Washington. Blaine and Shipherd testify in Chili Peru probe
The House foreign affairs committee will start hearings next Wednesday on Chili Peru relations. It may question Jacob R. Shipherd about the Peruvian Company of New York and its officers, and examine missing letters related to ex Secretary Blaine and ex Secretary Evarts. Also covered are the Bancroft treaty debate and treatment of Roscoe Conkling’s confirmed nomination.
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Queen survives Windsor assassination attempt
London reports an attempted shooting at Windsor station as Queen Victoria arrived by special train. A man named Roderick MacLean fired a pistol but the shot was harmless. The Queen proceeded to Windsor Castle amid cheers, while MacLean was taken into custody and later declared sane by physicians.
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Fort Grant Hangings of Dead Shot Danny Jim and Skippy
At Fort Grant Arizona March 3 three Indian scouts named Dead Shot Danny Jim and Skippy were hanged at 1 05 pm for the murder of Captain Heating and his men at Cibien Creek. Dandy Jim was gloomy while the others laughed at the coming end. The trio expressed acceptance of fate and hoped to join friends in the afterlife, then their ropes were cut after seventeen minutes.
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Apparition sighted daily in shabby Troy tenement
The alleged Virgin Mary apparition appears each afternoon at No. 300 First Street in Troy since February 18, drawing hundreds to witness the phenomenon as it vanishes almost instantly around 5 PM. The Jones family occupies the residence.
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Mrs Henderson Credits Pierce Pills For Headache Cure
Cleveland Ohio resident Mrs J C Henderson reports daily use of two of Pierce Pleasant Purgative Pellets over several weeks cured her sick headaches. She previously suffered bouts about every twelve days and now enjoys relief.
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Monster landslide halts Valley Railway near Akron
Cleveland March 6. A landslide at Slack Dog two miles NW of Akron on the Valley Railway blocks the line. The cut is the road’s deepest, with an eighty foot bank, loamy soil and clay causing crevices. A second slide, ten feet thick and seventy feet high, looms with earth already broken from the bank. Snakes emerge from crevices as the line remains blocked until a construction train arrives.
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Bankrupted by a bookkeeper at lard firm of Macfarlane
The Tribune reports the lard firm W W Macfarlane a Co failed after bookkeeper Peter Ronaldson admitted a cash deficit of several thousand dollars and fled the city. He had been under close supervision but left Brooklyn for parts unknown, possibly Cuba, with his wife and two children. He had speculated in cotton and provisions.
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Mechanics' Bank settlement plan collapses in Newark
In Newark on March 3, the plan to resuscitate the Mechanics Bank failed after Stephen H. Condict withdrew his obligation, offering 160000 if half in real estate. Directors circularized depositors and shareholders declaring miscarriage of the settlement. Receiver Frelinghaysen says only 60 percent can be paid now, with 521465 due tomorrow as the last dividend for some time.
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Tormented death ends inquiry into Canadian seduction case
Edith Gray alias Maury Sweet shot herself in Kingston after a coroner's inquest revealed a tangled tale of Emmons and Pierson. Emmons was killed by Pierson amid jealousy. Sweet fled to avoid testifying, later aided by Piersons. Sweet died by suicide. Pierson faces possible murder charges.
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Mills consider shutdown to steady print cloth market
In Fa River on March 6 the question of closing mills for a period is debated as demand weakens and prices fall. Report notes five year print cloth stock totals, with rising stocks suggesting overproduction and prompting calls for a shutdown once milder weather reduces activity.
End of Bourne Will Contest Award in Newport
In Newport Rhode Island on March 6 Arlen Thorndike Rice receives 500000 dollars plus one third of the residue as the Bourne will contest ends. Mrs M A Thorndike widow married Bourne of Boston had three daughters two opposed the marriage. Rice supported Bourne and the will to his wife was carried out despite the opposition.
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Doctors Debate Guiteau's Sanity at Medico-Legal Society
New York on March 6 witnesses including Dr. Hammond and Dr. Parsons argued Guiteau suffered reasoning mania and was a lunatic deserving punishment. Dr. Spitzka defended original insanity while doubting deterrence of future cranks. Drs. Barry Mann Gray and Henry supported Hammond's premises.
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Floods and Winds Break Levees Across River Regions
Memphis to New Orleans dispatches report a hurricane of wind and rain that breached levees along 300 miles of channels from Helena Arkansas to Arkansas City. The breaks flood Bolivar Washington Isaquena counties, drown dozens, devastate stock and crops, and trigger calls for federal relief as losses soar above 400000.
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Panama Canal contract awarded for 6 million cubic metres
The Panama Canal Company awarded to Hueme Slaven Lynch of San Francisco the excavation contract from Colon to Gatun amounting to 6 000 000 cubic metres at one and a half francs per cubic metre. The project spans about eight miles and a three year duration.
