Reading Company Placed Under Receiver In Philadelphia
A Reading and Philadelphia board meeting decided to seek a receiver for the Reading line. Judge Dallas granted the application, appointing A A McLeod, Edward Paxon, and E P Wilbur as receivers to manage the railroad. The move was led by Thomas C Platt as holder of third preference bonds.
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Philadelphia
Reading and
A. A. McLeod
Reading
Edward Paxon
Supreme Court
State of
Pennsylvania
E. P. Wilbur
Lehigh Valley
Reading Company
Dallas
Thomas C. Platt
New York
Panic on Reading Stock as Vanderbilts Hit Markets
New York February 21. On the third day of the battle between the Vanderbilts and McLeods Reading stock plunged quickly with big blocks sold and rapid losses. The scene on the Exchange was chaotic with crowds, pandemonium on the floor, and several broker failures announced by noon. Analysts disagree on coal implications, some seeing little effect from receivers, others predicting price declines.
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Reading Securities
New York
Vanderbilt
McLeod
Stock Exchange
Reading
Reading Post
Bears
Orthern Pacific
Henry Illard
Ow England
Lehigh Valley
W. E. Russi
No. 51
New Street
W. J. Delaney
Broadway
W. S. Fleet
Michigan Blizzard Vanishes Two Wagon Parties
A Cadillac to Jennings trip in two rigs vanished in a fierce blizzard. Holt and wife with two others went missing as one horse was found. later rescuers found Holt, his wife, Mr Colquist and wife badly frozen with extremities at risk of amputation.
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Michigan
Detroit
Cadillac
Mich
Holt
Jennings
Pine Plains
Cardilac
Mr. Holt
Mr. Colquist
Iowa Pioneer Judge Hastings Dies in California
San Francisco reports the death of H Hastings at age 70. A millionaire pioneer, he served as Iowa's first supreme judge and helped bring Iowa into the Union. He moved to California in the 1850s and founded Hastings Law College in San Francisco. His estate, about 1.5 million dollars, was largely bequeathed to his children.
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Hawkeye State
California
San Francisco
H. Hastings
Henry Ward Beecher
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Iowa
Hastings
Hastings Law College of
Greenfield
Ohio Southern Railroad
Fruitdale
James C. Crawford
William
Crawford
Eighty-first Ohio Regiment
Pope Kept In His Room After Fatiguing Masses
Rome February 21 The pope rested in his apartments due to fatigue from Sunday mass at St Peters. Despite advanced years and frailty he completed the lengthy ceremony with fortitude. A Te Deum was chanted at the arch basilica of St John Lateran to mark the anniversary of his election.
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Rome
Pope
St. Peters
Holy Father
St. Johns Laterin
News in Brief Terse Updates From Across the Nation
Mexican minister to Japan Jose M Rasson dies in San Francisco from dropsy. Italian bank scandals figure deputy Zerebi dies. A St Louis inventor claims cheaper steel rails. Manhattan Athletic Club reorganization fails. receiver to close and sell. Cannonball train to run Galveston to Chicago on Feb 26 shortening travel time. Vanderbilt kin Harry Allen faces divorce bid amid infidelity charges. Widow Mary A Whitley frozen to death in Jersey City blizzard. Kansas bloodshed near in Topeka. Gov Lewelling signs peace papers under duress. danger averted when he withdrew signature.
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San Francisco
Jose M. Rasson
Japan
Zerebi
St. Louis
Manhattan Athletic Club
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Galveston
Tex
Chicago
Harry Allen
New York
Commodore Vanderbilt
Daniel Allen
William K. Vanderbilt
Annie Odell Allen
Mary A. Whitley
St. Bridgets Church
Jersey City
N. J
Boomers Readied to Invade Cherokee Strip Without Congress
Kansas City Kansas February 21 boomers form a permanent organization and plan immediate occupation of the Cherokee Strip without waiting for Congress. A mass meeting is set near Lois to schedule the invasion and coordinate action amid rising anger at congressional delays. Dozens of claimants say they have sold homes and spent proceeds, fearing crop failure if action is delayed.
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Congress
Kansas City
Kan
Lois
Mitchell Knocked Out in New York Saloon Brawl
English pugilist Mitchell visited Jim Wakely’s saloon in New York and fought with barkeepers after insulting them. Blood drawn, he was knocked out in one round, then carried to his hotel by friends. Also reported are a fatal accident in Greenfield and a Beethoven disruption in Dusseldorf.
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New York
Mitchell
Jim Wakely
Sullivan
Savage
London
Leopard Shooting Bold Tales From The Jungle
Chambers Journal recounts Mr. Simson defending foot pursuit of leopards with caution and a proper weapon. He describes multiple leopard encounters, injuries, and a French hunter using an unusual dog method to locate and shoot leopards with a single shot.
Philanthropist seeks help via subscription paper signing
A London Tit-Bits tale depicts a philanthropist urging a scribe to lend his pen for a worthy cause. The scribe agrees to assist and signs the subscription paper while the giver mentions payment of guineas at convenience.
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Scribe
London
Novel Brownie Supper Entertains Gentlemen Friends
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Skinner hosted a Brownie themed supper at their west Third street home on Thursday evening. Gentlemen guests enjoyed social hour and a drawn dining room meal, each plate adorned with a Brownie card featuring a personalized verse by Mr. Skinner.
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E. A. Skinner
West Third Street
World’s Fair Souvenir offered with subscriptions in 1893 era ad
Mitchell Printing Co offers a free copy of World’s Fair Souvenir to readers paying ahead for Daily Republican Sunday Republican and Weekly Capital subscriptions. The 260 page clothbound book covers past fairs and Chicago 1893 with portraits maps and engravings. Also notes probate calendar index for county clerk and a notice by WM Motschmann warning against selling goods to his wife. Also mentions Col. S H Jumper named receiver for National Union Co. stores in the state and a Bowen creamery for sale.
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Mitchell Printing Co
Chicago
DaiLy Republican
Sunday Republican
Weekly Capital
C.J. Johnson
Hon. H. P. Packard
S. H. Jumper
Aberdeen
National Union Co
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Great Pennsylvania Corporation
Platt
Wall Street
Vanderbilts
Pierpont Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Speyer & Co
Speyer
Can
Delaware and Lackawanna
Henry Clews
Topeka
Kansas
Lewelling
Cubbison
Wyandotte
Julius Richberg
Dusseldorf
Beethoven
Mendelssohn
Anton Schindler
Boston Journal
the National Union Co
Ile
N. L. White, Mitchell, S. D
Clara Motschmann
WM. Motschmann
Creamery
Bowen
I. L. White
Bae
New York Depot
Canal Sr
Den.k. Fairbank & CO
Atarrea
LY Brothers
Warren
Prise
G. D. Bruce Tudor
A. D
New York City
Mr. Tudor
H. W. Kress & CO
Davison
First National Bank
F. A. Winter & CO
John Havlatko
N. J. Neilsen
Grocery
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