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Rock Island Argus
Rock Island, Rock Island County County, Illinois
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A deranged young man fired shots in Ballater near Balmoral, arrested with letters to Queen Victoria proposing a visit, to Gladstone, and to Vanderbilt seeking to marry his daughter; declared insane by a doctor. (Reported from Edinburgh, June 8.)
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He Proposes to Visit the Queen and Marry Vanderbilt's Daughter.
EDINBURGH, June 8. - The little town of Ballater, near Balmoral, where the queen is stopping, was startled late last evening by the reckless firing of a revolver in the streets. The young man who fired the pistol was arrested and it was found that he had in his possession a paper addressed to the queen, whom he intended to visit. The prisoner also had a letter addressed to Gladstone and another addressed to Vanderbilt, whose daughter, he said, he desired to marry. A doctor who examined the young man expressed the opinion that he was insane.
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Ballater, Near Balmoral
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Late Last Evening (June 7, Reported June 8)
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young man arrested; examined by doctor and deemed insane
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In Ballater near Balmoral, where the Queen is staying, a young man fired a revolver in the streets late last evening, startling the town. He was arrested with a paper addressed to the Queen, whom he intended to visit, a letter to Gladstone, and another to Vanderbilt, whose daughter he desired to marry.