Davitt in London and Irish political clashes rise
In London and Dublin, Davitt faces Libel suits while Redmond gains a parliamentary seat. Irish Tory gains and landlord rent tactics amid nationalist turmoil fuel election tensions. France, Egypt, and Khedive Abbas topics hint at shifting European balance.
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Mystery explained in German paper on 1885 Borki plot
Berlin Kreuz Zeitung explains the Borki catastrophe of October 1885 as a conspiracy by a kitchen boy on the imperial train. He hid a clock device shaped like a sugar loaf in a dining compartment, fearing premature detonation, and fled the frontier after the device exploded downward, creating a deep track hole instead of buried explosives.
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Arew: Zeitung
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Hoe
Hordes of Emigrants Leaving for Argentina and U S Promised
Genoa reports a brisk emigration week with over 3,000 people sailing for Argentina and similar numbers leaving Naples and Palermo since January. Agents forecast a spring exodus to the United States. Most migrants originate from Lombardy and Venetia where workers find work only a few months yearly and earn little, often 50 cents for a 12 hour day.
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Argentina
Naples
Palermo
United States
Lombardy
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Russia’s Exhibit to Feature Asiatic Pavilion at Fair
At the World’s Fair a vast habitation will showcase Russian Asiatic possessions. Each chamber will mirror architecture of different Muslim peoples and be furnished in their prevailing styles, illustrating the region’s diverse cultures.
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Sr. Prregseres
Trussia
Czar Obstacles Marriage of Princess Marie to Roumania Heir
The Czar reportedly opposes the marriage of Princess Marie of Edinburgh to the Crown Prince of Roumania. Marie is reluctant to accept the hand, and the 2 year old prince is described as bored and unattractive, with the royal plan unsettled.
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Lospos
Jan
Marie of Edinburgh
Roumania
Mademoiselle Vacariste
Baron Hirsch Buys Bath House in Piccadilly Palace
Baron Hirsch acquires Bath House Piccadilly, one of London’s finest old houses. The benefactor of his race plans to move into the palace in March, after a long bargaining process highlighting the Baron's hereditary instinct. The house sits at Bolton street corner and was built by the first Lord Ashburton, notable for a central hall rising to the roof.
British Ambassador to Turkey to succeed late Sir William White
The Sultan approves Sir Francis appointment as British Ambassador to Turkey after the death of Sir William A. White in Berlin. Sir Francis currently serves as British Ambassador to Spain, a post he took on December 8, 1887.
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Turkey
William A. White
Berlin
Francis
Spain
TEWFIK NOT POISONED AND KHE DIVE DEATH REVIEW
A false report claimed Dr Selim caused the Khedive Tewfik Pasha's death by morphine overdose. Investigations show natural causes and proper care by both native and European doctors. Dr Selim remains at work and physicians agree on the diagnosed maladies.
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Egypt
Carmo
Jan
Selim
Tewfik Pasha
Comanos
Russian Troops Sent Into Poland Amid Possible Disturbances
Jan 9 Wiensa reports Russian troops deployed into Poland with disturbances anticipated. Gendarmes drafted in Southwest Poland towns for military purposes amid rising tensions.
Mine Horror in Germany Kills Six at Essen Pit
An explosion of fire damp occurred today in the Wolfsbank coal pit at Essen. Six miners were killed and seven terribly burned in the disaster.
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Begin
Wolfsbank
Essen
Australia Orders Rainmaking Experiments
Australia moves to combat drought in the Broken Hill district by ordering rainmaking experiments. Officials say the program aims to induce rainfall to alleviate water shortages and support local agriculture and mining communities.
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Sypyvey
Broken Hill
Cleveland disowns expedients in Jackson Day note
Ex President Cleveland declines Philadelphia Young Men's Democratic Association invitation to attend Jackson Day. He criticizes temporary shifts as undemocratic and urges steadfast adherence to Democratic principles, urging consistent presentation to the American public. Cleveland says the party must resist efforts to gain party supremacy and uphold its encaphin.
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Philadelphia
Young Men's Democratic Association
Cleveland
Sin
New York
Ees
Coathennea
Mta
Groven Cleveland
Sioux unrest prediction alarms Pine Ridge report
Lt. Rorke of the Second Cavalry warned in Pittsburg that trouble among the Sioux on the agency might trigger a new crusade against whites. Indian officials deny the forecast, noting progress toward peace since last year’s outbreak. The Pine Ridge agency reports indicate improved contentment and stability, countering the alarm. Secure desirable boarders and ledgers by advertising in The Dispatch cent a word columns.
