Trial of Stokes Murderer of Fish An Ohio Forger Arrested
The report notes a series of items including the trial of Stokes for murder of fish, an Ohio forger arrested in New York, and other incidents such as the Boston Express Co insolvency and a boiler explosion at Trenton New Jersey. It also covers a Canadian railroad accident and a premature blast death, followed by foreign news from London about the University boat race on the Thames where Cambridge won amid heavy snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonpdon
Thames
Cambridge
Court of Captain Stevens to dispose case Monday
The case of Captain Stevens of the United States, court martialed for neglect of duty aboard the steamer Querriere, will be disposed of on Monday with a likely mitigation of sentence due to his gallant wartime service. Lieutenant-Colonel August V. Kautz is ordered to command the Newport Barracks recruiting department. A court-martial is to meet at Fort Whipple, Va., to try various prisoners. Senor Roberts turned over the Spanish Legation charge to Senor Polestad until Admiral Polo presents credentials in three to four weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Stevens
United States
August V. Kautz
Fifteenth Infantry
Newport Barracks
Gfer
Fort Whipple
Senor Roberts
Senor Polestad
Legation
Admiral Polo
Madrid
Iowa politician in Chicago amid vice presidential speculation
The Chicago scene reports Hon James T Wilson of Iowa meeting with Senator Trumbull U S Marshal Campbell and other leaders as a potential vice presidential candidate. Snow falls as talks hint at a political compromise while other dispatches cover a deadly railroad accident victim and state legislative battles over burnt records and land titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
James T. Wilson
Iowa
Trumbull
U. S
Marshal Campbell
Grant
Pennsylvania Railroad
Amanda Hartman
Dr. Hartman
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Ohio
Lasalle
Baltimore
Senate
Woodward
Mr. Dare
Quarry blast kills two workers in Fourth Ward
At Robert Horn's quarry in the Fourth Ward two men were fatally injured when a powder blast exploded after an attempted lighting. They drilled a rock hole filled with powder and fuse then used a drill, igniting the blast by accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Pavun
Robert Horn
Court adjourns in Stokes case and Varied City News
Stokes case bill of exceptions adjourned as counsel prepare rulings. court notes smallpox cases rising with health officers tracing infections. Vogt murder probe postponed for key witnesses from Europe. Sidle the forger arrested in Ohio. Cooke bailed and may testify. Produce Exchange to buy their building for 265000. police stop free vaccinations at stations. Purim begins in synagogues. insolvent Boston express firm debts around 60000. Dolan attack case awaiting exam. Dana to committee lists naval officers for Robeson contract inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John P. Sidle
Ohio
Noyes
William Hennessey Cooke
Bedford
Haggerty
John Graham
Cooke
Baulch
Produce Exchange
Board of Police
Erie Directory
Boston Express
Erie
Erie Company
Express Company
Michael Dolan
Dominick Geraghty
Mulberry Street
Dolan
Bellevue Hospital
Washington
the Tribune
Dana
New York Sun
Robeson
Department
Explosion at New Jersey Steel Works Blasts Factory
A boiler explosion at New Jersey Steel and Iron Works last night caused massive destruction and injuries. The boiler tender Hughes is missing after the blast that sent the 40 foot boiler into the blacksmith shop, five workers were seriously hurt, and a man died from a skull fracture after a fight at 52 Mulberry Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
New Jersey Steel and Iron Works
Hughes
John M. Downes
Mulberry Street
John Crowe
Downes
Crowe
Wm, Sevenscke
Fred Ackley
William Sevenscke
Train derailment near London causes fatalities and injuries
A London and Port Stanley train ran off the track three miles south of London, causing a fatal collision near Port Stanley. Engineer Robert Fletcher died, another engineer Mr Tanking was badly injured, several passengers injured, and both engines were wrecked. The train was later moved back on track and continued toward Port Stanley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Stanley
London & Port Stanley
London
Robert Fletcher
Tanking
Constable Hinckley suspended after Everett shooting
State Constable Hinckley, who shot a prisoner at Everett a few days ago, has been suspended from office by the Police Commissioners. The brig Glendale arrived in Martha's Vineyard sound after a terrible gale on March 2, during which Captain Thomas Drinkwater was swept overboard and lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Hinckley
Everett
Glendale
Galveston
Martha’s Vineyard Sound
Thomas Drinkwater
Fire destroys three story building in Providence
A afternoon blaze in a three story wooden building at Broad and Winter streets, owned by Kv Atwood, caused an estimated loss of 7 000 to 8 000 dollars. Insured for 4 000 dollars. The site housed a tar factory and dwelling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Broad and
