Record-Breaking Freight Run Denver to Chicago Pace
A Denver dispatch reports a Burlington freight train carrying projectiles and explosives from New York to Mare Island reached Denver in 8 hours 22 minutes, shattering Chicago to Denver time norms. The salvo left New York Friday night, hit Chicago Sunday, and crossed the mountains with two engines, as Hiv Grande officials aim to sustain the rapid pace.
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Denver
New York
Mare Island
San Francisco
Chicagzq
Kocky
Chicago
Burlington Road
Burlington
Cross Mountain
Pass
Commendation for Santa Fe Claim Agent Hamilton at Ft Madison
The Ft Madison papers praise J D M Hamilton, recently named Santa Fe claim attorney on the road, as a capable loyal and experienced attorney. They laud his career, executive ability, eloquence, industry, and suitability for the position, predicting a valuable addition to the system and extending congratulations to the appointee.
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Ft Madison
Santa Fe
J.D. M. Hamiliton
Madiauna
Ft. Madison
Iowa
Hamilton
Miner killed by fall at Swan coal shaft near Pittsburg
Williams Butler, a timer at the Swan coal shaft, died instantly yesterday around 11 o clock when rock fell. His body was found by two coworkers about 25 or 30 feet from the mine. Butler, a single man about 25, has a mother in Aurora and a brother in Sulphur Springs, Ark, informed. The accident follows a series of deadly mine incidents with five miners killed at Statia City, two at Joplin, and Butler’s death as the third in a week.
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Pittsburg
Wiilitlnam Butler
Swan
Rock
Butler
Aurora
Sulpitur Springs
Ark
Kansas City
Statis City
Joplin
Hutler
Ripley Denies Santa Fe Abandoning Denver Pueblo Track
President E P Ripley of the Santa Fe denies plans to abandon the Denver Pueblo line. He confirms a possible deal with the Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf for combining the two parallel routes. Ripley says combining lines can reduce maintenance costs when agreements with other roads are satisfactory.
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E. P. Ripey
The
Santa’ Fe
Santa Fe
Ita
Denver
Pueblo
Union Pacific
Denver & Gulf
MP. Ripley
Santa Fe Railroad Improves Atchison Route Against High Water
The Santa Fe builds new sidings from the Mund House at Atchison to the White Clay Creek bridge. Substantial filling of banks will require over 3,000 cubic yards of dirt. High water has altered the river channel but the project aims to prevent future trouble.
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Santa Fe
Mund
Atchison
White Clay Creek
Bleh
Brotherhood Rally At Cleveland For Railway Unions
A grand rally of railway brotherhood members planned in Cleveland on Sunday in June. The event will feature public addresses in the evening by leaders including P M Arthur grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and other grand masters and chiefs from related orders.
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P.M. Arthur
Brotherhoad
Locomotive Engineers
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Brotherhoed
Firaman
Clark
Caer
Sforrinsy
Brotherheal
Powell
Order of
M. E. K. and T. Leo Offer Oswego Aid for Road
MK and T. railway office offers to donate 1000 dollars to macadamize the road from the Oswego depot to town. The offer accompanies a plan to build the Oswego road with cooperation from local authorities and residents, aiming to improve transportation access.
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MK. & T. Railway Office
Oswego
Unclear note on Go of Santiago de Cy succession
Fragmentary sentence mentions Point Go of Santiago de Cy and a show of succession in a Peruvian-Mississippi style phrasing. Entities and exact meaning are indeterminate, but it reads as a brief notice of a succession event or transition involving a location near Santiago de Cy.
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per-Smittsiana
Nispero Bay
Ariviza
Santiago de Cy
Oswego Plans Fire Fund Increase and Road Works
Oswego authorities approve a raised fire fund to bolster services while planned road work aims to straighten a local track near the cemetery and extend toward the neighborhood school building, reflecting infrastructure improvements.
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Oswego
Train Wrecker Worden's death sentence commuted
San Francisco June 17 The governor commutes Salter D Worden death sentence to life imprisonment Worden aided a 1894 Southern Pacific train wreck near Sacramento killing an engineer and three soldiers The case drew national labor support and a letter from President Grover Cleveland The governor cited mental state and an East investigation report as basis for the commutation
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San Francisco
Salter D. Worden
Worden
Southern Pacific
Sacramento
Grover Cleveland
Budd
Gardiner
Lost leg and arm in Hutchinson freight mishap
Frank Brashears of Hutchinson, recently losing a foot and an arm on a Hutchinson Southern freight, is at home but in very serious condition. He has additional injuries, with possible further amputation, yet his nerve and courage are noted as friends visit cautiously.
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Hutchinson
Hutchinson & Southern
Ong
J. 5
Collins
West Sixth
Emmett B. Roudebush
Collins & Go
Bown Mineral
Fillmore
Topeka
Directory Co
New York
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Qhiney St
Colville & Bertrand
Kansas Ave
Ralston
Harrison
Douthitt Place
Bagens Wolfe
Weible & Horner
Eaat
Mannon
Tabor
Acromegaly Patient Treated in Kansas City Hospital
A Kansas City hospital treats a Pacific engineer's wife from Kansas diagnosed with acromegaly, a rare bone enlargement. Doctors struggle to prescribe due to nerve pressure and the unusual nature of the case, noted as the second such instance in Kansas City. Fort Scott streetcar line sale details: Davenport owners transfer plant for 160000 dollars with 60000 bonds held by a German firm, and management changes already begun.
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Kansas City
Dane
Mitsou
Fort Scott
Davenport
Iowa
Citizenn’ Railway Company
Poeek
Prust Company
Cheap Rates to Denver for AMA Meeting in June
Missouri Pacific offers discounted round trips from Kansas plants to Denver for the American Medical Association annual meeting June 7 to 12. Tickets go on sale June 7 and 6 with return by July. Contact H.C Townsend or Nipps for side trips from Denver to Colorado points. Also promotions for Grain-O and Beggs Diarrhea Balsam advertised.
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American Medical Association
Denver
Missouri Pacific
Kansas
Éthree Negrest
Colorado
H.C Townsend
T. A
St. Louis
Nipps
Topeka
Kan
Bid Notice for Furniture Contract Award
The office advertises a contract for seating and related furnishings. Bids must be delivered with a specified sum of 30 wire in a period of days. The awarding authority reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to enter into a contract with the recommended bidder.
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Muse
Ceria
Valle
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Rota Gays
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