Across the Sea and Little Russia Uprising News
Reports from Exgartoum to Khartoum note General Gordon arrival expected and Hussein Pasha blocking measures while a Nil hlist plot threatens the imperial family. A Daily News correspondent Edmund O Dono van killed, and strychnine bread fears spark arrests. Ice breakup in St Louis causes vessel damage and city flooding risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exgartoum
Sheik Obode
Khartoum
Gordon
Hussein Pasha
el Obeid
von Seckendorf
Edmund O’donovan
Daily News
Hicks
Enigreine
el -Mahdi
London
the Times
Baron Rothschild
England
Egypt
Arabi Pasha
Sr. Petersevre
Sondenkin
Sobieloff
Kharkoff
Russia
Moscow Exiles Escort Jeannette Crew to Hamburg
Lieutenant G B Harber and Master W H Schwertze escorted the Jeannette expedition coffins from Moscow to Hamburg after a solemn procession. A Lutheran pastor spoke at the railroad station as wreaths were laid, including one from Moscow University students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
G. B. Harber
W.H. Schwertze
DeLong
Jeannette
Hamburg
America
Moscow Univer
Explosion on Canadian Pacific line kills five at Fay and McLennan contract
News from Winnipeg reports a deadly explosion east of Port Arthur on January 22 at Fay and McLennan's contract. Dynamite cartridges near the store caused the blast. Five men died: Sidney H. Fay, Joseph E. McGillevray, John A. McDougall, John Burbank, and Fay Magnus McClure. The first two lived only hours. the others died instantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winniese
Man
Canadian Pacific Railway
Port Arthur
Fay & McLennan
Sidney H. Fay
Joseph E. McGillevray
John A. McDougall
John Burbank
Fay Magnus McClure
Arrest of a Gang of Burglars in Cleveland
Cleveland police cracked an organized burglary gang operating in Northern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania. Acting on prisoner information, fifteen suspects were arrested Friday morning and large quantities of stolen property were recovered. Officers continue to seek remaining members in the surrounding region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Agrarian Agitation in Russia in Peasant Provinces
January 30 report from St Petersberg notes continued agrarian agitation in Pskov and Vitebsk despite many arrests. Peasants in Vitebsk are so irritated that the Governor has telegraphed for troop withdrawal to avoid a likely collision. Appeals to educated classes in Little Russia urge unity against autocracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersevre
Pskov
Vitebsk
St. Petersburg
Russia
New Disease Strikes Texas Cattle In West County
GaLVESTowN Texas January 30 A Dallas special says a strange fatal disease has broken out among cattle in the western part of the county with large numbers dying. The disease resists treatment. A mass meeting of cattlemen was held at Grand Prairie to organize a response to stop the ravages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Galvestown
Dallas
Grand Prairie
Steamer Rhymalions Strikes Rocks Near Cardiff
London January 30. The steamer Rhymalions on the Holyhead to Cardiff run struck a rock near Cardiff last night. The mate five sailors and a boy escaped in a small boat. the captain and ten men remained aboard and were likely lost as the ship faded from sight half an hour after abandoning ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Holyhead
Cardiff
Hazing Reported at Annapolis Academy
More hazing is reported at the military academy in Annapolis Missouri. On Saturday first class cadets tried to force a fourth class man named Russel to stand on his head. A free fight followed and several cadets were injured. It is said three upperclassmen who shared a board arrangement harbored hatred toward each fourth class member. The latter refused to provide information to authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
The
Military Academy
Russel
Eac
Cetewayo Escapes Ekowe Then Is Recaptured
Dispatches from Durban report Cetewayo and followers escaped Ekowe on Sunday with women and children reaching Natal. He was captured by military on Monday and brought back to Ekowe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Durban
Cetewayo
Ekowe
Natal
Woman Run Over and Killed Crossing Fire Creek Tracks
Charleston dispatch reports yesterday evening Mrs. Lucy Evans was killed by a freight shifter while crossing the Fire Creek railroad track. She leaves a family of small children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Fire Creek
Lucy Evans
Glass strike ends after seven months in Prisswre Pa
