Osman Digna defeated at Suakin in major battle
Os mans Digna led rebels in a dawn assault on General Graham near Suakin. British squares repelled spear and shield charges while storming rebel trenches. After hours of fighting, Osman Digna was defeated and his camp looted. British casualties numbered about 100 killed and 150 wounded. rebel losses around 2400.
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Suakin
Osman Digna
Graham
Teb
Grahiam
Osman
Torrow
Se A
London
de Digna
Times
England
Khedive Objects to English Control in Sudan
The Khedive voiced anxiety over Britain's Sudan policy and warned that English intervention irritates his subjects. He described relations with England as embarrassingly dependent and noted that British distance fuels views of interference as usurpation. He backed Zebehr Pasha as governor, while promising loyalty and caution if he opposed the current administration.
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Catro
England
Soudan
Egypt
Khedive
Zebehr Pasha
Zebehr
el Mahdi
Fenians At Work In London Suburb Explosion
London suburb Fulham hotel blast killed one man blown to atoms and injured a hostler as four dynamite cartridges were found on the premises. Authorities suspect Fenian involvement and seek suspects among hotel guests and staff after the blast damaged the building and scattered parts.
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London
Fulham
Oder
Hotel Proprietnt
Arabs Ravaging the Arawima Region Discoveries
London report to the Royal Geographical Society from Henry M. Stanley describes the Arawima as navigable and reveals Arabs ravaging the area toward Arawima. A caravan of 1800 people was captured, trade-carriers were killed, and attacks on European factories occurred near No Ki. An international expedition aided settlers as fighting continued for a week with French and Portuguese support.
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London
Royal Geographical Society
Henry M. Stanley
Arawi Ma
Ourunga
Congo River
Arawima
Mr. Stanley
No Ki
Pope declines audience to Prince Leopold and Princess Gisela
Cardinal Jacobini reports the Pope will not grant a personal audience to Prince Leopold of Bavaria and Princess Gisela in Munich Vienna to protect Vatican rights. He fears a public reception would be seen as surrender of the Holy See’s temporal position. French forces reportedly take Bac Ninh as General Negrier advances.
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Vatican
Rome
Cardinal Jacobini
Munich
Vienna
Leopold
Bavaria
Gisela
Holy See
Sedition and coer cion stirs Europe amid clashes
Columns describe French losses after a Chinese routed retreat via the Tsaung Hinen road, with 70 French troops wounded and many Chinese killed. Madrid reports widespread sedition with arrests including generals Velarde and other officers, priests, and civilians. Paris police aided discoveries. In London Parnell calls coercion an opiate as Irish magistracy bill faces vote.
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Tsaung Hinen
Spain
Madrid
Velarde
Ccapital
Paris
Parnell
London
House of Commons
Henry George Banquet With Scottish Land Reformers
Henry George was yesterday feted at a banquet by the Scottish Land Restoration League. A large attendance filled the event as speakers voiced harmony of opinion on reform aims.
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Henry Clarke
Scoteh
Glaas
Henry George
Scoottish Land Restoration League
Lasker Question Moves Through House Subcommittee
Washington March 15 The House foreign affairs subcommittee approved a conservative diplomatic resolution on the Lasker matter. It compliments Secretary of State for handling the return of the German minister’s Lasker resolutions and sets whether to note Liberal Reichstag resolutions to be decided by the full committee. no majority split expected.
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Washington
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Lasker
House
American Congress
Reichstag
Te Reichstag
Deuster
Felix Adler
Professor Adler
Accerepeeee
Bismarck
Count Hatzfeldt
Hatzfeldt
Madrid
Constantinople
German Empire
United States
Boston
Miss Moulton
Chicago
Giohann
Northwestern
Burns
Bismarck Speech in Reichstag Splits Allied View
Berlin March 13 Prince Bismarck defends refusing the Lasker resolution arguing the US Congress eulogies cannot sanction the German opposition party. He calls himself the postman of his enemy and appears pained and angry in the Reichstag debate. London dispatch notes Maenel defends the US action. Washington March 14 committee considers Bismarck speech as an apology.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Prince Bismarck
House of Representatives
United States
United States Congress
Germany
London
Lasker
Bismarck
Maenel
the Times
Washington
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Mr. Guenther
Guenther
Congress
Ochiltree
House
For- Affairs Committee
Cial
Cmes
Breach Between Sargent and German Government Deepens
Berlin dispatch reports a crisis in Mr. Sargent’s standing with the imperial government as chancellor restricts official contact to writing. The emperor’s displeasure grows at court, with debate over inviting Sargent to the March 22 birthday reception and fears he will be publicly affronted.
