Milan’s Diss Debar and Ex King Collapse in Fraud Tale
A Belgrade cable links Madame Diss Debar to Madame Christich and King Milan, claiming Milan abdicated under spiritualist influence. The piece uses sharp satire on spiritualism and “mediums,” picturing Milan duped by Christich while European politics in Servia swirl.
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Lexpos
Ann Delia Diss Debar
New York
Madame Christich
Servia
Russia
Belgrade
Milan
Luther R. Marsh
Humbug
Christich
Paris
London
Baron Gevers and the St James Club Debt Dispute
A Danish legation secretary at the St James Club in London borrowed five pounds from long-serving steward Hanman. After the Baron's complaint and club inquiry, Hanman and his family were dismissed. The case has drawn royal attention, with the Princess of Wales said to seek royal remedy from the King of Denmark.
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Baron Gevers
Diefatch
Lexpos
St. James Club
London
Legation
St James Clbn
Hanman
Ying Monty
Hess
Princess of Wales
Denmark
Cardinal Newman Not Dying Despite Rumors
Cardinal Newman appeared at Edgberton oratory for Mass today and, though supported by a monk, his bright eyes and intellect suggested he is not near death at age 88. Also, James Conway dies in Dublin Poorhouse aged 106, famed as Nelson era sailor who remained active until recently. Sugar market remains quiet due to holidays though week prior saw lively activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexpos
Cardinal Newman
Edgberton Oratory
James Conway
Dublin
England
Nelson
Dispatch
Agape
Dispatch Greenock
Half a century at sea Captain Theodore Cook near end
Captain Theodore Cook, aged near 80, lies ill at his London suburb home with heart disease and paralysis after fifty years crossing the Atlantic. once commander of the Trent during the Confederate delegates incident, he led Cunard ships and is famed as the oldest, most able captain in service. Doctors warn brain trouble may worsen. yet he remains lucid enough to handle limited matters and may not sail again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baron Gevers
Earl of Sbheiield
Cardinal Newman
Madame Diss Debar
Europe
Madame Christich
Marsh
Milan
Mr. Marsh
Diss Debar
Captain Cook
Atlantic
Churchill
Chamberlain
Queen Victoria
Duchess of Cambridge
Theodore Cook
Etruria
London
Trent
Cook
America
Cunard
House of Commons
Paris
France
Earl of Sheffield Snubbed Over Sussex Cricket Fund
The Earl of Sheffield of Sussex has faced two years of anonymous threats and failed police leads. Today he was asked to subscribe funds for the county cricket club, but he replied that donors must be found first and pledged £300 a year only after writers are discovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorrow
Earl of Sheffield
Sussex
Lord Sheffield
The
County Cricket Club
Snarling Like Tomcats in Birmingham Politics
The Birmingham Tories and Liberal-Unionists clash after a brief rally that toppled the Liberal candidate. Accusations of falsehood and treachery fly between sides as Chamberlain and Churchill rival each other, with Gladstone enjoying Hawarden Castle while Liberal excursionists prepare to gather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loroox
Birmingham
Chamberlain
Churchill
Gladstone
Hawarden
Engineering plan to block Gulf Stream with isthmus
In Loxpox April 20 dispatch a John King proposes building an isthmus from Tow Point Ireland to Mull of Cantyre Scotland to block the Gulf Stream erosion. The 11% mile link would reclaim marshy land, depth 200 to 400 feet, feasible per engineers but deemed Manchasian by public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John King
Tow Point
Ireland
Cantyre
Scotland
Queen plans limited mourning and royal events in Wales
The Queen will visit the centers of Wales next week and oversee mild entertainments at the Lyceum. With the Princess of Wales, she will host three drawing rooms and the Prince of Wales will join a small gathering, easing far-reaching inconveniences and public sorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexpos
Duchess of Cambridge
Oenetera of Wales
Irving Tens
Lyceum
Princess of Wales
Prince of Wales
Princess Clementine's son Ferdinand may wed Orleansroyal
Berlin and Vienna papers report that Princess Clementine’s absence from Bulgaria aimed to find a wife for her son Prince Ferdinand. The candidate is said to be a princess of the House of Orleans Bourbon, but close ties between the Czar and the Comte de Paris suggest the marriage may be blocked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ley
Dispatch
Lownos
Berlin
Vienna
Bulgaria
Clementine
Prince Ferdinand
Ferdinand
Mission Hall Proposed Near Paris Exposition
British religious societies plan a mission hall by the Paris Exposition to convert foreigners with Bibles and tracts. The project is expected to cost thousands of pounds and has sparked letters to newspapers urging funds be directed to aiding London's poor miners instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luspex
London
Uncertain Fragments Highlightes a Mechanical Sucker Note
A fragmented text notes a non heroic scene where someone contemplates a mechanical device. The readable portion mentions a noble, an efficient mechanism, and a mixed tone implying practicality over heroism. Language remains unclear and attribution is incomplete.
