Wholesome luncheon rooms and book sale lure readers
An advertisement for a lunch room promises fresh wholesome food cooked to please the palate with low prices and a popular book department offering 10 cent titles and 49 cent volumes. A lengthy news item follows detailing testimony at the Parnell commission in London about Irish conspiracies and the U B and I R B groups with witness Beach describing movements of Egan Brennan and other defendants.
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London
Parnell Commission
Beach
le Caron
Boyton
Philadelphia
Sheridan
America
Webster
U.S
Witness
U. S
Sullivan and
Lomas
Germans debate bimetallism and silver standard
In the Reichstag a proposal urged Germany to coordinate with England to restore a silver standard. Treasury Secretary Von Maltzahn said Germany should maintain its gold standard, while opposition argued the move meddled with England. The bimetallists withdrew the resolution.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Herr Mirbach
England
Herr von Maltzahn
Imperial Treasury
Germany
Herr von Bennigsen
Herr Kardoff
Glencoe Sunk After Collision With Largo Bay Off Beachy Head
London reports the Glencoe of the Glen line, en route from Liverpool to London, sunk after colliding with the British bark Largo Bay off Beachy Head. Fifty two crewmen, all presumed drowned, with no passengers aboard, were lost as a fierce storm aided the disaster. The Largo Bay survived, its crew rescued after boats were wrecked. the ship was towed into Cowes.
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London
Largo Bay
Beachy Head
Glencoe
Glen Line
Glasgow
Liverpool
Cowes
Weather Summary for New England and Eastern New York
Wasu Hindon reports fair and warmer weather for twenty four hours in New England and eastern New York with southwesterly winds. Boston observations show clear conditions, mean daily temperature 16.0 C, max 21.8 C, min 8.2 C, mean relative humidity 70 percent, barometer around 29.84 inches, no precipitation.
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Wasu Hindon
New England
New York
Boston
Late Ship News Delivers Arrivals and Wreck Updates
New York reports arrivals including the City of Fitchburg from Fall River and several sailings to Glasgow Hull and Bermuda. A vessel collision near Point Petre Guadaloupe leaves the Favorite of New Haven damaged but afloat, while the Samos schooner sits ashore at Mosher's Point awaiting salvage efforts.
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Fall River
State of Pennsylvania
Anlia
Glasgow
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Hull
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Dessa
Orinoco
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Clearea
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Nicol
Gen. Whitney
Bearse
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Hamilton
Berk Albert Russell
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C. Sweeney
Robertson
Havana
East London
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Morris
Georgetown
Dem
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Classen
Nassau
N. P
Ella M. Watts
Stevens
Montevideo
Newport
R. I
Cone
New Haven
Dourity
Point Petre
Guadaloupe
Amelia A
Bilboa
Wood’s Holt
Samos
Mosher’s Point
Davis
Wood’s Holl Wrecking Company
Consul Sewall’s Samoan Stand Sparks Resignation
Washington reports Harold M. Sewall, U.S. consul general to the Samoan Islands, was asked to resign for opposing the administration on Samoa. He cites German designs and declares he would return if offered the post again. He accuses Bayard and officials of hampering protection for Americans in Apia.
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Sprcran
Harold M. Sewall
Samoan Islands
Department of State
Sewall
Apia
Post
Bayard
Augusta
Harrison
Malietoa
Samoa
Lord Salisbury
Hawaiian Islands
Bates
Kimberly
State Department
Admiral Kimberly
Mr. Bayard
Germany
Leary
Mullen
Whitney
Philadelphia
Charles H. Eldredge
United States Navy
United States
Eldredge
Eldre
Klein
French Attack in Tonkin Ends Campaign
Paris reports from Hanoi that French forces struck Dinbeintong and Cochu and routed rebel groups. Three European soldiers were wounded as the campaign against rebels is viewed as over.
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Paris
Hanoi
Tonquin
Dinbeintong
Cochu
Tolstoi Denies Resigning Interior Post As Reform Advances
The report that Count Tolstoi would resign as minister of the interior is officially denied. The Czar is expected to approve Tolstoi’s reform plan, including provincial district chiefs and overhaul of provincial administration, per Vie domosti.
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Sr. Peterssona
Count Tolstoi
Viedomosti
Death of Rudolf Crown Prince of Austria
Vienna reports detail Rudolf and Baroness Vetsera liaisons and their joint death at Meyerling. Marie Vetsera shot in the forehead. Rudolf also killed, with Flowers on the coverlet. Vetsera family travels to Venice as Austrian rumors of noble involvement are denied. The Rome despatch adds a note on presumed insanity and burial rites.
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Rudolf
Marie Vetsera
Wallersee-Larisch
Marie
Meyerling
Vetsera
Venice
Auersperg
Schwarzenberg
Rudolph
Belgium
Brussels
London
The
Daily News
Rome
Insurgents Cut Demand in Zanzibar Missionary Case
Rebels on the coast of Zanzibar lower their ransom to 7000 rupees plus three Arab slave dealers seized by the Germans for the release of German missionaries near Bagamoyo. Anarchy and extreme heat described as conditions worsen.
