Cattle Plague Measures Discussed by Illinois Officials
Gov Oglesby and Atty Gen Hunter visited Chicago with the livestock commissioner to plan mass slaughter and burning of cattle in affected sheds and stables amid pleuropneumonia reports. The state livestock commission held a closed meeting to consider actions and quarantine of Illinois cattle in Chicago distilleries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Di¢sarort
Oglesby
Hunter
Chicago
Livestock Board
Bolomen
J. HB. Rauch
Hlingis Board of Health
Ilinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Phenix
Thie
Chicaca
Rebel uprisings against loyalist forces in New Castile
Loyalist troops sweep the country pursuing rebels with frequent skirmishes reported near Aranjuez in New Castile. Arrests of notable Republicans continue as authorities condemn officers involved in the attempted revolution. A rebel band near Oroana in Toledo province killed its commanding officer before retreating. Many rebels regret their actions while junior officers are blamed for leading the uprising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Layalles
Rebela
Aranjuez
New Castile
Madrid
Oroana
Toledo
Offcer
Night of Violence and Fires Reported in Various Cities
A jumble of incidents: Dan Keely killed saloon keeper John Tivoni in a tense night, a Michigan man died by own hand, a Cleveland rolling mill burned with $30,000 loss, a deadly railroad wreck near Laura Indiana left a fireman dead, Chicago trials in McCormick riots concluded with a jail term and acquittal, Mike Donovan fined in New York for contempt, Toronto wholesale store burned with $120,000 stock loss, and extensive fire damages from Goulding & Co. and Bryce & McMurrich totaling about $150,000. Alarming accidents claim lives in Jaysville and Memphis, while a market and immigration convention looms in Raleigh. A rash of legal actions, robberies, and international railway schemes color the broader unrest noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittybur
Indiana, Bloomington & Western
Laura
Miami County
Dillon
Chicago
Braga
Cassy
McCormick
Mike Donoven
New York
Davidson & Hay
Whelesale G’ocera and Liquor Lenlere
Toronto, Co
Memphis
Releigh
N.C
Eetire
Nicola
Peome
Austria
James
Felix Basse
Rank Blackburn
Jaysville
N.Y
Mounty
A. Fisthar
Loedoo
Pares
Alfredo da Ronceray
Porto Rico
Washington
Earthquake shocks hit night of the 20th and fires devastate Grove
Reports recount shocks from a night quake with no injuries but several buildings toppled. Grove Kansas, 25 miles north of Emporis, was nearly wiped out by fire. A 104 year old man, William Beso, died at Shawneetown leaving over 200 descendants. Destruction also reported: Le Creot iron works in France with 300 employed, loss around 200 dollars. a boat capsized near Cazenovia New York with three dead and one missing. government printing office retiring chief honored with a silver service. A Chesborough sawmill burned at the mouth of the Tequnamon River in Upper Michigan, loss about 50 000 with 30 000 insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council ‘Grove
Kas
Emporis
Lone
William Beso
Shawneetown
le Crerot
France
Ashe
Cazenovia
N. X
Government Printing Office
8. P. Rounds
A. Chesborough & Son
Teqnamon River
Upper
Michigan
San Francisco
Rocky Mountains
Sierras
Utah
Nevada
Texas
California
Europe
Bollman House
New York
Texee
Babylon
Ariatophanes Waa
Tatpes
West Point
King
Francis T. Nichols
Horace Porter
Marryat
Aristophanes
J. G. Serr
Los Angeles
Cal
Wreck at Quincy Leaves Several Dead and Injured
An accident at Quincy Illinois on the afternoon of the 22d killed two men instantly and fatally injured three others. Center Mills had burned earlier leaving brick walls standing. Rodney Lambert and a colored man named Garrett Douglass were buried by a fallen wall and died. Bassett and another colored man were seriously hurt, while Lambert's father and a fisherman suffered injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
Wutat Sitoer
Ill
Rodney | Lambert
Rodney Lambert
Garrett | Douglass
Bassett
Avo
Storm devastates mining town near Wilkesbarre
A violent storm struck the mining town nine miles from Wilkesbarre, damaging nearly every house and destroying several shanties occupied by Hungshnne people. The night of the 1dth brought wild alarm with injuries reported but no fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alden
Wilkesbarie
Berlin Depot Collision Claims Soldiers After Return
Irate convoy of German soldiers returning from Birnsburg and Alsace collided at Berlin depot on the 24th. Three soldiers were killed and twenty wounded amid confusion from a mistyped flag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schnore
Collisson
Birnsburg
Alsace
Adothbe
Berlin
Labor Strikes Roil New York Building Trades Amid Labor Dispute
