Attempted Assassination Hushed as Queen Victoria Incident
In Washington the Japanese Embassy reports suspicion over a plot against Queen Victoria. Officials confirm an attempted assassination or serious threat, prompting heightened security measures and diplomatic concerns. Local trials in progress include Mayor Halls, while Stokes's case advances and Dr Helmbold is reported insane. New Hampshire elections proceed with usual campaigns as Bohemia and Bombay respond to relief needs in Chicago amid a disastrous New Orleans fire.
Assassination Plot Foiled as Youths Pistols Queen Victoria
London reports detail a boy forcing gates near Buckingham Palace, presenting an loaded pistol at Queen Victoria. The weapon proves to be an old flint lock and unloaded. A petition seeking Fenian prisoners’ release was found on the youth, with a blank space for the Queen’s signature. The scare sparked wild city excitement, quickly moderated by official disclosure.
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London
Queen Victoria
Buckingham Palace
England
Treasury plan to ease mutilated currency redemption
Secretary of the Treasury proposes a plan with New York street railways to speed up mutilated currency refunds. Railways would deposit in trust bonds equal to currency in transit, earning interest. the Assistant Treasurer would pay for mutilated notes on submission, then issue new currency up to bond value. Also notes France awarded medals for ship crew rescues in 1870 and a grand reception for the Japanese Embassy. Washington rumors place Casey Warmoth fight in New Orleans and moves to remove Longstreet from the Port. A House committee heard Col. Scott and J W Garrett over Baltimore and Pacific railroad location, with sharp debate on special provisions.
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Washington
New York Street Railways
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury of
United States
Treasury
French Legation
Department of State
Peterson
Thatcher Magoun
Boston
David Roberts
John Ranter
William Anderson
Legrande Frederic
France
Cabinet
Congress
Tribune
New Orleans
Casey
Warmoth
Packard
Longstreet
Port
Dents
Herald
House
District of Columbia
Col
Thomas A. Scott
Pennsylvania Central Railroad
Baltimore and Pacific Railroad
John W. Garrett
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Scott
Disastrous Canal Street fire damages several firms
A large fire at quarter to 8 this morning destroyed parts of a three story brick building at 164 and 166 Canal Street between Dryades and Baronne in New Orleans. Losses total around 62,000 with insurers, Wagener Meyer 40,000, Dolbear 10,000, Ernest Progst 15,000, Liberman 19,000, Talberts 1,500. Fire likely started by carelessness of someone about the building.
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New Orleans
Canal
Dryades and
Baronne Streets
Messrs. Wagener & Meyer
Messrs
Wagener & Meyer
Mr. Dolbear
Ernest & Progst
Canal Street
E. Liberman
Doomed cities and the need for honest lawmakers
The Picayune comments on the General Assembly in session urging twenty five honest men in the House to counter lobby influence and save the public from corruption. The piece notes secrecy around the registration issue and criticizes legislative passivity amid public abuses. It cites New York updates on Mayor Hall’s trial Stokes case and a Senate investigation resuming next Monday with Gen Horace Porter expected to testify. It also mentions Dr Hembold’s store closure rumors and a Bellevue Military College commencement with twelve graduates. Etholer the Russian Navy envoy arrives to plan US steamship links with subsidies and two new ships built in America.
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Picayune Coments
General Assembly
House of Representatives
St. Charles Street
New York
Mayor Hall
Stokes
Senate Custom House
Horace Porter
Hembold
Bellevue Military College
College House
Etholer
St. Petersburg
United States
New Hampshire Senate Campaign Facing Nationwide Interest
Concord February 29 It is nearly impossible to predict election results in New Hampshire next Tuesday due to a highly balanced race. The contest centers on selecting a United States Senator and launching the Presidential campaign with strong party organization led by E H Rollins for Republicans and John G Sinclair for Democrats. Both candidates have substantial stakes as their nominations depend on the legislature elected this year, fueling peak effort from both sides.
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Concord
United States
E. H. Rollins
Republicans
John G. Sinclair
Democrats
Rollins
Sinclair
Senate
First train carries Japanese Embassy to Washington
In Chicago on February 29 the Pittsburg Fort Wayne and Chicago line ran the first through train to Washington with the Imperial Japanese Embassy aboard. The trip completed without change via Philadelphia. Weather favors outdoor operations, rapid building continues, ice is out of the river and several vessels have begun moving on the lake.
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Pittsburg
Fort Wayne
Chicago
Washington
Philadelphia
Illinois gambling suppression bill becomes law
Springfield reports that the gambling suppression bill has passed the Senate after House approval and Governor Palmer's signature. The measure will take effect on July 1, establishing the new prohibition and enforcement framework statewide.
