Porto Rico rail line planned by French company
A French company plans to build a railway in Porto Rico. Other items include Kitchener resuming South African moves, a Dartmouth president banquet in San Francisco, and troop transports sailing from San Francisco.
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Porto Rico
Kitchener
South Africa
Tucker
Dartmouth
San Francisco
Logan and
Thera
J. 7
Hill
Burlington
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Werner
Wyoming
Territory of Hawaii
Ninth United States Judicial Circuit
Niagara Falls
Michigan Central Railway Company
Northern Pacific Company
Tacoma
Liverpool
Orient
Martinelli
United States
Chicago Board of Trade
Western Union
Nebraska
Oregon News Brevities and Local Notes
Turbulent tale from Oregon including a Salem post office cash theft of 500, a Turner power office heist of 340, and a Salem fire at Adolph building. Missouri returns and local lore touch on Hillsboro fair plans, Meek monument site, and pioneer Hattie Bond’s death in Irving.
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Lake County
Powt
Turner
Ore
L. Senders
Albany
Hillsboro
Clover
Clackmans County
Oregon
B. Lenora Craven
RK. C. Craven
Dallas
Joe Meek
Clovernar Geer
Clark County
Waeh
Fanta
Hattie Bond
Irving
Salem Postatlivn
Lee
Oregon Penitentiary
Salem
Adolph
Linn County
Benefetary Insurance Company
House
Senate
Boyder C., Hoover
Blaine
Wash
Klondike
W. H. Shoffner
Health Law Lacks Uniform Peacekeepers Warns of Citywide Arrests
A satirical critique accuses health laws of lacking uniform enforcement in restaurants, citing rampant violations of cleanliness and the dangers of poor digestion. The piece promotes Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as remedies.
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Nellie
Dr. Pleeve
Amalgamated Labor Backing Strike Against Steel Trust
A burst of labor activity sweeps McKeesport and Pittsburgh as the Amalgamated Association contemplates a general strike against United States Steel. Notices warn of discharges at Dewey’s mill if workers fail to report Thursday morning. Federation of Labor leaders in Washington declare support for a decisive stand by union steel workers.
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Federated Labor
Amalgamated Association
Big Steel Trust
Chicago
McKeesport
al Eteel Trust Planta
McKeonport
Dewee's
Pittesburg
Amalgamated Association of Tron, Steel and Tin Workers
United States Steel Corporation
Shaffer
Labor Organization
Vwounblue
John Chappele
Eighth District
Washington
Federation of Labor
Union Steel Workers
Steel Trusts Eye Cooke Locomotive Works Deal
Reports claim a Morgan Rockefeller led syndicate seeks to buy the Cooke locomotive works in Paterson New Jersey for 1.75 million dollars. The move would form a locomotive combine allied with United States Steel Corp and absorb multiple builders including Baldwin Schenectady and Portland works. Charles Cooke denied perfection of a sale as negotiations have continued for four weeks. About fifteen hundred workers are employed.
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New York
the World Age
Cookocomotive Works
Paterson
N. J
J. Pierpont Morgan
J. D. Rockefeller
Steel Trust
Cooke Company
Cooke
United States Steel Corporation
Ae Dome
Baldwin Works
Philadelphia
Schenectady
Portland Works
Portland Mo
Charles Cooke
Ex-congressman Baldwin Ends Life in Seattle
Melvin R. Baldwin former Minnesota congressman and former U S Indian affairs chief under Cleveland died by self destruction in Seattle after business reverses and grippe illness. His body was found in his apartment with a bullet hole in the brain, a .38 revolver in his grip, death believed to have occurred hours earlier.
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Seattle
la Grippe
Melvin R. Baldwin
Minnesota
Indian Affairs
Cleveland
Smith & Weston
Robbery at Ben Marah gambling house in Chicago
Two men with drawn revolvers robbed the Ben Marah gambling house in Chicago, taking 3500 plus cash from four men in the room as they counted after play. No suspects identified yet. The report also notes bank failings and a looming bank examiner action in Lemar Iowa and a Hong Kong plague update.
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Memphis
Aril
Ben Marah
Marah
Wheat dull but firm as markets close erratic
The New York Market Ledger reports a dull day in wheat with a firm tone. Liverpool closed higher while New York opened and traded around 77 1/8 cents, closing near 77 1/8 amid mixed quotes. Other commodities listed include corn, sugar, tobacco, and rice with varied fractional prices.
