Kaiser Pleased With Irish Reception and Other Berlin Notes
Berlin dispatch reports the Kaiser pleased with Prince Henry’s Irish welcome, praising polo posts at Kilkenny and Adare, and notes German‑Irish schemes to curb pro‑British American influence. It also covers the shah’s amusement at Berlin, American music appeals to the Kaiser, Alsace Lorraine’s law reform, and Gorsky’s potential move to America or Germany.
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Malcom Clarke
Berlin
Prince Henry
Ireland
Vice Regal
Kilkenny Castle
Adare
Dublin
Shah
Persia
William
Kaiser
United States
King Edward
John Philips Sousa
Queen Alexandra
Anton Hegner
Princess Victoria
Eugene Oudin
Boston
Alexandra
Princess of Wales
Hegner
Alsace-Lorraine
Alsace- Lorraine
France
Reichstag
Kaiger
Hag
Germany
Gorsky
America
Maxime Gorsky
Genina
Tolstoi
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Caucasus
One Millionth Sausage Slaughtered in Berlin Saloon
Berlin on June 14 1902 Bockwurst Schultze famed saloonkeeper and sausage inventor died during ceremony for the one millionth sausage. Friends teased him with jokes causing a laughing fit that led to choking and death by suffocation in his kettle.
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Berlin
Bockwurst
Schultze
Selzag
Kaiser Grants Funds for Snoeck Collection at Royal School of Music
The Kaiser financed the Snoeck collection of over twelve hundred musical instruments, arriving from Ghent, to join Berlin's royal inventory. Professor Fleischer of Berlin University secured the effort, with the Kaiser paying full price after Prussian funding stalled. The collection features rare violins and ornate harpsichords, and its value is expected to rise over the coming decade.
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Spondence
Kaiser
Royal School of Music
Snoeck
Ghent
Fleischer
Berlin University
Felacher
Charles Snotch
Belgium
Berlin
Bau-Academie
Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain
Harper's Monthly
London
Chatto & Windus
Robert Lutz
Stuttgart
Harper's
Stationers’ Hall
Herr Jacobsthal
Bern
David Hatschek
Lutz
Reichsbericht
Germany
New York
Riots in Bucharest Continue Against Jews
In Bucharest on June 15 1902 anti Jewish demonstrations and Jew baiting riots continue daily as crowds beat Jews and invade stores. Goods are destroyed while students lead the disgraceful actions amid government indifference.
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Bucharest
Kaiser's Altar Service Stolen and Imperial Grace Sought
Berlin dispatch reports the Kaiser's funeral conversations with Duke George and Duke Michael of Strelitz amid Russia turmoil. Madame Durand cites theater moral uplift and Wiesbaden patronage while a silver altar service for Berlin Ascension church is stolen and dragoon discipline draws public ire.
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Kaiser
Imperial Grace
E. T. Heyn
Berlin
Saxe-Altenburg
George
Michael
Strelitz
Poltava
William
Russia
Marguerite Durand
Wiesbaden
Hfe
Nie
von Hulsen
Wiesbaden Royal Theater
Hho
Hassen
Berlin Ascension Church
Guard Dragoons
Technical Dictionary in Three Languages Announced
Special Cabie Berlin June 14 Professor Hubert Jan Sen says he has engaged 450 English speaking, 96 French and 730 German coworkers for a projected technical dictionary to be printed in English German and French. The dictionary will contain about 560000 words and 23 English speaking technical societies aid the project.
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Cabie
Berlin
Hubert Jan Sen
Jansen
WILL CELEBRATE JULY 4 IN MANY GERMAN TOWNS
Berlin reports that preparations for Fourth of July celebrations are under way in all German towns with American consulates. The largest events are expected in Stuttgart where the American club is very popular.
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Berlin
Stuttgart
University student fired for reporting lecture tale
Berlin June 14 Erich Woth a university student was expelled for providing extracts of a common place lecture to a newspaper. The professor fined him 0 dollars for infringing the lecture copyright.
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Berlin
Erich Woth
Big success in opera by an American girl
Strassburg June 14. Martha Hofacker, an American girl from the west, made two splendid hits in Carmen and Eva in the Meistersinger. Her voice is praised as sweet clear and strong and her acting as natural. She may receive an invitation to sing for the Berlin royal opera manager, where Geraldine Farrar of Boston is fast becoming the leading prima donna.
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Strassburg
Martha Hofacker
Eva
Berlin Royal Opera
Geraldine Farrar
Boston
Government buys out private mail firms in Berlin
June 14 report states the government paid $1,250,000 to acquire competing Berlin private mail concerns. They carried matter at rates below official fees, easing post office competition and consolidating mail service under government control.
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Special Cable
Gerlin
Berlin
Post Office
No Longer in Favor Is Negro Bicyclist Major Taylor
Antwerp June 14 Major Taylor the colored sprinter once popular in Europe was jeered at running races after finishing behind two Dutchmen. Taylor lost matches across the continent this season.
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Antwerp
Taylor
Europe
Empress Spends May at Badenweiler With Young Family
Berlin reports the empress traveled to Badenweiler in Baden with her youngest sons and Princess Victoria Luise for May. The stay aims to avoid crowds while enjoying Badenweiler’s climate baths and Roman ruins. Crown Prince Frederic Wilhelm’s Alsace Lorraine visit fuels speculation of future crown lands.
