Merciless Sudanese Chief Abdullah as Mahdi’s Successor
Narrative portrays Abdullah as ruthless power figure in Sudan, famed for massacres of men women and children during Mahdi era. He consolidated control after Khartum, ruled through fear, lavish dress, slave guards, and a personal force, while scheming to make authority hereditary.
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Prielessle Messacre
Wingate
Sudan
Tyranes
Abdullah
Mahdi
Pail
Osman Ya Adam
Abu Gem ‘Za
Zeki Tammat
John of
Abyssinia
Ains
Abduolish
Khar
Bes
Mecca
Khailfas
Ashraf
Seizure of flour ships on voyage to Delagoa Bay sparks legal debate
New York exporters discuss Britain’s seizure of three vessels bound from New York to Lourenco Marques in Delagoa Bay, carrying about 20,000 barrels of flour. Experts weigh contraband of war, with officials noting questions of international law and potential impact on U.S. commerce and neutrality ports.
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New York City
New York
Lourenco Marques
Delagoa Bay
Beatrice
Maria
Pennsylvania Export and Milling Company
Milling Company
Delagos Bay
Johannesberg
J. Foomer
Johannesburg
Delagoa
R. Toomey
Ulysses D. Edge
Flint Edge & Co
Union of Nations
England
Edward K. Jones
Cedar Street
Delazon Bay
Pretoria
Transvaal
South Africa
Edward N. Norton
Norton & Son
Delacoa Bar
Laurenco Marques
Herbert Barber
Barber & Co
Beware of Mercury in Catarrh Ointments
Caution against ointments for catarrh containing mercury. The notice warns such products harm smell and the body, urging use of Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co, Toledo, Ohio, which contains no mercury and is taken internally. It claims testing by druggists and price 2 50.
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Hall
F. J. Chener &Co
Toledo
Ohio
Chenes
Draggzsig
Isare
Handy Atlas Offer for Subscribers of The Age and Rand McNally
Limited time deal for annual subscribers to The Age and Rand McNally New Concise Atlas of the World. Book form priced at 1 60, 5 by 7 inches, 96 pages with colored state and province maps and full page world maps, all indexed. A compact, convenient atlas touted as must have.
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Rand McNally
United States
Dominion of Canada
Arctic Mystery of a Lost Ship Reappearing at Ivigtut
Captain Jansen of the British bark Silicon recounts a strange arctic incident near Ivigtut where a derelict, a weathered Russian brig without mast or name, drifted ashore after being frozen in by ice. The crew, miners, and onlookers watched as the ancient vessel, crewless and barren, appeared and then disappeared back into the sea amid harsh polar conditions.
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Jansen
Silicon
Philadelphia
Greenland
Ivigtut
Arctic
Sifteen
Vigtat
Polar Circle
Sheace
Lchulk
Iro
Sandor 7 Fle
Newfoundland
Davis Strait
Rod Mill Workers to Strike at Cleveland Mills
Cleveland workers of the National Association of Rod Mill Workers vote to inaugurate a strike at four American Steel and Wire mills in Cleveland. The action aims to halt about 4,000 jobs and ripple to other states, driven by demand for higher wages beyond the company 7 12 percent increase.
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Cleveland
Leveland
National Association of Rod Mill Workers
American Steel and Wire
Fie
Future of Cuba debated by General Fitz-Hugh Lee
In The Independent Major General Fitz-Hugh Lee argues the future of Cuba is uncertain and self government experimental. He notes Cuba’s population divided on independence, annexation, or status quo, with U.S. troops stabilizing conditions and a census to guide a possible withdrawal.
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Cuba
Fitz-Hugh Lee
The
Independent
United States
Povertament
Fitz-Bugh Lee Pot
Antilles
William Ludlow
Havana
New York
Flavana
New York World
Ils
Beferel Ral Ludiow
Ann
New Orleans
Ludlow
Kentucky Indicts Two Men For Election Bribery Conspiracy
Frankfort January 16 indictments returned by the Franklin county grand jury accuse John Whallen and Charles H Ryan of unlawfully conspiring to bribe a member of the general assembly Senator S B Harrell. Bench warrants issued and set for trial January 23. The legislative contest boards opened proceedings in governor and lieutenant governor cases with sparring over legal technicalities and limited witness testimony. Mayor Charles P Weaver of Louisville testified about unrest and order measures. Other witnesses described anti-Goebel inspectors and intimidation at polling booths.
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Frankfort
Franklin County Grand Jury
John Whallen
Charles H. Ryan
General Assembly
S. B. Harrell
Whallen
Ryan
Tris
Taylor
Goebel
Marshall
Blackburn
Washington
Charles P. Weaver
Louisville
Phelps
Weaver
Sweerey
Kohn
Sweeney
Brassey
H. P. McDowall
Judge Loney
President Gompers Praises Miners and Their Union
Indianapolis January 16 Lemuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor addressed the United Mine Workers convention praising miners for steadfastly honoring contracts amid capitalist pressures. He lauded the unity of UMW and declared no need for another organization.
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Indianapolis
United Mine Workers
Lemuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
United States
First Supply Bill Passes House Report
The urgent deficiency appropriation bill reported by Chairman Cannon totals 96,127,841 with vast re appropriations for military and naval establishments and direct funds for Treasury War Naval Postal Paris Exposition printing and binding judgments Indian claims Court of Claims and transport for Spaniards home from the Philippines. Senate debates Philippine question and related matters run three hours as Pettigrew and Walcott trade sharp exchanges. Molineux trial features motive testimony tied to Garnet death. Bryan and Yale Hadley discuss trust magnates. Lodge immigration bill advances with Cuba clause removed. Champion Ames case moves in Supreme Court. Warfield confirmed as Baltimore postmaster. Sporadic bubonic plague noted in Rio de Janeiro. Fort winners listed for New Orleans and San Francisco. Ohio West Virginia Kentucky forecast fair and cold with shifting winds.
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Washington
House
Cannon
Treasury Department
War Department
Naval Establishment
Postal Service
Court of Claims
Philippines
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Handy Atlas of the World
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Annie E Gunning
Anderson’s Drug Bok
Jndian
Smyen
Joubert
Great Britain
Kentucky
St. Johns
N. F
St. Mary's Bay
Bowrings
Southampton
London
Orth Kingston
R. 1
Belleville Woolen Mills
Washington, Jan
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Gayle Ky
Hanna
Warrington
Jan
National Committee
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Miers
Frear
Gompers
Senate
Bir. Berry
Dem. Ark
Bacon
Dem
Pettigrew
Sil
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Roland B. Molineux
Katherine J. Adams
Henry C. Garnet
Molineux
Barnet
Garnet
Bryan
Hadley
St. Louis
William J. Bryan
A. T. Hadley
Yale University
Penrose
Committee On Immigration
Lodge
Solicitor General
United States Supreme Court
Charles F. Champion
Ames
District of
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Warfield
S. Davies Warfield
Baltimore
Wellington
McComas
Rio Janeiro
Santos
Sao Paulo
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