Bombardment of Alexandria Opens as British Force Moves
A British naval deployment near Alexandria signals the bombardment begins. Reports describe streets emptied, foreigners seeking safety aboard ships, and the city bracing for heavy fighting as Admiral Seymour orders bombardment and disarmament threats.
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Reuters
Seymour
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Constantinople
Ahmed
Essad
Lebib Pasha
Suez
Court
Northumberland
Limasol
Cyprus
Engin
Minotaur
Nerissa
Maltar
England
Berlin
Cairo
Tizoes
Alexandria
Times
Government of India
Egypt
Herbert Macpherson
Agra
Bombay
Argentia
Seyamour
Cartwright
Ragheb. Pasha
Dervisah ‘Pasha
Khedive
Astern Tele-Graph
Lyonnaise
Jexandria
Murder and mayhem thread across towns in July reports
A chaotic wire service style dispatch from Louisville Mississippi describes F L Jones a photographer killed by a boy named Thomas Jones after a pistol confrontation. The killer was captured amid threats of lynching. Separate items note a colored boy Mick Taylor found dead tied to a tree in Webster parish, details of a pursuit and capture leading to execution by shooting. Syracuse reports James Hawks stabbing and killing his wife over beer, with a grim response. Chicago reports a shooting of Charles S Ruby by Madeline Stiles. Nasuvinis and Cincinnati items describe train accidents, robberies, and a murder in Bevier county Arkansas with bystander death. Indiana wrecks and Missouri or Illinois incidents fill the scattered notes.
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New York
Louisville
Miss
F. L
Jones
Thomas Jones
Shreveport
Mick Taylor
Sone: Woods
Hawks
Hawke
Curcaco
Charles
Ruby
Board of Trade
Madeline Stiles
Cxraco
Joel Prescott
A . Nasuvinis
W. Mallory
Columbia
Bethel ‘House
Ifa
Willard’s Bote
Terre Haute
Evansville
Thomss
Mosby
John
Marona
Aichioan
Muskegon
Las Corhe
Movement toward coalition shapes as stalwarts and independents debate primaries
Fragmented text reports stalwarts seeking unity with independents. Chai McKea and associates oppose a plan, while resignations loom. A convention idea surfaces to satisfy voters and secure funds. Letters from a committee show tension within the party as action nears next week.
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Keeki Ward Marseay
Sitelwarte
Dente
Chris Cooper
Commons debate traces government defeat and unrest
In the House of Commons Mrs Gladstone states that Friday’s defeat of the Government marks an unprecedented shift in the session, signaling political tension and possible amendments. The report notes ongoing parliamentary contention and potential consequences for policy discussions.
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Loxnex
House of Commons
Gladstone
The Extra Man Row in the House Seat Scandal
Special correspondence reports a dispute over seating an extra Nebraska congressman. Colonel Majors claimed a 1872 census showed entitlement, while Judge Hammond exposed likely census fraud. The controversy sparked committee actions, a re-commitment, and warnings of broader investigation.
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Wasineton
Hammond
Achenie
Bruska
Preserit
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Cami
Washington
Judiciary Committee
Secretary of State
Nebraska
Georgia
Congress
Alsays
Himmond
Ib Toh Min
Tur Ueda
le Coe
Senate debates tariff amendments and harbor funding
The Senate advanced amendments to a house bill on internal revenue taxation and duties, repealing a 25 percent tariff on raw sugars from foreign sources and setting steel railway bar iron duties at twenty dollars per ton. It also approved river and harbor measures, including 500,000 for the Potomac improvements, and discussed Charleston harbor funding and ship canal surveys while adjournment battles continued.
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Cincinnati
Ben Niterworth
Georgia
Atlanta
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Mississippi
Senate
House
Severs
Underwood
Clements
Ricl Peters
Finance Committee
Internal Revenue
Bayard
Brooklyn
Oxford
Miss
Ifrom
Alison
Butler
Charleston ‘Harbor
Gilmore
Conger
Commerce Committed
Congress
South Carolina
Michigan
Nng
Charleston’ ‘Harbor
Tisan
Committeé On Transportation Road
Seaboard
Secretary of War
Ship Canal
Chesapeake
Delaware Bays
Baltimore
Atlantic Ocean
Tiva Voce
Morgan
Mc ‘Milleb
Crapo
Massachusetts
National Banking Association
Ndall
Pennsylvania
Treasury
United States
Conference Committee
Groo
Yeas
Neal
Washington Health Meeting Notes Emerge
Fragmentary report from July notes health officials meeting about patient care and appropriations. The unclear text hints at actions related to keeping patients safe and maintaining services amid funding discussions.
Cotton acreage and yields in Texas and the South report
The July Six report shows cotton stands varying from good to poor across the belt with a general improvement since early June. Texas acreage drops shift totals to 15,214,393 acres, Arkansas down 69,550, and overall acreage 15,214,393 vs 16,184,504 last year. Labor efficiency improves in the Carolinas as provisions improve. rain is needed in the southwest and Texas.
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Bradstreet
Texas
Arkansas
Aransas
Nia
South Carolina
Southwest
Carolinas
Crop prospects across states show mixed wheat gains
Reports from Nebraska Michigan Indiana Missouri and Illinois indicate variable wheat and corn yields. Nebraska wheat near 14 million last year may gain two to three million. Michigan hopes for near 30 million. Indiana's southern counties boast a large wheat crop with county acreage 420,000 and yields 18 to 40 bu per acre. Illinois corn outlook weaker than last year with some regions hit by wet ground and harvest delays.
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Nebraska
Michigan
Pass
Minnesota
Iowa
Indiana
Kansas
Minent
Minent Statistician
Lincoln
Winois
Clinton
Ullinois
Acra
Tramp Dies After Wealth Windfall Found
A German named Henry Rheinberg, a beggar at the Westmoreland county alms house, revealed a fortune of nearly 21000 in gold, silver, and securities hidden in leather belts. He died of typhoid fever after refusing absolution and a will, leaving authorities to locate his German relatives.
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Westmoreland County
Henry
Rhemrd
Rhembe
Rheinberg
Rhemberg
Germany
Héira
Ais
Apa
Sboye
Cotton condition improves in July report across states
The July agricultural report shows cotton in better condition than June across Virginia to Georgia and west of the Mississippi, with all states higher than earlier months. The general average is 92, tied to favorable skies and late wet spring, though Florida to Tennessee show slight declines in some areas.
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Department of Agricultura
Virginia
Georgia
Mississippi
Florida
Tennessee
North Carolina
South Carotia
Alabama
Texas
Arkansas
South Carolina
Louisiana
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