No General Cut In Wages Says Union Pacific Official
Denver January 30 Union Pacific General Superintendent Deuel arrives from Omaha and denies a general wage cut. He says the wage change is an equalization, correcting overpayments from the constructive mileage system. He cites enginemen on the Cheyenne division and Wyoming division as examples and states a new schedule will be fair.
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Denver
Denel
Union Pacific
Omaha
Deuel
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Nampa
Nebraska
America
Judge Dundys Order Enjoins Union Pacific Strike
Judge Dundy enjoins Union Pacific employees from striking and imposes wage cuts across the system. The schedule lowers earnings for engineers, firemen, hosts, and trainmen by amounts up to roughly 8.5 cents per mile, with Nebraska divisions seeing 5 to 15 dollar monthly reductions and mileage allowances adjusted to match.
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Union Pacific
Omaha
Judge Dundy
Nebraska
Kansas
Colorado
Missouri
Texas
Great Northern
Judge Rules Anti Scalper Law Unconstitutional
Judge Willis of the district court in St Paul rules last winter’s anti scalper statute unconstitutional. The decision says the law favors railway and steamship interests, violates article 4 section 33 by creating a special class entitled to licenses, and breaches the state constitution’s ban on exclusive privileges.
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Willis
St. Pau
District Court
Port Yarrock Wreck Off Tralee Claims 25 Crew
A Tralee dispatch reports the British bark Port Yarrock under Captain Forbes wrecked with the loss of all 25 crew. The vessel sailed July 4 from Santi Rosalia to Queenstown and Antwerp, anchored in Brandon Bay January 21 in distress, reporting shortage of provisions and illness among the crew.
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Cats — Dusutin
Tralee
Port Yarrock
Forbes
Grand Jury to Hear Franklin and Morris Case Among Others
The Franklin and Morris case and several important matters will occupy the grand jury's attention in their present session. Franklin's case is expected to be reviewed immediately as part of an exhaustive examination. Henry Harrington, Wyoming pioneer and Cheyenne resident, died of heart trouble at Thomas Henney's club rooms after bankruptcy during the recent panic.
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Grand Jury
Sr. Paru
Franklin and Morris
Franklin
Wyoming
Cheyenne, Wy
Henry Harrington
Cheyenne
Thomas Henney
Harrington
Boston Globe
Iowa Liquor Laws and Prohibition Measures in Des Moines
The Iowa legislature debates prohibition options with the senate as a prohibition stronghold. Chassell proposes county local option requiring petitions, district court permits, and safeguards with heavy penalties and municipal controls. The measure aims to curb saloon operations and appeals to temperance supporters despite opposition from saloon interests.
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Rome
Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
Ohio
Chassell
le Mars
le Mars Sentinel
Earthquake Wipes Kuchan Persia Killing Thousands
San Francisco dispatches report the Belgica confirms the earthquake and complete destruction of Kuchan Persia. About twelve thousand people died and ten thousand bodies were recovered, reducing a once prosperous walled city to death and desolation near Meshad and Shirvan. Fifty thousand cattle perished.
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Kuchan
Persia
San Francisco
Belgica
China
Meshad
Shirvan
Shan Jahan Kuh
Dead Woman Found On Minneapolis Street
Minneapolis January 30. A pedestrian found a dead woman lying across a sidewalk near Logan and Twentieth avenues north. He moved her to a nearby house, and her body was later taken to the morgue awaiting identification. The woman, about 35, of medium build and well dressed, had no identifying letters or papers in her pockets. The coroner offered no explanation for the death.
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Minneapolis
Logan and
Twentieth Avenues
No Miners Fail to Attend Ohio Wage Conference
Columbus January 30. Not a single Ohio miner appeared at the conference called by operators to discuss the wage question. Operators are fully represented. Secretary A McBride of the United Mine Workers declines to explain miners absence. The wage issue seems farther from settlement than ever.
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ColumBus
Ohio
A. McBride
United Mine Workers
Government to raise wheat and flour duties in France
Paris reports the government will introduce a bill to raise the import duty on wheat to seven francs and raise flour duty proportionately. The measure also limits grain storage in bonded warehouses to one year and requires temporary admissions to pay five percent interest.
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Paris
Customs Commission
Local Firms Eye Oakland Packing Venture Formation
Consolidate Packing Interests of San Francisco reports a new Oakland Packing and Provision company likely to succeed the Union Stock Yards Rodeo Packing and Harris Packing firms of Rodeo.
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San Francisco
Oakland Packing and Provision Company
Union Stock Yards Company
Rodeo Packing Company
Harris Packing Company of
Rodeo
Governor grants reprieve and pardons in Missouri cases
Pardoned by Stone in Jefferson City Missouri on January 30, Governor Stone granted a reprieve from February 2 to March 2 for Phil H. Martin sentenced to death in Kansas City for murder. He also pardoned Frank Gordon serving a two year term for felonious assault in Lafayette County.
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Stone
Jefferson City
Phil
Martin
Kansas City
Frank Gordon
Lafayette County
The Third Degree and McGloin’s Confession at Byrnes’s Door
The New York Press recounts Inspector Thomas Byrnes using the third degree to extract confession from McGloin, who killed a French man. Byrnes stages a dramatic interrogation with witnessed intimidation, leading to McGloin’s confession and execution a year later in the Tombs yard, while three witnesses receive prison terms.
