Trade leaders cited in railroad freight posts
A list of executives holding key freight traffic and general freight agent positions across major lines. Names include D. T. McCabe of Clover Leaf, E. F. of Big Four, J. M. Johnson Mic Central, Thomas Mill, F. A. Wann Burlingon, A. C. Bird Alton, Paul Morton St. Paul Santa Fe, Capt G J Grammar Lake Shore.
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Clover Leaf
D. T. McCabe
Pennsylvania Lines
Pittsburg
E. F
Big Four
B Mitchell
Mic Central
J. M. Johnson
Rock Island
Thomas Mill
Burlington
F. A. Wann
Alton
A. C. Bird
St. Paul
Paul Morton
Santa Fe
G. J. Grammar
Lake Shore
Brigands Press for Cash Before Stone Plea for Release
A New York report says Miss Stone and Mme Tsilka are alive as of thirty six hours ago. Brigands demand ransom paid within Bulgarian jurisdiction and release within Turkish control. Consul General Dickinson balks at pre payment. winter snows push terms toward spring negotiations.
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New York
Miss Stone
Mme. Tsilka
Samakov
Bulgaria
The
Journal and
American
Dickinson
Sofia
Mr. Dickinson
Reform in China Concluded on First Page
Yellow jackets on Yuan Shi Kal viceroy of Chi Li and on Tsen Chun Hsuan governor of Shan Li protected the flight of the Chinese court from Peking. Both officials are privileged to ride on horseback in the Forbidden City. Trouble at Nei-Chwang.
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Yuan Shi Kal
Chi-Li
Tsen Chun Hsuan
Shan-Li
Peking
Forbidden City
Clash Between U S Vicksburg Sailors and Russian Troops
A clash occurred at Nelu-Chwang between American sailors aboard the U S S Vicksburg and Russian troops. Three fights left one Russian soldier wounded. Secretary of the Navy Long ordered Commander Barry to prevent further collisions. The Vicksburg remains in winter mud dock quarters and cannot be released until spring.
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Washington
United States
Vicksburg
Nelu-Chwang
China
Peking
Conger
State Department
Secretary of the Navy
Long
Barry
Nieu-Chwang
Liaou River
Gulf of
Pe-Chi-Li
Mukden
Edward B. Barry
Aguinaldo
MacArthur
Lisou
James H. Glennon
Andrew Long
The Essex at St. Thomas arrives from San Juan
The United States training ship Essex arrived today at St. Thomas from San Juan. She will remain there for eight days.
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The
Essex
St. Thomas
D. W
San Juan
Fair Weather Today Forecast for Wednesday and Thursday
Washington reports indicate generally fair conditions for Ohio on Wednesday with fresh southerly winds. Indiana and Illinois see fair weather both days with fresh westerly to southwesterly winds. Temperature around modest highs and lows, with a mix of clear and cloudy periods as detailed in the regional forecast.
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Washington
Ohio
Indiana
Blythe
Movements of steamers and arrivals across ports
Hamilton Bermuda reports the Steamer Trinidad from New York arriving after about two days. Celtic from New York to Liverpool arrived at Queenstown. Moville notes arrivals from St John and Halifax for Liverpool. New York records arrivals Astoria Montgomery from Glasgow and Liverpool. Boston bound ships Minnehaha Ivernia also listed with arrivals. Other notes include Pennsylvanian sailing from Hamburg to New York and Staten Island steamer arriving from New York at Rotterdam.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Trinidad
New York
Queenstown
Montgomery
Glasgow
Liverpool
Browhead
Ile
Lizard
St. Paul
Southampton
Plymouth
Pennsylvania
Hamburg
Rotterdam
Statendam
London
Minnehaha
Vol
Ivernia
Boston
Population of United States tops world rank in census report
The Census Bureau reports the 1900 population of the United States including outlying possessions at about 4.233 million, placing it fourth in the world behind China, Britain, and Russia. It details continental totals, territories, and overseas service, noting growth over the century and the global share of the five most populous nations.
