World Wit and Trade Echoes From Far Off Lands
The piece surveys diverse opinions from the era noting Mexico’s 7200 schools and progress, artificial rain skepticism, beef shipments to Salt Lake City, Welsh tenor Davies praising American music, and future farmhouse electrification. It cites England’s fresh meat exports to Europe, UK import growth from Australia, and a 1890-93 rise in frozen meat trade with yearly pounds imported.
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Europe
United Kingdom
Australia
Telephone in Birmingham Church Brings Service to Sick
Supporters report a Birmingham church uses a telephone link from the pulpit to connect remote listeners with bell tolls prayers responses and sermon. The system benefits the sick and bedridden by enabling participation in services despite absence.
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Birmingham
Christ Church
New York Telegram
Miniature granite church to mark Dr Woodward's burial site
Dr. Woodward of Sun Prairie Wisconsin has ordered a miniature granite church monument for himself at Madison. Erected on private property near his home, it will serve as his burial site when he dies.
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Woodward
Sun Prairie
Wis
Madison
Chicago Herald
Czar Nicholas II Succeeds to Russian Throne
A Livadia dispatch reports the death of Czar Alexander III and that Czarowitch Nicholas II becomes successor. Police arrest nihilists amid a discovered conspiracy to kill the czarowitsch. the body will travel aboard the Polar Star to Odessa for interment in St. Petersburg with ceremonies likely in about two weeks.
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Czarowitch Nicholas II
St. Petersburg
Czarowitch
Odessa
Black Sea
Yalta
Sts. Peter and Paul
Imperial Russia's Theorized Decline and Czarist Succession
The piece catalogs seven emperors and their fates from Peter Til to Alexander II, noting executions, imprisonments, and nihilist violence. It details Alexander II's height, strength, and feats, his devotion to family and theater, and his strict religious stance. It mentions embalming plans for the body, and outlines possible succession steps involving Nicholas II, Grand Duke George, and an oath of loyalty by troops and officials.
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Nicholas II
George
Alexander III
Caucasus
Day of Thanks Proclamation by President Cleveland
President Grover Cleveland proclaims November 29 as a day of thanksgiving and prayer urging national humility charity and worship. He calls for suspension of work, prayer for blessings and for the poor and needy, and acknowledgment of national progress. Secretary W Q Gresnaw signs. Also noted is a 5 percent third dividend for creditors of the First National Bank of Pelatke Florida.
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Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
The
United States
Washington
Grover Currenay
W. Q. Gresnaw
First National Bank of Pelatke, Fla
Brief Telegrams of General Interest to Readers
Governor Waite of Colorado spoke to about 10,000 at Chicago lakefront for populist candidates. Fire destroyed an asylum at Joen koeping Sweden. fifteen inmates burned. Captain Dreyfus is arrested for treason over alleged espionage for Italy. Buckets crackdown ousts several Pittsburgh concerns. Three killed and 24 injured in Foster Pa railroad accident due to an open switch. Weavers strike at Fall River mill No 2 over wage cuts and loom work. Steamer Tormes hit Crow Rock near Milford Haven. 21 drowned, seven saved. Lehigh Valley shops cut wages 20 percent at Weatherly Pa. Paris judges convict Henri Rocheforte in default for insulting judiciary. Lexow committee updates indictments for Police Captain Stephenson and wardmen on blackmail. Honore Mercier dies at Montreal after long illness. Porter revealed as $23,000 defaulter in Springfield Ill Normal Park Loan matter. Two dynamite bombs outside Milan police stations injure no one. Iron Mountain miners rescued from Pewabic mine after entombment. Raleigh NC court hears $10,000 eye injury case from a skyrocket fall at centennial celebration. Mrs Mary A Woodbridge dies in Chicago. she led WCTU work. Senator Gibson snubbed at Easton Md Democratic meeting. Spanish cabinet resigns over tariff issue. Sagasta to form new cabinet. Chinese officials summoned by emperor in Peiping over Japan threat. Charles Morganfield fights Adams Express in Cincinnati over funds from arrest. Russian minister Prince Cantanzene notes czar’s health decline. GAR in Milwaukee seeks investigation into misused veterans funds for grave decorating. Charles Be rman's legal challenge in Pittsburgh over marriage age statute. Muskogee Indian Territory capture of five Cook gang members near Wagoner.
