Through car service opens Toledo to Bowerston rail link
East Ward No 5 No 7 No No 1 Ly Ar mM 1 p m to 9 38 p m notes. Road now open through from Toledo to Bowerston connecting with the Pennsylvania System for all points East. Through car service between Toledo Cambridge and Marietta and Bowerston. M D Woodford James M Hall general manager agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Bowerston
Pennsylvania
Cambridge
Marietta
Akron
Youngstown
Pittsburgh
Chicago
M. D. Woodford
James M. Hall
Gen
Paes
Congress News Roundup Senate Schedules and Adjournments
Dec 6 to Dec 9 reports: Senate reads the President's message then adjourns, with a prayer opening and rules committees formed. Dec 7 Senate considers Agriculture information on sorghum sugar patent experiments. adjourns. House has no regular session. Dec 9 House and Senate adjourn to the 12th with rule amendments only.
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Senatf
Senate
House
Court of Claims
Plumb
Commissioner of Agriculture
Farwell
Supreme Court backs Kansas liquor law and damages ruling
The Supreme Court holds Kansas lawfulness to suppress liquor traffic and denies damages to dealers. A clerks’ table shows next year’s net budget increase of 5,187,037 and total estimates of 384,04,527 with expected revenue 440,563,724. The Republican National Committee set Chicago as the convention site for June 19. Lamar early moves to reclaim 200,000 acres from Union Pacific near Denver after patent.
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United States Supreme Court
Kansas
Committees On Appropriations
Houses of
Congress
Republican National Committee
Washington
Chicago
Lamar
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Denver
Cal
Commissioner of the
General Land Office
Attorney General
Notable Deaths and Damages Across States and Nations
A fireside of incidents from Newport Maine to Brooklyn New York, including the fatal shooting of Peter Bennett in Newport for a cash hoard of 32003, a fatal crane accident in Philadelphia, embezzlement charges against Calvin W Rigg in Conshohocken, and the murder verdict facing Francis Hawkins in Riverhead. Also noted are insolvencies, train wrecks, a family coal gas near-suffocation, and various legal and civic items across several cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Peter Bennett
Philadelphia & Reading Coal Company
Philadelphia
Edward Brown
John Kerrigan
Calvin W. Rigg
Conshohocken
Montagmery County
Riverhead
L. 1
Francis Asbury Hawkins
Isaac Hayes
New York
Chalmers
Dundee
Scotland
New York Express
Montreal
Saratoga
Delaware & Hudson Canal Company
Wharlonsburg Station
N. Y
Burlington (Vt
R. H. Haines
James Mays
Pottstown
John Miller
Herr Most
Boniface Wimmer
United States
St. Vincent's Abbey
Westmoreland County
Pittsburgh
Verona Jarbeau
Levi Keller
Wifginsville
Union Veterans’ Union
Pittshurgh
Youngstown
Delates
All the Wilds
Boston
Mass
Bart Kableton
Queenstown
San Francisco
Tudge Lawrence
New York Supreme Court
John Most
Court of General Sessions
Most
Alfred L. Flocken
Secomb
Kehen É& Co
George M. Rogers
Fisghamton
Republican
Rogers
Western Union Telegraph Company
Anglo-American
Telegraph Companies Deny Threat to Atlantic Pooling Pact
Reported telegraphic notes claim no dissolution threat to the pooling agreement among Atlantic cable firms. US business failures total 226 for the week ending Dec 4 with Canada at 28, 254 combined, up from prior weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telegraph Company
Atlantic Cable Companies
United States
Canada
Pittsburgh
Concord
Mass
A. P. Chamberlain
McKeesport
Great Bend
N. Y
Bunday
Newman and
de Long
Wolcott
Noted Deaths and Disasters Across Several States
A roundup of recent vignettes includes John Powell found dying in Jeffersonville Indiana after claiming tobacco choking. Mary Frances Clarke dies at St Josephs Dubuque founder of the Sisters of Charity in America. Large iron ore tract sale in Lake Superior valued at 5 million with guaranteed capital for mine development and railroad. Grand Army leader Rae opposes pension bill but backs committee support. Louisville elects Charles D. Jacob mayor by 4,000 vote margin. Indiana ex Attorney General James Denny dies of apoplexy. Habeas corpus case in Texas releases drummer Robert Stockton for tax dispute. Georgia water tower collapse kills four, injuries four. Hoganville boiler explosion kills three. Barbers’ convention adjourns to December 1888. Montgomery fires cause 250000 damage. Virginia Assembly organized. Lee recommends tax coupon suspension. Richmond area incidents include railroad accidents, drownings, and fires. Marriages and societal events span Detroit and Chicago. Multiple legal, labor, and rail incidents reported nationwide.