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United States
Possessions
Census Bureau
Washington
Census Bureau Today
Continental
Philippines
Philippine Commission
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Alaska
Guam
American Samoa
Philippine Islands
Manila
War Department
Census Office
China
British Empire
Russian Empire
France
African Dependencies
Asia
Madagascar
Notes about Indians and national society plans in Washington
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports Mrs. Charles W. Fairbanks busy with a committee weighing Continental Hall site options for the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. $85,000 funds aim to build a home and landmark architecture. Senator Fairbanks introduces Treasury site acquisition and other bills, plus patents granted to Indiana residents for industrial devices and rail components.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Charles W. Fairbanks
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Cabinet Discusses Panama Canal Company Offer
At today’s cabinet meeting the Panama Canal Company’s plan to cede its property to the United States for 40 million dollars was examined The administration views the price as low enough for careful congressional consideration An Isthmian Canal Commission supplement will add the latest proposal The president noted Admiral Schley’s recent call and will respond as advised Wickham Smith was chosen to lead the New York silk fraud investigation beginning immediately
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Washington
Panama Canal Company
United States
Congress
Isthmian Canal Commission
Treasury official orders lead seals on bonded transport
Washington January 7 Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Spalding ruled that cars and vessels used to transport bonded goods will be secured with lead seals. Since 1840 registering locks were required on such equipment, and the new ruling promises uniform practice and relief from heavy costs by reducing the lock burden to at least two per unit.
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Washington
Spalding
Seaboard
Skirmishes With Boers Review of Operations in South Africa
London report from Jan 6 details skirmishes at Amersfoort and Watervalje with Major W H Plomer and Colonel J Spense clashing with Commandant Christians Botha and Opperman. Somerset Light Infantry bore heavy losses. Vallentin and eighteen men killed. many wounded. Boer losses include 36 killed, 9 wounded, 261 captured, 72 surrendered.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Johannesburg
Amersfoort
W. H. Plomer
J. Spense
Christian Botha
Opperman
Somerset Light Infantry
Vallentin
Colenbrander
Cornet Low
Watervale
French
Cape Colony
South Africa
Dewet
Zefontein
Forced contract nullifies higher telephone rates in Chicago
Judge Tuley rules Illinois Manufacturers' Association and city win against Chicago Telephone Co and American Telegraph and Telephone Co. Public service contracts must charge ordinance rate of 15 dollars per year. extension service excepted. Complainants represented by Levi Mayer and ex-Judge Moran. defendants by Herrick and Wheeler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Tuley
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
City of
Chicago Telephone Company
American Telegraph and Telephone Company
Public Service Corporation
Levi Mayer
Thomas A. Moran
John J. Herrick
Holt Wheeler
First contract marriage under Weeks law signed in New York
The first contract marriage under the Weeks law was signed yesterday in New York City with the city clerk. The agreement between a man and a woman to live as husband and wife is legalized if witnessed by a commissioner of deeds and filed within a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alleged President of the League Urged to Retire
A reported leader of the league is urged to retire to allow owners to settle their affairs. The call comes amid mounting tensions as stakeholders seek orderly transition and governance clarity within the organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League
Spalding Denounces Trust and Refuses to Quit
A. G. Spalding publicized his Jan 2 circular replies from Dreyfus Reach Ebbetts Hart and Robison. He asserts a trust is the core issue, denounces secret meetings, and says he cannot resign while under court injunction for contempt. Brush Telegram highlights options to retire, with Spalding proposing mutual retirement to normalize National League.
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New York
A. G. Spalding
Messrs. Dreyfus
Soden
Reach
Knowles
Ebbetts
Hart
Robison
Spalding
A. H. Soden
C. H. Ebbetts
Brooklyn
National League
A. J. Reach
Philadelphia
Talcott
Boston
Barney Dreyfus
Pittsburg
James A. Hart
Chicago
Nationaleague
MR. Brush
John T. Brush
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Central Stock Company
Supreme Court of New York
Brush
St. Louis
Messrs. Brush
Freedman
Omaha Newspapers Back New Baseball Association Plan
President Hickey reports Omaha newspapers favor the American Association as a better baseball product than the Western League. City leaders promise to close a street for a larger ball park site, boosting chances for a first class league presence. Rourke of the Western League may sell his park to Randle, moves viewed as best for him.