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D. C
Rorke
Second Cavalry
Pittsburg
Washington
Pine Ridge
Army
Indian Office
Grace and Gesture Teach Acting At Lyceum School
Mme Marie Del Sarte, elder daughter of Del Sarte, spoke at the Lyceum School of Acting guiding students on body training to express moods through gestures. She illustrated with hands, elbows, head and eye movements, linking gestures to emotions and character, ending with a humorous Lafontaine fable recital.
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New York
Lyceum School of Acting
Mme
Marie Giraldy del Sarte
del Sarte
Mme. del Sarte
New York Society of Oratory
Mme. del Sarie
Tuilleries Gardens
Lafontaine
Mm Sarte
Blaine and Reciprocity Secret Political Society Formed
Chicago reports the rise of a new secret political organization named Knights of Reciprocity with Blaine as its leader. It unites laborers in protected trades, skeptical farmers, and swing voters across parties who favor reciprocity and a protective tariff. The group claims 500 Chicago members and 75,000 nationally, planning lodges in many cities and a shift away from old political clubs.
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Blaine
Chicago
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Farmers’ Alliance
Clarkson
Patrick Ford
Jich World
New York
Charaeter
Ford
Dominion not in it as CPR plans US routes
Minneapolis dispatch notes that Canadian Pacific intends to abandon Manitoba Ontario service and move trains through North Dakota Minnesota and Wisconsin. CPR controls the Soo line and will route traffic via Regina Valley City Minneapolis and Sault Ste. Marie, creating a Vancouver to Halifax corridor. Snow delays on the Ontario route drive the shift.
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Jan
Canadian Pacific
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Ontario
North Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Soo
United States
Regina
Valley City
Vancouver
Sault Ste. Marie
Halifax
Atlantic
Lne
Lake Superior
Local girl plagued by grip leaves family puzzled
Lroxs, N Y, Jan 9 May Cross of Jordan was seized by grip two years ago. It caused spinal trouble and a long bedridden period. She cannot retain food, has gone 61 days without significant nourishment, subsists on small amounts of cider, then broth, and cannot close her eyes except briefly. Doctors remain puzzled by her condition.
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Lroxs
N. Y
May Cross
Jordan
Butler's Property Seized by Deputy Sheriff in Lowell
A deputy sheriff attached $50,000 of General Butler's property in Lowell yesterday. The move stems from a suit brought by Estes & Lauriat, Boston publishers.
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Lowell
Mass
Butler
Estes & Lauriat
Boston Publishers
Influenza Strikes French Towns With Widespread Illness
Paris dispatch reports 600 families in Densin attacked by influenza paralyzing public services as Montpelier and Cahors see rising deaths and illness. Authorities fear continued spread across the region.
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Densin
Montpellier
Cahors
Mrs Lewis Fade Killed by Locomotive Near Home
Jan Brappock reports Mrs. Lewis Fade died Thursday night after being struck by a locomotive of the Pittsburg McKeesport and Youghingheny line near her home. Snow and wind blinded her as she crossed the track while carrying food to a destitute family she visited daily.
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Brappock
Lewis Fade
Pittsburg
McKeesport
Youghingheny
Fade
The New British Minister to Turkey
The Rt. Hon. Sir Francis Clare Ford has been appointed as the new British minister to Turkey. His selection follows a routine reshuffle in the diplomatic service, with Ford set to assume duties in Ankara and coordinate policy between London and the Ottoman capital.
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Turkey
Loypes
Jan
Francis Clare Ford
Dwelling Fire Claims Campbell Woman and Daughter
A house at Fort Lawrence dock owned by Mr. Campbell burned last night. Mrs. Campbell, 45, and her 6-year-old daughter were burned to death. The blaze was caused by an exploded lamp in the dwelling.
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St Stephen’s Green Division
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Ireland
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Nile
Alsace
Lorraine
Ecput
France
AmneEsnst
N. 8
Fort Lawrence Dock
Campbell
Sted
Cherokees Stake 80 Acres Each On The Strip
Information indicates 100 Cherokees have arrived on the Strip and staked 80 acres per family under Article V of the Cherokee treaty. They aim to claim the most fertile lands, and the move is seen as a potential cheater of white settlers unless Congress acts soon.
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Gourmet
C. T
Congress
Sleep-Quaint Mystery In Ottsville Woman Reports
Doylestown Pa Jan 9 The condition of Mrs E Levi Yost of Ottsville believed dead last Sunday but later thought to be in a trance remains unchanged Physicians are puzzled as life signs are faint yet suggest she may still live Efforts continue to awaken the apparently sleeping woman from unconsciousness.