Labor notes describe a wave of potential strikes across New York City as the Crown stone xubuera yard dispute and a clash over “good” engineer status trigger warnings of a widespread building trade stoppage. Western window glass workers in Allegheny district plan action by the 23rd after last year’s wage settlement. Brickmakers form a national mutual benefit association in Cincinnati with James Batley as president. Woolen mill workers in Philadelphia seek a 15 percent wage increase. A separate tale recounts James McLaughlin's five hour peril in a tree on the Alasia River, where rising waters trapped him until safe land was reached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ars
Hawsin
Willmen
Stone-robbers’ Protective Association
Derrick
Hodboistes
Glass Workers’ Association
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Cincinnati
National Association For Mutual Benefit
James Batley
Seville
Schofield, Son & Co
Philadelphia
Merida
James McLaughlin
Bloomingdale
Fls
Alasia
Yatery
Ivatera
McLaughlin
Parliament Prorogued as Bulgaria Crisis, Ireland Land Rules Tabled
London report notes Parliament prorogued until November 11 with the Queen's speech pledging no infractions of Bulgarian treaty conditions amid the Bulgarian army mutiny and Prince Alexander abdication. Mentions Afghan frontier demarcation near the Oxus and reviews Ireland land tenure and purchase inquiries. Government communications confirm intent to tighten bonds within the empire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Alexander
Derlin
Alcomreuniqulion
Porto
Bulgaria
Oxus
Misel
Haryeon
Gextleven
Landa
Ireland
Deaths Found in Scranton Mine Cave In
At Scranton Pennsylvania on the 31st, Supt Nichol and a crew descended the Marying Shaft to recover six dead miners trapped by the prior cavein. Bodies were found along the gangway not crushed, lying as if asleep with advanced decomposition, indicating early death after the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nichol
Marying
Scranton
Delware Purtishment Whipping and Pillorying Report
Report from Newcastle Delaware describes punishment of six convicts, four black and two white, for boree stealing and related crimes. Whites Harry Smith and Frank Hell received twenty lashes, one hour in the pillory. two black men and another white man were whipped. A crowd of about 200 spectators witnessed light punishments with no blood. Separate notes state a cholera and smallpox outbreak in Pesth, Italy with dozens of new cases and deaths, and strain on Austrian hospital capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcastle
Del
Bebby Sevcony
Harry Smith
Frank Hell
Philadelphia
Edward Burns
Chartles Reynolds
Matt House
Eneliaetes
Lhd Uruleua
Italy
Pesth
Budapest
Godollona
Explosion in German coal mine kills many workers
A dispatch from Fasen Germany dated the 24th reports a firedamp explosion in a Schalke coal pit. Forty five persons died and sixteen were injured eight critically.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Fasen
Schalke
Glasgow blast and a farmer’s wall collapse headline
Report covers a Glasgow area blast with seven tons of gunpowder and a fatality count as magisterial witnesses observe a monster explosion near Lochfyne quarries. It also recounts Frank Manvastardt’s near-fatal wall collapse incident on his farm where he remained alive, wedged under bricks for hours, and survived with minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doarly
Glasgow
Bath
Lochfyne-Side
Scotland
Maurhardt
Emperor Asked To Read Red Ink Journal Passages
The Kaisar’s private secretary marked passages in red ink for aloud reading to the Emperor. The monarch laughed and asked the secretary to read everything in the journal that did not bear red marks, preferring a full, unmarked accounting of its contents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaisar
Emperor Ous Dey
Madrid mutiny shocks city as regiments clash
A revolt by 300 infantry and cavalry in Madrid sparked panic and clashes. Rebels seized the Southern Railway briefly and killed or wounded several officers before loyal troops repelled them. The uprising aimed to restore monarchy while followers of the republic stormed the town and faced Royalist forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asp Oprining
Geldiare
Medaral Bied
Prado
Madrid
Duc
Fellacompe
Gon. Velarde
Count Mirasol
Morata
Zorilla
Lecture Misquote Sparks British Critique on Pathetic Word
A Marshalltown figure recounts delivering a London lecture with the phrase patheticker and pathetickar. British papers mocked the wording as incorrect and urged the use of more and more pathetic while noting England’s sharp scrutiny of authorship claims linked to Williams of the Norristown Herald and Shakespeare.
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fPrawns Loulansywassant
Baid
Col. Sanford
Marshalltown
Tonee
London
Eng
Williams
Norristown Herald
England
Bhakeezeare
Norriztown
Narrow escape for brakeman on Chicago and North Western train
Wisconsin dispatches report Evwaap Gereuen a Chicago and North Western brakeman nearly killed at Baraboo when he fell from a moving car and a wheel ripped flesh from hip to knee. Doctors expect recovery. Also noted are a dismissed tax suit against prominent Platteville merchant Jacob Brock, a Wisconsin veterans reunion in Milwaukee, and a Milwaukee jail sentence for a physician practicing without a diploma among other state items.
