Beech Creek railroad sale valued at 1.3 million
The Beech Creek, Clearfield & Southwestern railroad was recently sold at Clearfield, Pennsylvania to a group including W. K. Vanderbilt and others for 1,300,000, with a mortgage of 25,000,000 held by the Union Trust Company of New York. The sale reflects a period of shifting rail assets and large finance.
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Beech Creek, Clearfield &Southwestern Railroad
Clearfield
W. K. Vanderbilt
Clarke
George F. Boer
J ML Gazzam
C.J. Lengdon
Union Trust Company
New York
Congressional News From The Week's End
The week's congressional items cover Senate actions on the Northern Pacific Land For Tenure bill and the Chinese Indemnity bill, with debates on railroad taxation and executive sessions. House debates focus on the Margarine bill, post office appropriations, and pension bills, while personal political notes accompany the policy news.
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Noither
House of Congress
Senate
Beck
Congress
United States
House
Brown
Northern Pacific
Aod
Weil
Dawes
Gloucester
Mass
Canada
Oklahoma
Melock
Cockrell
Rock Springs
Wy. T
Boutelie
Kansas State News Mixed Deaths and Local Affairs
A mixed Kansas State item reports Eli Wallace dying from a festival wound after a quarrel with Phely Crump who fled after the death. It covers crop reports from May 24 with notes on wheat, corn, oats, grasses, and stock. pensions vetoes and grants. local offices in Lane County. a Leavenworth sports and police incident. and various county notices, elections, and incidents across Topeka, Leavenworth, and surrounding areas.
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Eli Wallace
Topeka
Wallace
Phely Crump
Crump
Tur Kessas Farowr
Kansas
Jom S. Williams
Lane
William Belharven
Exsporia
Henry Shirley
Rantoul
J. J. Thornberry
Ohio
John L. Bruce
Lawrence
Taloga
Norton County
Franklin Beam
Emporia
Yawnee County
Henry Booth
Hon
W Edwards
J. C. Strang
J. W. Bush
T. M. McCarthy
Kansas State Sportsman Association
Leavenworth
Glace
Atchison
Walker
Seventh Street
Patterson
Morrisson
Martin
Morris
Robinson
Finney County
Jassie
J. H. Lyon
Missouri Pacific Railway
Staiger
Socra Toreka
Lull
South Topeka
Las County
William Bryson
Dexter
Constable
Bryson
Fats
Pats
Clay County
J. B. McAtea
Morganville
McAfee
State Reformatory
Hutchinson
Artira Brenr
Dromrnsd
Knights of Labor Convention Ends In Sine Die adjournment
The Knights of Labor convention at Cuiveraxa closed after a ten day session with five topics on the agenda. The assembly regulated new members and discussed strikes, boycotts, labor legislation, and relations to trades unions while electing associates to the executive board. An adopted address urged broader alliance of labor under one general head and outlines proposals for wage rises, shorter hours, and coordinated action among unions.
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Knights of Labor
Cueveraxa
General Assembly
Southwest
Atix
Assembly
Congress
Ant
Trades Unions
David B. Gibson
Haruiiten
Brothers In the
Banner Way
Organen Pons
Unons
Aetociaton
Oleomargarine bill passages and fires in America
The article outlines oleomargarine legislation passed by the House with tax and labeling provisions, defining butter and oleomargarine, and establishing taxes on manufacturers wholesalers and retailers plus penalties. It also reports a series of fires in Fort Worth caused by youths and resulting losses, followed by a separate incident in Baritivour about a Pole and Louis Goldstein in a dispute leading to harmful poisoning.
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Hovse
Wasuiseros
Jones
Baritivour
Jacob Rosenthal
Rosenthal
Louis Goldstein
Goldstein
Rom
Rosentha
Toyal
Indian Matters Report on Indian Territory Affairs
The Senate received a report from the Committee on Indian Affairs detailing findings on Indians in the Indian Territory and nearby reservations. It argues the United States lacks ownership rights to certain lands without tribal agreement, notes leases as legally unsettled, praises the five civilized tribes, and urges bringing these communities closer to statehood while preserving tribal governance under federal safeguards.
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Indian Territory
Wasuixetox
Committee On Indian Affairs
Senate
Oklahoma
United States
Five Civilized Tribes
Just Red
Roy
Wee Woman's Way Trains Halted by Chicago Strikers Wives
Report from Commins June 5 describes Rock Island workers strike action where wives and families, about 200 strong, surrounded a rail terminus to stop four cars loaded with nails. Police dispersed some violence but later the crowd swelled to about 2,000 as engines failed to pass. Captain Huot and Hyde Park officers struggled to clear the tracks.
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Cmeaco
Commins
Rock Island Road
Chicago
Ween
South Chicaun
Tom Bethel
Colehour
Mra Hethel
Luut
Hyde Park
Eerin
Manning Resigns as Secretary of the Treasury
June reports reveal Secretary Manning’s resignation letter dated May 20 with a request for leave of absence until October. President Cleveland urges postponement, citing health and duty, and Manning agrees to a temporary resignation while Assistant Secretary Fairchild preserves functions. Miller to depart for Hot Springs. news notes a simple White House notice and a court filing in St Louis regarding the trial of Hugh M Brooks.
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Grover Cleveland
Frances Folsom
Executive Mansion
Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
Diplomatic Corps
Cleveland
Albany
Buffalo
Sexanon Hitt
Senate
Kestoc Wilsoy
Alexandria
Prestvent Clevetaxn
Sunderland
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Persia
Turkey
Russia
Anbbody
Chamber of Deputies
France
St Louis
Circuit Court of the
United States
Ap| Apistaten
House of Representatives
House
House of Commons
Wic Ferner
Chicago Stonecutters’ Union
Justice Meech
Thompson
Stone Yard
Marchand
Alliance, O
Knoxville
Tenn
Jally Chronicle
Warren Woolen Company
Staford’s Springs
Conn
Guyrant Cadnes
Peru
St. A
Colonel Sellers
California
Guick
Leadville
Col
Joseph Pretty
Louis Miller
H. Hitchcock
Louis Pretty
Boston Wo
Boston
Manning
Umier
Treasury
Wasutsorox
Ste
Treasury Department
State Department
Yple
Couit
Daxian
Maxsiox
Wasittitos
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Mr. Manning
Sam
The
Ind
Hraith
Gaeverk Cleveland
Daniel Manning
Trenary
Fairchild
Noe
Mia Miller
Hot Springs
Ifia
Wasurvetos
Army
Deer Park
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Presmest Cleveland
Henry P. Kidder
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Henry Ward Beecher
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N. IL
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Munich
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Peoria
J. Finlay Hoke
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Lamar
Committee On Public Lands
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White Mountain
New York Daily Commercial Bulletin
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National Bank of the Republic
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See Il
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Indian Matters
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