Canal Bill Aims for People Vote in $26 Million Project
In Albany the canal measure faced a fierceAssembly session as canal advocates won a temporary victory. The bill would submit a $26,000,000 canal improvement proposal to voters, with debate focusing on committee referrals and the bill’s form rather than a direct appropriation. The motion to recommit failed 62 to 72, keeping the measure on the floor for further contention.
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New York Times
Albany
Lewis
Canal Committee
Burnett
Ontario
Ways and Mears
Ways and Means Committee
Canal
Allds
Nixon
Oswego
Assemblyman Smith
Osween Canal
Erie
Bennet
New York
Monroe
Montreal
Quebec
Boston
Landon
Dutchess
Buffalo
Kelsey
Livingston
New York City
Ways and Means
Bell
Blackwell
Cooley
Cotton
de Graw
Henry
Price
Rainey
Remsen
Sherer
W. P. Smith
Vacheron
Messrs
Morgan
Seymour
Depa
Assembly
Senate
Ellsworth
Canals Committee
Davies
Raine
Index to Departments and Market Snippets
The stock market shows erratic movements with prices for wheat No 2 red at 79 3 4 c corn No 2 mixed 49 1 4 c oats No 2 mixed 30 c and butter Western creamery 22 c. Other items note listings across multiple pages including legal notes, insurance, real estate and marine intelligence. Poland Poland Poland water brand promotion ends.
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Eugoau
Marine Intelligence
United Service
Bear Hunt at Princeton Shifts Into Three-Group Search
In Princeton New Jersey on April 11 a large brown bear was sighted near a resident’s home. Mercer County Hunting Association members from Trenton joined local Princeton students and townsmen in a three squad search through Woods and Grover Cleveland estate to track the animal. The bear’s exact location remains unknown after tracks led to a swamp and were lost. A second search is planned for tomorrow.
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Princeton
N. J
F. W. van Kirk
Cedar Grove
Mercer County Hunting Association
Trenton
Grover Cleveland
Delaware
Pennsylvania Woods
Dansville in Mystery over Yard Digging for Buried Treasure
In Dansville New York April 11 a nationwide mystery surrounds the former home of Alonzo Whiteman now jailed in New York awaiting sentence for grand larceny. A dig team led by a man claiming to be Fred Winner searched Whiteman’s garden for two roads square by three feet deep under claims it is a family matter. Whiteman denies any treasure and says he has no knowledge of the dig. He insists he has never been convicted and denounces press labeling.
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Danville
N. Y
Alonzo Whiteman
New York
Fred Winner
Dansville
Whiteman
Winner
New York City
Fire Devours Ocean City Block Forcing Evacuations
A major blaze at Cropper's bathrooms and pavilion on the oceanfront in Ocean City Maryland at 11:45 PM trapped the family of E M Scott in night clothes. The Belvedere Hotel and several adjacent structures including the Atlantic Casino and Eastern Shore Hotel caught fire but were saved. The freight shed of the railway company also burned. total loss estimated at $10,000.
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Ocean City
Cropper
Ocean Front
E. M. Scott
Belvedere
Worcester and
South Division Streets
Atlantic Casino
Eastern Shore Hotel
Railway Company
Standard Oil Eyes Beaumont Oil Field Control
Beaumont Texas April 11 Standard Oil officials surveyed local wells after a meeting with oil men it is said the company will pipe Beaumont oil to the Gulf in exchange for contracts giving it long term practical control in the area officials refuse to discuss the matter while Beaumont oil men expect Standard Oil to gain control soon and estimate pipeline tanks costing about 17 million dollars to market the oil
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Beaumont
Texas
Standard Oil Company
Standard
Gulf
Standard Oil
Depew Plans Long Leave to Work for Living
Senator Depew announces a prolonged absence from Washington starting around July 1 to return to New York. He tells reporters at the White House that he will work hard to earn enough to live, insisting he must keep things going.
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Depew
The
New York Times
Washington
New York
White House
In ton purest natural spring water in the world ve
A fragment mentions the purity of spring water and emphasizes its natural quality, though lacks clear event details or identities.
