Offices and Seekers. Nominations Confirmed by Senate
President Harrison's nominations queued through the Senate with several key posts listed. Appointments include Arthur C. Mellette as governor of Dakota territory, Luther Richardson as secretary of Dakota, and Justice Ianustin Cornelis for the Washington Territory Supreme Court. Also named are George W. Irvin as U S marshal for Montana, Smiley Chambers as U S district attorney for Indiana, James C. Perry as assistant surgeon in the marine hospital service, and Albert G. Porter as envoy to Italy. Additional posts include minister to Denmark John A. Emmader, postmasters at various cities, and appointments for treasury, state, interior, and other duties among Maine and other states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Interior Department
Arthur C. Mellette
Watertown
Dak
Luther
B. Richardson
Grand Forks
Dakota
Ianustin
Cornelis Ge
Ugion
Supreme Court of
Territory of Washington
George W. Irvin
Montana
United States
Illiois
Denmark
Charles A. Rolfe
Prince
Arthur C. Perry
Presque Isle
George 5. Batchellor
New York
Department of State
Francis Wharton
Cyrus Bussey
New York City
David Hawking
James 8. Clarkson
Iowa
A. E. Stevenson
Lewis Wolfley
Tucson
Ali
Arizona
Kathbone Gardner
Rhode Island
District of
Rhode Islane
William Dunlap
Indiana
District of Indiana
Guy W. McAllister
Bucksport
J. Frank Dalton
Salem
Mass
Benjamin B. Martin
Warren
K. I. Wiliam Wallace
Indianapolis
Ind
Jeremiah Sullivan
District of Montana
Idaho
List of Maine men eager to serve their country
Washington March 13 The Maine list shows many men seeking federal posts. Candidates include Captain Drew Gardiner for navigation commissioner, Milford B Jordan for railway mail, J C Johnson Liberty for post office, Wing Manchester for librarian of the House, G W McAllister Bucksport post office, and J Wad e Augusta for railway mail service. Names span Hartland Castine Castine collector ships offices and various pension, customs, and clerical roles, with physicians aiming for pension boards and other officials seeking reinstatement or new appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Maine
Drew
Gardiner
Colonel Morton
Milford B
Jordan
Waltham
J. C. Johnson
Liberty
Mi Twitchell
Manchester
Étibrarian
House of E Ées
Charles Clements
Seal Harbor
Mount Desert
William Rolfe
Unity
Gaspe Basin
Wuelec
G. W. McAllister
Bucksport
W. H. Blackwell
Madison
North Anson
M. Warren
Augusta
Castine
J. KR. Wadé
J . Dinsmore
Palermo
Benamin H. Cushman
George W. Boulter
Arthur Brown
Belfast
D.C. Robbins
Wiothrop
Charles H. Gre Oy
Belgrade
Amos F. Carlton
Winterport
French
Ekowheran
Cem
John EH. Kimball
Bath
Union Pacific Railway
James F. Sawyer
Stark
Brown
Skowhegan
G. R. Smith
Winthrop
James R. B. Dinsmore
Charles E. Crowell
North Vassalboro
John 5
Longfellow
Charles I’, Kiloreth
Hallowell
Northport
A. H. Cummings
Clinton
Maurice B. Rich
Tremont
Calvin Leach
South Fendscot
E. L. Huntoon
Readfield
E. B. Herrick
Blue Hill
W. C. Rowe
Brooks
John C. F. Powers
Canaan
C. F Brown
North Monmouth
Mattie Weber
Monroe
Stanley Plummer
National Bank Examiner of
Lorenzo E. Dickey
Penson Bureau
John WD. Hopkins
Ellsworth
Abiel McFarland
Eben B. Clark
Frenchman’s Bay
Alfred F. Adams
Kittielad
Bingham
New England
W. Bigelow
Senate
E. J. Ryan
Boston
Leavitt
Portland
Major Judd
Groveland
L . Frank Dalton
Salem
Mass
Ast
Ward A Gonerer
New York Custom House
Ting
Speedy Torpedo Boats in Encouraging Navy Reports
Reports reaching the Navy Department praise the torpedo boat program as progress advances. Officials note improving performance and potential operational value amid ongoing trials and evaluations.
