Through Route Opens From Toledo to Bowerston
The road now open from Toledo through to Bowerston links the Pennsylvania System to all points east and connects Toledo Cambridge Marietta and Akron via a network including Youngstown Pittsburgh and Chicago. General manager Woodford James M. Fall notes the through service via major hubs.
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Toledo
Bowerston
Pennsylvania
Cal Surveor
Cambridge
Marietta
Akron
Youngstown
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Alison
WW. O
Woodford
James M. Fall
Gen
Gen'l
Vass
Senate and House Debate Civil War Era Bills and Vetoes
The Senate and House report multiple measures from committees including refunds for Freedmen's Savings losses and direct tax distributions, plus a vetoed pension bill for Mrs. Dunlap. Sundry Civil Appropriation items prevail as lawmakers discuss navy, pensions, and railroad finance amid adjournments and sessions.
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Senate
Freedmen’s Saving and Trust Company
New York
Margaret Dunlap
Missouri
Allison
Congress
Sherman
Marietta
Logan
Blair
Military
House
Adjutant General
Texas
Teller
Manning
Carter W. Liller
McAdoo
Evarts
Ericsson
Incalls
Committee On Pensions
Plumb
Messrs. Morgan
Beck
Owensboro
Oates
Yeas
Swinburne
Four
Judiciary Committees
Pacific Railroad
Judiciary Committee
States
District of Columbia
Hoar
United States
Alexander Falconer
William Lynch
Committee On
Annapolis
Baltimore
Government Farm
Annapolis, Md
Treasury report and civil service notes from 1886 and 1956
The secretary reports destroyed 81 and 2 notes totaling 7 798 939 since August 4 1886. February debt statement shows two reductions in January totaling 9 515 687. Net cash in Treasury February 1 27 730 050 with total debtless cash 1 532 468 808. More than two thirds of signal office clerks sign to move bureau to Interior and Agriculture departments. National bank notes outstanding 292 793 452 down 24 561 571 since Feb 1 1886. Six months to Dec 31 1956 postal violations yield 34 arrests. 113 tried 66 convicted 238 awaiting trial. Presidential nominations include Richard A. Jones to Chief Justice of Washington Territory and Frank Allyn and James H. Wright to other territorial supreme court posts.
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House
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Signal Service
Washington
Congress
War
Interior Department
Agricultural Department
Comptroller of
National Bank
Richard A. Jones
Oregon
Supreme Court of
Washington Territory
Frank Allyn
Iowa
Discharged voter Lucy Barber cites jurisdiction ruling
Mrs Lucy Barber was discharged at Alfred Center New York after arrest for voting. U S Commissioner ruled state courts hold jurisdiction and must decide the case. Near Hyde Park Massachusetts three men Peter Mack James Smith and Hugh Trainor were killed on the railroad while avoiding a train on the 2d. Prof John De Leon, convicted in New York of kidnapping and sending young women to Panama for immoral purposes, was sentenced by Judge Gildersleeve to fifteen years at Sing Sing.
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New York
Baltimore
Edward Unger
Unger
Mutual Life Insurance Company of
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St. Louis
Rochester
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McGlynn
Rome
Cardinal Gibbons
Carpenter
Lorillard & Co
Pennsylvania Senate
Western Window Glass Association
Pittsburgh
Fall River
Mass
Stapleton
Cyrus C. Salisbury
Sophia Congdon
Willimantic
Conn
Lyme
N. H
Stephen Lamphier
Mark Donaldson
Donaldson
Dr. Talmage
Brooklyn
United States
Canada
Stiles & Parker Press Company
Middletown
Lucy Barber
Alfred Center
Peter Mack
James Smith
Hugh Trainor
Hyde Park
John de Leon
Panama
Gildersleeve
Sing Sing
Thomas Lowry
Minneapolis
Minn
Boston
Lowry
Europe
Texas
Cincinnati
O. M.O
M.S. Gordon
Decatur
Tex
Liverpool, London & Globe Land Company
J. H. Reagan
B. Maxey
Edward Walker
Devil's Lake
D. T
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Harriet Prior
Hanover
Ind
George Washington
David S. Foth
John Baker
I. A. Wilcox
Ashe County
N. C
Hickory
Baker
Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis
Mercury
Upper Alton
William G. Lee
Lee
Henry W. Spies
Miss van Zandt
August
Chicago
Virginia Midland Railroad
Bannister River
Danville
Martin
Drummond Tobacco Company
Minneapolis street car system sold to Boston syndicate
Thomas Lowry reportedly sold Minneapolis street car operations to a Boston capitalists syndicate for 3,000,000 as he travels home from Europe. The report notes the sale’s authority and timing amid a flurry of other 19th century political and legal items.
Dublin Mayor backs nonviolent stance amid Irish unrest
The Dublin mayor urged nonviolent resistance in Bodyke while warning against concentrating any armed force. Commodore Cameron offered to lead a second Emin Bey relief expedition, with $3,000 raised for expenses. A submarine tunnel project between Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick eyes four percent government-backed interest.
