Roumanian Poet Queen Carmen Sylva of Bucharest Fame
The article profiles Carmen Sylva, the Poet Queen of Roumania, detailing her Castle Pelesch residence near Simla, early Renaissance architecture, and a study where she writes. It covers her birth December 29, 1843, royal marriage to King Charles, publications like Sappho and Hammerstein, notable works, and her charitable nursing during the 1877 78 Russo Turkish War.
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Carmen Sylva
Roumaniay
Pelesch
Simla
Charles I
Elizabeth
Hermann of Weid
Maria
Nassau
Charles of
Sappho
Hammerstein
Meister Manoli
Royal Theater
Vienna
Alandi
Braunschweig
Elizabeth Order of Nurses
Christmas Gift Advice for Individual Tastes and Budget
A vintage guide urges choosing gifts that suit each person, avoid generic items, and use handmade touches. It highlights affordable book departments, framed antique pictures, and decorative tapestry panels as tasteful options, encouraging thoughtful presents over costly buys.
Cleveland on Democratic Party Principles
The Atlanta Journal reports an interview with former President Cleveland from his home. He says the great need of the Democratic party is a return to first principles and rehabilitation on purely democratic lines.
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Cleveland
Atlanta
Atlanta Journal
Bill to extend civil service preference to Spanish War veterans rejected
Washington, Dec. 18. The House refused to pass a bill extending civil service preference to veterans of the Spanish War and the Philippines. Opponents warned of a growing military caste in civil service and argued it would delay civilian appointments for years. The vote was 205 to 51. The Senate devoted time to Hay-Pauncefote talks and routine work, with focus on war revenue tax reductions and a pure food bill in committee.
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Washington, D. C
Bramwell
Rep
Ohio
Spain
Philippines
Gillett
Mass
Messrs
McCall
Fowler
N. J
Hepburn
Iowa
Grosvenor
House
Yeas
Senate
Chandler
N. H
Montana
Graeme Stewart
Martin B. Madden
John M. Glenn
Senate Committee On Manufactures
Mason
Senate Finance Committee
Senate Committee
Congress
Refuses Help Porto Rico in Cuban Claim
The state department ruled the United States cannot intervene to assist Porto Rico in a $2,500,000 claim against Cuba. It warned that approving collection would invite numerous larger claims and strain the island’s finances. Promotions in Army and Navy followed. Bill to Hang Train Robbers introduced. Two bandits dead in Parrail, Mexico.
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United States
Porto Rico
Cuba
Washington, D. C
State Department
Senate
Army
John J. Clague
William L. Alexander
George B. Davis
Ralph W. Jones
U.S. W
Navy
George H. Barber
Samuel Sayre Rodman
Kentucky
John Mosley Brister
Pennsylvania
Senator Hoar
Judiciary Committee
Fire at Baltimore University Hospital Traps Patients
Fire discovered at 1 o'clock in the morning at Baltimore University hospital. Many patients panicked as firemen rescued nearly all through windows. one man leaped from a window and was killed.
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Baltimore Hospital
Baltimore
Baltimore University Hospital
Care of the Eyes From Eyelash to Eyebrow Care
Chicago Chronicle notes beauty tips for eyes emphasizing lashes and eyebrows. It advises nightly sesame oil or varnish for lash growth and brushing eyebrows to shape them, warning against overuse of oils and against plucking. The piece links eye appeal to expression and safety from dust.
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Eld
Helen of
Troy
Cleopatra
Chicago Chronicle
France Moves to Halt Looting in China
Paris reports Gen Chaffee's protest on looting spurs a firm French response. Minister Lanessan orders the Marseilles maritime prefect to seize lootings items sent from China and to return them to rightful Chinese owners. He also cables Gen Voyron to ban looting in all cases.
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China
Paris
Chaffee
M. Lanessan
Marseilles
Voyron
Insurgents Burn Cabatuan as U S Troops Advance Manila
Advices from Iloilo report rebels burning much of Cabatuan village while Assistant Surgeon Washburn and 18 troops guard key buildings. In Iloilo the 26th Infantry captured papers and some natives were killed. In San Pedro Macati 30 rebels captured after U S and Manila police surround suburb. A new political party under the American regime takes shape with a platform recognizing sovereignty and native autonomy.
