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Newspaper
The Two Republics
Location
Mexico City, Mexico, Mexico
Date
Jul 19, 1894
Page
1
A museum of curiosities draws visitors with items equal in interest to a tour across Mexico. Goods are packed with care for shipment to any part of the world.
Debe, prominent strike leader, was jailed yesterday for lack of bail set at six thousand dollars. The big strike is winding down though California still reports trouble. In Birmingham soldiers and miners clashed, leaving seven or eight dead and several wounded. London market reports near-empty stock exchange with foreign gold demand and hardening discount rates, no Bank of England movement all week. Silver remains in demand for India.
Dusrin July 18 via Galveston reports John Morley lodged a protest at the Irish land commission meeting but did not resign.
In St Peterspure on July 18 reports cite 196 dew cases and 79 cholera deaths. Shanghai on July 13 records Viceroy Chang Gismoog's gun factory at Hangang burned, with estimated losses of one million tails, suspected arson.
July 18 reports from Peru detail a Frenchman named Runge, a Plerola partisan, plotting to dynamite the warship La Lima with dynamite. Arrests followed. Authorities also say a broader plot aimed at exploding public buildings in Lima and Dallas was uncovered with wholesale arrests.
The Duke of York's son was christened at White Lodge in Richmond with a select royal attendance. Richmond streets wore floral arches and flags for the event. A UK cholera warning circular urged authorities to take precautions. The Westminster Gazette weighed in on Budget reform linked to the Lords debate and estates duty.
Refugees arriving at Port Lemon report terror on the Marquita coast after Nicaraguans assume control. American and British settlers urge Indians to drive the forwarders out. Hostilities continue as people arm themselves. Munitions are entering from New Orleans and Jamaica.
The text outlines duties partly paid in currency then fully payable in gold or London drafts. Surplus duties add four million to conversion funds. If European funds exceed needs, drafts may be sold. Up to ten million dollars may be authorized to acquire metal. The government would lend to private banks, retiring notes, up to seventeen million, in exchange for fiscal notes payable in coin after January 1696. Banks pay three percent until repayment, and after January 1895 public salaries and pensions are split 50 percent in coin and the rest in currency.
Sigoor Reasmann Italian ambassador met Premier Dupuy in Paris to discuss joint steps by France and Italy against anarchists. Belgian Minister Biren Beyens died in Lyon. Italian residents sue for about two million francs in damages from the mob following the assassination of President Carnot.
In Buenos Aires on July 18 the Criminal Judge orders the interior minister to suspend the police chief for abusive usurpation. The Dutch extradition treaty passed. Also from Buenos Aires the Minister of War reports Brazilian armed forces crossed the Itaqui frontier and were ordered to disarm.
Dispatches from Rio Grande to Montevideo detail General Lima's death at Passo Fuedo and 2000 federals besieging Sauk Angels while Santa Ana is reportedly occupied. Wheat crops rise, political prisoners released, and allegations of arm purchases and abuses by government troops surface amid regional tensions and calls to remove the Monteiro and Castilho governors.
Advices from Seoul report no Japanese assault on the British consulate. Consul General Thillier and his wife were brutally assaulted, and a force of British marines has landed at Seoul to protect the consulate from further attack.
July reports from San Juan and Chile describe opposition efforts for a Soto led spring revolution, Iglesias and Zelaya entente talks, and a major financial project. The council of state passed a reform boosting import duties to 25 percent, payable in national currency with an exchange surcharge, signaling likely congressional approval.
A list of travelers from multiple U S locations including Chicago Philadelphia Los Angeles and Redland with spouses and children boarded in Monterey and San Carlos. The July 18 dispatch notes names of travelers such as Thomas Moore Guy Porter Capt John Simpson and others, destined for arrival in Mexico tomorrow morning aboard the Central Express and the Artac Limited.
Memorial services for Banito Juarez marks 22nd death anniversary in San Fernando cemetery with Diaz and cabinet present. Procession from the Zocalo through Tacubaya to the cemetery, diverse wreaths from states and organizations, and a notable incident of a barefoot newspaper shouter denied entry then admitted to lay a wreath at Juarez tomb.
Wreaths and flowers from El Sol El Universal Campeche Tabasco Chihuahua Puebla Guerrero Tamaulipas and others were laid in tribute with ribbons and watercolors. Public buildings and private homes draped in half mast marked the day honoring the occasion.
Mesers W E Paige and John Lowenbruck announce a new Cosmopolitan Meat and Produce Market at Calle San Juan de Letran No 10 offering fresh meats in cold storage, German sausages, eggs, butter, and poultry with delivery citywide. Opening planned around the 18th and low rent touted.
In Mexico City July 11 a feature describes the maguey as the century plant source of pulque and other products. Vast arid fields supply aguamiel and pulque sold cheaply, with farmers profiting from plants and haciendas. Pulque is a staple, nourishing locals and small communities, while export is limited by fermentation challenges.
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