American Naval Losses in Samoan Waters Reported
Dispatch from Auckland dated March 30 1889 confirms The Trenton Vandalia and Nipsic wrecked after hurricane at Apia. German vessels Olga Adler and Eber total losses. Adler and Olga beached with 96 German dead. Details list 40+ officers and sailors per Vandalia and seven Nipsic crew lost. Kimberly requests orders and possible steamer charter to return 300 sailors.
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Washington
Navy Department
Auckland
Navy
Washington, D. C
Apia
Trenton
Vandalia
Nipsic
Capt
Schoonmaker
Marine Sutton
John Roche
Henry Baker
Warren Brisbane
William Brown
Michel Cashen
Michael Cragin
Benjamin F. Davis
Thomas C. Downey
Magnus Ericksson
G. Gehring
Adolph Molder
George Gorman
John Sims
G. H. Wells
John Millford
Henry Wixted
Ah Kow
Ah Peck
Pendang
Techor
George We Callan
John Gill
Joshua Heap
Thomas Johnson
David Kelleher
Henry Pontsell
William Watson
Wrecks Off Samoa Spark Navy Alarm and Inquiry
News of the Apia disaster sent consternation through the Navy Department as Admiral Kimberly’s cable confirmation prompted authorities to seek the names of the lost aboard the three wrecked vessels. Secretary Tracy authorized action to send home the 800 men and noted the Monongahela sailed Feb 21 for Apia.
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Navy Department
Kimberly
Waasshingyon
Apia
Walker Blaine
Tracy
Wilson
Auckland
Nipsic
Monongahela
Thomas O. Selfridge
Hydrographic Office
Samoan
United Press
Selfridge
Upola
Storm wrecks war vessels in Samoa and Atlantic ports
The storm on March 1 wrecked American and German warships and several merchant ships. The Calliope escaped harbor, while the Godettery and seven coasters were wrecked with drownings reported. The Nipsic was later saved near Samoa. the Olga beached with crew saved. Berlin reports hurricane raged April 16–17 with 70 from the Eber and 20 from the Adler drowned. New York cables confirm life aboard Nipsic.
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Calliope
Peter Godettery
Foor
Sydney
Godettery
Berlin
Samoa
Eber
Olga
New York
R. M. Corwine
Winslow, Whitlock & Co
Corwine
Navy board recommends putting twelve old monitors into service
The naval board of inspection led by Rear Admiral Jouett recently inspected twelve old monitors at Richmond Annapolis New York and League Island. Prepared to report they will urge that these vessels be restored for service though some have not sailed in twenty years and restoration will be costly. Monitors at Richmond include Ajax Caronicus Mahopac Manhattan Wyandotte Catskill Lehigh. At League Island are Jason Montauk Nahant. Passaic lies at Annapolis and Nantucket at New York.
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Washington
Naval Board of Inspection
Jouett
Richmond
Annapolis
New York
League Island
Ajax
Caronicus
Mahopac
Manhattan
Wyandotte
Catskill
Lehigh
Jason
Montauk
Nahant
Passaic
Nantucket
Ostend Steamer Comptesse Flanders Sinks After Collision
The Ostend passenger steamer Comptesse Flanders was struck near Dunkirk by the Belgian mail steamer Princesse Henriette. Nine crew members and three passengers drowned. the ship split in two and sank after the rescue of survivors including Prince Jerome Bonaparte. A dense fog blanketed the scene.
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Ostend
Lonpox
Comptesse Flanders
Dunkirk
Flanders
Henriette
Prince Jerome Bonaparte
Rejection of Murat Halstead as Minister to Germany
The U S Senate vote 25 to 19 rejected Murat Halstead's nomination as minister to Germany with Blackburn and Call among likely affirmative voters. Reports say Halstead refused comment from his sick room as news reached Cincinnati.
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Murat Halstead
Germany
Washington
Blackburn
Call
Quay
Plumb
Ngalls
Teller
Cullom
Halstead
Cincinnati
United Press
Senate
Nominations sent to senate for diplomats and postmasters
The president sent to the senate a slate of nominees for delegates to the Americas conference in 1889 and for ministers to Belgium Colombia Chile Brazil Portugal Portugal and Korea along with several U S postmasters. in a separate item Captain William Meredith concedes the race for public printer and John C New expected to name him chief of the engraving and printing bureau. Postmaster General Wanamaker appoints Alonzo Burt to lead the fifth division railway mail service in Cincinnati.
