Trains Operated Without Orders Here and Ahead
Murray will stay with Baltimore and Ohio Wabash, while a Pittsburg line is planned. The Chicago Burlington and Quincy runs hundreds of trains daily without dispatcher orders on double tracks, a system praised as safe and efficient by company officials. The Lake Shore may adopt it on its double tracks. Also noted is a dividend declaration by Panhandle Railroad, boosting common stock prospects despite past losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray
Baltimore & Ohio
Wabash
Pittsburg
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
W. C Brown
Lake Shore Road
Lake Shore
Cincinnati
Chicago & St. Louis
Panhandle
7 Post
Murray Re elected VP of Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
The executive committee of the board of directors re elected Oscar G. Murray as vice president of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Rumors of his retirement are laid to rest. Murray is among the nation's best railroad men, and consolidation of the Pennsylvania and Baltimore & Ohio passenger departments indicates D. B. Martin will stay on as passenger traffic manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar G. Murray
Baltimore & Ohio
Murray
Pennsylvania Company
Oflvania
D. B. Martin
Ballie & Ohio
Indirect Rail News and Personnel Shifts Across Lines
The itemization notes changes in railroad leadership and arrivals. Wa bash project abandonment to Toledo, Ward resigns, McLean with Cincinnati line, Stevenson to Baltimore Southwestern, Longacre moves to two Canadian insurer roles, J J Turner and G L on inspection in Chicago, Emery Miller meets Receiver Malott, and increased 24 hour activity in ticketing and staffing as railroads report profits and new lines progress. The Pennsylvania issues a summer catalog, and notes on wreck recovery leadership and other regional moves are included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linus
Iowa
Toledo
Joseph Ramsey, Jr
Wabash
Ick Ward
Montana Central
Rosa
J. A. McLean
Cincinnati
Hamilton & Dayton
Harry €. Stevenson
Itimore & Ohio Southwestern
Stouts
E. F. Longacre
Erie
Sys
Life Insurance Companies
Canada
J. J. Turner
Pennsylvania Lines
G. L
Chicago
Emery Miller
Vanda Lines
Malott
Vanda'ia
Brotherhood of Otive Engineers
Lake Shore
Toledo, St. Louis & Western
Monon
Waeh River
Isonticelle
Pennsylvania
Brownlee
Peru
Senator Foraker
Ohto
Cincinnati, Hampton ,& Dayton
Woodlford
Hinsen
Omaha, Kansas City & Eastern
Quincy
Kansas City
Indiana, Decatur & Western
Springfield
Atlantic D. T.acon
Indiana Car Service Association
Manitou
Dave Eee
Col J
Railroad executive shuffles and line disputes emerge
A. H. Smith named general Superintendent of the Lake Shore road while his authority excludes the Lake Erie Western. A rival from Chicago, Burlington & Quincey, may head the Lake Erie Western. Locomotive 172 accident near Lafayette injures a fireman. Illinois Central pushes New Orleans as export hub with new elevators and ships, and Harriman plans Europe-bound traffic. Northwest lines anticipate Epworth League travel to San Francisco. Wabash bids on Pittsburg to Brownsburg line while push to start work continues amid Council delays. Lehigh Valley control shifts among Erie and partners, with E B Thomas slated as chair but no Erie domination proven.
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A. H. Smith
Lake Shore Road
Lake Erie & Western
Chicago, Burlington & Quincey
Lake Erie Western
Big Four
Lafayette
Illnois Central
New Orleans
Harriman
Europe
John Turner
Northern Pacific
Epworth League
San Francisco
Central Lines
Yellowstone Park
H. M. Jonson
Indianapolis
Vanderbilt Hnes
Lake Shore
Michigan Central
Nickelplate
Wabash
Grand Trunk
Cleveland Leader
Eee
Ohio River
Memphis
Cairo
Joint Traffic Association
Erie
Spaaielotte & Reading
Jersey Central
Laware & Hudson
Lackawanna
Packer
Pittsburg
Brownsburg
Coloring Meerschaum Pipes in a Barrel Experiment
A tale recalling a London outskirt shop coloring pipes sparks a Chicago anecdote. David Gibson describes a Dutch innkeeper who joins guests in pipe coloring, then reveals a barrel contraption that makes the pipes smoke via water and air suction. The crowd believes the marvel, though Gibson notes the trick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Sunday Journal
London
David Gibson
Urbana
Gibson
Mr. Gibson
Lieut Buchanan’s Record Corrected by Reader
J F Joyce of Rushville Indiana writes to the Indianapolis Journal to correct the military chronology misreported as Honors for Lieut R W Buchanan. He states Buchanan enlisted June 4 1898 as second lieutenant of Company D 161 Indiana Volunteer Infantry and served through several commissions and muster outs including July 11 1898 and February 26 18 percent. He notes later appointments as first lieutenant and other service dates with Savannah Georgia muster out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
R. W. Buchanan
United States Volunteers
Buchanan
Indiana Volunteer Infantry
Savannah
Porvo United States Volunteers
J. F. Joyce
Advice to college women and men on snobbery