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Springfield
Ill
Senate
House
Palmer
Bohemian Fire Relief Funds Reported Collected
In Baltimore on February 29 the governor of Bohemia forwarded 80 dollars collected from Carelesburg residents for German fire victims in Chicago. About 90 dollars more arrived from Bombay largely from a Masonic lodge benefiting local suffering.
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Baltimothee
Bohemia
Carelesburg
Chicago
Bombay
Weather report forecasts mixed unsettled pattern across states
The low barometer system from West Virginia to the middle Atlantic and southern New England brings snow overnight. Winds shift northeast to easterly, with falling temperatures and clearing skies. Pleasant, northwest to northeasterly conditions expected Ohio Valley to South Atlantic coast by Friday.
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Washington
West Virginia
Middle Atlantic
Northeas
Middles States
New England
Ohio Valley
Atlantic Coast
Gulf States
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Murder at Dalesville ends in family tragedy
A farmer Willis Williamson near Muncie, Indiana killed his daughter during a contested engagement to Landry at a relative’s house in Dalesville. Williamson slit her throat and then shot himself twice in the mouth, alive but not expected to survive. The fatal act stunned the local farming community near Dalesville.
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Dalesville
Ind
Indiana
Willis Wiliamson
Muncie
Landry
Williamson
New Brunswick Legislature convenes on February 29
A mixed docket of political moves and local events fills the week. Victoria travels to Germany to see the Princess Imperial, a new Democratic daily News debuts March 7, and Utah votes down secret ballot. Texas cattlemen urge federal protection against border thieves as Japanese dignitaries meet the President in Washington for a month.
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New Brunswick
Een Victoria
Germany
Princess Imperial
the News
Utah
Texas
Washington
Ald
Lawrenceburg
Ind
W.H. Todd, Neil & Co
J.C
P. W. Harbaugh
Frank Ford
Ohio
St. Louis
St. Louis Dispatch
Spencer Ball
Arizona
Martinez Station
J.T. Wilson
Xenia
Mrs Wharton Refuses Interviews After Acquittal
Mrs Wharton, acquitted in the General Ketchum murder case, hides at Annapolis boarding house run by R W Welch. She rarely appears at meals and confines to her rooms while daughter Nellie is occasionally seen in town. Journalists from New York and Boston seek an interview but she and her daughter decline. Mrs Wharton has grown cautious and shows no desire to speak to the press.
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General Ketchum
Baltimore Gazette
New York
Boston
New York City Mayor Hall case opens with reform themes
In New York a crowded court heard Henry L. Clinton open the People v Hall case arguing reform of city finances and denouncing the Ring charter. He outlined four divisions of the defendant’s alleged frauds and the need to scrutinize audits and city council actions. A note adds that young Japanese students arrived in Philadelphia from Japan en route to the embassy in Washington.
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New Youk
Henry L.clinton
Iteme
Board of Audit
New York
Phisfity
Japan
Washington
Painter Falls to Death at New Depot Site
Richmond VA March 1 Joseph Stratton a painter at the new depot died after a 35 foot fall from scaffolding inside the depot his head was crushed in a frightful manner leaving a wife and no children the accident occurred today at the construction site.
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Ricu Monnd
Joseph Stratton
Senate leader pledges tea coffee tax unchanged until July
Washington reports Senator Sherman states the Finance Committee will not implement any tax changes on tea and coffee before July 1. Additional river weather from St Louis notes cloudy damp conditions with one inch of rainfall in six hours.
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Washington
Sherman
Finance Committee
Additional River News
St. Louis
Global Cotton and Commodities Roundup March Market Notes
Cotton prices in New Orleans Mobile Savannah Charleston and Galveston show mixed quotes with receipts ranging from 691 to 1,399 bales. New York and Liverpool report varied grain and live stock futures while Chicago Wheat and Corn stabilize. Str Louis notes minor gains in wheat with steady overall markets and little activity across major centers.
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Mobile
Galveston
Savannabh
Charleston
Liverpool
California
Str. Louis
The Beauty of Happiness and Sculpture in Italy
A Ruskin inspired meditation on happiness outlining how a woman’s beauty rests on inner peace and hopeful youth. A correspondent reports on sculpture noting that value comes from the artist’s eye and planning, with prices for portraits and statues and details of clay models and final works.
Diving armor and wreck salvage on the Nashville steamer
A detailed account of underwater salvage work on a Nashville steamer describes divers in india-rubber armor with copper helmets, air tubes, and lead weights, guided by surface pumps and signals. They clear the hold, assess damage, and install watertight boxes to restore buoyancy before raising the vessel for repairs.
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Nashville
Ohio
Missisippi
Obituary of Dr Isaac Dodge of Avondale
Avondale mourns the death of Dr Isaac Dodge after a sudden apoplexy. A Kenyon College graduate, he practiced in the city for over thirty years and was beloved as a Christian physician. He recently lost his granddaughter, pressed on despite ill health, and expressed a wish to see Spring Grove before his death. Funeral arrangements will be announced.
