Bull Fight in Lima Plaza de Acho Draws Crowd and Bloodshed
A San Francisco Chronicle correspondent recounts a Sunday in Lima Peru at Plaza de Acho. Spectators, soldiers and a presidential box witness staged bull fights including a bull versus a lioness and a bear, followed by clashes with the crowd as four bulldogs win against a lion. The spectacle ends with a mob clash and death toll among soldiers and animals.
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Peru
San Francisco Chronicle
Lima
Plaza de Acho
Africa
Republic
Peruvian Plaza de Acho Scenes Dividing Morale
The narrator recalls a day at the Plaza de Acho where women defend national amusements despite objections about barbarous displays. He cites a bloody clash between the military and the mob, yet the ladies remain unconvinced, saying no country offers finer entertainments than Peru.
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Sion
Plaza de Acho
A Railroad Velocipede Invented by Johnson in Garland
A traveling musician named Johnson and a blacksmith built a railroad velocipede in Garland. The forty pound device uses two old velocipede frames joined on rails with wooden axles and whisky-barrel hoop flanges. It traveled about fifteen miles per hour toward Texas before being adapted to the Santa Fe line. Johnson, an experienced railroad man, carried a time card and could move the car off the rails quickly when needed. He reportedly outran a horse near Goldsmiths ranch and was seen by an eastern bound train engineer at Apishaya. The car was then pushed along adjacent wagon roads.
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Johnson
Garland
Texas
Santa Fe
Goldsmith
Apishapa
Golden
Col
A Paternal Government at Stuttgart Dwellings
The Wurtemberg government built worker housing in Stuttgart for railroad and post-office staff to curb rising rents and living costs. The town includes a public kitchen, baths, and wash houses, with low rents and model sanitation. The site is pleasant and well drained, ending overcrowded housing for former workers.
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Wurtemberg
Stuttgart
Mental and Physical Health Linked to Emotions
The article argues sorrowful and disagreeable emotions harm health by disrupting bodily functions, while agreeable emotions stimulate vitality. It notes physicians may overlook this link and that happiness generally supports physical well being, though being happy does not guarantee health.
Ovation to the Czar in St Petersburg on return from war
New York Herald report describes St Petersburg waking in joy as the czar arrives. Crowds line arches, bands play, and conservatoire pupils sing a welcome hymn. The emperor visits Kazan cathedral, receives cheers, and blesses the crowd before proceeding to the Winter Palace amid a city glowing with torches and laughter.
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New York Herald
St. Petersburg
St. Peterskrg
Conservatoire
Kazan
Winter Palace
Statistics of Religions in English-speaking World
Whittaker's London Almanac estimates faiths across the English speaking world as Episcopalians 17.5 million Methodist 13.5 million Roman Catholics 13.25 million Presbyterians 10 million Baptists 8 million Congregationalists 7 million Unitarians 1 million minor sects 1.5 million unclassified 7 million total 78.75 million. Lutherans omitted but likely over 1.5 million in England. England and Wales have about 150 religious sects and 19,486 places of worship. The state church includes two archbishops 28 bishops 30 deans 74 archdeacons 610 rural deans 23,000 clergy. 13,000 benefices with about £8 million annual revenue. The established church portion is about 12.5 million.
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Whittaker
London
England
Wales
Qopaaten of England
The Buyer's Vase Triumph at Auction
A married woman, fond of auctions, pursued a costly Japanese vase despite her husband's warnings. He unknowingly intended to outbid for her, but both bidders stayed in the race until the price soared beyond value. In the end she won the vase at a ruinous price, unaware she had been bidding against her spouse.
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