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Gatun
Blinding Blizzard Hits Minnesota Storm Damage Reports
A dramatic electrical storm in St Paul Minnesota brings a blizzard over the Northwest. In Henderson a barn owned by Fred Oldenburg was struck by lightning killing a fine horse and injuring two boys, one fatally, as a ladder collapsed and toppled into a mow. The barn did not burn.
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Merchant Kills Himself Rather Than Testify in Fraud Case
Nathan D. Marshall a NJ produce dealer killed himself Thursday morning by slashing his throat with a razor. He was to testify today against Horace Hummel charged with defrauding citizens with bogus stock certificates in the Newton Building Association where Hummel served as secretary. Marshall, a $1000 victim, said before dying that he acted to spare his old friend Hammel.
Insurrection Report From Martinique Involving Torpedoes
The Steamer Flamborough reports that during a recent negro insurrection in Martinique the U S vice consul distributed band torpedoes to white residents for defense. He was imprisoned for five days, released on promise not to act, and forced to name those given torpedoes. A fin e of 26000 francs was imposed. Dr Lota’s house was razed and others looted amid fears of extermination before calm returned when the Flamborough left.
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Naval committee weighs unfinished monitors Amphitrite Puritan
Inspecting ships at Willington and Chester the House naval committee finds the monitors would be useless beyond harbor defense if completed and would cost nearly 34 million. Some members advocate selling the vessels for old iron as an alternative. The trip also highlights steel work at Chester and shipyards operated by Mr Roach and others. The committee plans to return to Washington Saturday night.
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Rescue at sea after schooner George L. Fessenden sighting
Early daylight near Chatham the schooner George L. Fessenden of Greenport was found two miles southeast of the lights with its colors at half mast. Eighteen men in two boats braved heavy seas to aid but could not return. they joined the F.F. F. McDonald crew at Belfast and later steered the Fessenden back underway.
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New York Chamber Deliberates on Pilot Fees Reduction
A committee appointed to study steam pilotage and pilot fee cuts reported a recommendation to reduce pilots' charges by about 26 percent and to demand restoration of pre 1865 rates. Steam pilotage received more time for study, and the panel was authorized to prepare and present a bill to the Legislature for fee reduction.
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Seventy-Seven Days at Sea On John Black’s Voyage
The bark John Black arrived at St. Joan New Brunswick from Barrow after a tempestuous seventy seven day voyage. The crew began with six men. One died in a fit after forty two days. R H Bell of Sackville drowned eight days later. Two seamen were disabled February 13 leaving the captain and two sailors to handle the vessel with the mate badly injured.
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Curious Epidemic Strikes Monadnock Blanket Mills
March 6 in Handa MaAnriBoro New Hampshire laborers in the Monadnock Blanket Mills reported sudden illness with vomiting. After replacements fell ill, workers in other rooms also sickened. By noon the mills shut down as nearly all were out of work. The cause remains unknown but suspected to be something in the rags.
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Miss Mar Herman Remains in Fast For Fifty-Four Days
Jeffersonville Ind March 6 Miss Mar Herman is still alive and may last until week’s end. She cannot retain water on her stomach and shows no change in condition.
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Butler Land Skirmish In Bath County Virginia
In Bath county Virginia a clash erupted as surveyors led by Captains Campbell Strong and Barrett attempted to map General Benjamin F. Butler s Wilson Survey a vast tract spanning Bath and into West Virginia. Armed locals attacked the party wounding several but the surveyors retreated after surrendering their camp and warning residents.
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Chicago Gambling Fraternity Faces Grand Jury Indictments
The Chicago grand jury returned seventy six indictments on gambling related crimes. One hundred two people were charged with gambling activities and forty for renting property for gambling. Officials including Mayor Harrison narrowly avoided indictment amid alleged omissions of duty. Detective pair Ryan and Londegan provided critical information, while E. F. Cragin received chief credit for the effort.
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Ritual Revision Completed for L O F Lodges
A committee led by Judge Henry F. Garry and including Charles M. Busbee William Hazlett John T. Jakes and Joseph Pope finished revising the L O F ritual in Baltimore after a September session. The new work will be available to lodges by June first and the third degree will be required for all subordinate lodges after July first with messengers to Germany Switzerland Australia Canada and other foreign chapters to instruct on the updated ritual.
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Hurricane Seventeen Diva Long Ship Encounters Severe Storms
Captain Humphrey of the Columbus reports unprecedented tempest during passage from Antwerp. From January 20 to February 12 the ship rode continuous hurricanes with cross seas. sails were repeatedly blown away and repairs required. Seaman Robert W. Muller was washed from the jibboom and drowned.
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