Up-to-Date Pirates Threaten Alaska Pacific Steamer Buckman
Two U S navy deserters West and Wise tried a bold hold up of the Alaska Pacific Buckman on the high seas armed with rifles revolvers and cannons Their plan to seize treasure laden ship failed after a fire bell alerted the crew The men were captured or killed with one escaping. Francis Bailey and Albert Bailey led a separate 1908 piracy using Goldsboro cargo ship to raid markets then vanished amid international pursuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Navy
Buckman
High Seas
Liwlessness
West
Wises
Raeki
Deght
Rt Pwartse
Vison
Pechavess
Oregon
Sae
Sing Sing
Francis G. Bailey
Albert
New York
Pittsburg
Bailey
Goldsboro
Department of Commerce and Labor
Export Shipping Company
Bailey Brothers
Cable
Unis
Richard Worley
Charleston
West and Wise
Port Royal
Morgan
Lafitte
Prince of Wales Visit Recalled Through Col Bliss Tale
The late Col George Bliss recalls King Edward when Prince of Wales touring the U S shared impressions of Hudson River scenery. Bliss, former U S district attorney, details his role with Governor Morgan's military staff during the prince’s trip to West Point and Albany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward
Prince of Wales
Col
George Biss
United States
New York
Bliss
Prince
E. D. Morgan
Hudson River
West Point
Albany
Noble River
England
Povehkeepsie
Poughkeepsie
E. J. Edwards
Twain Warner collaboration on The Gilded Age tale
The account recounts how Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner allegedly teamed to write The Gilded Age after a dare from their wives. They met daily to craft the novel and test it before readers, leading to publication and later profits from dramatic rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
Warner
Stephen A. Hubbard
Hartford
Conn
Mr. Warner
Twains
Warners
Charles D. Warner
Ofolonel Sellers
Twain
Mr. Hubbard
Egypt
BE. J. Hdwards
Biddle and the Savannah Silver Test for the United States Bank
The article recounts Nicholas Biddle’s presidency of the U S Bank from 1823 to 1836 and a bold plot by northern state bankers to ruin the Savannah branch by forcing redemption of notes in silver. Biddle’s vigilance and fast action thwarted the scheme as described by Commodore Van Staatvoord, Ashbel Green, and George S. Coe.
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Savannah
Stranger
United States Bank
Jackson
Nicholas Biddle
Philadelphia
Nick” Biddle
Jie
Biddle
New Orleans
North
President Biddle
Commodore Alfred van Staatvoord
Ashbel Green
Mr. Biddle
New Jersey
George B. McClellan
George S. Coe
Ty E. J. Edwards
Street preacher defines bottomless pit with blunt humor
A city street sermon on eternal punishment features a preacher at a busy corner explaining the bottomless pit. He volumes up his voice and uses a plain definition, telling listeners that a bottomless pit has no bottom as a thorough, if humorous, clarification.
Misjudged Brilliant Son and Bismarck Reading Story
Lord Ampthill recalls Bismarck examining Anderson's tale about a duckling hatched swan. The cygnet faces jeers from ducklings until a procession of swans acknowledges him as kin. Bismarck notes a long struggle for acceptance within his family.
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Lord Ampthill
Bismarck
Anderson
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Detris
Honduras
Baileys
Beery
Mulberry Street
Puerto Cortez
Francis Bailey
British Columbia
Col Kirkconner
Brooklyn
George Bliss
Poughkeepsie, N. Y
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