The Manufacturers and Workers Conference Committee of window glass workers reached a satisfactory agreement ending a seven month idle period. Workers will receive last year’s wages until April 1, then a sliding scale based on card rates for glass. The accord lasts to July 1 with possible annual adoption if successful. About 2,500 local workers will regain employment as plants resume by February 15. A Cleveland ratification meeting for Western and New York associations is planned for next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prrisswre
West
Western
New York
Cleveland
Confidence Sharp Caught in Titusville Con Game
Titusville Pennsylvania residents were duped by a stranger posing as J B Studebaker of Studebaker Bros South Bend wagon makers. He claimed to open branch shops and hire 250 workers, offered to buy fourteen acres, and passed a forged 3450 check drawn on an out of town bank. He fled by sleigh, was traced to Oil City, and arrested at Sandy Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titusville
Penn
J. B. Studebaker
Studebaker Bros
South Bend
Ind
Commercial Bank
Onassasc National Bank
Newburg
Homer Ramsdall
Studebaker
Oil City
Sandy Lake
Arrest at publishing house over policy slips
Anthony Comstock and seven policemen raided H. M. Rideout s publishing house in New York. Eleven bags of printed matter forty three bundles 10000 policies the same number of tickets and 50000 circulars were confiscated. Thirty five young women were at work on the circulars and dispersed as police arrived. Rideout faced lottery law charges with bonds set at 1600 dollars for an early court appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Anthony Comstock
H. M. Rideout
Rideout
Mr. Comstock
Postmaster Arrested for Forged Post Office Orders in St Louis
Anson Linsinmeirk, formerly postmaster at Reutzinger in Baden, was arrested in St Louis for forging numerous post office orders worth thousands of dollars. He was working as a saloon bartender on Clark Avenue and Sixteenth Street when seized by E A Becker, a special Deputy U S Marshal, who is pursuing a relative believed involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Anson Linsinmeirk
Reutzinger
Duchy of Baden
Clark Avenue
Sixteenth Street
E. A. Becker
U.S
Linsinmeirk
Engineer Killed In Fog Collision Near Warren
Corry Pennsylvania January 19 engineer F M Ware ham of engine No 57 on the Buffalo New York and Philadelphia Railroad was killed early today between Warren and Irvington. He was backing west when an opposing engine struck his tender crushing him in the cab. A fog and misunderstanding caused the disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corry
Penn
F. M. Wareham
Buffalo, New York & Philadelphia
Warren
Irvington
Indemnity Demanded by American Minister in Constantinople
General Lew Wallace the American Minister demanded from the Porte an indemnity of 000 on account of the alleged illegal arrest of Dr Pflaum an American by the Governor of the Ascos and indemnity for American travelers attacked by Kurdish brigands in Anatolia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Lew. Wallace
The
Porte
Dr. Pflaum
Ascos
Anatolia
Miner Thomas O Richards Killed at Bull Run Colliery
Pottsville Pa January 29 Thomas O Richards superintendent of the Bull Run Colliery of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company fell to the bottom of a 200 yard slope and was instantly killed at the scene authorities said one of the worst mining accidents reported this week in the region with the victim immediately identified as a long time coal industry official
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PotTsville
Thomas O. Richards
Bull Run
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company
Merchants Telegraph and Cable Company Incorporation
New York January 29 The articles of incorporation were filed for Merchants Telegraph and Cable Company with capital stock fixed at eighteen million dollars and provision for increase to twenty million nine thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cable Company
New York
Merchants? Telegraph and Cable Company
Discoverer claims Aztec writing key found in Mexico
A Matamoros dispatch reports Rev Father Damaro Soto of Concordia in Vera Cruz state has discovered a key to deciphering Aztec writings. The claim, if verified, could illuminate ancient inscriptions and hieroglyphs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis, Mo
Matamoros
Mexico
Damaro Soto
Concordia
Death of German Resident John Hessler in Meadville
Meadville Pennsylvania January 30 John Hessler aged fifty seven a German resident of this city was found dead in bed by his wife this morning from asthma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meadville
