Gladstone Seeks Credit Vote in Parliament
Gladstone in the House of Commons urged the government to obtain a vote of credit totaling £56,000,000 for army and navy needs while reserving discretion to repurpose funds from the Sudan account. The motion was debated and the credit for special preparations was rejected 229 to 186 as the assembly approved the broader £55,000,000 total.
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Mr. Gladstone
House of Commons
House
Loudon
Gladstone
Commons
Cladstone
Edward Tempely Gomly
Sunderland
Russia
United States of America
Theer
Alarming Kuamer Reports Frontier Engagement
The St. Petersburg correspondent says 1,700 Russians faced Afghan forces on the frontier. Nearly all the Russians were engaged in the encounter, with authorities noting the scale and intensity of the clash.
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St. Petersburg
The
Daily News
Duel tragedy near Louisville ends in fatal injuries
Information from Louisville Kentucky reports a probable fatal pistol duel between two young farmers over June Greathouse. John Augusta Abe Taylor and another man arranged a meeting after a quarrel and fired pistols at fifteen. Taylor received a minor wound in the left thigh and both men are expected to die from their wounds.
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Louisville
John Augusta Abe Taylor
June Greathouse
Taylor
Deliberate Murder in Marion County Store Shootout
In Marion County an 8 C. era, a young white man named Williams was shot in his store by Daniel Hines. His father stood by with a pistol ready to fire if Williams moved. The dispute arose over a defense of a lady insulted by Hines. Hines and his father escaped. Williams is expected to die.
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Marion County
8. C
Williams
Daniel Oe
Daniel Hines
Hines
Williame
Florida
Sanford
Peck
Panama in the Hands of the Rebels
Reports say all troops left Panama as rebels gain control. The threat of incoming Colombian forces looms, with barricades and sandbag defenses around the barracks. locals fear destruction and lawlessness if U S troops withdraw and leave the city to the insurgents.
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Panama
Aispuru
United States
Panama Railway Company
General Aiapuru
Aiapuru
First Comptroller recommends eight four divisions and staff cuts
Government and navy cutbacks loom as the First Comptroller urges reducing divisions from nine to five and trimming the force accordingly. Interior assigns James H. Wardell to lead the census division, with four clerks assisting unfinished reports.
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the Treasury
Navy Yards
Navy Department
James H. Wardell
New York
Census Division
Interior Department
Wardell
Combe
Peoria
Texas
Otis Posey
Capt
Posey
George Smithley
Pittsburg
Panama
Wyman
United States
Manning
Conrad N. Jordan
J. Jordan
Third National Bank of
New York City
Cairo
Prince and Princess of Wales
Belfast
Ireland
St. Petersburg
de Giers
Cambodia
Saigon
Connecticut
Vicksburg
Miss
Ludeking
A. Preller
St. Louis
Preller
Shaw
Greenwich Tragedy Trial Details Johnson Family Shooting
The Rev J G Johnson a Cantional of Buycotland Vermont is noted for his strange conduct over six weeks and testimony describes a deadly shooting in Greenwich Conn. A letter found on Barclay Johnson suggests insanity and devotion to duty as possible motives. Witnesses include Charles Adams Samuel Chard George Foote and others. Coroner Holt filed the report in Bridgeport after the hearing.
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J. G. Johnson
Buycotland
Johnson
Camden
Mother Ee
Barclay Johnson
Gueenwich
Conn
Charles Adams
Samuel Chard
Johnsons
George Foote
William Houghton
Holt
Bridgeport
Texas cyclone leaves many dead and homes destroyed
A severe cyclone struck the Prairie Grove area eight miles south of Maxio Texas around 2 pm causing the collapse of a two story school house killing one child and injuring several. The cyclone demolished homes stores and a post office injuring residents and killing Larkin Gentry and possibly others. Heavy rains and flooding extended into Gainesville where creeks overflowed and property was washed away with reports of missing families.
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Prairie Grove
Maxio
Texas
J. P. Swing
Estelle Cook
BE. Herring
Mr. O'Hara
S McKinnon
D. Hughes
M. B. Cox
H. Thompson
T. J. Williams
Larkin Gentry
Gainesville
European Troubles Strain Egypt-France Diplomacy
The French Charge d Affaires in Egypt is to suspend official relations and refuse to sanction the Egyptian financial convention while reserving action. Egypt may offer an apology over the seizure of the Bosphere Egyptien, but without admitting the act. If no satisfactory reply is received, the Charge will move to Alexandria, with France turning to the Russian consulate if relations break. Three French transports with 4,000 troops stay in the Suez Canal as France and Russia appear to plot against England.
