Work Confronts Wealth and Great Agrarian Meeting in London
The report describes a January 17 gathering in London where Henry George and agitator Miller led a peaceful yet defiant assembly near the Bank of England. They challenged wealth and land ownership, citing Gracchus and the Royal Exchange inscription, while city officials compared it to historic agrarian protests. In Madrid Malagan snow terrorizes Malaga province with $1.5 million sugar crop damage and peasant uprisings as villagers storm wealthier homes seeking aid.
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London
Henry George
Ioyal Exchange
Miller
Bank of England
George
Gracchus
Burdett Wilkes
Madrid
Malaga
Frigiliana
Career of Edmond About, French author and journalist dead
Paris report confirms the death of Edmond About born February 14, 1828 in Dieuze. A noted novelist, archaeologist and essayist, he studied at Lycee Charlemagne, published works from La Grece Contemporaine to Les Mariages de Province, edited Le Siecle, and served as Paris correspondent for the London Atheneum. He was honored with the Legion of Honor in 1858 and joined the French Academy in January 1873.
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Paris
Edmond About
Dieuze
Lycee Charlemagne
Athens
Greece
Revue Des Deux Mondes
Vittoria Savoretii
Tolla
M. About
Europe
Prussia
M. Guerin
Madelon
le Progress
le Turco
L’infame
Aulols
Solr
France
Soir
The
Siecle
About
London
Atheneum
French Academy
M. Coppee
What to Do With the Soudan After Gordon Relief
London readers weigh Khartoum fate after Chinese Gordon reaches Khartoum with full powers and fights to save the garrison. Cab inet discussions may favor retaining Khartoum and surrounding areas. Wolseley faces criticism for Khartoum campaign amid desert march horrors and supply failures.
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London
Gordon
Khartoum
England
Hmself
Wolseley
Korti
Messenger's Report from Khartoum and Mahdi Camps
A Khedive messenger returns from Khartoum after traveling via Zeziret rocat and steamers. Gordon agrees to Mahdi’s entry to Khartoum only if he marches to Omdurman. Gordon leads armed steamers to Omdurman where rebels attack, sinking one vessel and dispersing others. The messenger finds Salis Bey Makni and Staten Bey among Halus, Hussein Bey at Halita praying with the Mahdi.
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Cairo
Khartoum
Zeziret Rocat
Gordon
Omdurman
Mahbdi
Halus
Salis Bey
Makni
Staten Bey
Hussein Bey
Halita
Soldiers Suffering from Thirst on Long March
A Yakdul despatch reports thirty camels died en route from Howelyatt as water skins leaked and troops endured severe thirst. Despite harsh conditions the soldiers kept line, ration depletion, and a brave, cheerful demeanor noted, with eagerness for a fight evident.
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London
Yakdul
Howelyatt
Sunday Consultation at War Office in London
A special meeting of officials from the department of transports was held at the War Office in London on January 18. The session focused on transport logistics and military movement coordination with no immediate public statements issued.
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London
Department of Transports
War Office
Turkey
Red Sea
Che
Urey
Collision sinks Admiral Moorsom. Santa Clara saves crew
The Admiral Moorsom was sunk in a collision with the Santa Clara off Holyhead as both ships faced thick weather and a heavy sea. Santa Clara rescued twelve crew and two passengers, while the rest perished or were unaccounted for. A Holyhead despatch later reports the missing boat was found, with eleven survivors in exhaustion and exposure.
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Admiral Meorsom
Santa Clara
Holyhead
New York
Liverpool
Admiral Moorsom
London
Democracy Advances and Rail Disaster Near Brussels
In London a politician urged land reform free education funded by disestablished churches and house of Lords reform, drawing large crowds. A Brussels express derailed near Blerghes killing two and wounding twelve as the engine wheel flange failed, with wrecked cars and miraculous survivals reported.
