Frenchman’s Sahara canal scheme and global unrest
The report chronicles Francis Eli Roudaire’s Sahara canal proposal to connect the desert with the Mediterranean, plus a flurry of world events. Jules Ferry declares continued French advance to the Chinese frontier. riots surge in English towns. a coal mine disaster in France kills 28. Egyptian troops misbehave on march. Edmond About dies in Paris aged 57. Gladstone’s health improves slowly as storms disrupt Southern Europe. a ship collision near Holyhead costs lives. a German murderer arrested in Brussels. mass meetings in London discuss radical reforms and birthright restitution. bank failures and market data accompany the wide array of incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Eli Roudaire
Sahara
Mediterranean
Chamber of Deputies
Jules Ferry
Teiquin
Mallon
Iiblin Police
England
Leeds
Manchester
Sheffield
Newcastle
Liverpool
Birmingham
Reichstag
Prince Bismarck
Lievin Au Pas de Calais
France
Stewart
Howeryatt
Gakdul
Edmond About
Paris
Gladstone
Europe
Algeria
Tonquin
Admiral Moorsom
Holyhead
Brussels
Rumpf
Frankfort-on-the-Main
London
Henry George
Lai
Obituary Roundup Notes Prominent Deaths Across Cities
Obituaries and notices report the death of Colfax vice president of the United States and other notable figures. Gen Grant memorial fundraising proposals appear in Buffalo Express. Deaths include Yale Professor Benjamin Silliman and Philadelphia’s Gen Brinton, with various other local losses and memorials noted across Minnesota Illinois and West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Silliman
Yale College
Sarah Ellen Smith
Philadelphia
Sally
Mount Moriah
St. Paul
Lockport
N. Y
Barber Nichols
Gen
Grant
Buffalo Express
Express
Taylorville
Ill
Emma Bond
J. W. Dunlop
Kansas City
Robert G. Brinton
Powell
Washington
Frederick Kemler
Galena
Colfax
South Bend
Ind
N. D. Williamson
William Montague Connolly
Baltimore
Thomas
Insolvent lists and failed firms in early 1900s industry
The report lists Chester Busby a Courtland miller owing 117000 and J B Gregg & Son of Courtland with 130000 in debts. Thomas J Mayall a Reading rubber maker failed for 83000 cash. Oliver Brothers Phillips and Oliver Roberts Wire Co of Pittsburgh suspended payment but expect assets to cover 3 to 5 million. Mills employing 4000 workers to close yet all paid. Cisco’s parking house in New York fails with liabilities over 192.5 million. founder John J Cisco died last March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Busby
Courtland
New York
J. B. Gregg & Son
Thomas J. Mayall
Reading
Massachusetts
Oliver Brothers & Phillips
Oliver & Roberts Wire Company (Limited
Pittsburgh
John J. Cisco
Sos
John
Treasury and canal news mix as Congress set bills
Secretary McCullough opposes whisky tax cut while favoring tax on withdrawal for consumption. House panel backs $850,000 for Hennepin Canal and a broader river and harbor package totaling $11.33 million. In Colombia civil war rages with notable defeats and a large Panama Canal progress report highlights massive earthworks and near-term costs. Emerald findings and a bizarre Olney monster story also headline the chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Treasury
McCullocch
Internal Revenue
House Committee On
Santander
Boyaca
Nunez
Boyaco
United States
Colombia
Bothwell
Ontario
Charles B. Brady
St. Louis
Lancaster
Nathaniel McKay
Panama
Panama Canal
West Indies
Scotland
McKay
de Lesseps
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Olney
Ill
Secretary of War
Northern Pacific
St. Louis Bay
West Superior
Duluth
Wisconsin
Bay
Hennepin Canal
Missouri River
Multiple Industrial Disasters Reported Across States
