Foreign Miscellany and Far-Flung News Highlights
A despatch from Penang reports Kraton captured with minor logs. Reports show many British emigrants to the U S returning to England. Siamese twins die in Greensboro NC at 63. Bengal famine relief and governance details, with Luttman Johnson as Assam secretary. Robinson Crusoe-like islander found by Captain Scott, now in Liverpool. Ashantee War updates from Gold Coast with Wolseley advancing on Coomassie and terms: indemnity, disarmament, and open corridors.
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Penang
United States
England
New York
Greensboro
North Carolina
Bengal
Calcutta
Times
Behar
Luttman Johnson
Assam
Forsyth
Yarkand
Kashgar
Roprinson Crusoer
South Pacific
Scott
Elgiva
Liverpool
Bellinghausen
London
Gold Coast
Lthenst
42Nd
Rifles
Garnet Welseley
Prah
Glover
Western Morning News
Koffee
Sir Garnet Wolseley
Sir Garnet
Coomassie
Oude
Scinde
West Africa
Marriage of the Duke of Edinburgh in St Petersburg
The Duke of Edinburgh wed Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna at the Winter Palace in St Petersburg. The ceremony featured royal participants, imperial bands, and a banquet. The day included lavish illuminations, state toasts, and gifts from merchants and colonies, with widespread observance in Britain and Europe.
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Duke of Edinburgh
Marie Alexandrovna
Russia
St. Petersburg
Winter Palace
Monsignor
Bashanoff
Novgorod
Moscow
Kiel
Prince of Wales
Arthur
Crown Prince of
Prussia
Prince Arthur
Alexis
Alexander Hall
Alexander I
Dean Stanley
Marie
Alfred Ernest
Grand Duchess
Imperial Chapel
Duchess of Edinburgh
Osborne
Imperial Highness
Wales
Albani
Russias
Imperial Palace
Tsarkoé Selo
Samara
Court News
Earl Granville
London
Chesham-place
Edinburgh
Sandringham
Windsor
Tall London Buildings Raise Life Safety Concern
Captain Shaw, in his 1873 report on London tires, highlights the growing issue of very tall buildings being erected without adequate upper story safety measures to protect inhabitants.
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Shaw
London