Tragedies and politics dominate early New Orleans and New Hampshire pages
This morning's news highlights include another tragedy linked to the Hennessey trial in New Orleans, New Hampshire Republicans naming M. Chase to succeed Judge Bingham, and a broad sweep of national issues from postmasters purges to pork and meat packers access to European markets. Also noted are railroader grievances, extradition talks with Colombia, and local city matters in Rhode Island, New York fires, and pension date changes.
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Daniel Dorchester
Louisville
New Orleans
Hennessey
New Hampshire
W. M. Chase
Bingham
New York
The
Brotherhood of Railroadductors
United States
Republic of Columbia
Financial crash hits Louisville private bankers
George Schwartz and Co., private bankers of Louisville, failed for about half a million dollars. The firm’s partner Fred Janssen is missing with fears of suicide. The collapse affects Union Tobacco Works and signals potential ripple effects through local banks amid a broader monetary strain.
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George Schwartz & Co
Louisville, Ky
Louisvittz
Union Tobacco Works
Schwartz
Fred Janssen
Louisville
Telegraph line repaired restores service to Woods Hall Naushon
Telegraph communication with the mainland has been re established at Vineywarp Haven on March 19. Officials report the fault lay in the land line at Woods Hall and on Naushon Island and was promptly repaired restoring full service.
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Vineywarp Haven
Woods Hall
Naushon Island
Utopia disaster captain arrested as shipwreck toll rises
March 18. Captain McKeague of the Utopia was arrested for wrongful acts negligence and mis management but bailed. Official loss of life plus survivors from the Anchor Line steamer Utopia totals 880 aboard with 290 steerage, two saloon passengers, three Italian interpreters and 23 crew saved. Bodies washing ashore prompt naval encampment delays and grim accounts from wreck workers. Funeral for two sailors from the Immortalite marks Gibraltar tribute with all-ironclad salutes as ships close stores.
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Gurattar
McKeague
Utopia
James Cotton
George Hales
Stoker
Immortalite
Gibraltar
The
Sir William Wiseman
Large Theft Of Cartridges From Spandau Workshops
Beruw March 19 The military authorities in this city and Spandau investigate the disappearance of hundreds of kilograms of smokeless rifle cartridges stolen from Spandau military workshops. A non commissioned officer reportedly sold the cartridges in the city for 22 marks per 100 kilograms. The officers seek how and to whom the stock was disposed of amid suspicions of foreign-government involvement.
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Beruw
Spandau
Newfoundland Fisheries Rights Bill Read In Lords
In London on March 19 Lord Knutsford introduced a bill to revise provisions governing Newfoundland fisheries rights of foreign powers. He sought a compromise to lessen colonial burdens and argued the protest arose from misunderstandings. The bill passed the first reading amid support from Lord Kimberly and Lord Salisbury.
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London
House of Lords
Lord Knutsford
Newfoundland
England
Lord Kimberly
Lord Salisbury
Wife Restored to Liberty by Court of Appeal
In Loxpoy on March 19 the Court of Appeal ordered Mrs. Jackson, a wealthy wife abducted by E. H. Jackson of Clitheroe, to be restored to her full liberty and to choose her own residence after arguments challenging a husband’s ownership of his wife.
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Court of Appeal
Napoleon’s Body Taken to Turin Amid Bonapartist Recognition
Rome March 19 The body of Prince Napoleon was brought to Santa Maria del Popolo for absolution then moved to the railroad for Turin. Princess Clotilde, Princess Letitia, Prince Victor and a king’s aide escorted the cortege. Pagis March 19 The Bonapartists lead.
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Napoleon
Turin
Bonapartists
Prince Victor
Rome
Santa Maria del Popolo
Clotilde
Letitia
Victor
Humbert
Pagis
French Throne Heir Designation Sparks Interviews
A set of interviews published today show consensus to disregard Prince Napoleon's will and to recognize Prince Victor as the legitimate heir to the French throne. The discussions reflect a shift in royal legitimacy claims amid ongoing monarchist circles.
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Utopia
Napoleon
Tur
Prince Victor
France
Mitre
A Pages
Victoria
B. C
Ers
Victor
English architects praise American naval craft as rivals
London observers report at the Institute of Naval Architects meeting that Mr. Biles, a Council member, praised recent American naval constructions as equal or superior to European ones and urged English builders to study them closely.
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London
The
Institute of Naval Architects
Biles
Council
Chilean Delegate To Europe Reports Insurgent Strength
A delegate from the Chilean Congressional or Revolutionary party arrives in Paris to present the party’s views to European powers. He declares two thirds of the people support the insurgents, who already hold the Northern provinces and control lucrative nitrate and guano resources.
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Paris
Chilian Congressional
Revolutionary Party
Europe
Ex President Mitre Nominated for Republic Presidency
Ex President Mitre was enthusiastically received on arrival. Senor del Valle delivered an oration for the Union Civica and urged Mitre to save the country. Mitre pledged to serve his native land as president. General Mitre and Senor Trigoyen were named for president and vice president respectively. Yesterday was observed as a public holiday.