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Bodyke
Commodore Cameron
Emin Bey
Elliott
St. Lawrence River
Rockport
Ste. Monique
Montreal
Can
Ambrose
Chamber of Deputies
Hamilton
Ont
Edward Hanlan
Harrow
Hanlan
Resignations Pending as Congress Edges Toward Adjournment
Washington reports indicate Secretary Manning and Treasurer Jordan have their resignations with the President for appointment and Senate confirmation before Congress adjourns. Other items include a $15,000 reward for arresting attackers of Cleveland police, a $3,000,000 Buffalo railroad foreclosure ruling, a Vermont railroad disaster with many fatalities, and various militia and legislative actions.
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Hood
Washington
Manning
Jordan
Congress
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Hodin
Hulligan
Cleveland Police
Ravenna
Martin Ol&son
Dayton
Minneapolis
Woodstock
Vermont Central Railroad
Montreal
White River
Adjutant General
Ohio
Senate
Atlantic & Pacific Ship Railway Company
Eads Tehauntepee
Morgan
Hale
United States
House
Wreck and Fire Kill Dozens in Vermont Express Crash
A Vermont railroad disaster near Woodstock from a Springfield to Montreal express left a60 foot bridge and plunged cars into fire. Officials estimate eightyone aboard, with thirty-two confirmed dead and many injured. Survivors recounted harrowing escapes as firefighters and doctors worked through the charred wreckage.
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Woodstock
Springfield
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Montreal
White River Junction
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Mr. Tewkesbury
Randolph
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Henry W. Tewksbury
Mr. Tewksbury
Edward Bangs
Brakeman
West Lebanon
N. H
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Mitchell Lacaillade
Lawrence
Moses Paulet
Quebec
Mrs. W. §. Dryden
George Gannett
Syracuse
N. Y
Horace Juean
East Pepperell
Anna Murphy
Henry Tewksbury
Charles Kostner
Katy Kahl
J. G. Hutchinson
Montgomery
Joseph E. Jacques
Fitchburg Mass
Heftry Mott
Alburgh
Andrew A. Wheeler
Fitchburg
John Graham
Medford
James Kilk
Burke
C. M. Hosmer
Lowell
Joseph Maignet
Three Rivers
George Parker
St. Albany
Fred A. Fisher
Howard T. Smith
Gloucester
Maria Sadler
Ormstown
Polly Aril
Chicopee
Herbert Cushing
Middleboro
Kitechburg
Cephas Mills
Iroquois
Ont
Boulanger
Holyoke
A. J. Hammer
Pullman Porter
Edgar Wilder
Dayton, C
Charles W. Sanford
Devineau
Winoski
Expressmen of Boston and Maine oppose American Express control
In Boston on Friday the expressmen of the Boston and Maine line met privately with 51 of 62 companies represented. Charles R. Fogg reported that directors would decide if their contract with the American Express Company is irrevocable, a determination the meeting believes will be delayed only if other means are found. A $1500 subscription was voted to fund the contest.
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Boston
Boston & Maine Railroad
American Express Company
Charles R. Fogg
Newburyport
Road
American Express
Earthquake Shocks Reported in Cuampai and Hillsboro
An earthquake struck Cuampai Il at 4 20 Sunday morning waking merchants and startling a servant girl as goods toppled in a grocery. In Hillsboro Ill a similar quake at about four o clock rattled windows and shook houses for several seconds.
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CuampaiGy
Hillsnoro
A Confederate Soldier Describes Lookout Mountain Clash
A Confederate account details Hooker’s attack on Lookout Mountain in the Chattanooga Valley. Fog shrouds Lookout as Geary’s division feints, then Walthall’s pickets fall back. Union assault breaches the palisades and flags at dawn. Wright notes fires reveal positions, while nighttime skirmishing continues.
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Watkins House
Chattanooga
Craven House and Brages
A. T. Stewart
J. Key Holtzelaw
Clayton
Lookout Mountain
Joe Hooker
Hooker
Wauhate Thie
Geary
Pulpit Rock
Walthall
Pettus
Twentieth Alabama
Chattanooga Creek
Rossville
Moccasin Point
Moore
Thirty-sixth
Alabama
Palisades
Stevenson
W. A. Wright
Three War Stories From Confederate Soldier Boys
Anecdotes from Mississippian camps during Johnston and Grant movements recount practical jokes with a cow, a honey tree, and bee‑smoked honey, plus officer attempts to curb gambling and soldiers resuming chuck-a-luck and seven up games in defiance.
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Johnston
Mississippi
Vicksburg
Grant
Atlanta Constitution
Pretty Little Southern Girl Rebur ed a Detail of Ohio Soldiers
Comrades of the Fourth Division recall foraging near Gaylesville Alabama during the Civil War. A calf and poultry looting occurred at a planter's house where a sixteen year old girl cursed the raiders and vowed to fight, while her mother watched. The raiders faced no violence and were treated with respect by the women.
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Fourteenth Corps
Hood
Gaylesville
Ala
Hart
E. R. Sly, Co. I
Chio
National Tribune
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