Atchison Deal Boosts Railroad Scale and Reach
Messrs McCook and Libby and the Sengmans depart for New York after a landmark railroad deal. Street speculation hits targets with bets on Atchison stock, incomes, and parity by June 1891 as the system absorbs St Louis and San Francisco and Atlantic & Pacific lines, expanding to about 9000 to 10000 miles. An Associated Press dispatch confirms control sold to Atchison Toneka & Santa Fe, adding 1400 miles and control of the Atlantic & Pacific.
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Sengmans
New York
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San Francisco
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Thomas Nickerson
Chicago
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Associated Press
St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad
Atchison, Toneka & Santa Fe Railroad
Atlantic & Acific Railroad
New Haven Right of Way Sought by NY Bridgeport Eastern
Notice served on the city of New Haven of the New York, Bridgeport & Eastern company’s application for a right of way through the city. It aims to parallel the New York & New Haven line from New York to Boston, possibly leveraging the Olmstead parallel. The Lake Shore railroad also announces rate reductions, triggering a chain reaction across lines. Beginning Monday, bulk meats from Chicago to New York drop to 30 cents a hundred, provisions and live hogs to 25 cents, oats and oil cake to 20 cents, with intermediate points adjusted accordingly.
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Temperance Protest Roams Topeka In Original Package Raid
In Topeka Kansas a crowd of about five hundred temperance women plan raids on liquor outlets to defy the Supreme Court ruling on the original package. Also reported Alderman Barker of Tammany faces a New York temporary stay pending appeal after a four month sentence for assault. Other items note a New York lawyer Clinton Reynolds dying after a Wall Street shooting, the Iroquois leaving Mare Island bound for Honolulu and Samah, a Bangor man Michael McCormick killed by a horse kick, Walter Shaw charged with a fatal kicking in Wentworth, Logan Silk Mills in Auburn shut by sheriff over 17000 in judgments, Western Union collector Lebree jailed for embezzlement, conductors meeting denying strike plans, actor Redman committing suicide by taking Rough on Rats.
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James Barker
Clinton G. Reynolds
New York
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Yesteray
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San Francisco Bay
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Rochester
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Perkins D. Fisher
Worcester
National Conference urges broad forestry action
In Nasuville Tennessee on May 20 the National Conference of State Boards of Health met. Dr P H Bryce of Canada presented a paper on preserving forests as a national sanitary measure and resolutions urged a federal state and provincial response. The proposals call for river basin surveys to protect and replant forestlands and establish schooling in forestry. They also urge park associations and reforestation of waste lands and strict laws to curb public land tree destruction.
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Tenn
National Conference of State Boards of Health
P. H. Bryce
Canada
Committee On Public Domains
Congress
Cattle Shipments Fall Hit Shippers Hard
New York reports heavier than ever cattle shipments abroad last week exceed 20,000 head and carcasses. Shippers estimate a net loss of 250000 dollars due to a London market slump and rising prices on this side. Compared to last year beef prices abroad fell 75 cents per hundred pounds while US prices rose to 144 cents per pound. Some shippers fear losses either way, with small operators like 7 C Eastman Meyer Goldsmith and Nelson Morris facing significant risk.
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Atlantic
London
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Liverpool
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Nelson Morris
Chicago
Brown University Trustees Nominees Presented
New York May 20 The Brown University Cub tonight made nominations of trustees to be submitted for election at the university Commencement in June First Baptist the Rev Dr H M Bixby of Providence Colgate Hoyt of New York Second Baptist J C Batterson of Hartford H Kirke Porter of Pittsburgh Third Episcopal Robert J Gammell of Providence Francis Lawton of New York J Charles Hitchcock of New York A supper followed the business programme.
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H. M. Bixby
Providence
Colgate Hoyt
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Hartford
H. Kirke Porter
Pittsburg
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Robert J. Gammell
Revidence
Francis Lawton
J. Charles Hitchcock
Wreck on Delaware and Hudson Near Port Kent Reported
A bad wreck on the Delaware and Hudson near Port Kent was reported late tonight. Physicians were summoned from here.
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Pearrssurg
Delaware & Hudson
Port Kent
Tariff Storm in the House Democrats applaud McKenna speech
Washington May 20 The House witnessed a rare scene as Republican McKenna of California argued against abolishing sugar duties, drawing unexpected Democratic applause for his precise logic. His stance challenged the high tariff system but failed to sway the caucus. The debate included Linde and Hill criticisms, bids for duty changes, and motions to rise and print amendments, ending with a 11:20 p.m. adjournment.
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McKenna
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House debates tariff bill amendments and duties in committee
The House moved to the committee of the whole to consider the tariff bill. Amendments proposed by Henderson, Cowles, Sayers, and McKenna were rejected or debated. McKenna's sugar duty plan and Breckinridge stone duties were debated. several other amendments on freestone, chocolate, steel ingots, white paper, and fisheries were adopted or rejected amid confusion and protests from Walker and others.
