England's Defeat Over Khartoum Sends Nation Into Despair
Special cable from London reports massive shock across England and Europe at Khartoum fall. British leaders debate strategy, with Wolseley and Gordon amid perilous isolation as Abu Klea Gubat stand, while Mahdi's rise prompts calls to smash resistance and coordinate European response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
India
Khartoum
Stewart
England
Egypt
Algeria
Tunis
Vienna
Berlin
Europe
Paris
Lord Wolseley
Gubat
Abu Klea
Gakdul
Korti
Barleile
Berber
Suakim
Metemneh
Earle
Littoral
Wolseley
Wilsons Expedition in Nile Night Run to Khartoum
General Wolseley reports Mahdi forces near the river as four Sussex marksmen silence a Krupp gun. Steamers slip upriver under cover of darkness, one grounding near the fort while Colonel Wilson and a detachment await relief. Stores survive in deep water, and Gordon’s city reportedly fell to the Mahdi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Khartoum
Abu Kru
Nile
Metemneh
Gubat
Lord Wolseley
Gordon
Camaign
Stewart
Shendy
Royal Artillery and Naval Brigade
Gardner
Gukdul Wells
el Mahdi
Wolseley
Bayuda
Nipiti
Lord Beresford
The
London
Sussex Regiment
Sussex
Wortley
Charles Beresford
Rifles
Janay i EU
Gordon's Fate Uncertain In Conflicting Reports From Khartoum
The latest dispatches present conflicting accounts of General Gordon's fate near Khartoum. Some natives claim he was killed. others say he sought refuge in the fort. Wolseley reports no definite news and has sent spies to Khartoum while British plans consider a 10,000 man army corps to reinforce the Soudan with Italian cooperation and Indian troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Wolseley
Abu-Klea
Gubat
Charles Beresford
Charles Wilson
Gordon
Ceylon
Arabi
Khartoum
el Mahdi
London
Wolseley
Soudon
England
General Gordon
Wortley
War Office
Bayuda
Korti
Metemneh
Lord Oun
Boscawen
Shendy
Cairo
Osman Digna
Eastern Sea
Red Sea
Zebehr
Wilson
Nile
Nicoll
Falmouth
Lord Isele
Sopasal Gord
French successes in China reported from Paris
Paris reports Admiral Courbet telegraphing from Kelung that fifteen hundred Chinese attacked a new position Saturday night, were repulsed, leaving two hundred dead, including a European officer and several mandarins. French losses were one killed and one wounded. General Briere de l Isle says forts near the Chinese camp were carried, enemy driven to the Mandarin road, Lang-Son two days away. Formosa operations continue toward Kelung mines. An Englishman is believed killed and five Americans have joined Chinese army officers in England to obtain war stores contracts for shipment to China via the Suez Canal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Courbet
Kelung
Mandarin Road
Lang- Son
Formosa
Earon
England
China
Driving Out the Chinese in Eurexa Cal February 7 1906
Riot erupts as a stray bullet kills David Kendall City Council member and wounds a boy. Over a thousand citizens rally, resolutions condemn Chinese acts, and a committee orders all Chinese to leave. Chinese residents are marched to a warehouse and imprisoned awaiting tomorrow’s San Francisco steamer. A second mass meeting with about two thousand attendees strengthens removal plan and future bans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eurexa
Cal
David Kendall
San Francisco
England's Ship Building Output and Foreign Orders
Special Cablegram from London notes renewed activity in Britain's ship building with 184 vessels totaling about 130000 tons built for foreign accounts over the past year. Many orders target colonial and Canadian markets, with substantial Canadian orders owned by American citizens. two new Tyne steamers will be registered under British limited liability, despite American ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Trwes
London
Canada
United States
Tyne
Divorce Granted for City Council Member Bay
Special Dispatch reports James G. M. Bay, a long serving Common Council member, obtained a divorce in Dauphin County Court after testifying to repeated indignities including thrown pitchers and wash bowls. He and Mrs Bay wed in 1881. the case, noted for Bay’s wealth and public role, will be appealed to the Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuxares
Hamispura
James G. M. Bay
Dauphin County
Mr. Bay
Supreme Court
Robbers Bind Family Then Loot Pulaski Township Home
Three masked men forced entry to William Foster's Pulaski township house. They bound and gagged the family, ransacked interiors, and stole 100 dollars in cash and jewelry worth several hundred dollars. They fled in a horse and buggy from the barn, taking four horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pirissuna
William Foster
Pulaski Township
Stage driver John Schorr dies by own action on line
Special Dispatch to Tur Times Port Jervis N Y February 7 John Schorr age 4 stage driver on the line between Port Jervis and Milford committed death by own action yesterday by taking laudanum No cause assigned The report notes the self inflicted death occurred while in service on the Milford route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tur
Port Jervis
N. Y
John Schorr
Milford
Tak Laudanum
Demoralized Home Secretary in a Time of Dynamite Fear
A sprawling London dispatch notes the English Home Secretary's personal fright and a heavy police guard amid a growing dynamite scare. It cites a wave of job applicants at Scotland Yard, many tall and athletic, with 1000+ reportedly employed after explosions. Also reports Cardinal Chigi's illness and church reform talk, plus theatrical previews and arts notices in London.
