The Lost St Nazaire Disaster Reaches New York Port
New York March 19 reports confirm Ville de St Nazaire disaster with 78 missing. Four survivors reached port aboard La Normandie including Engineer Staats and Dr Maire both recovering. Captain Berri remains serious as details of the wreck and survival ordeal emerge, with many aboard perishing after water and food ran out.
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Engineer Staute
Dr. Matre
Berri
New York
Lin
Ville de St. Nazaire
Cap Hatteras
Herr
la Norm
Wen
Steamship Line
No 3
Bowling Green
Stauts
Maire
la Xormandie
Engineer Stauts
St. Nazaire
Hilda
Staats
Berring
Albert
Louis Dumers
Hipolito Dumers
Dumers & Co
Albert Dumers
Brooklyn
Jiminez
Port Au Prince
Forget
Vyhe Ville de
Fouche
Chesapeake Bay
St Nazaire
Viscaya
Hatteras
Cornelius Hergraves
Evening Star
Sloop of War
Bainbridge
Aspinwall
Cape
Greek War Preparations and Blockade of Crete War News
A Times Athens correspondent reports Greece pushing for an early war declaration and possible island conquest in the Aegean. Crete receives provisions for resistance as Austrian gunboat Sebenico sinks a Greek transport near Candia after insurgents fire on the Austrian vessel.
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Crete
Cantinge
London
Greece
Times
Athens
Europe
Aegean
Samos
Ttus
Turkey
Berlin
Sebenico
Canes
Candia
Gordy a Second Holmes in Bride Murder Verdict
Wilmington report states Delaware Attorney General R C White likens James M Gordy to H H Holmes after coroner jury declares Gordy responsible for the death of his bride Mary Gordy at Georgetown. White intends to prove prior deaths of his first wife and father driven by greed.
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Wilmington
R. C. White
Delaware
James M. Gordy
Georgetown
Gordy
H. H. Holmes
Holmes
Mary Gordy
Elas Mary Lewis
New York
James B. Gordy
Ex President Cleveland at Princeton on Bayard Avenue
Ex President Cleveland arrived at Princeton Junction and was driven to his new home on Bayard Avenue Princeton. He may join Cleveland Cartisie and Stetson as senior partner of a New York law firm or stay briefly in Princeton before possible southern yacht cruising with E C Benedict aboard the Oneida. Death of Japan's Crown Prince reported in San Francisco. The Crown Prince Yoshi Hito Haru no Miya dies as Japan mourns the dowager empress. The announcement is kept secret as national grief subsides.
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Cleveland
Princeton
N.J
Princeton Junction
Bayard Avenue
New York
Cleveland, Cartisie & Stetson
Bir
Carlisle
the Treasury
Stetson
Japan
San Francisco
Peru
Orient
Yoshi Hito Haru-no-Miya
Bennett Will Escape Prosecution
Washington reports that J Aubrey Bennett arrested in Cape Town on US embezzlement charges in Utica New York will be freed. The New York governor informed the state department Utica County will not cover extradition costs. The US Consul in Cape Town is to have Bennett released.
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Bennett
Washington
J. Aubrey Bennett
Cape Town
United States
Utica
State Department
New York
Knight
Promoter James Blair Dies at 90 in Scranton
James Blair promoter of early western railroads and of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western died at his home in Scranton at age 90. He began work at Gravel Hill Nova Scotia, later Blairstown named for his brother John S. Blair. In 1836 he opened a store at Marisboro New Jersey and ran it forty years while pursuing larger ventures. He reportedly left a fortune of about 22 million. Also noted, the steamer Carthaginian rescued the Rialto crew after a March 5 blaze following a March 2 forehold explosion killing one seaman and injuring the chief mate.
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Scranton
James Blair
Hom
N.S
Blairstown
John S. Blair
Marisboro
N. J
Rialto
New York
Carthaginian
Glasgow
Wilson
Dutch Mail Steamer Utrecht Feared Lost Near Ushant
A Brest dispatch reports the Dutch mail steamer Utrecht sailing from Rotterdam February 28 toward Bavaria and Java has likely foundered near Ushant with about one hundred on board. Wreckage has washed ashore near Ushant, confirming fears of a disaster. Issigi Dismajased at Connal Washington reports the Turkish minister vacated the Boston Ottoman consulate, after arrests over embezzlement of trust funds.
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Lloyds
Brest
Utrecht
Rotterdam
Bavaria
Java
Ushant
Issigi
Connal
Washington
Boston
Joseph Issigi
Victoria Jubilee Bank Holiday Set for June 22
London announces June 26 as jubilee bank arri ving day to mark the seventh year of Queen Victoria’s reign with June 22 designated a bank holiday for the celebration.
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London
Queen Victorie
Nomination list sent to the Senate for federal posts
President McKinley submits nominations including Powell Clayton as envoy to Mexico and William M Osborne as consul general in London. Other picks cover Paris consul general, agriculture secretary assistant, postmaster general first assistant, land office register, ordnance major, and a Mississippi River commission member.