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Hickey
Rourke
Omaha
Randle
Bernstein Bout Set At West End Club Jan 14
New York fighter Bernstein to meet West End Club opponent in a 14 January bout over a disputed referee choice. Haughton pressed for Joe Stewart as referee while Yanger objected. Chicago’s Harry Forbes and Philadelphia’s Danny Dougherty to box fifteen rounds for bantam title here on Jan percent.
Death Won By A Head At New Orleans Race
A tight finish in New Orleans saw Death win by a head as the only favorite to prevail. Gala Day failed to make the money after a risky start, while Little Tim Ernest Parham Ecome Menace and Death claimed the top spots in orderly fashion.
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New Orleans
Death
Choice
John Grigsby
E. J. Arnold & Co
Gala Day
Little Tim
Ernest Parham
Ecome
Menace
Draw Declared After Long City Wrestling Match
Sam Murbarger and Ed Steinmetz wrestled for three hours at Tomlinson Mall, ending in a mutual draw. Murberger weighed 156 pounds against Steinmetz's 183, with both fighters cautious yet aggressive throughout the lengthy bout. The match drew a large crowd and was noted as the city's longest decisionless wrestling effort.
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Tomlinson Mall
Ed Steinmetz
Sam Murbarger
Murberger
Carl Fisher
Murburger
Steinmetz
Murbarger
M T H S Football Members Receive White Jerseys
The Athletic Association of M. T. H. S. awarded white jerseys with a large red M to the football eleven and several prize recipients. Recipients include Bonham, Fesler, Krull, Steele, Davis, Kittle, Shideler brothers, Wheeler, Woodbridge, Olin, Hamlet, McCrea, Cooper, and captain Ralph Root for his earlier assistance. NOT A Y M C A TEAM re.
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Athletic Association of
Frank Bonham
Robert Fesler
Walter Krull
George Steele
Charles Davis
John Kittle
Jack Shideler
Thad Shideler
William Wheeler
Arthur Woodbridge
W. Olin
Bert Hamlet
F. McC
Impostors Claim Terre Haute YMCA Team for Basketball Games
Terre Haute Indiana January report from Special to the Indianapolis Journal notes Physical Director Dubridge of the YMCA was puzzled by ads of games with Terre Haute players. Men formerly tied to the association who were asked to stay away due to misconduct formed impostor teams and played or scheduled games with Purdue University, Wabash College, and a Crawfordsville business college. He plans no further exposures beyond writing to team managers unless impostors try to play under Terre Haute YMCA name.
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Indianapolis Journal
Terre Haute
Ind
Dubridge
Purdue University
Wabash College
Crawfordsville
Trotting rule committee meets to seek unified rules
A joint committee of the National Trotting Association American Trotting Association and American Trotting Register Association met at the Murray Hill Hotel to study changes toward uniform rules across the three groups. The panel includes P P Johnson W F P Iams W R Allen Lucas Broadhead and others.
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New York
National Trotting Association
American Trotting Association
American Trotting Register Association
Murray Hill Hotel
P.P. Johnson
George W. Archer
W. F P. Iams
E. 8. Steiner
W. R. Allen
Lucas Broadhead
W. H. Goodher
William Whitehead
Frank Browen
J. Malcolm Forbes
Db. D. Streeter
Warner's Safe Cure Kidney Disease Ad Claim
A promotional notice urges testing morning urine for kidney disease and recommends Warner's Safe Cure as a cure. It lists conditions like bladder and blood diseases, rheumatic gout, diabetes, back pain, painful urination, and female weakness as targets of the product.
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Warner
Kidney Health Miracle Ad from Westfield Woman
Mrs Rebecca Smith of Westfield New Jersey at age described as % years has been cured of kidney and bladder diseases by Warner's Safe Cure. The vegetable remedy claims no harmful drugs and no constipation and is sold by gifts or direct at minimal cost. It asserts thirty years of cures and hospital usage as the sole absolute cure for kidney liver bladder and blood ailments and female weakness.
