Rumors of war fears and global notices from London
London rumors claim reserves call suggests high officials view a potential war with Russia as more than possible. Reports note camels for Italy, British care for Gen Buller at Khartoum, and dispatches from Suakim and Ning Po. Also cited are financial data, debts, and manufacturing failures amid global tensions.
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London
Russia
England
Buller
Wolseley
Gordon
Khartoum
Graham
Suakim
Bismarck
Vatican
Holy Father
Led
Thowski
Calous
Prussia
Courbet
Ning- Po
Chang-hai
Ning-Po
Bhamo
Ameer
Afghanistan
Herat
Da‘ul
India
Egypt
Kassala
Cairo
Cunningham
Burton
Poland
United States
Divorce Granted to Baptist Minister’s Wife in Chicago
The wife of Rev. Charles H. Griffin, a Baptist minister in Chicago for three years, is granted a divorce on grounds the clergyman has become a “perfect wreck” from opium and whisky. Reports also claim Gen Grant is gravely ill with a poor prognosis. Additional items note whether Mary Lincoln offers $1,000,000 for Bath Maine land, Arthur’s leisure, and Montreal mayoral election results.
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Charles H. Griffin
Chicago
Fred Grant
Gen. Grant
Zerelda Garrison
St. Louis
Menville
Charles R. Woods
Newark
Ohio
Joseph H. D. Rodgers
Madison
Ind
Andrew P. Potter
Platteville
Wis
Nauvoo
Mary A. Lincoln
Agawam
Mass
Bath
Robie
Arthur
New York
Grant
Gehould
Honore Beaugeard
Montreal
J. L. Beaudry
George L. Davenport
Rock Island
Sst. Augustine
Fla
Davenport
Beaverdam Banker Hempel Owes 52000 With 3200 Assets
Insolvent private banker Hempel of Beaver Dam Wisconsin owes $52,000 while holding assets of $3,200. He faces embezzlement imprisonment as creditors threaten violence. Assignment made by Keen and Haggerty, tin and japanned ware dealers.
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Hempel
Beaver Dam
Wis
Keen & Haggerty
Numerous 19th Century Notices Span Mining to Railroads
Cincinnati contracts for a three mile cable road to Walnut Hills ascending a steep grade. Stephen Klais in Galena Illinois finds a likely inexhaustible lead ore vein in Rice Township. Mrs Mary E Hicks of Chicago seeks Canadian land worth 1 million based on an 1811 will. President Arthur offered to host his successor. Cleveland declined due to prebooked apartments. William Jackson claims eleven years of imprisonment in a cellar near Pittsburgh and pressures a will for a woman. Justus Schwab, New York socialist, jailed on riot charges. John F Kircher commits suicide after wife residence dispute in Brooklyn. Zanita runs at McVickers Theater Chicago with praise for cast, ballet, and staging. Savannah gasoline price war cuts to 60 cents per 1000 feet. House Military Committee finds $211,028 discrepancy in National Soldiers' Homes accounts during Butler era. Albert D Gihon convicted in Washington. Gresham arrest follows. US issues order opening Dakota lands to settlement excluding specific tracts. Grant admirers in California offer a wine estate loan. Grant declines travel plans.
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Walnut Hills
Stephen Klais
Galena
Rice Township
Mary E. Hicks
Chicago
Canada
Ayres
Arthur
Executive Mansion
Cleveland
William Jackson
Pittsburg
Tridelphia
Justus Schwab
New York
John F. Kircher
Brooklyn
Zanita
McVicker's Theater
Savannah
House
Washington
B. F. Butler
Albert D. Gihon
Navy
W. A. L. Gresham
Walter Q. Gresham
Young Gresham
United States
Crow Creek
Dakota
Grant
California
Central Pacific Road
Political توقعs and a Springfield death shake Illinois politics
A Springfield observer predicts neither Gen Logan nor Col Morrison can win the Senate seat. Milton Hay may be appointed if a vacancy occurs. Rep Robert E Lozan dies in the Illinois State House while climbing stairs. Joint session delays decisive vote until March 3. Governor Oglesby orders a March 21 election to fill Logan’s vacancy. Washington officials hesitant to resign, some hopeful about the situation.
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Springfield
Chicago
Robert E. Lozan
Illinois
Whiteside County
Logan
Oglesby
Washington
Financial menace prompts silver coin subsidy debate
A long Treasury report warns of gold draining from the U S and urges sustained silver coinage to prevent a currency collapse. The text cites the New York Clearing House and Secretary’s filings to argue against gold loss and in favor of suspending silver purchases while noting potential nationwide harm to workers and businesses.
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Baltimore
Cleveland
Representative Warner
United States
Treasury
Capone
Federal
Treas
the Treasury
House of Repress
II Congress
Reed York Clearing House
Two Metals Parting Company
Albany
Michigan
War in the Sudan and Mahdi sketch map of Soudan
A detailed note on the war in the Soudan with a map showing British troops routes and Khartoum’s fall. The Mahdi’s rise is traced from early 1880s steps to unite tribes, recruit dervishes, and his plan to seize Khartoum. Notes on his appearance, background, and leadership.