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Manila
Iloilo
Panay
Cabatuan
Frederick A. Washburn, Jr
Twenty-sixth Volunteer Infantry
Quintin Salas
Stures
San Pedro Macaiti
Twentieth
United States Infantry
Mahila Police
Gaines
Labor and nationality shape Mexican industrial roles
The piece argues that Mexicans shun manual labor, keeping leadership in foreign hands. It contends foreigners own major firms and favor countrymen for top posts while natives stay in clerical or ranchero circles. It urges native youths to gain practical training to advance.
Boers Suffer Defeat and Cape Colony Invasion Report
London reports a severe battle ending in a British victory with 1500 to 2000 Boers surrounded at the Orange River, heavy losses, and captives. A Cape Town dispatch notes 700 Boers crossing into Cape Colony near Aliwal North reaching Kaapda. De Wet's force is said to have been repulsed twice before breaking through near Thabanchu with losses and a 15-pounder and wagons left behind.
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London
Orange River
Cape Colony
Cape Town
Aliwal
Kaapda
de Wet
Magaliesberg
Brabant
War Office
DeWet
Maseru
Thabanchu
Haasbroek
Springkant
Nek
Libel Action Filed Over Dowie Leaves of Healing Name
Rev William de Ronden Pos sues John Alexander Dowie of Chicago alleging libel in Leaves of Healing issue dated Oct 16 accusing Pos of fraud and immorality. Pos's counsel says Dowie is a British subject abroad and sought service of writ outside jurisdiction. court grants leave with right to appeal.
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Dowls
London
William de Ronden Pos
John Alexander Dowie
Chicago
Dowie
Pos
Paris
Switzerland
Mr. Dowie
British Gunboat Pheasant Arrives at Panama Disturbance
The British gunboat Pheasant reached Panama on Saturday while the British steamer Taboga sails today with an armed Colombian expedition to Chepo to quell a disturbance. The government force is expected to win easily.
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Panama
Colon
Colombia
Galveston
Texas
Pheasant
Taboga
Chepo
Fifty Men Dead or Injured in Beaver Rock Bridge Accident
Report from Bridgeport says fifty workers at Beaver Rock chain accident are killed or injured. The Engineer's Hydraulic Company is building the Beaver Rock bridge between Ford and Huntington, five miles from Bridgeport, according to the item.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Beaver Rock Chain
Driv. Hydraulic Company
Bet
Crnford and Huntington
Giving Shape to Feet
Health Magazine advises proper shoe fit for all, especially children, with low flat heels that should be righted promptly. For overlapping toes rub daily to guide correction. for ingrown nails trim lightly at the affected corner and fully at the opposite corner, then file the center until thin and flexible.
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Health Magazine
Court To Decide If Porto Rico and Philippines Citizens
Supreme Court arguments began in two cases to determine if insular peoples acquired from Spain’s war are United States citizens and whether constitutional protections apply. The ruling will set the status of Porto Rico and the Philippine islands in relation to the United States.
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Washington, D. C
United States Supreme Court
Porto Rico
Philippine Islands
Insular
Spain
United States
Collision Derails Trains in Ottawa Yards Cincinnati
A collision at Ottawa yards between the Ann Arbor passenger train and a Pere Marquette light engine derailed both engines and a baggage car. Engineers George Pulsifer and William Troy were injured in Toledo Ohio this morning at 8 o clock.
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Toledo
Ohio
Ann Arbor
Pere Marquette
Ottawa Yards
George Pulsifer
William Troy
Booz Inquiry Opens Over Cadet Hazing Death
In Bristol Pennsylvania on December 18 the military board of inquiry appointed by the secretary of war began taking testimony about Oscar L. Booz a former West Point cadet who died December 3 at his home allegedly from hazing at the academy two years earlier. The board includes Maj. Gen. John R. Brooke Brig. Gen. Alfred E. Bates and Col. J. H. Clouse. Will iam H. Booz Oscar's father testified that Arthur entered the academy June 10 1898 and letters soon after reported hazing.
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Booz
Bristol
Military Board of Inquiry
Secretary of War
Oscar L. Booz
West Point
Academy
John R. Brooke
Department of the East
Baker shoots wife cook and targets children in Chicago
Nicholas Phillips, a baker, shot his wife in the breast after she refused money. He then fired at Mrs. Katherine Musch, the wife’s cook, wounding her shoulder, and turned the gun toward the couple’s three sleeping children. two shots missed.
