World Fair rail fare plans and model ticket offices
May 12 report from Chicago outlines Columbian Passenger Committee actions toward World’s Fair transport. Railroads may issue a model passenger ticket and establish city ticket offices to combat brokers while offering targeted fare rates from 1.0 to 1.33 times for travel to the fair, October 8 to 15 returns, with zones split between Eastern Southeastern and Western Northwest roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbian Pasyer Committee
Chicago
Dsy
Williard A. Smith
Clark Street
Diset
Sugar refining on Hawaii plantation shown satisfactory progress
In Hawaii at Le Kealla plantation the sugar refining process is now in operation. Early production results are pronounced satisfactory by experts, with color improving and the refining actions progressing favorably.
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San Francisco
le Kealla
Hawaii
Calor
Readers watch: Chicago grand jury probes Stone Trust
A scattered Chicago report notes a federal grand jury will investigate the Stone Trust today. It also covers price cuts at Common Carriage Bolt and Not Association, a broken Cinecxp at Elizabethport for E Moorwood too, and varied factory, labor, and business movements across the country.
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Federal Grand Jury
Chicago
Stone Trust
Cinecxp
Elizabethport
N. 1
E. Moorwood
Wales
Michigan
Vera Cruz
Poston
Tur Sanford Lock Works
Branford,Conn
Yale Towne Company
Stanford
Ein
Comany
Lakes
Cleveland
Railways Faced With Mergers and Market Moves
Reports sketch a flurry of railway shifts and earnings across North America. Inter-Oceanic and Mexican lines pool earnings while creditors sue Monterey and Gulf Railroad in Mexico City. Illinois Supreme Court backs Chicago in street openings against Illinois Central. Southwestern Railway and Steamship Association reorganizes, acquiring Western Traffic Association territory. Missouri Kansas and Texas faces possible retirements at its May New York meeting.
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Inter-Oceanic
Monterey and Gulf Railroad Company
Mexico
Tar Islinois Central
Federal Grand Jury
Chicago
Ilinois Supreme Court
Illinois Central Railroad
Tar Southwestern Railway and Steamship Association
New York
Western Traffic Association
Missouri, Kansas
Texas
Cros
Waldo
W. W. Finley
Western Passenger Association
Great Northern
Central Traffic Association
Ohio
Toledo
Duluth
Ashland
Superior
West Samor
Marquette
St. Ignace
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Secretary of Internal Affairs
Pennsylvania
Cleveland and Canton Railroad Company
Canton
Cleveland, Canton and Southern Railroad Company
Waynesburg
Cleveland, Chagrin Falls
Fires Cause Widespread Damage Across Cities
Across Quincy Reading Savannah Upper Marlboro Trenton and Cleveland fires caused heavy losses to foundries barns grocery stores and factories. Losses totaled up to about 275000 with portions insured and at least 150 workers displaced in Trenton. In Cleveland residents rescued women and children from a tenement fire.
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Quincy
Mass
Wolleston Foundry
Reading
Edmund Miller
Savannah
Loas
Upper Marlboro
Edlevitch & Co
Gazette
Trenton
X.J
Thomas A. Maddock & Sons
Cleveland
Pearl and
Viaduct
Irwin's Case Pigeon-Holed in Allegheny Public Works
The Allegheny Public Works Committee met last night pitting Chairman Lowe against Councilman Koehler over an investigation into James Irwin's dismissal. A motion to erect 63 mast arm lights was recommended along with contracts for lateral sewers on Redecca and Third streets.
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Allegheny Public Works Committee
James Irwin
Public Works Department
Lowe
Koehler
McPoland & Graham
Redec
Bridge Street
Herr’s Island
Shields’ Alley
Ohio Street
East Diamond Street
Cedar Avenue
Western Avenue
Allegheny Avenue
Park
Butcher's Run
Saved by a Woman at Blair Station Assault
G. Spennell, oil driller from Allegheny, was attacked near Bish station on the Pittsburg Virginia and Charleston line by Harry Walton, Elmer Abrams, and Edward Black. They beat him until the Blair postmistress intervened, throwing a stone and alerting help. The three assailants face assault and battery charges before Alderman King next Monday.
