Oregon Line Troubles and Pacific Coast Probes
President Cooledge of the Oregon Navigation Co. appoints G Morrison to probe Pacific coast affairs. Morrison departs for the west tomorrow. Oregon Transcontinental officials deny rumors of 4.5 million in new liabilities. Washington reports Sherman was not offered the Northern Pacific presidency though stockholders mention it. He says he cannot resign as senator nor serve as NP president.
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Oregon Line Troubles
New York
Cooledge
The
Oregon Navigation Company
Morrison
Pacific Coast
West
Oregon Transcontinental Company
Washington
Sherman
Northern Pacific Railroad
Navy Lieutenant Augur Dies After Escape From Lunatic Asylum
Lieutenant John J. Augur of the United States navy escaped during a January storm from the Bloomingdale asylum and was found dead in the roadway from cold exposure. He was son of General Augur of Fort Leavenworth and had been on duty off and on since last summer after joining an Arctic expedition search.
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New York
John J. Augur
United States Navy
Bloomingdale Lunatic Asylum
General Augur
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
Augur
Resignation of Brewster Cameron as DOJ agent to Tucson Receiver
Washington reports Cameron resigns as general agent in the Department of Justice to become receiver of public monies in Tucson Arizona Territory. Secretary Folger provides Sen Van Wyck with an itemized expense tally for prose ved star route cases listing payments to Gibson Brester Pinkerton Ker Wells Bliss Cook Merrick totaling 113 032 dollars since March 4 1881.
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Washington
Brewster Cameron
Department of Justice
Tucson
A. T
van Wycks
Folger
Senate
A. M. Gibson
B. H
A Vicious Coon Detained for Poison Plots in Court
Washington January 9 A depraved 15 year old colored boy Elphonse Kell faced Judge Snell on charges based on a trail of alleged poisonings. He bought arsenic and Rough on Rats and tampered with milk water bread and cattle. He admits prior poisonings in Baltimore and attempted arson and throat cutting while a child.
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Washington
Elphonse Kell
Benjamin
Baltimore
Fragrance Ad Promotes Floreston Cologne Purchase
A vintage newspaper ad hawks Floreston Cologne described as long lasting and delightfully fragrant. It highlights perfume in a compact bottle and suggests refreshing wear for daily use.
Heavy Central Kentucky Snow Marks Record Storm
A late 19th century storm brings fourteen inches of snow to Richmond Kentucky and up to sixteen inches to Huntington West Virginia. Coastal damage in Atlantic City includes washed away bath houses and rail disruptions, while New York area tides threaten Coney Island and pier structures. Washington Cattle Committee discusses poultry and pleuro-pneumonia controls with calls for federal funding and new agencies. The text ends with an unrelated note praising tobacco brand Little Joker.
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Richmond
Kentucky
Huntington
W. Va
Atlantic City
Howard’s Pier
South Atlantic City & West Jersey
Wilkesbarre
Penn
Wyoming Valley
Buffalo
New York
Coney Island
Joss
Manhattan
Brighton Beach
Culver
Brighton
Engman
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Teething
A vintage advertisement promises immediate relief for distressed infants teething. It claims to cure dysentery and diarrhea, regulate stomachs and bowels, ease wind colic, soften gums, reduce inflammation, and provide energy. The syrup is described as pleasant tasting and prescribed by a renowned US female physician, priced at 25 cents.
Livestock Group Backs Rail Route Bills and Law Reform
The Colorado and Santa Fe and Texas Oklahoma railroads gain support for a Gulf access right of way through the Indian Territory. The association urges lawmaking to curb lawlessness, protect property including grass, maximize school land revenues, and withhold the herd law for now, opposing free range doctrine.
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Austin
The
Livestock Association Today
Congress
Gulf
Colorado & Santa Fe
Indian Territory
Bankers sue ex Senator Dorsey over sixty thousand dollars
Denver January 12 Messia Levy and Co bankers of London filed suit in the United States court against ex Senator Stephen W Dorsey for over 63000 dollars and interest for eleven years Dorsey says the action stems from a 1871 Arkansas railroad bond transaction in which he was president He denies any cause of action.
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Denver
Messia, Levy & Co., Bankers
London
United States
Stephen W. Dorsey
Dorsey
Arkansas State
Arkansas Central Railway Bonds
Cattlemen Complete Pleuro Pneumonia Bill for House
A sub committee of cattlemen completed a bill to suppress pleuro-pneumonia and other contagious diseases in domestic animals. The measure was accepted by the Chicago convention's full cattlemen committee and will go to the house agriculture committee on Monday. Representative Wilson displayed three cattle lungs showing varying disease stages at the Capitol. The cattle were bought and slaughtered under Commissioner Loring's order.