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Khartoum
Rail and fire disasters hit multiple cities
Numerous incidents reported across states include two Illinois Central trains struck by a freight car collision with one death and two serious injuries. A Norfolk warehouse fire destroys 1650 bales of cotton and a rival warehouse with 800 bales, losses around 150000 dollars. A Wabash passenger derailment near Centerville injures seven. The National Theater in Washington is wiped out by fire with extensive losses. A sleighing party near Allenwood, Pa. suffers four dead and twelve injured. Albany fire destroys a freight depot and a rail works building with total losses about 225000 dollars.
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Illinois Central Road
Cilebanse
Norfolk
Gwethmey
Vaughan & Barnes
Centerville
Iowa
National Theater
Washington
Rapley
Allenwood
Albany
Susquehanna
Assignation house killing and multiple criminal sentences
Disjointed report notes a murder at an assignation house, Mrs. J. B. Gu it fatally shot by a partner. It mentions guilty pleas and five year prison terms for Taine and Charles Webb, a four year sentence for Roath, and a train derailment or robbery incident involving a group of cowboys. The text is fragmented with names and places poorly preserved.
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Boswick
J. B. Gu
Norwich
Cr. Taine
Charles Webb
Ouseio Repute
Genie
Ade
Jame Doned
Bai
Attaik
Nae
Caulfield
Ang
Desperate Kassala Garrison Faces Fall Without Aid
Report from Suakin says Madir of Taka and Shukria allies routed Hadendawah at Kassala garrison's expense. About 3,600 Hadendawah killed. Sheik Mdosa among the slain. Kassala, with 3,000 troops and 2,000 inhabitants, starves as Italians appear at Massowahi and relief convoys stall.
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R Eieeaten
Suakin
Taka
Shukria
Kassala
Mdosa
Soudan
Senheit
Amdib
Ghira
Gullabot
Chermside
England
Italy
Khartoum
Brackenbury advances toward Abu-Hamed with force
A Korti dispatch reports Gen Brackenbury, commanding late Gen Earle's troops, crossing to the Nile's right bank from Dibbeh with 780 animals and equipment. He plans a daybreak assault toward Abu Hamed. Stewart murder site scene examined. belongings found. Stewart's steamer buried by rising floodwater. Houses and property of akin Elman destroyed.
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Korti
Brackenbury
Earle
Dibbeh
Kanlet Island
the Nile
Abu- Hamed
Col
Stewart
Herbin
Power
Khartoum
Akin Elman
The Mahdi Biographical Sketch of the Man Causing England Trouble
An account by the late Lieut. Col. Stewart details Mahomet Achmet the Mahdi a Dongolawi from Dongola. It traces his family from Fahil to Nur-el-Sham and recounts his early life in Shindi Khartoum Berber and Khartoum shrines and his religious training under Sheik Hoghali Ghufush and Nvg-el-Daim and his retreat practices near Kana on the White Nile.
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England
Col
Stewart
Merawi
Nile
Gordon
Khartoum
Mahomet Achmet
Mahdi
Dongola
Fahil
Naf Arti
Arti
Dongolawi
Ordi
Abdullahi
Shindi
Berber
Mahomed
Hamid
Ifahdi
Nur-el-Sham
Light of
Syria
Abdullah
Mahomet Ahmet
Sherif-en-deen
Shakabeh
Sennaar
Medressa
Faki
Hoghali
Sheik Hoghali
Hoghall
Mahomet
Pearl of Posite
Mekherref
Brter
Sheik
Feaki
Abba
Kana
White Nile
Khartoum Chief Arabian City described by Gen Colston
Gen Colston portrays Khartoum as a thriving commercial hub with 3060 houses and 1000 European and Egyptian firms. The city hosts large bazaars, a Catholic mission in a fortified complex, and a diverse European consular presence amid heavy seasonal mortality.
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Gen. Colston
Khartoum
Azar Abd-el-Melek
Esneh
Iito
Austria
Egypt
Soudan
el Obeid
Mussulmans
Gordon
British Base of Operations Concentrates at Korti Egypt
The present base at Korti serves as the hub for Lord Wolseley’s expedition with about 8,500 men anticipated at Korti. Debbeh lies 50 miles below, near a Nile bend, linking routes to El Obeid and Darfour. Korosko further down feeds caravan routes to Nubian Desert and Abu Hamed, while other forces total roughly 9,200 with Gen Brackenbury and 1,900 with Gen Buller and 1,400 at Gakdul.
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Egypt
Korti
Lord Wolseley
Nile
Debbeh
Dongola
el Obeid
Darfour
Bayuda
Korosko
Nubian Desert
Abu-Hamed
Wolseey
Brackenbury
Buller
Gakdulells
Gubat the Sacred Village in Soudan War Zone
Gubat, a 130 house village with about 700 inhabitants, hosts British military operations in the Soudan. It is ringed by vegetable gardens feeding Shendy markets and sits across the Nile as a suburb. The village houses a cemetery for famed Shendy saints and chiefs, making its occupation highly sensitive to Isa Mahdi and sacred to Muslims.
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Gubat
Soudan
Shendy
Nile
Isa Mahdi
Memorial bust of Col. Fred Burnaby planned for Birmingham Art Gallery
A marble bust honoring Col. Fred Burnaby, funded by public subscriptions, is to be installed as a memorial in the new Birmingham Art Gallery.
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Col
Fred Burnaby
Birmingam Art Gallery
Great difference between a dude and a man at a distance
The remark contrasts a casual impression with true character, noting that appearances can blur across distance while underlying qualities remain distinct.
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