Boulangers Bid for Power Sparks Paris Election Fears
A sweeping Paris election story analyzes Boulangers bid for power as observers debate his strength in the capital. It notes socialists may back Jacques to defeat him, with the aristocracy and middle classes wary of his One-man rule. Floquet shifts wine traders favors and financier questions surface about Boulangers backing.
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Dispatch
Paris
Boulanger
Corric
Baker
Republic
Associated Press
France
M. Jacques
Cable Company Objects to Commercial Men Using a Code
Lexpos January 19. The Anglo American Company is credited with taking a position on a dispute involving commercial men who seek to use a code. The report notes objections and strategic considerations in the matter.
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Lexpos
Anglo American Company
England
America
Sea Commercial
Menikel
Royal appetites and royal wanderings noted in dispatches
Cable reports from Lownes on Russian Emperor and Prince of Wales habits. It cites the czars heavy meals and nightly champagne, court staff numbers, and insomnia relief. It also notes the Prince of Wales declining invitations, planning Monte Carlo visits, and Queen Victoria commenting on Walter Crane and Flora’s Feast.
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Lownes
Russia
Prince Bismarck
Prince of Wales
Monte Carlo
Riviera
England
Walter Crane
Messrs. Cassell
Flora
Living Bulletin on Dutch King’s Decline and Heir Fate
Loypox January 19. The Dutch king hovers between life and death with no official press briefing. The queen’s movements signal slight improvement, while the public questions a female heir and a German princess as regent if death occurs. The king’s generosity and private funds are debated as officials discuss a possible 8 year old ruler and regent.
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Netherlands
Brun
Paris
Woman fined for cat tail removal over worm tale
Mary Ann Proudly of Bootle faced a 40 shilling fine after she cut off her cat’s tail claiming a worm in the tail drives the animal mad. Witnesses testified she loved the cat. magistrates rejected superstition as excuse for cruelty. Public opinion largely supports her worm theory.
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Loxpoy
England
Mary Ann Proudly
Bootle
Miss Proudly
4 CHANCE FOR SPECULATORS Frances The English Neglecting an Opportunity to Get Action for Their Money
Loxpox January 19 Colonel North the nitrate millionaire continues to interest England and be talked about. He is said to have bought Lord Randolph Churchill's entire stable of racing horses which signals an ally with a good eye for value. Rumors claim a steam yacht and schemes to lure people to Chile to see the nitrate wealth. English bettors have yet to wager on his financial wreck despite his sudden fortune.
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Colonel North
England
Lord Randolph Churchill
Lord Randolph
Chili
Personal Crisis Reports In Season At Monaco
Monaco dispatch reports a rising self harm crisis amid social season with bright sunshine andMediterranean backdrop as fashionable crowds arrive.
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Monaco
Bulgarian Prince Ferdinand Plans Marriage Amid Balkan Turmoil
Lowpoy January 19 Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria plans marriage to Princess Henriette daughter of the Count of Flanders. The union, urged by his mother Princess Clementine, pits royal alliance against the unrest in the East as Bulgaria's ruler contends with ongoing questions of marriage and succession.
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Lowpoy
Prince Ferdinand of
Bulgaria
Aduil
Henriette
Flanders
Frank Leslie
Ferdinand
Inurope
Clementine of
Coburg
Marlborough Duke Blocks View With Fir Trees
A Woodstock letter reports the Duke of Marlborough planted tall firs to block the rector's view, provoking indignation among the rector's supporters. Duke’s friends acknowledge humor in the maneuver, while a devoted young woman writes a sharp, lengthy letter to a local paper. Part of it includes poetry.
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Loypoy
Woodstock
Duke of Marlborough
Dimspattch
Bravery Rewarded for Naval Boy on Ice Rescue
Albert Battison of HMS Impregnable received the Stanhope gold medal from the Royal Humane Society for saving a thirteen year old girl who broke through ice on a river. He dived under the ice and brought the girl to shore despite fourteen feet of frigid water and danger to himself.