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I. L. Ray & Co
Pendiston
Chicago Board of Trade
New York
Eachange Brokers
Liverpool
Kanane
Territories
Elaborate Ceremonies as Cardinal Gibbons Invests Keane in Dubuque
In Dubuque Iowa Archbishop John J Keane received investiture from Cardinal Gibbons at Strappeal Cathedral. The ceremony drew archbishops bishops and priests with a 60 voice choir and featured a pontifical high mass. Archbishop Ireland delivered the sermon on The Church in America.
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Dubuque
John J. Keane
Cardinal Gibbons
Strappeal
Bishopa
Priedte
Arehi-Episcoyal
Kain
St. Louis
Fortyries
Gounold
Gibbons
Ireland
St. Paul
America
No Popery Protester Is Ejected After Ingram’s Consecration
In London on April 17 Rev. A BW Ingram was consecrated by the Bishop of London. John Kensit, described as an anti-papist agitator, required twenty policemen to escort him from the church after he loudly protested Ingram’s appointment. Kensit’s remarks sparked an uproar with cheers and shouting of no popery. Ingram faced accusations of extreme ritual law.
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London
Ingram
John Kensit
Agaliet Ingram
Kenwit
The Power of One Citizen in Chicago’s Era of Morgan
An analysis portrays J. Pierpont Morgan’s vast reach across American business. It claims Morgan could control most US wealth in about eleven years, listing stakes in blue chip coal, Standard Oil, railroads, publishing, banks, and telegraph lines. The piece cites the Chicago property value and rails under Morgan as indicative of centralization trends.
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Chicago
Ar 7
Pierpont Morgan
United States
J. Pierpoot Morgan
Blue! Tront
Coal Trust
Standard O' Trust
Morgan
Loomis Denies Interview On Venezuela Crisis
United States minister to Venezuela Loomis arrived in New York from Porto Rico and denied the San Juan interviews that alleged he criticized President Pastro. He claimed others put words in his mouth and said Castro appears to have the country under control and will likely be reelected for six years.
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New York
United States
Venezuela
Loomis
Caracas
Porto Rico
San Juan
Castro
Washington
Loomin
Milner Return Sparks Hope for Peace in Africa
Amsterdam April 17 Boer representatives accept Sir Alfred Milner’s return from South Africa on leave as a sign of recall. President Kroger said peace seems nearer. Heilbron reports envoys alive after earlier reports of their death.
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Amsterdam
Alfred Milner
South Africa
Kroger
Nighttime Prank by Chicago Students Ends in Police Interception
Report of about 100 drunken students in overcoats marching through the Armour Institute area at midnight, blocking cars and forcing passengers from some streetcars. Officers stopped the halted train on Van Buren, detaining most of the crowd with several arrests or fines implied. A judge admonished participants after the incident while noting a large sum was involved but lenient action was promised.
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Chicago
Etudenta
Troueere
Armour Institute
Armour
Mre
D, Armour
F Anderson
Twenty-sixth Street
van Buren Street
Hove
Justices Prindiville
Insurrection Leaders Surrender in Marindugie Action
In Washington on April 17, Major Smith accepted the surrender of Col. Abadea, the insurgent leader at Marindugie, along with nine officers, 70 men, and 24 women. All took the oath and were released, marking the suppression of the insurrection in the area. General MacArthur reported the event as a successful conclusion.
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Washington
Ian
Mac
Arthur
Col. Abadea
Marindugie
Smith
MacArthur
Counterfeiter Skoog Dies in Police Custody
John Albert Skoog, the famed counterfeiter recently arrested in New York, died in hospital today from wounds sustained when captured. He was reportedly highly skilled in the craft and had been held by authorities.
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Skoog
New York
John Albert Skoog
Lulevae Hospital
Local resident dies after night bicycle trip in Memphis
The body of a leading citizen of this city was found in his buggy after a protracted visit. He died during the return home and was discovered at 5 o'clock this morning at the door of his table.
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Seaes Nation
Memphis
Tenn
Hale TugMe
Thia City
Railroad deal linked to Mexican Central interests
Report from New York dated April 17 suggests the Mt Lovie and San Francisco railroad is a reorganization of the Mexican Central line. It is believed the Standard Oil and Goold and Harris interests engineered the arrangement.
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New York
Wallastreet
Mt. Lovie and
San Francisco
Mexican Central
Standard Oh, Goold and Harricac
Fire wrecks street railway car barns and home in Birmingham
A blaze early today in Birmingham destroyed the street railway car barns and the residence of a prominent pastor, with several cottages damaged. Loss estimated around 150 dollars.
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Hirmingham
Ala
Barnes
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