Winter Streets
Atwood
Train wreck near Johnstown kills two on Southern Express
At 9 AM the Southern Express on the Pennsylvania Railroad derailed near Johnstown. Two were killed including a Baltimore jeweler named Jacobs and a young German girl. Fourteen injured include Mayor Callow and Alderman Irwin of Allegheny. The wreck stemmed from a broken rail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Southern
Pennsylvania
Nukuowen
A. H
Baltimore
Callow
G. M. Irwin
Allegheny County
Jos. Brown
Allegheny
8S. Rollins
D. C
Forest
E. J. Trion
New York
G. W. Moore
Richard Vose
J. N. Phillips
Newcastle
H. C. Frost
Hannibal
A. J. Shepherd
Cadiz
E. Beaker
Terra Haute
Ind
Mayor Callow
Memphis News Roundup Reports Snow and Death Amid Busy River Trade
In Memphis on March 22 Luke Paddon, jailed for six months for Ed Burr’s murder, died of consumption. A heavy snowstorm fell across the region, delaying planting. A Chester Illinois stockman died after a fall from a hotel window. river traffic shows rising water and several arrivals and departures, with cotton movements and several steamers active, including the Capital City and Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meemmphis
Luke Paddon
Ed Burr
Smith
Chester
Ill
Capitol City
St. Louis
Colorado
Little Rock
Clarksville
Padra
New Orleans
Elliott
Cincinnati
John H. Groesbeck
Spaulding
Mary McDonald
Weather and political notes from La Crosse Wisconsin
Snow depth reaches 1 inch with continued cold moderating weather. Nomination convention for four Democratic city tickets to back the charter election on April 2 to meet March 28 in the City Council room. Rumor claims Catacaszy has returned to Russia as the war revived the Emperor and Gortschakoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Catacaszy
Russia
Emperor
Gortschakoff
Warmoth Cus tom House factions not negotiating
New Orleans reports from March 22 state that official Custom House representatives deny any offer to an amicable settlement with Warmoth. Political organizations remain active as the fall campaign looms. The Mobile Jockey Club set races for the 23d under the Southern and Western Turf Congress with multiple hurdle and dash events and purses around $1,800 plus a $1,000 last-day stake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Washington
Warmoth
Custom House
Mobile Jockey Club
Southern and Western Turf Congress
Turf Congress
Weather shifts with rain and snow across regions
The forecast notes Easterly to southerly winds with cloudy, rainy conditions across the South Atlantic states. Snow from Tennessee northward will spread eastward to the Mid West and New England by Saturday. Rising barometer, falling temperatures, and clearing skies follow as winds shift to northwesterly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
South Atlantic States
Tennessee
Middle States
New England States
Mississippi Valley
Upper Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Gulf States
Atlantic
Gulf Coasts
Religious notices and philanthropic reports in 19th century periodical
The column reports church activity and finances across denominations. It notes First Presbyterian Church abeth New Jersey’s perfect service record, Baptist Missionary Union fundraising, leadership changes at Trinity M E Church South Baltimore, and large gifts by Mr Fernley in England. It also describes gipsy mission work near London, apocrypha rejection debates, and a British court ruling on a Calcutta inheritance dispute involving Dr Evans and Mr Gilchrist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
Abeth
N.J
Baptist Hionary Union
R. A. Young
Nashville
Huston
Trinity M. E. Church
American Board
Pekin
Methodist
Holy See
North America
Europe
Belgium
France
Fernley
Liverpool
England
Manchester
Southport
Italy
Gipsies
Epping Forest
London
Our Lord
Origen
Epiphanius
A. D
St. Jerome
Gregory I
Lord Romilly
Rolls
Gilchrist
Calcutta
Farquhar
Quarrel at Galt House Leaves Baker Wounded
In a local Police Court session a Galt House waiter quarreled with baker John Strather and threw a plate, wounding him in the left temple. The defendant paid damages, loss of time, and doctor’s bills, and was fined five dollars plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Went
Galt House
John Strather
Moddes
John Goss
Charles Seath
William McKeon
Mare Miller
George Gibson
T. T. Marshal
Chicago
Brown
Marshal
Jacob Faul
F. Krauskamp
Lizzie Anderson
Carrie Miller
Alice Granger
Oriental Necromancer of Egypt Ends Run in Cincinnati
The Necromancer of Egypt will close soon as other engagements take precedence. The Chapman Sisters bid farewell tonight with a humor filled bill, praised for both financial success and artistic merit. Next week Kate Fisher and her trick horse Won der star in Mazeppa with the Byronic spectacle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Necromancer
Egypt
Cincinnati
Chapman Sisters
Kate Fisher
Wonder
Ferry bill passes legislature fixing fares to 1863 levels
