The Assault of the Bell Telephone Monopoly
The Bell Telephone monopoly faces a White House battle as President Cleveland backs his cabinet. Garland Lamar and Goode defend law in a looming legal test over monopoly gains. The president emphasizes equal protection and a fair trial, with Pan Electric stock cited as unlikely political support. The piece portrays a national confrontation between big business and the public interest.
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Tam Tres
Washixeton
Bell Telephone
New York
Garland
Lamar
Goode
Bell Telephone Company
Cleveland
United States
Bell Corporation
Pan Electric
Bell
Washington
White House
Republic
Departments of Justice and Interior
Patriots Fight Tax Resolution Sparks Insurrection Reference
A February dispatch reports Mr. Hammonds resolution to compel payment of 20 million dollars in wartime taxes held as a set off. It argues for refunding 2 million still owed by several Southern states amid heavy debate over federal power and wartime debts.
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Representative Hammond
Tan Trmes
Washington
Hammond
Secretary of the Treasury
South
Georgia
United States
Pennsylvania
Alabama
Mississippi
North Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Negley
Pittsburg
Congress
Forecast of the Work in Both Houses for the Coming Week
Washington February 7 The upcoming week in Congress includes committee of the whole consideration of the half gallon tax bill with broad debate likely. The pension appropriation bill is slated for action and could prompt wider discussion due to pension reform talks. Senate moves involve educational and bankruptcy measures as Blair Cameron Hoar seek to advance priorities.
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Ington
House of Representatives
House
Morrison
Fitz John Porter
Blair
Senate
Cameron
Navy
Hoar Pro
Silver Men Growl Over Silver Policy In Congress
Special dispatch reports anti silver factions expect no legislation to suspend coinage this session or Congress. Bankers deem the silver scare over as balance of trade remains favorable, gold reserves grow, and exports of silver exceed imports. Silver advocates, allied with civil service foes, push for a constitutional amendment while arguing presidents should be elected by people, though most see no radical change this term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tam Troves
Washington
Tsa
Congress
Manning
House of Representatives
Secretary of the Treasury
House
New York
Dray of Trank Syndicate Woes and Bristol Temperance Crusade
New York report outlines Drexel Morgan syndicate setbacks as western lines rival eastern routes, with rate wars and telegraph stock speculation. Bristol, Bucks County, sees a temperance drive close hotels and cigar stores, prosecute saloon owners, and push Sunday closures amid minor discharges and license battles.
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Women's Christian Temperance Union of
Bristol
Bucks County
Law and Order Society
Delaware
Burlington
Jersey Shore
Mill Street
English Tourist Dies of Delirium Tremens Aboard City of Chester
Aboard the City of Chester traveling from Liverpool to New York the passenger Digby William Rogers of London died on January 31 after delirium tremens. He was twenty nine, unmarried, and visiting America for pleasure. The ship physician and purser reported the death to the New York office and the body was disposed of at sea. Papers found in his state room will be opened in the English Consul's presence.
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New York
Inman Line
Grand Street
Jersey City
London
Liverpool
Digby William Rogers
R. L. Lloyd
Dr. Lloyd
America
Camden Court Entitled Branning Clerkship Contest Today
A Camden County clerkship contest hearing is set for today before Judge Parker, with a decision due in a few days. In other local news, Judge Isaiah Woolston was knocked into a snow bank by a sleigh at Third and Cooper streets but escaped serious injury. A cigar store thief was captured after a scuffle with the owner’s wife at Chestnut Street, who reported the thief gave the name Theodore Lambert. Deck-hand John Stratton, who died attempting to rescue a boy, was buried at North Fifth Street with a large turnout from local secret societies.
