Snow blockade nears end Nellie Bly rerouted to East
Reports from San Francisco dated January 21 describe for Central Pacific snow blockade easing with weather improving from Rocklin to Truckee. Nellie Bly shifted routes via Southern Pacific. trains near Elwes Canon and Blue Canyon face drifts but employees operate rotary plows, snowshovelers burying briefly but unharmed. Imprisoned snowsheds loom, Truckee cut off, dozens of snow workers on Sierra peaks. list of Eastern passengers provided.
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Central Pacific
Rocklin
Truckee
Colfax
Cisco
Sierras
Chapion’s Spur
Elwes Canon
Hae Ong
Eho
F. J. Dalber
Pocatello
J.C. Francer
William Nevitt
Bozman
Mont
Hannah Dee
John H. Shaw
C .Ca
Rochester
T. P. Roberts
Maple Park
W. H. Chatie
Bay City
James Moyle
Omaha
C. FE. Weir
Chicago
Bornstein
New York
J. & Stendall
Galena
J.D. Mason
Denver
F. D. Rose
Kansas
Mice Bader
Hampshire
H. C. Town
Peryervey Bed
Aumage
Bioe Canon
Rome
Nellie Bly Travels on Special Southern Pacific Train
The Oceanic brought Miss Nellie Bly to San Francisco as she began a special overland journey via the Southern Pacific and Atlantic routes. A New Yorker escort faced delays in meeting her, enduring snowy obstacles before reaching Sacramento for the onward trip.
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Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Oceanic
Nellie Bly
Miss Bly
Oakland
Atlantic
New York
Jennings
Nellie Bie
Brie Canyon
Alt
Sacramento
New C
Blockade Broken in Oregon, The First Through Train
PoseTuaND Ont Jan 1 The first Through train for the past week arrived at 5 pm from the Union Pacific line with about 23 passengers and a large amount of baggage and mail. A second train arrived at 6 pm with more passengers and mail. A third is due tomorrow morning and a fourth early next day. The blockade is broken and trains will run on time after tomorrow. During the week the railroad provided well for passengers and mail.
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Posetuand
Ont
Union Pacific
Beaver Drives Pennsylvania Roads Bill With Governor Beaver Aid
A letter from Charles Davis of the Western Pennsylvania Engineers’ Society reports Governor Beaver supporting a county roads bill. The Society sent the executive a copy and draft relating to the road project, noting plans to discuss it in the current week before the Legislature convenes, signaling public benefit.
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Charles Dorje Eng
The
Engineers’ Society
General Beaver
Periorce
Engineers’ Society of Western Pennsylvania
Beaver
Yettering
Hannispure
Charles Davis
Western Pennsylvania Engineers' Society
Pittsburg
Dean
Tamelad
Bscape Penneys
Five Families Evicted by Sheriff and Pinkerton Unit
Nearby town of Pusxsc Tawser Pa January 21 Sheriff Sutter evicted five families at Adrian with a squad of 25 Pinkerton detectives. No resistance appeared as 40 to 50 women and children watched. The sheriff has over 100 writs, with more executions planned for Walston. Italians and Hungarians from Walston and Adrian planned a brass band march to the mines but were discouraged. Four Hungarians were arrested at Walston for shooting at an engineer and riotous acts. they were held for trial in Brookville jail. One assailant was badly beaten, unrecognizable to his mother.
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Pusxsc
Walston
Chicago World’s Fair bid endorsed by West Virginia House
The West Virginia House debated indorsing Chicago as the site for the World’s Fair and instructing lawmakers to back Chicago in Congress. A joint resolution favored Chicago over rivals, amended to exclude New York, and after heated debate the measure passed amid railroad bill discussions. The related Senate talk on Sunday train movements targeted rail regulations, but the measure is unlikely to pass.
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Charleston
W.va
House
Chicago
West Virginia
Congress
Chew
Jefferson
Senate
Retail liquor license sought at Hotel Main in Washington
In Washington January 2 a retail liquor license is sought for the Hotel Main owned by C A Bailey. Despite long absence of retail sales in the county, hotelkeepers push for a license while the nearest previous grant dated 1586 allowed a quart dispensation. Lawyers debate if a quart license could be issued under current high license law and the court decision is awaited.
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Washington
C. A. Bailey
Julius Clark
Not Guilty Verdict In McGeady Murder Trial
Cumberland Massachusetts January 21 jury returns a verdict of not guilty in the McGeady murder case over the February 16 incident that left Bernard C injured. While no positive testimony names McGeady as the shooter the evidence suggested another possibility and the outcome satisfies few in the court.
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Cumberland
McGeady
Bernard C
Groegee
Lake captain missing as Erie gale rages
Erie, January 21. The afternoon gale in Erie swelled to fury as James Stanton, a famed lake and tug captain, vanished after venturing out in a small boat. Searchers hoped he hid on the peninsula but nothing was found and he is presumed lost amid plummeting temperatures and lethal night conditions.
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Erie
James Stanton
Stanton
Chain of Lakes
Two Trains Collide on One Track Near Wheeling
Two westbound Baltimore and Ohio freight trains collided at Glenn Easton, 20 miles east of Wheeling, around dawn. Conductor William King lost both legs. Engineer Monroe McFane and fireman Jones were badly hurt. One locomotive wrecked and three cars damaged. At Clarington on the same line, brakeman Thomas Ley suffered both legs cut off and died within an hour.