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John Powell
Jefersonville
Ind
Mary Frances Clarke
Sisters of Charity of the
St. Joseph's Convent
Dubuque
Order In
America
Vermillion Range
Lake Superior
Rae
Grand Army of the Republic
Pension Committee
Louisville
Charlies D. Jacob
Avery
James Denny
Indiana
Vincennes
United States District Court
Galveston
Tex
Robert C. Stockton
Kansas City
Drunmer
Thomasville
Hogansville
West Point
Buffalo
N. Y
Mineet
Detroit Mich
Federation of Labor
Montgomery
Ala
General Assembly of Virginia
Lee
Portsmouth
M. W. Anderson
Anderson
William Simpson
Caroline A. Alger
Alger
Michigan
Detroit
Mich
Harry Sheldon
Grand Trunk Railway
Goodell’s Station
Henry McGowan
Pacific Coast
Brooking
Fort Worth
Panhandle
Second Artillery
Fort Monroe
New Orleans
San Francisco
Sioux City
Nathan Rainsberger
Marshalltown
Texas
Episcopal Diocesan
Withington
Del
Thomas Ellis, Jr
Montrose
McGuffey
Cincinnati Southern Railway
Stewartville Bank
Buck & Me
Crosby
Missouri
Knights of Labor
Chicago
Kansas City, St. Joseph
Council Bluffs
Percival
Stn
M. Prenzlauer & Son
Sault Ste. Marie
Arensdorf
Council of Administration of the Grand Army of the Republic
Columbus
E. P. Humphrey
South
Alex P. Humphrey
Natchez Cotton Mills Company
Natchez
Illinois Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Oglesby
Chatsworth
Jane Lewis
Waco
Yth
Theresa Brenner
Englewood
111
California
Nettie
Jerrell
Algiers
New York
Lewes
Crown Prince Disease News and Winnipeg Fire Toll
A Berlin telegram reports doctors have changed view on the Crown Prince illness. McMillen Bros. flour mill burn at Winnipeg may be from mine dust explosion, loss 5000, insurance 14000. Manitoba relief appeal amid influenza and measles. Cumberland district depopulated. Orkney advices note twenty ship losses in a hurricane. Armstrong Bros Glasgow iron ring operators fail due to pig iron price rise.
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Berlin
San Remo
London Board of Trade
Montreal
London Standard
Bismarck
Russia
McMillen Bros
Canadian Northwest
Winnipeg
Prince Chung
China
Dominion
Manitoba
Cumberland
Saskatchewan
Orkney Islands
Armstrong Bros. & Co
Glasgow
Baltimore & Ohio names Samuel Spencer president
At a directors meeting on the 10th Samuel Spencer was elected president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to succeed Robert Garrett with a salary of 25000 dollars per year. The report notes other national incidents including railroad robberies and mine accidents.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Samuel Spencer
Road
Robert Garrett
Philadelphia
William G. Pennypacker
Supreme Court
Hartford
Henry Jonnson
Reynolds County
Hemphill County
Tex
St. Louis
Arkansas & Texas
Texarkana
Ark
M. Jules Ferry
Chamber of Deputies
Paris
Aubertin
Joliet (Fr
Luzerne
Weddell’s Shaft
John
Hugh Monaghan
William Boyd
John Blight
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Clifton Forge
Fry
Tue Building Trades Council of Philadelphia
President Cleveland Warns Congress on Surplus and Tariff Reform
The President outlines a Treasury surplus far exceeding needs and calls for urgent tariff reform. He warns of financial distress, favors reducing excess revenue, and urges Congress to restore funds to the people while protecting American industry and wages.
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Congress
PFU
Peveland
Washington
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Ohio
W. Mathews
W.S. Heade
Hutchison Block
J. C. Steele
Mayfassts
Fred. L. Rosemond
Steele & Rosemond
Attorneys-At-Law
Old National
J.M. Bushfield
Rainey
Court House
Orto
W. A. Carpenter
Cambrider, Ohio
Davis Block
Sam’s C. Ludcock
Cosgrave
Main Street
W. D. Craic
Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public
Guernsey County
Rebitt
B. Taylor
R. T. Scott
Taylor & Scott
New
Taylor Block
Oply
Physicians and Surgeons
Wit. T. Ramsey
M. D
Providence Hosital
National Medical Dispensary
Washington, D. C
Hotels
Joseph Morton
Eagle Hotel
B.S. Herring
Brown House
Cambridge, Ohio
George McCleary
Grand Hotel
Johnson & Allen, Propr’s
Market ST
Zanesville
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W. A. Gill
Exchange Hotel
Caldwell
John W. Robinson
Mire Elouussd
Corner Market
Fourth Streets
WM. Kirk
Mar
Zanesville, Ohio
Thompson
Crow
Parmers’ Hotel
Mill Street
Wm. Misiney & Son
J. W. Lippincott
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Quaker City
Washington, Ohio
William Smith
Prop
John Harris, JR
Wall’s Drug Store
Eying
Collins
Optician
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Huron
Frese Landing
Wheeling & Lake Erie R. R
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Orrville
Massillon
Navarre
New Cumberland
Sherrodsville
Leesville
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Dover
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Arenete Oak Harbor
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Teee
Huron Division
Eveees
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Pine Street
Main
Cambridge, O
D. K. Kyle
Cambridgee
Mark Ts
EB. McPhee
Boots and Shoes
West Main St
Tohn Moss
City Hall
Steubenville Street
Janis
William Ogier
Public Square
E. McCollum
South End Mill Street
Bellaire, Zanesville & Cincinnati Railway
Central Standard
Chandersville
Belle Vey
Caldweill
Sarahsville
Summerfield
Woodsfield
Bellaire
Wes
la Captina
Belle Valley
Chandlersyville
M. Pi
Bellfire
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Foreign Intelligence
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Secretary of the Treasury
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