Pennsylvania and railroads blamed for coal market control
Washington Feb 14 Representive Gillespie and Rep Payne clashed over a letter from the Bituminous Coal Trades League of Pennsylvania denouncing a alleged combination of coal carrying railroads to control output. The letter, prepared by Frank Crane, alleges Pennsylvania railroads restrain competition, fix prices, and direct shipments through a soft coal trust. It calls for interstate commerce commission power to curb discrimination by railroads and coal trusts.
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Washington
Gillespie
Tex
House
Bituminous Coal Trades League of Pennsylvania
United States
Payne
N. Y
Frank ©. Crane
Drane
Pennsylvania Railroads
Congress
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Maryland
West Virginia
Soft Coal Trust
Atlantic Seaboard
New York Central
Pocahontas
Norfolk & Western
New River
Chesapeake & Ohio
Pennsylvania and
Baltimore & Ohio
Philadelphia & Reading
Pittsburg Coal Company
Consolidated
Fairmont and Somerset
Wabash
Gorman
Elkins
Davis
Fairmont Gas Coal Mining Company
Soft Coal Trust of Pennsylvania
Beech Creek Coal & Coke Company
Rochester & Pittsburg Coal & Iron
President Roberts
Pennsylvania & Westmoreland Coal Company
Berwind-White Coal Mining Company
Consolidated Pocahontas & New River Coal Mining Company
New York Central Roads
Interstate Commerce Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
McCall Near Death as Illness Worsens in Lakewood
John A. McCall former president of New York Life is gravely ill at Lakewood New Jersey. Rites have been given by Father Healy as doctors monitor a liver related condition. Weight loss of over 60 pounds in three weeks noted while three physicians and three nurses attend. A separate Naples report notes Mount Vesuvius eruption with lava streams threatening the station and railway track reinforced by masonry and sand embankments.
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McCall
New York
John A. McCall
New York Life Insurance Company
Lakewood
N. J
Father Healy
Church of Our Lady of the Lake
E. G. Janeway
John Vanderpool
Mr. McCall
Naples
Mount Vesuvius
Ice Sawyers Survive Panic on Saginaw Bay
About 100 men and a dozen horses harvesting ice on Saginaw bay were swept ashore in a northeaster when the ice broke from shore. They reached land safely as shore ice buckled with 10 to 20 foot barriers. A snowstorm accompanied the blast as a frigid day of danger unfolded.
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Saginaw Bay
Bay City
Mich
Hisses greet vote on women suffrage in temperance polls
Columbus February 14 The house cities committee backed the Metzger bill requiring streetcar franchises to be approved by the people before council mapping routes. The Briggs bill to grant women voting rights on temperance questions was defeated 66 to 51. Women filled galleries as results were announced. The house also passed a one mill tax for private hospitals and measures on biennial charity reports. Senate bills included cutting the county auditor’s school fund levy by one per cent, preserving $100,000 annually, and allowing burial grounds to pass to cemetery associations. The O Rourke resolution urged Senators to back Roosevelt railroad legislation. The Adler bill would exempt Sunday amusements if city voters so decide.
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Columbus
House Cities Committee
Tom Johnson
Cleveland
Metzger
House
Briggs
State Board of Charities
Senate
Harlan House
Hutchinson
Lamb
Justices of Peace
Beatty
O'Rourke
United States
Ohio
Roosevelt
Labor Committee
Adler
Cromwell summoned by senate panel in canal probe
The senate committee on interoceanic canals subpoenaed William Nelson Cromwell of New York to appear in Washington as part of the Panama canal inquiry. Cromwell has been linked as Panama railway director, canal sale negotiator to the United States, Panama fiscal agent, and Panama electric plant stockholder. Senator Morgan pushed to expose Cromwell’s Isthmian ties and he must fix a day to testify.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Interoceanic Canals
William Nelson Cromwell
New York
Cromwell
Panama
United States
Republic of Panama
Electric Light Plant
Panama Republic
Morgan
Crombell
Suit Over Bushel Measure Sparks Fierce County Suit
In Bucyrus Ohio on February 14 a heated case in Justice Mennett's court pits William Holmes against A J Wisman over the correct bushel measure. Wisman sold Holmes corn and used 1994 cubic inches per bushel, while Holmes cites 2150 from Ray's arithmetic. Witnesses include elevator operators and teachers as attendance rises. A separate dispatch from Chillicothe reports a caboose crash injuring 20 passengers near Thrifton, with Johnson and Dyer among the injured. A third item from Pekin says Yuan Shikai plans to replace Japanese troops in Manchuria with a Chinese division to maintain order.
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Bucyrus
Justice Mennett
William Holmes
A. J. Misman
Wisman
Holmes
Ray
Pekin
Yuan Shi Kai
Manchuria
Miners Leaders Clash Over Wage Talks in Ohio
William H. Haskins of United Mine Workers District No. 6 denounces claims by Pennsylvania official Dolan and defends President John Mitchell. He says he favored a 10 percent wage rise before the convention and notes the union is in stronger shape than under Dolan’s charges. He accuses Dolan of shifting blame for the current scale to others.
