German Writes of the Civil War and Prussian Views
Berlin Apr 14 Major Justus Schelbert, a retired officer, notes in his book Mit Schwert und Feder that German observers praised slaveholders and criticizes Northern and German abolitionist views. He recalls meeting Lee and Stuart, and recounts his own capture of six Union soldiers at Chancellorsville, highlighting German influence on Confederate sympathy.
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Edward T. Heyn
Berlin
Justus Schelbert
America
Scheibert
Neisse
Goltz-Pacha
Prince Radziwill
Schelbert
Gratulor
Goltz
Charleston
Africa
Cunard Line
New York
New Nassau
Bahama
Flora
Trenholm
Treasury
Confederacy
Beauregard
Mueller
South
Richmond
Judah P. Benjamin
Seddon
General Lee
Lee
Stuart
Heros von Borcke
von Borcke
Union
Baden
Gad
Prince of Prussia
Hecker, Blenker
Singer
Company
Stonewall Jackson
Chancellorsvila
Jackson
Borrowed Money to Wed an American Heiress
Vienna reports a decades old scandal over Prince Leopold of Isenburg failing to marry Consuelo Vanderbilt and secure funds. Archduke Francis Salvator guaranteed a 30 000 florin loan to Isenburg Sr. Umlauff sued but was blocked by entail and royal immunity. Socialists push for public inquiry into imperial finances and alleged conspiracy.
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Vienna
Imperial Court of
Austria
Leopold of
Isenburg
Consuelo Vanderbilt
Umiautt
Archduke Francis Salvator
Prince Isenburg
Prince Leopold
America
Papa Isenburg
Leopold
Isenburg, Sr
Umlauff
Francis
Francis Salvator
Imperial Family
Marie Teresa
Francis Joseph
Parma
Isenbureg
Isenbureg, Jr
Battle memories and immigration woes span old and new
An eyewitness recounts Civil War scenes with Lee and Jackson, praising humanity amid war and noting harsh destruction in Richmond and Fort Darion. The piece shifts to German immigration policy, detailing a new imperial board, dwindling German arrivals, and continued emigration to the United States and other destinations amid European movements.
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Lee
Stonewall Jackson
Jackson
Stonewall
Schelbert
Jefferson Davis
Richmond
Louisiana
Fort Darion
Georgia
Scheibert
Mexico
Paria
France
Radziwill
Germany
United States
Imperial Immigration Board
Reichstag
Posen
Great Britain
Brasil
St. Cathrine
Rio Grande Do Sul
Parana
Hamburg
Bremen
Europe
Russia
Austria-Hungary
Hungary
Austria
Balkan States
North America
Girl Criminal Stirs Paris With Harsh Rescue Tale
Paris authorities probe 12 year old Georgette Fabeyre, described as the most hardened youthful offender before a Paris court. After a dispute with a playmate she grabbed two pottles of acid from her father's shop and hurled it at the boy, who narrowly dodged the attack.
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Paris
Apri
Httle
Georgette Fabeyre
Shen
Georgette
Francois
Hfe
Ancient Laws Deciphered Speak Through Babylonian Code
Paris reports archaeologist Professor Morgan revealed clay tablets from King Khammouradi of Babylonia. The Suza city finds form a exhibit at the grand palace opening May 1, with laws on crime property contracts and inheritance. Morgan notes Abraham era laws resemble present rules.
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Father Abraham
Paris
Morgan
Khammouradi
Babylonia
Suza
Grand Palace
Abraham
Emperor Saved the Pants In A Queer Tale From Czernonwitz
Vienna April 24 A curious plea for grace reached Emperor Francis Joseph from Czernonwitz asking to save his worn pants. The veteran claims forty two years service and ten florins plus a new suit were sent while officials considered punishment for contempt of pants.
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Vienna
Francis Joseph
Czernonwitz
Bishop Taken to Siberia From Vilna Palace
Vienna reports Monsignor Zwierowicz, Catholic bishop of Vilna, Poland, was forcibly removed by the Russian military governor and sent toward Siberia for political reasons. The government has long aimed to diminish Catholic influence in Vilna, with churches and the grand palace repurposed.
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Vienna
Black Cabinet
Monsignor
Zwierowicz
Vilna
Poland
Siberia
Russia
Prince Radziwill
Prophesies Color Election Mood In Paris April 27 Ballot
Paris dispatch notes election fate seen through clairvoyants and royalist, Bonapartist, nationalist forecasts. Mme de Thebes and Lay-Fonvielle foresee limited post election changes, then major shifts by 1908 including possible dissolution of the chamber and broad political upheaval. Paris, April 16. Special Correspondence.
Prophetic visions and political shocks in France and Europe
The article reports oracular predictions about France’s future regime, a great war in which France will be drawn in with allies like Austria and Poland, and a shifting political landscape including Loubet and Waldeck-Rousseau. It mentions riots on election day, multiple future elections, a church schism, and looming continental wars. It also highlights cultural notes on a ballet by Victor Boizard and Rodin’s Hand of God sculpture.
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Francie Warrington Dawson
Paris
France
Vovantes
Mme de Thebes
Mme. de Thebes
Mme. de the
Lay-Fonvicelle
Ida
Gratien-Clavel
Kaviile
Loubet
Europe
Mme Lay-Fonvielle
Julia
Waldeck-Rousseau
Mme
Champagne
Mme. Gratien-Clavel
Paul Deroulede
Bonapartiet
Austria
Poland
Mme. Kaville
M. Loubet
M. Waldeck-Rousseau
M. Millerand
Commerce
Paul Deschanel
Old Chamber
Republic
Victor Boizard
Wilhemina
Ie Ness
Victor Bolzard
Holland
Albert Carre
Paris Opera Comique
Hague
Rodin
Ephemeral lovers in a cloud of passion and fate
In a celestial scene a man and a woman cling to each other in a delirium of kisses. They are lost in the moment of love, unaware of tomorrow, as destiny and the world’s creator bind and will destroy them in the end.
No Faith in American Desire To Buy Palace
Berlin reports April 26 that the proprietors of the Borsig palace doubt the newspaper story of a US purchase for the American ambassador and seek another buyer.
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Berlin
Borsig Palace
United States
Real Estate Ad: Ban Tin Street Cottage Land near City Centre
A. F. Liebman Realty advertises $1,200 easy terms for a near cottage with water and gas on Ban Tin Street off Boulevard. $1,500 buys lot corners Connally and Clarke Streets, three quarters mile from city centre, ideal for cottages to rent or sell.
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Bantin St
Boulevard
Connally and
Clarke Streets
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