Badly Wanted. Maine Bank Defraud Scandal Emerges
The Maine Banking Company faces fraud charges as A. E. Blanchard, its president, is reported to be arrested on obtaining money under false pretenses and forgery. Directors claim he defrauded them of thousands while a plot involving Dr. Benjamin A. Harding ruined others financially. Blanchard organized the bank in 1890 with 50000 capital and misrepresented its business.
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Kansas City
Maine Banking Company
Maine
A. E. Blanchard
Blanchard
Benjamin A. Harding
Blackstone
Dls
United States
Horatio Clark
Clark
B. A. Harding
Blackstone, Ill
Chica
Bates
Lewiston
E. B. Watts
E. C. Barry
Sad Accident Claims Young Sister of Lord Cloncurry
A drowning at Nass near Naas County Kildare is reported as an accident. The body of Hon Rose Lawless, youngest sister of Lord Cloncurry, was recovered from a lake near the family residence and taken to her brother's house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Cloncurry
Dustin
Nass
County Kildare
Naas
Rose Lawless
Herther
Ead
H. F. Farnsworth
Neal
Flance
Pellegrini
John Gorst
India
Ae Tronmry
Wm. L. Jackson
Treland
Dispa Daphtee Fron
Vienna
Seyd
Livadia
Ds 8
Seainament
el Rad
Mliscourt Witley Fat Road
Kansas City
Hon
William HL. i
Poate
Order
Pantoe
Pobre
Pitsburg
Celateri
Samuel Croft
Marloo
Biaeey
Hopkinsville
Sasse Sa
Elk Horn
Sioux River
Amd
Samuel Cotton
Caroghe Kildare
Republicans Push San Francisco as Next National Convention Site
A second citizens meeting in San Francisco raised nearly 13,000 dollars for bidding the next national convention. A Southern Pacific rate of 50 from Chicago and nearby points was pledged, with plans to cover delegate transport. M H De Young said the city could pay for delegates. Separate New York raid on opium dens captured 91 prisoners, including 34 Chinese in a Park Street basement. The Cumberland Mountains forest fires threaten foothills and valleys with spreading flames aided by reinforcements and wind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Finance
Transportation Committee
Southern Pacific Company
Chicago
M. H. de Young
California
Ican
National Committee
New York
Brooks
Park Street
War Ships Ready as Secretary Tracy Orders Rapid Rise
In New York on November 10 1889 Secretary Tracy ordered every U S war vessel to be prepared for service at once. Minuteman the strongest ship to be pushed for immediate dispatch and naval yards and forts nationwide doubling work and arming ammunition to meet possible conflict.
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Tracy
San Francisco
New York
Navy Yard
Erben
Minutonomah
Amit Iee Ca
Nancows
War Department
Misas
Excitement Over San Francisco Bay Defenses
News from San Francisco reports push on Sunday and night work at Brooklyn and Mare Island yards. Local defenses are weak with few modern rifles. Fort Point and Alcatraz hold older smoothbores. Torpedoes guard the harbor, while two modern rifles are promised. Counterfeit activity in Ratray leads to arrests of three men. A cyclone near Andaman Islands sinks Enterprise, with only six saved of eighty three. Berlin experiences a bank run following failures. Watermelons spur Fort Valley mercantile collapse.
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San Francisco
Navy Yards
Brooklyn
Mare Island
Ft. Point
Golden Gate
Alcatraz
Carcorra
India
Anadaman Islands
Bay of Bengal
Enterprise
Theothorea
Fragmented rural notes from a distant era
An assorted clipping reports a mix of local misfortunes and political chatter. Items mention deaths, fires injuring residents, hog cholera outbreaks, a road project, and scattered political appointments. Names include H W Rogers and various regional figures, with brief notes on weather and safety incidents.
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Geo. D. Wheatley
Henriettas
Lansdowne, China
Sarah Silks
Nottingham
Scriven
Kansas City Banking Company
Gladstone
Loxpon
George Goschen
Trish
Boulogne
Goschen
Parnell
McCarthy
Morley
Ireland
London
Russia
Londox
Russian Empire
Inland Revenue
Wasutxatoy
Department of State
Devlin
Mr. Edwards
Germany
Denver
Eighteenth
Laurence Perseca
Guthrie
C. T
Patrick
Conley
Sac and Fox Nation
Williams
George Ahcentee
Neler
Verer
Wl Thornton
Ted
Philadelphia
Puitapenrita
Lippincott, Johnson & Co
Market Street
Faily
Eisler & Passmore
Adabatie
Minvesnono
Cumberland Mountains
Ames
Ratray
John Allen Johnson
J. W. Degern
Jesse Goodwin
Ahoj Font
Rales
Berlin
Leipzigerstrasse
Hirschfeld & Wolff
Friedlander & Sommerfeld
Fort Valley
O. M. Houser
West
Democrata
Cleve Land
Iasad
Satan
Herr von Stolleben
Washington
Von
Walton Architectural Iron Works
Cincinnati
Hino
Huntsville
Als
vince-Ang
Ininna
David Allen
Magnetewan
Ont
Vie Koneta
Enone
I Lin
Bitte Han
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