Hypnotism Plea in Gouffe Murder Trial Shocks Paris
The Gouffe murder case in Paris features Michael Eyraud and Gabrielle Bompard with a defense claiming hypnotic control by Eyraud's influence. Witnesses include the trunk dealer and M. Garanger, while experts dispute Gabrielle's responsibility. Public interest soars with tickets fetching up to 1000 francs.
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Gabrielle Bompard
Herself
Eyraud
Michael Eyraud
Gabrelle Bompard
Toussaint Augustin Gouffe
Paris
France
Eecarcely
Nancy
Gabrielle
Exraud
Maitre Decori
Maitre Henri Robert
Renan Mocked by Paris as De Goncourts Publish Notes
In Literary Paris, Ernst Renan is being gently ridiculed as Edmond and Jules de Goncourt’s published notes reveal his praises of German ingenuity a storm of critique follows. Renan reportedly admitted German superiority but now dislikes being laughed at for it.
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Cabs Te DmParor
Loxpox
Literary
Paris
Ernst Renan
Brothers de Goncourt
Edmond
Cape Brebant
Renan
de Goncourt Journal
Germany
de Goucourt
Queen Victoria's Prize Beast Dominates Smithfield Show
Lowport December 15 The Smithfield Club Cattle Show drew many farmers as Queen Victoria excels with about a dozen prizes and the champion plate for the best beast, a regal animal named Princess Josephine II.
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Lowpor
Smithfield Club
Queen Victoria
Reyal
Princess Josephine IL
Obese Windsor Heifer Dies En Route to Exhibition
A short horn heifer, moved from Windsor to a foggy exhibition, weakened and died on Thursday from congestion of the lungs. Princess Josephine SI. sold to Jones of Wales for £160, a loss to Mirless and the Queen.
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Royal Farm
Windsor
Prince of Wales
Queen Victoria
Josephine SI
Jones
Wales
Mir
Battle of Kilkenny Heats Up As Polls Near
London dispatch notes Kilkenny polling next Monday with results due the following day Both sides claim strong chances Hennessy linked to Tory circles while Parnell benefits from Vincent Scully Confidence runs high on both sides as campaign heats up ahead of the vote An outcome expected to spark further political debate
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London
Kilkenny
John Pope Hennessy
McCarthy Party
Assigms
Parnell
Vincent Scully
Split Parnell and Priests in Irish Politics Debate
The piece discusses a looming contest between Parnell’s supporters and Catholic clergy allies, with Healy accusing Parnell of mob violence and misusing funds. It notes an O'Shea divorce intrigue and hints at Liberal gains in Nottinghamshire as Gladstone rallies. Voter turnout concerns loom due to Irish party splits and lukewarm Gladstonian support.
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Parnell
P's
Healy
Hennessy
Kilkenny
Biggar
Galway
O'Shea
Joan of Arc
United Kingdom
Captain O'Shea
Liberal Party
Bassetlaw
Nottinghamshire
Gladstone
Baron Rothschild Sends Aid To Paris Poor At Christmas
Paris reports Baron Rothschild contributes 1000 francs to city funds to pay rents for destitute families during the holidays and another 1000 francs to one arrondissement to buy entablés and gifts to boost Christmas cheer for the needy.
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Loxpox
Paris
Baron Rothschild
Freycinet delighted byAcademy election
Loxpox Dec 13 M de Freycinet the little white mouse nicknamed in Paris is proud of his election to the Academy. He credits his success to his own merits though the election is seen as recognizing his role in reorganizing the French army.
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M. de Freycinet
Academy
Loxpox
Paris
Germany
Christmas Bogieman Card Sparks Merriment in London
In London on December 13, a popular Christmas card circulates widely, inspired by a humorous bogieman theme and drawing merriment from the season. The card is produced by Dunlaf’s Canse Compant, reflecting lighthearted holiday satire.
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London
Dunlaf
Hush the Christmas Bogieman caricature by cartoonist
The drawing shows a Balfour figure as a stuffed man covered with placards reading Ireland is pacified. Nearby are Gladstonians including Morley, Harcourt, and Gladstone fleeing, while Parnell climbs a fire escape to ascend above the wrangling crowd.
