Reading Road Strike Report Sparks Congressional Action
A detailed dispatch from Philadelphia outlines a House committee report on the Reading Railroad strike, blaming managerial schemes and combined coal and transport interests for depressions in labor relations. It urges constitutional reform, taxation shifts, and federal rules to curb monopolies and ensure prompt mail service, while proposing free list treatment for bituminous coal to curb cross-border price manipulation. A second part covers New Mexico land deals and a cattle shipping plan backed by prominent financiers with a capitalization of 15 million, 7 million subscribed at 75, and additional 5 million soon offered.
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New York
Merald
Philadelphia
Congress
House of Representatives
Reading Railroad Company
Pennsylvania
Herald
Reading Company
Reading
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Secretary of the Treasury
Alexander
Chihuahua
Mexico
Kansas City
Parisian Floods Submerge Multiple Paris Districts
Paris weather reports from The Herald indicate the Seine rising, with Quai D Antueil fully submerged and residents along the quay using boats to travel. Creteil Alfortville at risk. Petit Gennevilliers islanded by water reachable only by boat.
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New York
The
Herald
Paris
Seine
Quai D’anteuil
Creteil
Alfortville
Rue du Maine
Petit Gennevilliers
A Mammoth Project Unites Meat Dealers in New Syndicate
A New York report describes a large dressed meat company named the American Meat Company. Principal organizers and packers include J. H. Flagler as president, J. O. Moss as vice president, Charles E. Coon as secretary, J. S. Cox as treasurer, and Ormond Hammond Jr. as general manager, with investment by Standard Oil and Cotton Seed Oil interests.
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New York
Dressed Meat Company
Standard Oil
The
American Meat Company
J. H. Flagler
J. O. Moss
Charles E. Coon
J. 5. Cox
Ormond Hammond, Jr
Completed Organization Secures Interstate Commerce Rail Link
Eighteen of twenty two roads sign the presidents' agreement and form the Interstate Commerce Railroad association in Chicago. Wisconsin Central reverses stance and joins. Burlington and Northern explains it cannot join unless seaboard competitors are included. Harris addresses the meeting on behalf of the Burlington and Northern.
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ChicaGo
Interstate Commerce Railroad Association
Wisconsin Central
Chicago, Burlington and Northern
Harris
Burlington and Northern
Seaboard
Railroad rate sheets must be posted ten days before change
Judge Cooley told railroad managers in Chicago that hectograph rate sheets do not meet the law and that printed sheets must be posted ten days prior to changes. He extended remarks and proposed appointing a committee to confer with the Interstate Commerce Commission on March 26.
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GuicaGo
Col. Morrison
Cooley
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rookery Building
Cow-Boys at the Inaugural in Denver in 1901
About one hundred Den ver leading citizens dressed in cow-boy style under Thomas McGill of Tabor’s Grand Opera house will attend the inauguration of Gen. Harrison. The Denver delegation plans to depart Feb. 26 via the Rock Island route, joined en route by other cow-boys. at Kansas City the Dodge City Cow-Boy Band will attach to the brigade to portray Western life twenty years ago.
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Denver
Col
Thomas McGill
Tabor
Grand Opera House
Ltarrison
Rock Island
Kansas City
Dodge City
Insurance Business Was Unprofitable Statewide
Reports from the Pennsylvania insurance department show fire and marine insurance very unprofitable last year due to numerous damaging fires. Sixteen out-of-state companies in Pennsylvania posted losses over 100 percent, while the overall average loss ratio across all insurers remained about 70 percent.
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Harrisburg
Insurance Department
Pennsylvania
Terrible Visitation of Scourges in Oriental Lands
San Francisco February 23 A China steamer brings news of a great snow storm in Chee Foo. Over a million and a half starving in one province amid riots. Missionaries attacked by mobs led by gentry. Fires in Shidsnoki Yokosuka Joshin and Tokio destroy hundreds of houses and claim several lives.
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San Francisco
Chee Foo
Shidsnoki
Japan
Yokosuka
Joshin
Tokio
Chinese shipwreck repots from China and Japan
The Japan Gazette, received by the steamer Gaclic, reports that the steamship Chow Phya collided with the Pyah Pekhet off Clang straits light. The Pyah Pekhet sank in minutes with two English engineers and ten crew drowned. native crew reportedly saved. Survivors arrived at Clang.
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San Francisco
Gaclic
Tr. Swettenham
Selangor
Straits Settlements
Clang Straits
Clang
Children Cremated in Montana House Fire Fatal for Two Young Defendants
A Belmont Montana residence burned at 10 a m injuring two young children aged four and one. The one year old died in the afternoon and the four year old was not expected to survive the night. A third child was saved by neighbors. Nearby the Wesleyan College celebration of Washingtons birthday saw dynamite bombs explode injuring a son of ex congressman Hubbard of West Virginia.
