Authorities Collection (page 3)

Locusts in Bosnia
When a plague of grasshoppers (orthoptera) or locusts (locusta) devastate Bosnian farmlands, the authorities repel them with asphyxiating gas

Polluted London Water
THE CITY NARCISSUS Punch accuses Londons officials of being too self-satisfied to realise the danger to the the citys health from the polluted water of the Thames

Chappe Optical Telegraph
The optical telegraph of Claude Chappe and his brother, erected on the Eglise de Montmartre, is tested by the French authorities and his system is widely adopted

French Eter Berlin
The French enter Berlin : they are welcomed by the Prussian municipal authorities

Frankfurt Parliament
At Frankfurt-am-Main the authorities call in the troops and dissolve Parliament

Riots at Erfurt
Street fighting at Erfurt between demonstrators and the authorities

Charlottenburg Riots
At Charlottenburg, a gathering of democrats is broken up by the authorities

Land League Meeting
Police surprise a clandestine meeting of the outlawed Land League, which advocates non- payment of rent and other forms of resistance to the authorities

Land League Demo
The Land League stage a demonstration at Limerick, calling on tenant farmers to refuse to pay rent so long as the Land League is outlawed by the authorities

Cattle Seized
When Irish farmers respond to Parnells instruction and refuse to pay their rents, their cattle are seized by the authorities at Sligo

Republican Demo
A Republican demonstration in the streets of Paris - the authorities break up the meeting at the Porte Saint- Martin

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