The Czars and Kaisers tangled in European upheaval
A sprawling account links the Italian crisis with German and Austrian diplomacy, noting Crispi's fall, the Empress Frederick's Paris visit, and a looming triple alliance rethink. It claims a looming Northern alliance and possible mutual disarmament to avert war, while defending the Kaiser’s health against false rumors.
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Duslap
Beelis
Prince Bismarck
Signor
Crispi
Frederick
Paris
Signor Crispi
France
Biemarck
Homert
Bismarck
Italy
Triple Alliance
Europe
Refused an Order Under McKinley Tariff Quote
An American trading from Loxpow reports from Tracevaal that the South African Railway Company bans U S orders. The agent insists orders are given exclusively to Dutch and German manufacturers, citing America’s supposed unworthiness after endorsing the McKinley tariff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunlap
Cable Company
United States
America
Berlin Security Clash Sparks Tension With Superiors
Fragmentary OCR shows Serlin Folich arousing a stir as Berlin security enters conflict with superiors. The statement, circulating among the reused, hints at a broader wave of unrest within the force and questions civilian access to some seminars.
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Brey
Fes
London
Berlin
Pension Cuts Spark Protest and Planned Meeting
A decree excludes certain workers from benefits and halts their pensions, provoking petitions from affected individuals. A meeting is scheduled next week to challenge the order, with potential appeals to the Emperor if no recall occurs.
Royal scandals swirl as King Alexander sues flirtation
From Bernix Feb 22, reports say King Alexander of Serbia, barely grown, is infatuated with Countess Bray Steinberg wife of the German minister. Berlin circles debate official action while court figures frown at a Belgrade hall scene. Princess Reuss rebukes a Romanian envoy's son, clarifying social lines amid palace intrigue.
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Iby Dunlap
Bernix
Belgrade
Alexander
Bos
Bray Steinberg
Berlin
Diplomatic Corps
Celgrade
Reuss
Vienna
Prince Bucarescu
Ghika
Natalie
Cretgulescu
Liebknecht in Trouble for Attending a Concert
A Berlin Socialist leader Liebknecht faces party discipline for visiting a boycott concert hall. He defends personal liberty to hear music and declines to let the party dictate private choices. A radical mass meeting with about 3,000 attendees postponed any sentence.
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Dunlaf
Berry
German Socialistic Party
Bebel
Berlin
Liebnecht
Patti
Boreotted
National league meeting voicing opposition to O'Brien
At Cork, the National league adopted a resolution condemning insinuations against William O'Brien by seceding Irish party members. A circular from Bishop Cloyne urged clergy to influence parishioners against Parnell and to prepare for potential electoral contests in the county Cork.
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Parnell
Princes of Hohenzollern Baptized With Jordan River Water
An anecdote reveals the Hohenzollern family keeps a barrel of water from the River Jordan in the royal castle cellars for the baptism of imperial children. The practice underscores their noted foresight and reverence for sacred rites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jordan
Dunlap
Cable Company
I Berit
House of Hohenzollern
Hohenzoll
Royal Castle
Notorious Irish murderer Kirwan recalls murder case
The article recalls Patrick Kirwan, once sentenced to death for murdering his young wife Maria in September 1852. His sentence was commuted to penal servitude for life and the sensational trial remains notable in Irish crime history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Kirwan
Maria
Bin
Trish
Inea
Double Life and Murder on Sandymount Rocks
In a past case, Kirwan led a double life as husband to a second woman known locally as the wife of a man. After years of a hidden affair, the two women discovered each other, and shortly before dark one night cries were heard. Campbell and four others found Mrs Kirwan’s body on the rocks, clad only in a bathing dress, with multiple wounds.
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Kirwan
Sandymount
Campbell
Bishop Doane in Berlin Draws Noted Attention
Bishop Doane of Albany, visiting Berlin as a delegate of the American Episcopal Church, preached at Dresden and was lionized by society. The Empress Frederick attended the Mon Bijou Palace Church as he wore a scarlet hood and Oxford doctor regalia. The crowd included American English residents and clergy led by Minister Phelps.
