Democrats Form Union Veteran Association Split From Grand Army
Democratic veterans withdraw from the Grand Army of the Republic in New York City. They expect a national movement toward a non political charitable group named Union Veteran Association, welcoming all Union veterans and attracting Republican ex soldiers who view the G A R as a political machine.
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New York
Grand Army
Indianapolis
Joseph A. Joel
Grand Army Gazette
Order
Union Veteran Association
All Union Veterans
Cambridge convention nominates Alger for mayor and ticket
At a Citizens and Taxpayers convention in Cambridge last evening Hon. A B Alger was nominated for mayor. The aldermanic ticket includes seven incumbents and three new names Lindey Fuller and McNamee. McNamee, a popular Harvard Square bookbinder, is noted for added strength.
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Citizens and Taxpayers
Cambridge
A. B. Alger
Alexander Millan
John H. H. McNamee
LP. A. Lindsey
A. F. Sortwell
Gustavus Goepper
William T. Neilon
John H. Corcoran
D. E. Frasier
John E. Parry
Charles L
Joseph H. Whittemore
Messrs. Mullan
Sortwell
Neilon
Goepper
Frasier
Corcoran
Parry
Lindey
L. Fuller
J. H. H. McNamee
Ward 1
McNamee
Harvard Square
Harvard College
Weather Indications For New England And Nearby States
Washington reports for twenty four hours with light rains in Maine New Hampshire and Vermont and light showers in eastern New York. Northwesterly winds with stationary to slightly changing temperatures. Central New England sees light showers and steady temps with a similar wind pattern.
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Washington
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
New England
New York
Late Ship News From New York Harbor Nov 26 Arrivals and Departures
Ship news lists arrivals and departures seen in the New York market with numerous steamers and brigs named. Vessels arriving include Ocean Bre men Troica Progreso Harold Baracoa Ailss Dorian Kingston Ja and many more. Departures include Lihn Celtic Egyptian Monarch City of Columbia and others sailing for Bremen Liverpool London and Havana. Also noted are several vessels closed in port and a final arrival of Eagle Summerside and Marie Dvlorosa among others on Barbadoes Magdalen Island routes.
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Late Ship News
New York
Arvived
Ocean
Bremen
Troica
Progreso
Harold
Baracoa
Ailss
Bavais
Dorian
Kingston
Lihn
Celtic
Liverpool
Egyptian Monarch
London
Advance
Xio Janeiro
City of Columbia
Havana
Fritz
Antwerp
Anni
Faith
Adelaide
Suffolk
Melbourne
Thes
A Goddard
Banca
Dueprel
Settin
Paraisatea
Dunkirk
Ringhorn
Waterford
Ireland
Hattie N. Bangs
Montevideo
Hammonia
Hebich
Hamburg
Line of Georgia
Modie
Glasgow
City of Countia
Mclntosh
the Queen
Healey
Kelvetia
Cochrane
Winthrop
Bragg
Portland
Lahn
Hellmers
Griffiths
Vara
Fran Pendleton
Nichole
Yokohama
Jarlsberg
Bjonness
Wil
Theodor Fischer
Norton
Barks
Munro
Stave
Lusseppe Castagliota
Ambroseno
Lisbon
Halden
Dahl
Havre
Minden
Ire
Deovart
Rio Janeiro
Georgietta
Kasten
Rosario
Ranford
Anderson
Newcastle
Enz
Stene
Yates
Arisdaie
Pout Hawkeseury
C. B
Eagle
Tever
Summerside
Barbadoes
Marie Dvlorosa
Deveant
Haliax
Magdalen Island
Maritime arrivals list from multiple ports in late November
A dense roll of ships and routes: Amy Dora arrives from New Orleans for Kevil at Dunnet Yead on November 27 while Gracia sails from Liverpool to Havana on November 23. Sorrento leaves New York for Hamburg on November 27. Fratera departs Norfolk for Liverpool on November 28. City of New York sails from New York to Liverpool. and numerous other vessels including Wetherby, Guido, Antilles, Belair, and Ocean are noted at Antwerp, Aspinwall, Havana, Scilly, and other ports with corresponding November dates.
