Seizure of Suez and Port Said by British forces
Reported British occupation of Port Said and Ismailia as Admiral Seymour, General Wolseley and fleet move along the canal. Troops land, telegraph lines cut, fortifications shelled, and Egyptian troops disarmed or captured. Descriptions of engagements at Nefiche and Shaluf, with casualties among Highlanders and marines.
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Loxpays
Eastern Telegraph Company
Port Said
Sdez
Dee
Don
Hewitt
Khedive
Canal Company
Brith
Gihemileh
British Union of War Tourmatios
Vitoroy
Inducible
Smith
Fiurtroy
Nench
Kane
Kantara
Ismailia
Dee Reaiy
Fitzroy
Seymour
Si . Jiamet Wolseley
Serapis
Kveelads
Temuraia
Superb
Agincourt
Monarch
Penelope
Heetaa
Niwa
Exy Psi
Kheaves
Iby Khedive
Argta Pasha
Arabi Fasha
Feet
Ort Ghemukch
Reuter
Sayy
Wolseley
Triffe
Yetich
Ghemueh
Dametta
Lloyds
Suez Canal
Kelsey
Shaluf
Wolheley
Exchange Telegraph Company
Igmatiia
Lonpos
The
Daily News
Suez
Chapul
Lunger
Hoskins
Nefiche
The Advance on Ramler in August Sunsets in Egypt
Reports from August 21 describe British and Egyptian forces clashing near Ramleh and Kafr el Dwar. British troops, including the 38th 49th 75th and 79th regiments, faced Egyptian entrenchments with shelling and skirmishes. No casualties were reported, the fighting paused at sunset, and movements focused on Ramleh Damahour and Ramieh with Arabi Pasha coordinating troops.
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Lonpox
Sundat
Matpmondieh Canal
Katr
Dwar
Leo
Aboukir
Trier
Kafr el
Cairo
Exchange Telegraph Company
Alexandria
Arabi Pasha
Arabi Jt Igs
Hamleh
Tryins
Kafr el Dwar
Central News
Arabs Pasha
Reuter
Khedive
Cheni Pasha
Untah
Ramteh
Allison
Ramieh
Anexandria
Fieng
Britain Turkey talks loom over Suez canal status
Dispatch from Constantinople reports Assim Pasha drafting a convention with mutual concessions. Italy gains protocol signatories on Suez issues. Lord Dufferin resists a military convention, while Said Pasha and Asif Pasha favor an understanding with England. Porte bans mule exports and British service in Egypt amid protests.
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Wales
Oon
Inturbomces
Lor Pox
Reuter
Constantinople
Ttis
Assim Pasha
England
Turkey
Lord Granville
Italan
Suez Canal
Lord Dufferin
Nuw
Port Said
Said Pasha
Asif Pasha
Kaypt
Lord Dunferin
Syria
Smyrna
Sealed Orders Reveal Aboukir Bombardment Deception
A Reuters dispatch from Alexandria reports secret plans to bombard Aboukir were abandoned at the last moment. British ships proceeded to Aboukir, then steered eastward after 1010 PM. Generals were not informed, Major Sir Edward Hamsey acted under sealed orders, and Ramleh fortifications were reinforced as Arab laborers labored nearby. Necrological notices note Admiral DeSultke, Sir Woodbine Parish, and Edward Morin death. a Prussian village Lindenburg in West Prussia was burned leaving 200 homeless.
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Edward Hamsey
Abbakir
Ramieh
Ramleh
Alexandria
Aboukir
Port Said
Secon
Highland Light Infantry
Francis
Allison
Conspiracy case argued in star route trials continues
In Schedling August 21 the defense in the star route conspiracy cases argued that no evidence supported charges. Attorney Williams claimed Walsh and Bevedell’s confessions were unreliable, and Brady and others were not implicated. The judge adjourned as arguments concluded amid mixed trial momentum.
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Schedling
Wasnieron
Williams
Bevedell
Wade
Walsh
Brady
Ilhiams
Totten
Turner
Alabama
City Council Considers Name Change and Electric Light Pact
The Atlanta city council in regular session reviewed a water and street work pay roll, approved an electric light petition with conditions for A Haas & Bro. and Jacob Haas, and discussed name changes for Peachtree and Ivy streets to reduce mail misaddressing. Several petitions on liquor licenses, street repairs, and rail crossings were referred or granted, with votes on adjournment and new ordinances.