First American high speed boat to debut at Herreshoff yards
The Rhode Island project at Herreshoff works builds a craft aimed to reach 22 knots with a 23 knot cap for bonuses and penalties. Contractors target completion by June 1 under a strict contract. inspectors praise material quality and workmanship. If met, it promises to be the fastest U S boat and rival European navies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herreshoff
Rhode Island
United States
Imprisoned in a mine: five rescued, one missing
Nine men trapped by rock slips at Black Diamond colliery Mt. Carmel Penn were rescued after 50 hours. Five were saved Friday when rescuers drove a 29 yard tunnel to reach them. Peter Nearshalsky surfaced Saturday, believed to be alive though injured, after the initial rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Diamond
Mt. Carmel
Penn
John Hill
Nicholas Revels
Michael Buggy
Patrick Leonard
Vincent Rokus
Hall
Revels
No. 7
Rokus
Dbris
Nearshalsky
Peter Nearshalsky
Million For a Murderer in Gold Fields Report
Prospectors continue leaving for the gold fields from Los Angeles California on March 16. Two rack trains head to the mines from Arizona districts. Workers report normal wages and steady activity with no notable strikes or discoveries. Gaskill, first finder of the Santa Clara field, is an escaped U S criminal who has preempted several top quartz claims in the valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Arizona
Gaskill
Santa Clara
United States
Santa Clara Valley
Brave Wilkesbarre Bride Carried to Altar in Brother's Arms
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania on March 16 William D. Griffin of Scranton and Miss Fannie W. Robinson wed at the bride’s mother's home on Barney Street. Robinson fell ill before the ceremony. after two hours of efforts she was carried downstairs in her brother's arms to receive the vows. The ceremony proceeded with the bride fainting near its close, restoratives given, and a wedding dinner served. The bride rested upstairs afterward and her mother Mrs Tracy was reported improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WILK@EsBARRE
Penn
William D. Griffin
Scramion
Fannie W. Robinson
William ‘Tracy
Barney Street
Miss Robinson
Gritha
Hemp Twine Shortage Predicted by August First
Fargo dispatch says farmers push to form a large twine factory and convert flax fibre into binding twine. flax acreage in Dakota Territory reached 329,288 acres. hemp supply tight as buyers expect 12½ to 15 cents per pound and all hemp in sight sold for delivery by August 1 with no relief until new crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curcaco
Fargo
Dak
Chicago
Manilla Islands
Mexico
Manila
Wealth Found in Trunk of St Louis Pauper
Friday death of 75 year old George C Hayden at a cheap boarding house uncovers a note to the public administrator and a safe deposit key. In the vault, the administrator finds over 50000 dollars in cash stocks and bonds leading to probate inventory filed and a search for distant relatives in Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George C. Hayden
St. Louis
Hayden
B.C. Payne
Winslow
Safe Deposit Company
Hursday
Prominent Ex Confederate Official John A Campbell Dies
BaLTm.more March 12. Hon John A Campbell ex justice of the United States Supreme Court and assistant secretary of war died at his home in this city this afternoon aged nearly 78.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltm.morre
John A. Campbell
United State Supreme Court
Foreign News Wraps Parnell Speech at London Hall
In London St James Hall a crowded audience heard Mr Parnell address Ireland's struggle. Morley condemned the Times irregularities over Pigott letters while urging governmental accountability. Parnell praised Gladstone era reforms and urged constitutional paths for Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James’ Hall
London
Parnell
Morley
Ireland
Gladstone
London Times
Pigott
Richard Webster
England
Scotland
Parner
Salisbury
Balfour
Mr. Balfour
Times
Seaking
Lord Carnarvon
Lord Carnavon
Lord Canarvon
Lord Salisbury
Charles Russell
Empire
Boy Barked Like a Dog In Hydrophobia Recovery Tale