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London
Scotland Yard
Sir William Harcourt
Sir William
German Commerce Loses to English Port Profits
The Cologne Gazette estimates German losses from trans oceanic goods via English ports total 3.6 million pounds in freights plus 2.8 million in agents' commissions and 908 thousand in insurances and related items. It notes England earns about half a million marks daily from German commerce. The piece also mentions a German protectorate proposal over Upper Niger and Timbuktu with Stuttgart and Hamburg firms trading there.
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London
Cologne
English
England
Dalbreck
Senegambia
Stuttgart
Hamburg
Niger
Timbu
Cruelty to the Jews in Tangiers report
The Jews of Tangiers forward evidence of Moorish outrages. Governor Demnat allegedly ordered a 94 year old rabbi to receive 980 lashes, and the rabbi now lies dying. Women and children were harmed, and agents bribe reports hinder inquiry. The Anglo Jewish Association seeks Lord Granville's intercession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tangiers
London
lo-Jewish Association
Demnat
Anglo-Jewish Association
Lord Granville
Tish
The Congo Complication
Henry M. Stanley warned that unless Portugal yields rights of the African International Association in Lower Congo the conference will fail. Advices from Congo report the Portuguese did not hoist flags at the river mouth as claimed, though they planned to. a British gunboat protest halted their move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congo
Beau
Henry M. Stanley
Portugal
African International Association
Lower Congo
MaplerEraa
Anarchists Executed At Halle By Sword
Anarchists Reinsdorf and Keuchler were executed by sword at 8 o clock this morning in Halle prison. They had been sentenced by the Imperial Court at Leipsic for attempting to assassinate the Emperor and other royals at the Neiderwald celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bexarm
Reinsdorf
Keuchler
Leipsic
Neiderwald
Halle
Royal betrothal reported Brussels confirms Belgium prince
An official Brussels notice states Princess Clementine, daughter of King Leopold of Belgium, will marry Prince Albert, grandson of Prigoene, marking a definite betrothal. The report notes Clementine has recently reached marriageable age and the engagement is confirmed for a future ceremony in Brussels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Brussels
Clementine
King Leopold
Belgium
Albert Benesiden
Prigoene
Cleveland in New York Address from Tammany and Cleveland Reply
In New York on February 7 Mayor Grace and Adjutant Farnsworth joined President-elect Cleveland and Colonel Lamont at the Victoria Hotel for breakfast. Cleveland slipped out with Lamont, had his photo taken, and returned to meet a large Tammany Hall committee that presented an address of support. Cleveland thanked the group, cited their backing for his administration, and noted he will need help in the coming work. Daniel Manning, a Grey Stone guest, arrived and will meet Cleveland, who plans to visit Mr. Tilden the next morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tadema
Plato
Paul Roson
Pettie
School For Scandal
Harte
Frith
Mary
Ludwig of
Bavaria
Theodore Thomas
New York
Langtry
Lady Teazle
Charles Coghlan
W. Farren
F. Everill
H. Dalziel
Lin Rayne
Mr. Smedley
Edmund Yates
Courtenay Thorp
Arthur Wood
H. Crisp
E. D. Lyons
J. Carne
H. Berbohm Tree
Kate Pattison
Arthur Stierling
Eva Sothern
Somerset House
Strand
Emirant
Lucille Dudley
America
Schiedam
Ford
Khartoum
London
A &Pectacle
Augustus Harris
Drury Lane
Napoleon I
Elba
Waterloo
St. Helena
Colonel Greenall
Gilbert Greenall
Cymbeline
Angela Fenton
Sardou
Madame Tessandier
Vaudeville
Paris Opera
Madame Kraussee
Anna
Grace
Farnsworth
Cleveland
Colonel Lamont
Victoria Hotel
Lamont
Broadway
Union Square
Tammany Hall
Democratic Organization of Tammany Hall
United States
John Cochrane
Daniel Manning
Greystone
Mr. Tilden
