Crisis and resignation amid Italian spirit tax vote crisis
Italy's Prime Minister Crispi faced defeat over the spirit taxes, prompting talk of resignation as King Humbert I weighed the ministerial crisis. French papers welcomed Crispi's fall, while official Paris warned that Italian foreign policy might endure regardless of leadership changes.
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Rome
Crispi
Chamber of Deputies
Italy
Signor
Humbert I
Crisp
Popolo Romano
Milan Secolo (Democratic
Dirretto
Tribuna
Paris
Journal Des Debats
Signor Crispi
France
Republique Francais
The
Lanterne
Siecle
the Figaro
Gaulois
Liberte
Moniteur
Humbert
Revolution Suppressed in Orvorto as Troops Rebel
Reports from Orvorto describe a brief insurrection where three infantry regiments seized the Hotel de Ville and proclaimed a republic. Loyal forces besieged the town hall, insurgents surrendered, leaders to be court-martialed, and dozens of arrests made. Government raids shut Republican clubs and seized papers.
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Orvorto
Hotel de Ville
Dom Pedro Square
Verdial
St. Nicholas
Veiga
Senhor Freitan
High Court
Senhor Soares
Professor Silva
Leite
Leitas
Malheiros
Lisson
Portugal delays Mozambique charter as government debates
In Lisson on February 1 the Portuguese government has not signed the Mozambique charter. The terms remain unknown in Lisbon, known only to those directly connected. The British government reportedly obtained a copy from Paris financiers involved in the project.
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Republian
Council of State
India
Portugal
Mozambique
Lisson
Lisbon
Paris
Massacre of Spanish Troops Reported at Caroline Islands
A new Spanish steamer reached the Caroline Islands and another massacre of Spanish troops occurred. Residents and natives attacked the garrison, killing about ninety soldiers and civilians. Spaniards retaliated by assaulting a native stockade, heavy fighting followed with islanders driven into the jungle. The natives used Remington rifles. the Spanish captain shot himself to avoid capture.
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San Francisco
Caroline Islands
Opening of Roy English Opera House with Ivanhoe premiere
London hosts the new Royal English Opera House opening with the first Ivanhoe opera by Sullivan. Sir Arthur Sullivan conducts to a thrilled audience as Prince of Wales and other royals attend. demand for seats was intense with offers from Americans exceeding $50. Tonight's success promises a second performance tomorrow.
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Roy
English
Sullivan
London
Royal English Opera House
Arthur Sullivan
Julian Sturges
Prince of Wales
Maud
Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh
Sir Arthur
Arthur
Professor Koch Heads to Egypt for Three Month Absence
Professor Koch announced he will depart Berlin for Egypt for about three months. He hosted a farewell reception for his laboratory assistants and noted he has partially disclosed the curative lymph production method to curb fevered interest among doctors in Berlin.
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Brrary
Koch
Egypt
Berlin
Notorious Worcester Forgery Case Unfolds Across Cities
Clark Wells Hatch is arrested in Worcester on forgery charges linked to a August 1890 scheme. A Boston insurer fraud involved a forged death claim for Harry C. Smith and a series of unpaid drafts, with Hatch & Woodman named as agents. Detectives connect Wells Hatch to prior Colorado murder trial outcomes.
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Worcester
Clark W. Hatch
Clark Wells
Mechanics’ National Bank
Wells
Travellers’ Insurance Company of
Hartford
Hatch & Woodman
Boston
Mamie E. Smith
Sherman Babson
William H. Jourdan
Clark Waich
Harry C. Smith
Narragansett Pier
Boston Clearing House
Mechanics’ Bank
Travellers’ Insurance Company
Clark Wells Hatch
Insurance Company
Justice of the Peace
Harry ©. Smith
Kansas
Saturda
Woodman
William 4
Hatch
Henry E. Hatch
Kit Carson County
Colorado
Record of Fires Near Pilling's World's Museum and Cotton Mill Fire
An alarm from box 53 at 12:21 a.m. reported a roof fire at Pilling's World's Museum 667 Washington street caused by an electric wire with no damage. Protective No. 1 collided with engine 25 at Bedford and Chauncy streets. driver John McInes injured and hospitalized. In Little Rock, North Little Rock Cotton Compress and oil mill burned, hundreds of bales of cotton lost. South's largest oil mill, estimated loss around 250000 dollars.
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Pilling’s World’s Museum
Washington Street
Protective No
Bedford
Chauncy Streets
John McInes
Massachusetts General Hospital
Little Rock
Ark
North
Teller Explains Free Coinage vs Election Bill Rift in Congress
In Washington Senator Teller of Colorado repudiates any Dem Republican silver state conspiracy to kill the election bill and force free coinage. He says no such bargain existed and notes the split over free coinage has harmed both bills while lawmakers shift toward halting inflation. The House honors Lewis Watson before adjourning.