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Poland
Loomis says Venezuela plot could spark land grabs and upheaval
Minister Loomis reports to reporters that Castro urged seizure of lands ceded to Americans and warned of possible revolution in Venezuela. Loomis says U S aims to settle disputes diplomatically, sees no need for a fleet and plans to not return to Caracas.
North Coolgardie Company seeks damages over Venezuelan actions
London reports at a general meeting chairman Sydney Chambers said the directors made further representations to the Foreign Office seeking damages for the illegal acts of Venezuelan judges that affected the company’s properties in Venezuela. He noted the British minister in Caracas had already secured the mines and machinery from an embargo caused by the Venezuelan courts. The firm expects reimbursement of expenses and that the government will pursue satisfaction.
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AN Juan
Porto Rico
Francis B. Loomis
United States
Venezuela
Red D Line
Caracas
McKinley
Castro
Loomis
Orinoco
Ignacio Baiz
Barcelona
Trinidad
Andrade
Curac
London
North Coolgardie Company, Limited
Sydney Champers
Foreign Office
Chambers
Woman Flees Home With Three Children In Fear Of Husband
In Poughkeepsie on April 11 Mrs. Jennie Wilson fled with her infant and two children to Albany en route to Syracuse after alleging her husband Charles Wilson threatened to kill them. She claimed he sold household goods to raise money and brandished a razor during a dispute.
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Poughkeepsie
Jennie Wilson
Charles Wilson
Waverley Place
New York City
Syracuse
Daniel Miller
Mobile
Ala
Death of West mining figure R C Chambers in San Francisco
A San Francisco telegram reports the sudden death of R C Chambers in that city. Chambers, a prominent West mining figure, served thirty years as President of the Ontarioning Company which paid about 14 million dollars in dividends under his leadership. He was heavily involved in The Salt Lake Herald and held a State Senate seat, with extensive local business interests in Salt Lake.
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Salt Lake
Utah
San Francisco
R. C. Chambers
Chambers
Ontarioning Company
Supreme Court Advances Woolson Spice Cases in Ohio
The Supreme Court sustains a motion to merge Woolson Spice Company v Arbuckle Brothers and v F M Brigham. Judge Doyle has until June 5 to file his brief, Arbuckles ten days after, with oral argument to follow soon.
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Columbus
Ohio
Supreme Court
Woolson Spice Company
Arbuckle Brothers
F. M. Brigham
Doyle
Sugar Trust
Arbuckles
Purest Natural Spring Water Ad Claims Global Purity
Advertisement asserts the water brand offers the purest natural spring water in the world, emphasizing unmatched purity and health benefits. No additional product details or context provided.
Pittsburgh Strike Threat At Wood Plant In Amalgamated Dispute
The Amalgamated Association and United States Steel plan a first battle today as Pittsburg district officials meet to call out workers at the W De Wees Wood plant McKeesport if discharged staff are not reinstated. A union walkout could tie up the plant. past attempts at recognition failed.
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Pittsburg
Commercial Gazette
United States Steel Corporation
Amalgamated Association of Steel and Tin Workers
Amalgamated Association
W. de Wees
American Sheet Steel Company
McKeesport
British Steel Executives Visit New York Over US Steel Outlook
Arthur Keen of Guest Keen & Co and director E Windsor Richards arrived in New York by the Majesty to assess the likely outcome of the United States Steel Corporation and its impact on Britain’s iron and steel trades. They will tour major centers including Pittsburg Birmingham Cleveland Chicago before returning home.
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Arthur Keen
Guest
New York
Pittsburg
Penn
Birmingham
Ala
Cleveland
Ohio
Chicago
German firms force Ferro-Manganese price drop in US market
Pittsburg reports German manufacturers have compelled the Carnegie Company to cut ferro-manganese price from 62.50 to 58.50 a ton, the lowest in years. Earlier sales ran at 100 per ton, with German shipments entering the area at 60 a ton, while only three U.S. furnaces produce it for steelmaking.
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Pittsburg
Carnegie Company
Coal lands sale in Perry County to Buckeye Coal and Railway
C F Evans acting as president of Franklin Fuel and Hamburg Coal sells about 1500 acres of Perry County coal lands to Buckeye Coal and Railway Company tied to J Pierpont Morgan. The deal covers four mines with roughly 1000 acres owned by mining interests and 500 acres by Evans personally. Price not exact but near $150,000.
