Brintnall Favored for Public Board Seat
Mr Norman Y Brintnall meets general favor for election to the directors of public institutions. He is not new to city business and has two years of honorable council service. He is held in esteem by those who know him, and his location and qualities fit him for a Board position.
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Quiet Washington Day Amid Looming Extra Session
A calm day in Washington precedes the extra session as politicians brace for two weeks of work on House organization and Senate reorganization. Democrats see the situation as settled while Republicans admit missteps over federal interference in state elections.
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Contested Pension Debates Highlight Senate Row
Washington reports on the Arrears of Pensions Amendment clash as Hoar faces Lamar over Davis. Lamar’s counterattack reveals Senate rivalries with Conkling and Matthews delivering powerful remarks. Matthews’s farewell lauds his legal skill and intellect, signaling changes in Ohio representation.
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Vanderbilt suits settle false rumors amid street death and walking match plans
New York reports deny a compromise in the Vanderbilt million dollar suits as Judge Rapallo denies settlement rumors. A somnambulist woman, Mery Williams, dies after a Canal Street encounter. Arrangements are made for an international walking match at Gilmore's Gardens with gate money shares outlined. Other items note cows killed over pleuro-pneumonia fears and failed coal production talks amid rising Eastbound freight.
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Plague fears from Astrachan raise consular alert
Washington reports alarming rumors of plague spread in Southern Russia. Consul Heap in Constantinople notes panic after a case near Salonica and says Russian measures confined the pestilence to initial localities. The U S Treasury Marine Hospital circular imposes stringent vessel disinfection rules for goods and ships from infected ports.
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Catholics of America urged to fund Purcell debt
New York reports claim 8,600,000 Catholics could subsist a campaign to pay Archbishop Purcell of Cincinnati. Some bishops and cardinals weigh in with cautious support while others oppose. Purcell receives Cardinal McCloskey permission to collect in Easter week, with assignments announced.
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Premature Nitro Glycerine Blast Kills Contractor
A nitro glycerine explosion at Dutch Gap on the James River kills M. C. Haggerty, a government contractor, and several others. Elias Hall, in charge of the glycerine, was killed or fatally injured. Haggerty’s body was not recovered. Reports vary on victims, with Aleck Brown identified among the dead and one or two negroes injured. The blast occurred as Hall rammed a canister with over thirty pounds of glycerine before the general blast, triggering two more charges and a massive shock.
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Legal Tender Question Sets Up Supreme Court Test
Washington March 5 An 8S. B. Chittenden and Gen Benjamin F Butler agree to bear costs in a new case challenging the constitutionality of government notes as legal tender in peacetime Buiter argues for the debtor and Chittenden for the creditor Senator Edmunds and William Allen Butler will assist Chittenden The case aims to force a Supreme Court ruling on whether legal tender paper money in peace time is constitutional
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Belfast Caucus Nominates Flanders for Mayor
In Belfast Wednesday evening David S. Flanders received the Republican nomination for mayor. Damariscotta man David Chapman, about 65, leaped from a bridge Wednesday and drowned. New York’s Charles Crissey appointed Indian Agent at Sisseton Agency Dakota, replacing Edward H. C. Hooper of Biddeford. Wells town officers said to be under arrest for oath violations over the past year. Wrecked material washing up between York and Wells beaches suggests unknown origin. Bangor Marshal Reed and Officer Gordon investigated Elliot murder rumors. outcome unclear. State Reform Clubs convention opened in Brunswick with officers elected and temperance speeches. Maine Dairymen’s Association opened in Winthrop with papers on dairy stock and welcome remarks. Mills in Lewiston and Auburn industry active with strong orders. Cushman & Co. hiring more as spring trade grows.
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Dead adopted son of Marblehead resident found in bed
An adopted son of John Burns of Marblehead, 19, was found dead in bed on Tuesday morning. The report lists multiple local incidents including injuries from a sleigh accident, a contested election case conclusion, a foundry startup with 35 workers, a serious injury at a Springfield mill, a funeral of Rev J B O Hagan S J, and various local notes.