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BRUSH
Patees
Gothap
Bi“ Fort
Peachtree
Baiaga Avenuon
Labegt
Brats Chapel Church
Stonewall and
Chapel Streets
Water Works Committee
Wilkins & Post
State Street
North Avenue
W. W. Lingre
Relief Committee
F Pattillo
Pettis Anu Falr
J. .W. Utroy
petLtror
Bush Street
P J. Kenney
Marietta Street
Hentschel
Wheat Street
C. Sellers
Marietta
Francie and Hunter
Cain and
Marietta Streets
M. E. Mather
Broad Street
W.T. Kiambro
Decatur
Smelds & Maher
Dedawr Street
Peter Berron
Foster and
Boulevard
Frobeli
Brush Wlectté Light Company
Lowry
Harrison
Chicago
Haass
Atlanta
Advanta
Brush Electric Light Company
A. Haas & Bro
Jacob Haas
National Board of Underwriters
J Oletione
Beatie
Bartow Streets
M. K. Murphy
Knupp
Hunter Street
Washington Street
Cemetery
Payne
Ivy Streets
Texas Governor Seeks Federal Help With Brownsville Yellow Fever Hospitals
The Texas governor requested federal control of hospitals and yellow fever patients in Brownsville. Acting Treasury Secretary French ordered Surgeon Murray of the Marine Hospital Service to proceed to Brownsville via Galveston to assume charge and coordinate with local health officials. A revenue cutter will transport Murray from Galveston. In Brownsville today there were 35 new yellow fever cases and two deaths, with seven deaths reported at Matamoros. weather is showery and sultry.
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Texas
Washington
Treasury
Brownsville
Tex
Murray
Marine Hospital Service
Memphis
Galveston
Burgeon Murray
Brownsvitux
Mexicat
C. T Smith
Matatoras
Robbers Injure Ed Cox In Ashland Home Invasion
A midnight raid in Cass County near Ashland saw about five to eight men break into Ed Cox’s house and demand his money. Cox showed where it was but robbers took roughly forty dollars, then tortured him with a rope and fire, while revolvers prevented help from his son and father. The gang fled on horses nearby after the failed bank deposit lure.
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Mone
Ala
Choctas County
Mount Sterling
Butler
Jack Turner
F. D. Barney
Jessie Wilson
Peter Hill
Wallis Lynn
Aaron Scott
Range West
Mt. Sterling
DeSotoville
Iital
Luxesg&xe C
Addison
G. Bain
Garland
Henderson Lee
State Journal
Ashland
Cass County
Ed Cox
Tilom
Cox
Willian Stiles Gad Hig
Viciity
Craghead County Tensions Over Black Laborers
Reports from Craghead County indicate escalating friction between white and colored workers on the Memphis and Kansas City railroad. A dispatch from the company’s lawyer, dated Nettleton Elation, alleges Ku Klux Klan threats forcing Black workers to quit under death penalties. Governor Churchill orders sheriff to investigate to protect laborers. Also notes Iceland’s famine risk due to harsh weather and a measles outbreak, and a fire at Sea View House in Marsurino, Massachusetts caused by a defective fine with casualties avoided.
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Arkansas
Churchill
Craishead
Iceland
Hag
Copenhagen
Reykjutik
Marsurino
Mass
Sea View House
Boalders
Nourber
From Ear to Ear and Three Dead in Murder Case
A fragmentary list reports Charles Mabon missing for three days found with two workers, all three blindfolded and throat cut. Other brief items describe a woman burned to death in New Brunswick, a man burned by kerosene oil explosion, a murderer hanged in Georgia, a Mississippi cotton first bale, a monitor fitted with a deck house in Washington, Indians sent to Carlisle for schooling, Herbert Spencer aboard a steamship in New York, and a Texas hanging for a crime against a German girl.
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Mr. Parasxi
Charles Mabon
New Brunswick
N. J
Albert McBride
Cranberry
Mississippi
New Orleans
Angie
Herbert Spencer
America
New York
Servia
Liverpool
Eiigland
Garyeston
Texas
San Antonio
Charters Ward
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Paris
Edward Alexander Morin
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Lindenburg
West Prussia
Tariff Commission
Tendex
Lone Braxen
Tarff Commission
Blakely
Northwestern Stage and Transportation Company
St Paul
Minnesota
Borghum
P. L. Many
West Indies
Mexico
Canada
Fred Ernshaw
Philadelphia
Irom
Delesseps
Mpaey
Baez Company
Baez Canal
Als
Dallas
Texas and Pacific
Abaline
Brazos
Colorado
Concho
Pecos
Adaline
Sweetwater
van' Horn
Arizona
Texas Pacific
Robeson
Secor Robeson
Nixon
Shent
Camden County
Gibbs
Camden
Sewell
Woodbury
Catansey Creek
the Star Route 1
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House of Representatives
H.C Armstrong
Superintendent of Education
J. G. Wool
Enback
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House
McKinnon
Congress
Stearns
United States
Conover
G- W. Witherspoon
Broommaton
Chicago and Alton Railroad
Carno
W. CG. Soup's Circus
Lorpon
Joyce
Cong
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Ardiigun
Lake Cong
Wintermarss
Eira Lehnert
Hope
Peterhead
Matotoschkin
Ova Zembis
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Bogte Ja
Weee Bhoiche
Cape Flora
Cape Fh
Nova Zembia
Svat Tate
Ofletree
Illingis Ruffians
Gavkstox
McKinney Special
Thack Caldwell
Hong
Walliam Norvat
Cartistz
A.C. Fletcher
Sioux City
Sitting Bull
Carlile
Connecticut
New Haven Conn
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