Entangled Ethiopian Campaign Trials and Magdala News
The Daily News notes officers' energy facing shortages of water and cattle fodder as disease reduces horse and mule numbers. Reports from London via the Pall Mall Gazette detail Rassam and Prideaux letters dated October 28 on Theodore's move to Magdala, disrupted roads, Wagsham Gobazie’s disappearance, Waizero Mastyat’s conflict, and Menelek’s approaching army. The piece casts doubt on Magdala’s capture without garrison treachery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily News
Pall Mall Gazette
T. Rassam
Prideaux
Theodore
Magdala
Debra Tabor
Wagsham Gobazie
Waizero Mastyat
Gallas
Menelek
Shoa
Amba
Rassam
Welcome Home to Rev Newman Hall in Surrey Chapel Return
A large Surrey Chapel meeting welcomed Rev Newman Hall back to America and later London. He denied personal gain from his America tour, urging funds for Lincoln Memorial and a new London church. He described friendly reception in Canada and the United States and urged England US peace. The gathering closed with the national anthem.
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Surrey Chapel
Newman Hall
America
J. Moreland
Canada
United States
England
Newark Herald
Lincoln Memorial
London
Christmas With The Ritualists At St Alban’s Holborn
At St. Alban's Holborn Christmas services began at nine p.m. on Christmas Eve. The Pal Mall Gazette reports the church had not yet worn its full ceremonial attire and details of the observance are described.
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Pal Mall
St. Alban's, Holborn
Christmas Eve and Day Services in East End Churches Festive Processions
A survey of Christmas celebrations across London churches notes lavish decorations in sanctuaries and chancels, processions with banners and incense, and high Holy Communion services at midnight and daybreak. Attendance runs from hundreds to nearly five hundred at St Mary Marylebone and St Andrew Wells Street, with choirs of 20 plus voices and carols by Mendelssohn and Schubert.
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St. Alban
St. Alban’s
de Angelis
Christ Church
Clapham
Robert Gwynne
Bradley Abbot
St. Andrew's
Wells Street
B. Webb
Juaubuan
Gounod
Schubert
Dr. Stainer
Noel
St. Mary Magdalen’s
Munstersquare
E. Stuart
W. Kant
J. G. Swainson
Gospeller
St. Mary’s
Paddington
R Temple West
M.A
All Saints
Margaret-street
A. Hughes
W. Upton Richards
G. E. Street
A.R.A
Haydn
Mozart
St. Matthias’s
Stoke Newington
C. J. le Geyt
C.R
A. I F. Tollemache
J. L. Fish
F. K. Kingsford
W. H. Monk
Explosion at Faersham gunpowder mills kills eleven
A massive explosion at Messrs Hall Faersham gunpowder mills at eleven in the morning destroyed three houses and killed eleven workers. The blast wrecked surrounding property, with fences and trees torn up and nearby Ham Farm badly damaged. An engineman escaped injury by stepping out moments before the blast amid initial Fenian speculation.
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Messrs. Hall
Faersham
Ham Farm
Messrs
Hall
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