Bulgarians support union prospects amid frontier tensions
The Bulgarians have shown resolve over East Roumelia, challenging commissioners at the frontier while Todleben at Adrianople withholds escort and interview. The union or division of provinces promises trouble as a Bulgarian Militia forms and the Macedonia insurrection lingers unresolved by the Porte.
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Roumelia
Todleben
Adrianople
Constantinople
Macedonia
Porte
Four by elections loom with Maldon and Bristol tests
Next week two English and two Irish constituencies will elect MPs. Maldon voters choose a Sandford successor with Liberal candidate George Courtauld amid a small Essex electorate. Bristol's 24,000 electors face a tight contest between Sir Ivor Guest and Liberal Lewis Fry, amid a government confidence issue. New Ross and Londonderry also vote, with Sir Thomas McClure favored for the county seat.
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Maldon
Sandford
George Courtauld
Essex
Bristol
Ivor Guest
Lewis Fry
E. 8. Robinson
Lord Beaconsfield
New Ross
Londonderry
Ireland
Thomas McClure
Smyth
Late Londonderry figure a prominent church and political leader
The late Londonderry counties figure rose through ability and uprightness to prominence in church and state. Smyth, once a minister of the Irish Presbyterian Church, served as Magee College theology professor and as Moderator of the General Assembly during the Disestablishment era. His health suffered from active involvement in pushing the Irish Sunday Closing Act.
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Londonderry
Smyth
Irish Presbyterian Church
Magee College
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
Prince Bismarck Enforces Socialist Bill in Berlin Siege Mood
The Prussian Diet heatedly debated the repressive clauses used against socialists and Nihilists in Berlin. Home Minister Eulenburg defended the measures as necessary to protect the Emperor amid dangerous elements. Meanwhile William, aged, resumes duties as Regent after a period of seclusion.
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Prince Bismarck
Berlin
Count Eulenberg
Prussia
Europe
Mogland
Maperor
William
Electric Lighting Advances by Edison and US Inventors
The article surveys American efforts in electric lighting focused on incandescence and voltaic arc methods. It details Brush and Wallace dynamo systems, carbon arc lamps with fixed distance, and the Liverpool street Railway station tests. It explains Slab carbon lamps by Wallace Farmer, automated arc renewal, and the cost and duration expectations, plus Thomson Houston vibratory carbons and practical notes for England.
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Mr. Edison
Edison
United States
Brush
Wallace
England
Mr. Brush
Farmer
Wallace- Farmer
Shoreditch
Messrs. Ladd and Co
Liverpool Street
Thomson and
Houston
Philadelphia
Sketches From The Gallery Parliament Debates In December Session
Four hundred members respond to winter summons as Liberal voices clash with Ministerialists. Government aims to place war burden on India while opposition seeks censure and a decisive vote. Public interest centers on whether the Prime Minister consents to a summoned session and how the debate unfolds.
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India
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Housz
Commons
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