Speeding Peconic Rescues Venture Crew in Gale
The steamship Peconic saved eight sailors from the wrecked Scotch bark Venture after a perilous mid Atlantic voyage. Captain Harnden recounts a dangerous rescue after rockets signaled distress near Gibraltar. Volunteers hauled survivors from the sea as high waves battered the wreck. The venture’s crew included Captain Davin Morris Mate Joan Wright and several seamen. An associated company offers stock and holds options on land near the World’s Fair grounds in Matteson Cook County.
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Harnden
Gibraltar
Atlantic
Barkentine
Banff, Scotand
New England
Matteson
Cook County
Illlinois Central
Michigan Central
Drexel, Morgan & Co. BeltLine Railway
Chicago
Investors sought for World’s Fair Cottage Association venture
The World’s Fair Cottage Association seeks Eastern investors to take control and promises 150 percent profit on lot sales within eighteen months. Representative E Linwood Blake will be at the Adams House in Boston to show maps and issue a prospectus to callers or correspondents. Captain David Morris recounts the sinking of the Venture near Mona Island after a guano cargo loss, detailing relentless pumping, heavy seas, and the crew’s rescue by a passing steamer.
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Investigton
E. Linwood Blake
Association
Adams House
Boston
David Morris
Mona Island
Porto Rico
Birkenhead
Eay
Schoolmaster Denied Help as Boy Falls from Window
Bethel Alward, 18, recounts his fall from a Sherwin school second story window after alleged harsh punishment by Frank A. Morse. He describes being struck with a rattan, pain, and cramping as he tried to escape, while Morse denies locking the door or ignoring cries for help. Civil action planned by the boy’s father.
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Bethel Alward
Sherwin School
Frank A. Morse
T Was Sent Into Mr. Morse
Havoc on the Prairies Blazes Sweep Payne County Farms
A prairie fire across eastern Payne county causes extensive damage to farms owned by John Shotwell William Querry John Querry and others. John Querry died trying to save his home Huron Oklahoma reports another fire twelve miles south destroyed farm houses of William Mills and William Eye with grain hay and machinery losses widespread across a large section.
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Guthrie
O. T
Payne County
John Shotwell
William Querry
John Querry
Huron
Here
William Mills
William Eye
Charles Bell Faces Financial Trouble at Colored Orphan Asylum
Charles W. Bell, a colored teacher in Cincrmatt public schools, is $4 six two three short as treasurer of the colored orphan asylum. He is removed from the treasurer post and secured the asylum trustees with a mortgage on his house for $3000 while his bondsmen stand for $1000. Bell claims his wife burned the money during house cleaning.
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Cincrmatt
Charles W. Bell
Colored Orphan Asylum
Asylum
Bell
Estimating Will Prob ably Close Tuesday
A South Boston correspondent reports the governor may close the plan by Tuesday. The item notes hopes tied to St Patrick's Day and a lingering candle’s final flicker in an annual civic issue.
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South Boston
Will St. Patrick's Day
The Post Candle Contest Heads Toward Final Estimates
The Boston Post invites extra return trips to the World’s Fair for the closest estimate of candle burn time. Early submissions gain advantage, with a cutoff as the candle nears its last six inches. A steel spindle marks progress, and weather may affect speed. Readers send in estimates, some from notable locals, hoping for a Chicago ticket.
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New England
Boston Post
Chicago
Willie” Russell
Dana
the Sun
the Sun, Seems To Be “Dreftie
F. W. Osborne
National tariff favors Nicaragua ports under McKinley act
Harrison programs note that starting April 15 the McKinley tariff law imposes no duties on a long list of articles entering Nicaraguan ports. The policy aims to simplify trade and expand commerce with the Central American nation.
Proclamation by President Harrison on Nicaragua tariff reciprocity
The United States proclaims modifications to Nicaragua tariff laws in reciprocal trade terms. It lists articles admitted free of duty including live animals crops seeds plants and many industrial materials with dates and official signatures by President Harrison and Acting Secretary Wharton.
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United States
Republic of Nicaragua
Nicaragua
United States of America
Secretary of State
Washington
Congress
Benjamin Harrison
H Seenjamin Harrison
Willliam F. Wharton
State Democratic Convention Called for April in Boston
The Democratic State committee met Saturday and issued the call for the State convention to be held in Boston on April 8. Charles St. Hamlin of Brookline and Dr. T. J. Barrett of Worcester were added to the State committee, replacing resignations. District conventions may be called by the executive committee due to redistricting. Representation is set at one delegate for each city town ward plus one for each 100 votes or majority part thereof from 1858 for the presidential elector.