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Isaac Dodge
Avondale
Dodge
Kenyon College
Spring Grove
Wyoming Presbyterian Church tableaux delight audience
An entertainment at the Wyoming Presbyterian Church last evening featured tableaux music readings and recitations. A large audience praised the novel tableaux music led by W F Colburn and readings by Messrs Kinney and Curran with all participants, including the children, earning credit. The Committee on Tableaux led by Mrs Cowan and several Misses contributed time and effort, and everything proceeded satisfactorily.
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Presbyterian Church At
Wyoming
W.F. Colburn
Messrs. Kinney
Curran
Cowan
Belle Pollock
Ada Pollock
Helen Stearns
Carrie DeForest
Katie Evans
Louisa Baldwin
Covington Republicans to Convene for City Delegates Debate
In Covington tonight a mass Republican convention meets in the Federal Court room to choose delegates for the State Convention in Louisville amid expected clashes between Grant supporters and his opponents. Fire crews respond to a Third street chimney fire while Waite & Co. agent George Babcock appeals a $50 fine for carrying a concealed weapon.
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Covington
Federal Court Room
Louisville
Grant
Third Street
Scott and
Madison
George Babcock
Waite & Co
Criminal Court
Covington meeting backs Sumner amnesty bill support
At the United States Court Room colored Republicans met in Covington last night with Henry Dickerson as chair and Wm Hamill secretary. A committee led by R. D. Cross reported resolutions praising Sumner for amnesty bill amendments and urging equal protection under law. A motion endorsing Grant was modified. speakers including General Runkle and Captain Wilmot denounced Grant amid robust party discourse.
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Covington
United States Court Room
Henry Dickerson
Wm. Hamill
Consis
R. D. Cross
John. Guy
John Christopher
Chas. Summer
K. D. Ornes
Grant
Charles Sumner
Newport City Election Officers and Local Notes
Newport voters prepare for the upcoming city election with ward by ward lists of judges clerks sheriffs and voting places. Council discusses a new court house or repairs while Bond engravings and a court case settlement are noted. Coal shortages persist with Cincinnati supplies at eight dollars per load.
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James Dye
W. Morgan
W. Ginn, Jr
Thos. Fowler
Engine House
Bellevue Street
B. Strolkamp
T. W. Waters
A. W. Mossett
Thos. Cottingham
Court House
William Wiche
William Marsh
Tlerk
J. Gould
G. Summers
Esquire Kemper
Jefferson Street
4Th Ward
John Wolford
John Glascoe
J. B. Graves
G. R. Shinkle
McArthur Street
Central Avenue
Stir Ward
Charles Baker
James Thomas
Fred. Davis
James Dickens
Orchard
Harris Streets
Newport
Cincinnati
Snowbound Dayton Schools Start Monday
Dayton Kentucky reports schools to commence Monday as snowfall blocks roads. Cars are currently blocked but expected to run by this evening. Mayor Chadwick says he will discuss public interest questions at Concert Hall Saturday evening. Last night’s ball at Concert Hall was pleasant but attendance was light due to bad weather.
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Chadwick
Concert Hall
Lectures and Local Affairs Dominate Hamilton Notes
Dr Scheibenzuber lectured before the German United Society on Schools of Medicine. L B Delacourt to speak next on ape descent theory. Other items: a negro burial at Potter's Field, bonds posted for court appearance, editor dispute with Hodder, letters held for postage, a murder case set for March 4, Holly Water Works movement, a female lecturer with an MD, ballot box stuffing case postponed, and Stephen Curtis’s death from smallpox.
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Scheibenzuber
Hamilton
Sophia Meyerrose
A. Kroll
Sd. Sheely
Myers
Montgomery County Common Pleas
Baptist Church
Cour
Robert N. Anderson
Stephen Curtis
Middletown
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Weather Report
Monrovia
Republic
Landy Brown
Wm. Anderson
Sonoma County
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Little Rock
Fort Smith
Memphis
Supreme Court of Tennessee
Ward & Briggs
Tennessee Penitentiary
Council Bluffs
Salt Lake
Clement McClausland
Frogs Point
C. T
McClausnd
Lowell
Mass
Wagner & Meyer
Ernest & Pragst
Delsear
Commercial College
Webb
Aid Family
Independance
Webbs
Renconter
F. W. Canault
Tatten
Mills County
Crawfordsville
Jean Ingelow
Miss Ingelow
Mrs. Wharton
Richmond, TA
Kelestsee
Orleans
Italy
Ball
Connolly
Messrs. Waite & Co
Coyington
Walte
James Beggs
U.S
Citizens
W. H. Waters
Council
James W. McClure
Robert Townsend
Mr. McClure
Dayton, KY
Potter’s Field
Liesner
Justice Meckley
Hodder
Democrat
Telegraph
Holly
Dayton
Connersville
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