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Egypt
France
Qairo
Bosphere Agyptien
Alexandria
Suez Canal
Russia
England
Next Summer's Garden Plans for Flower Beds and Soils
The article urges readers to decide now which plants to grow next summer and to finalize garden plans including beds, seeds, and divisions. It advises using tried varieties, considers novelties sparingly, and details soil improvements such as sand for heavy soils, leaf mould, and well decomposed manure, warning against fresh manure in beds.
Bear and Lion war talk sparks credence in Russia
London cable reports M Giers defends Komaroff attack on Afghans on Kushk river and criticizes British and Earl Granville over Afghan policy. Russia sees British force as provocation and warns of possible war, with a widening rift between Russia and England and signals of further rail plans to reach India.
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London
M. de Giers
Karl Granville
Komaroff
Kushk
Foreign Office
Penjdeh
Peter Lumsden
Rawal-Pindi
Earl Dufferin
Komaro
Earl Granville
Russia
England
Gladstone
House of Commons
Iday
Peste
Gladstone Uneuereraty
Venjdeh
St. Petersburg
Axhabad
Sarakhs
Herat
Candahar
Indus River
India
Cronstadt
Afghanistan
Ameer
Zulficar
Zulicar
Fashion notes and millinery trends for spring
Irish poplins yellow flowers and color in bonnet trims take center stage this spring. New caps, high crown hats, tinsel fabrics, and wide ribbons shape Paris importations. Also notes San Jose debt status and Venice church domes aging entities and British titles.
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New Jersey
Paris
San Jose
California
United States
Church of St. Mark
Venice
Prince of Wales
Boston
Mass
Maine
The Blizzard Tour Through Western Prairies
The narrator recalls a harsh blizzard journey from Hi to Tabor then Malvern, enduring extreme cold and winds from Alaska. He describes snow drifts, bare ground, frozen bricks, and driving to Council Bluffs with a schoolbound trio of children and tramps at a Wabash station.
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Ian
Tabor
Wisconsin
Malvern
Tabor College
Gilbert Brooks
Alaska
Omrade
Conneil Bluffs
Wabash
Humeston
Bluffs
Council Bluffs
Opera House
U. P
Omaha
Meeting of Josie Mansfield in Paris Convent Claim
A Paris society woman recalls meeting Josie Mansfield at Bon Marche last summer. Mansfield, now gray haired, claimed she would give her remaining fortune to a Paris convent and enter it, a vow the observer believes she may have kept.
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Paris
Josie Mansfield
California
Preferring His Own flora at Winter Street boarding house
In a Boston boarding house a cultured bachelor with a repulsive habit used his bandana to produce loud sounds at meals. To curb the nuisance, fellow residents left a small tin horn on his plate with a note. He entered, observed the horn, and reacted with surprise.
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Winter St
Boston
Death Trap by Thief Foe Bites Its Creator
A New York man, Marovus Warner of Shus N Y, rigged a door trap with a salt loaded shotgun that he forgot to disable for guests. Opening the hen house triggered the blast, mortally wounding him and breaking his leg. The tale sits among notes on Rhine timber rafts, colonial cavalry tactics, and watch care tips.
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Marovus Warner
Shus N. Y
Wil
Warner
Joe
Rhine
Neckar
Main
Moselle
Dordecht
Buller
Wardrop
Metemneh
Popular Science Monthly
Women in Texas and the Rural Labor Scene
A historical sketch from Woman's Journal contrasts Texas men and women. It notes handsome men, outdoor life, indoor living for women, frequent powder, openness to air, and a shop-and-ride culture where men buy goods for women. It describes scarcity of help, multi room homes, and women working in fields, with cotton picking as clean farm work and high wages in good years for pickers including well-to-do women.
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Texas
Woman's Journal
The Jokers Budget And The Tour Around The World
A brisk collage of comic vignettes from a 19th century paper includes a marriage plot in which a daughter prefers Mr De Blank for status over income. Jokes pivot on social pretenses, mistaken identity, and domestic mishaps with Aunt Louisa and a kitchen rag misadventure.
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de Blank
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Fashionable Charity Delays Aid Despite Freezing Family
A rich benevolent lady returns from a cold drive and orders her steward to send wood to a poor, nearly freezing family. She then sits by the fire and delays, saying she will decide later as the weather grows warmer.
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Yeast
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