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Balfour
Ireland
Gladstonians
Morely
Harcourt
Gladstone
Parnell
Death of Senator Edward DeLafayette Ends Famous Family
Lowpow, Dec. 13. The death of Senator Edward DeLafayette marks the extinction of the famous family. The last bearer was a kindly, rich, charitable old bachelor who quipped at a Bank of France gala that his name would endure with America. The United States legation will attend the funeral.
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America
United States
Legation
A Great Labor Fight May Shape a Spring Strike
London port tensions between the Shipping Federation and the Seamen and Firemen's Union escalate as several lines are struck and others coerced into signing articles. The federation gains early success with coal laborers joining the action, while the union vows to persist into spring for a wider showdown involving all dock unions.
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Loxpon
Shipping Federation
Seamen and Firemen's Union
United Labor Council
London
Shaw, Savill and Albion
British India
New Zealand
Wilson
National Amalgamated Sailors and Firemen's Union
Liverpool
Atlantic
A Model Landlord Inspires English Estates Legacy
Lord Tollemache, who died at 85, was hailed as England’s model landlord. He allotted three acres and a cow to each cottage tenant, spent large sums on farmhouses and laborers’ cottages, and split estates into 200 acre farms to aid thrift and prosperity. He prized social improvement over ownership. He rode to hounds until recently.
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Lord Tollemache
England
Ireland
France Expands Tariff Ahead Of McKinley Bill
Paris reports that the French tariff bill, shaped by deputies committees, exceeds the McKinley act in protectionism. Amendments raise duties on barley malt farming machinery sewing machines pins needles pens and other steel and iron goods. The Commerce Defense League attacks it as prohibition and warns of retaliation and loss of French markets.
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Paris
Comber of Deputies
Mc Kinley
Commerce Defense League
Movements of Nathalie and Milan in Europe
The piece notes Nathalie ordering Swiss printing of her memoirs after a clash with the Servian government. Milan has returned to Paris from London and plans a Monte Carlo visit for the winter as gambling and suicide seasons begin.
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Nathalie
Milan
Lexpos
Switzerland
London
Paris
Monte Carlo
Spiritualistic Novel In The Works Dictation From Oliphant
From Paris comes news that the widow of Laurence Oliphant, who remarried after his death, collaborates with her husband and a New York heiress to write a mystical novel under Oliphant’s spirit dictation in Haifa Syria. An advertisement for free psilor clocks and pot at Hauch's 395 Fifth Ave.
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Loxpox
Paris
Laurence Oliphant
St Haifa
Syria
New York
Oliphant
Hauch's
Fifth Ave
Christmas Shoppers Throng City Streets and Stores
Pittsburg buzzes with holiday trade as crowds flood toy shops and department stores. Merchants report unprecedented business with jammed aisles, eager shoppers buying sleighs, wagons, games, and high end jewelry while winter weather boosts skates and indoor amusements.
Bears wrestle for honey and glory at Fifth Avenue Museum
Bruno and Brrachin, two giant bears, plan daily bouts at Harry Davis' Fifth Avenue Museum offering catch wrestling styles from Greco Roman to collar and elbow. If a bear wins the stake is ten pounds of honey. a man wins his gal ary. A proposed match with Henry Cooper is considered with a brass band for accompaniment.
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Bruno
Brrachin
Harry Davis
Fifth Avenue Museum
Henry Cooper
Covenanting devotion shapes a glass firm’s Sunday work stance
Mr F L Stephenson recalls a Campbell Jones & Co member of Covenanting persuasion who sold his stake when Sunday labor was needed to keep melting pots hot, shifting investment away from the company amid strong religious duty clashes.
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F. L. Stephenson
Campbell, Jones & Co
Lanceville Od
Newark's Ill Luce Second Trial Ends Early
The Newark cruiser suffered a gear failure during its second trial trip after repairs. Three hours into the run the radial gear bolts broke again, ending the test. Officials note an average speed around 19.7 knots and an estimated 9,500 horsepower, suggesting a possible bonus for the builders.
