Government Telegraph Bill Passed Favorably by Committee
Telegraph report notes Hill's committee favoring a postal telegraph system bill with contracts to existing firms, limited liability penalties, and new features for postmaster agents and nondiscriminatory transmission. Also covers Northern Pacific land forfeiture proposal and currency amendment proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hill
Committee On Post Offices and Post Koada
Alr. Hill
Postmaster General
Postal Telegraph Company
Hill and Edmunds
Northern Pacific Land Grant
House Committee On Public Lands
Henley
Northern Pacific Railroad
Messrs. Oates
van Eaton
Strait
Belford
Brenis
House
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Wedula
Washington Territory
Portland
Oregon
Walhia
United States
Commissioner of Railroads
Bold robbery at Stone & Thomas Dry Goods House
In Wurtarang West Virginia on April 10 a violent heist at the Stone and Thomas dry goods store yielded about 410,000 in silks. The thieves pried a rear window, loaded goods onto a wagon near the watchman and escaped despite a larger police force. A separate Pittsburgh meeting notes Western Nail Association plans to pool trade and regulate Eastern Union markets.
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Wurterang
W. Va
Stone & Thomas
Pittsburgh
Imi
Jackson
Mich
Thomas Scott
Scatty
Crouch
Minneapolis
Liverpool
Scotty
Plan to settle Brown Bonnell & Co creditors proposed
A committee of Paul Wick and William McCreery drafted a plan to end the firm’s disputes. Creditors may assign claims to a trustee committee to receive stock in a new Brown Bonnell Lion Company or cash shares, with priority mortgagors risking their claim, and a $200000 cash advance to secure stock. Approval requested by April 20 1854.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown, Bonnell & Co
Paul Wick
William McCreery
Pittsburgh
Brown, Bonwell & Co
Brown, Donnell & Co
New York
Youngstown
Cleveland
Mortgate
Brown, Bonnell & Got
Brown-Bonnell Lion Company
Cain
Yornestown
Foreign News Roundup Highlights Cuban Crisis and Executed Editors
A chaotic foreign page reports General Gordon’s warning to evacuate if relief is not offered, growing Cuban crisis with calls for relief, and tensions with Osmani Digna. It notes Fenian arrest in London, editor imprisonment criticism, and various brief notices from St Petersburg to Key West and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Feniax
Lospyy
Sitzgerald
London
Dublin
Gordon
Auled
Robert Buchanan
Pall Mattie
Edadares
Wort
Aland
Surar
Levenham
Aladrie
Aris
Cuba
TRA
Coal & Iron Railway Company chartered in West Virginia
A new enterprise the Coal & Iron Railway Company of Piedmont West Virginia was chartered yesterday. The capital stock starts at five million dollars and will rise to ten million. The line runs from Winchester Virginia to Davis West Virginia, opening up valuable coal and lumber regions and linking major rail networks. Work begins at once with expected energetic progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mngi Stockhoycers
Naticut
Wateruse
W.va
The
Coal & Iron Railway Company
Piedmont
National
United States
Uat
National Bank
Baltimore King Houses
James G Blaine
Thomas F. Bayard
Henry G. Davis
2 National Bank
John A. Hambleton
Baltimore
William Keyser
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
T. Morrigan Garrett
John W.garrett
AJ P. Goruma
M Nd
J.b.cluree
United States Sc
A Nations Bank
Enoch Pratt
A National Bank
William Pinckney White
Maryland
James G. Blaine
Rhames J. SN
Camden
United
Winchester
Davis
West Virginia
Central
Pittsburgh
Baltimore & Qohilg
Shenandoah Valley
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Telegraph
Government Telegraph
Congress
Greenback
House Committee On Judiciary
Ottawa
Parliament
Chicago
Casse
John McDonald
Parliament Buildings
John McDonall
Mr. Cosse
Dominion Police
Arnon
Air
Joseph Babb
Joseph Carpeter
Caapestox
Prentice
Logan County
United States District Court
A. P. Simnett
Griffithsville
Mad River
William Sinnett
Judge Brewer
J. Brewer
Supreme Court of Kansas
Cilick
United States Circuit
Eighth Judicial Circuit
Foster
Unite States District Bench
Brewer
Leavenworth
Little Rock
Ark
Toreka
Kan
Chicase
Daily News
Monmouth
Hubbard
First National Bank
Thorning
Horse Breakers
Assancialiy
Peoria
Ulinoig Association of
Sand Ot
B. Allaire
Eco
Vibe Ren
Treer
Soother Nontg
Cabt
Geman Digna
John Backus
Maryland Assembly
Backus
Princeton Theological Seminary
General Assembly
Enoch Arden
Louisville
Mgr
Alexander IT. Grows
Bradstreet
Marquet
Iowa
Jeffersonville
Ind
Key West
Havana
Agnero
Isis
Aquera
Spain
Necae
Amnasen
Taner Neetowecowbo
Pewa
Red Lake Reservation
Madison Square Gar
Fam Hayes
Eveline Kennedy
James Kennedy
St. Louis
C. M. Howe
Rule
Neb
Laclade
A. NM. Rogers
Falls City
Ned
Radcliff
Kansas
Potters’ Field
Niagara Faille
Nagara Falls
Ont
Thomas Vedder
N. R. Pierson
Goat Island
Pierson
Luna Island
Vedder
Suspension Bridge
D. T. Cowen
T. Cowen
St. Clairsville
John W. Okey
Fourth Regiment
Cotrupts
Adjutant General
F. B. Mott
George H. Phillips
Ohio National Guard
Dayton
Cincinnati
T. K. Bowles
Bannmarke
Benjamin Maitland
Maitland
Episcopal Church
Daxvire
Hood
F. D. Matteson & CO
Lion Street
Dunkirk, N. Y
Cary & Matteson Sell
Cary & Matteson
Center Street
Louis Heyl’s
Wirtner & Alling’s
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