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Senate
Powell Clayton
Arksuyas
United States
Mexico
William M. Osborne
Massachusetts
London
John KE. Gowdy
Indiana
Paris
Joseph m. Brigham
Ohi
Perry S. Heath
Sylvester Peterson
Minnesota
Crookston
Minn
Charles Shaler
Ordnance Department
Henry L. Macindin
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Mississippi River Commission
Republican Party
Pennsylvania
Kansas
Arkansas
Wiliam MicKinley Osborne
Boston
Republican National Committee
McKinley
Girard
University of Michigan
Youngstown, O
Twenty-third Regiment of
Ohio Volunteers
Osborne
Perry Heath
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
South Dakton
General Harrison
John K. Gowdy
Newton County
Union
Rushville
Rush County
State Republican Committee of
Fatal Engine Collisionkills Four Commuters in Denver
In Denver on March 19 Patrick Caser 15 and Hugh McBride 13 were scalded to death when a collision between engines on the Union Pacific Denver and Gulf railway occurred as they rode to the city on an engine tender. Ed J Hayes 36 died from burns hours later. John Burnt 40 was severely injured. All four were factory workers.
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Denver
Patrick Caser
Hugh McBride
Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway
Ed J. Hayes
John Burnt
Duzen
Favoring Women Delegates at Methodist Conference
Bethlehem Pa March 19 The Methodist conference voted 115 to 95 in favor of admitting women to the general conference and carried the motion. The equal representation of ministers and laymen was defeated by 116 to 4.
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Bethlehem
Five More Flood Victims Drowned Near Marian Ark
Last night the great flood claimed five victims near Marian Arkansas Etta Lix and her four children aged 13 the oldest and an infant younger than a year died while crossing a railroad trestle en route to Marian for shelter The Mississippi River at Memphis stood 36 9 feet with further rise expected due to continued rains across upper mid Mississippi Arkansas and surrounding regions Rescue steamers have brought hundreds of destitute refugees to Memphis where relief committees struggle to provide clothing food and shelter Funds will be needed to continue relief efforts as the floodwaters persist.
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Minsiselppliver Stilidlstog
Memphis
Marian
Ark
Etta Lix
Cairo
Big
Middle
Mississippi
Arkansas
General Roloff Safe in Cuba in New York Story
General Carlos Rotoff, Cuban provincial government war secretary, is safe in Cuba after evading trial for neutrality law violations in New York and Baltimore. He fled after arrest attempts, aided by Pinkerton and Spanish detectives, and left Cuba to escape a planned murder charge.
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Roloff
Cuba
New York
Carlos Rotoff
Baltimore
Pinkerton
New Laws for New Jersey In Trenton March 39
Both houses adjourned for the week yesterday. Assemblyman Wilde pressed to reconsider his salary issue but failed. The Senate passed several bills including one to award widows the full damages for death despite children, to keep constables in proper condition, and to bar impure food in hotels and to authorize boards of health to prevent sale of impure milk.
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New Jersey
Trenton
Wilde
Senate
Boards of Health
Largest schooner Frank A Palmer launched at Bath Me
Bath Maine March 18 The schooner Frank A Palmer largest of its class on the high seas was launched yesterday afternoon. The 265 foot keel to end of spanker boom measures 415 feet overall 43 feet in width 21 feet depth of hold with deck 3 feet 1014 inches deep. It will be about 2050 cross tons carrying capacity around 2500 tons of coal. It is about 50 feet longer than the Governor Ames. Tower masts are five sticks of Oregon pine 31 inches in diameter and 358 feet in length.
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Bath
Frank A. Palmer
Governor Ames
Corean Exiles Plot Coup in Yokohama Threatens Corea King
March 19 dispatch reports Prince Bul Wha, heir to the Corean throne, under restraint by Corean exiles in Yokohama with Tapane authorities' knowledge. Exiles plan a raid into Corea to dethrone the king and place the prince on the throne as prisoner and protege.
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Corea
Yokohama
Bul Wha
Three More Americans Freed in Island Release
Banana March 19 reports charges against Luis Day an American arrested at Regia last December and jailed in Cabanas were dismissed. He is freed and expelled from the Island. Charles Scott and Este ban Venero a naturalized American also released and set at liberty.
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Banana
Luis Day
Regia
Cabanas
Lberty
Charles Scott
Esteban Venero
Uberty
Striking Shirtmakers Victorious
New York March 19 union shirtmakers by striking one contractor at a time have won a 2 percent wage increase. About 500 returned to work yesterday while only 2 remain out.
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New York
Rumors in Paris Hint Crete Governorship for Prince Henry
Rumor from Paris claims the Crete governorship may be offered to Prince Henry of Orleans. Meanwhile, Gunboats Whating and Marietta launched in San Francisco mark naval progress as insurgent forces clash with Spanish troops at Pardes. A sultan’s gifts caravan departs Damascus for Mecca, and a cave collapse in Statte Springs, Conn., claims BP Johnson, age 69. In Macedonia, two bands of Turks reportedly enter from Thessaly. A Philadelphia Trust case sees Pleaded guilty for embezzling 370 and a sentence of one year six months.
