Cruelty in Sport Sparks Debate Across Classes
A Victorian critique ridicules fox hunting and rat killing as vulgar cruelty. It notes aristocrats enjoy pigeon shooting and dog pits while police court debates question whether such acts differ from fox hunting. The piece argues cruelty dulls humanity and urges restraint to curb war.
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Lord Fitz-Noodle
Marquis of
Stubbleton
Jack Noakes
Bob Styles
Jack
Bill
Lady Blanche de
Hurlingham
Pytchley
Montague Williams
Marlborough-street
Great Windmill-street
Williams
Freeman
Highlands
Conference proposal approved by all powers dated Versailles inst
The dispatch from Count Biamark to Count Bernstorff announces unanimous acceptance of a conference proposal, with Versailles dated 3 inst. The British cabinet will set a date and invite all powers to convene. Russia seeks a separate understanding with the Porte. Austria backs the conference to secure peace and a lasting settlement. Moscow council presses for press liberty and reforms. Czar rebukes. A St Petersburg envoy is banished for leaking Grant's letter.
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Count Biamark
Count Bernstorff
Versailles
Berlin
Earl Granville
Great Britain
Russia
Count Benst
Prince Gortschakoff
Austria
Moscow
Black Sea
St. Petersburg
Grant
Prussia
America
Olonitz
German King receives Reichstag deputation at Versailles
At Versailles on Sunday King William thanked the deputation for wartime supplies and unity. He said the Imperial Crown question depends on the unanimous will of German princes and the nation. The Prussian Diet opened with a throne speech promising reforms after peace. Bebel and Liebknecht were arrested in Brunswick for treason and the Vossische Zeitung was confiscated for unpatriotic wartime coverage.
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William
Reichstag
Versailles
Bavaria
Germany
William Haa
Vienna Hofburg
Sterren Bebel
Liebknecht
France
Brunswick
Vossische Zeitung
Italy Debates Papal Guarantees in Parliament
In a parliamentary committee Signor Lanzi argued that engagements with the Roman Catholic world require concessions to the Papacy. The committee passed all clauses of the bill amid objections that the guarantees contradict public policy.
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Signor Lanzi
Moderation urged on Alabama claims by ex minister in London
Charles Francis Arains former American Minister in London told the Historical Society that the U S should pursue a moderate course on the Alabama claims and avoid war driven by certain politicians The New York World criticized General Butler for bellicose remarks and urged the government to press fishery claims without humiliating concessions The Tribune believed the Anglo American war dormant and hoped Britain would discuss the claims on terms of American honor It noted the fishery dispute's serious undertone and anticipated Schencke's vigorous presentation of reclamations Butler was criticized for harsh conduct
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America
Charles Francis Arains
London
The
Historical Society
Moderatiow
United States
Alabama
New York World
Butler
Great Britain
the Tribune
Tribune
Schencke
Belligerent speech on relations earns Fenian support
The speaker, criticized for a combative address on Anglo American ties, receives unexpected backing from the Fenians who offer encouragement amid the dispute.
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England
The
Fenians
Chinese executions in Tientsin linked to paid conspirators
Shanghai reports from Nov 1 describe 16 men beheaded on Oct 19 for the Tientsin massacre. Only 2 or 3 were truly involved. others were paid 100 to 500 taels for participation. Bodies reportedly honored, with public talk of a funeral and bodies lying in state. Additional sentences punished foreign demands and compensation totals.
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China
Shanghai
Tientsin
North China Herald
Tartary
M. Fontanier
Tis
Pekin
Foreign Miscellany and World News Highlights
A London column surveys European royalty, reform movements in India, papal and religious notes, and reports from St. Petersburg and Calcutta. Topics include Queen Maria Vittoria of Spain, the Indian Reform Association, papal patronage, and Russia-India tensions with a Times correspondent’s view on telegrams and market effects.
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Spain
Maria Vittoria
Prim
Florence
Axpris
Indian Reform Association
India
Baboo Keshub Chunder Sen
St. Petersburg
Prince Urloff
Baron Brunnow
London
Joseph
Mary Immaculate
Universal Church
W. UO. 5Ward
Japan
Mikxado
Russia
Times
Calcutta
A Boston preacher links Revelation to gunpowder
The Rev. J. D. Fulton interprets Revelation as predicting gunpowder naming a vision of horses with fire and brimstone, likening the heads to lions and the mouths to gunfire. He cites a ceremony of light-horse charging and pistols aimed at the foe as an almost exact modern parallel.
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Boston
J. D. Fulton
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