Live Poultry Cars and Illinois River Improvements Debated
Chicago hosts a plan for a Live Poultry Transportation Company with cars built to feed and water birds in transit. Illinois River work advances include the La Grange lock opening and funds sought for the Kampsville lock to enable a Chicago to New Orleans waterway and larger steamboats upriver.
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Live Poultry Transportation Company
Chicago
Puiman
Mississippi River
Illinois River
la Grange
Kampsville
Congress
Mississippi
Copperas Creek
Illinois
Peoria
la Salle
New Orleans
Des Plaines
United States
Commission
Deadly Incline Plane Disaster in Cincinnati
A loaded car on Mount Auburn incline ramped down a steep grade at Main street. Five killed and several injured as passengers and bystanders faced a chaotic wreck. Judge William Dickson and others among the dead. investigation cites cut off valve failure and a faulty engine control.
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Cincinnati
Mount Auburn
Main Street
William M. Dickson
Michael Kneiss
Caleb Ives
Mary G. Errett
Joseph McFadden
Agnes Hostetter
Lillian Oskamp
Josep McFadden, Jr
George Miller
Joseph Huette
Miller
Mulberry
Main Streets
Huette
Charles Goebel
Goebel
Ives
Judge Dickson
Abraham Lincoln
Kneiss
Third Intermediate
Euclid Avenue
Globe Soap Works
Howard Worden
James M. Doherty
Mi Hap
Fifty Miners Die In English Mine Disaster
A catastrophic explosion at Mussneli colliery in Staffordshire traps workers on the day shift. About fifty men are dead with many more in peril as the shock travels for miles and rescuers confront desperate scenes at the shaft. Relatives gather at the mine entrance, including mothers with babies, as authorities assess the catastrophe.
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R. J. Harmer
Chester
Congress
Chicago
New York
San Francisco
London
Mussneli
Staffordshire
Interstate commerce rulings overhaul rail and water freight
The Interstate Commerce Commission issued three major rulings on through rates and carload lumber shipments. Decisions cover cattle carload pricing on weight, grain rate comparability, and lumber rate justification amid rail and water competition, with emphasis on distance and market conditions. A Helena Montana note reports a political contest over legislative seat results and contested precincts triggering legal battles and public tension.
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Inter-State Commerce Commission
Lenard and Chappell
Chicago and Alton Railroad
Kansas
Missouri
McMorran & Harrington
Port Huron
Mich
Grand Trunk
Chicago & Grand Trunk Roads
Schoonmaker
Buffalo
Chicago
Morrison
Abbott
East Tennessee Railroad
Tennessee
Boston
Secretary hinges Manderson case as pension rerating precedent
Secretary Noble declares the Manderson pension ruling may guide many similar cases. About thirty pension office employees had pensions rerated, some with and some without their knowledge. The Interior Department may seek repayment from those who gained illegitimate arrears, potentially through salary or pension levies.
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Helena
Mont
Silver Bow County
Montana
United States Senate
Board of Canvassers
DeWolfe
Democratic State Committee
Supreme Court
Silver Bow
Louisiana
Butte
McConnell
Republican Committee
Campbell
Pertisan
Blake
Harrison
Thompson Campbell
Republican County Committee
William W. Jack
Jack
Hall
Cit
New York
Europe
Manderson
Noble
Senator Manderson
Pension Office
Tanner
Secretary of the Interior
Hiram Smith
Tyrolean Floods Halt Emperor’s Meran Visit and Fight Off
Floods in the Tyrol cause massive damage forcing Emperor Francis Joseph to delay his trip to Meran to visit the Empress. Meanwhile the California Athletic Club bout between Johnny Reagan and Young Mitchell on October 29 is canceled due to Reagan’s illness, with a $250 deposit forfeited.
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Tyrol
Francis Joseph of
Austria
Meran
Johnny” Reagan
Young Mitchell
California Athletic Club
Reagan
Strategic Movements. First Boy-See Here
Two youths recount a street fight plan described in a New York Weekly piece. The first boy explains running to avoid his mother's seeing the brawl with Bill Bounce. the second confirms they fled to keep home from witnessing the fight.
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Bill
New York Weekly
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