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Bristol
Quebec
Montreal
Dunnet Yead
Amy Dora
New Orleans
Kevil
Havana
Gracia
Liverpool
Hamburg
Sorrento
New York
Fratera
Norfolk
Alaska
London
Oriona
Glasgow
Liverian
Soldie
Ai’sa
Aspinwall
Edain
Amsterdam
Harold
Ocean
Bremen
Vroyiia
Jiaracoa
Ailsa
SavaniUa
Porian
Kingston
Harvard Navy Exhibition Game Canceled As Yale Visit Dropped
Captain Sears reported Captain Corbin cannot keep the team together so Yale will not play the proposed exhibition at New Haven. No Crimson versus Blue contest this season. Harvard football and baseball circles express strong disappointment as the team was seen as unusually strong. Harvard University Baseball Association elected L. Morgan 89 president, H. R. A. Carey vice president, J. YT. Burnett 791 treasurer, J. C. McCoy '90 manager. Carey donated a baseball cage to be built next spring, and rowing tank prospects for 1889 improve with Captain Finlay pursuing estimates. College support for a tank remains high to cover necessary funds. Arthur J. Cannock was elected proctor of the football team of ’39.
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Sears
Corbin
Yale
New Haven
Crimson
Blue
Harvard
Harvard University Baseball Association
L. Morgan
H. R. A. Carey
J. YT. Burnett
J.C. McCoy
Carey
Finlay
Arthur J. Cannock
Railroad Moves Toward Pacific Alliance and Long Term Union
Despatch from Chicago notes President Miller of the St Paul road pursuing a ninety nine year close alliance with Union Pacific. Through trains Chicago to Pacific coast would run via Union Pacific and Oregon Short Line with traffic at Missouri River. Also reports New York Lake Erie & Western October earnings up, and US Attorney General views on Northern Pacific land grants. Carloads of grain to Chicago rise. inaugural trip rate promos for Harrison event. details via N Magna and A J Simmons, Boston.
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Chicago
Ill
Miller
St. Paul
London
Union Pacific
Rocky Mountains
Missouri River
Pacific Coast
Union Pacffc
Oregon
St. Paul Road
New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad
Ae Lt
New York
United States
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Burlington & Quincy
Ilinois Central
Northwest
Rock Island
Alton
Wabash
Santa Fe
Bound Brook
Baltimore & Ohio
Washington
Harrison
Ane
Jersey City
N. Magna
Washington Street
A. J. Simmons
Boston
Irish Land Purchase Bill Debate in House of Commons
The Irish land purchase bill resumed in the House of Commons at Loxpon. Nationalist Mr. Mahoney failed to insert a clause making land improvements security for tenant payments. The motion lost 139 to 64. Mr. Smith urged end of discussion and government support for Healy amendments on sub letting and duress safeguards. The House adjourned as Mr. Healy objected to haste.
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House of Commons
Smith
Special Commission
Lord Tennyson
Isle of Wight
Department of Justice
Godin
Montana
Montreal
Healy
Land Commission
Morley
Shaw-Lefevre
Boycotting Landlords Heard At Parnell Commission
Witnesses testified on outrages in Castle Island Kerry as Maurice Kennedy recounted league activity. A Dublin solicitor explained “roaster” meant a list used to force boycotts of landlords and forbidden work for those named. The court adjourned.
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London
Parnell Commission
Castle Island
Kerry
Maurice Kennedy
League
Shannon
Dublin
Kennedy
Court
Adj
Foreign News Briefs From Across Europe and Africa
Reports from Bermian Vienna and Paris note German concerns over Austrian parties hostile to the alliance. Baron Hirsch donates 5 million for Jewish schools in Galicia and Bukovina. Radical Left to attend Baudin grave protest. Boulanger resigns a deputy seat. Lord Tennyson improves at Fresh Water. In Istanbul a revolt aboard aging army transports led to delayed sailing until pay was secured. Sultan of Zanzibar reportedly resists a blockade plan. A British company paid Mombassa Arabs 17500 for fugitive slaves harbored by the mission.
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Bermian
Cologne
Prince Henry of Reuss
Vienna
Count von Teafe
Germany
Baron Hirsch
Galicia
Bukovina
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Baudin
Boulanger
Somme
Charente
London
Lord Tennyson
Isle of Wight
Constantinople
Zanzibar
Mombassa Arabs
Fifth Regular German Grand Opera Opens at Met
The Metropolitan Opera House hosted the fifth regular German season opener with Meyerbeer’s The Huguenots. Anton Seidl resumed baton amid applauding, a socially brilliant event with fully occupied seats, dazzling costumes, and several new artists. The performance was a complete success and promises further attractions this season.
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New York
Metropolitan Opera House
Anton Seidl
Meyerbeer
Art Opera
Wedding Guests forfeit church wedding over prior marriage
North Adams, Nov. 28. Thomas Raide and Miss Margaret Moore faced a church wedding at St Francis when Rev C Burke learned Raide had a wife in Westport, N Y. The priest dismissed the couple after bans revealed a prior marriage. Raide says his former wife is dead. A Westport town clerk telegram denied any death record.