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Crete
Prince Henry
Orleans
Whating
Marietta
San Francisco
Pardes
Sultan Uo
Mohammed
Damascus
Mecca
D. Johnson
Statte Springs
Conn
Three Rivers
Mass
Nice
Ty SaHans
Macedonia
Volo
Larissa
Thessaly
Philadelphia
Sontraviie HR
East Patrick firm director touts four figures as Fitasia mons
Benjamin Rosenour, overseer of B Rossnour & sons East Patrick street branch, has arranged four life size figures about three feet tall he names Fitasia mons Corbett Sharkey and Choyiusk claiming they are essential.
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Benjamin Rosenour
East Patrick Street
B. Rossnour & Sons
Fitasia
Mons, Corbett, Sharkey and Choyiusk
Fitzsimmons Declines Immediate Rematch After Title Win
The new world heavyweight champion Fitzsimmons describes his bout with Corbett as brutal yet winnable and explains he will not fight again for at least two years. He notes a lingering thumb injury, reflects on endurance, and plans an exhibition in San Francisco after leaving Carson for the city.
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Carson
Ney
Fitzsimmons
Benifentiary
Corbett
Bob
Sharkey
Fitz
Goddard
Mitchell
San Francisco
Corbett Warns of Threats From San Francisco Friends
Carson Nev March 19 Just before the big prize fight Corbett and Referee Siler spoke in the dressing room Corbett said he intended to win fairly but feared friends from San Francisco at ringside might react if he lost Siler replied that an even break was all either fighter could expect and warned Corbett to be careful about potential threats to himself or the referee
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Carson
Nev
Corbetts
Siler
Corbett
George
Stler
Fitzsimmons
Corbetta
Governor comments on Fitzsimmons Corbett fight in Nevada
The Nevada governor praises the Corbett Fitzsimmons bout as orderly and fair. He says the event drew eastern visitors, compares boxing favorably to college football, and notes only a minor shooting incident not tied to the fight.
Corbett Says He Has No Kick Coming After Fight
James J. Corbett, in San Francisco, reports weakness from the heart blow and intermittent pains on his left side but his physician foresees no permanent injury. He tells reporters he was beaten fairly and honestly and has no complaints, insisting he is not sick or dying, only chagrined by his carelessness in the bout.
A Legislator's Charges and State Legislation
In Harrisburg the Senate held a brief morning session and the House two sessions with slim attendance. Nesbit seeks a fraud inquiry into Grace Methodist church fittings while three bills advance on education and mining issues including free kindergarten funding and mine inspector salaries. The senate also moves to curb discrimination against union members. In Philadelphia, Stand A Granger alias Cleo Palmer faces infanticide charges after allegedly harming a newborn. coroner cites brain hemorrhage and evidence of beatings amid allegations of neglect and associations with Others.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Henderson
Iowa
Senate
DSM
Pacific Railroad
Penneylevania
Harrisburg
General Assembly
Nesbit
Northumberland
Grace Methodist Church
Nesbits
Treasury
Piciett
Bradford
State Board of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Philadelphia
A Granger
Cleo Palmer
Maud
Bradley enters race for United States senator in Kentucky
Governor Bradley mobilizes allies in Kentucky as free silver Democrats unite with Bradley Republicans to challenge the regular Republican nominee ex-Congressman W G Hunter. In New Jersey Trenton March 19 the senate confirmed state level nominations including George Wutts as secretary of state and Samuel S Moore as state prison keeper.
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Bradley
Frankfort
W. ©. Bradley
United States
Republikican
W. G Hunter
New Jersey
Trenton
Senate
George Wutts
William Rettle
Samuel S. Moore
Wiliam Riker, Sr
Supreme Court
Oldest United States man dies in Los Angeles at 117
Ignacio Francisco de la Cruz Garcia, claimed to be the nation’s oldest man, died in Los Angeles at age 117. A native of Sinal Mexico, he settled in the United States many years ago. Proclamation designates April 9 and 22 as Arbor Days in Pennsylvania.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Ignacio Francisco de la Cruz Garcia
United States
Sinal Mexico
Market Mixed as Rail Rivals Lead Gains in New York Stocks
Stock and produce markets show irregular trading with an undercurrent of strength led by railway shares. Closing bids include Balto & Onto at 14g and Lehigh Valley at 4, Chesa & Ohio at 18, with others like J. Central and Reading noted as active movers.
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New York
DL & W
Central
Pennsylvania
Erie & W
St Paul
Lehigh
XL & Pa
General Markets Philadelphia and New York report action
Philadelphia markets show dull flour and firm corn with various grades listed. Beef and pork mixed firm to dull, butter steady, cheese steady, tallow and turpentine steady, tin and lead prices noted. New York cables quote steers and sheep, calves steady, hogs weak, with East Liberty cattle and sheep prices provided for regional reference.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
City
B.c.i
Sylvania
Delaware
Beef
Pork Dull Family
Extern Do
Atlon Cream
Gary
I2sie
Oitec
Fouthern
Sac
New York
East Liberty
Cattie
Ohio Fed Western
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