Fighting Against Odds in the Darkness of the Early Morning Hours
A massacre report from Glasgow theatre details the deaths of twenty eight. Telegrams from Dongola describe Gordon's capture as Khartoum fell and rebels overran his garrison. The piece traces mutiny, relief delays, and Gordon's retreat toward Shendy with failing leadership and desertions.
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CatRo
Dongola
Khedive
Gordon
Shendy
Khartoum
Khartour
Stewart
Nile
Neelng
Ats
Ese
Shenady
el Mahdi
Panic at Star Theatre Ends in Tragedy in Glasgow
A false alarm cry of fire sparks a deadly crush at the Star Theatre in Glasgow on November 1. Hundreds flee as aisles jam, sixteen killed, twelve fatally, with many injured. chaos ends when actors reassure the audience there is no fire. A discharged worker started the alarm and was arrested.
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Star Theatre
Glascow
Mary Andersons Juliet at the Lyceum Theatre
Mary Anderson appeared at the Lyceum Theatre London in Juliet to a crowded house with social, literary and political notables in attendance. Critics praised her imaginative soloquy power though some questioned defects, while Terris Romeo delivered a superb performance and scenery was elaborate.
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London
Mary Anderson
Lyceum Theatre Tonight
Juliet
Miss Anderson
James Russell Lowell
Terris
Romeo
Oy Thomas
Daily News
Mary
Weather and war notes from the coast to the Atlantic voyage
Four ships driven ashore off Greenock report rough seas and fearful weather at sea. A Lisbon to Cardiff steamer wrecked near Penzance. The German cruiser Undine wrecked off the Danish coast. crews saved. Cholera rages in Madras as Austrian consul warns of severe outbreak and city famine. General Gordon defeats rebels at Andermann after eight hours of battle. British forces formidable. Emperor William opens the new Polytechnicum near Charlottenburg in Berlin for about 2000 students.
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Greenock
Lisbon
Cardiff
Penzance
Undine
Madras
Vienna
Bombay
London
The
Daily News
Debelly
Gordon
Andermann
Baying
Berlin
William
Polytechnicum
Charlottenburg
Election results by party in Berlin districts
Berlin on November 2 reports final party tallies: 69 Conservatives, 95 Centre, 24 Imperialists, 35 National Liberals, 31 New German Liberals, 10 Socialists, 46 Poles, 14 Als tians. Supplementary elections are needed in 97 districts where no choice occurred.
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Berlin
Centre
What Does Waterford Mean
Country November 1 The Marquis of Waterford has served notices on 500 tenants to quit their holdings. Tenants are not in arrears, making the action an enigma. Dublin November 1 The jury failed to agree in the James Ellis French trial for felonious practices tied to the Cornwall case and will be retried.
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Waterford
Country
James Ellis French
Doublin
Cornwall
Empress of China Offers Jewels for War Fund
Imperial notices say the Empress of China offers half her jewels to fund defense against a French invasion as reported from London on November 1. The appeal underscores foreign aid in the empire's wartime efforts.
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Chinese War Fund
London
Death of renowned tenor Signor Brignoli in New York
New York October 31 Brignoli the famous tenor died yesterday afternoon at the Everett House after a three week illness that culminated in a liver hemorrhage. He was preparing to appear on November 24 with Patti in Lucia di Lammermoor. His burial site is undetermined.
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New York
Bignoli
Everett House
George Law
Wetherell
Emma Abbott
Julius Mayer
Brignoll
Patti
America
Max Maretzek
Savi
Naples
Wagner
Wachtel
Kassiel
Manitoba mob seeks Miller over jail flogging of prisoner
In Winnipeg on November 1, by order of Attorney-General Miller, John McCormick from Dakota, jailed eight months for larceny, was flogged in the jail yard amid falling snow for attempting to escape. Five thousand citizens burned Miller in effigy, demanded McCormick, and called for Miller’s arrest. Miller reportedly fled the city by train to St. Vincent, Minnesota, as troops tried to disperse the mob.
