Great Imperial Celebrations Across Europe Mark William Birthday
Universal Berlin rejoicing marks Emperor William's ninetieth birthday with crowds flooding key squares from dawn to night. Rival ceremonies include Bismarck and Moltke appearance, city illuminations, and massive public displays. Banquets connect German and Austrian dignitaries with European centers. Russia and France send congratulations as churches and stations glow with light and festive toasts.
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William
Rome
Berlin
Kaiser
Impere Palace
Opera House
Crown Prince
Prince Bismarck
General von Moltke
Emperor
Bismarck
von Moltke
Acadmy of Arts
Unter den Linden
Prendenhane
Potsdam
Count von Hatzfeldt
London
Southampton
Invincible
Manchester
Liverpool
England
Perth
Francis Joseph
Prince Ent J
Reuss
Count Kalnoky
Germany
Prussia
Kalaga
Emperor William
S1. Petersburg
Eipperor William
Montreal
I Rgor
Canadia
Munderlohn
Grand Duke
Vladimir
Russia
Flourens
Grevy
Brandenburg
War Rumors Reviving Scares After Bismarck Peace Claim
A long, somewhat scrambled report lists international tensions and rumors across the Near East and Europe. It cites Herat, Turkestan, and Afghanistan forces, claims of Sayad’s treason, revolts around Plevna and Philippopolis, and Russia pressuring Turkey over indemnity and arrears.
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Bismarck
Europe
Far East
Herat
Turkestan
Iskander Ban
Ameer
Afghanistan
Sayad
Kolistan
Ayoot Khan
Rustchuk
Plevna
Widdin
Philippopolis
Jenna
Germany Andussia
Nelidoff
Rizz Bey
Bulgaria
Bularan
M. Nelidoff
Porte
Turkey
Russia
Cardinal Gibbons Sets Rite at Santa Maria in Trastevere
Cardinal James Gibbons Archbishop of Baltimore arrives at the Basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere to formally take possession of it as his titular church. Wearing cardinal robes he kneels on a carpeted altar and, amid canons and American College students, delivers remarks praising U S liberty and government.
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James Gibbons
Baltimore
Basilica of Santa Maria
Trastevere
American College
Rome
United States
Fires ruin Bernard's Leith distillery in Scotland
A vast blaze destroyed Bernard's distillery at Leith Scotland with losses estimated at 50000 pounds. The incident follows a string of European unrest reports including arrests in Odessa and a deadly explosion at Weiner Neustadt.
Coercion versus conciliation in Ireland debate
Lord Salisbury's Ireland policy faces strong opposition as Morley and Gladstone condemn coercion. The House of Commons hears sharpened exchanges on Ireland crime, juries, boycotting, and land reform, with Balfour and Morley clashing over the coercion bill and its aims. The split reveals enduring tensions between reform and order in Ireland.
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William Henry Smith
House of Commons
Ireland
Leavin
John Morley
Smith
Gladstone
Mr. Gladstone
Irish Nationa League
The
Land League
Nced
Balfour
Morley
Friends of the National League
League
Tf. P. Healey
National League
Agrarian Movement
Healy
Parnellites
Chamberlain
Ann
Wagaction
Par
Nell
Bright
Rebe
England
Mr. Balfour
House of Lords
London
Mr. Chamberlain
Lord Hartington
Whittaker
Hartington
Immigrant Liner Scotia Runs Aground Off Fire Island
The Fabre steamship Scotia from Naples grounded at the Blue Point life saving station on Long Island. Immigrants numbering 985 endured terror and injuries as life-saving crews landed sixty men and fifty women. The captain spoke French and claimed no load for the voyage. The vessel had endured twenty days of storms before striking.
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Frre Island
L. L
Scotia
Fabre Line
Naples
Blue Point
Long Island
Fire Island
Mediterranean
Shennacock
Fi E Island
Schooner Montana Capsizes in Gale off Fenwick's Island
Philadelphia dispatch reports schooner Montana from Damariscotta Maine bound for Norfolk sprang a leak in a northwest gale on the 23d, capsized and sank forty five miles from Fenwick's Island. Captain Crosby and five crew were rescued by the Savannah- bound schooner Henry Southern and landed today. He says nothing was saved.