A Chicago exchange notes that Miers Jane Addams and President Hyde warn against intellectual snobbery. Addams urges college women to avoid a sense of distinct superiority, while Hyde urges men to engage with the rank and file and not look down on those in lower walks of life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Salt Trust Rumor Shakes New York Telegraph Readers
Rumor of an International salt trust forming under Standard Oil millionaires alarms readers of the New York Telegraph. Standard Oil already dominates U S and Canadian firms and supposedly expands into Great Britain and Europe. The piece notes the money motive and the patience of wealth in avoiding idleness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Telegraph
International Salt Trust
Standard Oj
Standard Ol
United States
Canada
Great Fliain
Europe
Deschler Built Bates House Cigar Empire Since 1878
Louis G. Deschler recalls starting in the Bates House cigar stand at age thirteen in 1878. He rose to head a business now valued at well over a quarter of a million dollars yearly, with multiple stores and vaults in Indianapolis and extensive tobacco stock, including Havana cigars stored under strict conditions. Deschler notes tariff changes shifted imports, his auto delivery, and ongoing expansion limited by existing commitments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Washington Streets
Bates House
Louis G. Deschler
Louis F. Reibold
Deschler
Reibold
B. W
C. W. Miller
Millers
J. A. McKenzie
George Sherman
Mr. Reibold
Bates
James Fitzhugh
John T. Woodward
Meridian
Washington
Illinois Street
Washingon
Deschier
Indianapolis
Indiana
Llhinois Street
Yonhnu Block
Pennsylvania
Market Streets
Mr. Desehler
Havana
Mr. Deschler
Buadness
Indiana decision on Jackpot opener with counterfeit coin
A Louisville Courier Journal item notes a flaw in an Indiana ruling about opening a jackpot using a counterfeit coin. It highlights that the opener’s ix shooter may not be counterfeit and questions the ruling’s recognition of this factor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville Courter-Journal
Indiana
Nervous Debility Ad Across Medical Claim by Dr Tomson
An advertisement describes back pain fatigue and nervous symptoms as signs of debility. It claims progressive decline to insanity and death if untreated and endorses Dr Tomson with a “new electro medical treatment” promising cure with no payment unless cured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomson
Tomsons
Lake Geneva Y M C A Conference Draws 170 Universities
The annual western Y M C A student conference at Lake Geneva Wis draws about 170 universities colleges and preparatory schools with over 600 delegates and instructors in attendance. Indiana's contingent numbers fifty plus as the camp offers tennis, sailing, and a lake circuit with Yerkes Observatory nearby. Notable speakers include T Colton and international students from Switzerland Holland and Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
M. Co. A
Lake Geneva
Wis
Young Men’s Christian Associations of the West
Indiana
Secretarial Institute and Training School of Young Men's Christian Associations
Lewis Memorial Tabernacle
Yerkes Observatory
Williams Bay
T. Colton
Evanston
Missionary Association
Christ
C. V. Hibbard
Newestern University
W. W. White
Montclair
N. J
Jess
James Rain
Oberlin College
God
Augustus Nash
Cleveland
Association
Firac
Lake Ehore
Horace Rose
Ithaca
N. Y
Students
Professor Emmerich
Colton
Pierre Bovet
Swiss Students’ Movement
J. D. le Stoppellaar
University of Leyden
Students’ Christian Movement
Holland
Cassimir Heck
Berlin
Tissington Tetlow
Dublin
Great Britain
Alea
O. B. Young
Chicago
Midway Plaisance
Idaho State Building
Ilinois
Iowa
Kansas
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Butler College
A. E. Waters
H. D. Wood
Central College of Physicians and Surgeons
Poe
A. N. de Vore
Central Normal College
Danville
M. T. Dye
Culver Military Academy
Mage H. Mowbray
de Pauw University
J. H. Igiehart
G. E. Martin
Earlham College
Irving White
W. O. Trueblood
Charles Frazee
Albert Small
Eastern Indiana Normal
Muncie
O. EB. Fishburn
Franklin College
H. F. Wagener
C. H. Spurgeon
Hanover College
Ohn
R. Jones
F. C. Spalding
Indiana University
J. W. Halton
J. K. Chambers
A. A. Charles
J. B. Tarney
M. BE. Haggerty
Marion Normal School
Arthur Smith
Homer A. Arnold
Medical College of Indiana
C. N. Combs
J.D. Moschelle
Moore's Hill College
P. R. McAnally
Purdue University
J. W. Dietz
G. A. Young
J. C. Marquis
E. BE. Young
H. D. McCaslin
Rose Polytechnic
Merwin B. Miller
State Normal School
W. E. Boren
F. R. Wilson
J. E. Hughes
M. Knowlton
Union Christian College
Merom
G. L. Aspinall
Valparaiso College
George Vann
Roy Baker
Oscar Swanson
C. H. Schatzley
Wabash College
B. C
Varicose Vein Cure Promise Attracts Patients
An advertisement offers a guaranteed, painless treatment for varicose veins and nervous debility. It claims to purge stagnant blood, reduce swelling, reestablish circulation, and improve mental and physical strength. The ad invites letters or in person consultations and notes rail travel subsidies for out-of-town patients.
