Ireland Peaceable and Rent-Paying Buller's Policy
Foreign news highlights Europe in stalemate as Russia presses Bulgaria. Austria battles internal national frictions amid fears of war while England negotiates Constantinople talks. Bulgarian elections move quickly, prince options debated. Czar’s health and the Czarevich’s condition raise concern, with royal alliances and dynastic hopes shaping the line of succession.
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Russia
Bulgaria
Austria
Europe
Hasen
Hungary
Liberal divide deepens after Leeds conference clash
The British Liberal party rejects Unionist cooperation and advocates a radical platform including Welsh disestablishment and religious equality. John Morley attacks Chamberlain, while Home Rule tensions widen. General Buller faces eviction debates and government backing, as Irish National League delegates in Liverpool pledge support for evictions resistance and Parnell leadership.
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Liberal Party
Leeds
Wales
Lord Hartington
Chamberla
John Morley
Hawarden
Chamberlain
Gladstone
Redvers Buller
Buller
Landfor
America
Australia
Parnell
Justin Mct‘arthy
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Londonderry
Belfast
O'Connor
Biggar
O'Kelly
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Redmond
Justin McCarthy
Seaton
Healy
Brady
Cardiff
Harvard College Celebrates Its 250th Anniversary
Harvard College marked its 250th anniversary with four days of ceremonies attended by thousands of alumni and President and Mrs. Cleveland. The observance recalled the 1643 founding funds from John Harvard and the Massachusetts General Court grant, noting early challenges, Eaton's school, the first printing press, and the growth into a state university.
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Harvard College
Massachusetts General Court
Harvard
New England
Cambridge
Massachusetts Bay
London
England
Indias
John Harvard
Nathaniel Eaton
Harvard Hall
Winthrop
United States
Joiniot
Legion
Joan
Massachusetts
Parliament set for clash over tenant eviction stance
A political figure vows to refuse aiding landlords in evicting tenants, a move seen as likely to provoke a furious Parliament storm when it reconvenes. The commentary compares it to a "Hottentot policy" of extermination, reflecting sensational rhetoric around Buller’s proposed agenda.
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Savage Buller
Threats by Socialists threaten Lord Mayor's day in London
The London lord mayor's show remains an entrenched tradition despite unrest. Socialists push for a counter procession and organize nightly meetings to urge disruption. Police plan heavy deployment as eight thousand officers, mounted units, cavalry and soldiers prepare to guard the route amid potential clashes. Conservative leaders and the Social Democratic Federation clash over how to respond while workers appeal to the imperial government for protection against cheap foreign labor.
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London
Westminster
Social Democratic Federation
Socialist Clubs
Trafalgar Square
Warren Wavering
Sovial Democratic Federation
Whitechapel
Theebaw’s Golden Chariot Taken to London
A royal vehicle described as a clumsy European copy arrived in London. The gilt carriage features ornate panels and decorative glass mosaic, with a Bur mese peacock motif at center and a pair of intertwined peahen figures. King Theebaw rode it alone under a royal umbrella, drawn by red bullocks with no coachman aboard.
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King Theebaw
London
Stolen Claude Lorraine Sold Cheap Then Tracked Down
In Paris a Claude Lorraine valued at 18000 francs was stolen by a thief with 144 unassisted burglaries. He sold the painting for five francs to a dealer who then sold it for six francs. It hung outside the dealer’s shop for a fortnight before a buyer paid ten francs. A passerby placed it in a shed where police recovered it.
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Claude Lorraine
Paris
Atasta
Tre Celebration Marks Law School Anniversary Events
The November day featured an alumni meeting in Austin Hall followed by a procession to Sanders Theatre where Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. gave an oration and Judge Holmes spoke on the school’s century‑plus history. A post‑dinner program included remarks by Langdel Sewall Cooley and others, with sports planned for Undergraduate Day despite rain.
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Austin Hall
Marshal Roger Wolcott
Sanders Theatre
Oliver Wencell Holmes, Jr
Langdel
Sewall
I. M. Cooley
Michigan
Liot
Harvard
Alexander K. Lawton
Getta
George ©. Shattuck
Old
Cambridge
Sanders
F. E. Hamilton
E. J. Rich
Harvard Completes Quarter Millennial Celebration
President and Mrs. Cleveland attended Harvard ceremonies as part of a Cambridge and Boston festivity marking the college’s 260th anniversary. James Russell Lowell spoke, Oliver Wendell Holmes read, and honorary LL D degrees were awarded. Crowded processions, fireworks, and a grand Vendome reception capped the day before a Washington-bound departure.