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Columbus
Ohio
C. F. Evans
Franklin Fuel Company
New Hamburg Coal Company
Perry County
Buckeye Coal and Railway Company
J. Pierpont Morgan
Toledo and
Ohio Central Coal
Morgan declines to comment in London arrival
J Pierpont Morgan arrived in London and was met by J P Morgan Jr and family at Euston Station. He refused to answer questions telling reporters to let him alone before entering his carriage with two grandchildren nearby.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
London
Euston Station
J. P. Morgan, Jr
Mr. Morgan
Hurri
Tinware Trust Forming in National Granite Ware Merge
In New York a major meeting moves to form a nationwide tinware trust led by the Granite Ware Trust. Cincinnati Tin and Japan Company and F. H. Lawson Company weigh joining as inventories rise. the Tin Can Trust expands plants across the country.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Tin and Japan Company
F. H. Lawson Company
New York
National
Granite Ware Trust
Graniteware
New Trust
American Tin Can Company
Tin Can Trust
R. M. Bishop
Albert Fisher Manufacturing Company
Hamilton
Ohio
Toledo Tinware Manufacturing Company
Toledo
Cracker Makers to Unite In St Louis Meeting
A large delegation of leading cracker manufacturers from Great Britain, the Continent, and the United States will gather in St Louis in May. Independent U S cracker bakers plan a convention to form an association for mutual protection and to resist trust encroachments. More than eighty firms expect representation across the country with domestic and foreign guests to be entertained by local millers and bakers.
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ST. Louis
Great Britain
United States
Atlantic
Pacific Coast
Bill extends anti stock watering powers to local solicitors
The Legislative Committee on Mercantile Affairs voted to report Representative Walsh of Canton’s bill. It would amend Section 2 of Chapter 476 of the acts of 1891 to authorize the Attorney General or city or town solicitors to institute dissolution proceedings against domestic corporations for alleged stock watering violations and proper disposition of assets.
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Boston
Legislative Committee On Mercantile Affairs
Walsh
Canton
Connecticut poised to ease corporate formation rules
Special to The New York Times reports Connecticut moves toward Delaware like incorporation where the fee is three quarters of New Jersey and annual tax half as much up to 3 million dollars. Proponents say fees and taxes would fund roads over 200 thousand dollars annually.
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New Haven
Conn
Connecticut
New Jersey
Special Train Atlantic City to New York to Run Indefinitely
The railroad will operate a special Atlantic City to New York train until further notice. It departs Atlantic City at 4 50 P M with through Pulman Parlor Cars Dining Car and Coaches. Stops include Trenton Elizabeth and Newark to pick up passengers.
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Atlantic City
New York
Strike Avoided on New Jersey Central Rail Line Talks Continue
Negotiations between the Federated Board of Adjustment and Central Railroad of New Jersey officials proceed after balloting on a strike question showed hopes of avertment. Engineers seek pay by mile and specific rates for different routes while firemen press per mile pay. conductors and other unions attend as spectators. Conference adjourns after hours of talks with no verdict, set to resume next morning.
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Central Railroad
New Jersey
Board of Co-operation
New York Times
John V. Waite
Timothy Shea
Olhausen
Wentz
John Ericsson
Engineers
Jersey City
M.M. Clapp
Eugene Mahoney
William Gorman
George Reilly
Wilkesbarre
Fuller Tucker
G. E. Peck
E. L. Reilly
H. F. Ryner
John Hellinger
Manor Warren
Newark
Ohlhausen
Men Strike At Ashley Car Shops Over Reinstatement
Workers at the Central Railroad of New Jersey Ashley car shops walk out at noon after Superintendent Thomas refuses to reinstate thirty laid off employees. A compromise offered fourteen rehires failed to satisfy the strike, which continues as officials cite seasonal slow work.
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Wilkesbarre
Penn
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Ashley
Thomas
Strike of Potters Threatened by Eastern Employers
In Trenton New Jersey on April 11 reports warn of brewing trouble between potters and employers nationwide. The dispute centers on Western agitation and potential strikes coordinated by Eastern workers and management.
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Trenton
N. J
Standish Ginger Ale Advertises Pure Spring Water
An old advertisement praising Standish Ginger Ale for its pure natural spring water. The wording highlights mild taste and lack of burn, with a casual reference to the beverage’s ginger ale identity.
