Fashoda Crisis Ties Sudan Lands to British French Clash
The article traces the Bahr el Ghazal dispute from its Egypt ties to the Nile route through Shilluk country, detailing colonial moves by Egypt, Britain, and France. It notes Voashorla’s location north of the maze of streams and the 1860s Gordon governance, linking to ongoing Franco British rivalry in Sudan amid treaties over Congo and Cameroon.
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Volved
Great Britain
France
Egyptian
Sudan
Khartum
Squateria
Bahr-el-Ghazal
Egypt
England
Bulr-el-Ghazal
Voashorla
Nile
Ace
Ghazal
Shillik
Ale Sune Baker
Uganda
Gordon Ap
Bahr el Ghazal
Congo
Germany
Cameroons
Lake Tohad
Britain
Congo Free State
Lord Kimberley
Bahr-el-Glazal
Pashoda Clash and British France in Africa Rivalry
The article recalls Kitchener and Marchand at Fashoda and the wider Anglo French struggle over African trade routes. It notes London and Paris tensions, British unity under Salisbury, and French aims to control Euphrates style routes, with warnings of possible war and a Cape to Cairo plan. Also included are brief notes on a Texas girl's death attempt, and Pyrenean carriage roads.
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Kitchener
Marchand
Fashoda
London
Paris
England
France
Yashoda
William of Orange
Waterloo
Menelek
Abyssinia
Cape
Paskoda
Nile
India
Clive
Dupleiz
Canada
Wolfe
Montcalm
Australia
Philip
la Pergusa
Trafalgar
Nelson
Villeneuve
Cairo
Lord Cromer
Sirdar
Lord
Major Marchand
Explorer
Lord Salisbury
Marehand
Egypt
Suakim
Egyptian War Department
Caisse de la Dette
Mr. Kipling
Miles Reports on Cuban Campaign and Army Reforms
General Miles presents a four chapter report on the 1898 war, urging immediate expansion of coast defense forces and reserve troops. He calls for mobilization of infantry, cavalry, and light artillery, deployment of 150000 for Cuba operations, and a new standard of strength per population. He also recommends national troops in Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Philippines led by U.S. officers.
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Washington
Miles
United States Army
Alger
Alaska
Spain
Santiago
Porto Rico
Congress
Cuba
Philippines
Babock prepares list shows GOP edge in House
Washington report says Republican chairman Babcock drafted a list of representatives elected to the fifty sixth Congress. He counts 185 Republicans, 163 Democrats, six Populists and one Silver Republican, not counting two doubtful districts. With those two conceded to Democrats he claims a 13 vote majority over all opposition.
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Washington
Babcock
Republican Congressional Committee
Troops Ordered to Camp at Savannah Georgia
Troops now en route from Porto Rico are ordered to camp at Savannah Georgia in preparation for duty in Cuba. Batteries C and F of the Third artillery, B of the Fourth artillery, D of the Fifth artillery, troop B of the Second cavalry, and troop H of the Sixth cavalry are named for the move.
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Porto Tico
Cuba
Porto Rico
Savannah
Convict Farm Bought Near Milledgeville for State Use
Georgia purchases the Newell tract of about 3,534 acres in Baldwin County between the Georgia and Centre railroads to establish a state convict farm near Milledgeville. The state pays $20,000 purchase cost after Milledgeville covers $5,000. additional land options, stockades, barns, and a mill are planned. About 800 convicts may be moved next spring to the farm, with aims to raise meat, grain, cotton, and vegetables, though early results are not expected to be strong financially.
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Georgia
Milledgeville
Prison Commission
Newell
T. F. Newell
Messrs. Hendricks
Bethune, McComb and
Strikers and mine deal ends Virden dispute
The Chicago Virden Coal Company and striking miners in Virden Illinois agreed to 40 cents per ton state scale and miners volunteered to remove stockade. Adjutant General Reese ordered removal of troops guarding shafts as the conflict subsides. Grand jury investigations pressurize to produce no outcome.
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Chicagos Virden Coal Company
Virden
Auburn
Reese
Springfield
Davenport
Chicago-Virden Coal Company
Grand Jury
Circulars urged negro violence in Mississippi and southern states
Postoffice Inspector Ray in Chattanooga reported a scheme tied to North Carolina troubles. Circulars signed by the Rosebud Club urge black men to assault white women and commit other crimes, targeting Mississippi Alabama Georgia regions.
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Postoffice
Ray
New Orleans
Chattanooga
Tenn
North Carolina
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Rosebud Club
Wilmington Quiet After Race Riot Suppression
Wilmington New City Government in Wilming ton N G has established law and order. One hundred new policemen are to be elected at once. Black residents who fled to the woods during rioting are returning, many in famine. Authorities have stamped out the crusade for expulsion of prominent Black leaders.
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Wilmington
N. G
Soldiers Reach San Francisco in Quarantine on Australia
The steamer Australia arrived in San Francisco after a seven day voyage from Honolulu. Thirty soldiers aboard, many from the cavalry on garrison duty, are ill with malarial fever. The voyage improved the condition of most men.
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Australia
San Francisco
Honolulu
Islands
Fragmented OCR Navy Roster And Vague Ad Fragments
The text lists a roster of a Japanese navy with percentages of ages among 1008 men and includes disjointed figures. It then shifts to assorted advertisements for Cascarets beauty cures, poison advertisements, rabbit pelts, Mrs Winslow’s soothing syrup, and weather notes about storms and days, with garbled details and dubious pricing.
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Winslow
Smokeless Powder Demands New Training For Soldiers
The article argues smokeless powder changes warfare requiring soldiers to identify enemy gunfire by sound and distance, prompting longer drills and an expanded standing army. It notes untested aspects seen in the Spanish War and outlines a prisoner’s three stage term in Mexico, from penal labor to training and finally prepared release with benefits.
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Tfe
Spain
Mexico
Lydia Pinkham V e getable Compound Patient Letter
Mrs Rosa Gaum of Los Angeles writes that after years of ovarian tumor trouble a three bottle course of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound dissolved the tumor and left her cured She urges other women to seek advice and notes the product's claimed success with over a million users and Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts
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Mrs. Pryxtrast
Tle
Lydia E. Pinkham
Rosa Gaum
Wall St
Los Angeles
Cal
Lydia
Pinkham
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Vanes
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Vrance
Africa
Ghanghi
Monteil
M. Liotard
Ubanghi
Liotard
Meshraer-Rek
Pashoda
Prom
Texas
Pyrenees
Bren Prom
Renge
Smombasa
Zanzibar
Prance
Fashoun
Senegal River
Biue Nile
Genenaw Kitchenet
Major Mabohand
Fasitoda
Gen. Miles
Nheral
House
Savannam
Vesuvius
Naples
Mount Vesuvius
Hkellhomdt
Mt. Vesavius
Hood
Armavion
Moxteali
Mrs. Pinkham
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