A remarkable recovery from hydrophobia is reported in Vorster County. An eleven year old son of farmer Jacob Barclay, bitten by a dog eight years earlier, suffered paroxysms, paralysis and dog like barking. Doctors treated with aconite hydrate chloral and salicylate. two weeks since the last attack, he sits up, speaks normally, and is deemed out of danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pirrseura
Vorster, C
Jacob Barclay
Here
Barclay
Quiet in Samoa as Mataafa Holds Encamped War Ok
Reports from Apia depict Mataafa entrenched with his warriors awaiting Admiral Kimberly while German officials push peace terms Mataafa rejects any German dominance. Tamasese’s forces shrink to about 600. many followers switch sides. British and American consular protection remains in place as Trenton and Vandalia head toward Samoa to resolve the crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apra
Samoa
Zealandia
San Francisco
Samoan Islands
Apia
Mataafa
Kimberly
United States
Tamasese
Lutumui
Captain Hand
The
Royal
Pell
Hand
Fritze
Lebec
Sydney
Brandeis
Berlin
Eber
Auckland
Trenton
Vandalia
Spebed
Aberly
Germany
Shortage in Sullivan case tops $50,000, experts say
In Indianapolis on March 18 experts appointed by county commissioners report the shortage from ex county clerk John E. Sullivan rises to about $35,000 in trust funds plus $16,000 fraudulently obtained from the county treasury, totaling roughly $650,000. Most funds are believed sent to Canada. hospital funds and unsettled state bills also under scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inpranapolis
Ind
John E. Sullivan
Canada
Capen
Sullivan
Bold attempt to wreck a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train
March 11 a boy on the track between Chicago Junction and Plymouth found boulders and ties placed on the rails. Three tramps attacked him and threatened to cut his throat if he tried to signal the train. He fled and then alerted the engineer as the train approached, preventing a likely wreck. The men fled into the woods. he provided a description, but they were not yet captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore & Ohio
Chicago Junction
Plymouth
Regulators Case Targeted in Iberia Parish Conspiracy
The Iberia parish grand jury cites the regulators case as a grave matter with 17 people charged in conspiracy to banish certain parties. It states it fully examined witnesses and took time, but found no evidence to send the case to the court, preserving the parish’s good name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Iberia Parish
Oklahoma Hill Boomer Rally Near Fort Reno
Oklahoma Hill and hundreds of boomers gathered in the Oklahoma country Friday amid troops reportedly ordered from Fort Reno and the Cherokee Strip. Claims were staked, tents raised, and plowing begun as Hill, a long-time scout, advised peaceful action while telegrams to Hill’s allies spread across the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma Hill
Oklahoma Country
Fort Reno
Cherokee Strip
Hill
United States
Samoan Crisis Pivot Tied to Allied Pact
An interview from San Francisco claims a long standing agreement among England France and Germany assigns New Caledonia to France Samoa to Germany and the Hawaiian Islands to England. The informant says England seeks a special privilege for a Pacific station as negotiations continue for a complete or partial purchase of Hawaii by English parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
England
France
Germany
New Caledonia
Samoa
Hawaiian Islands
Nipsic Rumor Of Sinking Proves Groundless At Apia
Reports from Samoa deny a collision between the U S S Nipsic and the German corvette Olga. German martial law is withdrawn and contraband searches halted. Foreign residents praise the change, while Mataafa camps remain armed with about 6000 troops and 700 for Tamasese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auckland
Samoa
United States
Nipsic
Olga
Apia
Mataafa
Tamasese
Explosive boiler blast at St Nicholas colliery harms many
