Foreign Topics from the Old World Tangle with War Fears and Policy
A week of international notes covers Russia England tensions and a near armed clash over Afghan conflicts. Sudan war weariness grows amid Osman Digna’s fading force and British Western theater preparations. France and China inch toward terms, while Formosa and Annam shifts draw reform. Riel insurrection and Central American tensions ripple as Cape and Canadian issues loom.
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Russia
England
Osman Digna
Pader Wolseley
Red Sea
Soudan
Affghanistan
China
France
Annam
Tonquin
Formosa
Johner
Point Hamilton
Japan
Pacific
Riel
Northwest
Barrios
Guatemala
Mexico
United States
Aspinwall
M. de Lesseps
War maps and heroism amid a public war view
An ordinary reader’s eye scantily supports a new war map idea and notes on casualties. The piece recalls historical battles from 1858 and the Sudan campaign, highlighting brave women fighting with men, including a young Arab boy who died defending his side.
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Peshawar
Heshawar
Chaplain Leads Firefighting Effort Beneath Bullets
The Marines chaplain, Collins, walked across a bullet swept square to regulate firing as an Indian regiment nearby fired nervously. He operated with earthly weapons in a perilous moment, earning praise and potential Victoria Cross if he had been a regular fighter.
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Marryatt
Collins
Skobeleff on English Generals and India Ambition
Russian General Skobeleff praised General Roberts for his march from Cabul to Candahar and argued British commanders have only faced Asiatic foes. He contrasted European and Asiatic warfare, noting his own career against Turkish regulars as proof of skill.
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Skobeleff
Greene
United States Army
Moltke
Napoleon
Wellington
Grant
India
Roberts
Herat
Skobeletf
Skobeieff
Merchants push for Burma war risk as trade drive grows
British traders urged India to seize Upper Burma and station a British resident with a large force to protect trade against France. Lord Dufferin refused, warning interference could trigger war, leaving conflict with Burma indefinitely postponed though pressures mount from merchants and the Burmese king.
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Russia
United Chambers of Commerce of Great Britain
India
Burmah
Upper
Lord Dufferin
British naval force at Suakin strength and burnished totals
The Suakin force under Admiral Hewett fields 85 guns and 6135 tons with 5920 horsepower. Birmingham firms profit from wartime trade, while a local dealer made over 20,000,000 cartridges for China. Spaniards eye African colonization, and a Gold Coast trading post was destroyed with six killed, pressuring Spanish settlement on the coast.
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Hewett
Birmingham
Gold Coast
John H. Tingue of Seymour Dies a Generous Connecticut Celebrity
John H. Tingue, a Seymour manufacturer whose seal plush business dominated much of the market, died on Saturday of pneumonia. Known for lavish philanthropy, he helped worthy causes and even treated local boys to fruit and oranges. A Hartford capitol display honors him with a 200000-button oaken case. He left a large estate to a New York brother.
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Hartworp
Conn
John H. Tingue
Seymour
Capitol
Hartford
New York
Death of Mrs Emily Williston of Springfield
Emily Graves Williston widow of Samuel Williston of Easthampton died at the family homestead. Born 1797 in Williamsburg she married in 1822 and celebrated 50 years of marriage in 1872. She funded the town library with 16,000 dollars and left 150,000 for the seminary, plus the homestead valued at 50,000 to the seminary with a building atop the grounds for its use.
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Springfield
Emily Graves Williston
Samuel Williston
Easthampton
Elnathan Graves
Williamsburg
Mass
Curious 82 year old Canadian-born traveler in Springfield
Springfield police shelter an elderly woman named Mrs White aged 82 who has walked from Canada toward a town west of Albany. She says she has two daughters and a son there, speaks of twelve children, and claims double and triple American roots. Efforts to secure railroad passes to Albany are planned. She is well cared for by officers.
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Springfield
New York State
Albany
No 41 Prisoner No 41 in Ludlow Street Jail
James D. Fish once president of the Marine Bank remains in Ludlow Street jail after conviction. Ferdinand Ward, once his partner, also resides there but they keep apart. The No 41 cell is bare while Ward enjoys a upstairs lounge with bath and magazines. Fish expresses surprise at conviction and denies grants influence in the contract matter. Judges direct verdicts on twelve counts and set bail options and possible up to 120-year sentence. A new trial may be sought Monday morning.