Lifeboat from Denmark Sighted Off Tilbury
Captain Blacklen of the British steamer Minnesota reports sighting a white Danish lifeboat on April 11 in latitude 45 18' north, longitude 57 50' west, near Tilbury. The craft carried one oar, three rowlocks, a bosthook, a tarpaulin, and was half full of water. the painter lay coiled in the headsheets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denmark
Son
Sorpes
Blacklen
Minnesota
Tilbury-on-the-Thames
Baltimore
Copenhagen
A MONSTER PARADE AT CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
A looming dispute between Admiral Porter and Chairman Gerry threatens the naval parade as the Washington Centennial Committee strains to stage a grand display. New York coverage reports expected turnout from 21 states plus DC, with 60,500 participants across regulars, state militias, and Grand Army posts. The clash centers on parade orders and venue details for ships and steamers, prompting Porter's potential resignation amid protracted disagreements. The President’s programme for travel to Elisabethport is also outlined.
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Washington
Gerry
Admiral Porter
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Iowa
Kansas
Maine
Texas
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
Nevada
Oregon
Wisconsin
Tennessee
Indiana
Illinois
Alabama
District of Columbia
Philadelphia
Srpcees
Deas
Elbridge T. Gerry
David D. Porter
Navy
Mr. Gerry
New York
Committee On Navy
Committee On Aery
Adm Porter
Jouett
Ellis’ Island
Chicago
Revenue
River and Sound
Navy Prome
Robbins Reef
Nuoy No. 1
Governor's Island
Hoboken
Bergen
Stapleton
Porter
Frank
Witherbee
Mittee
Harrison
Ms. McKee
Elisabethport
Gren
Newvernor
New Jersey
Miss Murphy
White House
Se¢ Tracy
Blaine
Miss Blaine
Walter Blaine
Sue Court
Elizabethport
Pat
Noble Willington
Boodlers Must Go Moral Lesson
In Ottawa in the House of Commons Sir John Thompson moved to transfer Weldons bill to extend the extradition act. Laurier urged delaying due to discussion while Macdonald stressed moral impatience over rascality from the United States and said passing the bill would send a strong message Canada will not harbor defaulters. The motion passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
House of Commons
John Thompson
Weldon
Laurier
John MacDonald
Canada
United States
John Nald
Land
Hogland
Bitter stomach bitters stir Maine towns with liquor allegations
In Pembroke Maine a man who overdid a so called stomach bitters acted hilariously and threatened to fight everyone. The local Sons of Temperance sent a bottle to the state analyst who found 45 percent alcohol. The scene highlights a Maine patent medicine boom labeled as temperance aids but containing liquor.