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Montana
Hellena
Mont
Michael Calehgn
Belmont
Here
Middpletown
Conn
Wesleyan College
Washington
Hubbard
West Virginia
Le Caron Notorious Grave Robber and Traitor Unmasked
A Toledo dispatch identifies Le Caron as Dr Morton known for grave robbery in Toledo and nearby areas. Bordentown College nears closure as immoral pictorial lectures drive away nearly all students. White Caps notices in Minnesota threaten locals if actions do not change by March. Judge Kennedy dies by poison at Putnam House after banking dispute over Central Pacific stock losses.
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New York
Toledo
Ohio
Detroit
Ann Arbor
Mich
le Caron
Dr. Morton
Minnesota
White Caps
Plainview
Minn
Dudley Kennedy
Putnam House
Fisk & Hatch
Central Pacific
Kennedy
Explosion injures pupils at Deweyville school
In Findlay Ohio on February 23 a student handling a dynamite cartridge at the Deweyville school triggered a powerful blast. Scholars Roy Lyman Grove Burt Aukerman John Cooper and Nora Swain suffered serious injuries as seats and desks were blown apart.
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de. Findlay
Ohio
Deweyville
Roy Lyman Grove
Burt Aukerman
John Cooper
Nora Swain
Inquest Closed Over Lilla Hall Death
Worcester mass February 23 Judge Clarck Jillson of the First Southern Worcester district court closed his inquest into the death of Lilla Hall begun nineteen months ago. His verdict states she died as a result of an unlawful act by another person.
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Worcester
Mass
Clarck Jillson
Southern Worcester District Court
Lilla Hall
Diamonds vanish with hotel clerk in Demar robbery
San Dirco Cal Feb 23 Mrs Snyder daughter of ex Governor Olopes of Illinois was robbed of 12000 in diamonds and jewelry after handing them to a hotel clerk for safekeeping. The clerk and valuables vanished. Tarred and Feathered Two Girls report Madison Ind Feb 23 masked men battered in door seized daughters and tarred and feathered them. Germany Samoa representation shift Berlin Feb 23 says Berlin correspondent expects new instructions to officers. Killed by Exploding Boilers Lima Ohio Feb 28 boiler explosion at Lake Erie and Western shops kills Peter Shick and damages building.
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Cal
Snyder
Oplesby
Illinois
Madison
Ind
Jefferson County
George Imel
Lima
Ohio
Lake Erie and Western
Peter Shick
Minnesota House Debates Retrenchment and School Funds
In St Paul on February 23 the Minnesota house debated retrenchment, voting to postpone and passing several measures pending committee of the whole. Bills for bridge protection, school funding, and limiting terms were favored, while the district judge salary bill was defeated but revived on reconsideration. Senate action included a car stove ban and deeds registry reforms. In Dakota, bonds for schools and a soldiers home veto were discussed, with Jamestown asylum findings praised for economy. House and council adjourned as officials left for Helena.
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St. Paut
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Senate
Pope
Judiciary Committee
Sldiers
Dakota
Bismarck
Dak
Hot Springs
Jamestown Asylum
Archibauld
Helena
Montana
Land Office Closures Across Minnesota Wisconsin and Kansas
The president orders discontinuance of several land offices in Minnesota Wisconsin and Kansas. Berson Redwood Falls Worthington Fergus Falls and LaCrosse St Croix offices are closed with districts annexed to Tracy St Cloud Eau Claire and Topeka respectively. Offices move to Tracy Marshall St Cloud Eau Claire Topeka.
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Berson
Redwood Falls
Worthington
Minnesota
Tracy
L'Racy
Marshall
Fergus Falls
St. Cloud
LaCrosse
St. Croix
Wisconsin
Eau Claire
Wichita, Indepence
Concordia
Kansas
Topeka
Parnell Letters Declared Not Genuine By Witness
The leading witness in the Parnell commission, Pigott, confessed to Sir Charles Russell that his letter to Archbishop Walsh was untrue and that the Parnell letters are not genuine, while deeming the Eagan letters genuine. In Zanzibar, trade in arms is forbidden by decree, the British consul warns subjects, and Capt. Wissmann’s advance party has arrived. An Indianapolis warrant against W. Dudley was sworn out and officers planned to fly to Washington. A tonic advert claims Hood’s Sarsaparilla relieves dyspepsia and improves appetite and mood.
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London
Pigott
Charles Russell
Archbishop Walsh
Eagan
Zanzibar
Pemba
Wissmann
Dudley
Indianapolis
W. Dudley
Washington
New York
Ludlow Shoes Arrive at Champeny Bros For Goodyear value
Our spring stock of Ludlow shoes is in and Champeny Bros invites all customers to see the Goodyear line noted for style fit and wear. They carry a full stock and offer dependable foot wear options.
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Goodyear
Champeny Bros
South Dakota
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