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Washington
House Committee On Agriculture
Chicago
Capitol
Hunt
New Jersey
Congress
Law
Cattle Commission
Treasury Department
Judge Carey
Wyoming
Europe
New York
Great Britaan
Australia
New Zealand
United States
Department of Agriculture
Commissioner of Agriculture
Wilson
Iowa
Loring
Senate panel takes up Chinese immigration bill
The Senate foreign relations committee in Washington on January 12 discussed a Pacific coast bill amending the Chinese immigration act of last Congress. Senator Miller of California introduced it and the measure was referred to a subcommittee of Miller Wilson and Morgan after a wide ranging debate on the existing law and its defects.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Pacific Coast
Senate
Miller
California
Wilson
Morgan
Fence Cutting Disorder Covers Coleman Run nell Counties
The house special committee on fence cutting heard that all fences are down except one guarded by armed men. Houses and many pastures have burned. much fenced land is not owned by fence owners. Of 140 men, 27 own grazing land, 51 own no land, and 59 only enough to live on. Some large horse owners own vast numbers of stock but little land. Owners form into companies as protection fails.
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Galveston
House Special Committee On
Coleman
Runnell
Railroad Riot at Pendleton Demands Free Ride
In Pendleton Oregon on January 12 a group of about 200 discharged railroad workers, destitute and consuming liquor, seized a westbound train seeking a free ride to Portland. General Miles dispatched infantry from Walla Walla. the mob remained aboard but allowed the mail car to depart. Up to 600 more discharged men expected Sunday. no outbreak yet as citizens aid the needy.
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Pendleton
Oregon
Portland
Miles
Walla Walla
To be Returned Baltimore January 12 Robbery Suspect Delivered
George B. Saylor who was arrested here and charged with highway robbery of a Wells, Fargo express stage near Sacramento City was today delivered to a Wells, Fargo & Company special officer who will take him to California for trial.
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Baltimore
George B. Saylor
Wells, Fargo & Company
Sacramento City
California
A Barbarous Auction in Cape Girardeau County
A dispatch from Cape Girardeau Missouri reports three female vagrants ages 18 to 45 were hired out today at Jackson the county seat under a law to serve three months. Stable Loomis of Bird township organized the sale.
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St. Louis
Cape Girardeau
Loomis
Bird Township
Cape Girardeau County
Jackson
Stage Robbery Near Colorado River
Four masked men halted the southbound San Angelo stage near the Colorado river last night. They robbed mail sacks and passengers and delayed the coach until the northbound stage arrived, which was also plundered of a large amount of registered matter. Authorities believe road agents made a heavy haul.
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Galveston
Tex
Colorado River
San Angelo
Labor Conference Demands Protection of Home Industries
About forty delegates gathered in Philadelphia for the labor conference. John A. Rooney of Brooklyn presented resolutions urging protection of home industries as a fundamental principle, condemning tariff changes and pledging to oppose any candidate for national or state office not in agreement with the conference’s sentiments.
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Philadelphia
John A. Rooney
Brooklyn
Reciprocal Treaty Talk Denied by Ottawa
Ottawa states the U S report of Canada negotiating a treaty with the United States including fisheries is untrue. It confirms only that certain large American interests seek a reciprocal trade for their own benefit on broader questions.
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Ottawa
United States
Earl of Granville
Canada
World News Roundup with Cathedrals and Crises
Cable speculation claims England to begin Westminster cathedral costing over 500000 pounds near Victoria station. Other items include prison reform critique of American systems, a Lotta versus Minnie Palmer feud, Paris crisis reports numbering over 4000 suicides, an Italian art school in Rome, a Mass for Louisa XV, Nile evacuation risk to Christians, a large South African diamond cut in Boston, and a New York weekly bank statement with varied financial shifts.
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New York
England
Westminster
Victoria Station
Vollv Kirche
Vienna
Howard
Prisoners’ Aid Association
Lotta
Minnie Palmer
Minnie
Paris Figaro
Paris
Rome
Madeline
Louisa X.V
Khartoum
Upper
Egypt
Nile
Boston
South Africa
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CION
Wil- Laramie
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Kursheedt M’ng CO
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Rorora Agali
Geo P Sowell & Co
Spruce Atcnehs
Arriva
Il Anton
Storrs & I
Harrison Co
Lake County
Sindwents
Man
Craig, Davis & Co
Torlot
Tropore Huston
Blandinsville
McDonough Co
Weekly Leader
Telegraphic
Capital Notes
Texas
Royal Baking Powder Co
Wall Street
Hales Honey
Gilead
C.N. Crittenton
R, N.Y
Ire
Baylor University
Independence
Lexas
Ayer
Danny Crann
Dr.j.c.ayer &Co
Lowell
Mass
All Drugagists
Glaxy & Pearse
Chevener
Craig Davis
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