Paris Chamber Hearing As Rouher Reads Emperor's Letter
The chamber fills as M Rouher reads the Emperor's letter amid a tense silence. Right ap plauds, Left silent. ministers concede reforms, Rouher may resign. Elections half declared valid. Gambetta and others select seats. Freemasons hold a Paris meeting, plan response to Ecumenical Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. du’Audellarre
M. Schneider
M. Rouher
Napoleon
Duke of Persigny
M. Drouyn de Lhuys
Saint Cloud
M. Thiers
M. Ernest Picard
Marquis de Talhouet
Messrs. Buffet
Segris
M.guilloulet
M. Jules Ferry
Department of the Seine
M. Eugéne Pelletan
M. Gambetta
Marseilles
M. Jules Simon
Bordeaux
M. Bancel
Lyons
M. Picard
Montpelier
Freemasons of
France
Paris
Ecumenical Council
Mellinet
Franco-Belgian Railway dispute ends with Belgian veto
The Franco-Belgian Railway negotiations mark a victory for Belgium as the French government withdraws its push to control Belgian domestic rail policy. The dispute arose from plans to transfer Luxembourg Railway to a French group, with Belgian authorities preventing political meddling and limiting the deal to through bookings A brief commission result avoids government intervention.
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Pall Mall Gazette
Luxembourg
France
Hustein
War Office
Belgium
Europe
International Commission
Spanish cabinet reshuffle names four new ministers
Spain announces a ministerial combination with Ardomez as Finance Zorilla as Justice Echegarray as Public Works and Becerra for the Colonies. The remaining cabinet keeps its portfolios. General Prim notes the Democratic party’s split from the majority while Cuba reports Caballero de Rodas declaring Guerrilla warfare persists.
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Senor Ardomez
Senor Zorilla
Senor Echegarray
Senor Becerra
Prim
Democratic Party
Cuba
Caballero de Rodas
Virginia election signals Democratic gains and negro Conservative vote
News from Virginia reports a Democratic victory with Mr. Walker winning by about 40,000 votes. Conservatives took six Congress seats and Radicals three, including a negro. The new Constitution was adopted but disfranchisement was rejected. Other items note reactions to Efforts on suffrage, Gladstone Motley interview denial, and diplomatic moves on reciprocity with Canada.
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America
North
South
Virginia
Walker
United States
The
Tribune
Gladstone
Motley
John Ross
Washington
Canada
Warren
Victorian Legislature Faces Supreme Court Clash over Expulsions
The Victoria Assembly expelled two members and imprisoned two others over alleged corrupt practices. The Supreme Court ordered release on a technical ground, with likely appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Te Kooti’s death rumor arrives from Wellington as the crisis continues with little hope for rebels’ defeat.
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Australia
New Zealand
Victoria
Supreme Court
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Times New Zealand
Te Kooti
Wellington
Foreign Miscellany Reflects Global Turmoil and Exploits
News notes report Harvard crew sailing to England, Shere Ali organizing Afghan police, Italian crisis prep, New Servian Constitution, and a Paris satire. Also covered: armistice between Spain and Chile, Indian sunstruck deaths, U S heat waves, an arrest over New Testament copies, Jewish persecutions in the Danubian Principalities, South African gold and diamond finds, Papal dress sermon after Lepanto tribute, slave trade in the South Seas, Mont Blanc ascent details, and Cape postal reports.
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Harvard
England
Ameer
Afghanistan
Shere Ali
Gavazzi
Italy
Skuptschina
The
Diable A Quatre
Chalons
Bordeaux
Florence
India
United States
New York Tribune
Massachusetts
Tribune
Montedonde de Traja
Rio Janeiro
Canada
Quebec
New York
Vermont
Eisner
Linz
Melbourne
Standard
St. Henry
Mors
Baron Rothschild
Vienna
Natal
Australia
Herr Mauch
John Swinburn
Port Elizabeth
Cape
Rome
Mentana
Battle of
Lepanto
M. Lafon
Holy Father
South Seas
Sydney
Rosario
Daphne
South Sea Islands
Melbourne Argus
Mont Blanc
Chamounix
Joseph Nicolet
Lyons
Palmer Gannon
Simon Méderic
Grands Mulets
Grand Plateau
Dame du Gouté
Les Bosses
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