Peny
John Hessler
Change of venue sought in Blue Cat train robbery case
Frank James' attorneys filed for a change of venue in the Blue Cat train robbery case in Kansas City Missouri on January 30. A decision is expected by February 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Frank James
Governor to Call Extra Session and Regional News Update
The Pennsylvania governor plans an extra legislative session. Chicago Expo runs Sept 3 to Oct 18. Universal telephone company formed in New York with 32.5 million capital. Leadville bank suspends operations. only one bank remains open there. Canada spent 800,000 on telegraph lines, tolls cover less than operating costs. De Lessers invited to finish canal linking St Petersburg to sea. Princess Louise backs emigration society sending English and Irish farmers to Canada. Death warrants signed for Jesse Carter and George Jones of Allegheny County. executions set for April 3. Engine-house collapse at Eagle Hill Colliery kills Joseph Rausch. several others injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Cuhicago
Universal Telephone Company
New York
Tee Merchantss and Mechanics’ Bank of
Leadville
de Lessers
St. Petersburg
Russia
Princess Louise
Canada
Jesse Carter
George Jones
Allegheny County
Harrisburg
Eagle Hill
Pottsville
Joseph Rausch
Rail disaster on Monon line near Broad Ripple
Salem Bridge collapse on the Monon route results in a passenger train wreck near Broad Ripple Indiana eight miles north of Indianapolis. Fire and destruction follow as baggage and smoking cars crash, with several dead and many injured. bridge repairs cited and questions raised about structural integrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Salem Bridge
White River
Broad Bippie
Wu. &. Losey
James Noonan
John H. Brewer
Lafayette
John E. Ricketts
Monon
E. Smith
Madison
George Lowery
Buena Vista
Thomas Parr
Delphi
John Bray
Deming
Indiana
Chicago
Lynn Clark
Westfield
Ricketts
Smith
W. P. Houk
William A. Seaman
Hamilton County
William T. Swiggart
Carmel
Mrs. Sullivan
J.B. Horton
B.J. White
Charlies Parker
White
Jail Break Prompts Suspicion in Madison County
Athens Ga January 31 The Madison County jail was emptied two nights ago as four prisoners escaped. A fifth inmate Simon Childers a colored man who married a fourteen year old white girl provoked mob anger and was saved from lynching with difficulty. Authorities fear Childers was killed after the breakout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Madison County
Simon Childers
Childers
Sleigh Accident in Reading Injures Twenty Seven Women
At noon today a sleigh carrying twenty seven ladies overturned on Crooked Hill in Reading. Several passengers were thrown off or trampled by horses. Mrs. Wm. Hummel sustained a broken nose and a severely cut face. three others were seriously injured and many more bruised. Police and bystanders assisted the injured and taken to local homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Crooked Hill
Wm. Hummel
Efforts for Sabbath Observance In Ottawa
The Society for the Suppression of Vice appoints a delegate to seek amendments to the Lord's Day act in Ottawa. Aims include banning Sunday excursions and unnecessary railway canal post office work and repealing lottery raffles at bazaars for charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Society For the Suppression of Vice
Ottawa
Tragic Kentucky Child Burned Follows Fire Death
A four year old boy of Mr Rickets in Carroll County Kentucky died after a fireplace accident Tuesday. The child, who had fits since birth, toppled into a large open hearth while alone, and died Wednesday. General Charles Gordon known as Chinese Gordon died at age thirty after commanding a Chinese army division. famed for leading from the front with a cane he used as a supposed magic wand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison, Iyp
Carroll County
Rickets
Charles Gordon
Chinese Gordon
World’s longest fence to span three states
The wire fence stretches from Indian Territory across the Texas Panhandle and into New Mexico along the Canadian River. It aims to halt northern cattle drift and is described as a bold, splendid enterprise likely to yield strong returns, with a length exceeding two hundred miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Territory
Texas Panhandle
New Mexico
Chicago Herald
Man jailed after telling German Judge to speak louder
A man received three days in prison after addressing a German judge and asking him to raise his voice. The incident highlights tense courtroom decorum and cross language friction as the accused challenged the judge's audibility during proceedings.