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Rebecca Smith
Westfield
N. J
Warner
Trial Bottle Free Offers Kidney Cure Testimonial
An offer for a free trial bottle of Warner's Safe Cure is extended to kidney bladder and blood disease sufferers who write to the Warner Safe Cure Co in Rochester New York and mention seeing the offer in The Journal. A medical booklet with symptoms and treatments is promised, plus testimonials. The note also mentions a $17 010 080 price tag and mining plants sale.
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Warner
Warner Safe Cure Co
Rochester
Wabash
Dr Adolph Moses Dead Famous Rabbi of Adas Israel
Dr Adolph Moses longtime rabbi of Adas Israel Temple Louisville died at 11 30 of paralysis of the heart He was born in May 1841 in Santomiszhel Poland and joined the mobile and Cincinnati reform movements He left a widow ten children and a son Rabbi Alfred G Moses in Mobile and a brother Rabbi Isaac Moses in New York
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Temple Adas Israel
Louisville
Adolph Moses
Adas Israel Temple
Dr. Moses
Santomiszhel
Polan
Prussia
J. I. Moses
Breslau
Moses
Garibald
Montgomery
Ala
Mobile
Wiswell Milwaukee Insurance Leader Dies After Illness
George N. Wiswell president of Milwaukee Mutual Life Insurance Company died after a three week illness at age fifty. He contracted pneumonia then an ulcerated heart cavity caused his death. Wiswell was a former sergeant-at-arms at the Republican national convention in Philadelphia and in Chicago Minneapolis and St Louis. He also served as United States marshal for the Eastern district of Wisconsin under President Harrison. He was a Freemason Knight Templar and Odd Fellow member.
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Milwaukee
Wis
George N. Wiswell
Milwaukee Mutual Life Insurance Company
Chicago
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Wisconsin
Harrison
Wiswell
Aient Mason
Optimistic Letter From President Hickey On Omaha Base
W. H. Watkins received a letter yesterday from President Hickey of the American Association. The message outlined Hickey’s trip to Omaha in support of the new base project and expressed optimism for smooth progress.
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W. H. Watkins
Hickey
American Association
Omaha
Cycling Association suspends McFarland and fines Freeman
New York January 7 at a National Cycling Association board meeting a protest over the six day race in Boston led to Floyd A McFarland of San Jose suspended from all cycle racing until June 15 with option to apply for a reduced penalty at the annual meeting. Howard B Freeman of Portland is fined or can accept suspension until June 10. The McLean-Butler team moves to fifth and the Gouglez-Simar team to sixth after Gougiots fouled McLean in the Park Square Garden mile.
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New York
National Cycling Association Board of Control
Boston
Park Square Garden
Floyd A. McFarland
San Jose
Cal
McFarland
N. CC. A
Howard B. Freeman
Portland
Ore
Jean Gougiots
McAlean
McLean-Butler
Gouglez-Simar
William C Trimble Dies Veteran Trotting Hero at 76
Newburgh New York veteran horseman William C Trimble patriarch of the American trotting turf died at age seventy six. He trained Mountain Boy in 1865 and gave Cobwebs the 18M record. He spent fifty years with trotters and was known nationwide. His last drive was at Newburgh last fall.
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Newburgh
N. Y
William C. Trimble
Bogus lottery raid in Buffalo swindle case
Federal officers raided barber Andrew Gifford in Buffalo on charges of a fraudulent mail lottery. No drawings were held and buyers never had a chance to win. Post Office Inspector Cochran and two marshals seized unused tickets and envelopes from New York Canada Pennsylvania Ohio and Indiana. Gifford was held in 3000 bail.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Andrew Gifford
Cochran
United States
Gifford
New York
Canada
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Boxing and sports notes from across cities
Tommy Ryan calls for a forfeit challenged by Jack Hanley to meet Ferns within twenty four hours or face a match with any middleweight at the limit. Harecourt Gold marries Helen Mac Lagan in London with gifts from Leander and Oxford crews. In Muncie a 3 to 2 hockey score links Muncie and Anderson with new players. Charles H. Haughton ends boxing match plans between Benny Yanger and Joe? in St Louis.
