Horrors of Austrian asylum reveal brutal abuse at Steinhof
Cron tos, an attendant at Vienna Steinhof Asylum, brutalized a patient during a cold pack and suffocation, causing death. He was convicted of severe assault and sentenced to six months’ hard labor amid criticism of the facility’s management and inadequate medical oversight.
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Vienna
Juhe
Crontos
Steinhof Asylum
Lower Austria
Criminal Court
Felgi
Imperial Princess Kane Weds Prince Kitashirakawa in Ancient Japanese Ceremony
London dispatch reports the marriage of Imperial Princess Kane to Prince Kitashirakawa in Tokyo with age-old rites. The ceremony included prayers to gods, an imperial toast, and a later reception at Tanakawa Palace attended by the Emperor, Empress, and foreign dignitaries.
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London
Kane
Akawa
Tokyo
The
Standard
Kitashirakawa
Mopetisi
Faust Gress
Tanakawa
Russians Trouble Persia Amid Turkish Occupation
Teheran reports a rising crisis in Eremetien Persia as Turkish forces seize Sao J Boulak unopposed. The Anjumtan at Tabriz accuses Russia of usurping duties and arrests a Persian member, while fear and hatred of Russia grow among Persians. The situation worsens with 2600 Turkish troops reported at Maragha and international powers watching closely.
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Teheran
Eremetien
Persia
Boulak
Urumig
Tapriz
Ey Hay
Ajuman
Anjumtan
Tabriz
Coenraseese Tang
Jussiahs
L. Oritie
Permanent “Commission
Snarsk
Russia
Khaan
Death of Mr. P. A. McHugh MP North Sligo
London report notes the death of Mrs. P. A. McHugh MP and the long illness of Mr. McHugh. He suffered a stroke of paralysis and never recovered. North Sligo constituency remains held by a nationalist party with no expected change in its seat.
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London
P. A. McHugh
North Sligo
McMlugh
North Algo
Erie
Woman revived during embalming after glass mirror test
London reports a Wolverhampton case of Mrs. Mary Jane Walker aged forty who seemed dead after a seizure and fits. An undertaker measured the body and a nurse observed a moving head and heat in the body. A mirror held to the mouth showed moisture suggesting life, but the coroner and Dr. Yeates confirmed death by phthisis and hemorrhage. The jury ruled death occurred Monday night.
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London
Wolverhampton
Mary
Jane Walker
Blakenhall
Florence Smith
Yeates
Birmingham University
Turkish Pashas Exiled After Turkish Crisis
London dispatch reports Mahmud Shevket Pasha shaping a new Turkish government. Five ex-Sultan era leaders including Ahratm Pasha and Raghib Pasha are condemned to five years exile in fortresses with civil rights loss and confiscation of property.
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London
Constantinople
the Telegraph
Turkey
Mahmud Shevket Pasha
Shevket Pasha
Abdi’ Hamid
Yildiz
Roy Eer
Generalixeima
Prinkipo
Saagg
Ah Ratm Pasha
G. Memduk Pasha
Avs Ratib Pasha
Saad-ed-Din Pasha
Raghib Pasha
Dreadnought of the sky Japan's new airship revealed
The first published image shows Isaburo Yamada's Yamada Kikai airship near Tokyo. It features a separate engine boat, two high explosive baskets, and a crewed control system connected by wires, marking a revolutionary, terrifying craft studied by foreign experts.
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Tokyo
Japan
Isaburo’ Yamada
Yamada Kikai
Earth
Polite Swindler Outwits Paris Shopkeepers
A young woman posing as the wife of a French officer swindles four merchants in Paris within hours. She checks into the Avenue de l Opera hotel, arranges gowns and lingerie, borrows a dressmaker’s car, and leaves with parcels paid by a presumed husband, then escapes with the taxi and valuables.
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Paris
Rooks
Avenue de l'Opera
Jon
Tvho
New World's Record For A British Cruiser
London June 25 A fresh world's record for fast steaming was made by the cruiser battleship Invincible during an eight hours full speed Home Fleet trial returning from Queensferry. She held twenty eight knots throughout the trip and reached 29 knots briefly, surpassing any ship of her size in similar conditions. Drake with piston engine reached 24 12 knots, while the Dreadnought averaged just over 21 knots. The Invincible is armed with eight 12 inch guns and turbine engines delivering 41 000 horsepower.
