Government Papers and Naval Demonstration Loom in News
Gladstone’s government lays before Parliament a list of official Afghan frontier papers offering no new light on Anglo Russian negotiations. The Admiralty orders a 14 ship naval reserve squadron to Portland and Bantry Bay for a massive demonstration and mock battle. Nile expedition veterans reach Wady Halfa and Cairo while a key clash at Khartoum looms between Mahdi and the False Prophet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladstone
England
Russia
Portland
Bantry Way
Ireland
Wolseley
Nile
Wady Halfa
Cairo
Khartoum
el Mahdi
Mahdi
France Presses Its Plan on Suez Overseers Amid Crimea and War Talk
France insists on international supervision of the Suez Canal with England if Europe does not cooperate. The Suez Commission drafts its treaty but omits contentious control clauses. Britain signals Russia Herat tensions easing. Czar awards Komaroff and Karjewski for Afghan service. UK workingmen gain political strength while garrison at Suakim is reduced. Britain, Spain, and Italy clash over Africa and Red Sea defense as Gladstone faces Commons disruptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Republique Francais
France
England
Europe
Suez Canal Commission
Russia
Herat
Dashkepri
Karjewski
Glasgow
Newcastle
Lancashire
Yorkshire
Suakim
Shropshire Regiment
Otao
Mahmoud Ali
Amaros
Senate
Africa
Italy
Red Sea
Saakim
Turkey
Gladstone
Porte
Dufferin Reports Dire Afghan Frontier Strain
The Morning Post says Lord Dufferin the Viceroy of India warns the government of serious consequences from the ministry yielding to Russia on Afghan frontier demands. A Constantinople dispatch notes Turkey plans torpedoes in the Dardanelles. Russia seeks Zulifikar and Marushuck as Russian territory, threatening the ameer’s hold on his realm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Morning Post
Lord Dufferin
India
Russia
Constantinople
Dardadelles
Zulifikar
Marushuck
Ameer
Logan Wins Illinois Senate Seat After Prolonged Ballot Fight
In a dramatic joint session on the 19th, John A. Logan secured 103 votes to 99 for Lambert Tree amid shifting Democrat votes and Republican absences. Logan’s acceptance speech praised Illinois lawmakers and pledged fair representation, ending a four month contest marked by fiery exchanges and broad public interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Logan
United States
Springfield
Tll
Logan
Ruger
Sittig
Judge Lamert Tree
Baker
McNairy McAliney
Caldwell, Quinn and Crafts
Farwell
Barry
Andemn
Morrison
Tree
Lambert Tree
John C. Black
J. Scofield
Wm. R. Morrison
J. R. Hoxie
House
Senate
House of Representatives
Illinois
Senate of the
Speaker
Genttemen
Elvers
Mr. Morrison
Chicago
Tsay
United States Senate
Washington
Jump From Brooklyn Bridge Ends in Tragic Death of Professor
A New York dispatch recounts Prof. E. Odlum leaping from the Brooklyn Bridge after climbing the railing. Despite a dramatic rescue by Captain Boynton and a tow boat crew, he died from injuries as investigators and reporters watched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn Bridge
Prof. E. Odlum
Odlum
Prof. Odlum
Captain Oynton
Boynton
Reconciliation With Parnellites Prompts Land Act Change
London dispatch reports Gladstone will introduce a bill to amend the purchase clause of the Irish land act to ease friction with the Parnellites. The move follows Parnell’s threats to obstruct the session. a memorial from fifty liberal MPs supported the shift. The Lords passed the registration bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Commons
Gladstone
Comine
Parnell
House of Lords
Cyclone Ravages Western Kansas Causing Fatalities and Destruction
Reports detail a funnel shaped cyclone crossing Osborn and Rooks counties near Medicine township late Saturday night. Dozens injured including Rev Grimes and family, Gertie Allen fatally harmed, and George Campbell missing. Towns Bull City Stockton Eimund Kirwin suffer unroofed houses and wreckage with Rooks County damage around $50,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiles
Topeka
Kansas
Osborne
Rooks
Medicine Township
Mr. Grimes
Gertie Allen
J. Johnson
George Campbell
Bull City
Stockton
Eimund
Kirwin
Rooks County
Grain rate cuts shift shipping paths to New England
A St Paul dispatch reports western trunk lines cut grain and flour rates from Chicago to New England, triggering a rate disturbance for flour shipments. Lake and rail rates show shifts with Duluth lake rate matching Chicago to Boston, and St Paul to Duluth cheaper than Chicago routes. Northwestern line presidents and traffic managers met to align policies and retain lake-rate leverage via Duluth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New England
St. Paul
Duluth
Boston
New York
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Omaha
Northwestern Lines
Cause of the Cincinnati Calamity
John Meyers, a boy who could recount the Sullivan factory fire, tells reporters he went to the second floor to fetch benzine, spilled it near a gas light, and an explosion occurred. He extinguished his burning clothes and escaped to a drug store before returning home with injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
John Meyers
Meyer
Salvation Army Attacked After Sacramento Parade
A grand Salvation Army gathering ended with a mob wrecking the Sixth Street church after a parade. Delegates from multiple California cities were present when several hundred men and boys mobbed the Salvationists injuring many and forcing a police dispersal. no arrests reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Salvation Army
Sixth Street
Salvationists
Virtue Grows Bright Through Difficult Trials
A reflective note on how virtue strengthens under hardship, urging self-reliance and perseverance. The speaker contrasts ease with challenge, asserting that effort improves character and resilience through trials.
