Rome's plebiscite day hailed with flags and processions
Readers witnessed a Rome flooded with banners and crowds as Romans voted in favor of annexation. The event featured colossal processions of artisans and exiles, a crystal urn of Si votes, and lively demonstrations from the Leonines, with municipal steps and Capitol tours amid band music and public acclaim. The Pope and Holy See faced territorial shifts while Italian decrees reorganized governance, finances, and church relations across the capital.
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Margherita
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Victor Emmanuel
Rome
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la Marmora
Nome
Berlin
Leonine
Borgo
St. Peter’s
Vatican
Lanza
Via Crucis
Conservators
Senate
Septimus Severus
Walla
Castor
Pollux
Piazza San Pietro
Capitol
St. Angelo
South Africa War News Sparks Cape Colony Reactions
News of a European war breaks in Capetown with a German meeting to fund war sufferers and cheers for the King of Prussia. English colonists fear England's involvement as wool markets worry. Diamond finds rise, with new diggers’ camps, stores, and regular Durban transport. Nobengula named King of the Matabele, granting Latin goldfields to the London and Limpopo Mining Company, while Quillimaine protests. Northern goldfields go to Mr. Baines. Capetown to diamond transport links expand.
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Prussia
Germany
England
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Vaal
Mr. Baines
Diamond
Rumored 180 Carat Diamonds Report Stirred Community
A rumor circulated that a 180 carat diamond was found but the report remained unconfirmed. No official confirmation or details about location or discovery were provided, leaving residents awaiting verification from authorities.
Chinese authorities slow to punish in Tianjin violence
Shanghai letter from Aug 11 reports seven weeks after the massacre at Tianjin, leaders protected by powerful factions, officials resign, rioters arrested but not punished. Tseng Kwo-fan accused of stalling, troop movements near Tianjin feared if French action escalates. War news disrupts markets, rumors of assassinations, massing troops, and anti foreign sentiment across Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Pekin.
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the Times
Shanghai
Tientsin
Tseng-kwo-fan
Maochang Ni
Board of Works
Paonting Fao
Pekin
Board of Punishments
France
Prussia
Bombay
Kung
Hong Kong
Kiachta
India
Kia-Hing
Foreign Office
Wade
Foreign Miscellany Reports Europe Tensions As War Clouds Grow
The Spanish Ambassador in Paris resigns and is accepted. Italy rejects any claim to Nice. Garibaldi urges Nice agitation halt. Lee is not dying, only fatigued from a long Educational Society meeting. Prussian Parliament may dissolve. Bismarck expects a trustworthy majority. Ex-King Francis of Naples to Munich after Rome occupation. buys Chateau Garothshausen. Calabria earthquake devastates Mangone and surrounding villages with many deaths. Prince Gortchakoff's dispatch seeks removal of Black Sea navigation restrictions for Russian war needs. French half breeds at Red River show trouble, with clashes near St Joseph Pembina. Ross house in Riel affair noted.
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Nice
Garibaldi
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Berlin
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Times
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Naples
Rome
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Garothshausen
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Russia
Caucasus
Red River
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Pembina Sepine
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