Various World Notes From A Transatlantic Page
A long mixed bill of curiosities, rare facts, and anecdotes from Europe and America. Items discuss Pum Shinaware usage in Italy, a Paris Opera lamp scene, New York boxing ladies, Syracuse fencing, and Siberian Nihilists, with notes on German officers in study, Naples orphans, napkin ring demand, and a Boston physician charged with manslaughter.
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Italy
Pennsylvania
India
Paris Opera-house
Germany
Syracuse
Jennie Pearsall
Napa Valley
Russia
Siberia
Tris
Lima
Peru
New England
Duke of Parma
Boston Savings Bank
Naples
Desperate Mahdi Advance Forces Capture of Gordon Reported
Paris dispatch recounts Gordon's retreat with 17 000 faithful, eight thousand deserting, and the Mahdi’s forces closing in. The Mahdi’s camp reportedly holds Gordon as a prisoner while London disputes the capture claim and reports tribes hostile to the Mahdi moving near El Obeid.
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Paris
Cairo
Khartoum
Gordon
Takeney
Gordon Ricrenpen
Shendy
London
Foreign Office
Paris Morning News
Daily News
Debbeh
el Vase
General Battle In Third Congressional District Riots In Orleans
A violent clash in New Orleans area during a heated Third Congressional District contest left many dead and wounded. A negro preacher Gray was killed days earlier while supporting Gay for Congress, prompting a large faction to clash at Loreauville and nearby Fausse Point. Gunfire and disorder spread as rival parties pursued leaders, with Captain Wm A Bell and merchant Guilfeux among those killed, and many wounded including Viator and Mestayer. Police arrested suspects as crowds sought calm amid ongoing tension.
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New Orgrans
Gray
Terre Bonne Parish
Congress
Fausse Point
Jud Fontellgmy
Joe Guilfoux
Ge Guilfeux
Scat Boutte
Loreauville
New Iberia
Viator
Mestayer
Goud
Neelam
New
Avery
The Louisiana Battle Reported Dead in Fausse Point Clash
In New Iberia on November 2, coroner Manville tallies sixteen black men and two white men dead after a Fauss Point confrontation. Deaths and injuries vary in reports, with many suspects fleeing to bayous. Bell and Gilfoux, local leaders, were among the dead.
Theater Panic at Star Theater Kills Sixteen
A stampede after a false fire alarm at the Star Theater in Glasgow causes a deadly crush. Sixteen dead, twelve fatally injured, many others hurt as exits jam and patrons clash in narrow aisles. Fire brigade and police rescue efforts aided by the City Ambulance Corps. The panic, started by a dismissed workman, ends with authorities detaining him.
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Reveng
City Ambulance Corps
Supreme Court Denies Indian Right to Vote
The Supreme Court holds that John Elk a member of an Indian tribe who became a U S citizen by naturalization or taxation yet was denied registration as a voter in Omaha Nebraska is not guaranteed the right to vote by the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. The decision affirms the lower court ruling with Justice Justin Harlan reading a long dissent for himself and Justice Woods.
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Paris
Pennsylvania
Honomy
Wasn Hinaton
Jason
Supreme Court’ of the
United States
John Elk
Charles Wilkins
District of
Nebraska
Omaha
United Tates
Ron
United State
Justin Harlan
Justice Woods
Public Debt Statement November 1 1884 Washington
Treasury reports total debt and assets up to November 1 with figures for interest bearing debt non interest bearing cash in treasury and current liabilities. Document lists totals for certificates of deposit gold and silver certificates notes and various funds and the decrease during October and since June 30 1884.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Navy Pension Fund
Betel Sc Ass Tabor
PS Ghcbosses
Oc Cee
United States
South American Commission Plans Trade Mission Tour
The United States Commerce Commission, appointed by Congress, will depart New York on the 10th for Mexico City then travel through Guatemala, San Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Panama Isthmus, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru, Chile, and across the Andes to Mendoza and Argentina ports before returning via Brazil. Officials and businessmen will discuss US trade improvements and possible treaties akin to the Mexican treaty.
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Washington
Mexico
Central
South America
United States
New York
San Francisco
Guatemala
San Salvador
Honduras
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Panama
Venezuela
Colombia
Ecuador
Bolivia
Peru
Chile
Andes
Mendoza
Argentine Republic
Freigh train collision near Sturgis, two Mendon men dead
In Notton Michigan on November 1 a Grand Rapids and Indiana freight train carrying passengers returning from Mendon collided with a following train at Sturgis. Wm. Green was killed, George Kuhn died from injuries the next morning, and several others were slightly hurt. The engineer and fireman escaped by jumping as brakes failed on the downhill grade.
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Notton
Mich
Grand Rapids and Indiana
Mendon
Sturgis
Wm. Green
George Kuhn
Trial of Guiteau Not Guilty Verdict Reported
Washington November 3 crowd filled the court as Guiteau’s trial concluded with a verdict of not guilty. The Avenger, once cited for presidential assassination, was carried from the Hexone waters area amid the hush of the courtroom.