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Philadelphia
Montana
Damariscotta
Norfolk
Fenwick's Island
Crosby
Kenry Souther
Savannah
Crosoy
Golliston and Narrow Escape at Sea
PorTLAND Me March 25 Late last night the schooner Colfax collided with the tug Warren between Portland headlight and Bell rock The steamer was damaged and Captain Boynton sustained a head wound with a narrow escape from death He is at home with unknown full injuries Captain Spaulding of the schooner Bell endured a hard passage today reporting twelve days under double reefed sails and the worst weather he ever faced at sea
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Golliston
Portland
Colfax
Warren
Bell Rock
Boynton
Spaulding
Bell
Starving Stowaways Saved After 14-Day Hunger Ordeal
Patrick Gannon and Matthew Tunney, aged eighteen and nineteen, hid aboard the steamship Kansas of the War ren line in Liverpool. Discovered in East Boston after fourteen days without food or water, they were severely emaciated but survived thanks to surgeons. They will be returned to Liverpool aboard the same vessel.
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Kansas
Warren Line
Boston
Patrick Gannon
Matthew Tunney
Liverpool
Millionaire McCullough's Will Reverses Expectation
Millionaire Michael McCullough died two days ago in PricTsBurgH Pennsylvania leaving one third of his estate to his widow. With no children, she would receive one half and a legal contest is anticipated. He named the children of his sister Mrs. Crait, wife of a poor shoemaker, as heirs, citing Crait's integrity and appreciation for her husband.
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McCullough
Prictsburgh
Penn
Michael McCullough
Crait
Sherman Criticises Congress At Chamber Speech
Senator Sherman received an ovation at the Chamber of Commerce as he praised the South's resource development and criticized Congress for not acting to reduce the surplus.
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Sherman
Congress
Cincignati
Chamber of Commerce
South
Rollin M Squire to be Tried for Political Dealings
New York reports the district attorney plans to try Rollin M Squire for entering into a nefarious compact to sell himself politically to Maurice B Flynn. Efforts aim for an early indictment decision, with Squire eager to conclude the case.
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Rollin M. Squire
New York
Maurice B. Flynn
Squire
Ocean Yacht Race from New York to Queenstown Gales Drive Victory
The Coronet of the New York Yacht Club raced the Dauntless to Roche's Point Queenstown with a $10,000 stake. March 12 to 21 saw brutal Atlantic gales, Coronet weathered the storm and arrived first amid cheers as Queenstown crowds celebrated. The voyage record shows daily runs, high barometers, and a total of 3655 hours eight minutes over a 2934 nautical mile course.
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Coronet and
Dauntless
New York Yacht Club
Roche’s Point
Queenstown
Crosby
R T. Bush
Samuels
Atlantic
Fire Island
Tim GuLope
The
Coronet
Old Boreas
Victorious Coronet Yacht Sets Fast Ocean Passage Record
The Coronet’s maiden race win is highlighted alongside its Brooklyn keel laid in 1886. Details cover dimensions, tonnage, sail areas, and construction quality. It notes the Sappho’s 12 day 9 hour crossing and the Henrietta’s 13 day 21 hour record, placing Coronet’s time among swift passages.
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Poillon’s
Brooklyn
Bold Crime at Halifax Bank Heist Ends With Arrest
A man entered Merchants Bank in Halifax on March 26 and shot bank official Mr Currie in the forehead before a struggle left Currie with a shoulder wound. A messenger boy fled the scene, as the attacker, identified as Stanley Steele from Manchester, NH, was captured. The bullet was removed from Currie, with hopes for recovery and no serious side injury.
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Merchants’ Bank
Mr. Currie
Currie
Adams
United States
Stanley Steele
Manchester
N. H
Mob Removes County Seat to Clayton in Minnesota
A mob of 500 to 700 men gathered at Carrie Minnesota after a March 26 despatch announced Governor McGill had signed a proclamation for moving the county seat to Clayton. By 4 a m they surrounded the jonney building, ousted guards, and seized the auditor register and attorney's books and furniture, heading to Clayton led by the county attorney, register of deeds, and auditor.