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McGloin
Thomas Byrnes
McGiloin
Byrnes
McGioiin
McLaughlin
Barber
Flint
Henry Farley
Farley
Tombs Yard
State Prison
New York Press
Humbert of Italy Receives Largest Civil List
The civil list of King Humbert of Italy is the largest salary among European sovereigns. Despite weak Italian finances, Humbert’s annual pay is fixed at 14,500,000 francs nearly $3,000,000. Emperor William and Queen Victoria receive 12,900,000 and about 9,000,000 francs respectively.
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Humbert
Italy
William
Germany
Queen Victoria
New York Tribune
The Liberty Cap in Roman Roots and Venetian Symbolism
The liberty cap, a bag shaped headgear linked to slaves in Rome, became a vivid symbol in Venice where doges wore it in portraits. Its enduring influence is tied to Liberty's ideals, with notes on Barbarossa, Andrea Dandolo, and early republic symbolism across Europe as America drew on these origins.
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Venice
Republic
Frederick Barbarossa
Andrea Dandolo
Constantinople
Corfu
Columbus
America
Zante
Cyprus
Massachusetts
Christendom
Adriatic
Philadelphia Press
Tobacco’s Virtues And A Laughing Court Echo
A historical notice mixes a defense of tobacco as a purifier and comfort, citing healthful effects and social use, with a comic aside about graphology and a legal anecdote where an ass interrupts a defense speech in a Limerick court, the judge asking for repetition due to echo.
Balm of Gilead in ancient lore and uses
The dried juice of a Syrian shrub yields the balm of Gilead valued for its rarity. Josephus notes it as a gift from the queen of Sheba to Solomon. Ancient physicians used it for dyspepsia and melancholia, as reported by the Methodist Protestant.
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Gilead
Syria
Josephus
Sheba
Solomon
Injunction Case in Court Over Bond Circular
In Washington on January 29 Judge Cox of the district supreme court heard the injunction request by Grand Master Workman Sovereign and PT B McGuire of the Knights of Labor to restrain Secretary Carlisle from issuing 100000000 in bonds per his circular. Judge Cox reserved his decision and stated he would rule by Wednesday. Reports from Topeka cite Mexican troops killing 26 insurgents and capturing 25 after a pursuit at Arroyo del Mongona near Chihuahua with the capture of the insurgent leader Lugan among the dead.
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Washington- Washington
Cox
District Supreme Court
Workman Sovereign
PT. B. McGuire
Knights of Labor
Carlisle
K. of I
Topeka
Kan
George T. Nicholason
Santa Fe
B. A. White
Mexican Central
Chihuahua
Mex
Arroyo del Mongona
Lugan
IOWA MOONSHINERS Governor Officers Confident They Operate in Turkey Valley
For years revenue officers believed moonshiners hid in the rough Turkey Valley country in Fayette county. Deputies Bean and Brock return from another failed raid on solid information. A fresh organized raid is planned.
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Turkey Valley
Dupuyer
Fayette County
Bean
Brock
National Republican League May Convention Postponed
W K Burchinall, Colorado Republican league president, reports a letter from W W Tracy of the National league recommending postponing the Denver convention from May 8 to June 12. Also noted are dispatches from Rio and Admiral Benham with no details released.
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Tracy
Denver
W. K. Burchinall
Colorado Republican League
W. W. Tracy
National League
Chicago
National Executive Committee
Market Prices and Grain quotes from Minneapolis and Chicago markets
Grain futures hold steady as wheat oats barley rye show firm or steady quotes across No 1 hard and Northern grades. Hog and cattle prices ease slightly in Chicago while Duluth and Minneapolis report mixed cash bids and moderate demand for beef and veal calves. Continuous demand for stockers and feeders noted with some runs sold out.
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St. Paul
Duluth
Ube
Northern
Bbige
Chicago
Chicago Grain and Provisions Closing Prices
Grain and provisions prices show steady or firm tones across items. Wheat cash and futures edge, corn steady with May and July quotes, oats steady with several near-term dates, pork lard and hogs steady with January and May notes, and hort greenery value listed for January and May. Local market activity reflects typical midyear trading conditions.
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Chicago
Curiaco
Janaiste
Castoria Question Plays on Miss Pieties and Children
A humorous verse notes a mother giving Castoria during Babyhood and Child, Miss, and motherhood stages. It lampoons reliance on Castoria for various stages of a girl’s life, reflecting a nostalgic but ironic tone.
Southern Home Seekers Guide for 1894
The pamphlet from the passenger department of the Illinois Central connected railroad promotes relocation to southern farms on a line with refrigerator cars. It highlights direct service to northern western and southern markets and invites requests for a free copy addressed to Manchester, Iowa.
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Unoms Central Railroad
Illinois Central
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley
Iinois Central
Manchester
Lows J. Fh
MERRY
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See
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Warren
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Argusville
N. P
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Colusa
Express
Bradfield Regulator Co
Wl Drageists
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Mitchell
Kaany
ST. P
Sunrday Preight
Accomo
Yassepyer
Trainaren Freight Freight
Munn & CO
Moon & Co
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U World
New York
SGR
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Belt
A.D
South Dakota
Thomas
Jenner
Davison
Keister of Deeds
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Mitre
Df. Kimball
Assigiel Ee Moregise
National Stortgage i' Ture Co
Boston Lifit and Trust Company Cirustee
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Hook
I National Mortgage and Debenture Co
Qdieton Safe Deposit and
Drust Co
Ira R. King
Wiich
Forest of the Register of Deeds
T. R. King
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