War in Egypt reports siege woes and troop losses
Cairo reports General Gordon’s letters to El Mahdi about sending European prisoners to Khartoum. Sinkat’s besiegers suffer severe losses on February 19 as Tewfik Bey attacks. Sinkat’s garrison exhausts supplies and fears a sally, with only dog meat and barley left. Baker Pasha’s skirmishes near Tokar show cowardice by Turkish elements, while rebels gain ground. Tokar’s water is foul and rations run low, threatening surrender. London notes the dire situation with wells filled, diarrhoea, and scarce ammunition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Gordon
el Mahdi
Khartoum
Tewfik Bey
Sinkat
Shakoor
Darfour
Baker Pasha
Tokar
Baker
London
Soudan
Deadly Gasoline Explosion Destroys Orr Block in Alliance
A gasoline fumes blast at F. M. Orr’s business block in Alliance Ohio leveled the building and damaged adjacent structures. Six or more people were killed or trapped. all bodies recovered by nightfall. Only Frank Evans survived with his family perished. Property damage estimated at 60,000 to 80,000 dollars. business and minstrel show canceled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. M. Orr
Elmer Orr
Homer Highland
Frank Evans
Mr. Orr
Son
Orr
Robert Joice
Frank Fries
D. Lewis Esq
Jerry Miller
Maggie Miller
John Baker
John Curry
Charles H. Hayden
Duprez & Benedict’s
Minstrels
A Chance for the Detectives in Budapest Robbery
New York reports Inspector Byrnes received Budapest police circulars detailing a bold January 5 robbery. A wicker basket carried an iron chest with four locks and 240,000 florins in mixed notes was stolen from the main Post Office platform. No trace of the thieves, suspected to have fled to this country, and rewards totaling 2,000 dollars are offered for information, arrest, or recovery of the notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Byrnes
Buda-Pesth
Hungary
Hou s e holdup chase in Texas leaves deputy shot
CarLuas Texas February 1 A fight with horse thieves from Waxahachie ends with one captured thief jailed the other fleeing into timber after shooting Deputy Sheriff John Meredith through the thigh. Sheriff Brawley and Bosse pursue with bloodhounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CarLuas
Texas
Waxahachie
Hickey
John Meredith
Brawley
Bosse
Eight Citizens Arrested For Sleigh Race Under Blue Laws
Reading Pa February 1 Eight well known citizens were arrested for horse racing with sleighs on the public road under the blue laws of 1794. Conviction would require selling the horses and placing the proceeds in the county treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Two Convicted Murderers Escape Jail at Helena
Leonard Dall and Louis Proctor, convicted of the July murder of John Diamond, escaped from Helena jail last night while awaiting sentence. The Governor offers a $500 reward for their capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay the Rock
Leonard Dall
Louis Proctor
Helena
John Diamond
Fatal Boiler Explosion Hits Detroit Mill Near Blanchard
A boiler at Switchells shingle mill near Blanchard exploded this morning in Detroit Michigan, killing Henry Roop and John Finlayson, fatally injuring a man named Gerrod, and wounding several others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mica
Switchell
Blanchard
Henry Roop
John Finlayson
Atman
Gerrod
Keely Motor Company Delays Public Exhibition
Philadelphia February 1 report states the Keely Motor Company voted another postponement of the public exhibition at the inventor's request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keely
Philadelphia
Keely Mortor Company
Victorious Defeat and Miss Fisher’s Regret
A brief humor note shows Miss Belle Fisher expressing sorrow over an event with young James from Indiana. The exchange reveals light banter about rejection, confidence, and flirtation amid a lively afternoon. Nearby, a Santa Barbara cabinet holds false teeth exhumed from graves, crafted from shells to fit the upper jaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Belle Fisher
James
Indiana
Miss Fisher
Youn J
Shcur
Santa Barbara
Cal
Bente Barbara
Senate and House actions in late January and February
The report covers Senate and House activity from January 20 to February 1. It records bills on public lands timber culture, North Dakota, and Indian destitution relief at Crow Agency. appropriations for tobacco tax rebates and New Mexico legislature expenses. pensions for widows and dependents of deceased soldiers. meat inspection. public buildings in Ottumwa and Louisville. and railroad work limits. It notes funeral services for E W M Mackey, and committee actions on education, post offices, patents, and territories. It also covers a Greely Relief Expedition debate, prohibition petitions, and headlines on Porto Rico Cuba relations. The Fitz John Porter bill passes, and funds are allocated for Montana Indians and public buildings at Erie and Council Bluffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