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Boston
Boston & Albany Railroad
Columbus Avenue
Mason
Trinity Church
Bayard Nd Lamar
Lamont
Boston & Albany
Robinson
Hotel Vendome
Boston Common
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College City
Eliot
Sanders Theatre
James Russell Lowell
Lil. D
Henry Lee
Mr. Lowell
Lee
Gore Hall
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Foxeuil Hall
Weahington
Harvard Graduates and the 260th Anniversary Pamphlet
Harvard University issued a compact pamphlet for its 260th anniversary containing statistics on graduates from 1642 to 1886. It lists living and deceased alumni, class sizes from 1765 onward, honors awarded, and notable records. The piece also notes the university library holdings and the election results reflecting broader political changes in the United States.
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Harvard University
William Perry
M. L
Exeter
William K. Sever
Plymouth
Mass
Henry Lee
Increase Mather
George Washington
Thomas Chesholm
John Harvard
College Library
Charles H Perry seeks divorce from Mary Perry in Washington
Charles H Perry filed for divorce from wife Mary in Washington stating they married in 1868 in Binghamton New York and had seven children four living. He alleges desertion in 1883 and that Mary joined faith healer William Raymond in 1885 traveling and preaching in Maryland Virginia and other states. They now run Beulah Land Faith Home in Baltimore with others, and he seeks custody of the children.
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Raymond
Maryland
Virginia
Baltimore
Mra L. Bark
Notable election outcomes and constitutional choices noted
The report notes several prominent politicians with limited district ties winning elections. It highlights Sunset Cox Leo nid Morse Buckalew and others as notable. It mentions Republicans Penley James Anderson Ranney as re-elected exceptions and lists Reed Kelley Hiscock Long Phelps McKinley as returned. Florida adopts a new constitution and New York votes for a constitutional convention by a large margin.
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Massachusetts
Oliver Ames
Oakes Ames
John F. Andrew
Allivan
Frank K. Foster
Labor
John E. Russell
W. W. Rice
Edward Burnett
Southboro
F. LD. Ely
Leopold Morse
Boston
Ranney
Henry B. Lovering
Henry Cabot Lodge
Boston Advertiser
United States
Henry Aawwes
Sunset
Cox
Leonid Morse
Buckalew
Penley
Man Lives Ten Months With Broken Neck Surprises Doctors
Barimore Maryland November 7 A Norfolk Virginia machinist George Davis died at Baltimore hospital after ten months living with a broken neck. He fell five to six feet in December and worked through March despite a partial paralysis. Post mortem by Professor Councilman found a fractured third cervical vertebra with an oblique triangular fracture. Paralysis resulted from prolonged nervous irritation rather than direct spinal cord damage.
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Barimore
George Davis
Norfolk
Baltimore Hospital
R. W. Johnson
A. A. Clerwell
Baltimore
Clerwell
Davis
Didunvary
W. T. Councilman
Hopkins University
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Councilman
Clarweill
Creswell
Waist compressor for corpulent men by Fifth Avenue tailor
A New York tailor on Fifth Avenue sells a waist compressor belt with curved whalebones to tighten the abdomen. He claims corpulency is rising in Newark and that men fear their rotundity. He suggests wives or valets leverage the device, with bachelors left to endure lighter use. It has been on sale for over a year and is popular among men of aldermanic dimensions for dress suits.
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Michael Hicks-Beach
Royal Commission of Inquiry
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Canada
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Monaco
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Virginia
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Newark
Colonel Long Returns From Egypt Believes Gordon Alive
Colonel Cc C Long, once linked to Ismail Pacha and General Gordon and famed for discovering Lake Ibrahim, tells a Press editor he believes Gordon is alive somewhere in equatorial Africa. He praises Gordon as a good soldier and administrator, notes his ambition to be king, and claims private correspondence from Egypt hints France will press England to yield control of ZyYDI.
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Prinapecenia
Cc. C. Long
Ismail Pacha
Gordon
Lake Ibrahim
Nile
General Gordon
Burton
Africa
Egypt
England
Zyydi
A Burning Mountain on the Island of Ninafen
A San Francisco dispatch reports a Samoa dated message from Apia noting that on September 10 a series of over 100 heavy earthquakes on Ninafou, a Tonga island, lifted a 2000 foot lake bottom and a mountain rose 300 feet, bursting into flames and ejecting hot stones and sand that destroyed two thirds of the coconut trees. Samoa still experiences frequent light shocks with little alarm.