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Spennell
Allegheny
Bridge Hotel
Southside
Blair Station
Pittsburg
Virginia
Charleston
West Virginia
Bish Station
Harry Walton
Elmer Abrams
Edward Black
West Elizabeth
Blair
Alderman King
Prisoner Andre Andrews Held at Central Station After Satchel Theft
Detective McTighe detains a man who calls himself Andre Andrews and claims Russian birth. The suspect, arrested for stealing a satchel left by actor W. T. Yorkey at a restaurant opposite the Union depot, cannot communicate in English. Interpreters from many nations have failed to elicit a coherent account.
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McTighe
Central Station
Andre Andrews
Union Depot
W. T.yorkey
First Spring Grass Cut in Allegheny Parks Attracts Buyers
Despite yesterday morning's snow, the first new grass crop was cut in Allegheny Parks. Owners rushed to secure the fresh hay for their animals, eager to give them a free lunch.
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Allegheny
First Mozart Club Concert Elevates Pittsburg Musical Scene
Pittsburg audience savored two hours of instrumental masterworks by Berlioz Goldmark Wagner and Chopin offered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Nikisch at Old City Hall. A refined program and flawless ensemble playing impressed locals, signaling significant musical advancement for the city and praise for soloists D Albert Schroeder and Alwin Schroeder.
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Pittsburg
Mozart Club
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Old City Hall
Theodore Thomas
Alan Schroeder
Wagner
Lght
Nikisch
Boston
Goldmark
Boston Orchestra
Isolde
Gericke
Chopin
Benvenuto Cellini
Berlioz
D’albert
Mr Albert
Alwin Schroeder
Coxsman
Schroeder
Sagi
Bach
Bachrich
Geo Henschel
D'Albert
E. H. Dermitt
Gade
Jas. P. McCollum
Local Fraternal Officers Elected Across States
The organization named officers including Supreme Dictator Samuel Klotz of New Jersey and Vice Dictator Marshall Bellamy of North Carolina. Other posts list John Mulligan of New York as Assistant Dictator and B F Nelson as Reporter, with a Missouri Treasurer and Chaplain Rev H M Hope, among others.
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Samuel Klotz
New Jersey
Marshall Bellamy
North Carolina
John Mulligan
New York
B. F. Nelson
Missouri
Weerie Branch
H. M. Hope
Virginia
John H. Hancock
Kentucky
John P. Shannon
Georgia
J. W. Smith
Massachusetts
Faribault Catholic School Plan Draws Cardinal Debate
The Catholic Mirror will publish an editorial introducing the Faribault schools plan and the text of a Cardinal Ledochowski letter to Archbishop Ireland clarifying the verdict. The piece notes the plan concerns only two diocese schools and faces broad clergy and laity opposition despite general unity on Catholic education.
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Minnesota
Baltimore
Church
Ireland
Catholic Mirror
Faribault
Ledochowski
Committee of Cardinals
Not Living Without Hope in New York Missing Wife Case
Dr. G R Peckinpaugh and his mother in law Mrs Alexander abandon Indiana move and settle in New York to search for his missing wife who vanished April 22. Mrs Alexander says she cannot give up hope and distributes $1000 reward circulars daily while awaiting news of her daughter.
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New York
G. R. Peckinpaugh
Thad
Carron Street Baptist Church Formed by City Council
A Pittsburg and Allegheny Baptist council in the East End recognized a new church formed from Siloam Church members. Rev Willis Duvall to pastor, with Rev J W Riddle presiding and Rev J C Taylor as secretary. The 21-church council heard Dr Laws preach and extended fellowship. In Ottawa, McCarthy's bill to abolish French language and Catholic separate schools failed 132 to 33 in the House.
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Pittsburg
Allegheny Baptist Associations
East End
J. W. Riddle
Union Church
J.C. Taylor
The
Tabernacle
Allegheny
Siloam Church
P. S. Gibson
Carron Street Baptist Church
Willis Duvall
Compesite 21 Churches
Dr. Laws
J. C. Taylor
Ottawa
Ont
House of Commons
Dalton McCarthy
Northwest
Local Life Briefs Include Dinners and Rail Accident
Janes Tarton and Morris O Herron dined at the Poor Farm yesterday. A Russian at Black Diamond Steel Works crushed in a leg by a heavy casting. A train wreck near the Point Bridge injured no one seriously. Burgess Reed and Heile clash over the American flag in Millvale. A laborer O CoxneSt burned his right foot at Eliza furnace. An odd fellows lodge delegates head to Sunbury.
