Barnato the King of Mines and His Paris Fame
Paris proclaims Barnato as the king of mines worth about 120 million dollars. A former circus clown in Kimberley turned landholder and mine magnate, he helped found the Boers Society, earns a salary of 125 thousand dollars from the company, and sits in Parliament for the Cape of Good Hope. He visits London for parliamentary sessions, described as a slight, mustached man with gold pince-nez and keen eyes.
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Johannesburg
London
Cape of Good Hope
Barnato Ives
Cape
A Cure for Idiocy in Two-Year-Olds
A report on surgical attempts to restore intelligence in two children born idiotic. Doctors drill holes in the skull near the soft spot to create an artificial fontanelle, hoping brain growth will resume. Critics question ethics, but supporters see potential for reversal of lifelong impairment.
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Washington Star
Surene
Opera in New Orleans Unique City Supports Grand Opera
A 1895 feature on New Orleans grand opera details the French Opera House history from 1790 onward, highlighting low ticket prices, iconic performers like Mme Saville and Adelina Patti, and the city’s unique, self-managed company. It notes the 1859 rebuild, famed loges grille, and the culture surrounding duels, social life, and devoted local audiences.
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Orleans Theater
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Bourbon Streets
Mme. Devries
New York
Mme. Saville
Anasty
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Fidel
Mme. Witman
Mme. Colson
M. du Luc
M. de la Grave
M. le Croix
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M. Jenibrel
Paris
Orleans
Mathieu
Tournier
Adelina Patti
Singer
Gerster
de Murska
Martinez
Devoyod
United States
Dhd
Foreign Notables Tangle in Global Headlines of the Era
A collage of notable figures and rumors spans the globe from Mir Sultan in India’s police service to Bismarck’s coin hoard, Whitefield’s sermons provoking bishop complaints, and explorers or nobles tied to German and Venezuelan affairs. Brief notes mention De Robespierre’s coal case, Lisztar Marcus, and the late Tierik D. Hirsn, highlighting international ties and eccentricities of the period.
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Mir Sultan
Delhi
India
Germany
Bismarck
George Whitefield
Mas. von WissMann
Guzman Blanco
Venezuela
Marquis de Noe
Cham
Duchesse de Morney
M. Eugene DE Robespierre
Paris
de Robespierre
Lismarck
Tierik D. Hirsn
Tolland
Rotterdam
Holland
France
World industry and resources snapshot across continents
Industrial Gleanings notes vast mine and railway labor in Rand and Transvaal with 5 863 white men and 40 888 natives among 67 gold mines. France outputs 898 000 tons of iron. ore from Algeria, Spain, Elba and Sardinia. New York cheese whey could yield 1 000 000 dollars in butter. J L Han of Pelham Georgia known as watermelon king. shipping and railways employ millions. Odessa to Ussuri littoral emigrants ship free passage and land grants.
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Rand
Transvaal
France
Algeria
Spain
Elba
Sardinia
New York State
J. L. Han
Pelham
Tur
Odessa
Ussuri Littoral
Siberia
Vladivostock
Foreign Books and Writers in Brief News
Janny Bunwry author of Eve lina is buried at Walcot churchyard near Bath without a grave marker. Berlin’s imperial library will receive its first catalog modeled on the British Museum, costing £75,000. French poetry schools show decline with a treatise on new prosody and hidden symbols. Imbert Saint Amand writes a sensational history of the Second Empire aided by Empress Eugenie. Rossetti is finishing a memoir of his brother to accompany Dante Rossetti’s family letters in a forthcoming edition, not ready until autumn.
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Janny Bunwry
Evelina
Walcot
Bath
Atheneum
Berlin
Imperial
British Museum
France
Imbert
Saint Amand
Eugenie
Wint
Rossetti
Dante Rossetti
Imperial Order of the Kite and Swiss watches for heroes
The Mikado creates an Imperial Order of the Kite as a Japanese equivalent to Victoria, and instead of medals for China war participants, will award soldiers fine Swiss watches. A European proposal calls for a naval Red Cross society with colored vessels to rescue crews of sunken ships. Japanese actions strike fear with quiet marching and no audible cheers while officers use whistle signals to direct movements.
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Tne Mikado
China
East
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