington
N. W. Wellington
Cambridgeport
Temple Street
Wellington
Harvard Medical School
Cambridge Hospital
Luther Leland Durant
Washington County
Montpelier
Paul Dillingham
Army Orders Forty Recruits Assigned to Cavalry Units
Washington February seventeenth. Fifty recruits assigned to the Fifth Cavalry and fifty to the Seventh Cavalry, with sixteen colored recruits to the Twenty-fifth Infantry. Captain William E Hofman of the Ninth Infantry ordered to return home pending retirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sreeran
Fifth Cavalry
Seventh Cavalry
Twenty-fifth Infantry
William E. Hofman
Ninth Infantry
Valuable papers probably burned in Providence fire
The Providence fire is believed to have destroyed the original land plan recorded since early colonial times, held by Henry Staples & Co. It was connected to the Providence plantations led by Roger Williams and stored deeds and real estate records through 1884. A movement seeks to recover these documents for the State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Providence Plantations
Roger Williams
Henry Staples & Co
Darby’s Toothache Plaster Promises Quick Relief
An old advertises a toothache plaster claimed to relieve pain, reduce inflammation and swelling, and harden gums quickly. It touts rapid relief and wide availability through druggists everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darby
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New York Times
Reading Railroad Company and Coal and Iron Company
Thomas M. Richards
Reading Coal and Iron Company
George W. Jones
Mr. Gowen
Robert McCalmont
Shenandoah
Porrsville
Penn
Reading Company
J. Lewis
Lee
Reading Railroaders’ Convention
Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Company
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Lehigh
Panther Creek
Lehigh Brothers
D. M. Evans
Freeland
John Meighan
National District Assembly
Joan H. Davis
Richard Thompson
Issac Renn
Fogel
Burns
Johnson
Dexter Bank
Young Tascott
Faneuil Hall , National Bank
Massachusetts
State OF
Suffolk
G. Hiler
Cras
F. Taarer
A M. Haskins
EK. Morrison
Vi Fletcher
Continental Rational Bank of Boston
Resources
Charles F. Smith
Jas, Crosby
Notary Public
WM. T. Hart
W. Lincoln
Rd. Emerson
Broadway
Shawmut National Bank
Ae of Business
Esources
U.S. Treasurer
John Cummings
Prentiss W. Scudder
William Basset
Third National Bank of Boston
Am Aus
Aenius
Ommep
Duleenea
Pruen Secree Nes
Total
Francis B. Sears
Fr. B. Sears
Joan A. Conkey
Benj. F. Stevens
Benj. F. Brown
Moses Williams
8. R. Knights & CO
Washington St
Main St
County of Middlesex
Moore Street
Shaw
Bent
Mason
Alex. Dickinson
Harvard Street
White
Dickinson
Davis
Willard A. Bullard
Martha E. Whittemore
Wm. Elliot Woodward
Henry C. Curtis
Benjamin Pope
Curtis
Howard Avenue
Dorchester
Harlow Street
Bowman
Wim. Bradford
C. E
Elliot Woodward
Pope
Reed & Curtis
Tremont Street
Mass
National Bank of Commerce of Boston
I. W. Harris
Harris
Matos
Henry FE. Warner
Jacob Sleeper
P. T. Jackson
C. H. Warner
I. W. R. Dresser
W. R. Dresser
L. Vernon Brices
Frank C. Squire
John R. Graham
Roswell C. Downer
EPOR
Amos T. Frothingham
Lovrary, Loob
Vernon Briars
Aron Hobart
M. Endicott, Jr
T Thacher
Blackstone PQ
Aton
ARMY
R. L. Day & Company
No. S51
State St
Merchants’ Exchange
The
Boston Stock Exchange
Granite State Bank
Ixeter, N. H
Farr Alpaca Co
Holyoke
Andover, Nat. Bank
Boston & Maine
Oregon
Burl
Mo. River Rd
Neb
Narragansett Mills
Fall River
Equnavitie Lauuuuu Ve Franklin Co. Natl. Bank, Greenfield
Maas
Taunton Locomotive Mfg. Co
Cambridge Gas Light Co
Reeve Button Hole Machine Co
McKay & Big
Heeling Mach
Asso
Cheshire Rd
Old Colony
Worcester Gaslight Co
Shelburne
Tremont Natl
Bankity
Emporia
Kansas
Swatar Baan
LU Rud
Union Pacific
Kansas City, Mem
Birmingham
Alen
S McKay & Big
Heeling
Winnisimmet Co
Bates Mtg. Co
Nat'l Bank
North Chicago
Rolling Mills
West End St. Ry
Charlestown
M.L
Adorsead
City of
Cedar Rapids & Mo
Stony Brook Improvement
Stony Brook
City Hall
Stony Brook Impt
Seth Perkins
N. M. Hatch
Bhoratio Harris & Co., Auctioneers and Commission Merchants
State Street
Valencia Oranges
Steamship
Norseman
Valencia
Francis Henshaw & CO
Kansas City
Lowell
Appleton National Bank
Lowell Mfg
First
American Bolt Co
Lawrence Gas List Co
Forth National Bank
Middlesex Electric Light Co
Wamesit
Emichigan Central
eAvenworth County
Aept
Avenworth County
Rutland RR
Pennsylvania Township
Cincinnati
I Maverick National Bank
Great Falls Mfg. Co
Lancaster Mills
Ares
Newmarket Mfg. Co
Issex Co
Boylston Mutual Insurance Co
Burton Stock Car Co
McKay & Bigelow Heeling Mch
Boston Cab Co
Union Metallic Fastening Asso
Oregon Railway and Navigation
Republican Valley
Louisville, Evans
St. Louis
Burlington & Mo. Rivers RR
Memphis, Kansas & Colorado RR
Saginaw & Rer RR
Worcester, Nash
U Wehares Merchandise Natl
Bank
Old Boston
Fitchburg RR
Choystock
Chicopee Mfg. Co
Aviantic Cotton Mills
Clinton Mills
Stark Mills
Quincy RR
Mansfield & Framingham RR
New England Mort, Security
Cincinnati, Sandusky & Cleveland
Boston & Maine RR. Co
Union Stock Yard and Transit Co
Mercantile Fire and Marine Ing. Co
RO & Albany R.R. Co
N. Bk
New England N. Bk
Natl. Bk. of Republic
Naumkeag N. Bk
Salem
Worcester, Nashua
Rochester
R.R. Co
West End St. By Co
Cheshire R.R
Oregon Short Line
R.R
Jou City
Topeka & Western R.R
Topeka & Western R.R. Inc
New Mexico & So. Pacific R.R
Pueblo & Ark
Valley R.R
Boston & Albany
Nashua Mfg. Co
Neptune Fire and Marine Insurance Co
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RR. Co
Union Pacific RR. Co
Albert Howe & Co
Market Street
Brighton
Warren Avenue
Richards & CO
John GC. Wilmerding
Wilmerwing
Hoguet & Coo
White St
Townsend & Montant
Leonard Street
Binghamton Oil Refining
Messrs. Olney Bros
Congress Street
New England
Petrolina
Oliver L. Briccs
Washington Street
Chichester
Rye
Bochichestie Chemical CO
Madison SQ
Goodwin & CQ
Saik
Hichester
Laqules
Hanmeover
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