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Janes Tarton
Morris O'Herron
Tur
Pennsylvania
Walls
Allegheny Carnegie Library
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
Sunbury
J.D. Eatox
Hays Fest
Central Ore
Centes Hotwire
Black Diamond Steel Works
Allegheny
Stevenson
Washington
Annie Reilly
Neville Street
Center Avenue
McLaughlin
Braun
W. O. Starnes
A. E. Burkitt
Daughters of Liberty
Unity
Americus
Sherwood
Panhandle
Point Bridge
Millvale
Burgess Reed
Heile
Burgess
Butler Street
East End
Parrick O'Coxnest
Eliza Furnace
Frankstown
Mercy Hospital
Missouri Flood Reaches Critical Stage In St Louis
St Louis reports the Mississippi at thirty feet eight inches and rising, threatening the danger line. Cellars flood, homes abandoned, and lumber moved to safety as the river advances. New Orleans notes continued rise and several small crevasses near the city.
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Missouri
New Orleans
St. Louis
Mississippi
St Louis
Mississippi Valley
Greenville
Mensecour
Harlem
Lafourche
Bayou Lafourche
Pimlico Track Gave Fast Surface After Rain
Norris WN toppled on the 2:34 heat at Pimlico but escaped injury while owner-driver D H McCray suffered minor hurts. Conway won the $2500 Pimlico stakes for the 2:30 class as Checker Expert Reed failed to appear before the Lotus Club crowd.
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Baltimore
Pimlico
Norris WN
D. H. McCray
Jack Trout
McCray
Conway
Reed
Lotus Club
Southside
Checkers
Celery Compound Promises Sleep and Strength Aid
A newspaper writer notes insomnia as a modern malady and highlights Mrs. George Simpson of Providence who credits Frame's celery compound for relief after failed remedies. The anecdote extends to E K Libby of Boston, whose malaria and insomnia improved with Paine's celery compound, touted as a Dartmouth professor Phelps discovery offering restorative sleep and energy.
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George Simpson
Pekin Street
Providence
Frame
Paine
Prof
Phelps
Dartmouth
Paper Fans and Tea Sets Sale Notice
Advertises open and closed paper fans and English porcelain tea sets. Tea sets are 56 pieces with underglazed decoration valued at 5 dollars, offered for sale at 2 dollars 8 cents.
Names of Pittsburgers Registered at New York Hotels
List of Pittsburgers registered at New York hotels on May 12 includes HR R Burke Sturtevant H Edwards Windsor R H Flower Sturtevant J Gripp Hoffman N A Hemphill Hoffman W J Holland Windsor BK F Jones Windsor J W King Jr Gilsey Mr Linhart Earles H J Moorhead Windsor C D Rhodes Grand Union W E Tustin Westminster W H Wadleigh Mariborousl E Weiler Astor N A Hemphill Hoffman H TD Henwick Colonnade RB Phelan Goelviopgrin ST atneonant Bee otelmsrenbrint Tiss J Tripp Hoffman P Painter Fifth Avenue.
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New York
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Theranite Manufacturers’ Association of Newgland
John B. Dyer
Conwd
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National Janite Cutters’ Union
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Grimes’ Station
Kinsola
Here
Erie
Newport
New Case
McKeesport
Beave River
Monongaea
Homestead
Rainmerry
Harney ‘Enk Tin Company
Harner
Standard Trust
Bank of France
France
Ownels
Owent Law
George Merriwether
United States Grand Jury
International Machinists’ Association
Gyn
Chitago
James G. Connell
City
D. D. Wilson
Birmingham
Als
Barry Speak
C. Shutte
Galveston
G. C. Ora Cheyenne
Wye
W. Cashe
Indianapolis
Association
International Brotherhood of Machinery Trades
Daliyana Sunday Dispatch
Irwin
Love
Frits
Boston Symphony
Chapin
Goscurto
Allegro Massio
Kondo
Eugen D’ Albert
Schubers
Klengel
Knights of Honor
S&s. C
Supreme Lodge of the
United States
Canada
Faribault Plan
Carron Street
Pimlico Conway
Har Mon & Bro
Frank Brown
Dir. Muller
King Charles
Iime
Teil, Ae
Dati
Nereek
Annie Miller
Dames Morrison
Tsaig
Wallace
Lucretia
Mrs. Simpson
Oxford
Madras
Bismarck
Adios
Sec
Gloria
King’s
Price Sea Dozen
Chinaware
CBS
Pittsburgers
Fleishman & CO
Market —Street
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