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Columbus
William H. Haskins
United Mine Workers of America
Dolan
Pennsylvania
Haskins
John Mitchell
Indianapolis
Mitchell
Slippery rails cause fatal and injuring car crash
Slippery rails on the North avenue line in Youngstown caused a runaway car to crash into an oncoming coach. Sixteen people were injured and two died. Fatalities include Mrs Hannah Rees and Mrs Lavinia Barr. Motorman Charles Maspherson saved himself with a broken arm. another motorman is expected to die. Fire and scalding injuries reported. one infant likely to die. Rescue crews evacuated passengers as cars heated with hot water.
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Youngstown
North Avenue
Erie
Hannah Rees
Lavinia Barr
Chloe Brandt
Louise Lewis
Charles. Macpherson
George Gaver
I. B. Barr
Sam Moore
Park
Smith
W.H. Klingensmith
Anna Thomas
Sam Ward
Brigham Hawn
Charles Maspherson
Hadley Says Standard Oil Case Aims to Oust Missouri
Des Moines hearings reveal Hadley claims a Standard Oil Waters-Pierce Republic trio formed a Missouri cartel. Northrup and Lyman testify to price signals, territorial division, and instructions to limit competition with independents. Two killed and five injured in a Louisville wreck near Maurice Station, Kentucky. Engineer Peter Murphy and Fireman Joseph Stoui named among the dead.
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Des Moines
Frank Northrup
F. E. Lyman
Standard Oil
Hadley
Standard Oi
Missouri
Stanard Oi
Waters-Pierce Company
Republic Oil Company
Northrup
St. Louis
Scofield, Shurmer & Teagle Oil Company
Cleveland
Scofield Company
Cleveland Refining Company
Hagerman
Standard Oil Company
Louisville
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Maurice Station
Cincinnati
Peter Murphy
Joseph Stoui
Senate panel signals amending bill to aid railroads
Senate interstate commerce committee hints at a new amendment to the Hepburn bill to grant railroads court review for orders of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Key lawmakers Duell, Foraker, Crane, Elkins and Aldrich push for this provision, while others resist. Cincinnati telegram from BR West urges unity with the president and opposition to railroad interests, stressing real rate regulation across Ohio.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Bikins
Aldrich
Foster
Dolliver
Clapp
Cullom
House
Elkins
Kean
Foraker
Crane
Interstate Commerce Commission
Tillman
Senate
McLaurin
Ohio
KILLED AN INTRUDER Husband shoots intruder in home
Bluefield West Virginia February 14 Samuel Carr a prominent Motoka lumberman was shot and killed by G T Bailey after a quarrel escalated when Carr entered Baileys house and confronted his wife Bailey ordered Carr to leave and fired when Carr tried to draw a gun public sentiment supports Bailey who surrendered to authorities
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Bluefield
W. Va
Samuel Carr
Motoka
G. T. Bailey
Bailey
Carr
Sequel of a Saloon Fight in Akron
George Smith an Austrian was sentenced to life in the penitentiary for the murder of William Braley at Barber. In January Smith stabbed his victim to death in a saloon fight.
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Akron
George Smith
William Braley
Barber
Ion
Smith
French separation likely after financial agreement
Paris February reports Count Boni de Castellane and his wife’s lawyers review financial terms for a potential separation decree. The Countess’s bill of complaint is being prepared but may be narrowed to incompatibility, avoiding scandal allegations. A mutual consent decree and eventual divorce are contemplated after three years under French law. Boni expresses sorrow and reiterates affection. Beavers Pleads Guilty Two Years. Washington February 4. George W. Beavers pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the government and was sentenced to two years in the Moundsville penitentiary. He will be sent to Moundsville with the first prisoner batch. Corpse With $31,060 Identified Hagerstown Md February 14. Tasman with 21000 on him killed Feb 3 near California Kentucky. Identified as William Wolfman, a miner, by a sear on his hand. father-in-law in Cincinnati confirms identification.
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Paris
Count Boni de Castellane
Count Boni
Beavers
Washington
George W. Beavers
Moundsville
W. Va
Mounville
Hagerstown
Tasman
California
William Wolfman
Cincinnati
Chicago and Pittsburgh Grain and Market Prices Report
Weekly bearish statistics depressed the Chicago wheat market with May quotations down to 85 854% and corn and oats likewise lower. Pittsburgh market offerings for corn oats hay butter cheese cattle hogs and sheep show varied price ranges across grades with noticeable declines in some items and steady levels in others.
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Pittsburg
New York
New
Ohio
Wisconsin
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Ginia
Alexander
Cassat
Milwaukee
Solons
Bill
John
Son
Poo Bah
Chillicothe
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton
Thrifton
J. A. Johnson
F. J. Dyer
Ohio Miners
Hepburn Bill
Sen
Ate
Elkins, Foraker, Crane and Others
Chicago Grain Market
Oakland
P.uons
S& Courtly
Eest
Beker
N.Y
Knox
Boston
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