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Zanzibar
Bagamoyo
Refugees Arrive as Shanghai Foreign Concession Destroyed
Refugees from Ching-Kiang-Foo reach Shanghai with most of the foreign quarter wiped out the American mission chapel burned and authorities alleging Chinese officials and soldiers aided the plot. American and British warships have arrived.
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Shanghai
Ching-Kiang-Foo
Still After O'Brien in Clonmel Jail
Dusun February 7 summonses served on Mr William O'Brien in Clonmel jail for illegal speeches on the Kenmare estate.
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Dusun
William O’brien
Clonmel
Kenmare
Geffcken Defence Not Published Despite Documents
Breruy February 7 Geffcken's counsel denies official claims that his defence was withheld for lacking case documents. He says a special dossier showed diary extracts did not expose the compiler to penalties and that publishing later would have been improper after the tribunal decision. London February 7 Premier Floquet urged arrest of General Boulanger as conspirator. most cabinet supported, War Minister Freycinet opposed, warning against bloodshed. plan dropped.
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Geffcken
London
Boulanger
Floquet
General Boulanger
M. de Freycinet
Engineer School of Application Visitors Named
Colonel Cyrus B. Comstock and Lieutenant-Colonels David C. Houston and George L. Gillespie Engineer Corps named to inspect Willett Point school. First Lieutenant Estcourt Sawyer relieved from General Schofield staff to take leave on Feb 13. Second Lieutenant George J. Godfrey granted two months additional sick leave.
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Army and Navy Gazette
Wasa Hindon
Specia
Cyrus B. Comstock
David C. Houston
George L. Gillespie
Engineer Corps
Engineer School of Application
Willett’s Point
Neves
Estcourt Sawyer
Fifth Artillery
Schofield
George J. Godfrey
Hardy Boston Sailor Recovering After Sound Rescue
Leander Kaldron, rescued with fellow sailors on a raft in the Sound by the steamer Old Colony, has recovered from exposure at Bellevue Hospital and started for Boston.
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Boston
New York
Leander Kaldron
Old Colony
Bellevue Hospital
Pan ama resolution in committee session on minority report
The Edmunds Panama resolution was taken up by the House foreign affairs committee on a member’s request to file a minority report. Opposition, led by Russell of Massachusetts, grew more pronounced as the committee adjourned without ruling on the minority report or floor debate timing.
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National Stove Manufacturers’ Association
D. M. Thomas
Washington
Edmunds
Panama
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Russell
Massachusetts
Two Ballots Taken in Joint Assembly for U S Senator
In Charleston West Virginia on February 7 two ballots were taken in a joint assembly for United States Senator. Goff led with 40 votes followed by Kenna 39 Goshorn 38 ex Senator Hereford Governor E Wilson and J A Preston each with one. Republicans exited over state officers recount leaving the assembly with no quorum.
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Cuarleston
W. Va
Joint Assembly
United States
Goff
Kenna
Goshorn
Hereford
E. Wilson
J. A. Preston
Greene visits Indianapolis on Moore defalcation case
Colonel Jacob L. Greene of the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company arrived in Indianapolis to review the firm here and discuss real estate with local representatives. He refuted attacks on the company over Joseph A. Moore’s defalcation and noted the year’s strong assets and surplus despite the loss. He said the next annual report will show assets above 57 million dollars and a surplus over 5 million.
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Ind
Jacob L. Greene
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company
Joseph A. Moore
Canada
Connecticut Mutual
Moore
Greene
Connecticut
Judge Removes Murray Over Alleged Bribery Claim
In Syracuse a judge ordered James A. Murray of Buffalo removed from the U S commissioner post amid allegations of attempted bribery. Murray allegedly offered Congressman Glover 25 percent of a government claim plus a further bribe via his wife, prompting a swift response from the court.
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the Times
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N. Y
Wallace
James A. Murray
Buffalo
United States
Murray
Congress
House Judiciary Committee
Glover
St. Louis
American Express Company
Seventeen Men Not Drowned in Ice Breakthrough Rumors
Gloversville special reports roads opened to Pine Lake and settles rumors of seventeen men drowned when teams broke through the Sacondaga River ice. No lives were lost and the story is deemed authoritative.
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N. Y
Gloversville
Morning Express
Pine Lake
Sacondaga River
Telephone litigation returns to high court on damages ruling
Judge Blodgett reaffirmed a prior decision in American Bell Telephone Company vs Cushman Telephone Company awarding the plaintiffs 1 cent and costs for patent infringement. An appeal was allowed and the case is moved to the United States Supreme Court for final adjudication. Moseley’s at 469 Washington street advertises worn ladies, misses and children’s boots and shoes at very cheap prices.
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Vates States
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