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North Adams
St. Louis
Thomas Raide
Margaret Moore
St. Francis Church
C. Burke
Raide
Westport
N. Y
Thomas Pelcher
Yellow fever case reported in New York city
Dr George C Wilson announced a new yellow fever case involving Raphael Delano and his family from 76 Mulberry Street after arriving from Jacksonville where he nursed patients. Delano fell ill shortly after arrival, black vomit appeared, and he was moved to Reception Hospital amid fears of wider spread in the Italian quarter.
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Penniman
Lowell
New York
George C. Wilson
Raphael Delano
Mulberry Street
Jacksonville
Wilson
Board of Hearth
Delano
Those Striking Switchmen Face New Threats in Indy
In Indianapolis on November 28 the switchmen strike entered a threatening phase as a secret conference with engineers and firemen yielded a strong pro switchmen sentiment. A joint committee of the three brotherhoods prepared to urge road officials to submit the dispute to arbitration. They met with several superintendents, then held a secret Union Station conference whose outcome remains unknown.
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IndiAnapolis
Ind
Union Station
Panic in a Schoolhouse in Blair School
In St Louis on November 28 a panic at Blair school caused injuries to seven pupils after steam pipes failed. Miss Bettina Krebbs aided orderly evacuation but was trampled, and Miss Mary P Miller was thrown and injured. Pupils Birdock Wickens Annie Dodge Annie Myers Mimma Delendori Ruth Reilly Ida Kloster Meyer Australia Stroch Elsie Mcbride suffered various injuries.
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St. Louis
Blair School
Bettina Krebbs
Krebbs
Mary P. Miller
Robbery at Montreal Bankers Targets Payne and Picken
Three well dressed men on St James street near the post office forced a window at Payne and Picken brokers and took about $1000 in cash and bonds. Police allege the trio are American crooks already known in the city, escaping in different directions.
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Montrra
Que
St. James Street
Post Office
Messrs
Payne & Picken
Malden Mayor Wiggin Renominated by Citizens' Convention
The Malden Citizens' Convention met at Bailey's Hall with 105 delegates to renominate Mayor Joseph F. Wiggin by acclamation for the coming year. They also named Erastus B. Pggers Henry A. Fenn and William F. Whitther to the school board for three years and Roswell R. Robinson Wilbur H. Sargent and William H. Hawley for two years. The effort to nominate another woman for the board drew little support.
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Henry A. Fenn
Wiliam F. Whitther
Roswell R. Robinson
Wilbur H. Sargent
William H. Hawley
Coggan
French killer Godin to be extradited from Canada
Ottawa reports Sheriff Hathaway of Helena Mont obtained justice department papers for the extradition of George Godin a French half breed who escaped from jail July 15 while under death sentence for killing settler Embody. Godin was arrested near Edmonton and will be handed to American authorities. the arresting officer earns a $300 reward.
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Ottawa
Ont
Hathaway
Helena
Mont
Department of Justice
George Godin
Embody
Godin
Mounted Olice
Edmonton
Northwest Territory
Cave-in at McLean lime quarry destroys wall in Thomaston
In Thomaston Maine the western wall of the McLean lime quarry 120 feet deep collapsed this morning over a 160 foot span, a ten foot-wide mass of rock and earth sliding into the pit. More than 20,000 casks of rock fell with the earth. No workers were harmed as they had forewarned to flee the danger. Estimated damage stands at about $2000.
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Thomaston
McLean
Supreme Court refuses writ in Charleston governor race
The Supreme Court refused Fleming's lawyers a writ of prohibition against counting Lewiston precinct votes. Election officers were not sworn as required by law, a point the Democrats did not expect. Republicans say the ruling marks a key gain in the county recount effort.
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Charleston
S. C
Supreme Court
Fleming
Lewiston
Fire Panic in New York Upholstery Factory
Fire at 52 Lispenard Street in the Dreyfus Bros. factory sent sixty girls into a roof escape and firemen rescued all. Losses for Dreyfus Bros. and George Wilkes Woollens run about $5000 each with smaller damages to other tenants. In France, Vandécourt near Nancy was wiped out by fire leaving thousands homeless. A separate blaze at 4 Ward Street owned by A N Hart damaged by a lamp, about $25.
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New York
Lispenard Street
Dreyfus Bros
George Wilkes
Vandecourt
Nancy
Two Women Swept Into River In Storm Tragedy
In Forestville New Haven county on November 28 Minnie McCarty and Mary Maloney were swept from a footbridge into the Pewabuck River during a storm. Maloney was rescued, McCarty drowned.