Short's Hearing Postponed After Revolver Found
In Tombs Court NY, Captain Phelan and alleged assailant Short faced questioning. A Colt revolver, hidden in a sling, led to a search by Sergeant Grainger. The weapon was seized. bail for Short to be arranged Monday. adjournment granted to next Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Grainger
Phelan
Short
Oliver
Suspected Bank Robber Arrested on Ninth Street
Joseph Howard known as a bank sneak was arrested by a private detective on Ninth Street and jailed at Central Station awaiting Coldwater Michigan authorities. He allegedly acted as the stall in a August first bank job at First National Bank of Coldwater, where $10,000 in notes were taken by confederates while a teller was diverted. Howard, about forty and handsome, is linked to a gang of noted robbers and claimed Eastern ties. he denies knowledge of the Coldwater crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Howard
Ninth Street
Central Station
Coldwater
Michigan
First National Bank
Howard
Puff Minor
Johnny Price
Horace Hogan
Little Horace
Georgie Carson
Danny Hunt
Joe Butts
Peppermint Joe
New Castle
Del
Wilmington
Big Frank” McCoy
Jimmy Hope
Nash Swindled by Stranger Posing as Labor Committee
Saloon keeper Stephen Nash of Fifth and Market streets, a Greenback Labor party activist, was deceived by a man who claimed to be George Sandler from Schuylkill County. The stranger asked for $60 to pay scab weavers, vanished afterward, and Nash learned Sandler was not a Knights of Labor member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Nash
Fifth and
Market Streets
Greenback Labor Party
George Sandler
Schuylkill County
Nash
Sandler
Mr. Sandler
Knights of Labor
Evidence Trails Against Burton London
Police found a paper in Burton luggage showing a ground plan of Parliament buildings. A detective will travel to the United States to seek information about Cunningham. Ticket sales to view Westminster Palace have been halted pending further notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton
London
Parliament
United States
Cunningham
Westminster Palace
Threatening Letter Prompts Alarm at Eton Chapel
A letter received in London on February 7 caused great excitement at Eton College. It threatened to blow up the College Chapel tomorrow. Precautions were taken to prevent any injury to the chapel and its occupants.
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London
Eton
Mutiny denial and health scares across early 1900s notices
The Paris Temps denies mutiny among Algerian troops at Kelung while Southampton County Virginia reports severe diphtheria outbreaks. Obituary notes Henry Kessler, ex sheriff and former Ohio legislator, in Cincinnati. Eastern trunk lines show 81,000 tons shipped out of Ohio for the week ending February 7. Elphinstone steamer ashore at Cape Henlopen but refloated with no aid. Dublin Gazette seizes copies of United Irishman. Fire in Bur l Vermont injures and losses total 20000. Wrestlers Duncan Ross and Tom Cannon sign for Rompeemie world match in Orleans on February 15. Mary Shemicke, 70, fatally struck by streetcar horses in Baltimore. Riverside Iron Works in Wheeling dismisses boilers and heaters affecting nearly 100 workers. New steel rail advances noted. West Africa coast reports incomplete.
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Paris
Kelung
Southampton County
Henry Kessler
Ohio
Cincinnati
Eastern Trunk Lines
Elphinstone
Cape Henlopen
Dublin Gazette
Rossa
United Irishman
Ireland
George R. Holt
Bur
Partl
Nad Kennedy
Duncan
Ross
Tom Cannon
Orleans
Mary Shemicke
Ington
Liberty Streets
Baltimore
Wordy exchange in Albany over Sheriff Davison case
In Albany February 7 a heated courtroom exchange occurred as Burke Cochran for Sheriff Davison and Miller for the opposition clashed over the evidence and legal arguments. Cochran urged dismissal of charges while Miller claimed a seven thousand dollar false claim. The Governor urged decorum as Cochran promised a release by Monday. decision reserved.