West
Committee On Public Lands
Cameron
Territory
North Dakota
House
Crow Agency
New Mexico
Ottumwa
Louisville
Ben
Lewis
Representative Mackey
Pettibone
E. W. M. Mackey
South Carolina
Secretary of War
Mississippi
St. Paul
District of Columbia
Galveston
Seattle
Tacoma
Dakota
Idaho
Hale
Committee of Commerce
Greely
Aly
Mackey
Committee On Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry
H.J. Hunt
Erie
Ame Eaenteria Pak
Council Bluffs
Townshend
Porto Rico
Cuba
Blair
Committee On Education and Labor
Workingmen’s Association
Platt
Western Union
Committee On Appropriations
Ellis
Committee On
Montana
Conference
Columnus
Crawford County
Agricultural Society
Said County
Butler County
Said
Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home
Xenia
Eadly
Middletown
Tuscarawas County
Columbus
Reed
State Board of Pharmacy
Portage County
W. H. H. McIntire
Guernsey County
Eeayton Reunion Association
Hovasse
Rochester Township
Lorain County
Finance Committee
Judiciary Committee
Washburn
Love
New Lisbon
Columbiana County
Medical Colleges
White
Vancleaf
A.D. Fassett
Thorp
Crites
Ohio
Crowell
Congress
J. Oren
Godfrey
Puckrin
Erie County
Addison
Muskingum County
Beatty
Lucas County
State Sinking Fund Commission
Clark County
Springfield
Wm. Felger
Green Township
Wayne County
Bae
Scioto River
Dublin
Cincinnati and Eastern
Seneca County
Ohio Senate and House pass and introduce bills in January
Ohio General Assembly reports numerous bills in late January. Senate advances and postpones measures on a State Board of Pharmacy and town ditch appeals, while authorizing bonds and school appropriations. House passes exemptions for widows, authorizes waterworks refunds, and debates wages liens and labor protections. Senate and House consider tax, road, and public notices reforms with multiple appropriations and constitutional matters.
Ax Murder in Cincinnati Suburb Shocks Tenement Family
Early today in Mt. Auburn a man named Patrick Harrnet attacked his wife Mary with an ax while she slept, crushing her skull and killing her instantly as she awaited the birth of their child. Harriet was arrested after resisting the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Mt. Auburn
Patrick Harrnet
Mary
Harriet
Baron von Schoeler and the enormous anaconda
Corpus Christi reports Baron von Schoeler of Corpus Christi keeping a monstrous anaconda as a prisoner. The Baron's influence bends the creature to perform remarkable evolutions on command, often standing on its head or tail while the Baron remains in the den of the writhing beast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baron von Schoeler
Corpus Christi
Five Rochester observatories with mounted telescopes
In Rochester, five observatories with permanent telescopes and equipment exist beside several portable instruments used for work. They include Warner Observatory, the university observatory, Rev N M Mann's behind his house, Major William Streeter's atop his home, and William M Rebasz's connected with his residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N. Y
Warner Observatory
University
N. M. Mann
William Streeter
William M. Rebasz
Governor frees three-year-forger in Morgan County clemency
Governor Hoadly issues first pardon: forgery convict from Morgan County released. Two sleighs collide at Somerset killing one horse and injuring two young ladies and a driver. Norwalk post office broken into. $15 cash and $5 stamps stolen. Frank and James Keeler under suspicion. Ex Governor Young slowly convalescing near Cincinnati after long illness. New York Hat Store in Springfield suffers $3,000 loss from burst water pipe. Ips Berkmeier loses feet and hands to frostbite while sleighing at Milan. amputation performed. J B K Stump of Madison Township shoots and kills a gray eagle seven feet six inches wingspan. Cincinnati to host a dog show in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoadly
Morgan County
Somerset
Norwalk
Frank
James Keeler
Young
Cincinnati
New York
Springfield
Ips Berkmeyer
Milan
J. BK. Stump
Madison Township
Musiingum County
A Laborer Builds a Tiny Canal Boat Home