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London
Invincible
Queensferry
Drake
Terrible Alpine Climb Ends in Multiple Deaths
Paris reports a fatal Alpine climb near the San Dalmaizzo di Tenda frontier. Italian and French alpinists including Gerara Bonroux Taggete and Flandre with Pye Peery guides reached the Grande Den at about 10 000 feet. Descent proved perilous. rope failure caused several climbers to fall to the abyss.
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Paris
Ceming
San Dalmaizzo di Tenda
Mariting
Ligurian Alps
Ge ‘Rara
Bonroux
Taggete
Flandre
Pye Peery
Bratt
Grande den
Felden
South Africa’s Union Nearly Wrecked Over Constitution
Pretoria June 25. In the Legislative Assembly Gen. Botha moved adoption of the amended constitution saying the Union was near wreckage at Bloemfontein as the Transvaal conceded points to secure Union. Sir George Farrar supported Botha against Natal anti Unionists and noted racialism as a Natal issue. The constitution was later adopted by the Legislative Council.
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Pretoria
Legislative Assembly
Botha
Bloemfontein
Transvaal
George Farrar
Natal
Gen
Transvaal-Mozambique
Legislative Council
Parisian Schoolboys Death by Their Own Action Club
Astounding revelations report Blaise Neny a fifteen year old in Clermont Ferrand who shot himself in class after being urged by three schoolmates acting in a death by own action club. The trio rehearsed the act marked the chalk spot and timed the suicide to the exact minute. A neighbor loaned a watch and urged him to die at the specified time.
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Paris
Clermont-Berrand
Blaise Pascal Neny
Young
Neny
Robert Louis Steveson
Alcohol and Disease Link Highlighted by Bertillon
Paris reports the first large scale study on alcohol related illness. Dr Bertillon connects alcoholism to tuberculosis, noting twice as many drinkers aged 35 to 45 die of consumption than shopkeepers, and argues strong liquor use raises infection risk and weakens resistance. He cites that the male drinker group bears higher mortality after adolescence.
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Paris
Bertillon
Academy of Medical Science
Bertilion
Love Affair Sparks Military Civilians Clash in Giurgiu
Reports from Bucharest recount a deadly street clash in Giurgiu over a forbidden courtship between Lieutenant Foscalina and the sister of lawyer Radulescu. Civilians seized the officers, soldiers arrived with Hussars, and the confrontation left many wounded and Foscalina mortally wounded. Radulescu, who denounced Foscalina, was arrested. Lopukhin received a harsh sentence, while public reaction remains mixed to the verdict.
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Vienna
Bucharest
Giurgeno
Licut
Foscalina
Radolescu
Licet
M. Radolescu
M. Radulescu
Moscalina
Strange Tragedy in Hungarian Town
In a Hungarian village near Stelnathanger a farmer named Veres who had returned from America was murdered by his wife and mother in law. They gave him wine laced with cyanide to end his life to avoid suspicion, then buried him that night. The two cousins later confessed when confronted by authorities.
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Vienna
Stelnathanger
Higary
Veres
America
Veréa
Hihdbas
Servian Crown Prince Challenged in Palace Duel Talk
Vienna reports Crown Prince is embroiled in a scandal after a major failed to salute him and was labeled a coward. The officer, allied with conspirators, sent seconds to demand satisfaction. the prince refused entry to conspirators, calling it beneath his dignity. Major Okanovitch may face court martial for challenging the prince to a duel.
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Vienna
Okanovitchy
Damjahi
Prion
Edohd
Okanovitch
Brothers Face Trial Over Hidden Marriage Fraud
Two brothers Pierre and Gaston Garric stand trial at Abeyeron for a marriage fraud committed six years ago. Pierre, then seventeen, used his elder brother’s birth certificate to marry. months later the elder brother learned of the deceit and was shocked to learn of the arrangement. The case centers on forgery and mistaken identities.
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Paris
Pierre
Gaston Garric
Abeyeron
Nom Gee
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Speendor
Shah
RST
African Union
Tildy
Chicago
M. Lopukhim
Cassanga
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