Reading Savings Bank Embezzler Convicted in Middlesex
Nathan P. Pratt Reading savings bank treasurer is convicted on twenty nine of fifty one counts after a nine day trial. Sid ney P. Pratt, the son, provides a sensational confession detailing a sixty thousand plus defalcation and a systematic scheme to falsify journal and ledger entries to conceal losses. He claims to have absorbed about sixty two thousand dollars and to have acted alone without confederates. The case highlights lax oversight by trustees and auditors and calls for bank reform.
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Nathan P. Pratt
Reading Savings Bank
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Howe Peer
Malden Aevinge Bank
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Journal
Senator Hill Face New Seduction Claim In Distant Probe
Washington, March 13. Senator Ben Hill is accused again of corrupt acts involving a sixteen year old girl, with claims of gifts and offices for her family. Mrs. B. Lockwood, attorney for Jessie Raymond, details alleged pressures, threats, and other cases, asserting Hill used influence at Capitol Hill to aid family members and obstruct justice. The interview outlines motives and possible blackmail, and notes Raymond's ongoing suit and related pressures.
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Ben Hill
Raymond
Georgia
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Miss Raymond
Jessie Raymond
Ill
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Hill
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Charles Pelham
Alabama
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Des Eeene
Capitol
Ten Men Die in Frankfort Flour Mill Explosion
Cincinnati dispatch reports Lehman Rosenthal and Co flour mill at Frankfort Indiana blasted by explosion at 7 am. Ten men in boiler room killed instantly, building demolished, ruins burned, cause unknown. Engineer Claxton among the few survivors, list of victims includes Leighen Claxton Miller Helmich Williams Shields Househild Erhanberry Webb Rogers. Loss about ten thousand dollars with three thousand insurance.
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Boller
Cincinnati
Lehman Rosenthal & Co
Frankfort
Ind
Claxton
Webb
Patrick Leighen
Thomas Claxton
Joseph Miller
Eli Helmich
Scott William
Patrick Shields
John Househild
Joseph Erhanberry
Monroe Webb
John Rogers
Severe Weather in Victoria Reports Massive Stock Loss
A Victoria despatch notes catastrophic weather across Nicola Kamloops Okanagan and Lillovet with cattle sheep horses and pack trains dying rapidly. Snow three to five feet deep shows no thaw and losses are roughly a million dollars, threatening many stock raisers with poverty.
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Victoria
Express
Nicola
Kamloops
Okanagan
Lillovet
Treasury circular guides pension claimants on bounty collection
Washington March 12 the treasury department issued a circular for soldiers or heirs entitled to bounty under acts of congress. It explains provisions of the different sections and how bounties due to volunteers and regulars can be collected by the soldier or heirs without a claim agent. Copies are available by application to the second auditor of the treasury.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Congress
the Treasury
Stole 6000 Diamonds From Step-Mother in New York Steal
New York report says 19 year old William Lovell, son of a pool room proprietor, stole $6000 in diamonds from his step-mother and fled. Authorities note the youth has a long record of misbehavior and has served three terms on Wells Island.
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New York
William Lovell
Well’s Island
English Garrison Routed by Afghan Forces at Charikar
Cable despatch from Lonpox reports Afghans recaptured and sacked Charikar, fifty miles northeast of Cabul. English troops and Afghan allies were surprised. allies allegedly deserted, leaving the garrison to rout. Most troops escaped to the mountains, aiming to reach Cabul via the mountain pass. The note also includes a famine appeal urging aid for Ireland with planned visits to Mayo and Donegal.
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F’abul
Lord Derby Declares Liberal Alignment In House
Lord Derby announces his shift to the Liberal camp as Hartington defends Liberal unity at Accrington. In Shanghai a Pekin revolt shakes central power, beheading Chung How and prompting radical government measures. Meanwhile in Lospos a French consul hauls down his flag amid a Madagascar dispute and seeks aid.
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Lord Derby
Lord Sefton
Derby
Hartington
Accrington
Beaconsfield
England
Shanghai
Pekin
Kuangsi
Chung How
Russia
Lospos
France
Madagascar
A Possible Change in the Czar Policy
In St. Petersburg on March 15 reports say the czar may ease the iron policy with a pacific approach. Meetings with General Melikoff discussed police reform and commuting sentences for civil and military offenders amid growing Nihilist activity.
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Czar
St. Petersburg
Melikoff
Explosive Fire Hits Santiago Barracks in Chile
From New York report dated March 9 a massive explosion at the Santiago artillery barracks on January 27, likely caused by a dropped loaded shell, shattered roofs and walls, with 24 bodies found among debris and rescue teams fearing more fatalities as a severe fire threatened the magazine holding 250 tons of powder.
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Santiago
Loupon
Daily News
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Vistula
Dzikov
Bona
Desperate Irish Poor Described in Despatches from Ireland
Rev George Hepworth reports from Roscommon Sligo and Shannon west bank counties on three failed crops and near starvation. He describes wretched hovels lacking subsistence and people seizing bread like wolves. He appeals for aid urging sustained gifts from the American public.
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New York
George Hepworth
The
Herald
Ireland
King Harman
Shannon
Roscommon
Sligo
A Cipher Confession of a Providence Police Exile
The Providence police veteran Rufus Limeger later known as Ralph Landis is center stage in a Cleveland sourced sketch of a widely troubled career. A journal smuggled from jail reveals a life at sea, a wrecked marriage, debts in Providence and Philadelphia, and a vow to abandon wine and women. The account notes his service as a roundsman, a dramatic struggle at the Weeden capture, and his discharge after repeated disobedience.
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Rufus Limeger
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France
Australia
Savannah
New York
Fpasaenner
Sarah Rogers
Middletown
Conn
Philadelpia
Philadelphia
Nellie
Central Station
Mollie Blaine
Sarah
Providence Journal
Limeburger
Limeburner
Providence Police Department
Payne
Weeden
Wanskuck
Knowles
Salvation Army Invasion At Harry Hill Theater
The Army of Salvation arrived from England to stage an evangelical service at Harry Hill's variety theatre in New York. Commissioner Railton led fervent prayers and hymns aimed at converting theatergoers, while Hill’s show continued. Despite dramatic preaching and exhortations from Captain Emma Westbrook, the audience remained unmoved and few converts were made.
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the Army of Salvation
Army of Salvation
England
Kingdom of the Devil
Variety Theatre
New York
Railton
Mission Hall
Jeffrey O. Boyle
Salvation Army
London
Hill
Commissioner Railton
Jesus
Emma Westbrook
Satan
Hell
Sean
Two Girls Murdered for Money. Stranger Guest Suspect
A Missouri frontier murder tale reports a hidden pension fund split among two sisters. A stranger seeking shelter killed one man and shot another before fleeing. later, a posse found the shooter dead alongside the murdered sisters and the stolen $800.
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Guest Mills
Cincinnati
Howell County
College Closed by Scarlet Fever Case at Smith College
A scarlet fever case at Hubbard House Smith College led the faculty to close the college two weeks before spring vacation. Most students returned home and authorities reported that none were exposed.
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Northampton
Hubbard House
Smith College
Knight of Malta Degree Game Changers in Cincinnati
March 12 Cincinnati reports many prominent Scottish Rite Masons from across the United States gathered to confer the Knight of Malta degree under a new ritual for the first time in America. In New York on March 13 John McDermott, a life-prison convict, killed his wife and then died by his own actions in a furnace.
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Miladelphia
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Westbrook
Jesus Christ
Alf
Cincinnati
America
New York
John McDermott
Fork Sing
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