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Burnos Ayers
Mitre
Senor del Valle
Union Civica
Neral Mitre
Senor Trigoyen
Maine Senate Passes Australian Ballot Bill
The Maine Senate passed the Australian ballot bill and sent it to the House for Tuesday consideration. Debates centered on fraud, party duty, and the bill’s necessity, with senators from Aroostook and Hancock voicing support and opposition. The majority report was adopted 21 to 10 after amendments. Spear urged further changes to apply the measure to plantations.
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Avausta
Sprctat
Senate
House
Ryder
Powers
Aroostook
Grindle
Hancock
Maine
Laborng
Spear
Kennebec
A New Steamer for Boston Fairfax to Begin July on Baltimore Line
The Merchants and Miners Transportation Co expands capital from 1,000,000 to 1,200,000 and names officers. A new steamer, the Fairfax, under Captain J S March, will serve the Boston route this July. The vessel, 270 feet long, 40.4 feet beam, three decks, speeds eighteen mph, built at Wilmington yards, promises to be largest and fastest in the fleet.
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Baltimore
Merchants and Miners’ ‘Transportation Company
George J. Appold
Michael Jenkins
Decatur H. Miller
George N. Appold
Henry James
Ellerton P. Whitney
Boston
D. H. Miller, Jr
Harlan & Harlingsworth Company
Wilmington
Del
Fairfax
Virginia
J.S. March
Chatham
D. H. Foster
Berkshire
M. W. Snow
Willam Lawrence
J. W.rwin
D. H. Miller
William Lawrence
Capsized by a heavy sea near Chatham
The Victor, a Chatham fishing boat, capsized seven miles from land during a northeast gale. Manned by George and Rufus Nickerson, the pair were rescued by another boat in exhausted condition and taken home, both reported doing well. The boat and tackle, valued around 400 dollars, were a total loss.
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Chatham
George
Rufus Nickerson
Nickersons
California Senator Felton Elected on First Ballot
Sacramento March 19 Charles N Felton was elected United States Senator on the first ballot today. New Rome Sewing Machine, 160 Tremont Street.
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California
Sacramento
Val
Chariles N. Felton
United States
New Rome
Tremont
Parnell Envoys Cheer in Cooper Union Dublin Rally
The New York Cooper Union hosted Parnell envoys amid a packed hall as J J O Kelly praised Parnell and urged funds to restore unity in the Irish party. H K Redmond and Mrs Parnell spoke while donations and appeals for support filled the evening.
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New Yorke
Parnell
Cooper Union
Michael Breslin
J. J. O'Kelly
America
Ireland
Mr. O'Kelly
Dublin
London
Gladstonian
Justin McCarthy
Timony Healy
Gladstonians
Gladstone
Mr. Parnell
House of Commons
Mr. O’kelly
Pailiff
H. K. Redmond
M.P
Charles Stewart Parnell
Healy
McCarthy
Aeaker
McVarthy
McUarthy
Harrison
Branch No. 8
Irish National League
John O’connor
Tipperary
Eugene Kelly
No Response Yet to Healy Challenge by Parnell Factions
Corx March 19 The delay of Mr Parnell in answering Mr Healy s defiance over resigning their seats and facing reelection to test popular support for Parnellite and McCarthyite causes is noted with uncertainty and political tension.
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Home Rule
Parnell
America
Hoffman House
Baltimore
Judge Beach Backs American Surety as Brooklyn Bonder
In New York March 19 Judge Beach ruled the American Surety Company valid to act as a surety for the Brooklyn Railroad Company despite investments in another bond firm. The court upheld its capacity to guarantee bonds for fiduciaries and noted its strong supervision of fiduciaries, claiming no losses to date. The decision affirms the company as a useful and reliable institution for courts and lawyers.
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New York
Tragedy in New Orleans Ends With Ex Journalist Dead
In New Orleans on March 19 Captain Arthur Dunn a prominent attorney and politician shot ex journalist Frank Waters after a quarrel over remarks about the Italian prison killings Waters was killed and Dunn mortally wounded. Waters bystanders were lightly wounded.
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New Orleans
Arthur Dunn
Frank Waters
Waters
Dunn
Hennessy
Unn
Joseph Baker
Rev Howard McQueary suspended for six months over heresy
The Cleveland case states Rev Howard McQueary is suspended six months for publicly teaching doctrines seen as contrary to the Protestant Episcopal Church. He may face expulsion if he does not retract, and plans to preach elsewhere possibly in Chicago Toronto or Jamestown.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Howard McQueary
McQueary
Protestant Episcopal Church
United States of America
Unitarian Church of the Messiah
Chicago
Toronto
Canada
Congregational Church
Jamestown
N. Y
Crevasses For Floods Force SP to Abandon Trains
Despatches from Texas report crevasses caused by floods have forced the Southern Pacific to abandon two passenger and nine freight trains. The Texas Transportation Company prepares a route to Clinton eight miles from Houston. Morgan steamers will move through California freight around by Gulf to Clinton from New Orleans, then rail. Normal service not expected to resume for three months.