A saw mill boiler explosion in Smithfield Ohio killed three men and mortally wounded two others. A Collinsville Illinois ball factory owned by O B Wilson burned for a loss around $65,000. A Solvay Procession Works wing in Syracuse New York exploded, killing eight and injuring others, with losses near $75,000. A Somerge Iowa chemical plant explosion burned two men and shattered windows across town. Two brothers, Lewis and Harry Prichty, died in a train accident near Delaware Ohio. Several other incidents include a gas and fertilizer pile accident near Paul Road, a hydrogen gas experiment fatality near Denver, storms causing millions in damage in Northern Ohio, Kiowa Indians freezing near Camp Angus Indian Territory, Beloit Kansas fire causing $40,000 damage, Dodge City fire with $75,000 loss, Yankakee Illinois infirmary fire and fatalities, and five men killed in a Good Spring Station Pennsylvania saw mill boiler blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithfield
Ohio
Collinsville
Ill
O. B. Wilson
Solvay Processioe
Syracse
Ni Y
Somerge
Lewis
Harry Prichty
Delaware
Carleston
Paul Road
G. E. Smith
Denver
Camp Angus
Indian Territory
Beloit
Kan
Dodge City
Yankakee
Thomas Herely
Chicago
Herely
W. A. Reid
Ernest
Goodspring Station
Lebanon
Nevada Legislature Reelects John P. Jones to Senate
The Nevada Legislature re elected John P Jones to the United States Senate. The Democratic caucus in Hartford nominated William H Barnum Jr for senator and the Republicans backed Orville H Platt. Congressman Randall convened a House Democratic caucus in Washington to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
John P. Jones
United States Senate
Hartford
Conn
Wm. H. Barnum J
United States
Orville H. Platt
Randall
House of Representatives
Washington
Murders and Political Trials Stain 19th Century News
Reports detail mutinies by Mexican soldiers near Ensenada killing their captain and others before fleeing toward U S territory. In Illinois a Hickory Township teacher kills a student with a bat after abuse. A Howell Mich. crowd is fired upon by residents. one man dies and three wounded. Augusta Ga banker George P Curry jailed five years for bond malfeasance. Samuel Williams, a stock dealer, murdered near Red Key Ind. George Travis hanged in Wellsboro Pa for murder by burning body. Chicago grand jury indicts several for election fraud. others indicted for perjury. Hangings occur in Edwardsville Ill and San Francisco Cal for separate crimes. Multiple other names and incidents listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ensenada
United States
Hickory Township
Illinois
Amos Dibble
Howell
Mich
Dibyble
George P. Curry
Augusta
Samuel Williams
Red Key
Ind
George Travis
Wellahoro
Martha Sylvia
Travis
Chicago
Whch
Jil
Alton
San Francisco
Cal
Nicholas Skerrett
Embezzlers Sentenced in Bank Crimes
A report outlines embezzlement cases involving $60,000 at Northern Pacific Railway and $125,000 by James M. Meech and Charles Webb. Sentences include thirteen years and six months at Stillwater. Authorities are named in connection with the Shetucket Bank and Stillwater prison terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AL OL
James
Helands
Northern Pacific Railway Company
St Paul
Stillwater
Des James M. Méech
Charles Webb
National Bank
Shetucket Bank
Press Portrait Bought For Union Operations Committee
A life-size portrait of the late Press I ft carne was purchased for 500 ori, to be placed in the Bose of the committee on operations, where he served as a member. The report combines a jumble of incidents from a chaotic era, including a fatal accident, a boxing match stoppage, and political notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unite States
Kankakee
Illinois
Asy
Jim
Ming
Mie
Sullivan-Ryan
Ork
Sullivan
McCulloch
Ppardice & Co
Cox Bros & Co
D. E. Swan
Northern Pacific
Minnesota
Wabash
Toledo
Wis
Venice
St. Louis
J. ‘J. Mattock
Hazzet
Oaffordia
Gerthan
Fritz Zeiffert
August Koebl
Gene
Ray Sweet
Fisher Sweet
Michigan
George
Ans
Ray
Ohio Legislature in session as House debates penitentiary probe
The Ohio House met with 44 members present while the Senate did not convene. A resolution to investigate the penitentiary spurred lengthy debate and committee work, and a later reconsideration altered the outcome. Bills on education, road work, and public debt were introduced and advanced in both chambers amid adjournment delays and new commissions.