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Miller
Miler
Jall
McCormick
Norway
St. Vincent
Minn
Loss of San Blas A West Indies schooner feared sunk
News from Baltimore reports a wreckage board bearing the name San Blas found near Abaco. The schooner sailed from Port Morant Jamaica to Baltimore in September with captain A D Asquint and six crew, now presumed perished. The vessel and cargo were insured and it is believed she encountered a cyclone after leaving Port Orant.
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Baltimore
Henry Brothers
Abaco
West India
San Blas
Port Morant
Jamaica
A. D. Asquint
Six Men Die In Mines Accident At Londonderry Shaft
A cage with six miners fell 200 feet after gear broke at the Canada Steel Company mines in Londonderry Nova Scotia. Three men were killed Richard H. Perry Thomas Vipoud and Nathaniel Jon and three others were seriously injured Oliver Rushton Daniel Chisholm and John Alglanis.
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Halifax
Canada Steel Company
Londonderry
Richard H. Perry
Thomas Vipoud
Nathaniel Jon
Oliver Rushton
Daniel Chisholm
Joho Alglanis
Don’t Waste Away Mind and Body By Useless Worry
A New York Graphic admonition warns against fret and borrowed trouble as wasted strength. It links constant worry to illness, noting how involuntary habits like foot joggling mirror mental fret. It urges using energy for living and practical tasks rather than unproductive anxiety.
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New York
Baltimore Baby Shoots Self in Tragic Plaything
In Baltimore on November 1 Mary Clifford a 4 year old daughter of merchant Thomas L. Clifford living at 9 Hiller Street entered her father's room with a servant and seized a pistol as a toy. A loud report followed, the child lay with the smoking weapon in her hand and at once died from the wound to her cheek and spine. The family had recently suffered the loss of four children to diphtheria.
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Baltimore
Mary Clifford
Thomas L. Clifford
Hiller Street
Clifford
The Obstinate Juror Conquered
In Salt Lake Herald an October notice recalls a Federal court deliberation where Clawson’s case hung in the balance, likening it to a Whittemore versus city policemen damages suit from a past election riot as jurors were divided on verdict.
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Salt Lake
Utah
Clawson
Whittemore
Fall River's Romance and the Brayton Fortune
In Fall River a single marriage altered city wealth. Major Durfee, a top manufacturer, wooed Mary Brayton, married her, and his death led her to become matriarch of the Brayton fortune. Her family now controls eighteen major firms and most city business, with Mrs. Mary Young as financial head.
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Fall River
Border City
Pull River
Bordens and Durfees
Healty
Bordens
Durfees
Durfee
Nathan Durfee
Bail River
Brayton
Wiieh
Mary & Youngs
Young
Durkee Holestead
Main Street
Devonshire
Major Durtee
Mary Brayton
Episcopal Charei
New England
Major Durfee
Pall River
Europe
England
Brayton Farm
May Brayton
Brayton Homestead
Dan
Mr. Young
Elder Southwick's varied career ends in arrest for horse theft
Providence and Lawrence reports detail Charles F. Southwick, known as an elder and evangelist, arrested at his Ford street home on horse stealing charges. He allegedly hired turnout horses for mortgaged uses, then sold one in Fall River for 150 dollars. He previously ran gospel missions in Lawrence and Massachusetts, using aliases and courting aid through controversial ventures.
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Providence
Charles F. Southwick
Ford Street
Leander Chace
Fall River
Young Men'’s Christian Association
Massachusetts
Lawrence
Mass
5. F. Pearson
Portland
Southwick
Essex Street
Prospect Hill
Decrease in Receipts from Whiskey Tax Reduces Public Revenue
The government reports October debt reduction of 8 307 192 dollars, totaling 434 008 572 cash in treasury. Four months into the fiscal year show a debt of 1 417 159 862, with 1 206 475 600 interest bearing. October receipts total 26 189 428, down about 5 million from 1883, with customs 15 188 178 and internal revenue 9 629 733, both lower than last year.
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Washington
Is Not Daddy Culsammo to be Pitied
Marie Cusammo, a young Italian immigrant aboard the Sunset line in San Antonio, gave birth to triplets on a train. She claims this is her second such birth and shows three other children born last year. The mother and babies are reported well, and the father remains calm.