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Burrough- Branning
Camden
Parker
Isaiah
Woolston
Camden County
Third
Cooper Streets
William Clarkin
Chestnut Street
Theodore Lambert
John E. Stratton
Federal Street
Wenonah
North Fifth Street
Cam
Mysterious Death of 1938 Buttonwood Street Resident
John Adams an elderly man died in Philadelphia Hospital after injuries described as asphyxia from a ragged rib fragment. Coroner Formad found fatal head wounds and left rib damage. no police investigation yet, while son John Adams Jr denies harming his father. Inquest scheduled for today as neighbors recall earlier disputes and drinking.
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John Adams
Buttonwood Street
Philadelphia
Formad
Kugler
John Adams, Jr
Ninth District
Twenty-third
Brown Streets
Roberts
Adams
Twentieth Street
Address from Archbishops of Australia to United States church leaders
A formal message from Arch bishop Patrick F Cardmoran of Sydney extending congratulations to American bishops on their plenary council. It notes shared heritage, faith foundations, and calls for forthcoming developments including new metropolitan sees, suffragan sees, and a national seminary. Also mentions the national university and future vocations.
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Baltimore
Gibbons
America
United States
Patrick F. Cardmoran
Sydney
Australia
Church of
Holy See
Carroll
Church of America
John Bede Holding
Strikers Fire on Coke Workers as Mass March Planned
In USBurg and surrounding coke regions strikers step up pressure with threats and gunfire. Insignia bearing death and coffins were sent to workers urging stop orders or face danger. At Boyle Bridgeport works authorities fled as strikers pursued. Cambria furnaces banked due to coke shortages tied to broader Hungarian strike. Reading shops set to extend shifts to ten hours amid rising workload and labor dispute.
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Usburg
Scottdale
Boyle
Bridgeport Works
Boyle Works
Pittsburg
Cotton warp mill planned at Lenni by Chester group
A stock company including Chester City Media and Lenni gentlemen leases the mill opposite Parkmount Mill at Lenni and prepares for a cotton warp factory. Stockholders names not yet disclosed, capital invested, repairs underway. The former mill, once run by Samuel Crozer’s son-in-law of Upland, had been idle and unprofitable. When fully operational it will employ several hundred workers.
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Guza Ripprs
Chester City, Media and
Lenni
Parkmount
Samuel Crozer
Upland
Spreckels Seeks Cramp Ship Deal for New 4000 Ton Vessel
J D Spreckels of Spreckels Co and Oceanic Steamship Co stays at Continental Hotel and negotiates with Cramp's for a 4000 ton steamship of 870 feet. Bid by Harlan Hollingsworth and Union Iron Works considered. Cramp bid due Wednesday and expected to win.
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J. D. Spreckels
J. D. Spreckels & Co
San Francisco
Oceanic Steamship Company
Continental Hotel
William Cramp’s Sons
Spreckels
Harlan & Hollingsworth Company
Wilmington
Union Iron Works
Messrs. Cramp
Alameda
Mariposa
San Paul
Cramps
Zelandia
Sydney
Philadelphia
New Zealand
United States
Sandwich Islands
Sandwich Island
Washington
New Century Guild Offers Sewing Help for Bachelor Men
A Philadelphia tale shows The Guild inviting single men to bring garments for repair at low cost. The effort includes a sewing department, a bread bakery, a choral society, and plans for a gymnasium, with members from varied trades aided by lectures and classes.
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NEW Century
New Century Guild
Twelfth Street
Girard Street
Guild
New Century Guild of Working-women
E. 8. Turner
Chadd’s Ford
Mary T. Lewis
Green Street
Anna L. Vinnigen
Spruce Street
Henry Gawthrop
North Twentieth Street
Sensational Elopement Case Deepens in Michigan Farm Deed
A Rochester area elopement case expands as Lizzie Cole and her hired man William Pryce allegedly stole a $6,000 Michigan farm, with Cole stateing that her husband Abraham Cole Jr orchestrated the arrest to pressure a deed. The pair face grand larceny charges after being brought back to town, and Cole seeks to recover the farm amid claims of a conspiracy.