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Democratic State Committee
Boston
Charles St. Hamlin
Brookline
Sigourney Butler
T. J. Barrett
Worcester
Edward A. Harris
Lhrge
Presient
Grand Central Hotel transfer contracts signed today
Final contracts for the Grand Central Hotel on Broadway New York will be signed today. The Cen tral, built around 1870, once considered too uptown now sits amid a shifting fashionable center. Mr Haynes plans a first class business and family hotel with a favorable lease and complete accommodations ready by June after 60 000 dollars in improvements. He will run the property from Boston while spending part of each week in New York.
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Grand Central
Broadway
New York
the Central
Union Square
Haynes
Boston
United States
Palmer Sells Passage Tickets on Shore Line and Colonial Express
At No 3 Old State House L H Palmer provides passage and drawing room car tickets for all trains on the Shore Line and for the Colonial express as well as the day train between Boston and Washington.
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Old State House
L. H. Palmer
Shore Line
Boston
Washington
JUGGLERY IN THE KITCHEN TESTS BAKING POWDER CLAIMS
A Boston Herald column condemns traveling baking powder testers who misrepresent products by a foaming test. It argues such methods deceive consumers and insult housekeepers, urging protection against fraudulent demonstrations and adulterated goods.
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Elere
The
Boston Herald
Gambling or Gain Without Service Debate in Boston Union Hall
Reverend James De Normandie of Roxbury spoke at 48 Boylston Street on gambling and the wrong of taking without giving an equivalent. He praised anti lottery laws and urged arousing popular sentiment to press reform. The talk noted widespread speculation temptations and the need for justice. music preceded and followed the address, and attendance was strong.
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James de Normandie
Roxbury
Boston
Young Men’s Christian Union Hall
Boylston Street
Stock Exchange
Chance
Transatlantic steamship movements list ships and origins
A dated roster records ships arriving or departing in March with origins including Western Islands Liverpool Hamburg Antwerp Bermuda Lon London Med iterranean ports New York and Bremen Havre and Liverpool. Entries mention Vega Gellert Borderer Roman Peconic Trave La Champagne Aurania and other vessels with their ports of origin and dates.
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Boston
Vega
New York
City of Berlin
Liverpool
Gellert
Hamburg
Illinois
Antwerp
Orinoco
Bermuda
Borderer
Lonon
Roman
Peconic
Mediterranean
Bremen
Trave
Whiskey Trust officials arraigned in U S district court
Judge Nelson heard the Whiskey Trust leaders plead not guilty and post bail of 10000 each. President Joseph B Grenhut Vice President Herbert L Tirrell Secretaries George J Gibson Peter J Hennessy Directors William Ne Hobart Nelson Morris Warren H Corning Lewis H Greene Julius E French. Morris absent. Gibson ill. Bondsmen Daniel A Shea John Joyce. Attorneys Prince Olney Root Bordman Hall. Root to file motion to quash. hearing set for the 30th inst.
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Whiskey Trust
Nelson
United States District Court
Joseph B. Grenhut
Herbert L. Tirrell
George J. Gibson
Peter J. Hennessy
William Ne Hobart
Nelson Morris
Warren H. Corning
Lewis H. Greene
Julius E. French
Morris
Gibsom
Daniel A. Shea
Haymarket Square
John Joyce
Empire Distilling Company
Trust
Charles A. Prince
Richard Olney
Elihu EF
Root
New York
United States
Bordman Hall
House Naval Committee Report on Navy Bill
Washington March 18 Representative Herbert of Alabama chairs the House naval affairs committee. He prepared a report to accompany the naval appropriation bill totaling 23,726,823 dollars, 8,814,831 less than the prior session and 3,467,816 below department estimates. The panel says reductions do not impair navy progress and lowers repairs limits on wooden ships while barring new boilers. It urges construction of one or more new vessels each regular session to steadily grow fighting ships.
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Washington
Herbert
Alabama
House Committee On Naval Affairs
House
Department
Congress
Captured and Lynched in Ozark After Wife Slaying
John H. Bright, accused of shooting and killing his wife in Laney county a day or two earlier, was captured in Ozark Missouri and lynched, ending a swift, vigilante action by locals.
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Ozark, Mo
John H. Bright
Laney County
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