Western Pottery Workers Threaten Walkout Over Wages
Pottery workers in the Westen plants complain wages agreed with manufacturers are not fully in effect. The Western union seeks a national strike unless demands are met, while Trenton plants and workers resist, citing no grievances. A Western rep urged Trenton to join, but local manufacturers declined the offer.
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Westen
West
Trenton
Albany Senator Proposes Pigeon Shooting Ban
Senator Slater introduces a bill to end live pigeon fowl and bird shooting for amusement or marksmanship tests. Violators face 60 dollar misdemeanor penalties plus 25 dollars per bird shot or killed. Repeals Chapter 107 of 1875. Audubon Society and animal welfare groups influenced the measure after recent tournament slaughter near New York.
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Albany
Slater
Audubon Society
The
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
New York
Errors in the Logan Statue Prompt a Senate Review
Representative Landis of Indiana criticizes a Logan statue tablet showing Logan being sworn in by Vice President Arthur. He notes the scene is fictional, pointing out dates and personnel misalignments including Cullom Evarts Morton Thurman and others, urging edits.
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Logan
Arthur
Washington
Landis
Indiana
District of Columbia
Mr. Wheeler
New York
Shelby M. Cullom
Illinois
Willam M. Evarts
Roscoe Conkling
Oliver P. Morton
Daniel Voorhees
John F. Miller
California
Allen G. Thurman
Ohio
Senate
Cullom
Evarts
Morton
Thurman
Wife Seeks Dower in Hoboken Property Dispute
Mrs. Julia Lotary of Hoboken files a chancery bill in Newark seeking to control the wedding dower and recover property her husband allegedly dissipates. A vice chancellor orders show cause why the husband should not be enjoined from income and a receiver appointed. returnable next Monday in Jersey City.
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Newark
N. J
Julia Lotary
Hoboken
Alfred Lotary
Emery
Chancery Chambers
Jersey City
Lotary
New York City
Adolph Powell
John J. Coster
Grand and
Second Streets
Coster
Besson & Spohr
John D. Pierson
Street Closed to Save Girl's Life in Chicago
In Chicago on April 11 the Street Department aided Eloysia M. Hannahan a sixteen year old girl lying ill at 5949 Princeton Avenue by closing Fifty ninth and Sixtieth streets barriers guarded by police. Her father John J. Hannahan First Vice Grand Master of the Brotherhood of Railway Firemen appealed for quiet to let his daughter sleep and the city acted promptly.
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Chicago
Princeton Avenue
Eloysia M. Hannahan
John J. Hannahan
Prannahan
Brotherhood of Railway Firemen of
America
Canada
Mexico
Doherty
Indiana church to receive $100000 gift for university aims
James Milliken of Decatur Illinois donates $100 000 to Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Indiana. The gift funds university purposes with the condition that the Indiana Illinois and Iowa Synods raise another $100 000 by July of the current year.
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Richmond
Ind
Cumberland - Presbyterian Church
Indiana
James Milliken
Decatur
Illinois
Iowa
Purest Natural Spring Water in the World
A claim highlights a spring water source described as the purest natural beverage. Details about location, producer, or verification are unclear in the fragment.
Brice Guilty of Contempt and False Swearing
Justice Scott holds Stewart M. Brice guilty of contempt for defying a mandamus to fund the Hall of Records. Brice faces ten days in Ludlow Street jail and a $473.35 fine unless a stay pending appeal is granted. proceedings draw on earlier Cassidy resolution disobedience and contested service of the writ.
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Stewart M. Brice
Justice Scott
Supreme Court
Ludlow Street
Brice
Washington
James W. Gerard, Jr
Scott
Municipal Assembly
Board of Aldermen
City of
New York
John Pierce
Hall of Records
Cassidy
Thomas F. Foley
Martin Engel
John J. Murphy
Adolph C. Hottenroth
Eugene A. Wise
Charles H. Francisco
Adam H.leich
William A. Doyle
M. F. Conly
F. J
Natural spring water in the wid Iv
A brief notice notes natural spring water in the widow Iv location. No further details are readable to confirm ownership or actions.
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Poland
The
Wid
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Mount Vernon
Steel Trust
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