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Philadelphia
Newark
Navy Department
Free Bridges Proposal Draws Civic Suggestion
A Southside citizen proposes making footbridges free while preserving roadway tolls and eliminating vehicle licenses. The idea asks councils to form committees with bridge stockholders to draft an ordinance that relieves horse teams and vehicles, aiming for equitable, nearly toll-free bridges citywide.
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Southside
Bankruptcy creditors move to dissolve Kansas City Packing cases
Bankrupt packers faced motions in Wyandotte county District Court to dissolve attachments in the Kansas City Packing and Chase Refrigerating Company versus Kansas City Packing Company suit. The lenders claim the attachments exceed debts and allege a fraudulent alliance among defendants to defraud creditors.
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Kansas City
R. B. Crouch& Co
American National Bank
St. Louis National Bank
Armourdale National Bank
James A
Suit Over One Week Show Pay At World's Museum
A partial hearing was held in Alderman McMaster's office in the case of Howard and Thayer against George V. Conners manager of the World's Museum Allegheny. The pair allege a contract to appear for one week but claim they were hissed at performances and discharged for not meeting a standard. They seek the week's salary due under the contract with the hearing to finish next Wednesday.
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Alderman McMaster
Howard
Thayer
George V. Conners
World’s Museum
Allegheny
Conners
Hiss
Mexicans Learning to Pack Pork in Kansas City
A party of three Mexicans and one American arrived from the City of Mexico to study pork packing and related industries. Randall, the American, said the Mexican government will likely enact retaliatory measures against the United States over the McKinley tariff, potentially excluding American pork from Mexico.
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Kansas City
City
Mexico
Randall
United States
Wealthy Brooklyn Butcher Hawkins Vanishes
James L Hawkins a 70 year old retired Brooklyn butch er worth about 300000 has been missing since Thursday. Police in New York and nearby cities search for his whereabouts after he left his home to call on a lane owner and did not reach the owner's office. He had 1700 dollars in his pocket.
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New York
James L. Hawkins
Brooklyn
Mayor Gourley Signs Resolution On European Trip for City Officials
The mayor signed a joint resolution funding the Europe trip of Chief Bigelow and Assistant City Attorney Carnahan. The bill totals 913 dollars with Colonel J. B. Scott covering 400 dollars. The mayor vows to oppose future bills without council authorization.
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Gourley
Europe
Chief Bigelow
Carnahan
J. B. Scott
Train Hits Street Car Injuring Two Women
A New York and New England Railroad locomotive crashed into a horse street car this morning. The impact sent the car 50 feet, parts of it scattered along the track. Passengers Alice Bennett and Nellie Kane sustained serious injuries. Investigating gateman’s carelessness cited as cause.
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Daysvey
Cons
New York and New England Railroad
Alice Bennett
Nellie Kane
Compromise in Concord on Mandamus Question
Republicans and Democrats agree to refer the mandamus issue over Deputy Secretary of State access to election returns to Attorney General Barnard for a final decision. In Ottawa, a special 17 car freight train of Canadian turkeys heads for the Boston Christmas market, with duties estimated at 15000 dollars.
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Comcomb
N. H
Barnard
Ottawa
Boston
Man Visits Son-in-Law in Dunanp Then Returns Home
In Dunanp Wisconsin on December 13 John Keys visited the home of George Hill the father of his wife but soon left to return to his own home in the city and malta rca on ee in Se teal en one of a son-in-law not expected to live.
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Dunanp
Wis
John Keys
George Hill
Pumping on Sunday at Quarter Sessions Court
The Quarter Sessions Court judge and prosecutors led a lively morning as cases from Alderman Bell's court concluded. Witnesses testified that pumps ran on Sundays to prevent wells’ destruction, while defense urged rebuttal. A judge joked about arresting engines as spectators laughed at a linguistic misstep and a wife mistaken as a husband.