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New Haven
Conn
Forestville
Minnie McCarty
Mary Maloney
Pewabuck
Brewers Denounce the Boycott on Stevenson’s Ale
The Brewers Association reports nearly all employees signed the agreement today not to support the boycott on Stevenson's ale. A lockout is expected as a result of the dispute.
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New York
Brewers’ Association
Stevenson
The Canadian Parliament Opens January Thirty First
Ottawa Ont November twenty eight Sixcray The Dominion Parliament will meet on January thirty one with a brief session expected to consider routine measures and financial business amid limited debate and formalities.
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Ottawa
Ont
Dminion
Worcester Safe and Vancouver Reach Halifax in Gale
The Worcester arrives from Boston after a weeklong voyage battered by a severe gale. The Vancouver from Liverpool also reaches Halifax after being off the coast since Sunday. Captain Lindall calls the Sunday and Monday storms the worst in ten years, with decks repeatedly swept by high waves but no damage reported.
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Halifax
N. S
Worcester
Boston
Dominion Line
Vancouver
Liverpool
Lindall
Wrecks Reported as Herald Arrives With Looting Vessel News
The Tue Herald bound from Boston to loot wrecks in the bay arrived at 8 this morning reporting two wrecked ships. The bark Hilda from Picton was found off Brant Rock with only its mizzenmast standing and crew aboard, towed by Sprague. The bark Aspotogan from Picton, bound for Boston, towed to Boston after being found off East Dennis.
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Tue Herald
Jenkins
Boston
Hilda
Picton
N.5
Aspotogan
St. Martin’s
Brant Rock
Sprague
Herald
East Dennis
Steamer Allentown Loss Reported Near Scituate
Conasset Nov 28 A beach survey at North Scituate shows wreckage from the steamer Allentown including fire buckets chairs and furniture marked Allentown No bodies yet identified among crew though one man picked up near Scituate yesterday may be from the vessel A landing at Minots Lighthouse is hoped for tomorrow to yield information Philadelphia reports Captain Odiorne the usual commander of the Allentown was detained as a witness in a lawsuit and Captain George W Paul acted as master with Chief Engineer Campbell replaced by Benjamin Pritchard
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Conasset
Allentown
North Scituate
Scituate
Edward Norton
Chesea
Minot
Philadelphia
Penn
Odiorne
George W. Paul
Campbell
Benjamin Pritchard
Rescue of a Frozen Crew Off Thatcher's Island in Tempest
A Boston area gale cripples vessels with Mary Fink and other ships damaged. Captain Danah and eight crewmen from the brig Mary Fink survive after abandoning ship. rescued by the schooner Percy, which ferries them to safety near Thatcher's Island. The incident prompts criticism of local medical officials and concerns over missing crew.
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Glorcester
Sprcra
Percy
Danah
Thatcher’s Island
Mary Fink
Lath
Philadelphia
Seguin
Glade
Shatcher’s Island
Millbridge
Bath
Vanah & Elwell
Morrow
United States Hospital
Boston
George J. Tarr
Priest barred from diocese over McGlynn clash at Brooklyn wedding
In New York, Archbishop Corrigan forbade Sylvester Malone of St. Peter and St. Paul's to perform priestly duties until he apologizes for sympathizing with Dr. McGlynn. The wedding of Eugene Varet and Annie Berry, officiated by Mgr. Ducry, stirred agitation among Malone’s Brooklyn parishioners.
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New York
McGlynn
Burtsell
Maguire
Rome
Sylvester Malone
St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church
Brooklyn
Corrigan
Father Malone
Dr. McGlynn
Mgr. Ducry
Eugene Varet
Annie Berry
That Railroad Trust Delays Clearings Plan Across West
Curiaco Nov 28 report says a proposed railroad alliance for a west of Chicago clearing house and rate control is only one of several designs from New York conferences. A stronger plan, advocating stricter rate power, was favored by advisers and railroad executives warn the current plan may fail without broader support.
The Lowell Confidence Game Continues in Grinnell Case
Lowell today reports further developments in the confidence game that swindled George F. Penniman out of several thousand dollars. Local conspirators are alleged to be involved and Penniman will testify in Superior Court despite warnings of personal danger. A photographed suspect, Chester A Grinnell, linked to an earlier Vermont schoolmate swindle, is under arrest.
