Duel That Never Happened Shocks New York Society
New York press reports a draften Borrowe duel that failed to occur as ship Majestic nears port. Society debates Drayton’s grievance and criticizes French seconds while Mrs Astor and Drayton’s family draw sympathy. Public comment questions the handling by French authorities and club leaders. The piece highlights ongoing tensions over honor, justice, and potential vengeful actions.
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PT Oiat
New York
White Star
Majestic
Delmonico’s
Drayton
Touson Club
Knickerbocker Club
Manhattan Club
Mr. Drayton
Lawyers' Club
Dtrayton
Borrowe
Union Club
Mr. Borrowe
Drayton and Borrowe Duel Debated Over Wife's Alleged Infidelity
The article discusses a possible duel between Mr. Drayton and Mr. Borrowe after rumors of Mrs. Drayton's infidelity. Experts weigh duties to wife and children, with calls for restraint. past duels and society figures like M Aurelian Sybell and Beekman Kip Borrowe are referenced to illustrate dueling norms.
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Amos
Mr. Drayton
Union League Club
Borrowe
Drayton
Mrs Drayton
M. Aurelian Sybell
Europe
Anne
Paul de Rochefort
Count de Dion
de Dion
Scholl
L’ Venement
Due de Morny
Napoleon III
the Heaperes
Mrs. Drayton
John Jacob Astor
Mr. Borrowe
Beekman Kip Borrowe
The Injured Husband and Philadelphia Interests
J Coleman Drayton, an expert swordsman from a longtime Philadelphia family, is at the center of a case drawing wealth and social intrigue. Reports tie his absence and rumored departure to a string of prominent relatives, estates, and clubs, including the Philadelphia and Fencers’ clubs, with no one yet aware of what happened.
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Tin bin Place
Terra Firma
Majestic
America
Drayton
Mr. Drayton
Astor
J. Coleman Drayton
Philadelphia
Howard
G. Dorson Coleman
Europe
Henry E. Drayton
Board of City Trusts
Stephen Girard
Farmers’ Club
Howard, Jr
William
Dra
Walnut Street
Fencers’ Club of
New York
The Lady in the Case and Gussie Astor’s Social Ties
The article profiles Mrs J Coleman Drayton known as Gussie Astor, Augusta Astor, and her role in a famed Drayton Borrowe scandal. It notes her birth as daughter of William B Astor, her aunt Mrs John Jacob Astor, and places her in New York society alongside her sisters who married into prominent families.
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New York
Gotham
Philadelphia
Drayton-Borrowe
Gussie Astor
J. Coleman Drayton
Hallett Alsop Borrowe
William B. Astor
Augusta
John Jacob Astor
McAllister
Augusta Astor
Gussie
James H. Roosevelt
Carrie
Rice
Orme
Sasa Gedieae
Drayton Rx
Caerse Verge
John Jack Asver
Drayton Named as Possible Heir to Fashion Crown
The article notes Drayton as a potential successor to the title of America's fashion queen but states she did not seek the role. It highlights her blonde beauty, refined manners, and modest upbringing, contrasting with gossip about Miss Gussie Astor. A circulating portrait labeled Innocence depicts a girl with a milk-white dove.
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Drayton
America
Mra
Cain
Gussie Astor
New York
Gossip of Bernardsville Love Triangle at Drayton Estate
Reports from New York society allege Drayton dismisses Borrowe as a rival in a tumultuous affair at Crow's Foot estate in Bernardsville New Jersey. Borrowe pursued Mrs Drayton with driving visits and inappropriate conduct while a liquor-tinged coachman enabled disruptions impacting the family. Drayton, faced with rumors of leaving his wife, eventually took the children abroad after a late family conference with Mrs Astor urging discretion.
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New York
Acco
James
Deepton Place
Bernardsville
Borrowe
Mr. Drayton
Mr. Borrowe
Mire
Drayton
Morristown
Mrs. Drayton
Draytons
Penhansted
Philadelphia
Ey Astor
Big English Shipyard to Move to America Rumor of Rockefeller Backing
A major UK shipbuilding firm the Palmers plans to move its Newcastle works to an American port. Rumor says John D Rockefeller of Standard Oil will invest 40 million dollars and press for government warship contracts.
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America
Rockefeller
Loxpox
The
Palmers
United Kingdom
Newcastle-on-Tyne
United States
Standard Oil Company
Mor rill Improves Markedly as Illness Eases
Mor rill and Blaine better Washington March 18 Senator Mor rill showed the most favorable night since his illness with signs of rapid improvement. The attending physician expects further progress in 24 hours and reports his mental faculties unusually bright. George Dial also better and left his room for the first time today to handle private business. Dur ing the day he transacted some private business requiring attention. Check reins for Pittsburg horses discussed by Rev George Hodges in The Dispatch Tomorrow.