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Beruis
Doane
Albany
Berlin
Dresden
Frederick
Mon Bijou Palace
Oxford
Phelps
Legation
Stockenberg
Mr. Owen
Fromruel
Richard Harlan
No Pay Brings Reichstag Duty Drop in Bereli
Feb 22 report notes Reichstag deputies go unpaid, leading to low attendance. Prussian Diet pays 15 marks daily and keeps a quorum. Liberal members, many from poorer classes, admit nonpayment hurts efficiency and seeks salary to restore effort.
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Bereli
Euogene Reichter
Reichstag
Fine Weather Fills Mediterranean Resorts With Visitors
Continuous magnificent weather brings full occupancy to resorts from Hyeres to San Remo. Notable arrivals include Sir Arthur Sullivan, Count De Friant, Earl and Countess of Rosslyn, Sir Sidory and Lady Waterloo, Herr Bleichroder, Baron Rothschild, Prince Lichtenstein, Prince Albert of Flanders, and other dignitaries at JY Duneae's Cable Compantsd Morte Cazno.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean
JY Duneae
Morte
Berlin
Prince Lichtenstein
Baron Rothschild
John
Paleston
Albert of
Flanders
Baldwin
U S Model of Liberty for Germany to Follow
Reports from Buenos Aires indicate government troops in Cordoba rebelled and seized the governor's palace, prompting a state of siege. President Pellegrini orders vigorous action across Julumbra Rio Cuan and Santa Rosa, with fighting also in Chile where insurgents led by Urriza hold Pisagua Iquique Antofagasta and Chanara.
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Associated
S’ress
Buenos Ayres Sre
Cordoba
Pellegrini
Julumbra
Rio Cuan
Santa Rosa
Chile
Pisagua
Iquique
Andes
Mendoza
Urriza
Antofagasta
Chanara
United States
Clash at Grant Street Hebrew Congregation Ends in Fight
Turbulence at the Grant Street Hebrew Congregation escalated during a quarrel over an anarchist meeting. Vice President Reuben Miller allegedly struck Bartnitzky in the synagogue after a rabbi led countermeasures against a New York anarchist address. Bartnitzky plans to file charges today before Magistrate Gripp.
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Third Avenue
Grant Street
Central Station
H. Bartnitsky
Reuben Miller
Hebrew Congregation
Bartnitcky
Miller
Rabbi Levitz
Logan and
Franklin Streets
Lewis
New York
Toby Makers
Pittsburg
Levitz
Bartnitzky
Gripp
Dead in the Rigging West Point Sailors Rescue
The schooner East Newmarket capsized at Pages Rock in York River with Captain Moore and four crew in rigging. Mate Hubbard, from Baltimore, died of exposure. survivors were rescued by the steamer Danville, with the body taken to West Point as the vessel moved toward the Pamunkey to load lumber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epaclal Telegham
Cuay Bask
Danville
West Point
Newmarket
Senator’s Silver Service Purchase Sparks Public Support
A frugal Senator resists luxury as admirers debate funding a silver service. A banquet seems exclusive and costly, while a reception offers democratic access for anyone to contribute any amount, shaping the public pledge to buy the cherished service.