A New York Sun piece describes a laborer who converted an old canal boat at the East River into a 12 by 20 foot home on deck with two rooms. He details costs, lumber sources, carpentry help, and seven months' occupancy, claiming healthier living and saved rent as savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Avenue
Seventeenth Street
N. Y
Science and Industry Innovations Across the Nation
A survey of growing camphor trees in Florida and other gains in science and industry. Pearl diving in Ohio and Tennessee yields favorable results. A Denver citizen invents a windup street car aiding horses. Yorkshire cookery graduates earn salaries, clocks wind themselves, and self-winding watches spread. Grunzweig and Hartman patent artificial cork. Electric Liquor Co speeds wine ripening. A French meteorologist links earth currents to storm warnings. U.S. sheep and wool growth soars from 23 million to nearly 50 million sheep and wool output from 60 million to about 800 million pounds since 1880.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Plympton
Boston Herald
Ohio
Tennessee
Cleveland
Denver
Denver Tribune
Yorkshire School of Cookery
Pew
WN. Y. Herald
Grunzweig and
Hartman
Ludwigshafen
Rhine
Electric Liquor Company
California
San Francisco
United States
Chicago Tribune
Patent Office Names Bring Humorous Patent Requests
The Washington Republican notes odd patent titles and applicants, from Marc Antony with a fruit can to J. Whitecar with an oyster dredger and many others with whimsical or unlikely inventions, alongside a long list of peculiar names and attorney firms enhancing the comic aspect of the records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patent Office
Marc Antony
T. Allwood
J. Brown
J. Barnhill
A. Christ
Isaac Cook
Crofut
Lazarus Fried
F. Koot
H. Goodenough
J. Glover
Gloversville
N. Y
C. Lightsinger
W. Legg
F. Million
Modest Merke
J. M. Miracle
D. A. Moon
Manlove & Green
E. B. Meatyard
J. E. Mustard
A. North
Perry Prettyman
Paradise
Spring Farm
Oregon
J. D. Peck
D. T. Trueblood
J. Whitecar
W. B. Hague
Wm. Allchin
Gallup & Harry
Candy John
A. Calderhead
T. Corseiter
S. Cornfield
O. Drinkwater
E. Kiss
M. J. Laughter
KE. S. Laughinghouse
Mustapha Mustapha
Zagazig
Igcypt
Johnathan May
Church & Chaplin
Rob Roy McGregor
A. Morningstar
Johnathan Meggs Only
C. E. Plugge
L. Searback
BK. Sloppy
J. R. Scattergood
W. S. Sharpneck
D. Shortsleeve
Liberty Walkup
Pleasant Witt
Ptwentyman Wood
Washington Republican
Butler's dream car with iron shell and electric light
General Butler hopes to live to see a floating iron car with a rounded top and an electrical lighting apparatus. Thomas Scott planned to build a car on Butler's design, aiming for a padded, accident-safe conveyance as described in the Boston Herald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Butler
Thomas Scott
Boston
Heral'd
Wall Street Sage Jay Gould Tests Wind-Driven Tactics
In court Jay Gould advised that success on Wall Street hinges on reading market winds and joining the prevailing current. The remark reflects his view on timing and direction in investing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Gould
Wall Street
N.Y
Legislature urged to treat train robbery as felonious act
The Detroit Free Press calls on Michigan lawmakers to pass a law upgrading train robbery from a lesser offense to a more serious felony, arguing the crime warrants stricter penalties and enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
Michigan
Advertising Rates in The Clermont Courier
The Clermont Courier announces legal and transient advertisements priced per square for first insertion and fifty cents for each subsequent insertion. Business cards up to six lines are available at six dollars per year, with liberal yearly reductions for longer advertising runs.
Fragmented Quips On Manners And Language From 19th Century Papers
A collage of humorous quotes and anecdotes from various papers satirizing manners, pronunciation, journalism, and social behavior. It weaves jokes about Washington, funeral notices, long sentences in law, flies, false hair in Corea, and witty exchanges on politeness and propriety.
Wealthiest Woman In The World Grand Duchess Catharine Of Russia
The Grand Duchess Catharine widow of Duke George of Mecklenberg Strelitz is described as the wealthiest woman alive. She inherited part of Empress Catharine II’s fortune, funds hospitals in St Petersburg, supports young physicians on scientific expeditions, and runs a charity eating house for needy students near her palace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catharine
Russia
George
Meck- Jenurg-Strelitz
Catharine II
Paul
St Petersburg
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