Emperor and Grandson Entertained Amid Berlin Tension
A late night search uncovers three tunnels near the Napoleon and Lobba barracks with five more secret passages as armed guards fill the Hotel de Ville square. A Berlin dispatch reports the Crown Prince's son Fritz saluted the Emperor with rigid form, then hugged him, a moment described as promising and studious. The Daily News notes Bismark’s hard line toward Paris, asserting a calculated policy while France debates armistice terms. German troops remain in place, with only Landwehrmen returning home.
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Berlin
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Prince Bismark
Daily News
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Bismark
M. Jules Favre
M. Favre
Schlottheim
Jules Favre
France
Landwehrmen
German Bill Aims for Alsace Lorraine as Imperial Provinces
A Berlin telegram reports plans to introduce a bill in the German Parliament to regard Alsace and Lorraine as absolute portions of the German Empire under Prussian rule. It states the constitution would apply from January 1 1873 and that administration before then remains under the Emperor with Federal Council cooperation, with no transfer to Bavaria.
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Prussia
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Spain Senate Returns and Political Shifts Amid Turmoil
Spain reports 134 Ministerials 20 Carlists 8 Republicans 6 Alfonsists 2 Independents 4 Montpensierists with five provinces still outstanding. Olozaga elected deputy and senator for Logroño. Bascartero likely Senate president and Olozaga to chair the Chamber. The Queen arrives in Madrid to a cordial welcome as disturbances flare in Lerida Zaragoza and Valencia. Republican agitation rises in Andalusia. Carlist demonstrations in the Basque provinces.
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Lerida
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Cordova
Valencia
Andalusia
Papal Guarantees Bill Clears Italy's Chamber of Deputies
The Chamber of Deputies passed the Papal Guarantees bill by 185 votes to 106. Rome clerical journals report exchanges between Vienna and Florence cabinets regarding the Pope.
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Rome
Vienna
Florence
Russia and Germany Entreat Romania Bond Payment Clash
Reports from Berlin state Germany urges Russia and Austria to protest Romania for failing to pay interest on railway bonds. Austria approves the démarche, while Russia refuses. Warlike prep claims rise in Russia as Moscow Gazette reports a second warning over Western Baltic Province measures aimed at stirring separatist feeling.
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Berlin
Germany
Austria
Grant Decree Orders Kluklux Dispersal in North Carolina
Washington reports General Grant issues a decree ordering Kluklux bands in North Carolina to disperse within twenty days and a message to Congress citing insecurity of life and property in several Southern States. The President urges legislative remedy.
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North Carolina
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New York Herald
Joint High Commission
High Joint Commission
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Times
England
United States
St. Lawrence
Alabama
Sumner
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San Domingo
Baez
Hayti
Admiral Poor
Foreign items and social notes from the era
A London telegram from Pekin reports quiet in northern China. Greece’s king fails to revive a grand Greek epic celebration. The Levant Herald notes Black Sea neutralisation may lead to Sinope as a first class fortress and perhaps Batoum. A Hindoo temple fund aims to educate Indians in England and build a London temple. A Bombay tale covers Hindu female uplift with Keshub Chunder Sen speaking in Calcutta and a judge Moroba Canoba’s controversial marriage ending in family conflict.
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Wade
Pekin
China
Greece
Levant Herald
Black Sea
Porte
Sinope
Batoum
London
Bombay
Moroba Canoba
Edward Gilbert Herbert Obituary in The English Independent
Edward Gilbert Herbert LL B of Lincoln's Inn died suddenly in Nottingham on March 12 at his father's house from diphtheria. He was a distinguished barrister, reader in constitutional law at the University of London, and a gifted observer of nature and art. His life combined piety and public spirit, including work in ragged schools. his writings touched on Congregationalist character and religious symbolism. His funeral drew notable Nonconformists and MPs as mourners of a beloved, scholarly figure.
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Lincoln's. Inn
Alderman Herbert
the Park
Nottingham
Isaac Taylor
Ongar
Gilbert
University of London
England
Algeria
Spain
North British Review
Royal Academy
Fra Angelico
Court of Chancery
Winterbotham
M.P
Smallpox Outbreak Traced to Hospital Laundry
The British Medical Journal reports a St George's Hospital smallpox outbreak traced by Dr Jones to laundry transmission. Twenty seven cages and four deaths were recorded. After revaccination of patients, no new cases have occurred and the outbreak is extinguished.
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