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Berlin
Sargent
Mr. Sargent
Current Paragraphs and Miscellany Across States and Nations
A survey of varied items from politics to culture notes Texas has 172 counties, Pocahontas plans a James Town monument, and French speculation on sponge planting. It lists delegates at the Illinois Democratic State Convention, a German-speaking Afro-American girl in Athens, Georgia, almond crop failures in northern Ganges, and a singing mouse in La Grange, Georgia. It also covers a Montana miner’s accident, a Davy Crockett knife gift to the Tennessee Historical Society, multiple state Republican conventions, wealthy St Louis residents, a Miss Ella Wheeler engaged to Mr Yorke, enduring French admiration for Washington, Paris autographs prices, Paris Figaro salaries, and European railway cars’ air windows.
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Texas
Pocahontas
Jamestown
Athens
Ganges
W. B. Coiter
la Grange
Georgia
Davy Crockett
Tennessee Historical Society
A. R. Allen
St. Louis
Henry Shaw
Jesse G. Lindell
Bernice Morrison
Ella Wheeler
Yorke
New York City
George Washington
Paris
Napoleon
Washington
Frederick the Great
Germany
Frances
M. Perivier
M. de Rodays
Paris Figaro
Europe
Treacherous Ghost and the Finis Allen Pardon
Finis Allen, in Fort Madison Iowa since 1879, is the focus of a Senate committee report urging his immediate pardon for the murder of John Long. The case centers on long contested evidence including a hammer, a horse kick theory, and a coerced confession by Mrs Long under spiritual influence and courtroom pressure.
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New York Times
Finis Allen
Fort Madison
Iowa
John Long
Fremont County
Long
Senate Investigating Committee
Young Allen
Mantl
Mr. Long
Damnel Torrance
Torrance
Fints Allen
Mack
Wisconsin
Mormon Church
Matthews
Finis
Senate Committee
Daniel Torrance
L. P. Allen
Allen
Stephen D. Newton
A. D. Colvin
Newton
Charles Banks
Henry Long
J. S. Morris
From Tinshop to Pulpit Rev N Newman Wright Controversy
Rev N Newman Wright former pastor of the Congregational church in Pulton and Winooski Vermont has moved to seek full year salary in court amid a shockingly checkered career. He began as a tinsmith, shifted through Episcopal Methodist Baptist Presbyterian to Congregationalist, faced arson and slander suits, and endured jail over a coast case before his Winooski tenure. The bitter disputes at Northville and other communities are slated for court action.
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N. Newman Wright
Paston
Winooski
H. Newman Wright
Congregational Church
Wright
Episcopal Church
Vermont
Stowe
Methodist Episcopal Church
Baptists
Sever
Northville
N. Y
New York
Costa
Otsdam
Fifty Ton Krupp Hammer Gained Name Unser Fritz
The great fifty ton hammer in Krupp's Essen works was named Unser Fritz after an 1877 visit by Emperor William. The hammer bears the inscription Fritz let fly marking its historic origin and display in the plant.
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New York Tribune
Krupp
Essen
Fritz
William
Emperor awards watch after flawless hammer work
Erp presented to Fritz, the machinist, who handled the hammer with exact precision. The emperor placed his diamond-studded watch on the block, Fritz hesitated, but Krapp urged him to strike. The hammer fell, the watch remained unharmed, and Krapp added 1000 marks to the gift.
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Fritz
Krapp
Born in the Snow on Waitt Mount Malden A Mother's Birth Rescue
Bridget Mahoney, pregnant and stranded in knee deep snow on Wait’s Mount Malden, gave birth to a son. Rescued by responders, mother and child were taken to the almshouse where the baby thrived and the mother recovered, with plans to move them to Tewksbury when feasible. The tale follows her troubled journey from Ireland to Boston and Malden.
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Waitt's Mount
Malden
Bridget Mahoney
Watt's Mount
Treland
James Dorgan
Jim Dorgan
America
Quebec
Boston
Bridget Hennessy
Bridgewater
Edmund Converse
Silver Street
Douglas
Broadway
Mr. Linnehan
Howard House
Mountain Avenue
Wait
Bridget
Wonan
Dr. Aiken
Goud
Denie
Tewksbury
Thirtieth Year Reunion Sparks Old Cigar Quarrel Romance
In Portland a man and his former fiancée reconnect after thirty years over a cigar dispute that once ended their engagement. He quit smoking. she preserves the exact cigar from their youth. They rekindle their love and plan to marry this week.
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Portland
Evening Record
Great West
York
Tie
Uncle Sam Pledges No Bill Payments Until July 1
Public buildings in Washington face a patched funding outlook as the government confirms it will pay no bills contracted before June 30. Assistant Treasurer Kennard notes annual fuel light and water costs exceed 386000 dollars, with appropriation exhausted three months before year end.
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Kennard
Swennard
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Lowell on the cattle plague used against American meat
Secretary Folger supplied Representative Hatch with Minister Lowell February 28 letter noting UK foot and mouth disease causes losses and political discontent. Lowell warns protectionists may push foreign cattle exclusion triggering higher meat prices. He urges thorough inspection and disinfection of shipment routes to deter such aims.