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St. Paul
Minn
Carrie
McGill
Clayton
Jonney
Register
Register of Deeds
Auditor
Flood Drowns Six Men in Missouri Bottoms Near Bismarck
March 25 at Bowpte Oak a group led by Jacob McCarthy and Henry Kirkland drowned on ranches in the Missouri bottoms. Authorities fear many families are lost as the Bismarck flood advances. two more feet could submerge Labean and Scranton, with the worst yet to come.
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Oak
Jacob McCarthy
Henry Kirkland
Missouri
Bismarck
Labean
Scranton
Havoc by a church mouse in BriMincham church
In BriMincham Connecticut on March 24 a church disturbance occurred during a Lenten service when a young woman in the choir gallery shrieked and leaped, revealing a live mouse atop her bustle. the organist continued playing as the mouse escaped, while choir members reacted with alarm and laughter.
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Conn
Mons
Rail disasters prompt private inquest and wreck totals
An inquest into deaths from the Bussey Bridge disaster on the Boston & Providence line began Saturday before Judge Howard. The private inquiry follows rail commission investigations, with few lawsuits expected, as damages claims are met generously. Separately, a Fort Wayne road wreck near Leetonia and Salem, Ohio, left engineer May dead and about a dozen injured, including Hazlett and Bragley among the injured.
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Boston & Providence
Howard
Weat Roxbury District Court
Pirrsnure
Penn
Fort Wayne Road
Leetonia
Salem
Chicago
William
Allegheny City
Seri Otice
May, Beall
Allegheny
J. C. Hazlett
Ecpius Sas
Bpsman
John T. Bragley
Fee Cat
Avis
P. Pecow
Louise Eden
Mrs. Gray
Minnesota
Delia Coyne
Brooklyn
N. Y
Clever
Dakota
Wisconsin Train Wreckings Near Bay Train Wrecker Case
In Bay Orark Wisconsin March 26 three Wisconsin Central trains were derailed by unknowns tampering with switches. Armed watchers tracked the pattern as a Chicago detective investigated. A boy named Edie Bradley, detained as a suspect, carried a life policy and letters to Minneapolis women, plus hair locks, raising questions of insanity.
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Bay
Orark
Wis
Wisconsin Central
Chippewa Falls
Badger Mills
Chicago
Edie Bradley
Minneapolis
Freight train crashes bridge. several men killed
Ricamont Virginia March 25 A freight train passed a bridge under repair nine miles from Liberty on the Norfolk and Western line. Eight or nine workers were killed and several injured none were train hands. Liberty physicians and citizens went to the scene. Killed include Thomas Nolan Lynchburg Hugh Turney New York Charles Williams Floyd County George Trammel Baltimore. Samuel Bibb Nelson County fatally injured.
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Liberty
Norfolk & Western
Thomas Nolan
Lynchburg
Hugh Turney
New York
Charles Williams
Floyd County
George Trammel
Baltimore
Samuel Bibb
Nelson County
Collision on New Jersey Central Kills Fireman and Wounds Engineers
A freight and coal train collided near Rockport on the New Jersey Central line. Fireman William Dunlap was killed. Engineer Nathan Belford was badly scalded, and Howard DeHart was seriously injured. Both locomotives wrecked and twenty ore cars destroyed. The crash followed a failure of the coal train to await orders.
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Oaths
New Jersey Central
Easton
Penn
New Jersey Central Railroad
Rockport
William Dunlap
Nathan Belford
Howard DeHart
Railroad Collision Near Tabor Station In Pecos County
An east bound Southern Pacific passenger train collided with a freight near Tabor station Pecos County Texas March 26. Both engines were demolished and several cars damaged. Passengers were badly shaken but not injured. Estimated loss to the company exceeds $20,000.
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Texas
San Antonio
Tex
Southern Pacific
Tabor
Pecos County
Wernwac's Queer Will Probate Case In Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on March 26 an unsigned scrap of paper offered for probate as the will of William P. Urway of the Dawes dry goods firm lists Theodore Kitchen and Samuel White as executors. Witness Lizzie Wright signs as a witness. Attempts to sign failed as Urway died two weeks earlier at the Aldine Hotel leaving an estate of 500000. Testimony links prior consent to wife and unsigned draft, with partners J Dawes and Kerchlin corroborating. No ruling yet.
