Reading Road blamed for big strike and reform calls
A Philadelphia dispatch outlines a congressional report faulting Reading Railroad for labor clashes tied to mining and transportation. It urges Pennsylvania to separate coal mining from rail carriage, curb monopolies, tax land, and restrict interstate mining. The plan includes easing labor taxes and expanding free coal lists to boost competition. The piece also notes broader political and legal actions proposed to curb combined coal and carrier monopolies nationwide.
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Herald
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House of Representatives
Reading Railroad Company
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Reading Company
Reading
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New Brunswick
Secretary of the Treasury
Seine Submerges Districts Along Quay D Auteuil
Paris and suburbs flood as the Seine rises with Quay D Auteuil entirely submerged. Creteil Alfortville communes face imminent flood danger while Petit Gennevilliers is islanded and reachable only by boat. Meanwhile rumors swirl of King Milans abdication in Serbia.
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Paris
Quay D'Auteuil
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Alfortville
Rue du Maine
Petit Gennevilliers
Mammoth meat syndicate formed by big men in New York
A dressed meat company linked to Standard Oil and Cotton Seed Oil interests is organized as the American Meat Company. Projectors 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.
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Robert Ingersoll
John 8. Davis
Chihuahua
Mexico
Kansas City
Ma. Flagler
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
Eighteen Sign on Gentlemen's Agreement in Intercity Rail
The Interstate Commerce Railroad association now includes eighteen of twenty two lines after finalizing the agreement. Wisconsin Central reversed position to join, despite earlier opposition if Chicago Burlinton and Northern remained out. Burlington and Northern, urged to join, said seaboard rivals must also be admitted before it can become a member.
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Cubcano
Interstate Commerce Railroad Association
Wisconsin Central
Chicago, Burlington and Northern
Harris
Burlington and Northern
Railroad Chiefship Pointers on Interstate Law Posted
The interstate commerce case in the Rookery building ends with Judge Cooley ruling that hectograph rate sheets fail the law and printed sheets must be posted ten days before changes. A committee may confer with the commission on March 26 as part of the follow up.
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Col. Morrison
Judge Cooley
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rookery Building
Cooley
Great Snow Storm and Mass Starvation Hit Chinese Province
The China Skreamer reports a severe snow storm in Chee Foo and famine in a northern Chinese province with over a million and a half people affected. Riots target missionaries led by the gentry as mobs surge. Fires devastate Japan with Shidsnoki, Yokosuka, Joshin, and Tolsio suffering heavy damage and deaths.
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Chee Foo
Shidsnoki
Japan
Yokosuka
Joshin
Tolsio
A Chinese Shipwreck Reported Near Clang Straits
The Pyah Pelhet and most of her crew sank in a collision off Clang straits light on January 18. The Chow Phya reportedly collided with the Pyah Pekhet, causing the loss of two English engineers ten native crew drowned, survivors reaching Clang.
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San Francisco
Japan Gazette
Swettenham
Selangor
Straits Settlements
Chow Phya
Clang Straits
Fire Claims Two Young Children in Belmont Montana House
A Belmont Montana home of Michael Culehan burned at about 10 o clock in the morning. Two children aged four and one sustained fatal burns with the younger dying that afternoon. A third child was rescued by neighbors and unharmed.
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Helena
Mont
Michael Culehan
Belmont
Here
Dyna mite bombs injure Wesleyan students. Hubbard kin dies
In Mippletown Connecticut on February 28 explosions rocked Wesleyan college during Washington's birthday celebrations. A son of former U S Congressman Hubbard of West Virginia sustained fatal injuries.
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Conn
Wesleyan College
Washington
Hubbard
West Virginia
Le Caron’s Savory Record and Notorious Grave Robber
A Toledo dispatch links Le Caron to Dr Morton the infamous grave robber, tracing investigations in Detroit and Ann Arbor to expose the alias. Bordentown College loses nearly all students after moral lessons. White Caps threaten notices in Minnesota towns. Judge Kennedy dies by suicide after banking troubles and stock loss.
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Toledo
Ohio
Detroit
Ann Arbor
Mich
le Caron
Dr. Morton
Explosion Injures Students In Ohio School Incident
In FInday Ohio on February 23 a scholar accidentally dropped a dynamite cartridge in Deweyville school causing a massive blast. Injured were Roy Lyman Grove Burt Aukerman John Cooper and Nora Swain. Desks and seats smashed in the scene. In Worcester Massachusetts on February 28 Judge Clark Jillson closed the inquest into Lilla Hall missing nearly a year and a half. The death was attributed to an unlawful act by another person.
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Deweyville
Roy Lyman Grove
Burt Aukerman
John Cooper
Nora Swain
Worcester
Mass
Clarck Jillson
Southern Worcester District Court
Lilla Hall
Diamonds vanish from hotel safe after robbery
San Disco California February 23 Mrs Snyder daughter of ex Governor Ogles of Illinois reported robbed of $12000 worth of diamonds and jewelry given to a hotel clerk for safekeeping. The clerk and the valuables disappeared. Tarred and Feathered Two Girls in Indiana. Madison February 23 Ten masked men battered in door abducted two of George Imel’s daughters and coated them with tar and feathers. Germany Samoa representatives change expected in Berlin. Loudon February 23 Standard Berlin correspondent says new instructions to German officers in Samoa. Killed by exploding boilers in Ohio. Lima February 23 boiler explosion at Lake Erie and Western shops killed Peter Shick and damaged building.
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Oglesby
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Legislature Dispatch from Minnesota and Dakota Sessions
Minnesota house debaters reroute retrenchment dismissals while passing measures to shield courts from steam risk and fund public schools. Senate advances bill on judges, bond filing for abstract work, and treasury tweaks as Dakota council settles school law revisions and bonds for schools. Both regions note governor vetoes, usury shifts, and statehood pursuits drawing lawmakers away.
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Montana
Land Office Changes Across Minnesota Wisconsin and Kansas
The president orders discontinuance of Bertson Redwood Falls and Worthington offices in Minnesota and moves consolidated district from Tracy to Marshall. Fergus Falls district annexed to St. Cloud with office at St. Cloud. Wisconsin districts LaCrosse St Croix merged into Eau Claire with office at Eau Claire. Kansas districts Wichita Independence and Concordia annexed to Topeka with office at Topeka.
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Parnell Letters Questioned as Not Genuine by Pigott
London reports Pigott confessed to Sir Charles Russell that the statements in his letter to Archbishop Walsh were untrue and that he believes the Parnell letters are not genuine while deeming the Eagan letters to be genuine. Zanzibar bans trade in arms and warns British subjects under sultan decree. Dudley case moves with warrant of information filed in Indianapolis. Hood's Sarsaparilla advert promotes relief for dyspepsia and appetite.
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Charles Russell
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Pemba
Ain
Foot wear stock recommendations at Champeny Bros
The advertisement urges shoppers to visit Champeny Bros for footwear since they carry the stock. It emphasizes the store as the go to place for footwear needs with an implied commitment to available inventory and reliable supply.
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