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London
Stuart
Vancett
Bolton
Manchester
Church of Scotland
Church of England
Ireland
Brussels
Blerghes
Tournai
Poverty Stricken Germany Opens Landtag Session
Berlin January 15 The Landtag opened formally with the Emperor absent and the throne speech read by proxy. The Prussian budget shows a 20,000,000 mark surplus, yet new empire revenue measures are urged including taxation reforms and state purchase of private railways. London January 15 Joseph Chamberlain spoke at the Ipswich Reform Club advocating employment at home and opposing state aided emigration, urging peasant tenure and restoration of land system to revive agricultural occupation.
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Germany
Berlin
Landtag
London
Joseph Chamberlain
Board of Trade
Ipswich Reform Club
Insurrection in Cambodia Overruns French Posts
Paris reports insurgents control Cambodia with French forces largely massacred or driven out. The French commander there is killed as a general uprising swamps the kingdom, leaving Paris stunned by the rapid revolt and loss of posts. A separate Gaulois note claims a France Germany agreement favors German policy in exchange for German support of French foreign policy.
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Paris
Cambodia
France
Germany
WaRts
The
Gaulois
Parisians protest duties on food amid price rise
A Paris league meeting led by ex finance minister M. Leon Say gathered delegates from major French towns to oppose higher duties on corn and cattle. Senators and deputies spoke as a resolution condemning the duty increase passed. In Rome Pope Leo XIII is gravely ill with fever from rheumatism, raising church anxieties.
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Paris
League
M. Leon Say
Finance
France
Chamber of Deputies
Pope Leo
Rome
Glasgow Warehouses Worth 150000 Burned
A destructive fire in Glasgow destroyed large warehouses on Virginia street. Property valued at about 150000 was consumed.
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Glasgow
Virginia Street
Avalanche in Hungary Kills Twenty in Klagenfurt
Vienna reports an avalanche in Klagenfurt, capital of Carinthia, Austro Hungary, killing twenty people and injuring many. The event adds to regional cold spell concerns and rescue efforts continue as authorities assess the toll.
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Hungary
Vienna
Klagenfurth
Duchy of
Carinthia
Austro-Hungary
Grant Bill Clears Senate Amid Bipartisan Support
Senate passes a Grant bill with a large majority after nine dissent. Edmunds opened the measure authorizing a general to be appointed from former generals with full pay, while Cockrell questioned propriety. Supporters emphasized Grant’s service from Mexican War onward and Appomattox magnanimity. House action expected to press passage and funding considerations loom.
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Washington
Edmunds
Senate
Cockrell
Missouri
Grant
General Grant
Maxey
Appomattox
Weekly Globe promotes Cleveland push and agent profits
The Weekly Globe advertises itself as the leading Democratic weekly and supports Grover Cleveland. It offers subscriptions at 81 per year, bulk rates, and large agent commissions, urging circulation to 100,000 and promising full inauguration and Congress coverage from Boston, Mass.
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GLOBE
United States
Grover Cleveland
Reform
Indian Depredation Claims Clause Advancing in House
Washington January 19 The House appropriations committee added a clause to the Indian bill requiring the interior secretary to report to the next Congress the total of all Indian depredation claims allowed along with his opinion on pro rata payment from treaty funds. A letter from Senator Sherman notes the Library Committee purchased Mrs Fassett's portrait of President Garfield and asks if it may hang in the appropriations room. The president will send nominations to the Senate for Carroll Wright commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Emory Speer for circuit judge in the southern district of Georgia. The president approved a bill compensating messengers who carried electoral votes from Iowa and Oregon to Washington.
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Garfield
Washington, D. C
House Committee On Appropriations
Secretary of the Interior
Congress
Sherman
Joint Committee On Library
Carroll D. Wright
Senate
Carroll, Wright
Massachusetts
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Emory Speer
Georgia
Iowa
Oregon
Washington
Captain Rynders Dies After Meeting in New York
Captain Isaiah Rynders once dubbed the War Horse of the Democracy is found dead after an evening in Nash and Crook's restaurant. The New York City figure, known for rough speech yet charitable deeds, previously spoke of a possible U.S. marshal appointment. His widow and boarders recall a complex character torn between state rights and loyalty to Lincoln.