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Washington
Morrill
Pittsburg
George Hodges
Worrow
Yellowstone Park Leases Spark Bipartisan Inquiry
A McRae resolution to investigate the Interior Department over Yellowstone Park contracts targets alleged bias favoring Russell B. Harrison ally Huntley. Yellowstone Park Association claims leases signed by the Interior Secretary were voided to aid political ends, transferring transport rights to Huntley amid party tensions in Montana.
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Washington
Crisp
McMillin
Catchings
Committee On Rules
House
Department of the Interior
Noble
McRae
Arkansas
Interior Department
Yellowstone National Park
Montana
Russell B.harrison
Secretary of the Interior
Mr. McRae
Tar
Yellowstone Park Association
Charles Gibson
St. Louis
J. M. Clayton
Butte
Ington
Yellowstone Park
Interior
Huntley
Russell B. Harrison
State
General Wakefield
Hoyt Widow Seeks $150000 From Estate in Denver
Mrs A Marie Hoyt widow of George Hoyt seeks $150000 from his Kingston era estate in Denver. Accompanied by Mrs G Alexander and attorney L H Quimby, she challenges a 100000 release claiming illness affected her signing and values the estate toward nearly 1 million.
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Hoyt
Ini
Falls of a Monster Meteor Reported in Eagle County
Frank Newell, cattleman from Eagle county in the Choctaw Nation, reports a massive meteor fell in the prairie last Sunday. It was embedded at least 20 feet underground and protruded 12 feet above ground, with a fiery, furnacelike heat still felt hours after impact. Local witnesses described the meteor as a roaring, burning object seen in the sky.
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Denson
Tex
Frank Newell
Eagle County
Newell
Meteor sighting near Rick's Creek shocks local residents
A poem describes a meteor weighing several ons and its fall around 8 o clock on the picc near a water course called Rick's Creek. Newell, on horseback about 500 yards away, saw the mare tremble and dismount. Neighbors could approach only the following day, within about 50 yards.
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Rick
Prehistoric Treasures Unearthed In Union Landing Field
Ironton March 18 Special reports a remarkable excavation near Union Landing after a plow uncovered a skeleton and later over 50 bodies in a 40 by 40 foot area. Beads rings shells and various artifacts were found on the remains with many skulls teeth and leg bones well preserved.
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Ironton
Joshua Kelly
Union Landing
Ironton Register
Ohio River
Reunion of Blue and Gray Sparks Atlanta Banquet
At a March 18 banquet in Atlanta hosted by Irish societies General Daniel Sickles and General Longstreet were toasted. En masse, 300 veterans leapt to their feet shouting as the band played Dixie and the Star Spangled Banner.
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Sickles
Longstreet
Dixie
Atlanta
Daniel Sickles
Empire State of the North
General Longstreet
Lon
Veteran
General Sickles
Yellow fever outbreak tolls ships and crews to Halifax
A Halifax dispatch reports Bermuda Yellow Fever outbreaks cancel troopship calls, bringing two artillery companies directly to station. A Buenos Aires telegram criticizes lax sanitary measures, while Rio de Janeiro records 775 Yellow Fever deaths in the last fortnight and 23 ships’ crews infected.
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Halifax
St. Lucie
W. L
Bermuda
Buenos Ayres
Rio de Janeiro
Sharp swindlers dupe crowd with false medicine act
Two men posing as advertising agents for a new medicine sang and banjoed in front of When clothing store in Brazil, Inc. They sold 25 cent bottles and doubled refunds, drawing a crowd. Many bought multiple bottles, swindlers fled with at least 200 dollars as an angry mob hurled missiles. Driver injured by a cinder, hotel surrounded, police escorted the vendors onto the first train. The medicine was water colored.
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Brazil
Charles Prince Wins Again In Baseball Suit
After Cleveland financier Al Johnson bought the Cincinnati Club franchises and sold them, Charles Prince and others won a lower court suit for a claim on portions of the money Johnson received. The Circuit Court today affirmed the lower court ruling in Prince’s favor.
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al Johnson
Cleveland
Cincinnati Club
Stern
J. Palmer O'Neill
Charles Prince
Prince
Blue Laws Spark Sunday Close Debate in Philadelphia Stores
In Philadelphia Kensington district merchants protest Director Beitler's order urging Sunday closings for milkmen bakers butchers and grocers. Lawyer John H. Fow argues long repealed Blue Laws allow Sunday trade for necessaries, while Beitler says only general observance is expected with milkmen exempt. He notes cigar shops have long stayed open Sundays and insists on lawful, selective enforcement.
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Philadelphia
Kensington
Public Safety
Beitler
Seventeenth Ward
John H. Fow
Fow
Mitchell
Court of Common Press
Commonwealth
Moebius
Second Street
Jefferson
Supreme Court
Kennington
Mr. Fow
Old City
Jo Mitchell
Cohocksink Creek
Gunner’s Run
Sixth Street
Delaware River
Retail Grocers’ Association
South Street
Few
Senator Thomas backs Quay for Senate seat in Pa
Philadelphia March 18 Senator C Wesley Thomas declares support for Senator Quay in the Pennsylvania United States Senate race. He is the first legislator to publicly state his position on Quay’s bid for another term after the current term ends in 1802.