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BanGor
Maine
Pembroke
Washington County
Justice Smart
Sons of Temperance
Agsayer Robinson
Checkmated His Father Marriage To Escape Whippings
An Indiana boy 17 marries 18 year old Miss Higgins to escape his father’s punishments. Louis Jelp of Anderson County, after a mule incident on his father’s farm, fled with Higgins from Lawrenceburg to Indiana shore, obtained a license, and wed by Squire John Huchely. They returned home where she guards him from his father’s anger. She is said to be worth $10,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Dispatch
Louissvville
Louis Jelp
Anderson County
Lawrenceburg
Jelp
Puritan River Steamboat Sets World Record At Sea Dock
The Puritan, the largest river steamboat, rests at Rutgers Street dry dock East River. Valued over 2 million dollars, 430 feet long with 91 foot beam, it dwarfs nearby craft and promises unprecedented capacity and speed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rutgers Street
East River
High End
Doctor Sacrifices Life to Save Child in Tracheotomy
Lownox April 20 A young doctor sacrificed his life to save a child by suctioning a clogged tracheotomy tube in the throat during a late stage medical emergency. His widow mourns him as a hero and the community recalls his selfless act.
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Lownox
National Bankers Day and State Car Law Holiday Rule
The text notes a day for all national bankers and extends a general holiday in states with a car law when no president declares otherwise. It discusses how days become holidays by state law or presidential action, highlighting possible overlaps between banking observances and state holidays.
Is He a Christian A Minister Replies on Miscegenation
An Atlanta telegram reports Rev Simon P Richardson a Georgia Methodist leader rebutting Rev T DeWitt Talmages miscegenation advocacy He argues miscegenation is misled and dangerous stating the Negro race is inferior and should remain separate He cites alleged racial differences and asserts white and black blends would ruin both races and families
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Simon P. Richardson
Georgia
T. DeWitt Talmage
Richardson
Talmage
Thave
Talmage Peg
Talmee
No Questions Asked How So Many Postmasters Can Be Appointed
TEFECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATOMN Washington April 20 Nine hundred fifty five is the sum total of the fourth class postmasters appointed during this week This exceeds all former weekly records and the record of today exceeded that of any single previous day The lista are brought to the Postmaster and with a stroke of the pen he makes the appointments Names include James Hughes Amity T Coburn Aurora Johnna Benton Caroline Reeley Geno ee 7d W Woodward Coon's Corners H Craby Crosby J H Reasler Dalbola C a Zinger Etters James i M Baxter Nelson J D Gillen New Freedom J D Begelos A I Schreyer Tuxletown C TH She Wells W W Graham Winterstown H Mann Wood's Run Others include G Laskey Davis F W James Hendrick W P Rack Lewisburg J M Wbones angenied panne W Patmos Massaley county Ohio the first appointment for Eastern Ohio in several days
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Dispatomn
Washington
James Hughes
Amity
T. Coburn
Aurora
Johnna Benton
Caroline Reeley
Genoee
W. Woodward
Coon's Corners
H. Craby
Crosby
J. H. Reasler
Dalbola
C. A Zinger
Spreckels Plans Philadelphia Refinery Push
San Francisco April 20 Claus Spreckels traveled to Philadelphia to oversee fitting up a new refinery there. He expects to beat trust prices and run the Philadelphia refinery by June while using California output to supply western markets. He foresees 4000 tons of beet sugar from Watsonville this season and hints at another factory to come. Occidental Beet Sugar Company is formed with Spreckels and others as directors with $5,000,000 capital. He reiterates he will never join the sugar trust.
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San Francisco
Claus Spreckels
Philadelphia
Occidental Beet Sugar Company
John D. Spreckels
M. Ehman
Louis Sloss
Spreckels
The Best He Could Do A Yankee Father Welcomes Daughte
An old New England farmer excuses his son Jimmy not by fault but by saying he does the best he can. Years after Jimmy marries and returns with his wife for a visit, the father greets them warmly with cautious optimism and a hopeful welcome for the new daughter-in-law.
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New England
Jimmy
Prc
Jimm
Allegheny Gamblers Raid. Nineteen Arrested and Two Outfits Seized
Allegheny police raided two gambling dens at an early hour this morning. Chief Kirsehler and Detectives Murphy, Wilson and Johnson led the operation, capturing six men and a poker setup at Kansalley near Chartiers street, with Ison listed as proprietor. At the Manchester Rod and Gun Club above the pangee Bank corner Franklin and Beaver avenues, thirteen more were taken, with a full gambling outfit seized. names include Charles Jones, Gilbert Stewart, Charles Jackson, George Kane, and others.