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St. Louis
Texas
Southern Pacific
Texas Transportation Company
Clinton
Houston
Morgan
California
Gulf
New Orleans
Army and Navy Gazette major promotions and retirements
Army orders retire Lieutenant-Colonel Edmund Butler Seventeenth Infantry by operation of law and promote Major George N Brady to lieutenant-colonel of the Seventeenth Infantry. Captain George K Sanderson to major of the Eighteenth Infantry. Naval orders assign Commander George W Pigman to ordnance instruction at Washington Navy Yard and Mate Robert Robinson detached from the Frana and ordered to the training ship Richmond.
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Army and Navy
Washington
Edmund Butler
Seventeenth Infantry
George N. Brady
Eighteenth Infantry
George K. Sanderson
George W. Pigman
Navy Yard
Rum Question and Farmer Issue Stir New Hampshire Politics
In Con cord and Manchester Democrats regret a missed chance to regulate the state printer. The bill failed in the Senate amid Republican soldier and farmer tensions. Congressional speakers visit March 25–26 for Farmers' Alliance activities. Judge Bingham resigns. William M. Chase nominated to succeed. Republican and Democratic factions clash over education, ballot reform, and state finance.
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Concorp
N. H
Specrar
Senate
Simpson
Kansas
Kyle
South Dakota
New Hampshire
Concord
Manchester
Farmers’ and Citizens’ Alliance
Chandler
Republican Party
Agricultural College
Durham
Hanover
Carter
Benjamin Thompson
Sulloway
George A. Bingham
Supreme Court
William M. Chase
Chase
Judge Bingham
Fires Leave Two Dead In New York Tenement Blaze
Fire in a six story double tenement at 216 East Twenty-ninth Street kills Peter Cryan and his sister Mary Cryan, while twenty two residents are homeless. Loss totals about $15,000 as flames race from a ground floor shoemaker's suite up to the top. Several residents are rescued from windows by ladders. bodies recovered after the blaze.
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New York
East Twenty-ninth Street
Peter Cryan
Mary Cryan
Bernard Hollander
Purchase Street
William
Moore & Diman
P. R. Smith
Alien & Stovey
Smith
Cosmos Club
Moore & Diman’s
W. H. Vinal
J. D. Roberts
Musicians
Decatur
Ill
Decatur Furnace Company
HovaHton
Mich
Franklin
HARON
Albert G. Hixon
Main Street
Norfolk Insurance Company
Triangular Corner Sideboard Showcases Elegant Design
A detailed study presents a striking triangular corner sideboard offering a right-angled front, curved outward drawers, a pedestal flower shelf, two quadrant mirrors on the sides, and a hinged up drawer. The capacious closet features double doors, carved panels, and brass hinges.
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Careul
Paine's Furniture on Extradition Treaty with Colombia
The text of a treaty between the United States and the Republic of Colombia, proclaimed by the president, outlines offenses eligible for reciprocal extradition. Crimes listed include murder, counterfeiting, forgery, embezzlement, robbery, burglary, perjury, arson, piracy, and malicious destruction of railways or other critical infrastructure.
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Washineton
United States of America
Republic of Colombia
Senate
Law of Nations
Rhode Island House Fails Constitutional Convention Bid
In Providence on March 19 the House postponed special order on a constitutional convention. The roll call: 33 yeas 27 nays, failing to reach two thirds. Brennan attacked Brown for voting nay, Brown retorted. Care flipped to nay to move and reconsider. motion prevailed and the special order set for Wednesday. Senate considered Ballot reform, license account amendment, and Fourth Ocean Island claim payment.
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Providence
R. J
Brennan
J. 1. Brown
Woonsocket
Brown
Careroll
Senate
Willimantic Forms Shaver Telephone Company
A new joint stock company of Willimantic Conn forms to operate the molecular telephone. General Eugene Ross Julius Penny and other local business leaders are stockholders. Willimantic is the first Connecticut city to inaugurate the system with two instruments in use and rental set at $18 yearly. More instruments planned.
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Willmantic
Conn
Shaver Telephone Company
Windham County
Molecular Telephone
Eugene §. Ross
Julius Pinney
Henry R. Lincoln
Edwin Bugbee
Ansel Arnold
Horace M. Chapman
Jerome B. Baldwin
George A. Eliott
H. C. Murray
N. D. Webster
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Pthe
Maine Senate
Paze
Pennsylvania
Oldiers
Rhode Island
Menet
Alexander Young
Harvard Athletics
Citizens’ Caucus
Brookline
Vincent Memorial Hospital
Corporation of the Seaside House
New England Wheaton Seminary Club
Charles Devens
Loyal Legion Music Hall
Mark
Marion Harland
ALL Best Grocers
Leonard & CO
Gaston
Ery Etlner
Kiga Causeway St
J.T. Phelps
ABR
Newfoundland Fisheries
Republic
Parnell Hedges
Maurice Healy
Supreme Court of New York
Southern Pacific Road
New Bedford
Raat
Paine’s Furniture CO
Canal ST
Rhody
Messrs
Willimantic, Conn
John M. D. Fandawe
West Twenty-ninth Street
Knickerbocker Insurance Company
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