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Pittsburg
Foster
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Osborn Mill No. 2
Fall River
Mass
Crow Rock
Milford Haven
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Weatherly
Seine Sssues
Paris
Henri Rocheforte
New York
Grand Jury
Stephenson
Glennon, Burns
Smith
Lexow Committee
Honore Mercier
Quebec
Montreal
Mercier
Normal Park Loan Association
Sprinfield, II
F. W. Porter
Porter
Rock Island Railroad
Milan
Iron Mountain
Mich
Pewabic
Superior Court
Raleigh
N. C
Mary A. Woodbridge
Chicago
United States
Gibson
Easton
Christiana
Senor Sagasta
Central
Tien-Tsin
Peking Mercury
Aungry
Japan
Charles Morganfield
Cincinnati
Adams Express Company
Express Company
Morganfield
Prince Cantsenzene
Washington
Foreign Offices
St. Petersburg
Watrons
Grand Army of the Republic of Milwaukee
Phil Kearney Post
Richmond
South
Lawler
William Reardon
Reardon
Wagoner
Muskogee
Southern Progress and Fire Loss Report Across States
A Southern Flash summary notes the Tuesday fire at J Thompson & Bro carriage works in New Orleans with $25,000 loss and $20,000 insured. Brandt Furniture of Memphis assigns liabilities near $40,000 and assets about $50,000. Montgomery reports Gov elect Oates naming Harvey Jones as chief secretary. General J Whiting reappointed major general. Jacksonville bricklayers strike for $3 for nine hours. no disorder. Chancery court in Chattanooga considers Lookout Mountain Consolidated Company suit as general creditors bill. receivership sought. Darlington County anti Tillman efforts discussed with Tillmanite forces alleged. Dr Samps Pope issues manifesto.
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J. Thompson & Bro
New Orleans
Brandt Furniture Company
Memphis
Captain Jones
Governor Jones
General J. Whiting
Mobile
Ala
General Whiting
Alabama
Birmingham
Jacksonville
Fla
Lookout Mountain Consolidated Company
Chancery Court
Chattanooga
Columbia
D. C
anti-Tillman
Tillman
Darlington County
Tillmanite
Samps Pope
Caprivi Resigns in European Shock
A Berlin cable reports Europe astonished by Chancellor Caprivi's sudden resignation. Count von Caprivi said he is disgusted, while the Kaiser ordered Caprivi to apologize to Eulenburg. Caprivi refused and was dismissed after a critical Cologne Gazette attack traced to him.
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Europe
Berlin
Caprivi
Count von Caprivi
Liebenburg
Cologne
Eulenburg
Snow Falls Steadily in Hay Springs Nebraska
A heavy snow began Sunday morning at Hay Springs Nebraska and continued with little interruption through the day. The cold weather threatens stock on the range, particularly in the area devastated last week by premieres, causing expected losses to some extent.
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Hay Springs
Neb
Empress of China Dies by Own Action in Shanghai Report
Special to the New York Herald from Shanghai says the young empress of China killed herself after a rebuke from the emperor who slapped her. She took poison, ending her life following the royal rebuke.
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New York Herald
Shanghai
China
World wires report brief daily items
Four men robbed a Chicago street car Thursday. Pennsylvania Railroad declares 24 percent semiannual dividend. Charles Wilkinson, Huntington social leader and bank assistant cashier, charged with stealing 10 92 dollars. Two killed and one fatally injured by a seventh story fall in ce Lonis due to fallen scaffolding. Mrs Thomas H Wicks seeks divorce in Chicago alleging cruelty. Third assistant postmaster general orders destruction of early postage stamps for lack of mucilage. West Winfield bank robbed. outer safe blown, losses under 1000. Five boys wounded by shotgun fire during Independence Halloween vigil. US steamer Petrel sails from Nagasaki toward Che Foo. American cruisers at Chemulgo and Tien Tsin. others at Shanghai. Alabama convict managers meet in Montgomery. await state assembly action. Bissell train collision near Rankin. engineer killed. fireman fatally injured. Nebraska democrats win Omaha, straight-ticket ramp nominees. Paris cabinet discusses Captain Dreyfus case. likely court-martial and execution. Alabama Great Southern injunction on nonstockholder directors postponed to December 3. restraining order stands.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania Railroad
Charles Wilkinson
Huntington
W. Va
First National Bank
Thomas H. Wicks
Pullman Palace Car Company
Wicks
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
West Winfield Bank
West Winfield
Mr. Haywood
Independence
Haywood
United States
Petrel
Nagasaki
Che Foo
Baltimore
Charleston
Chemulgo
Tien- Tsin
Concord
Shanghai
Shantung
Wei-hai-Wei
Board of Convict Managers of
Alabama
Montgomery
General Assembly
Bissell
Pittsburg
Baltimore and Ohio
Omaha
Paris
Albert Dreyfus
Dreyfus
John Greenough
Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company
Bruce
United States Court
Birmingham
Alabama Great Nioouthern Railroad Company
Wairarapa Wreck Claims Seventy Eight Souls
A Union line steamship wreck off Great Barrier Island New Zealand sinks with Captain McIntosh and 58 passengers plus 20 crew drowned. A separate Fall River mill notice announces wage reductions and a shift to piecework pay by the pound starting November 5.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Union Line
Wairarapa
McIntosh
Sydney
N.S. W
Great Barrier Island
Break-in at Grafton Dem HQ Lands Letters Stolen
During the past week while Chairman Moraw was away in Wheeling, the Democratic headquarters at Grafton West Virginia were broken into and a number of letters from political correspondents were stolen. One letter with campaign secrets about miners work was published in a Wheeling newspaper.