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Philadelphia
C. Wesley Thomas
Senator Quay
United States Senate
Senator Thomas
Quay
Pennsylvania
Baron de Steurs Moves to Annul Paris Divorce
Sioux Falls dispatch reports Baron de Steurs seeking annulment of his wife’s divorce in Paris. The Paris cable notes his action is viewed as a personal move and there is belief he may succeed fully.
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Baron de Steurs
France
Sioux Fats
S.D
Paris
Pera
Guatemala at Peace Forming New Cabinet
Guatemala reports peace as President Barrios announces the formation of a new cabinet. The March 14 update notes a united government and the lineup of ministers ahead of the administration.
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Guatemala
Inauguration Festivities End Tomorrow in Peaceful Country
Barrios, Minister of War, Dr. Ramen A Salazar, Minister of Fore Affairs, Senor Salvador Herrera, Min of Fi nance, Senor Manuel Estrada Carvéra, Minister of the Interior, Senor George Velec, Minister of Public Works, Senor Manuel Carros, Minister of Justice and Un ion. The inauguration festivities, which com menced on the 15th inst., will end tomorrow. President Barrios declares that he is anxious that the present peaceful condition of the country shall be maintained.
Funeral crowds in Rain Hill for Deeming murders
Liverpool reports detail the Rain Hill funeral for Frederick Deeming's four victims. Albert Deeming, his brother, testified he foresaw the killings in a dream and described seeing his sister-in-law and children dead. Crowd scenes, post mortem odor, and strong circumstantial evidence surround the case as Deering is held in Perth awaiting trial.
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Liverpool
Frederick Deeming
Rain Hill
Albert Deeming
Deem
Australia
Aracter
Perth
Deering
Poison in the Coffee
In Nashville on March 18, the Melrose family faced a suspected arsenic poisoning at dinner. Misses Katie and Mattie Melrose, ages 15 and 17, died, while David and his mother, plus Robert Melrose, remain critically ill or unwell as authorities arrest Robert amid an inquest. The source notes arsenic in coffee but cites uncertain perpetrator.
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Nashville
Melrose
Robert Melrose
David
Robert
Frauds on the Poor in Riga Exposed by Private Letter
A Riga committee collected goods for distressed interior regions and shipped them to a Lutheran clergyman. The wagons carried straw and stones instead of the promised items, including seven loads with gravel and stone. Censor blocked public notice, citing Russia's damaged reputation.
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Boston
Riga
Russia
Europe
Carnegie Denied Honorary Music Society Membership
At a New York musical convention session P and Gilmore proposed admitting E N Jordan Henry L Higginson Jeannette M Thurber and Andrew Carnegie to honorary membership. The committee reported it impolitic to honor wealthy individuals while others are neglected. The report passed unanimously. Also preview of Mejor Webb’s WORLD'S FAIR sleep prophecy in THE DISPATCH tomorrow.
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New York
Yesterdy P. & Gilmore
E. N. Jordan
Henry L. Higginson
Boston
Jeannette M. Thurber
Andrew Carnegie
P. &. Gilmore
Theodore Thomas
The Drayton-Lorrowe Scandal Highlights Page One
This morning’s news outlines ongoing stories from Congress after Russell Harrison and city matters including Philadelphia blue laws. Reports cover a Pittsburg workman lynching, revival of the Armory scheme, a southside murder linked to self harm, and Hastings on the Johnstown flood.
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Eussell Harrison
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Hastings
Johnstown
National Capital
County Courta
Big Harbor
Chicago
Christy
Congress
The
Ol Scoct’s
Treatment of Workmen Sent From Pittsburg to West Virginia Railway
Pittsburg agent James Abrilo recounts the sending of 25 Italian workers to Dingess West Virginia for Mason Hardee Co to construct a Norfolk and Western line. Foreman Frank Amoroso led the crew who faced a company store sting. Masked mountaineers dragged Amoroso from his bed, killing or likely killing him, and the Italians fled back to Pittsburg. The piece depicts lawless, semi barbarous conditions in Logan County and notes Amoroso’s stand against the store scheme and the mob’s retribution.
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South
West Virginia
James Abrilo
Pittsburg
Sid Be
Dingess
County
W. Va
Mason, Hardee & Co
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Frank Amorosa
Mr. Amoroso
Amoroso
Italy
Logan County
Tean
Thayer to Seek Reopening of Thayer v Boyd Case
General Thayer will apply in the Supreme Court of the State on Tuesday for a reopening of Thayer versus Boyd. He argues the Washington ruling overruled only the demurrer to Boyd’s answer and cites newly public facts about James E Boyd’s citizenship and Joseph Boyd’s naturalization. The move follows the U. S. Court mandate served last week while Thayer was away. Major Webb discusses the World’s Fair train speed claim in THE DISPATCH.
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Lisconti
Nex
Thayer
Supreme Court of the State
Boyd
Supreme Court of the United States
State Court
Washington
Joseph Boyd
James
James E. Boyd
James E
Unite States
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