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New York
Isaiah Rynders
United States
Nash & Crook’s
Docherty
Flynn
Captain Rynders
Michael Kelly
Kelly
Cleveland
Astor Place
Jackson
Wartoth
Anc Sul
Republican Party
Abe Lincoln
Waterford
N. Y
New York City
Ilo
Saratoga
Rynders
Empire Club
Tammany Hall
Polk
Clayte
Pierce
Buchanan
Hicks
Bedloe’s Island
Rutgers Street
South Carolina
Marshal Slynders
Tom Dunlap
John Kelly
Robinson
Hendricks
Custom House
Grant retirement bill debate spans grants and wards fallout
The Senate discusses General Grant's retirement amid concerns over Ward and Porter. Supporters defend Grant's conduct and finances, while critics urge a direct retirement bill naming Grant. The House committee votes 8 to 2 to call up the original bill for immediate passage consideration.
Forty Working Days Remain for Congress to Act
The piece notes forty working days left in the current Congress with no regular appropriation bills passed. Leaders in both parties expect no extra session, predicting all main appropriations will pass before March 4. Bills for naval, army, post office, and District of Columbia are advancing, with others in subcommittees poised for full committee action.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Appropriations Committee
Post Office
District of Columbia
Navy
Army
Dozen Die in Kankakee Asylum Fire at Detached Ward
A fire at 4 AM destroyed a detached ward of the Eastern Illinois Hospital for the Insane in Kankakee Illinois. Twelve inmates died and twenty-one were rescued. several missing are believed dead. The blaze started near the steam heating system in a 2 story stone brick building housing 45 patients. Firefighters and attendants risked lives to save others. coroner opened an inquest. The loss is estimated around 10000 to 25000 with authorities demanding more fire protections for wards.
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Kankakee
Eastern Illinois Hospital For
Brown
Rose Ad Wife
Williams
Freeman
W. A. Rein
Reid
Dewey
H. W. Belden
Galesburg
Thomas Hereley
Chicago
Hereley
James Colbert
M. Jordan
Thomas Hickey
Springfield
F. Weymouth
Peru
Henry Krown
Block Island
W. Gallow
Saybrook
George Bennett
Morris
J. Johnson
Donville
Mathew Hugh
Chibouse
Theodore Hochner
Freeport
Alfred Bunyard
Winnebago
C. M. Tyler
Sheldon
C. Shott
John Nathan
Orlando By
Pontiac
Legislature
Swine Breeders Propose Trade Relations Moderation
The National Swine Breeders' Association adjourned in Washington after reaching a more moderate stance on U S trade relations with France and Germany. It adopted resolutions stating that current French and German restrictions on American pork products serve the interests of swine breeders in those countries.
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Washington
National
Swine Breeders’ Association
United States
France
Germany
Hog Cholera Cases Reported Across Several Areas
Springfield reports multiple hog cholera cases with unconfirmed action by the Board of Health. A West Springfield farmer lost six hogs last week and diseased meat was found on a wholesale dealer’s wagon. Other losses are noted in South Hadley Longmeadow Thompsonville and Rockville Conn.
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Springfield
Board of Health
West Springfield
South Hadley
Longmeadow
Thompsonville
Rock Ville
Conn
Pocketbook Recovered After Honest Return Letter
A Boston gentleman misplaced a pocketbook containing a sizeable sum. It was returned by mail with a handwritten note from a grateful finder, Ub, explaining poverty and redeeming the rewards owed, including stamps and court-plaster kept.
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Boston
Very Low Emigrant Rates to the West
New York January 17 The principal topic at Castle Garden today is the sharp fall in railroad fares. Pennsylvania Railroad offers tickets to Chicago for 1 dollar to St Louis for 2 dollars to San Francisco for 88 dollars to New Orleans for 15 dollars 650 and to other points at proportional reductions. Tickets issued only to emigrants.
