France and Rome News in Versailles and Rome
Reports from Versailles and Paris describe the Count de Chambord’s departure, a fading Legitimist bid, and a manifesto viewed as aiding the Republic. Ammunition of war, indemnities, and loans loom as Prussia tightens hold while Rome greets Victor Emmanuel’s capital move with cheers and ministerial arrivals.
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Count de Chambord
Daily News
Versailles
Republic
Henry V
Gavriois
Paris
Bruges
German Emperor Tours Through Key German Cities
The Emperor of Germany left Berlin Saturday evening, traveled to Frankfort by Sunday morning, and reached Wiesbaden by ten o'clock. He reviewed troops, met authorities, and was greeted by massive crowds. He rode to Gastein where General von Moltke arrived on Sunday.
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Germany
Berlin
Ems
Frankfort
Wiesbaden
Prince Charles
General von Moltke
Gastein
Austrian Upper House Passes 1871 Budget En Bloc
The Budget was brought up for consideration in the Upper House with a full chamber including Archdukes and princes of the church. The President of the Ministry noted that recent events improved chances for a peaceful settlement. The 1871 estimates were adopted en bloc and the financial law passed without debate.
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Austria
Rome Ball Honors Victor Emmanuel and Royal Banquet
In Rome on the night of the fourth a large municipal ball was held with Victor Emmanuel in attendance. He departed for Florence that evening. The next day a major demonstration by working men's societies gathered in front of the Quirinal Palace with many flags as the King appeared on the balcony amid cheers. Ministers and diplomats attended the ball, and Rome's municipality hosted a banquet for Senate and Chamber deputations.
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Offiiel
France
Afaires
Oficiel
Amiens
Marshal MacMahon
Versailles
Strasburg
Victor Emmanuel
Rome
The
Monde
Committee of Army Organisation
Manteuffel
M. Thiers
Signor Visconti- Venosta
Pallavicini
Cavour
Italy
Signor Visconti-Venosta
Florence
Quirinal Palace
Senate
Chamber
Washington Treaty Ratification Prompts Dominion Debate
President Grant proclaims the Washington Treaty ratified. In Canada opposition softens as Newfoundland declines to join against it, though fisheries interests loom. The Times Philadelphia correspondent notes a tone shift toward ratification with Maritime Provinces urged to accept for urgent state reasons. Sir John A. Macdonald seeks MP support to secure a majority.
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America
Grant
Dominion
New Brunswick
St. John’s
Newfoundland
Philadelphia
The
Times
Canada
Maritime
John A. Macdonald
Foreign items span empires and railways in 1871 news
The report notes Joseph Trutch named first lieutenant governor of British Columbia, the Scanderia repairs the second trans Atlantic cable, and all three cables operational. It cites Dutch ratification of a Guinea coast cession treaty, looming US railroad expansion, cholera trends in St Petersburg and Moscow, Ostend visits by European monarchs, Russian and Prussian war losses, and a Cape Town wreck with 150+ bodies. It also covers Algerian insurrection results, Ameer Shere Ali and Yakoob Khan reconciliation, Amman cabal turmoil, and Cornell University’s third annual commencement with 40 graduates split among classics, science, philosophy, and civil fields.
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Joseph Trutch
British Columbia
Scanderia
England
Guinea
United States
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Ostend
Germany
Prince Bismark
Russia
Gravelottes
Ont Hunpreed
Capetown
Redas Corp
Souvenance
Pondicherry
Martinique
Auceria
Algiers
Constantine
ArraHan News
Ameer Shere Ali
Yakoob Khan
Ameer
Feramorz
Aslam Khan
Cabul
Cornell University
Ithaca
New York
Greek brigand Takos reported active in Thessaly
A Pall Mall Gazette letter from Athens recounts Takos and his brigands raiding near Marousi. They abducted a boy and mutilated him for ransom, with the child later seen in a military hospital. Takos, pursued by Greek troops, has crossed into Thessaly.
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Cornell
Athens
Pall Mall Gazette
Takos
Marousi
Thessaly
Drowning at Ecclesbourne coast and Open Air Mission case
A group of twenty to thirty boys from a school at Ore were swimming at Ecclesbourne near Hastings when currents pulled them out. Five were rescued by a tutor and a coastguardsman. one boy, Frederick Roome of the Isle of Wight, drowned and his body washed ashore east of the site. Also reported is an arrest for open air preaching at Kensington, plus an encroachment clash at Wanstead Flats over Epping Forest fences, with police guarding and a fence being toppled by crowds.
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Ore
Ecclesbourne
Hastings
Frederick Roome
Isle of Wight
Gawin Kirkham
Open Air Mission
Hammersmith Police Court
Kensington
Baxter
Lyngane
High-street
Church-street
Scotland Yard
Dayman Sai
Commissioners of Police
Epping
Wanstead
West Ham Hall
Tanner
Antonio Brady
Forestells Arms
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