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Albany
Sheriff Davison
New York
Burke Cochran
Davison
Miller
Executive Chamber
Mr. Cockran
Mr. Miller
Cockran
Terrific Boiler Explosion near Hazleton
A massive boiler blast at Linderman, Skeer & Co. colliery in Humboldt, near Hazleton, destroyed the boiler house and scattered debris for hundreds of yards. Fireman William Culp escaped death with minor injuries after being buried in wreckage. engineer Patrick Boyle suffered serious scalding and other injuries. The cause is under investigation.
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Hazietton
Linderman, Skeer”& Co
Humboldt
Hazleton
William Culp
James Carpenter
William Leonard
Culp
Patrick Boyle
Rossa's Assailant Recalled In London Antecedents
Elizabeth Vicary of Donegana Street relates details about Mrs. Dudley, the woman who shot O Donovan Rossa, tracing her earlier movements in Barnet and nearby Seenet. She describes a slight, well dressed, intelligent woman with eccentric habits and a fondness for a baby she carried about town in costly apparel.
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Montreal
Dudley
O’donovan Rossa
Elizabeth Vicary
Donegana Street
Vicary
Barnet
London
England
Seenet
Building Explodes at Humboldt Colliery Wrecks Boiler House
A massive explosion in the boiler house of Linderman & Skeer at Humboldt wrecked the building. Debris flew hundreds of feet. one of eight boilers was hurled two hundred feet, hitting and partially demolishing a dwelling where occupants barely escaped death. Cause unknown. losses run into thousands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesparre
Linderman & Skeer
Humboldt
Language Club Formed at Columbia College
A group of prominent men met at Columbia College on February 7 and organized the Language Club to preserve the purity and integrity of English in speech and writing. President F A P Barnard was selected, with David Dudley Field Rh Ogden Doramus Melvie Dewey and George Perry named to the executive committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Columbia College
F. A. P. Barnard
David Dudley Field
Barnard
Rh. Ogden Doramus
Melvie Dewey
George Perry
Strike at Lowell Continues With No New Developments
The strike at Lowell, Lowelli, Mass., Feb 7 continues with no new developments. About thirty female spinners and twisters left the carpet company to join the strikers. A meeting of ingrains and brussels weavers voted to send another committee to Superintendent Lyon on Monday and to return to work at noon if he agrees to a compromise. The company shows no sign of concessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowelli
Mass
Ingrain
Brussels
Lyon
Belgian minister asks Vatican to delay nuncio until Belgium stable
M. Pitteurs, new Belgian Minister to the Vatican, met the Pope and urged deferring a nuncio to Belgium until the country’s political situation improves. He stressed Belgium’s friendly intentions and the current state of affairs. The Vatican appointed Signor Reinaldini Charge d'Affaires at Brussels.
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Belgium
Vatican
Rome
M. Pitteurs
The
Athan
Signor
Reinaldini
Brussels
Mor ris lynched by masked mob in Texas tale of assault
In Schulenburg a 23 year old Black man Tom Morris was arrested for assaulting 13 year old white girl Josephine Sedlek. A masked mob seized him from custody near Weimar and hanged him in a nearby tree, with locals saying the attack occurred in the neighborhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Texas
Tom Morris
Weimar
Schulenburg
Josephine Sedlek
Morris
Calaboose
Mrs Carey Accused in Alarm Over Arson Threats
Ellen M Carey of 1510 Tudor Street and neighbor Emma Geverd have clashed over an ongoing dispute. Morning reports say lighted matches were thrust through a shutter of Geverd’s home, leading to Carey's arrest on arson charges and detention for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Carey
Ellen M. Carey
Tudor Street
Emma Geverd
Sailor Dies After Jump From Lodging House Window
An unnamed sailor living at D. B. Morgan's emigrant lodging at 92 South Front Street leaped from a third story window last night and sustained a serious head injury. He was rushed to Pennsylvania Hospital where Dr. Christie offered little hope for recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. B. Morgan
South Front Street
Pennsylvania Hospital
Christie
Appointed by Judges names new district education board member
The Board of Judges at their meeting yesterday appointed James Whitney as a member of the Board of Education for the Fifteenth section and Henry Godshall as Deputy for the Sixth district, replacing Johan Shedden who has moved away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Whitney
Board of Education
Henry
Godshall
Johan Shedden
Brookhaven Man Acquitted in Second Murder Trial
Hance B. Penn, tried in Brookhaven after a venue change for the Hazlehurst murder of RK. B. Reals, was acquitted by the jury last night following a prior conviction at Hazlehurst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookhaven
Miss
Hance B. Penn
RK. B. Reals
Hazlehurst
Ocean Steamship Arrivals From European Ports
Ocean steamship arrivals listed for New York include Noordland from Antwerp City of Chester from Liverpool State of Nevada from Glasgow Labrador from Havre Germanic from Liver Om Browhead City of Chicago from New York.