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New York
Castle Garden
Pennsylvania Railroad Ticket Office
Chicago
St. Louis
San Francisco
New Orleans
Alabama Cyclone Sweeps Central Alabama Killing and Destruction
A January cyclone across Perry Bibb Chilton Macon and Green counties caused heavy property loss, three deaths at a Macon county camp, and widespread damage to farms and rail lines. A Louisville & Nashville freight wreck near Calero followed the storm’s half mile wide path with wrecked trains and blown trees.
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Kafaula
Ala
Fale
Perry
Bibb
Chilton
Macon
Green
Louisville & Nashville
Montgomery
Calero
Macon County
Cahaba River
Green County
Eyelone
Alabama
Gherghe
Valhoun
Wealthy Australian farmer seeks lost Vermont family
C R Stanford, once a Vermont farm boy, left the Green Mountains for Boston California and Australia. Now rich with 1900 acres and vast wealth, he returns to Torrington to reunite with his wife after sixteen years apart. They meet, then plan to stay in America a year if parents are found.
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Torrington
Conun
C. R. Stanford
Vermont
Green Mountain
Boston
City of Nations
California
Iion
Stanford
Cylfornia
Australia
San Francisco
Sydney
Welas
Pirenta
bin Py
Hirelas
Astitornia
Miustrasia
Demea Linst
Lee
Ting
Rocus
America
Cline
Locophone A Novel Telegraph For Railroads In Use
Superintendent Stevenson adopts the Locophone to communicate with engineers while trains run at high speed. Installed in locomotive cabs, it uses rails as a circuit to relay orders from headquarters to crews, allowing in-motion conversations without station stops.
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Eequate
American Shipping Shows Decline in US Vessel Share
The United States imported 667.6 million dollars in merchandise in the fiscal year, with only 155.0 million from American vessels and 612.5 million from foreign ships, leaving one fifth of commerce on American bottoms and a large disparity for steam vessel imports. Three months to June show limited American sailing tonnage and foreign dominance in totals, highlighting weak domestic marine facilities. In Tiverton, the noted stallion General Greene, owned by A. C. Greene of Fall River, died of lung fever at his stock farm, valued at 15 thousand dollars after an offer of 18 thousand was refused.
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Darky
North River
Aid
Old Garrison
Taylor
Jesus Christ
Rynders
Passaic
N. J
Nillamey
Aberdeen
United States
Foreigh
Fall River
General Greene
A. C. Greene
Tiverton
A Miser and Her Millions The Cisco Failure Enclosed
New York January 17. Mrs Edward H Green, said to be the richest woman in America, faced scrutiny as Cisco & Son suspended after an 800 creditor list. Her husband is the firm’s major debtor, and she demanded funds be shifted to safer banks. The tale details her vast holdings, rumored wealth, and frugal lifestyle in Bellows Falls Vermont, with notes on her son Edward and daughter Sylvia.
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New York
John J. Cisco & Som
Edward H. Green
Wall Street
Green
Louisville & Nashville
Greem
Bellows Falls
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Harriet A. Robinson
Edward Mott Robinson
New Bedford
Mass
Sylvia Ann Howland
Newenford
Manila
East Indies
Glenham
Ciscos
Cisco
America
Hue
Sully
Alous
Husand
C. J. Hegtington
Houston & Texas Central
Orin
Green Mountain
Mr. Green
New York City
Connecticut River
Greens
Mother Hubbard
Bellows Falls woman refutes Cisco embarrassment claim
Mrs. BL Green denies New York Sun reports that her orders caused John J. Cisco & Co. to lose 500000. She says the transfer was temporary, she trusts the firm, and expects control to return. J. Foote’s account is cited, keeping her confidence intact despite current distress.
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George W. Lawrence
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Bowman
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