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Daddy Culsammo
San Antonio
Tex
Marie Cusammo
Widow of Admiral Farragut Dies in New York at 61
Mrs Wingpate L Farragut widow of the late admiral died yesterday in New York aged 61 She was a daughter of William Loyall of Norfolk Virginia and became the second wife of the naval hero in 1848 The cause of her death was Brights disease
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New York
Pennsylvania's October Oil Yield Surges on Butler Field
The daily petroleum production rose by 10 052 barrels in October, driven entirely by the new Butler field and its remarkable wells, while older fields saw little activity.
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Pennsylvania
Braprorp
Penn
Butler
Finance and Commerce Market Conditions and Rates Report
The money markets show little change with ample loanable funds and moderate demand. In the local market a slight rise in accommodation inquiries may signal temporary shifts, while overall rates remain steady with good paper around 4 1/2 percent and mercantile paper from 5 to 7 1/2 percent. Banks bid 6 percent on prime paper, with balances at 2 percent, and clearing house exchanges totaling over 10 million dollars, while New York funds sold at a premium. Bankers expect further balance-rate reductions as U S rates ease, with Pacific and Western regions showing varied loan activity and a steady but cautious mood across centers.
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Mercantile
Prime Corporation
New York
Bank of England
St. Louis
Chicago
United States
Canada
Pacific States
Incfenso
Ceceserrevepess
Corres Penang
Manila
Calcutta
Buffalo
Buenos Ayres
Rio Grande
Montevideo
Gambia and Bissau
California
Madras
Cave Good Hope
Indigo
Bengal
Guatemala
India
Commercial Matters. Boston Markets in a Prolonged Slump
Market activity in all leading branches weakened by election excitement with no near prospect of improvement. Breadstuffs show no rise, flour sells freely for export, butter and cheese quiet, apples abundant with steady to higher prices for best varieties. Beans firm with steady demand. dried goods and chemicals steady or mixed. Mackerel, flour, and oats prices, freight rates, and the varied commodity sections reflect a cautious trading week in Boston markets.
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Orrick
Tuk
Boston Daily Glone
New York
Fall
Orthern
Franklin County
Vermont
Java
Mara
Caibo
Laguira
Rio
Jamaica
St. Domingo
St Domingo
Yicagres
New York Markets Key Grain and Provisions Report
Grain futures quiet with slight advance amid political upheaval. No 2 red wheat around 86c afloat for Nov and 85c for Dec. corn steady around 50c. oats steady ~82c. Provisions show dull to steady lard and pork demand, with spot and futures mixed. cotton futures opened firmer then closed weak at 9.95c for Nov and 10.93c for Aug. receipts at ports 31,319 bales.
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Nol City
Spa
Live Stock Markets Brighton and Watertown Week Totals
Arrivals at Brighton and Watertown for the week ending October 1 1884 show Western cattle 740 Eastern cattle 482 Northern 912 total 2084. Sheep and lambs 7700 1102 10466 1263 swine 24031 veals 510 horses 205 with beef cattle prices per hundred pounds dressed weight from 450 to 50. hides tails and calfskins listed. various country hides and skins values noted.
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Brighton
Watertown
Gloucester fish market trade and weekly receipts report
At Gloucester port the fish trade remains strong for the season with large weekly business. Receipts for the week total about 678,000 pounds of codfish and 436,000 pounds of pollock, along with 6700 barrels of shore mackerel and other preserved varieties. Prices for fresh and cured fish are listed, showing steady quotations and diverse items from halibut to herring and smoked specialties.
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Codtian—Georges
Pickle Eured Bank
Dry
New
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland
Hake
Haddock
Vollock
Mackerel American Inspection
Shore
Boston
Rts
Choice
Choice Western
Choice Southern
Rotter
St Lonta
Lilinota
Ohio
Indiane
New York
Michigan
Gloucester
Carioad
T. Lawrence Mackers
New Western Bank
Old Grand
Eaea Banea
Georges
Scotia
Labrdor
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H. C. Vaudenlee
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Tit
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Practical Metaphysics
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Admiral Farragut
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Choice Canada
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NEW York Markets
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