The Main street ferry bill requiring the boat to run to 8 P M and to charge the 1863 fares passed both legislative chambers. Other items note a divorce case for Julia F. Carter from Oliver Carter on grounds of cruel treatment, and verdicts in property tax enforcement suits on Holman street. A fire alarm from Long Culbertson's planing mill caused by a burst steam pipe reported with no damage. A patent for a clothes dryer issued to J Caffrey of Covington. The YMCA plans a Madison street reading room. State taxes due by month end with penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Street
Chancery Court
Julia F. Carter
Herusband
Oliver Carter
L. Ris
Dallom
Holman Street
Twelfth
Berry Streets
J. Caffrey
Covington
Young Men’s Christian Association
Madison Street
Long & Culbertson
Planing Mill
Eighth Street
John Higgins
Chas, Stever
Stever
Higgins
Evangelical Union Meetings At Newport In City Churches
Newport reports strong attendance at Evangelical union meetings. Tonight, Columbia street Presbyterian Church hosts services with Rev. S. X. Hall of the M E Church South to preach. Also noted are illnesses of Charles Stricker and Jonathan Berry. Professor Jones plans a Normal Department in the High School with weekly lectures for future teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Street Presbyterian Church
5. X. Hall
M. E. Church
South
Charles Stricker
Jonathan Berry
Jones
Dayton Churches Schedule Services Tomorrow
Mr Henry Walker is quite sick and the No 2 Building Association meets in Temple Hall. The note asks whether the two City Councils will compel Mr Hambleton to keep the ferry running or surrender his franchise to another operator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Walker
No. 2 Building Association
Temple Hall
Hambleton
Burglars Hit Hamilton Grocers on Main Street
Thieves burglarized Anderson & Bro. wholesale and retail grocers by forcing a glass pane. They took postal currency and nickels. They also raided Seemen & Vogle planing mill for a few tools and attempted Morin's hackenspen, but fled. Police suspect daytime saloon activity nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson & Bro
Seemen & Vogle
Morin
Hackenspen
Charmer to raise bulkhead on starboard midships
The Charmer will be raised likely within a day for repairs after damage from an incident. Timber clay and other material will be used to construct a bulkhead on the starboard side around midships. Most freight in the hull, including sugar galt and dry goods, will be damaged though the boat itself sustains limited damage. Cincinnati underwriters arrived and are supervising the offloading of freight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Cincinnati
Stay of Blake proceedings ends in New York court
The stay of proceedings in Blake ended today as Stokes' counsel filed a bill of exceptions to Judge Gardezo's ruling in the Grand Jury trial. The court then adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coedei
Blake
Stokes
Gardozo
Train wreck in Pennsylvania kills two and wounds many
The Southern Express on the Pennsylvania Central Railroad near Youngstown, Pennsylvania was derailed by a broken rail. Two people died and fourteen were wounded, including Allegheny City Mayor Callon who was severely hurt. Several named passengers from Baltimore New York and other cities were injured, two sleeping cars destroyed, and the wounded taken to Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Younges Town
Southern Express
Pennsylvania Central R. R
Callon
Allegheny City
Baltimore
Samuel Jacobs
G. Becker
Terre Haute
Ind
el G. Shepherd
Cadiz
H.C. Frost
Hannibal
Blast Fatalities at Hart Quarry and Rail Accident in St Paul
In St Paul two quarry workers were fatally hurt by an accidental blast at Robert Hart's Fourth ward quarry. A freight train collision near Hancock Station on the St Paul and Pacific line killed conductor Fitzgerald and another man, injuring several others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Pau
Robert Hart
Fourth Ward
Hancock Station
St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
Fitzgerald
Trapeze Performer Kills Wife in Madison House Shooting
A pistol discharge at Madison House on Main between Front and Second streets kills Kitty Wren, a trapeze performer, after her husband James C. Davis says he accidentally discharged while trying to uncock a pistol. Davis, a Forepaugh circus member, was taken to Hammond Street station as an inquest is scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison House
Main Street
Second
Kitty Wren
James C. Davis
Howells
Davis
STAR
Hammond-street Station House
Hammond Street
Forepaugh
Fire alarm at Little Miami Locomotive Works Pendleton
A blaze shortly after twelve o'clock at the Little Miami Locomotive Works in Pendleton was extinguished quickly with no substantial damage. The report also mentions a Union Pacific tal a from the West, but details are unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Miami Locomotive Works
Pendleton
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Daily Evening Star
American Prese Association
N. Y
The
Boston Express Co
N. J
O Penn
R.R
Canada
Lomdon
Cardoza
Vogt
Chevalier de Bianco
Brussels
Euurope
Jershy
Rhode Island
Memphis
Wisconsin
Weather Report
Polace Court
Newport
Dayton, HY
Hamilton
Minnesota
Union Pacific
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