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Evwaap Gereuen
Chicago & North Western Railway
Baraboo
Gatcheil
Tereen
Georges Long
Barbara Elizabeth Long
Jacob Brock
Platteville
Brock
Barbara
Tex
Twenty Eighth
Wisconsin Volunteers
Milwaukee
Women’s Relief Corps of
ELB
Wolcott Post
A.B
State Fair Association
Casper M. Sanger
L. Newton
Awis
Edward Biergach
Windlake
Second Avenues
Winstan’ Bansics
Gus Culdene
Sixth Street
Grant County
George
A. Shuster
Shuster
Hayward
North Wisconsin Timber Company
Pioneer Lumber Company
Ol. Eau Claire
Ite
Ite Creditory
River Falls
New Richmond
Menomonie
Bloomer
Auate
Neillsville
Richland Center
Mucaster
Dodgeville
Manitawar
Appleton
New London
Stevens Point
Pishfield
Montello
Atorse
Sanders
McManug
Oollicer
J. B. Casper
Pekin
Frep
Davis
Chicago
United States
L.T. Boyn
Bayfield Land Office
Sturgeon Bay
B. PF. Hall
A Peanut Vendor’s Talk From the Philadelphia Times
A corner peanut seller explains the craft differ ences in roasted nuts and warns against overroasting. He notes Virginia nuts and Eastern shore varieties as best, and urges eating nuts soon after roasting. A mix of humor and caution about taste oil and health accompanies his observations. An interview with the Prince from the Pittsburgh Dispatch follows, featuring a tall African prince and a self-appointed interpreter at Union Depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Times
Virginia
Pittaburg Dispatch
Hoco Po
En- Eliab
Prince Departs as Mulatto Girl Bids Farewell
A little mulatto girl guides the prince aboard a Panhandle train, exclaiming farewell and lamenting the loss of his company. An interpreter bundles belongings, including a monkey, as the scene shifts from Washington to a Webster Avenue home, with the girl reflecting on his fine and future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chow
Webster
A Story of Two Drummers at a Hotel Prank
Boston drummen in Providence play a practical joke on a roommate by releasing balloon flytraps under a mosquito netting. The sleeper wakes to a cloud of flies and exclaims in astonishment, prompting laughter from those in the closet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greut
Boston
Providence
Levi
Drassmer
Ia Aleep
Moses
Dis Roote Island
Jeri
Pioneering Brain Surgery Report from Brighton Meeting
Victor Horsley and three patients at the National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic are described as showing marked early success after brain tumor removal. The article notes potential permanent cures are not yet proven due to scar formation and possible recurrence, while detailing the method and implications for brain localization and movement control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margery
Ats Sreckiht
Sendon
Messing
Britian Medical Association
Brighton
Victor Horsley
F. R
National Hospital
Hitzig
Farrier
Horshy
Fragmented 19th Century Clippings and Quotations
A pasted collage of Miscellany items notes Spain bullfighting losses, Bayreuth festival profits, Salvation Army in London, universities in Lima and Mexico, a New York banker wager, Dr Tipton comment on negro eyesight, Joe Chandler Harris wealth rumor, African buffalo bone shipments, mythic spider silk, a Providence carriage accident, and a Liverpool church’s varnish mishap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tris
Spain
Salvation Army
London
University of San Marcon
Lima
Peru
Harvard
University of Mexico
Cambridge
New York
Tipton
Alabama
Henry Berge
Louis XIV
Providence
B. 1
Bromana Gakvick
Detroit
Iren Press
Liverpool
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Marshfield ‘Times
Marreyfield, Wia
Thomas & Horton
Cartle
Ray Shaninh Qeyolt
Charles A. W. Herman
Chemicala
T. J. Rows
Texarkana
Jermyn
Black Sun
Persian Gulf
Symmes
Mudor
Montrose
Col
By & Male
Sherrif
Posse
Thomas Fitezerald
Thomas “Quinn
Miror
Riley
Charleston
Tou
Durnedt
Wlod
Jae
Milwaueeil Plocr
Tigh Pradew
Sastassnan Vitais Spry
Asve
Porluj
Tonvonniva
Serene Pons
Atenow Serrererera O
PonteMoa
Chishy
Orn
Nowmlual Botredei Memi
ST. Lotia
New York City
Ibit Grand
Union Hotel
Grand Union Hotel
Arkéeltel
Nara
Arkansan
Ned
Omegee ‘Bhorty
Seldem
Parliament
QUSKA
Fovad Dea
Nekhon
Boranton
Uinster
Delaware
Bad Emstell
Cancon
Apeech
Shay
Mel
Ted
Sky
Wisconsin State News
Exrowa
Cac Mail
John Barrett
Howard Springs
Amobng
Scresa
Rudolph Olsen
Durog
Ontario
Faeing
Walter Scott
Bial
Iname
United Staton
Grat
Wixe
Dar
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