France Seeks Direct Talks With Pope Over Church Disputes
Paris reports indicate a major French episcopate push to win Vatican concessions while ministers push a settlement via direct talks with bishops rather than with the Pope. Paris stresses government willingness to deal with bishops on church property schools and seminary issues if separation law is accepted.
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Paris
Vatican
Rome
France
M. Briand
Écoles Libres
Nent
Cardinal Couille
Wealthy Officers Murder Ring in St Petersburg Case
In St Petersburg a murder agency is exposed after the death of Count Boutourlin. Count Delassy and Dr Patchenko are jailed. the doctor admits inoculating Boutourlin and other rich victims with cholera bacilli for pay. A related Warsaw case links Count Roniker to Delassy.
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ST. Petersburg
Count Boutourlin
Boutourlin
Count Delassy
Patchenko
Delassy
Nanking Exhibition Opens Amid Tense China Conditions
London dispatch reports from Nanking recall the exhibition opening by the Viceroy. Precautions were tight as 7 000 foreign trained troops were disarmed and 8 000 reliable troops stood by while foreign ships were ready to land. The ceremony proceeded without anti foreign sentiment observed. Victoria notes unease in China over incendiary proclamations urging attacks on foreigners and burning mills amid looming famines.
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London
The
Times
Shanghai
Nanking
Hsia-Kwan
Victoria
Empress of India
China
Su-Chin
Kiang-Su
Primitive Bar Sets Up Near Brooklyn Church Amid Tight Law
A Brooklyn firm opens a primitive saloon at De Kalb and Franklin Avenues to preempt a new law banning sales within 800 feet of a church. The site 218 feet from De Kalb Avenue Methodist Church spreads controversy as Rev W W Wilson leads opposition. The owners claim existing licenses protect them after complying with current rules. The Conklin bill’s passage is anticipated to tighten enforcement.
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Brooklyn
de Kalb
Franklin Avenues
de Kalb Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
Conklin Dill
W. W. W. Wilson
de Kalb Avenue
China curbs hair trade amid desecration findings
Victoria reports a Chinese government crusade against human hair exports after a Canton charity unearthed pauper corpses for hair. Authorities are prosecuting hair dealers found exhuming corpses and selling scalpings, with cases of scalp hair cut from crowds noted as action widens.
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Victoria
United States
America
Canton
France Eyes Proportional Reform I n Belgium Example
Paris reports that France debates proportional representation as a remedy to minority voices in the Chamber of Deputies. Belgium’s Antwerp results show RP would divvy seats by vote share, limiting majority rule. Catholics gain seven seats, Liberals five, Socialists one. Also notes on Disraeli and Suez and a separate Oslo Norway update on the United States steamer wreck.
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Paris
France
Belgium
R. P
Chamber of Deputies
Antwerp
Disraeli
Suez Canal
New York
American 6 and 12 cent stores arrive in England
Washington reports the 5 and 10 cent store idea expands to England as threepence and sixpence shops. United States Consul Benjamin F. Chase notes profitability and potential shifts in English retail practices. Leeds hosts a new three-story store drawing crowds. about 47,000 visited on opening day. Five such outlets have opened in major cities, with Leeds serving a 1,000,000 person shopping area.
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England
United States
Benjamin F. Chase
Leeds
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