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Chicago
Nicholas Phillips
Katherine Musch
Prince Nicolas of Montenegro Renounces Princely Title
Belgrade reports Prince Nicolas of Montenegro will drop the title princely highness and adopt royal highness instead. The move is conveyed to the European courts from Belgrade via Semlin.
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Belgrade
Servia
Semlin
Hungary
Nicolas of
Montenegro
Europe
Victim of Knock-out Drops in Herkimer County
Miss Margaret Jennings died this afternoon in Little Falls as a victim of knock-out drops. The case mirrors the Jennie Bosschieter incident in Paterson New Jersey and may involve prominent local social figures as the official inquiry proceeds.
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Little Falls
N. Y
Margaret Jennings
Jennie Bosschieter
Paterson
N. J
Herkimer County
Earthquake Shakes Tennessee Virginia and North Carolina
Residents felt a minor quake across Tennessee Virginia and North Carolina last evening near Chattanooga reported by local observers. No injuries or major damage noted as cracks avoided.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Tennessee
Virginia
North Carolina
Death Toll From Gneisenau Sinking Falls to Thirty-Five
Official Malaga dispatch reports thirty five fatalities and about one hundred injured from the sinking of the German training frigate Gneisenau off Malaga. The earlier higher counts are revised downward.
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Madrid
Malaga
Sunaay
Gneisenau
Negro sets fire after assault on 16 year old girl in Georgia
Enraged residents of Calcutta Georgia search woods for a black man who choked Annie Neal 16 daughter of farmer John Neal then covered her with leaves and set fire to them. A passerby extinguished the blaze leaving Annie in critical condition.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Calcutta
Southern Railway
Annie Neal
John Neal
Wreck kills two in Milwaukee freight collision
A collision between two sections of a broken freight train at South Milwaukee last night killed two men and possibly three. Two oil cars were wrecked and the bodies of two men were found among the debris. The victims were well dressed, but identities could not be learned.
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Milwaukee
Wis
South Milwaukee
Helen Keller Speaks at Radcliffe College Debut
Helen Keller, the deaf and blind Radcliffe student and vice president of the freshman class, delivered a short address at Fay Hall during a class luncheon. Reported progress shows she can utter a few words clearly, aided by Miss Sullivan, with steady improvement in tone and speech.
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Radcliffe College
Boston
Helen Keller
Radcliffe Colege
Fay Hall
Helen
Miss Sullivan
Miss Keller
Radcliffe
New York
Fire Razes Brown Hoisting Plant in Cleveland
A massive blaze in Cleveland destroyed five of seven buildings at the Brown Hoisting and Conveying Machine plant at Hamilton and Belden streets. Losses exceed 500000 with 1100 workers left jobless. fire started in the varnish room shared with Elwell Parker Electric. No serious injuries reported. plant to be rebuilt.
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Brown Hoisting Machine Company
Cleveland
Brown Hoisting and
Hamilton
Belden
Elwell-Parker Electric Company
Brown Company
Elwell-Parker Company
London Sun debut under Rev Dr Parker criticizes gambling
The London Sun edits by Rev Dr Joseph Parker launches with bold editorials against gambling and hooliganism. It notes the usual ads and east end tragedy coverage while urging magistrates to wipe out hooliganism.
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London
London Sun
Joseph Parker
City Temple
Parker
East End
Big Stock Market Boom Expected After Weekend Rally
New York stock market shows rampant bull speculation with crowded galleries and the largest board-member attendance in years. Traders anticipated a sweeping outside demand following Friday and Saturday signals.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Many Steamships Delayed by Atlantic Storms
About twenty steamships due in port have not reported in by morning in New York. Vessels including Umbria from Liverpool La Champagne from Havre Victoria from Gibraltar Bulgaria from Hamburg Minnehaha from London Colorado from Hull and Rotterdam from Rotterdam are detained by storms and head winds. Some overdue ships have been at sea since late November.
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New York
Atlantic
Umbria
Liverpool
la Champagne
Havre
Victoria
Gibraltar
Bulgaria
Hamburg
London
Colorado
Hull
Rotterdam
Keane Appointed to Dubuque Diocese
Rome secret consistory names several bishops including Mgr. Keane former rector of Washington Catholic University to the Dubuque see.
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Mgr. Keane
Rome
Catholic University At
Washington
Dubuque
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Shoota
Parrail
Mexico
G. E. Kearney
Huis
Panay Island
Philippines Commission
War Department
Otis
Oscar L. Williams
Daily Market Report
Chicago Board of Trade
DR. Parker
Wall Street
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