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Berlin
Victoria Luise
Badenweiler
Baden
Germany
Baden Schwarzwald
Alsace- Lorraine
Prince Bismark
Reichslande
Frederic Wilhelm
Frederic
Kaiser Wilhelm
Reichstag
Alsace-Lorraine
Stolen Royal Silver Vases Linked to Letters Scandal
In Athens gendarmes convict palace guards for theft of King George's silver vases. A guard caught selling two vases at a jeweler, recovered. Thieves also held compromising letters from Nellie of New York, sent to London for possible publication if pardoned.
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Athens
Tatoy
George
New York
Nellie
Aix
London
Vatican spurns plan for shah visit as he declines staged drive
Osservatore reports gladness over the shah of Iran not visiting Rome noting it would have been an act of grace toward a heathen and barbarian. Cardinal Rampolla’s demands included driving from a legation with a minister, which the shah refused, asserting his own legation in Rome.
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Vatican Special
Rome
the Osservatore
Jesuit
Vatican
Rampolla
Holy See
Shah
Officials in Amberg Banked on Starving Pauper Case
In Neu kirch, Amberg district, court jailed Chief Pastor Rev Bergler, Mayor Lautenschlager, a former deputy, and the poorhouse overseer for three months with one last day a week. They allowed a disabled inmate to starve while lodging he was not their business, and several peasants who knew of the plight were fined.
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Germany
Bleswick-Holstein
Montepin
Shackleford
Berlin
Xavier de Montepin
Paris
Amberg
Prussia
Rev
Bergler
Lautenschlager
Trottenbach
Neukirch
Leopold in a muddle before Morgan inquiry
Brussels reports that before Belgium's elections King Leopold met Pierpont Morgan who asked about the Belgian franchise. The king admitted the topic was too mixed to explain while liberal papers accuse the government of influencing and buying votes and falsifying returns in country districts.
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Leopold
Morgan
Brussells
Pierpont Morgan
Lberal
Hungary demands economic independence from Austria
Budapest reports Count Appoenyl, president of the diet, pledges Hungary will accept no agreement with Austria without full sovereignty in all economic matters. The Vienna cabinet views the statement as a threat and warnings to Emperor Francis Joseph's successor, Francis Ferdinand, that war could follow any strong move against Hungary's constitution.
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Hungary
Budapest
Diet
Count Appoenyl
Austria
Vienna
Francis Joseph
Francis Ferdinand
Revolt of Workmen Follows the Crowning Special Cable
Madrid dispatches report garrisons in half the kingdom cities used to subdue workers. Barcelona remains in revolt as Badajoz prisons fill with workers who attacked police. Government threatens martial law nationwide.
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Madrid
Barcelona
Badajoz
Singdom
London School of Economics Opens New Building
The London School of Economics and Political Science moves to a new building near Clement’s Inn, Strand, serving over 500 students aged eighteen and above. Opened by Lord Rosebery in a ceremony attended by leading English figures.
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School OF Economics
London
J. Pierpont Morgan
England
London School of Economics
Great Britain
Clement's Inn
Strand
Lord Rosebery
Cork Exhibition Misses King Edward Visit
Cork executive committee confirms King Edward will not attend the Cork International Exhibition opening June 29. Buckingham Palace reports other engagements prevent royal visit. Notable attendees include Duke and Duchess of Devonshire and Lord Lieutenant and Countess Cadogan.
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Cork
Financiers Threaten Route to Punish Roumania Over Jewish Harassment
Paris reports a coalition of Rothschilds Bletchroeders Oppenheimers and other Jewish financiers plan to withhold credit from Roumania in response to anti Jewish actions. The move aims to pressure Roumania as it faces a loan need and potential financial isolation.
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Roumania
Paris
Rothschilds
Bletchroeders
Oppenheimers
Grand Duke Constantine Confined in Palace After Raving Incident
St. Petersburg reports Grand Duke Constantine Constantnovich, commander of the czar's bodyguard and adjutant, confined in his palace after a raving fit. The senate ordered incarceration fearing a threat to the czar's safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Grand Duke
Constantine Constantnovich
Mantfac
Senate
Disputed Cancer Bacillus Claims and Mobbed Bishop
A Bologna doctor proclaims discovery of cancer bacillus and cure, echoed by Berlin and Paris professors. In Lisbon, the bishop of Coimbra is mobbed during a procession, stones flying and life threatened. guards restore order. Also promoting Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption with broad ad claims and trial bottles offered.
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Rome
Julie
Bologna
von Leyden
Berlin
Doyen
Paris
Coimbra
Lisbon
Dr. King
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Lichtenstein
Luxemburg
Monaco
Austro-Hungary
Portugal
Sweden
Switzerland
Spain
Verona
Albert
Saxony
Frederick
Albert of
Carola
Gustave of
Prince George
Frederick Augustus
Frederick IV
Tuscany
Professor Harnack
E. Z. Heyn
Harmmack
Rmans
Adolf Harnack
Hamburg
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Simar
Cologne
Dusseldorf
Mantiag
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