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Quarter Sessions
Stowe
Johnston
Gillespie Bros
Alderman Bell
Wishart
Yost
Dr. Beacom
Forest Grove
Gillespie
Burglars Run Bar as Night Watchman Tells on Chicago Spur
In Cui Icago two burglars entered John Bruger's saloon on Adam Street, wore white aprons, and served as pretend bartenders. They made the night watchman buy a drink for 10 cents and paid 20 cents for another. Bruger's saloon was $70 out of pocket and he was charged with keeping the saloon open after midnight. No suspects have been caught.
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CuiIcaco
Chicago
John Bruger
Adamestrest
Brogerz
White Republican convention meets in Houston
The white Republican convention convened in Houston on December 13 with G. C. Felton in charge and S. B. Strong elected temporary Secretary. Dr. Max Orwitz Judge Henry Cline and H. McGregor spoke advocating white supremacy and government by white men. Attendance was small but resolutions outlined future steps.
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Houstox
Tex
G. C. Felton
S. B. Strong
Max Orwitz
Henry Cline
H.¥. McGregor
Cline
Fire destroys multiple firms in Pottstown
A morning blaze in Pottstown started by an overheated stove at John P. Shaner’s clothing store burned six business firms. Estimated losses run to 150000 with heavy hits on B. M. Root 13000 L. & W. Beecher A Evans 15000 H a 20000 W. H. Smith on buildings 20000 and D. K. Hatfield assignees 18000. Insurance details unavailable.
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D. K. Hatfield
Cattle Invasion Strains Northwest Mounted Police
Ottawa reports Northwest Mounted Police struggle to stop Montana cattle from entering Canadian territory in search of feed. More than 5,000 cattle are in the Milk River region as Montana ranches face fodder shortages. Montana range cattle fetch about 10 dollars per head, with Oregon prices similar, while horses cost around 40 dollars.
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Ottawa
Northwest Mounted Police
Montana
Canadian Territory
Milk River
Oregon
Wells' Wife Believes Arctic Explorer Can Endure
The wife of explorer Wells, whose party in Alaska faces danger, said she believes he is all right. She thinks he could endure outdoor life for years and trust he will safely return home to her.
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Wells
Alaska
Arctic
Woolen Goods Association asks extension of bond withdrawal time
A dispatch to Secretary Windom requests Congress pass an act to extend the withdrawal period for goods from bond from February 1 to July 1. The appeal comes from the Woolen Goods Association in New York dated December 13.
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New York
Windom
Woolen Goods Association
Con
Imports From Canada Increase and Ottawa Trade Growth
Ottawa reports exports from the district to the United States totaling 850 000 dollars in the last three months, surpassing the same period in 1889 by over 100 000 dollars. The notice advertises reduced prices on novelty goods and patterns from Hueus & Hacez at 295 Fifth Ave and promotes iron city goods and robes with special offers and direct ordering.
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Ottawa
United States
Roszey Baum Co Offers Real Astrakhan Wool Seal Goods
Roszey Baum & Co advertises 240 new items at below material cost. Real astrakhan and wool seal products priced from $12 to $1875, touted as best value for money.
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Roszey Baum & Co
Getmira Gavrscht Notice at 1030 Chestnut Philadelphia
Public notice referencing Getmira with address 1030 Chestnut in Philadelphia. Details unclear from OCR fragment but indicates a mailing or property related notification associated with the listed name and location.
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Phila
Blood Does Not Count on the Equator in Para Brazil
In Para Brazil a correspondent describes Amazon Valley society, noting mixed Portuguese, African, and Indigenous ancestry, no color prejudice, and a liberal aristocracy limited to political and monetary lines. It profiles Baron de Marajo, a tall, progressive Brazilian leader and former mayor, and the Baron de Ibiapaba, with his bank connections and network. the piece also highlights a brunette opera-going social scene and a daughter of a baron living in New York City.
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Para
Brazil
Amazon Valley
United State
Dom Pedro II
Baron de Marsjo
Amazon
Portugal
Baron de Marajo
Don Quixote
Portugues
San Jose Avenue
New York City
Lisbon
America
Tongus
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