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Kansas City
Tommy Ryan
Jack Hanley
Rube Ferns
New York
Ferns
George Siler
London
Indianapolis Journal
Muncie
Ind
Anderson
Paris funds for electric street railway in Mexico City
Reported in Paris 16 million dollars has been subscribed to build and equip a new electric street railway system in Mexico City with low fares. The French syndicate is said to have the cooperation of prominent local figures. The Ejutia Mining Company of Oaxaca was incorporated here with 709 dollars capital and a Mexican woman, Jiana Coronel, as president, in association with several Americans, mostly from California.
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Mexico City
Paris
Ejutia Mining Company
Oaxaca
Jiana Coronel
California
Union Steel to Award Contracts for Denora Furnaces
Pittsburgh January 7 contracts soon to be awarded by the Union Steel Company for two blast furnaces open hearth furnaces and extensive steel structural work at Denora on the Monongahela river twenty miles from Pittsburgh The project will involve over 14 million dollars in capital and create thousands of jobs with strong interest from the Mellons and H F Frick in the venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Union Steel Company
Denora
Monongahela River
Mellons
H. «. Frick
Road Sold In West Virginia Central Sale Report
Cumberland Md Jan 7 General Manager Brett of the West Virginia Central Railroad confirmed the sale of that road tonight. Reliable authority states the Bash Railroad purchased it in New York from a stock broker representing the buyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Brett
West Virginia Central Railroad
Wabash Railroad
New York
Died of Fall Col Samuel N Hoyt Veteran of Two Wars
Washington January 7 Col Samuel N Hoyt died tonight from injuries after a fall. He was 81 and a veteran of two wars with Indian campaigns and as a forty-niner. Hoyt was an intimate friend of Sam Houston Kit Carson and other frontier figures from half a century ago. He had lived in Was...
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Washington
Samuel N. Hoyt
Hoyt
Sam Houston
Kit Carson
Rough West
Notable deaths across contested U S cities and countries
A string of death notices from January 7 report the passing of several prominent figures: Mrs J W Doane widow of John W Doane once a Pullman director and government receiver of Union Pacific. Edward L Hinman Columbus banker. Charles W Hobart veteran editor. Jean de Bloch Russian state counselor and author. Frederick A Wheeler longtime Baltimore elevator superintendent. A W Wilkinson burlesque director. A B E Gifford national lumberman.
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Edward L. Hinman
Columbus
Hinman
Tacoma
Wash
Charles W. Hobart
Washington
Steelacom
Hobart
Colorado State Republic
Cheyenne Jaily Tribune
London
Warsaw
Jean de Bloch
Russia
Baltimore
Frederick A. Wheeler
Baltimore & Ohblo
Philadelphia
A. W. Wilkinson
Grand Aids
Mich
Ashland
Wis
A. BE. Gifford
United States
Knight Hotel
Pan American Congress Eases War Cloud Fears
Buffalo Row in the Baltimore American notes that the Pan American Congress summit appears to have reduced the immediate danger of broader conflict as the war cloud hovers less intensely for now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Stops the Cough and Works of the Cold Tablets Ad
An ad proclaims Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets stop coughs and cure colds in one day with a money back guarantee. The pitch emphasizes quick relief and a 2 percent cen rate.
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House Committee On Census
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Lafayette Park
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Noblesville
Mary Coulson
Sullivan
Hiram Pauley
Bloomington
Franklin P. Bates
John L. Clark
Vincennes
Jeffrey T. Ferres
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Fowler
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Sehley
ICE Corporation
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Philadelphia Brewing Company
Fasty-Tipton Company
Madison Square Garden
John McGeehan
Brewing Company
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Josie G
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Tower of Candles
Kitty Kelly
Horton
Sweet Tooth
Dunn
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Colonel Ballentyne
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Burrows
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Carl Heller
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Whitney
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London Sun
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NER
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Salling
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Freeman
Buffalo Concern
Ryan
Muncie and Anderson
J. W. Doane
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Thompson
Conn
Doane
March & Last
Pullman Company
Lake Erie & Western
Ilinois Central
Glucose Bugear Company
Union Pacific
Cleveland
Buffalo Row
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