Earl of Strafford Weds Mrs Colgate in Grace Church
New York reports the marriage of Mrs Samuel J Colgate to the Earl of Strafford at Grace Church amid mourning for Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar. They plan to sail for England Tuesday then return to Washington before heading home. The Earl, 67, is senior equerry to Queen Victoria and heir to wealth and titles.
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New York
Samuel J. Colgate
Earl of Strafford
Grace Church
Prince Edward of
Saxe-Weimar
Earl
Countess of Stafford
Washington
England
Samuel Smith
New Orleans
Jersey
Eugene Higgins
Countess of Strafford
Henry William John Byng
Henrietta
Christian Danneskiold Samsoe
Marquis of
Ailesbury
Controversy rises in Congress over new possessions
Washington dispatch notes signs of trouble in Congress over Spain possessions. Senate debates constitutional limits on acquiring territory and a bitter contest looms. Hawaii commission report and bills outline government plans for the islands amid ongoing political maneuvering.
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Spain
Congress
Senate
Missouri
United States
Morrill
Vermont
Dewey
Hale
House
Northway
Ohio
Love
Mississippi
Adams
Pennsylvania
Census Committee
Hopkins Ofllinois
District of Columbia
Knox
Massachusetts
Territories
Wenceforth
Sprague
Hawaiian Commission
Cullom
Morgan
Hitt
Dole
Justice Frear
Hawaii
Islands
Hawaiian Islands
Commission
Reichstag Opened by Emperor William Amid Social Reforms
Emperor William opened the Reichstag announcing social and labor bills and army reorganization. He stressed peace as the policy’s main aim and expressed sorrow over the Empress of Austria’s assassination. He affirmed Germany’s neutral stance in the Spain versus United States war and praised his Palestine visit’s impact on German prestige.
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Berlin
Reichstag
William
Austria
Germany
Spain
United States
Palestine
Gavet & Co Suspends Payment With Minor Significance
Louis I. Gavet and Charles M. Gleason run the firm, with Gavet as board member. The stock exchange firm Louis I. Gavet & Co. announced suspension of payment yesterday, a fall in credit regarded as small and without especial significance.
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Stock Exchange
Louis I. Gavet & Co
Louis I. Gavet
Charles M. Gleason
Real estate man traces wife to Marlboro then learns she left
Frank Cody of Philadelphia, a long travel seeker of his wife Alice Cody, reached Marlboro yesterday afternoon after a journey spanning many miles. He learned she had departed the area, leaving him uncertain about her location and the status of their reunion.
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Newport
Mrs. Cody
Philadelphia
Mr. Cody
San Francisco
Fitchburg
Boston
Northboro
Westboro
Marlboro
Frank Cody
Alice Cody
Winter Street Handkerchief Sale
Ladies pure linen handkerchiefs with hem stitched borders offered at 12 9c price. Embroidered linen and embroidered initials mens handkerchiefs with hemstitched edges and blue initials offered at 25c. Pure linen initial handkerchiefs and boxed children’s handkerchiefs with embroidered initials sold in sets at 25c.
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Kersey
Man vows lifelong search to reunite with wife
A boarding house on Main Street and a man named Shaw paying her bills are noted as part of the scene. Mr. Cody was asked if his wife is worth the time, trouble and expense of his quest, and he replied he is determined to find her and will pursue this pursuit as long as necessary.
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Shaw
Mr. Cody
Wilmington
Del
Richard R. Kenney
Delaware
First National Bank of
Dover
William N. Boggs
Thomas S. Clark
Trenton
Oggs
Clark
Boggs
Kenney
Clark’s
Bay State
Bay State Gas
Jane Cakebread Dead in Libel Suit by Lady Somerset
Jane Cakebread a longtime London police figure dies amid a libel suit brought by Lady Somerset against William Waldorf Astor. The case centers on prior criminal convictions alleged by Cakebread and connected remarks in the press.
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Lady Somerset
William Waldorf Astor
London
Jane Cakebread
London Police
Libel Suit Settled After Public Apology In London
The case began with a libel claim and a defense of justification by Sir Astor who argued that Lady Henry and her temperance associates driven by their methods could drive anyone mad. The best London lawyers were hired but the matter settled out of court. Astor apologized to Lady Henry and the Pall Mall Gazette along with twenty other papers paid the costs.
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Erset
Lady Henry
London
Astor
Pall Mall Gazette
Woman Chooses Morphine in Providence Park
In Roger Williams Park Providence on December 6 Mrs Melanie Breckville reportedly a resident of Boston ingested morphine. A patrolman found her lying under a tree after she said she sought work unsuccessfully. She has one child currently a ward in a Provident home.
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Providence
Melanie Breckville
Boston
Roger Williams Park
Provident S
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