Cuban cyclone hits Havana and Arecibo areas
Havana reports large waves along the coast and a cyclone's impact in Nuevitas. In Arecibo thirty houses for the poor were destroyed while water flooded stores. A schooner ran ashore and the railway station water level rose twenty five centimeters. The telegraph station was struck and destroyed.
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Havana
Skull Crushed by Unknown Parties at Carroll’s Foundry
James A. McGuire engineer at Carroll's foundry was found unconscious in the engine room with his skull crushed. Doctors say he will die. Two men who were seen with him late last night were arrested on suspicion of the assault.
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Pittspurg
James_ A. McGuire
Carroll’s Foundry
Joz Hartman
Fremont
Minse Junction
Thomas McLister
McLister
Tuer Drg
Elmira Lester
Dayton
Montreal customs receipts fall in October by 129000
Montrea l reports October customs and inland revenue receipts down 129000 from October 1883. Officials attribute the drop to dull trade, with some attributing it to the Scott temperance act and reduced business in spirits and beer.
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Monttreal
Customs and Inland Revenue
Montreal
Utah polygamy convict Rodger Clawson jailed for four years
Salt Lake Utan November 3 Judge Zane sentences Rodger Clawson to four years in the penitentiary and an $800 fine after a week old polygamy conviction. An appeal was filed and bail was refused. Clawson was remanded to the custody of the U. S. Marshal.
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Salt Lake, Utan
Zane Today
Rodger Clawson
Clawson
Berlin election results by party and districts
The final tally shows 69 Conservatives 95 Center 24 Imperialists 35 National Liberals 34 New German Liberals 10 Socialists 16 Poles 14 Alsatians. Ninety seven districts require runoffs as no choice was made in six elections also held.
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Berlin
Center
Bedford Station Gunpowder Blast Kills Man in Kingston
Kingston report details a premature gunpowder explosion at Bedford Station on Saturday afternoon. John McCrimmon died from injuries while Alpheus Brown sustained severe wounds including a broken jaw two eye injuries and mangled hands.
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Kingston
Ont
Bedford Station
John McCrimmon
Alpheus Brown
Cholera Epidemic in Naples Diminishes After 74 Days
Naples reports the cholera outbreak has ended after seventy four days and the death toll reaches seven thousand twenty five. No new deaths were reported yesterday or today, indicating a fading crisis in the city.
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Naples
Reinforcements for Tonquin Set to Move in November
Paris on November 3 reports that five thousand three hundred troops will reinforce the French army in Tonquin and depart on or before the 15th. A second installment is due a fortnight later.
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Tonquin
Paris
Revolver Accident Kills Child in Ohio Home
In Zanesville Ohio on November 2 Eddie Cobb nine and Albert Carlow seven played with a revolver found on a shelf at Engineer Cobb’s home aboard the Mink. Cobb pulled the trigger and a bullet struck Carlow above the right eye. The boy is dying.
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Zanesville
Eddie Cobb
Albert Carlow
Engineer Cobb
Mink
Young Cobb
Young Carlow
Cobb
Engineer and Fireman Killed in Omaha Yard Crash
In Omaha Nebraska at midnight a Union Pacific engine pushing six empty cars derailed through an open switch and plunged into the river. Both crew members died, engineer Charles Wilson instantly and fireman Daniel Mahlon after an hour of agony while trapped beneath the wreck. Wilson leaves a wife and Mahlon a wife and child. the person responsible is unknown.
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Omaha
Neb
Union Pacific
Charles Wilson
Daniel Mahlon
Tragedy as Two and Half Year Old Shoots Self
In Baltimore on November 1 Mary Clifford two and a half years old daughter of Thos L Clifford merchant obtained a pistol from a servant and fired it while the servant stood in a room with the father. The ball struck her cheek and lodged in the spine, causing instant death.
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Baltimore
Mary Clifford
Thos. L. Clifford
Explosion at Chester Oil Works Kills Two Men
A blast at Chester Oil Works in Chester Pennsylvania on November 3 injured three workers. Smith and Martin Ryan were fatally burned while the plant suffered over 5000 dollars in fire damage.
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Chester
Chester Oil Works
Smith
Martin Ryan
Illness of Sir Moses Montefiore Reported Grave
London on November 3 reports the illness of Sir Moses Montefiore as grave with Queen Victoria sending a telegram to inquire about his condition.
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London
Moses Montefiore
Queen Victoria
Ammonia Bottle Proposal To Fight Oil Fires
A proposal suggests placing a bottle of ammonia in each oil barrel to extinguish flames upon ignition or accident by releasing ammoniacal vapors. The plan aims to prevent fires by chemical extinguishment, reducing spread and damage.
Invention of a tall altar lamp shown by De Marzo
San Francisco inventor Father De Marzo unveils a four foot tall altar lamp. He claims the device burns long and bright at night while dimming in daylight, resembling a small engine.