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Notable Reichstag Debate on Parliamentary Discipline Bill
In Berlin on March 5 the Reichstag clashed over Bismarck’s discipline bill with Prince Hohenlohe opposing and Lasker denouncing the measure as unconstitutional. Bismarck defended government aims, citing incidents of incendiary speech and Socialist threats, while the House rejected a committee referral and fixed the second reading for Friday.
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Wreck of British Bark Star Queen and Asian Trade Rumors
San Francisco dispatch reports the Star Queen wrecked off South Gates with the captain and 21 crew drowned. Chinese pirate raids feared. Washington negotiations awaited as Japan’s finance shows a lighter deficit than expected. British Minister Parks set to return to England amid treaty tensions.
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Russian Forces to Lead Eastern Roumelia Entry
Dispatches report Prince Dondoukoff Korsakoff to assume command of Russian forces in Eastern Roumelia. Russian authorities pledge Berlin Treaty compliance as Gen. Tchernaieff heads gymnastic clubs drill for military service. Austria and Russia discuss occupation reductions and boundary commissions.
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Official Amnesty Bill Announcement Amid War On Leon Say
An official government statement declares the amnesty bill amid ongoing conflict with Leon Say. The regional authorities emphasize legal clemency measures and outline eligibility and expiration terms for those affected by the war.
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Turkish troops march against Greeks after frontier raid
Constantinople reports a Turkish force sent toward the Greek frontier after Greek raids destroyed the village of Kieulikienter. Greece calls the raiders brigands and urges Instructions to Mouhktar Pasha. Berlin notes a rumor Stolberg Wernigerode may take Alsace Lorraine governorship. Rome lists Dr Newman among cardinals to be created.
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Northfield House block burned in Vermont fire
The Northfield House block in Northfield Vermont including the Northfield Hotel barber shop post office and several shops burned this afternoon. Defective chimney caused the blaze with losses around 15000 and 10000 insured. Most furniture saved and provisions in the cellar burned. Fire still burning and nearby properties endangered.
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Maine Legislature Adjourns After Vetoes And Court Question
The fifty-eighth Maine Legislature adjourned without day after passing the payroll with mileage, while the Senate and House deferred to a Supreme Court ruling on mileage compensation. The Governor vetoed the payroll bill again, and both vetoed measures were laid on the table. The session totaled 64 days with 181 acts and 57 resolves enacted.
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Masked men kill elderly man after arson attack in Coffee county
In Coffee county near Manchester, six to eight masked men firebombed Abe Wootten's cabin eight miles from town. Wootten and his family of wife and four children fled but he was seized, shot 190 yards from the cabin, and died as the attackers left. The wife and children sheltered by his body overnight.
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Libel convict sentenced to two years hard labor
John Pendergrass was convicted of libel before Judge Mackey at King's Tree in Charleston, D C. He received two years of hard labor in the penitentiary or a five dollar fine plus costs. The libel stemmed from a Washington Republican pamphlet last November accusing King's Tree election managers of stuffing the ballot box and alleging some citizens voted more than once. Pendergrass had testified before the Teller Committee in Charleston.
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Omnibus suit over policy surrender scheme in U S Life case
In New York on March 5 the Commercial reports a Court of Common Pleas action by John Tilton Andrew Ottendorph Lewis F Williams Charles L Mather and wives against the United States Life Insurance Company. They allege false representations induced surrender of policies from 1859 to 1865 and that agents nationwide carried out a twisting scheme. The suit cites over 2.7 million dollars paid from the reserve fund between 1870 and 1877.
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Gibson brothers sentenced in Pension law case
David O. Gibson and William P. Gibson pleaded guilty to multiple Pension law indictments and defrauding the Government. David received five years in the penitentiary while William P. was fined $1000 and imprisoned until paid. Four more suspects are jailed awaiting trial as part of a mountain counties operation that netted about $12,000.
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Railroads endorse pooling plan for Westbound freights
In Philadelphia on March 5 representatives of trunk railroads backed a pooling system for West bound freights to Philadelphia Baltimore and Boston. The plan would apportion business across lines as in New York though the exact percentage awaiting final decision by Commissioner Fink.
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