A trio of boilers at St Nicholas colliery near Mahanoy City exploded at 11 am. One boiler flew 600 yards, another burst through a blacksmith shop, and the third shattered. Mrs. Hoffman and child died from injuries. James Delaney suffered a skull fracture. 13 year old Edward Livers sustained a crushed leg and thigh. others injured or burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Nicholas
Mahanoy City
Penn
Louisa Hoffman
James Delaney
A Hero's Untimely Death at New York Butcher Shop
Christian Weiss, head employee at Henry Dreyfoot’s butcher shop on 144 Tenth Avenue, New York, was fatally stabbed Friday afternoon by 14 year old Patrick Meehan, a chore boy in the shop. Weiss ordered Meehan to clean the scales and cautioned him about the knife, leading to the deadly assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Weiss
Henry Dreyfoot
Tenth Avenue
New York
Patrick Meehan
Weiss
Meehan
Firefighter Hero Weiss Wounded In City Street Incident
Weiss, famed for rescuing women from a Ninth Avenue tenement fire by rope descent, was stabbed just below the heart while amid an urban incident. Once celebrity for the daring act, he aspired to be a firefighter but a city ordinance prevented his promotion, leaving his fate in critical condition due to internal hemorrhage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weiss
Ninth Avenue
Forty Seventh Street
Hewitt
Detec tives Surrounded in Wyoming County Capture Drama
Parkersburg West Virginia March 18 News arrived that Detective Baldwin and an armed posse entering the wilds of Wyoming and McDowell counties to break up a gang of illicit distillers have been surrounded and their lives are threatened. The moonshiners’ band is led by noted desperates and for three years has defied United States authorities. Thirty have been jailed and it was while attempting to arrest 40 more that the officers were entrapped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria
Russia
Germany
Brazil
William O’brien
Geneva
Rottwell
Wurtemburg
Nimes
France
Chamber of Deputies
Berlin
Brynally
Wrexham
Eng
Edward Malet
House of Commons
O'Connor
Russippine Islands
Caspian Sea
Persia
Kumburg
Paris
The
Patriotic League
Lord Salisbury
Lord Carnarvon
William Vernon Harcourt
Charles Russell
Herr Antoine
Reichstag
Metz
Zanzibar
Stanley
Africa
London Stock Exchange
Lugan
State Council
Cula
Singapore
East Indies
Alexander
Natalie
Ameer
Afghanistan
England
Use of Commons
White
American Legation
House of Lords
Cologne
Peters
Dr. Peters
Kopff
Havre
New York
Melbourne
Humphrey
St.John
N. B
Liverpool
Charltow
Vertide
Oran
Algeria
Therry
Vertoie
Vossische Zeitune
Weissman
Dar-es-Salem
Pangani
Saadani
Bagamoyo
Kilwa
Sindi
Brussels
Nethercliff
Parnell
Pigott
Orangemen
Canada
Lille
Roubaix
Compagnie Generale Transatlantiqne
Newfoundland
George Hamilton
British Admiralty
Australia
General Boulanger
Cottage
All America
Lord's Cricket Ground
London
Chicago
Naquet
Laguerre
Laisant
French Patriotic League
Maharajah of
Cashmere
Edward Stanhope
Barrowmore
Baltimore
Jake Nepigon
Norfolk
Lake Winnipeg
Newport News
Frank Jones Brewing Company
Portsmouth
N. H
A. P. Potter
Pp. A. Collings
M. Belimarkovics
M. Mihokovics
Bank of France
M. Mallet
Veneseiee
Duval and Hottinguer
Ross Winans
Scotland
Rossshire
Chisholm
Kilmarack
Joseph Bazalgette
Metropolitan (London) Board of Works
Thames Embankment
Thames
London Post
Daily Telegraph
Vancouver
Iuan
Japan
New Zealand
Rudolph
Sorvey
Webster
Commission
Anzibar
Bushiri
Barnsley
Yorkshire
Courtney Stanhope Coher
Lord Compton
Gladstonian
Bruce Wentworth
Kenney
Wentworth
Gladstone
Beaufoy
Kennington
Casarism
Europe
Coffee
Cork
Parnell Commission
Hannen
Lambeth
R. G. Davis
Yeaoge
Mr. Beaufoy
Fone
Davis
Parkersburo
W. Va
Baldwin
Wyoming
McDowell Counties
Moonshimers
United States
Editor Dawson Murder Sparks Charleston Uproar
Captain Francis Warrington Dawson editor of the Charleston News and Courier was shot by Dr T B McDow in his office after a confrontation over a servant girl. McDow surrendered to police later. Dawson died instantly. Funeral held at Cathedral Chapel Charleston. Coroner’s jury finds McDow guilty of felonious killing with a colored butler as accessory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Dawson
Charleston
S.C
News and Courier
Associated Press
T. B. McDow
McDow
Captain Dawson