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New York-Noordland
Antwerp
City of Chester
Liverpool
State of Nevada
Glasgow
Labrador
Havre
City of Chicago
New York
Trained Man Jumped From Reading Railroad Car
James Dougherty of 563 North Twenty Fifth Street jumped from a Reading Railroad train at Green Street last evening and suffered severe cuts to his body. He was received at a local hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Dougherty
North
Reading
Green Street
CANDIDATES PROTEST OVER $500 MAGISTERIAL FEES
Democratic magisterial nominees clash with the city executive committee over a $500 assessment for the campaign. Candidates threaten to run their own campaign if reduced, citing legal limits on campaign spending and possible indictments for excess contributions. Lawyers appeal for funds to publish tickets, print ballots, and staff polling places, naming L. H. Taylor and Lincoln L. Eyre as money recipients.
Ward Nominees Face Off in Local Council Races
In Philadelphia thirty ward contests shape the slate for Common Council with Isaac M. Post and Frederick W. Grayson Jr. selected by the Twenty-seventh ward Democrats while Republicans nominate Rowan and Walton. Fifty-fifth ward and other groups rally around magistrates and school director seats as independent Republicans back Colonel Banes. Court of Common Pleas set to convene next Saturday to appoint election officers and polling places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leeds
Hare
Becker
Twenty-seventh Ward
Isaac M. Post
Chestnut Street
Frederick W. Grayson, Jr
South Forty-second Street
Rowan and Walton
W. A. Hensel
Democratic Club
Twenty-ninth Ward
Charles Drum
G. R. Petri
Joseph Plum
Richard Lloyd
Samuel A. Wallace, Jr
Henry McNamee
Young Democratic Regiment
Young Democratic Battalion
McVay
Clarke
Collins
Independent Reublicans
The Big Corn Movement Checked in Nebraska
The large early year corn movement in Nebraska has hit a temporary setback due to warm weather. Roads are breaking up and many districts are impassable for wagon transport. Cribs and small elevators are cut off from supply, though an upward trend is expected to encourage repairs and shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Nebraska
German Interests In the South Sea
In Bexurn on February 7 a new white book titled German Interests in the South Sea discusses Prince Bismarcks stance. It notes Earl Granville proposed British protection for all of New Guinea but England would accept only the southern coast. Bismarck refused to cede jurisdiction to Britain over any foreign population classed as German.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Sea
Bexurn
Prince Bismarck
Karl Granville
New Guinea
Earl Granville
England
Bismarck
Eng
Germany
Weather outlook for Middle Atlantic states today report
Indications show warmer, partly cloudy weather with local snow or light rain in the Middle Atlantic states. Clearing to southern portions with winds shifting from southerly to westerly and rising barometer. For New York and Philadelphia, warmer and cloudy conditions with light showers, followed by clearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle Atlantic States
New
Philadelphia
City News in Brief
Argument on James Kane's motion for a new trial was postponed due to counsel illness. Harry Marks faced trial for passing a bogus check at the Bank of the Republic on Buttonwood Street. A separate larceny charge against Kane was dismissed. Joseph L. Tull received $1,160 from Beate sale proceeds and a joint stock outfit claim was filed with details unclear from the damaged text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Kane
Joe Hare
Harry Marks
N Bank of the Republic
Lottie Thompson
Buttonwood Street
Joseph L. Tull
Benexset An Sakae
Eset
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