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Lowell
George F. Penniman
Peaniman
Chester A. Grinnell
Penniman
Vermont
Wade Nominated for Brockton Mayor by Both Parties
Delegates at Brockton Republican headquarters nominate Albert R. Wade for mayor with Warren A. Reed, David W. Battles and Dr. Lyon for school committee. Democrats also nominate A. R. Wade. Wade, the incumbent, has endorsements from Republican Democratic and Citizens conventions amid a sharp contest over the rum issue.
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Brockton
Albert R. Wade
Warren A. Reed
David W. Battles
Dr. Lyon
A. R. Wade
Wade
Chinese lepers threaten Indians in British Columbia
Ottawa dispatch says Chinese lepers in British Columbia have transmitted the disease to Indians, with an Indian population around 40,000 and only about 5,000 expected to remain in a quarter century. Columbian authorities had long known of the issue but delayed action to avoid disrupting European emigration.
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Chiago
the Times
Ottawa
Ont
British Columbia
Meinnes
M.D
Europe
Cornell Loses 1.5 Million Bequest In Court Ruling
In Arpany New York on November 28 the Court of Appeals affirmed lower court findings that Cornell University may hold only up to three million dollars in property. The decision notes Mrs Jennie McGraw Fiske's bequest totaling about 1.6 million cannot be received due to the university already exceeding its charter limits.
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Cornell
Arpany
N. Y
Cornell University
Jennie McGraw Fiske
Court of Appeals
Peckham
Fiske
Manley Reelected Republican State Chair In Maine Meeting
At a full meeting in Avuntista Maine Joseph H. Manley was unanimously reelected chairman and Willis H Wing secretary. The committee decided to keep headquarters open and to maintain the organization, though no election occurs until September 1890.
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Avuntista
Republican State Committee
Joseph H. Manley
Willis H. Wing
Man Thought to be Thompson in Maine Arrest Attempt
In CurrryYFIELD Me a man suspected of being Thompson the Braintree murderer has been in town for days. Local officers with Massachusetts State police tried to arrest him but found no trace. An officer from Massachusetts will arrive tomorrow to renew the search. In St John New Brunswick detectives Rhodes and Pratt who pursued Thompson left for Boston after tracing Shaw and Whitney in Halifax. They doubt Thompson ventured into the Provinces.
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Currryyfield
Thompson
Braintree
Massachusetts
Wade
St. John
N. B
Rhodes and Pratt
John Thompson
Nova Scotia
Western Express
Boston
Shaw and Whitney
Halifax
Unveiling of the M'Cullough Buat in Philadelphia
The bronze bust of dead tragedian John McCullough in Virginius was unveiled at Mt. Moriah cemetery this afternoon. A distinguished company of actors and friends attended from the city and beyond. William Winter of New York read a poem and Steele Mackaye delivered an oration.
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M’cullough
Philadelphia
Penn
John McCullough
Virginius
Mt. Moriah
William Winter
New York
Steele Mackaye
Jorpan Marsu Co Prize Medal Plush Sacque
The text promotes Jorpan Marsu & Co. prize medal Plush Sacque priced at $25, highlighting its appeal as a seal plush fashion item.
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Jorpan, Marsu & Co
Railway Clearing House Scheme Favored By Strong
Post interviewed William B. Strong president of the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe railroad about a proposed railway clearing house to end rate wars and secure dividends. He supported a Western wide pact not yet finalized, noting it could survive interstate law and stop recent complications hindering western railways.
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Post
William B. Strong
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
Railway Trust
Strong
West
England
America
Midgeley
Huntington's Idea The Trust Was His Plan
A New York despatch reports a proposed general railroad cartel to fix freight rates. The clearing house scheme reportedly passed to principal western roads and received approval from Missouri Pacific, Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe, St Louis San Francisco and affiliates in the Southwest, Union Pacific, St Paul, and Stickney lines in the Northwest.
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Curiaco
Chicago
St. Louis
New York
J. W. Midgeley
Western Freight Association
Midgeley
Congress
Union Pacific
Stickney
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Cable
Rock Island
Marvin Huchitt
Chicago & Northwestern
Stone
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Missouri River
Southern Pacific
Missouri Pacific
Atchison
the Tribune
Mississippi River
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
San Francisco
St. Paul
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Oston
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Bureau of Navigation
Springer
House Committee On Territories
Cleveland
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Grand Army Movement
McLean’s Lime Quarry
General Sherman
Austin
Universalist Sabbath School Union
Sanford H. Dudley
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Prince
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Wiggin
Malden
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General Foreign News
Austria
Rand Opera
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Zn Bank
Citizens’ Convention
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Albert BR. Wade
Lepers
Manley
President Strong
Ete
Huntington
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