Four more miners found dead after flood trap
Special telegram from Hazigrox, Pa reports four bodies recovered from Jeansville mine. Mike Smith Harry Ball Lawrence Reed and John Bellock perished after flood and prolonged starvation or suffocation. Reed lay kneeling in a crude coal hut near the top of the dry section as companions huddled together, suggesting ten days of agony before death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazigrox
Jeansville
Mike Smith
Harry Ball
Lawrence Reed
John Bellock
Kelly
Ward
Reed
Burdick delays Burdick bill action amid oil protest efforts
Representatives of Standard Oil lobby the House to defeat the Burdick measure to place the oil bill on the calendar. Wherry Baker and others face pressure as Democratic leaders push for ballot reform and a constitutional convention. The Baker bill awaits action, while health and sanitation notes and brewer protests shape the week’s agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uekg
Standard Oil Company
Burdick
House
National Transit Company
Clearfie
Monstrandes
Express
Dubois
Committee On Corporations
Representative Wherry
Cumberland
Baker
Allen
Warren
Smiley
Clarion
James
Venango
Fruit
Mercer
Johnson
House Judiciary Committee
Wherry
Knights of Labor Committee
McCullouch
Gioes
State Board of Health and Water Companies
State Board of Health
Ways and Means Committee
Nova Scotia Mine Disaster Toll Rises to 117
Grief is felt as recovery of bodies continues after yesterday's collapse. A search party entered the mine at 11 p.m. and many victims are identified by clothing or marks. A carpenter shop is used as a dead house for washing and coffins while clergymen offer comfort.
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Jesse Armishaw
Jesse
Herbert
John Brainbride
Settlement Reached Over John Guy Vassar Bequest
The Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of Vassar College settled with the 16 next of kin of John Guy Vassar on 150000 to stop contesting a 700000 bequest to the college. The full board will likely approve on March 4 as trustees study incorporation of Vassar Orphan Asylum and hospital funds.
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Pougheeepssii
Vassar College
John Guy Vassar
Matthew Vassar
Vassar Alove
Leavin
Vassar Hospital
Vassar Orphan Asylum
A Quarry of Alabaster Near Canon City
Denver reports a remarkable alabaster quarry near Canon City Colorado extending for miles in the foothills. Blocks of any size can be quarried with white to rainbow hues, some jars endure 10000 psi, and the material polishes well. A German New York and St Louis syndicate is said to have an option on the property at a fabulous price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
America
Niles
Canon City
St. Louis
Reception for Gorman Better Than a Banquet
Baltimore February 22 proposed to substitute for the banquet the admirers of Senator Gorman planned a reception where a superb silver service would be presented. Mr Gorman is not inclined to accept a lavish display and the change aims to favor a simpler demonstration.
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Baltimore
Gorman
Ioan
Siblings in Philadelphia Shootout Mistaken Identity
Frank Holland age 21 fatally wounded his sister Laura age 23 in a Philadelphia morning incident after mistaking her for a burglar. Laura survived the initial volley and was sent home after receiving treatment, with her condition listed as critical but potentially stabilizing.
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Philadelphia
Frank Holland
Laura
Seely
World’s Fair Commission Arrives in Chicago for Lively Session
Curcaco Feb 22 The World’s Fair National Commission Board of Control arrives in Chicago for a session expected to be lively. Plans of future buildings are in town with talk of upsetting the Lake Front scheme. Directors may resign as Washington events affect Davis position.
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Curcaco
Washington
Davis Pie
Ntrol
A Wrathful Father in Suit Against Minister
Hackettstown New Jersey Feb 22 Jacob Cruiser of Hope Village near ten miles from here is a widower age 52 and he was very attentive to Bertha the 16 year old daughter of Gar...
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Berni
Edmund Jussen
Frankfort
Gotha
Muller
Jett Howell
Bertha
Maatiether Teewee Sastinish
Hemor Graer
Sually
Crumer
Marksboro
Mr. Burke
Howell
James Rosenbury
Belvidere
Hackettstown
N. J
Jacob Cruiser
Hope' S
Gar
Elephant's Visit Stirs Quiet Hallway Exit Plan
A sensational Dispatch story details Fanchon the elephant wandering the second floor of Herman Reiche's home during Lent. Plans to remove her involve building a platform and incline to the courtyard, but Sunday's restrictions delay progress as the keeper, his family, and the elephant anxiously await a safer exit.