State Medical Society
C. Aherns
Dawson
Francis Warrington Dawson
London
Eng
Navy
General Longstreet
Fitzhug Lee
Richmond Examiner
B. W. Riordan
Mr. Riordan
South Carolina
Democratic National Committee
Europe
Carhaic
Falen
Cathedral Chapel
Northrop
Moore
St. Augustine
Fla
Tpeety
D. C
Butler
Family Feud Ends in Double Fatal Stabbing
Lancaster Wisconsin March 14 John Daniels and his son Joseph, farmers, quarreled over property. The father lunged with a knife and fatally stabbed his son. The wounded son, while bleeding, delivered serious injuries to his father, and both are expected to die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Wis
John Daniels
Joseph
Frightened to Death After Fearful City Attack
John Wesley Humphrey aged 10 died after a crowd of older boys playing White Caps in Philadelphia frightened him. Four youths were arrested but released on bail. Michael Salmon 14 Thomas Donahue 16 and John Salmon 18 were later re arrested and jailed. Gene Sheely 16 remains at large as police hunt him. The accused deny knowledge of the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phraapelpphia
John Wesley Humphrey
Michael Salmon
Thomas Donahue
John Salmon
Gene Sheely
Budd Captures American Field Trap Championship
Des Moines shooter C. W. Budd wins the American Field championship cup and $300 purse at Keokuk Iowa by a 94 to 88 score over J. R. Stice of Jacksonville. Budd dropped three birds out of boundary while Stice missed five. The match followed Hurlingham rules with 30 yards rise and 80 yards boundary. Both men used double barrels in many cases, sacrificing precision for winning assured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keoxux
C. W. Budd
Des Moines
J. R. Stice
Jacksonville
Lls
Budd
Stice
Fall River Weavers Strike for Pay Increase Leads to Widespread Job Loss
In Fall River, about seven thousand mill workers walked out on Monday March 11 seeking higher wages. The State Board of Arbitration proposed the strikers return pending a three month decision, which the workers rejected. Manufacturers remained firm, with several mills shutting down as the strike continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
State Board of Arbitration
Ex-President Cleveland Makes Public Appearance at St Patrick Banquet
New York March 16 Ex-President Grover Cleveland appeared as a private citizen at the Friendly Sons of St Patrick anniversary dinner at Delmonico s. He sat with Mayor Grant and received a ovation as he spoke on United States unity and the duties of Americans to aid liberty abroad. Cleveland was introduced as a modern Cincinnati and later made the third adopted son of the society. The event featured toasts by Charles P Daly Everett Wheeler John Wise and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Grover Cleveland
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
Selmonico’s
Joseph J. O’donoghue
Grant
St. Patrick
United States
Everett P. Wheeler
John 8
Virginia
Charles P. al
Eiberage T. Gerry
Delaney Nicoll
Roswell
Blower
W. L. Brown
St. Nicholas
Holland
St. David's
St. Andrew's
Ireland
Iscariot
Cleveland
George Washington
Henry Ward Beecher
Hyman
Burgess Canning Supplies Dealer Arrested in Buffalo
William Burgess of Mimico near Toronto fled with 37000 from creditors. He deposited 13200 in the Third National and 2700 in the Bank of Buffalo while planning a corner on canning tin. The rest of the funds and details of his actions remain unclear as officials pursue the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Burgess
Mimico
Toronto
Ont
Buffalo
Burgess
Third National
Bank of Buffalo
Hamilton Canning Company
Walter Hope
Alec
Parpees Sachene
Mico
Wil Ota Gatnas
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Harrison
Foreign News
London Standard
Herr von Tisza
Bete
Rat Club
Pesth
Boye
McRitchie
Falermo
Duke of Westminster
Reynolds
Gibraltar
Mars-la-Tour
Prusian
Balfe
Philippe
Dublin
Pickwick Club
Charles Dickens
Legion of Honor
Napoleon
Land League
Lord Hartington
Home
Mathews
Anderson
Home Office
McCaron
Farnell Commission
Boy
Nipsio
Oklahoma
Charleston News and Courier
Dliners
Friendly Sons of St Patrick
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