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James D. Fish
The
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Ludlow Street
Ferdinand Ward
Napoleon
Wall Street
Fish
Ward
General Grant
Benedick
Hugh Waldron
Benedict
Brooklyn
Clarke
Holmes and
Jeffreys
Third Avenue
Gloucester
Georges
Bath
New Western
Grand Bank
Haddock
Hake
Grandbank
Nova Scotia
Labrador
General Grant at risk as medical intolerance sparks debate
An American Homemopathist article criticizes allopathic treatment of General Grant. It argues doctors refuse cures outside the medical code, cites cases like Larrabee and Prescott, and urges open trials of Warner's safe core to save Grant and other patients from fatal outcomes.
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Washington
Garfield
General Grant
Appomattox
Lincoln
Chincona
B. FP. Larrabee
Boston
J. B. Henson
M. D
Rochester
Prescott
Cleveland
Anson Stager
Bright
Chicago
Joe” Goss
Larrabee
Henuion
Warner
R.A. Gunn
United States Medical College of
New York City
Tammany Sympathizes With Grant and Panama Policy
The Tammany general committee adopted resolutions expressing sorrow over General Grant illness and hoping for his speedy recovery. They indorse the administration's prompt action to protect citizenship rights on the Panama isthmus, praising Secretary Whitney's naval measures, and renew their pledge to support President Cleveland's policy through his recent appointments.
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Needham’s Sons Red Clover Remedy Promoted in Boston Circa 19th Century
The article extols a Chicago produced blood purifier named Needham's Sons Red Clover Remedy as a safe and effective cure for cancer and other severe blood diseases. It stresses purity and no adulteration and urges readers to seek full circulars and testimonials via Boston agent Mrs. E. P. Duffield at 25 Winter Street.
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Boston
Starving Amid Plenty Veteran Seeks Aid in Boston
A veteran of the army and navy, William Silloway of 1854 Washington Street room 24, writes of acute poverty. A Sunday letter claimed long unemployment and near starvation. Investigation found him living with Mrs Silloway and daughter. he had gone to work at Rockwell & Church’s but grew exhausted and returned home. He says the government owes him a pension, five years pending. He recently started work in a printing house but had to quit, worsening his situation.
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William Silloway
Washington Street
Silloway
Mackerel Fishing Origin and Growth by Gloucester Men
Gloucester merchants and fishermen expanded mackerel fishing from 1820 as fleets grew. From Chebacco boats to jiggers, Gloucester built vessels at Essex and opened markets in New York and Philadelphia, with 1825 a landmark year when a single eight man jigger yielded over 1300 barrels. The trade waxed and waned, but Gloucester persisted in mackering voyages.
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Bay Chaleur
Finance and Commerce shows plentiful money supply and cheap loans
The money market remains well supplied with loanable funds and limited demand. Banks are offering deposits at about 2 percent to correspondent banks, with other rates around 3 to 5 percent for various paper. Clearing-house figures, exchange rates, and stock prices are noted, alongside fluctuating business failures and commodity prices across wheat, oil, and other markets.
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Lerenuse
War talk shifts market as wheat leads rise in grain prices
From Boston markets to Chicago a war scare between England and Russia stirs trading. Wheat jumps amid East‑of‑the‑sea tension while corn and oats rise and butter cheese prices edge. Apple and bean varieties show mixed demand with fluctuating quotes across bbls and sacks.
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Boston
East
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Russia
Live Stock Markets Brighton and Watertown Arrivals Week
Arrivals of livestock at Brighton and Watertown through Friday April 10 1885 show Western cattle 1840 Eastern cattle 148 Northern 484 total 1982. Western sheep and lambs 6000 Eastern sheep and lambs 200 Northern sheep and lambs 1706 total 7008. Swine 15760. Veals 038. Horses 543. Beef cattle dressed weight prices range for extra first second poorer grades. Hides and tallow prices per pound for Brighton and country tallw.
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Brighton
Watertown
Waterbury Watch Praised as Practical Timekeeper
The Waterbury Watch is a serviceable timekeeper and a marvel of American ingenuity. It is described as better than many foreign watches at ten times the cost, with thousands in daily use across all walks of life.
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