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Philadelphia
Office of Register of Wills
Theodore Kitchen
Samuel White
Lizzie Wright
William P. Urway
Orp
Dawes
Chestnut Street
Charles Erchlin
Kerchlin
Swindler in New York Lawyer Accrues $20000 Debt
It was disclosed today that sg Kearney of the law firm Wain & Kearney at 11 Pine Tree, has embezzled about $20000 since his marriage a year ago. The vast sum, said to have been accumulated through various transactions, marks a significant fraud case in New York.
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New York
Sg Kearney
Wain & Kearney
Pyindler
Van derbilt Presented Bonheur Painting The Horse Fair
New York on March 26 Cornelius Van derbilt received at the Metropolitan Museum of Art a painting by Rosa Bonheur titled The Horse Fair He bought it at the Stewart collection sale and presented it to the museum as a gift or purchase confirmation.
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New York
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Rosa Bonheur
Stewart
Peculiar Saw-Mill Accident in Hartrorp Vermont
A March 26 incident at a Hartrorp saw mill ends in Henry Gillette's death as a worker named Leena and several others are reported involved. The report notes dangerous conditions during lumber cutting and implies fatalities on site.
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Hartrorp
Henry Gillette
Interstate Pass System Ends April Sixth In Law Shift
New York March 2. The World reports three columns of interviews with railroad executives in New York Chicago and Boston on the free pass system ending for interstate travel April 6 under the new interstate law. Officers see the pass system as a crying abuse and hail its abolition as deliverance. One president notes the potential impact on revenues though exact figures are not given. one estimate cites a $1,000 annual figure for some passes.
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Ireland
Glaastone
Dublin
Surien
Appse
New York
Chicago
Boston
Northwest Floods Reach Mandan and Surrounding Areas
A Washington-era style report details the Northwest floods inundating Mandan and nearby towns. Ice jams and rising rivers threaten steamboats, rail access, and colonized shorelines while residents endure evacuations, rescues, and dire prospects as homes crumble under a sweeping flood.
River dangers ease as ice gorge looms near Washburn
Falline Rapidly. Bismaker, Dak., March 26. The river is falling rapidly and the immediate danger is passed. A six mile wide ice gorge lies just below Washburn, with fears the worst has not yet come. Snow has fallen for fifteen hours. Yankton dispatch reports the Missouri rising rapidly. At Burbank the Sioux City and Dakota rail line is washed out and further damage is feared.
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Dak
Washburn
Yankton
Missouri
Burbank
Sioux City & Dakota
Girl saves baby by throwing it to safety as fire erupts
In New York at 18 Ludlow Street, 18 year old Sarah Rutan shielded her baby brother from a stove blaze. A gust of wind wrecked her gown and she caught fire but managed to fling the child to safety. The infant was sent to the Gouverneur Hospital with severe burns.
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New York
Sarah Rutan
Ludlow Street
Governeur Hospital
Pistol duel erupts in Newberry courtroom injures both lawyers
In Newberry a court session collapsed into gunfire as attorneys Johnstone and John Jones drew pistols and fired nine shots. Jones died from his wounds while Johnstone sustained minor injuries. The crowded courtroom and the involved lawyers cast a shock over the community.
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CharlesTon
Newberry
Johnstone
John Jones
Jones
Dorothea Whitney Named For Newborn Child
Washington dispatch reports Dorotha is the chosen name for Mr and Mrs Whitney’s baby. Baptism is set for Easter Monday. Godmothers are not yet chosen, with President Cleveland expected to sponsor the first child born to the administration.
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Washington
Dorotha
Whitney
Cleveland
Secretary Fairchild's Promotion in New York
March 26 reports indicate Assistant Secretary Fairchild will succeed Mr. Manni as secretary of the treasury. Beginning May, Osias is discussed as a possible successor to Fairchild.
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New York
Eetary
Manni Secre
The
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