Turbulent affairs across Europe and Middle East reported
A London dispatch notes proposed England Turkey terms for Egypt allowing Turkish control except for Alexandria Damietta Port Said and Suez with England to retain garrisons in the Red Sea coast and Sudan to Turkey while Tewfik Pasha is deposed. Reports from Paris note a setback to British advances toward Khartoum and rebels surround Gen Stewart in the desert. Other items include Kollert shot in St Petersburg, Parnell touring southern Ireland, boycotting tenants jailed, Admiral Courbet failing to seize Kelung mines, Irish work hardships from dynamite outrages, Celtophobe calls for Irishless employers, and a week of business failures.
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England
Turkey
Egypt
Alexandria
Damietta
Port Said
Suez
Red Sea
London
Abu-Klea
War Office
Stewart
Paris
Khartoum
Seat of War
Kollert
St. Petersburg
Parnell
Seuthern Treland
Dublin
Admiral Courbet
Kelung
Mansul
Washington society row and slips in public life
A lively scene in Stewart Castle's dressing room followed Mrs. Stewart's reception for Washington society. A Holman family member struck Venezuelan Secretary de Castro, sparking a brief fracas before it subsided. Also noted are a Boston rink manager fined for discrimination, a teen elopement, an assignment by James W. Brooks, and Gen Grant's improving health. Deaths include Kunkle, Weightman, Orton, Roswell Grant. Paul Holman apologized to De Castro. A Chinese girl sold in Hong Kong seeks freedom in San Francisco. Paddy Ryan says public faith in him returned after a Madison Square Garden match with Sullivan.
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Washington
Stewart Castle
E. E. Brown
Boston
Minnie Moore
Tom Nelligan
James W. Brooks
New York
the Express
John L. Sullivan
Fordyce Barker
Gen. Grant
George
Holman
San Francisco
Hong Kong
European nobles acquire vast US lands and Oklahoma boomers rise
Reports say European noblemen own about 21,000,000 acres in the United States while foreign capital may control another 100,000,000 acres after railroad bond foreclosures. Fort Yuma hosts a cavalry detachment with twelve Mexican prisoners. four killed. Severe Cold warnings on Mount Washington with 50 below zero and 100 mph gale. Oklahoma boomers gain momentum as clashes with Col Hatch and Gen Augur readiness. Also notes on Hennepin Canal hopes, Liberty Bell move, pleuropneumonia measures, Vatican letter to German bishops, news on the Eads plan for Galveston Harbor, and other political and social items.
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Committee On Public Lands
House of Representatives
Washington
United States
Fourth Cavalry
Fort Yuma
A. T
Mercury
Mount Washington
Kansas
Oklahoma
Couch
Col
Hatch
Col. Hatch
Leavenworth
Augur
Financial and Industrial News From The Era
The Bank of Wadena in Minnesota owned by E S Case has closed. payout expected not more than 20 cents on the dollar. Racine Plow Company property sold to J S Case for 175000 to cover about one-fourth of a debt. A Jamestown savings bank closed due to defalcation exceeding 40000. The American Tin Plate Association met in Pittsburgh with W J Lewis elected president for the coming year. John Jarrett noted tin plate imports total 224088066 in twenty years, three fourths from England. Creditors of Oliver Bros and Phillips and Oliver and Roberts Wire seek extensions with minor changes. U S internal revenue for first half year at 56518588, down 4270786 from last year. Kansas State Shorthorn Breeders Assoc holds third regular meeting in Topeka Feb 10 and 31 with speakers and discussions. breeders urged to attend.
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Bank of
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E. S. Case
Minn
Racine
Comany
J. S. Case
Jamestown
Penn
American
United States
Kansas State
Topeka
Kan
Senators Elected On January 20 In Several States
United States Senators were elected on January 20 across multiple states. Republican William M. Evarts led New York with partner Jonathan Chase in Rhode Island and O H Platt in Connecticut. Republican Donald Cameron hailed from Pennsylvania while Democrat Daniel W Voorhees represented Indiana.
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United States
William M. Evarts
New York
Jonathan Chase
Rhode Island
O. H. Platt
Connecticut
Donald Cameron
Pennsylvania
Daniel W. Voorhees
Multiple Fires and Accidents Hit Several States
A fire destroyed Reynolds Brothers in Bayton Ohio, another burned a Green Bay dry goods store, and Morgand Evant’s Oshkosh factory. A lard tank exploded at Sioux City injuring several and three were killed elsewhere. A Missouri-Pacific wreck near Sedalia injured ten, a portable engine exploded on a New York farm killing two and wounding two. Miss Matilda Chase died in Annapolis from burns. Ingham County Poor Home burned with no injuries. Insurance stood at 10,000 with $33,000 loss at Hume and five Fond du Lac stores destroyed. Lovell, son of General Lowss, fatally injured in a buggy accident. Williams and Stewart drowned after ice broke on a Marquette lake. A Waynesville railroad caper caused injuries to crew. two killed on a Canadian Pacific express near Quebec junction. Whitneyville companies suffered a $60,000 loss. Cynthia Lewis drowned attempting to retrieve oak water from the Tonawanda River.
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Reynolds Brothers
Sedalia
Groton
N. Y
Matilda Chase
Annapolis
Ingham County
Mich
Hume
Fond du Lac
Atter Place
Charles Lovell
Lowss
Olaisville
James Williams
Albert Stewart
Marquette
Wayesh
Rawartegillec
Toyotit
Canadian Pacific
Quebec
New York
Albany
Pendleton
New _ York
Tonawanda River
Noted Crime Sprees Prompt Wide Reporting
The item lists multiple crimes and trials from various places including bigamy arrests in Salt Lake City, a San Antonio robbery at a gambling house, a patricidal case in Ontario, executions in Charleston and Marshall, Texas, a Cleveland double murder, and a Cook County voting indictment in Chicago. It also mentions freight-car theft near Lexington, Texas violence on a San Angelo sheep ranch, a New York insanity case, and a bloody fray at a Chickasaw Nation dance.