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Arkansas
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Walker
Massachusetts
Meliiley
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Ways and Means
Linde
Minnesota
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Sawyer
New York
Senate Debates on McKinley Duties and Interstate Commerce
In Washington on May 20 the Senate debated McKinley bill duties on silk goods plushes and velvets with remonstrances from Boston firms. Discussion centered on whether Congress can regulate interstate commerce including intoxicating liquors and if state powers can be delegated. Members argued over Supreme Court rulings and constitutional boundaries of federal and state authority.
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Boston
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Wage Workers
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Committee On Judiciary
Wilson
Iowa
Supreme Court
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Hiscock
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Supreme Court of the United States
Senate Honors William D. Kelley With Eulogies And Adjournment
The Senate discussed commerce power, then considered resolutions in memory of the late Representative William D. Kelley of Pennsylvania. Senators Cameron Morrill Reagan Sherman Hampton Hawley and Daniel spoke in eulogy before the Senate adjourned as a mark of respect.
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William D. Kelley
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Morrill
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Sherman
Hampton
Hawley
Daniel
Death by Self Inflicted Gunshot in Frantic Hoard Search
Fleming Morris found silver watches and gold pencils at 36 Kirkland Street and handed them to police. Officers found William Grossman, an inmate, dead from a self inflicted gunshot after being asked to wait while he dressed. The room held twenty one bank books totaling over 20000 dollars and more valuables. Grossman, a German Jew, had no known relatives in the U S.
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Kirkland Street
Cowboy and
Whitman
May McFarland
William Grossman
Grossman
Lhe
Sophia Mhaserfuss
Cherry Street
Miller
State Street
Germany
Banquet of the Catholic Union at the Brunswick
The Catholic Union held its second annual banquet at the Brunswick with a reception in the parlors. President T. B. Fitz and notable clergy and officials attended as the Rev. John W. McMahon delivered the main address urging loyalty to birth or adopted nation. A Carmelite sisterhood project and various speeches followed, with musical numbers and readings closing the evening.
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Brunswick
T. B. Fitz
John W. McMahon
Leo P. Boland
Holy Cross
J. B. Bodfish
Canton
John P. Ford
Walsh
E. J. Flynn
Janet Edmondson
Ivan Morawski
M. I. Callahan
Fire at Williams house and hotels burn in Rhode Island items
Fire at a Richmond frame house on North First street destroyed part of the building, with $1000 loss on the structure and $500 on Brown’s share, all uninsured. A straw-barn fire started for fun. WAREHAM hotel Burgess Onset Over Jordan burned, $3000 building loss, no insurance. Yeaton furniture insured. Providence Pendulum Co. East Greenwich office burned, fully insured. Whitney & Co. box factory fire caused $1000 to $1500 damage, less insured.
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Levi Williams
Richmond
North First Street
Michael Sutton
Watson Brown
Brown
Wareham
Burgess
Jordan
Yeaton
Providence
Rhode Island Pendulum Company
East Greenwich
Westroro
Co. Whitney & Co
Danvers Tragedy: Thomas Moore Struck by Train at Danversport
The body of Thomas Moore, a well known Danvers resident, was found beside the track at Danversport by the Lawrence freight hands. He evidently was killed by a passing train while walking on the rails around midnight after visiting Salem. He leaves a widow and three children.
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Auction listings and Hood's Sarsaparilla ads in 1890s catalog
Auction row lists numerous stocks and bonds for sale by R. L. Day & Co with vivid items such as Washington Nat Bank and Plymouth and Co shares, City of Toledo funds, various railroads, and corporate bonds. Also notes Hood's Sarsaparilla sold by druggists for $1 and six for $5, prepared by C. J. Hood & Co. in Lowell Mass.
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Lowell
C. J. Hood & Co
Lowel
Mass
Boston Tower Co
Mercantile Fire & Marine Ins. Co
Michigan Land & Iron Co
Washington Nat. Bank
E. & T. Fairbanks & Co
Old Boston Nat. Bank
Nisckstone Nat. Bank
Amory Man. Co
Mass. Cotton Mills
Cocheco Man. Co
Everett Mills
Middlesex Co
Davidson Inv
City of Toledo
Concord & Claremont RR
Union Pacific Ky. Co
Ogd. & Lakeee RR
Pueblo Smelting & Refining Co
N. Revere Bank
N. Union Bank
Kay State Gas
Jackson, Lansing & Saginaw RR
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Hilsaale & So. Westert, Rr, Co
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Wilmington & Haltumore Rr, Co
Naumkeag St
Portland
Kennebec RR
Washington
Kan
City Spc
Memphis RR
City of
Little Rock & Fort Smith RR
Toledo
Board of Educa
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Renewed Energy And Health
An old testimonial extols Hood's Sarsaparilla for banishing tired feeling in spring and summer and boosting strength and confidence. It claims relief from headaches indigestion and biliousness, with a Cleveland resident urging others not to switch brands. The ad asserts unique formulation and higher potency than competitors.
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