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Spectal
DisFarce
New York
Fanchon
Disratcn
Herman Reiche
Strofld
Brown
Ohio River Flood Reaches 54 Feet Level in Cincinnati
At 6 PM the Ohio river stood 54 feet 4 inches above low water at Cincinnati and was rising an inch per hour. The crest is expected near 56 feet 6 inches by nightfall with a stationary period until Tuesday night. Passenger services adjust as floods advance.
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CincinNati
Ohio
Kentucky
Cincinnati Southern Railway
Eighth Street
McLean Avenue
Central Station
Chesapeake and Ohio
Negro murderer captured and jailed amid lynching fears
Scott Bishop, a Negro, arrested at Ridgeway North Carolina for a brutal assault on Hugh Hammock of Nottaway County. Hammock died from injuries, Bishop implicates a white man Wells. Bishop jailed in Nottaway with heavy guard amid threats of lynching from furious local crowds.
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Perekssueg
Scott Bishop
Hugh Hammock
Nottaway County
Ridgeway
N.C
Maxey
Blackstone
Bishop
Countecy
North Carolina
Hammock
Wells
Great Scandinavian Concert Plans Rise in Minneapolis
The United Scandinavian Singers of America board met at Palmer House with J L Hijort and William Wilson among attendees. They report raising $5,000 toward a July festival in Minneapolis July 16 to 20 aiming to eclipse previous Saengerfest celebrations with a grand chorus and soloists Mme Olson White and J P Ortheuseren among others.
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Curiaco
United Scandinavian Singers of America
Palmer House
J. L. Hijort
Minneapolis
William Wilson
Chicago
A. C. Nelson
Harry Randall
New York
J. Jager
J. A Een
Bie
Mme. Olson White
J. P. Ortheuseren
Girl loses foot saving life at yard crossing
Kate Wills, 17, stepped onto a railway yard track in Davisville and was caught when a freight train backed down. She fell to the ground and saved her life at the cost of a foot. Taken to hospital, doctors expect she will recover.
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Davisville
Kate Wills
Louisville and Nashville
Kansas City's Big Blaze
Fire at the Wells Fargo Express building 708 Main Street in Kansas City destroyed seven adjoining stations and caused unspecified losses. Local authorities report the blaze was checked after spreading to nearby structures. No exact loss figure available.
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Kansas City
Wells, Fargo Express
Main Street
SIZING UP SALOONS INQUIRY PROBE NEARS LICENSE HEARINGS
Two men toured Pittsburg saloons examining accommodations for travelers and meals rather than liquor, reporting back on rooms, bread, and daily capacity. Chief Brown said the investigators are not his agents and he has no orders for data, while Inspector McAleese knew only of their existence.
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Brown
Department of Public Safety
Pittsburg
Law and Order League
McAleese
First District
Tale on Allegheny Judges Roasting Debate Heats Hall
A crowded Obio Street hall hosts a third weekly clash over liquor licenses. Speakers like W H Carlisle A F Bryce L Mooney and D Swager condemn judges for discretionary license refusals. W G Holman Will Bigger and E N Cochrane defend judges citing responsible saloon operators exist.
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Obio Street
Sons of Temperance
W. H. Carlisle
A. F. Bryce
L. Mooney
D. Swager
W.G. Holman
Will Bigger
E. N. Cochrane
Mooney
Holman
Two To Kill A Man Sparked W C T U Talk
The Manchester branch meeting of the W C T U opened by Mrs Briody on Washington avenue yesterday afternoon. Members Mooney Carlisle and Swoger spoke briefly. A discussion on liquor license applicants followed with Swoger noting that among 2000 applicants half were murderers since two people were needed to kill a man.
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Manchester
Washington Avenue
Palmer support shown by Illinois F M B A members
In Springfield on February 22 representatives Moore and Tanbeneck spoke to farmers in Shelbyville. Moore asked attendees to vote for Palmer and about one-sixth of 200 raised their hands while four preferred a Republican and the rest backed the F M B A legislators.
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Springfield
Moore
Tanbeneck
Shelbyville
Palmer
Sfaranea
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