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Tar Trivers
RocnEster
Lizzie Cole
Abraham Cole, Jr
Mendon
William Pryce
Ypsilanti
Mich
Pruce
Wiltsie
Hannan
Cole
Charmer
Irish National League Branches Hold Irish Cause Meeting
The Parnell Branch No. 47 of the Irish National League met at Philopatrian Hall to plan a Washington's Birthday demonstration and March Emmett speech commemorations. Speakers included John J Wall Patrick O Neill and Martin I Griffin, with a history talk on Irish contributions from 1729 to the Revolutionary era.
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Parnell
Irish National League
Philopatrian Hall
John M. Doyle
Washington
Daniel W. Ahern
Emmett
Martin I. J. Griffin
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Boston
John J. Wall
Patrick O’neill
Morocco Dressers
Parnell Association
St. John
Irish League
Philopathian Hall
Tom Moore
The Prisoner Wept at the Verdict
Special Dispatch to Tae Tres Ene February 7. Hugh Brown acquitted in a second murder trial over the June killing of Charles Dunn near the city. Dunn was chopped with an axe in Brown’s shanty. Brown’s son, a prominent Adamsville merchant, fought for a new trial on technical grounds. The three day proceeding included a dramatic verdict moment amid courtroom applause. John Ward’s trial for killing his son last fall will begin Monday.
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Tae Tres
Ene
Hugh Brown
Charles Dunn
Dunn
Brown
Adamsville
Bartley Campbell's Siberia Ends Run in Jersey City
Bartley Campbell's Siberia closed a successful week at the Jersey City Academy of Music. A constable appeared with attachments in Miss Adele Kellogg's suit for 56 dollars, and another for 190 dollars, tied to proceeds from Siberia. Both attachments were inoperable and yielded nothing. receivership orders were also cited.
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Bartley Campbell
Jersey City
Donohue
New York
Siberia
Academy
Dilloway
Miner Dies When Rock Falls at Cameron Colliery
Special Dispatch reports Patrick Murphy, a young man of excellent character, was instantly killed at Cameron Colliery last night. He and three others were working in pillar robbing when a tonnish rock collapsed, crushing him into a shapeless mass.
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Taz Truxs
Suamoxin
Patrick Murphy
Cameron Colliery
Murphy
Distress in England and International Shifts
Special cable describes severe distress among English workers with high unemployment in London districts and crowded workhouses. Reports on Russian moves, Austria, and Salonica, plus GermanPolish politics in Berlin and Vienna. Also notes American minister in Pekin and Miss Reade becoming Viscount Falkland’s heir. Boston urged to back a new classical play for Athens funded by notable patrons.
Sensation in English politics over Gladstone appointment
In London on February 7 the new administration made several posts. Edward Heneage becomes Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and John Naish becomes Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Samuel Walker is Attorney General of Ireland, The Macdermott is Solicitor General of Ireland, John T. Hibbert is Secretary to the Admiralty, James Bryce Under Foreign Secretary, George Osborne Morgan Under Colonial Secretary, Sir H. K. Shuttleworth Under Secretary for India, and Henry Broadhurst Under Secretary for the Home Department. Broadhurst’s rise as the first workingman in the ministry alarms aristocratic circles and signals Gladstone may lean on the masses. Liberal clubs split, with Reform and Devonshire opposing while National-Liberal support strengthens. Whig hostility to Gladstone intensifies amid friction in the Queen’s household as Duchess of Bedford and Duchess of Westminster refuse appointments.
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Gladstone
London
Duchy of Lancaster
Edward Heneage
Ireland
John Naish
Samuel Walker
the Macdermott
Admiralty
John T. Hibbert
James Bryce
George Osborne Morgan
India
H. K. Shuttleworth
Home Department
Henry Broadhurst
Broadhurst
Reform
Devonshire
Mr. Gladstone
Duchess of Bedford
Duchess of Westminster
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Hoe
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William Holt
George Silbert
Mrs. Closson
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Clara Appleton
Grundy Brothers
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Doylestown
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Reed Street
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