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House
Senate
Gray
Indiana
Brown
Watt
Myers
Brunner
Messrss
Thorp
Love
Asrs
Addison
Cole
Litter
Committee On Printing
Poltie ci Sihance
F.ohl
R. Terril
Ryan
Warwick
Welch
C.T. Keetcch
Hocking County
General Assembly
Ohio Coal Exchange
Columbus and Hocking Valley Coal and Iron Company
Columbus, Hocking Valley and Yoledo Railroad Company
Congress
Messrs. Crowell
Dickasen
Fagsett
Mr .Stryer
Mr. Cole
Greiner
Hughes
Common Pleas Court
Lieutenant Covert
Levering
Columbus
J. Wellch
Foll . Bohl
van Cleat
Circleville
Pidgeway
Deyo
Dompelli
Goodman
Ford
O’brien
Lewis
Ohio
Gregg
Boards of Education
Oren
Board of Education of
Wilmington
Duff
Harmon Gerkins
Freedom Township
Henry County
Cuff
Christopher Dietmer
Ridgeville
Township
Bargar
Pose
Mooney
Dr. Crowell
Elouse
McBride
Hocking Valley
Terrell
Turner
Urner
Elliott
Evans
Wilson
Ines
Ohl
Thorpe
Bohl
Printing Commission
Bittler
New Carlise
Clark County
Dunt
A Young Lawyer and the Butter Scene in the West
A traveling young lawyer recounts a westward journey with caution about desperadoes. He recalls meeting a fierce miner at Steel Plate Arizona who demanded the butter, a moment resolved by the jurist drawing his revolver after the butter offer. The tale segue covers alchemy and life prolongation ideas from Paracelsus and Thurneysser, noting their beliefs and stardriven destinies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Hofman
West
St. Louis
Colorado
Arizona
Steel Plate
Star Plate
Henry Wise argues for expansion and war as cleansing force
Virginia writer Henry A Wise letters Ben Perley Poore urging Texas expansion while warning war may follow. He warns peace cannot cleanse corruption and that war would sweep away drones and the ruined, praising war’s purifying potential despite its curses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry 4
Wise
Henry A. Wise
Virginia
Ben. Perley Poore
Texas
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Herald
Wooster
Herald Printing CO
Pusrisuuns
the News
Trinity Church , Corporation
Dix
Lewis May
Union Pacific Railroad
Cisco
John A
Frederick W. Foote
Bradstreatay
Bradstreet’s
Canada
Amos Henderson
B. B. Oliver
D. W. C. Carroll
Henry M. Breckenridge
Ainse
Vest
Springer Committée
Cincinnati
St. John
Republican Party
Asia
Clarkson
California Assembly
Teller
Eaucus
Dakota
Bismarck
Pierre
J Schuyler. Colfax
Duften “States
Manka
Minn
Financial and Industrial
Frank Renton
Frank
Arison de Policemen
New Orlenns
James Kirsch
Farmare Hyding
Wesleet Steee
Br Reseevee
Milwaukee
Louis
Detroit
Ubi
A Ly
Indianapolis
East Liberty
CBU
Ea Vepssebees
Aldrich Fordrod
Uid
Bearn
Y B. Anthony
Rhodend
Aldrich
Edmunds
Byard
Pendleton
Land
Morrill
Ohio Legislature
Josias Filson
Steubenville
Charles Sharon Fea
Springfield
J. L. Bogle
Sprngfield
John I Fics
Sidney
Portsmouth
Robinson
Ada Normal School
Paracdlsus
Erasmus
Paracelsus
Leonard Thurneysser
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