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Wheeling
Baltimore and Ohio
Glenn Easton
William King
Monroe McFane
Jones
Clarington
Thomas Ley
Crimes Against Criminals Address by Ingersoll at State Bar
In Albany a ninth annual State Bar Association convention heard Robert G. Ingersoll argue for convict reform and compensation. He criticized torture and death as ineffective, urged humane treatment, and proposed paying convicts to deter crime, while warning that hereditary and environmental factors shape behavior and mobs threaten liberty.
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Robert G. Ingersoll
New York State Bar Association
Albany
N. Y
The
State Bar Association
R. G. Ingersoll
Cabinet Won't Consider Aberdeen Davis Death Incident
Reports from Washington say the Cabinet will not take cognizance of the Aberdeen incident in which mournful ceremonies were held for Jefferson Davis. Citizens dressed the Federal building in mourning and displayed a straw-filled effigy labeled Secretary of War, but no official discussion occurred and no consideration is anticipated unless federal officeholders are proven involved.
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Republic
Washington
Proctor
Aberdeen
Mass
Jefferson Davis
Federal
Davis
Federal Building
Fairs Debate Horse Racing At State Agricultural Meet
Harrisburg January 2 The second annual gathering of the Pennsylvania State Association of Agricultural Societies discussed fair amusements and opposed games of chance including poor selling and wheels of fortune. A plan urged ten dollar state aid per county. horse racing deemed essential to county fair success. J P Lehigh reelected President with T T Fox and Jary as Vice Presidents. State Board of Agriculture to meet tomorrow to plan road work and revision of road laws with Senator Harlan likely to be elected chairman.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania State Asociation of Agricultural Societies
J. P
Lehigh
Jary
T. T. Fox
Berks
Crawford
State Board of Agriculture
House of Representatives
Harlan
Chester
Amalgamation debated at National Miners Convention
Columnes reports on delegates arriving for the National Convention of Miners and the push for amalgamation between National District Assembly 155 and the National Progressive Union. Officers push conciliation, a joint committee schedules meetings, and about 150 delegates from ten states gather to discuss a unified plan amid strikes and mass unionization efforts. The Knights of Labor executives consider relief for Panx-Strawney miners.
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Columnes
National District Assembly 155
National Progressive Union
Indians
Illinois
Bodice
John B. Rao
Robert Watchorn
N. Ww. A
K. of
John McBride
Patrick McB
David Ross
Nation Five Union
Knights
Coke
Pennsylvania
Baltimore and
Ohio
National Progressive Union Convention
Progressive Union
N. D A
Itm
K. of L
Rochester and Pittsburg Coal and Iron Company
Panx- Strawney
Modern travel and medicine touted in historic ad copy
A fragment claims advances in speed and communication from horseback to telegraph and from bloodletting to science. It quotes Prof. Austin Flint and Prof. Henry Mott praising stimulants and Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as a safe, valuable medicine. Testimonies from R W Hutchinson and Rev B Milla amplify claims of health benefits for diverse ailments.
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Austin Flint
Bellevue College
Henry Mott
F.C
Duffy
R. W. Hutchinson
New York
B. Milla
Princeton
Iowa
Tam
Confessed Hatfield Gang Member Claims Force Behind Murder
Special Telegram from Louisville reports Ellison Mounts, inmate on death row in Pikeville Ky, says he was compelled to kill in the Hatfield feud. He describes a troubled childhood with an abusive stepfather and alleges the Howhelders influenced his actions while others involved are free at large.
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Dispatch
Louisville
Ellison Mounts
Hatfield
Pikeville
Iam
Ellisonnes
Han
County
W. Va
Boone
Tyian
Injunction Hearing Over Sugar Trust Assets
Henry Winthrop Gray as receiver of the defunct North River Sugar Refining Company argued for an injunction to restrain the Sugar Trust from parting with any assets. The proceedings before Judge O'Brien in the Superior Court chamber featured lively allegations from Gray but no further developments today.
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New York
Henry Winthrop Gray
North River Sugar Refining Company
The
Sugar Trust
O'Brien
Superior Court
Gray
ForgerY case postponed as key witness fails to appear
The Madam Devere and Charles Lamb forgery case was called in police court. The Prosecution requested a postponement due to the unavoidable absence of Richard Brown whose testimony is essential. After lengthy discussion the case was adjourned until Friday.
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Tonepo
Madam Devere
Charles Lamb
Richard Brown
Cable circuit completed on Central Traction line
Workmen toiled overnight laying cable on the Central Traction Company line. The circuit was completed this morning amid a busy scene as a large crew worked to finish the job. Power house status remains uncertain as the scene closed.
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Central Traction Company
Catarrh and Dyspepsia Institute Cures Sharpsburg Man
John V. Hartman of Sharpsburg testifies that after years of catarrh stomach upset and weakness, treatment at the Catarrh and Dyspepsia Institute at 323 Penn Avenue cured him. He praises the physicians as permanent in action and notes renewed health and strength. He adds he can be reached at 1214 Main Street for further information.
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Eleventh Street
Messrs. Spang, Chalfant & Co
Penn Avenue
John V. Hartman
Main Street
Sharnsburg
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