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Albert Battison
Stanhope
Royal Humane Society
Battison
Carnegie and the Cabinet and the English editor
A Wolverhampton Evening Express owner, friend of Andrew Carnegie, reports a cable dispatch claiming Carnegie has been offered the Interior Secretary post. English papers note this could place control of interstate commerce law affecting the Canadian railroad system under Carnegie.
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Dispatch
Wolverhampton Evening Express
Andrew Carnegie
Secretary of the Interior
Pittsburg
Carnegie
Who Shot Mrs Forgey Special Telegram
News from Ironton Ohio reports the shooting of Mrs. Alice Forgey near Proctorville last night. She was struck by buckshot fired through a window while in her kitchen with her daughter. Her divorce case with husband Matt Forgey and custody of five children were recently decided in Lawrence County court with assets totaling about 16 000 dollars and 600 cash. No arrests reported.
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DistaTcn
Ironton
Alice Forgey
Proctorville
Irs
Forgey
Lawrence County
Matt Forgey
Aires
Maggie
Invet
Forger
Langtry Strikes Halt Macbeth Production at Fifth Avenue
New York January 19. Mrs Langtry faces fresh trouble in Macbeth at the Fifth Avenue Theater as a strike among supernumeraries disrupts rehearsal. Workers who usually earn 25 cents an hour demanded 2 cents more, prompting the Lily to concede to a reduced force of stage attendants.
Murder trial insight as witness testifies Backus claimed self defense
January 19 report highlights Constable Cunningham of Suterville as the key witness. He testified Backus admitted killing Green but insisted it was in self defense, keeping the murder trial in the public eye.
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Gree Exisurg
Constable Cunningham
Suterville
Backus
Green
Ford committee reports immigrant flow worrying United States
The Ford Investigation Committee urges tighter U S immigration controls after finding over 500 pauper and insane immigrants admitted to Pittsburg in six years and widespread evasion of the contract labor law. It faults Castle Garden inspections, border loopholes, and foreign officials in shipping criminals and paupers. Spinola files a minority report proposing a head tax per immigrant grant.
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Ford Investigation Committee
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Spinola
Wasx Hineton
Ford Committee
Drs- Patch
Castle Garden
New York
United States
Canada
Imm Ce
Quebec
Wayne County
Mich
Ireland
Boston
Europe
Detroit
Man Buries Rival In Field Pit After Right of Way Row
CANONSBURG January 19 A long running dispute over a road through William Lightholder’s land ends in a violent clash. John Shearn shovels dirt into a deep hole to block access to a coal bank while Lightholder and his son confront him. Lightholder climbs in the pit, but Shearn fills it in, burying him up to the neck. Shearn is charged with assault and battery but discharged by a justice’s jury. costs fall on Lightholder.
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Canonsburg
John Shearn
William Lightholder
Shearn
Canonsburg Coal Bank
Lightholder
Lightholders
On Justice
White Caps Brutal Assault Near Shamokin
Shamokin Pa January 19 The White Caps attack a harmless miner Thomas Hague near Coal Run dragging him into an icy stream after 20 lashes and beating. Patrick Doolan and two Hungarian laborers accompany the mob as warnings spread to leave Shamokin within 24 hours amid fears of further bloodshed and armed residents.
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Shamokin
Coal Run
Patrick Doolan
Corbin
Springfield
Doolan
Thomas Hague
Hague
Compulsory Education Move For Stricter Act In Chicago
A meeting of officials from the Board of Education and other groups in Chicago decided to urge the legislature to pass a tighter compulsory education bill. It would require children aged 7 to 14 to attend school at least 20 weeks per year, limit work to eight hours daily during vacations or with board permission, and provide free school books for the needy. Fines and truant officers would enforce the act.
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Chcaco
Board of Education
Board of Trade
Union League
Woman’s Alliance
Sageel Pacer
Rudy Refused New Trial After First Degree Murder Conviction
John W. Rudy, convicted last June of murder in the first degree for killing his father, was denied a new trial by Judge Livingston. Death sentence to be passed next week, with case to be carried to the Supreme Court. The evidence was largely circumstantial. A separate denial denied Thomas F. Brandenburg a new trial for involuntary manslaughter linked to a quinine death.