Missing Union Bank Teller Van Gelder A Disturbing Note
John A. Van Gelder, Union National Bank receiving teller at 34 Wall Street New York, has been missing from his Jersey City home on 86 Jones Street. A note from an unsigned Hoboken woman promised payment to reveal his location. the message reached before she departed. Neighbors recall his temperate habits. family recalls a similar disappearance by his father Lies five years earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. van Gelder
Union National Bank
Wall Street
New York
Jones Street
Jersey City
Hoboken
van Gelder
West
Passionate reproof and its scalding effect on patients
A terse warning likens sharp rebuke to a medicine that burns the patient. the line suggests harsh criticism harms more than it helps, warning against overbearing discipline in care.
Ice jam era ducks slain and other notes from 19th century press
Ice jam in Chesapeake Bay crowds millions of ducks into water gaps letting sportsmen hunt heavily with reports of one shooter killing 32 at once. Royal Irish Rifles near Halifax await Sudan deployment. Paper floors, barometer basics, fish nets, dentistry stats, California quail abundance, Washington diary entry, and lumber fire loss claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesapeake Bay
Limit of the Functions of Government
The argument contrasts the spoils system with bureaucracy and urges reducing government function scope. It cites E L Youmans on avoiding mechanical legislation and urges organic growth, warning that overreliance on police power leads to instability and convulsions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Spencer
E. L. Youmans
Popular Science Monthly
Prof Henry Finds Milk to Corn Meal Feeding Ratio
Prof Henry of the Wisconsin Experiment Station concludes 100 pounds of skim milk equals half a bushel of corn meal for hog feed when meal is mixed in a 2 pounds of meal to 3.5 pounds of milk proportion. This establishes a precise feeding ratio for hogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Wisconsin Experiment Station
Rescue of Greely Told by Schley and Soley
The article recounts the 1884 relief expedition to rescue Major Greely and his seven companions from Greenland after a brutal winter. Colwell and the relief party locate Greely in a ruined tent, feed the starving men, and report on the bleak but hopeful arrival of the Bear and Thetis steamers signaling relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aortic
Charles Scribner’s Sons
Greely
W. 8. Schley
J. R. Soley
United States Navy
Schley
Brevoort Island
Colwell
Mr. Greely
Long
Lowe
Norman
Ash
Sergeant Brainard
Brainard
Proteus
Dleath
Connell
Elison
Fredericks
Bierderbick
Wat
Sergeant Long
Cod
Payer Harbor
Creely
De Lesseps on the Sondan An Interview Views
In a Paria Matin interview De Lesseps warns that sending an expedition to the Soudan means certain death for troops. He notes Nubia deserts and Mehemet Ali’s son were burned in camp and argues conquest by force is a dream. He says crossing deserts to reach Khartoum is impossible and Nubian forces will strike hard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paria Matin
Nubia
Ethiopia
Camtbyses
Mehemet Ali
Soudan
Khartoum
New York Central Reduces Dividend to Four Percent
The New York Central Railroad cuts its dividend to 4 percent signaling another period of low market mood. Quiet stockholders may be astonished to learn the road is not earning even this amount, unsettling investors who trusted the street for guidance since last July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Central Railroad
Bishop Rosseau Case Advances in Montreal Bank Dispute
A grand jury in Montreal returned a true bill against William Henry Weir, son of the Ville Marie bank president, in the high profile suit by Bishop Rosseau of Turnai in the diocese of Belgium seeking 37 million marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosseau
Turnai
Belgium
Ville Marie Bank
Montreal
William Henry Weir
Also Mentioned on This Page
Madrid
Gulf of Guinn
Spain
Winnipeg
Otter
Poundmaker
Eagle Hills
Lord Churchill
Stafford Northcote
Sts Scord
Royal Irish Rifles
Halifax
Indianapolis
Royal
British Columbia
Victoria
St. Louis
California
Alameda
Contra Costa
Zchiey
de Lesseps
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!