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Doyiestown
E. Levi Yost
Ottsville
Boycott Affects Aransas Pass Freight Routes in Texas
In Gainesville Texas a large Santa Fe Railroad employees meeting passed resolutions refusing to handle freight from or to rival railroads. They urged officials not to accept such shipments, warning that workers may quit if loaded. Great Northern workers also threatened to stop Aransas Pass freight 36 hours after notice.
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Tex
Jon
Santa Fe Railroad
Great Northern Railway Company
Aransas Pass
Freedom Won with a Poker in Hoosier Jail Break
Three Indiana prisoners escaped from the county jail after assaulting Jailer Loomis with a poker as he unlocked the inside door. The fugitives are James Avery Thornton Baker and Tevis Jennings. The sheriff and posse pursue them.
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James H. Loomis
James Avery
Thornton Baker
Tevis Jennings
Sheriff and & Posse
Extreme cold grips Minnesota and Northwest
The mercury stood at 12 below zero this morning and remained below zero at noon in Minnesota. Similar deep cold was reported across the Northwest with a predicted warm break expected by tomorrow night. Owstown s Minnesota logged 20 below zero during the night.
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R. Pau
Mercury
Owstowns
Minn
A Young Pomeroy Heir and the Cowles Family Saga
In Cleveland on January 9 Judge Tuley upheld the will of George P. Pomeroy, leaving about $1,000,000 to his son Eugene. The tale intertwines the Cowles family, Helen Cowles Pomeroy’s conversion to Catholicism, and a love match with disinheritance. The narrative traces Edwin Cowles, founder of the Leader, his opposition to Rome, Helen’s Paris education, a Rome conversion, and a later marriage to Pomeroy amid litigation over the estate.
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Daily Leader
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France
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Rome
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Paria
Mr. Pomeroy
New Jersey
Move to form Dominion cigar manufacturers combine
Montreal January 9 The Trade Bulletin reports a movement to unify cigar manufacturers across the Dominion. Preliminary meetings have occurred and if the project proceeds the factories would be set up in Montreal St John New Brunswick Toronto and Vancouver.
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Trade Bulletin
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St. John
N. B
Toronto
Vancouver
French Consul General warns French in Canada to join army
The French Consul General at Quebec has instructed French Vice Consuls across Canada to warn all Frenchmen to prepare to rejoin their respective French army. The notice is tied to an alleged “anger difficulty” triggering potential mobilization.
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Mont Treat
Quebec
Canada
Denver Cor. Doctor Graves Denied New Trial in Barnaby Murder
Dr Graves convicted of the Barnaby murder was denied a new trial today. A motion for arrest of judgment was filed and will be heard Monday. if denied, the sentence of death will be pronounced immediately.
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Denver, Cor
Old Faces in New Places at Central Board and Schools
Changes in the Central Board of Education include re election of J N Olnhausen Cornelius Horgan James E Rodgers William Yagle I McMurray A E McCandless N F Trosch William Holmes John D Little J E Weimar T D Kellar and Henry Barlow James Canfield elected to Hancock district. New teachers include Miss Patterson Nelper Ferguson Paisley and others as substitutes. Doll Day at O Hara School features annual doll reception with students and parents enjoying displays.
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J. N. Olnhiausen
Birmingham
Cornelius Horgan
Hancock
James E Rodgers
Highland
William Yagle
Howard
I. McMurray
A. E
James Canifield
Horgan
Jane
Anna Patterson
Peebles
M. Clarke
M. W. Nelper
Island
Husse
Lain
Meskimmen
New Texas
Lincoln School
O'Hara
Santa Claus
That Man Fights The Removal Of Grant In Civil War War
The piece recounts the 1864 commission of Ulysses S. Grant by Abraham Lincoln, outlines Grant's obscure prewar years in Missouri and Galena, his bold rise from captain to commander, and highlights key moments from Belmont to the Shiloh campaign, including his unconditional surrender posture and clashes with Halleck and McClellan.
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Ulysses S. Grant
Lincoln
Grant
Missouri
St Louis
Hoe
Molino del Rey
Chapultepec
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Belmont
Shiloh
Fort Donelson
McClellan
Hall
Gossip From the Schoolrooms and Education Updates
Gossip From the Schoolrooms reports the LA Division Lystiturs set for Chartiers on the 10th mat and Tarentum on the 23d, plus state funding for a new cooking school with location to be decided by next September. It notes Fair Haven township institute, lessons in lamuae and geography, Miss Walker on Language, plans for a two story brick school near Shakespeare in Twentieth ward, Liberty district population rise, Osceola schoolhouse dedication in Twentieth ward, Pittsburg’s second quarterly exam list release timing, and Central Board of Education funds exhausted at 100.
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Tarentum
Central Board of Education
Fair Haven
Misa Walker
Shakespeare
Twentieth Ward
Liberty
Osceola
Pittsburg
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