A Beautiful City. Paris Art Administration Split
Harper's Weekly describes Paris municipal and national art governance. It explains the Direction des Beaux-Arts handles national museums and monuments while the city runs street art, parks, and urban decor through the Service des Beaux-Arts and the Direction Administrative des Services d'Architecture et des Promenades et Plantations. The city, famed as ville lumiere, maintains nurseries, hot houses, and municipal tree planting, reporting a 1897 output of over one million plants and extensive arboricultural planning.
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Harper's Weekly
Paris
State Direction Des Beaux-Arts
Louvre
Luxembourg
Musee de Cluny
Opera
Opera-Comique
Comedie Francaise
Odeon
Service Des Beaux-Arts
Hotel de Ville
Mairies
Direction Administrative Des Services
Department of Municipal Architecture
Bezahlung in Austrian Hotels and the Head Waiter System
A discussion of the Austrian head waiter who collects all meal and drink payments as guests are summoned with the word bezahlen. The system relies on tips for income, with proprietors bearing no salary and sometimes paying large sums to head waiters. It is presented as a universal, year after year practice that trains honesty among patrons, despite potential dishonesty.
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Austria
Rechenberg
Bohemia
Empire
Paris Trees Find Rest at City Hospital Nurseries
The article notes Paris spends about $60 yearly on these trees. Municipal nurseries maintain a "hospital" for tired trees, restoring them in soil richer than the city. In spring and fall, seeing these trees en route to or from the hospital is a common street scene in Paris.
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Paris
Precious Metals Costliness Beyond Gold and Silver
A metallurgist asserts iron is the most precious metal due to its vast practical value in bridges, ships, machinery, and construction. He notes gold and silver are inexpensive by weight compared with gallium and platinum, discusses price per gram, and explains cost hinges on extraction difficulty and limited use.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Metals Prices Hint at Shifting Precious Value
A fragmented list shows numerous metals with varied price quotes and a note that few are of scientific interest. The writer argues many are readily available and used in industry, highlighting a metal touted for self hardening steel, priced around 1.00 per pound in job lots.
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Bey
Newport’s two centuries of change and glamor
Eliot Gregory reflects in Harper’s Magazine on Newport’s three life phases from a provincial seaport to a modest summer retreat, then to a famed east coast haven of wealth and spectacle. He notes gleaming villas, Versailles interiors, and a rising tide of ostentation that contrasts with the town’s humble roots and railway-station shed image.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliot Gregory
Harper's Magazine
Newport
Old City
Beauvais
Hyde Park
Valley Forge National Park plans and battlefield surveys
Recent surveys supported by the Valley Forge National Park Association and the Pennsylvania Legislative Commission identify land at Valley Forge for a unified 1500 acre park area. The effort preserves headquarters sites of Generals Wayne, Weeton, Mifflin, Muhlenberg, Lafayette, De Kalb, Duportail and Knox while planning monuments by each state after federal action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's Weekly
Revolutionary Campreaunen
Cerainty
Valley Peres National Park Association
Pennsylv Legislative Commission
Valley Forge
Valley Forge National Park Association
Wayne
Weeton
Muntingdon
Muhlenberg
Lafayette
de Kalb
Duportail
Knox
Stephenses
John Waterman
Rhode Island
David Stephens
Sonar
Message Carrier to Garcia Reported by Springfield Republican
Fragmentary text notes Capt Rowan of the Nineteenth Infantry on a mission around an island named Bohol. The garbled lines reference a pursuit or action, with phrases about pacing a course and a perceived murder or fatal incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Rowan
Nineteenth Infantry
Bohol
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Coll. Seagraves
Beer Department
Santa Fe
New York
Colorado
Rushville, Ind
L.G. Deschler
Student Conference OF Young Men's Christian Associations
Bill
Dr. Tomson
Stevenson Building
Dr.Tomson
Garcia
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