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Rey
Father de Marzo
San Francisco
Ohio State News Snippets From The Era
Ohio's Scott law collected 1 787119.34 last year. In Bellaire a brakeman Dennis Finn was killed on Baltimore and Ohio. GovLp's tunnel near Steubenville finished, at three quarters of a mile long the longest in Ohio. Cincinnati saloon-keepers favor fair license system. A Bellaire domestic Margaret Porter disappeared decades ago. bones found in rock cleft near her path. her father still lives nearby. William McGluin killed on a Cleveland line in Akron. Jail escapees Hastings and Hastines in Sandusky. Dr. Moster died suddenly in Morrow County. Cremation company formed in Cincinnati. Various accidents: horse kick near Springfield. coal train collision near Wadsworth. several robberies in Lorain. Kingsville boasts one of the largest grape vines in the U.S. A stair of accidents and trials punctuate daily life across Ohio.
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Ohio
Dennis Finn
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Bellaire
GovLp
Steubenville
Cincinnati
Margaret Porter
Sacob Liong’s
William McGluin
Cleveland
Akron
Columbus
McGluin
Charles Hastines
Daniel James
Sanford Hastings
Sandusky
Moster
Morrow County National Bank
Gilead
Gro. E. Hurcumson
Western Mines
Hoven
Reia
Springfield
P. B. Coon
H. H. McFadden
Paris gossip and long-lived figures in 19th century notes
Mrs Mulock recalls Christine Nilsson's Paris debut twenty years ago while Daniel Stuart and his wife mark seventy years of marriage. Helen Williams, Helene d Auvray in Paris, is praised as the American girl of song and drama. Thiers writes to the English Chancellor about five minutes of time. Davy tends electric work in Australia at eighty two, as Lincoln appoints W Hallett Green to a Signal Service post at Fort Meyer. Chanfrau’s epitaph quote comes from a Rit traveler. Livesey, founder of tele talism, recalls damp early days. Isaac Clarke is named Connecticut’s oldest black and white man. Seaside hotel waiters strike over a fine remitted. Sir George Sartorius, Admiral of the Fleet, veteran of Trafalgar joins ninety-fourth year.
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Helene d'Auvray
Chicago
inter-Ocean
Edward Davy
Wilds
Australia
Lincoln
W. Hallett
Fort Meyer
Wash
Chanfrau
Rit
Sas
Moti
Cincinnati
Livesey
England
Connecticut
Isaac
Clarke
New England Air House
Boston Post
N. Y. Sun
Geor. Rose Sartorius
Trafalgar
Quips and quips from old papers on stage and sea
A collage of witty lines and misheard remarks from 19th and early 20th century newspapers. Jokes range from a one legged bicyclist and the cocoanut milk puzzle to fogbound schooner captains and a map request for distant war zones. Amusing snippets preserve era humor and personalities.
Dentist and sailor settle on tooth to extract
A jolly sailor sits in the high chair as a dentist asks which tooth to pull. The sailor replies with a nautical hint that the target is the upper tier on the larboard side. The exchange, described in Golden Days, blends humor with maritime jargon.
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Mariner
Jack
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USA
Bariote Bottle Iy LY Brothers, Druggists
Owego
Ment
Will Cary
P.O
Randolph St
Dwasei
Lydia E
Ling
Hess
Caus
Lynn
Mass
Foxxs
Binghamton
Recorg
Quinby
Euclid Ave
Tnion Pub. Co
Newark
Accu
Jay Bronson
Derno
B.c.streul
Rseshoers
Elutable
Earborn Street
As & Johnson & CO
Boston
Walter Scott
Abbottsford
Maine
Spaulding
Lancaster
Mary Clara Dawes
Great Britain
Victoria Alexandra Olga Mary of Wales
Eugenie
Fiji
Fiji Islands
Western Pacific
Apmrral
Captain Marryatt
Lieor. Frrou
General Sherman
Harrison Wire Works Company
St. Louis
Bryan Hirr
East River Bridge
Autoramia
Prince of Wales
Conference of Nations
Buckingham Palace
Joseph Pettijohn
Washington Territory
Pettijohn
Soudan
Louisiana
Manville
Jos
Gilfouxs
Bell
Gilfoux
Supreme Court
Public Debt Statement
South American Commission
Montefiore
Eliza Jones
Frank Farrell
Joan Cammeron
Mansfield
Pennsylvania Company
Edwin M. Dasy
Nathaniel Baru
John Scott
Marengo
William Sterritt
Alpouul Hows
Waverly
Jackson
J. D. Lisle
J. M. Buckingham
Henry Baldwin
John G. Kennon
Davis
Wadsworth
Kingsville
Ashtabula County
A. Wolensky
Lorain
James Downey
Jefferson
Sur
Mary
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Oregon
Burlington Free Press
Burlington Hawkeye
Detroit Post
Puck
Boston Transcript
Thomas
Chicago Tribune
Seat of War
Kin-te-ching
Hing
Philadelphia Press
Harry Hunter
Polkins & Co
Helen Podkins
Helen
N. Y. Graphic
Mme. B
Jee
Y. Sun
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