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Moraw
Wilson
Wheeling
Grafton
W. Va
Sayings and Doings of the Official Heads of the Government
Judge Cole dismisses the habeas corpus petition of Smith the stamp robber and remands him for trial. Rome public building bids opened. E F Dodson of Minneapolis lowest at 24606. Willett named postmaster of Washington. Campbell named U S marshal for Minnesota. Harlem river contract to Rittenhouse Moore. secretary Herbert to Mobile November 5th. Debt statement shows October net public debt rise of 13.68 million. gold reserve 61.36 million. silver surplus down.
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Cole
Smith
Rome
Treasury Department
E. F. Dodson
Minneapolis
Washington
B. F. Remingtonn
Chattanooga Custom House
New Orleans
William M. Campbell
St. Paul
United States
District of Minnesota
J. Adam Bede
Campbell
Cleveland
Bede
Interior Department
Judge Hall
Land Office
Hoke Smith
Law Division
Marine Hospital Service
New York
Herbert
Montgomery
Mobile
City of
Gulf
Galveston
Pensacola
Key West
Carlisle
Treasury
Stopping a Runaway: Russian corded stopping method
A report describes a Russian method to halt runaway horses using a thin cord tied to the dash and a neck noose. An observer recalls a Parisian phaeton seized by a lady who calmly stopped two bolting horses within thirty yards, noting accidents are rare in Russia when the cord is used and the horse yields at windpipe pressure.
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Russia
Rome
Corso
Phaeton
Nice
Georgia Farmers Meet Over Ruinous Cotton Prices
An enthusiastic Macon gathering of Georgia farmers discussed cotton’s collapse in price. Col Waddell chaired. J McBryan secretar y. A unanimous Lyon resolution urged action with the Montgomery cotton growers convention to seek a just solution and asked Georgia delegates to push for restricting farm cotton shipments to curb perceived crop abundance.
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Georgia
Macon
Waddell
J. McBryan
W. F. Alexander
Augusta
Tom Lyon
Bartow
Lyon
Georgia State Agricultural Society
John O. Waddell
Montgomery
Ala
Hunnicutt
Trade Topics from R G Dun & Co Report on Last Week
The R G Dun & Co weekly trade review notes political excitement causing some business slack, but overall indications are more favorable. Gold exports ceased, mills reopened, and product demand improved though not at prosperous years’ level. Farm prices stagnant, wages resisted, and purchasing power not rising much, yet a hopeful spirit improves activity. west iron shows weakness while east markets brighten. Rails see little activity with year deliveries well below normal. structural work modest, bar iron dull, and recent price dips noted. Iron and steel output rises but not overloading markets, with some relief in selling pressure.
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R. G. Dun & Co
West
Turkish Bedrooms and Modern Turkish Domestic Life
A vivid vignette contrasts simple floor beds in some Turkish homes with luxurious setups in others. The piece notes slave girls sweeping beds at dawn and concealing night remains, while acknowledging progressive Muslims opting for brass bedsteads and French dressing tables. It ends with a remark on motherhood shaping beauty.
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Turkey
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New York Recorder
New England
New York Sun
Salt Lake City
Utah
Ben Davies
England
New York Independent
Seoul
John Lubbock
Great Britain
Worcester
Nevada
North Carolina
New York Tribune
Cromwell
Atlantic Highlands
N. J
the Czar
Livadia
Westminster Gazette
London
Alexander II
Czar
Nicolas I
Alexander I
Paul
Decentious Catharine
Peter Lit
Nicholas IT
Alexander
Peter Til
Catharine
Nicholas
Michael Feodorovitch Romanoff
Charles Dickens
M. Pobiedonotself
Holy Synod
Sway
Alexander Iit
Waite
Colorado
Lake Front
Joenkoeping
Sweden
Nebraska
Ce Lonis
Iron Works
National Capitol
North Georgia
Agricultural Callege
Department OF
the University
Dahlonega
U. S. Army
Secretary of War
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