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Senate
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Missouri
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New York
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Maryland
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Indiana
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Massachusetts
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South Carolina
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Allen Thorndyke Rice
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Patrick Egan
Chili
Thomas Ryan
L. B. Mizner
Central American
Robert Adams, Jr
Brazil
John Hicks
Peru
George B. Loring
Portugal
W. O. Bradley
Corea
W. L. Scruggs
Venezuela
George Chandler
Interior
Marion Erwin
United States
Southern District of Georgia
C. H. T. Lowndes
John I. Dille
Register
Guthrie
I. T
Jacob Y. Roberts
Kingfisher
Jacob V
Admire
Cassius M. Barnes
Guthrie, I. T
J. T. Grayson
Prescott
Ark
Meredith
William Meredith
John C. New
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Wanamat Waseington
Wanamaker
Alonzo Burt
Fifth Division Railway
Cincinnati
J. B. Twin
Deputy U S Marshal Killed in Kentucky Moonshiners Shot
A telegram from U S Commissioner R B Friend reports Deputy Marshal Russell Wireman killed thirteen miles southwest of Hindman Kentucky. He and four deputies were ambushed while returning with three moonshiners. twelve armed men fired, two of the attackers were killed and others wounded, the prisoners escaped.
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Kentucky
Louisville
Marshal Gross
United States
Friend
Prestonburg
Russell Wireman
Hindman
Nervy Denver bank robbery ends with demanded check
A well dressed man threatened First National Bank president Merritt Moffat at gunpoint in Denver on April 1. He demanded 21 000 dollars, displayed a blank check, and warned of dire consequences if anyone disturbed him, while claiming he was penniless and desperate.
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Colo
First National Bank
Merritt Moffat
Moffatt
Bank Robbery Ends With Cashier’s Cash In Pocket
A robber demanded a check from Mr. Moffatt at the bank and cashed it after threatening with a revolver. He tipped his hat to the president and fled, as police offer a 2500 dollar reward for the arrest. The suspect is described as 32, 5 feet 8, swarthy, 140 pounds, brown moustache, sunburned, derby hat, light brown overcoat, long watch chain.
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Swarty
Timber Trespass Suit Against Logging Firms
In the U S circuit court District Attorney Baxter filed suit against Mike Sullivan Archie Campbell Dan Cummings Patrick Hynes the C N Nelson Lumber Co and the Cloquet Lumber Co to recover 200 000 for cutting timber on government land and Fond du Lac reservation from Oct 1 1888 to Mar 28 1889 Some logs are afloat in the Cloquet river and tributaries The government believes the case strong and the trial is expected at the next term opening April 12.
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Uncle Sam
St. Patt
United States
Baxter
Mike Sullivan
Archie Campbell
Dan Cummings
Patrick Hynes
C. N. Nelson Lumber Company
Cloquet Lumber Company
Fond du Lac
Grave offense case ends in guilty verdict for diseased meat
Max Shapiro was found guilty of selling diseased meat in Brainerd Minnesota after a trial revealing he purchased a carload of hogs in July. Forty hogs died from disease and were sold to city butchers with diseased surfaces sometimes cut out or hogs skinned to hide afflictions. He offered large fat hogs for two dollars each.
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Max Shapiro
Brainerd
Minn
Shapiro
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Minnesota Legislature Sees Busy Day and Notable Absences
April 1 reports show a flood of bills, with the House passing few measures mostly from St Paul and Minneapolis. President Rice was absent. Buckman elected president pro tem. two bills introduced, including an oil inspection repeal and railroad law amendments. The appropriation bill becomes a Tuesday special order. Also, Wiscon sin trip noted with Minnesota leaders as guests.
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St. Paul
House
Minneapolis
Rice
Buckman
Ashton Wins Knockout in Nineteenth Round in Providence Fight
In Providence Jack Ashton defeats Joe Lannon in nineteen rounds at Burrillville with two ounce gloves for a $1000 purse. Sullivan attends and plans to take Lannon on a sparring tour as his partner. About $2000 in bets changed hands and six hundred spectators traveled from nearby cities.
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Providence
R. I
Jack Ashton
Burrillville
Here
Frank Moran
Bridgeport
Jove
Ashton
Lannon
Steve McMaugh
Jim Dolan
Proclamation Declares Charles Crown Prince in Roumania
A notice states King Charles is proclaimed crown prince of Roumania amid regional reaction. Citizens reportedly burned a local garbage crematory in Chicago in protest. The Michigan House killed the single tax bill 68 to 10, and Lebanon Pennsylvania puddlers at Lebanon Nut and Bolt Works struck over an 85 cent per ton wage reduction.
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Charles
Roumania
Chicago
Henry George
Michigan
Lebanon
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