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England
Washington
Folger
Hatch
Missouri
Committee On Agriculture
Lowell
United Kingdom
Friends of Protection
House of Lords
Commons
Grant Congratulates Porter On Senate Result
General Grant telegraphed Fitz John Porter congratulating him on the Senate result. Porter's friends plan to move the bill from the speaker's table without referral, aiming to advance the measure despite opposition.
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Grant
Porter
Washington
Fitz John Porter
Senate
Over 800 Warning Notes Menace Portland Lovers Romance
A Boston youth and his fiancée faced a flood of anonymous letters claiming the man was married with a child. Notes from Portland and cities like Baltimore New York St Louis Chicago San Francisco followed, all aiming to ruin the couple. The letters were ritualistic threats, read to the fiancé, with no clear culprit found as the couple planned to wed next month.
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Avery
Portland
Baltimore
St. Louis
New York
Chicome
San Francisco
Boston
Sunday Times
Providence
Baltimore man nearly killed by electric shock incident
A Baltimore man brushed aside a rope and was shocked by an electric light current, bending double and insensible with a badly burned hand. The report criticizes pay systems as wasteful and argues for weekly pocket money with balance held until term end.
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Baltimore
Major Coppinger
Department of the Missouri
Blaine
Galesburg, Ill
Eureka Springs
Ark
Missouri
R. D. Montgomery
Montgomery
House
Galesburg
Nineteen lucky Canadians named heirs to Scottish fortune
Sr. Thosas Ont March 15. Elisha Adams a Glencoe grocer received a Glasgow solicitor letter stating a fortune of 12,500,000 awaits the heirs of Alexander Anderson of Aberdeenshire. Anderson died thirty years ago with no traceable heirs. Adams is one of nineteen heirs, all living in the west.
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Thosas
Ont
Elisha Adams
Glencoe
Glasgow
Alexander Anderson
Aberdeenshire
Anderson
Adams
West
Finance and Commerce 1884 Money and Stocks Summary
State Street notes a quiet week end in a slack money market with banks cautious due to New York reserves. Mercantile paper remains 4 1/2 to 5 1/2 percent, outside paper softer, collateral loans 3 1/4 to 4 percent, others up to 5 1/2 percent. Clearinghouse exchanges total 9,378,858 for the day and 60,809,214 for the week. New York funds at par to 6 cents premium per 31000. Bond prices firm. rail and mining shares listed with varied bids.
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State Street
New York
Boston
Prime Corporation
Boston Markets March 15 1854 Butter and Flour Report
Butter markets firm yet scarce with cautious buyers. Prices listed for Northern and Western creamery butters, dairy products, corn, feed, flour, freight, and fresh meats. Includes rates to London and other ports, and a broad sweep of grain, seeds, fruits, and hog products with multiple named regional buyers and shippers.
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Boston Daily Grower
New York markets and commodities update
Dull and weak trade across grains with wheat futures down and corn softer. Cotton futures rise on favorable southern and foreign signals while lard and pork move higher amid mixed receipts and steady spot markets. Provisions show quiet trading with near-term gains fading after early advances.
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Chicago
Mainivy
Canada
Hieher
Cuba
Gloucester Fish Market Sees Record Cod Arrivals This Week
Special correspondent reports Gloucester shipments of codfish exceed any week in almost a year with 44 arrivals totaling vast pounds from Georges Western Bank Banks and Grand Menau. Prices listed for various codfish forms and related fish products reflect brisk demand as boneless and prepared codfish move to dealers.
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Sunday Globe
Gloucester
Geo
Georges
Western Banka
Grand Menau
Lée
Live Stock Markets Brighton and Watertown Week End Mar 14 1884
Arrivals of livestock at Brighton and Watertown for the week ending Friday March 14 1884 show totals: Western cattle 1865 Eastern cattle 131 Northern cattle 706 total 2202. Western sheep and lambs 3600 Northern sheep and lambs 2075 Eastern sheep and lambs total 6675. Swine 15013. Veals 655 Horses 328. Beef cattle prices per 100 pounds live weight vary by quality from 62 7 50 for extra quality to 50 for second quality and 25 for poorest coarse oxen. Prices for hides tallow calfskins shear sheepskins lambskins and other items listed with differing values.
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Tikeath
Rockland
Enieett Sisaeoy
Naval
Wilmington
Boston
Elaine
Rae Ieee & 1B
Burbank
LouPide
Lueki
Grousa
Belbo
Taros
Loubor
City
Western
Carolina
Rangoon
Java
Gibe
Patna
Sumac
Tadalel
American Sumac
Qzenas
Qanoowner
ZOO
Ak Hyson
Ayson
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Michigan
New York
Mato
Uxeshe
Brighton
Watertown
Lamuskins
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William Banton
How Finis Allen
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John Morrissey
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United
Uncle Sam
Tom Gop
Louis
Sry
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Finance and Commerce
Evans & Doane
Bankers and Broters
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