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Allegheny
Kirsehler
Murphy
Wilson
Johnson
Kansalley
Chartiers Street
Ison
Charles Cook
Frank Livingston
James Watson
William Brown
John Ward
Manchester
Blaze at No 63 Second Avenue Shed Over Bake Oven
A blaze at 1 30 this morning in a shed behind No 63 Second Avenue occupied by Mr Hyneman caused Alarm No 4. The fire started in the shed over a bake oven and prompted fire crews to respond to the incident with efforts to control the flames. No injuries or further details were provided in the report.
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No. 63
Second Avenue
Hyneman
Paris Life with Bernhardt and Hading Footnotes
Our Paris correspondence recalls a lively scene between Sara Bernhardt and Jane Hading on the Bois de Boulogne, plus a somber walk through Paris catacombs. The writer ruminates on hotel life, a nd a New York compare and contrasts as crowds pass along the Champs Élysées.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Sara Bernhardt
Jane Hading
Ghastly Paris Catacombs Visit Becomes Harrowing Night
A New York socialite recounts a near fatal experience in the Paris catacombs. A guide emerged from a road to guide them as darkness closed in, a frightened girl crying while others rushed toward the surface. After a tense half hour they escaped into the light, the audience member grateful to be alive.
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New York
Paris
Francais
Washington's Appearance Described by David Ackerson
Albany Express account by David Ackerson portrays George Washington in detail. It notes his large nose, red windward cheeks, 6 feet 2 inches stature, powerful frame, but frail lungs and hoarse voice. The piece recounts his eating habits, clothing, boot sizes, and distinctive mouth, with observations from a period when he was in his prime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Ackerson
Albany Express
Washington
Alexandria
Servant girls target by peddlers in costly buys
The Chicago Herald warns that average servant girls are easy marks for traveling peddlers. It claims they sign long installment plans and purchase inexpensive items at four times value, turning wages into questionable goods and harming their reputations as “soft marks.”
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Chicago Herald
Champville
Epitaph from New Orleans Graveyard Tells of Pie Mystery
Chambersburg Spirit reports a Florida relic from Augs Duncan includes a tombstone epitaph near New Orleans about a woman who baked pies. The grave marker solemnly records that she made fine pies and hopes her crust will rise, a quaint southern memento.
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Chambersburg
South
Duncan, Esq
Florida
New Orleans
Bargains at Thompsons New York Grocery Prices This Week
Advertising list outlines cheap groceries at Thompson's New York Grocery with prices for tomatoes corn peas blackberries prunes peaches and tea. Mentions free delivery to both cities and names M. E. Thompson at 901 Market Street and McKee at 420 Smithfield Street for other goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson
New York
Turkey
Oe & Ibs
Berens
M. E. Thompson
Market Street
Third Avenue
Joe Johnson the Western Pennsylvania angler famed for huge catches
New Castle correspondent reports Joe Johnson a sign painter and grainer known as the region’s most successful angler. He taunts superstition about a charmed hook, attributing his feats to skill. Johnson lands bass pike and salmon, with blue cats weighing up to 28 pounds, near Mahoning and Shenango waterways. He plans for the June 1 opening season and hopes for many more fine fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
THE
Dispatch
New Caste
Pennsylvania
Joe Johnson
New Castle
Johnson
Shenango Valley
Mr. Johnson
Isaac Walton
Joe
Mihoning
Shenango
Sheen
Peopl
America
Morravia
Beaver
Lawrence County
Sam Smith
Hale
Sam
Ohio
Kennan to Speak on Camping Out in Siberia in Lafayette Hall
George Kennan, famed Siberia explorer, will lead a talk titled Camping Out in Siberia. He will present to an audience in Lafayette Hall under the auspices of the local press club, delivering a warm, life-like account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Kennan
Siberia
Kennan
Lafayette Hall
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Rose Michelet
the Bernhardt and
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Tam
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Monsieur
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Smithfield St
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