Strung Up A Judge By A Young Lieutenant At Santa Fe
A 19 year old Fifth Infantry lieutenant recalls a martial law incident in Santa Fe during the early war. He forced a regimental guard to restrain Judge Joseph G Knapp to obtain his name under order, later releasing him after Knapp revealed his title. President Lincoln endorsed the lieutenant's duty while criticizing the brutal scene.
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Fifth Infantry
Santa Fe
Joseph G. Knapp
Supreme Court of
Territory of
New Mexico
Fonda
Colonel Carleton
Judge Knapp
Lincoln
Carleton
A. Lincoln
St. Louis Republican
The
Republic
Washington Cor
Philadelphia Times
Is Greece Losing Its War With Shame and Fate
Henry Norman argues in October Scribner's that Greece faces a crisis of faith and strength. He cites Turkish resurgence, Asia Minor's Greeks losing confidence, Crete disunited, and Greece facing foreign control of revenues. Corruption and political decay fuel despair among Greeks at home and abroad.
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Asia Minor
Athens
Crete
Greece
Henry Norman
Scribner's
Autumn Leaves And The Complex Chemistry Of Color
The article explains that leaf color change is a gradual, plant-driven process involving two major chemical classes. It details how waste substances remain in the leaf, break down in the soil, and how valuable compounds migrate back into the plant, while chlorophyll degrades. It notes pigments like cyanin, and describes the spectrum of autumn colors across species, with color variation tied to soil and species, quoting D P MacDougal from Harper's Magazine for October.
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Whivn
D 'P MacDougal
Harper's Magazine
Origin of Golf Traced Across Nations and Time
Casper Whitney notes in Harper's Magazine that golf origins are disputed among Holland England and Scotland. He cites ancient Dutch tiles suggesting a prototype and a 1457 Scottish decree banning golf to protect archery, with James VI taxing Dutch feather balls and Charles I playing amid Irish rebellion news.
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Holland
England
Scotland
James VI
Charles I
Casper Whitney
Harper's Magazine
Curtain Raisers and Stage News of the Season
The piece surveys current theater trends in New York with notes on Clara Palma and other actors. It cites productions, performances, and industry shifts including copyright law effects, tenant losses, and notable castings in London and Frohman’s company.
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TiAthTub Jaynes Krager
Clara Palma
Clara P Alum
George Brackus
Francis Wilvon
de Wolf Hopper
Prank Dalicis
Adele Loicute
London
New York
John .McCullough
Charles B. Hanold
Virginius
Douglas Lloyd
Charles Frohman
Eva Vincent
Mme. Augustine du Pont
du Souchet
Joseph Barrett
Barlettists
WILLIE WARLORD AND THE GERMAN EMPEROR'S CLAIMS
A compilation of 19th century editorial takes on Emperor William I claiming divine right and authority. Curbed by commentary noting his insistence on liberty only when he speaks, with skeptical references from multiple papers.
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Emperor William
Germany
New York Post
New York Tribune
Louisville Courier- Journal
William
Mugland
Whitehall
Montreal Gazette
New Diminutive Tailless Rabbit Found in Mexican Volcano
Reports describe a tiny tailless rabbit with short ears discovered near Popocatepetl in Mexico. Other notes mention a dog heart rate and blood pumped, swallow diet and insect destruction, and claims about ancient versus modern sharks with much longer teeth.
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Popocateperl
Mexico
G. &. Stewart
British Association of Engineers
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President Lincoln
MacDougal
Willie Warlord
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