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San Francisco
Del
Apia
Samoa
Ninafou
Supreme Court strikes down New Jersey excise law
The New Jersey Supreme Court declares the 1877 and 1878 excise laws unconstitutional. With 1500 saloon licenses in Newark affected, no saloon keeper may sell liquor until a new law is enacted by the Legislature.
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Newark
N. J
Supreme Court
Dalhousie in ashes as fire destroys town business district
The business part of Dalhousie N B upper town was left in ashes after a blaze that began in the post office building at 10 580 last night. Twenty two stores and houses on the north side of Main street were burned with losses estimated at over 880000.
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St. Jonx
N. B
Dalhousie
Scottish sermon stirs Crieff harvest dispute
Rev Principal Cunninghame at Crieff Harvest Home lambasted Puritanical Sabbath observance that he blamed for rotting grain. He said crops were ripe yet the people wasted time in bed or church, a blunt rebuke to current rural religious practice.
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Scotland
Principal Cunninghame
Crieff
Princial Cunninghame
Wedding rings and cheap rates tempt Brooklyn couples
A Brooklyn Eagle piece recalls a clergyman who performed a private wedding at home after a couple sought quick nuptials at an economy price. The scene begins with a storefront motto on Fulton Street and ends with an envelope left by the bride containing a short note.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Fulton Street
Shay
Marriage, Clergyman, and a Job Offer in East New York
A recollection recalls a clergyman inviting a groom to land him in the blissful estate after a wedding. The groom, tense and terse, praises the minister’s neat work but laments lack of money. He then asks the clergyman to hire him for calamine at his house.
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East New York
Brooklyn Bridge leap at Niagara Falls shocks crowd
Lawrence Donovan, famed for leap stunts, jumped from the new Niagara suspension bridge 196 feet above the current. He aimed for a purse, but suffered injuries including possible rib damage after a four second plunge. He was rescued by a boat and rushed to Hotel Atlantique for care.
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N. Y
Lawrence Donovan
Brooklyn Bridge
Niagara Whirlpool
Donovan
Rochester
Sam Patel
Genesee Falls
Niagara
Professor Haley
Biju ‘Theatre
New York Central
Falls
Tom Hines
Maid of the Mist
Haley
Canada Side
Laley
Vonovan
Hotel Atlantique
Rice Brandies and Lager Beer Debate in New York
New York reports on rice brandy used in brewing light amber lagers, a practice linked to health concerns. The Fulda brings 356 tons of cracked rice from India, used by German brewers, with North Meridian street tale of spalls and a dental caution from Providence. Garcia de la Calena travels toward Mexico City as El Tiempo calls for magnanimity, while Indiana faces an epidemic pleuro-pneumonia with sixty cattle affected and a health response underway.
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Fulda
Bremen
Germany
India
City of
Mexico
Garcia de la Calena
Zacatecas
el Tiempo
Spain
Villacampa
Indiana Curiaco
Indianapolis
Gray
A. V. Kent
Clinton County
State Board of Health
Butchers on Strike in Chicago With Armed Guards
Chicago faces a tense labor clash as Pinkerton guards and state militia patrol the stock yards. Beef packers at Armour Swift and Nelson Morris confront a revived ten hour dispute after Boston butchers are brought in. A Boston entry is blamed for stirring the conflict and violence is feared amid mass mobilizations and arrests.
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Chicago
Traudle
Nelson Morris
Swift & Co
Boston
James Pressland
Packers’ Association
Sheriff Manchett
Pinkerton
Colt
Winchester
Foley
Armour
Swift
Barry
Richmond
Armour’s
Armor
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Armours Packing House
Swift & Sons
Halsted Street
Swift’s
Root
Halsted Streets
Mondy
P. D. Armour
Daza
Knights of Labor
Mosquitoes foil two Gotham burglars in Jersey Flats
A Jersey Flats mosquito interrupted a night home invasion in Or, New York, by biting through a second floor window screen and alerting the sleeping homeowner. The burglars fled empty handed as the insect’s intrusion spoiled their plan and saved the owner hundreds of dollars in valuables.
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Jersey
Gotham
New York
Hackensack
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