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Geor
Cannon
Salt Iake City
Edstor Penrose
Deseret
L 3
Mormon Church
San Antonio
Tex
Lime Lake
Ont
Barton
Tom
Thomas J. Chapman
Bia
Farmer Hubbart
Chaieston
Tony Walker
Marshall
Texas
Cleveland
Michael Roch
T Aj Razor
England
Chicago
Cook Couny
Ryan
Kersten
Scully
Lexington
Aston
San Angla
Carrie L. Winslow
New Rt
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Jim Bout
Buck Smith
Gor
Disorder Storms Across Europe and Americas Amid Unrest
Reports describe anxiety in Germany over the ailing emperor and his frail health, while crises unfold in Colombia and Panama. Nihilists are detained by Petersburg police, and rebel forces reportedly topple governments including a suspected capture of the Dominican president.
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Germany
Ada Mi Courbet
Ke Lundg
Kallert
Petersburg
United States
Colombia
Sane Domingo Vila
Panama
Nuilez
London War News and US Labor Movements Highlight Turbulent Times
Reports from London describe intensified anxiety over General Stewart with no new tidings from the War Office and rumors of disaster after Abu Klea. In the US, the Trades Assembly in St. Louis pushes bills against convict labor and child labor, while District of Columbia workers back General Rosecrans and Cleveland. Funeral travels in Pennsylvania unfold amid sudden deaths, and London’s dynamite scare prompts royal security tightening as the Senate condemns the London attack with deep sorrow.
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Stewart
War Office
Abu/Klea Wells
Deccan
Malta
Egypt
Didptch
Alexandria
Wolseley
Korti
E Trades Assembly
St. Louis
Khg
Jefferson City
Missouri
District of Columbia
General Rosecran
District Assembly No
Knights of Labor
Beenie
Cleveland
Connellsvill
Pennsylvania
W. H. Berry
Barnesville
Pittsburgh
A J
H R
Abe
Cunningham
West Minster Hall
House of Commons
Windsor Castle
Julian Benoit
Fort Wayne
Aple
Cowden Lau
New Castle
England
San Francisco
San Francis
Leopold
Marie
Senate
Duncan
Cameron
Annsylvania
Congressional Proceedings in Senate and House in Late January
The Senate and House conduct dull sessions with remarks on the interstate commerce bill and eulogies for the late Rep Evins. Debates cover Oklahoma lands terms and openings to white settlement, with resolutions and amendments debated and various nominations sent to the Senate. The agricultural appropriation bill proceeds with limited debate and amendments, including tea plant cultivation funding.
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Coke
Evins
South Carolina
Dousi of Representatives
Kelly
Barnes
Pkbhoms
Oklahoma Lands
West
Secretary of the Treasury
Messrs. Dawes
Harrison
Maxey
Plumb
Oklahoma
House of Representatives
Santa Fe
Horseshoes as symbols of luck and protection in history
The article traces horseshoes from witchcraft lore to noble customs, noting protection against witches and bad omens when a horse is imperfectly shod. It cites Norman traditions at Oskham castle and mentions Queen Victoria and the Princess of Wales as modern gilded offerings to the castle wall.
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Oskham
de Freres
Princess of Wales
Brooklyn Magazine
Curious Texan Finds Rain Deepened Local Luster
A Texan returning from a long trip notes how much cleaner people look after a season of heavy rain. An old settler agrees the area has seen a thundering amount of rain, a change from prior months. The passage references a derelict table frozen in ice for ten months.
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Era
N. Y
A Battle in Egypt Arabs Charge British in Desert
Arabs launch fierce assault in the Egyptian desert as British forces fight back. Reports describe heavy fighting near strategic positions with both sides sustaining casualties. The confrontation signals a tense phase in the region.
Battle of Abu Klea Opens Wolseley-Egyptian Campaign
The first clash between Wolseley’s British force and the Mahdist rebels at Abu Klea in the desert on January 17 ended in a British victory. General Stewart’s 1500 men, after marching from Gakdul, repelled assaults by rebels from Khartoum and Berber as they attacked the square formation, with Col. Burnaby among the dead and heavy losses on the Egyptian camel corps.
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el Mahdi
Abu Klea
Stewart
Korti
Gakdul
Metemneh
Shendy
Joiti
Berber
Klartoum
Omdurman
Guirdon
Debbeh
Omdurmar
Abu-Klea
Lord Beresford
Sussex
Guards
Marine Corps
Sussex Regiment
Camel Corps
Abusaleh
Imig
Finder Mohammed Khair
Ismir
Col
Burnaby
Naval Brigade
Ferguson
Norton
Khartoum
Kordofan
Hussars
Col. Burnaby
Frederick Burnaby
Royal Horse Guards
Khiva
Asia Minor
Egypt
Times
Spain
Suikin
Baker Pasha
Osman Digma
Bakerasha
Tokar
Trinkitat
New York Woman Seeks Help For Overgrown Lips
A young married woman in New York is under medical treatment to reduce severely enlarged lips caused by chemical poisoning from cosmetic lip painting. The case highlights dangers of long term cosmetic use and urging caution in beauty practices.
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Voung
New York
Drunkenness Arrests in Scottish Cities in 1884
In 1884 Glasgow recorded 927 arrests for drunkenness among 620000 residents. Aberdeen had 169 arrests in 87223 people. Edinburgh City 212 arrests in 228357 residents. Greenock 249 arrests in 55884 residents. A ladies press room will be provided at the inaugural bar.
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Aberdeen
Edinburgh City
Greenock
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