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Washington
Teller
Colorado
Senate
Reed
Wolcott
Stewart
Jones
House
Aldrich
Rode Island
Senate actions on force bill and land rail transportation
In Washington on Feb 1 Senator Teller denied supporting the force bill and disputed amendments in committee. The army appropriation bill passed after striking a 50 percent government rail transport limit and approving a 70 percent basis, later reduced to 60 percent rejected. Several other bills moved. fortification and pension bills queued. Executive session followed, Senate adjourned at 4 45 until Monday at 2 PM.
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WashingTon
Senate
Teller
Secretary of War
Power
Messrs Cockrell
Missouri
Davis
Minnesota
Military academy appropriation bill passes in House
In Washington the military academy appropriation bill was passed in the House yesterday without further opposition. The House then moved to the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill in committee of the whole with Mr Payson presiding. During debate Mr McCreary shifted to the Behring Sea controversy.
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United States
Behring
Ourvernment
Lewis Watson
Pennsylvania
Washington
Payson
McCreary
Behring Sea
Rewarding a Brave Deed in New Bedford History
Reports from the House Committee on Pensions propose pensions for George James, cooper on the whaler Edward, and Adeline S Wilbur, widow of crew member Charles H Wilbur, citing a Mexican War rescue by the Edward and Magnolia aiding a garrison at San José. The Yale Alumni Dinner in Boston is announced for Feb 3 at Young's Hotel with invited dignitaries and ensembles, noting Secretary Noble’s absence.
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James
Cooper
United States
Edward
John 8. Barker
Mexico
San José
Magnolia
Relief
Bach
Shubrick
Mazatlan
United States Fish Commission
London Mercantile Gazette
Simmons
John E. Barker
New Bedford
San Jose
California
Yale
Yale Alumni Association of
Boston and Vicinity
Young’s Hotel
Dwight
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr
RE. L. Richard
Joseph Twichell
Hart Lyman
New York
Windom
Noble
England
E. J. Phelps
Glee Flak
Banjo Club
Baltimore & Ohio gains control of Pittsburg and Western railroads
The Baltimore and Ohio has secured control of the Pittsburg and Western system and will, after completing the Akron to Chicago Junction line in sixty days, compete with the Pennsylvania line for Western through traffic to the seaboard. Control was via stock exchange with Pittsburgh manufacturers. the Pittsburg and Western will be double tracked to handle rising traffic, with both parties pleased by the arrangement. Mellin’s Food ad copy follows, touting digestive benefits and appetite satisfaction.
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New York
Baltimore & Ohio
Pittsburg & Western
Akron
Chicago Junction
Pittsburg
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Seaboard
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Hanging in Russia exhibit at Arena Building
Verestchagin brings to Boston artists at 48 Canal Street a display of fine hangings. Featured pieces include Avignon Velours Portieres in camel and reverse Ardoise, Louis XV Velours Portieres in pale rose and cream, and heavy Vienna Chenille Portieres. Vienna pieces priced at 18 dollars per pair, with tariffs likely restricting future imports.
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Verestchagin
Arena Building
Russia
Canal Street
America
Vienna
Labor and Capital Fall River Trouble Brewing
Dissatisfaction among the weavers and spinners in Lynn grows as 800 workers resist lockout. Master Workman John McCarthy of the Morocco Dressers Assembly travels to Philadelphia to consult with the General Executive Board about a possible five cent per head assessment on Knights of Labor members. The goal is to fund continued strikes and press manufacturers, with a boycott on shoes from deemed unfair stock.
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Lynn
Seedan
John McCarthy
Knight of Labor
United States
Knights O Labor
Knights of Labor
Philadelphia
Weavers at Hargrave's Mill Vote to Strike
Weavers at Hargrave's mill in Fall River met secretly to decide action over low wages for striped satines. They voted to strike tomorrow morning and plan a 9 a.m. meeting at Star Music Hall.
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Hargrave’s Mill
Fall River
Falll River
Hargrave's Mill
Star Music Hall
Fall River Spinners Plan Delegation For Redress
A show meeting of spinners and weavers from three mills voted to send a delegation to Agent Brayton to seek redress for alleged overtime and low wages. A grand mass meeting is planned with 54 hour law speakers invited. Academy of Music may host the event. Trades Council to help with arrangements. $100 from Cypinners Union sent to Newark strikers.
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Fall River
Brayton
Samuel Gompers
Frank K. Foster
George McNeil
Senator Howard
Academy of Music
Trades Council
Howard
C Ypinners’ Union
Newark
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Arpets
Geo. H. Lloyd
Hromfeld St
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King & CO
BoylstonSt
NAT’ L Fins
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Hopkins Academy
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Royal English Opyre
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Dean Plumptre
Lydia Peschau
Revenezuelan
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Page & Clark
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Pepsndent Eliot
Harvard
Edward A. Horton
Minot J. Savage
Church of the Unity
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Ville de Douai
Kremen
Fernando
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Umbria
G. Burnham & CO
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CAT Deri Bailner Desk CO
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Boston Wharf Company
Young's
Court Square
Oston
Senor Crispi
DR. Koch
Button and
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French & CO
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