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John W. Rudy
Lancaster
Livingston
Rudy
Supreme Court
Thomas F. Bradenburg
Young >Ances
Columbia
Nee
A Tramp's Gratitude
A telegram from Belmont reports Thomas Raycraft, a tramp, was hurt in a wreck and cared for by George Mercer until recovery. Raycraft then repaid Mercer by taking all money found in Mercer's house and fleeing, leaving Mercer unattended.
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Bellaire
Thomas Raycraft
Belmont
George Mercer
Raycraft
Mercer
Pastor Accepts New York Call at 7000 Year
Rev Wilton Merle Smith pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Cleveland has accepted a call to the Central Presbyterian Church in New York with a $7000 annual salary.
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Cleveland
Wilton Merle Smith
First Presbyter Church
Central Presbyterian Church of New York
Statue of General Cass Unveiled in Washington D C
Washington report details the Michigan gift statue of General Lewis Cass by sculptor D C French, cast in Carrara marble, created in Paris over a year and a half for $10,000. The 30 year old French studied Cass’s Detroit connections, preserving his dignified late life appearance and bald head with a curling wig, presented for unveiling at January Hall.
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Lewis Cass
Michigan
United States
Washington
D. C. French
Paris
Stanuary Hall
E. B. French
Eat
Treasury
Arthur
Capitol
Reach
Detroit
General Cass
Cass
French
Sherman and
Morrill
Congress
Senate
Zach Chandler
Buchanan
Arlington Hotel
St. Charles
New Hampshire
Peregrine White
Plymouth
Prince of Wales
Harrison
Worthy
Kanawha
Harper's F
John Brown
Thomas Jefferson
Ohio
Blennerhasset
Aaron Burr
Hull
Tecumseh
Wisconsin
Iowa
Minnesota
Jackson
France
Sumter
Democratic Rty
Martin van Uren
van Buren
Tates
Alecberal i
Taylor
New York
Penney
Eight Foot Wingspan Eagle Attacks Boy Aboard Sentinel
Captain Mark Cole of the steamer Sentinel recounts a strange incident near Golconda where a giant black eagle, eight feet two inches in wingspan, was captured after crippling a shore. The bird was kept in a walled courtyard until a nearby negro boy, about 12, entered and was attacked, hanging five feet above ground before help arrived. The boy suffered scratches but no serious injuries.
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Inn
Mark Cole
Sentinel
Golconda
Rock
Liberty
Kentucky
Hamlettsburg
Protestant Fury Rises Over Jesuits in Quebec
Montreal reports show Protestants mobilizing against the Jesuit order and Catholic Church influence in Quebec politics. A large petition in Ottawa urges disallowance of the Jesuits act, warning of religious meddling and proposed raids on public funds. The drive follows Cardinal Taschereau’s push for a provincial seat and the Quebec bill granting $400,000 indemnity to the Jesuits.
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Montreal
Quebec
Ontario
Ottawa
Jesuita
Cardinal Taschereau
Clement Viv
Downfall of Two Harvard-Linked Opium Showgirls
Two 16 year old girls in Boston faced court for frequenting opium joints linked to two Harvard College students. Once innocent schoolgirls, they became inveterate opium smokers over 18 months. From respectable families, their parents later learned of the habit. Attempts at reform have failed.
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the Dispatch
Boston
Harvard
South End
Harvard College
Bride's death leads to arrest for husband in Brooklyn
Frank P. Dudgeon was jailed without bail in Brooklyn after being held for complicity in his bride Katie Cody's death hours after their marriage. Coroner Rooney ordered inquest to start tomorrow as Police Captain Kenny testified detectives found no letters linking Dudgeon to the fatal operation. Justice Cullen denied bail, saying the coroner would diligently conduct the inquest.
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Brooklys
Frank P. Dudgeon
Katie Cody
Rooney
Raymond Street
Kenny
Dudgeon
Miss Cody
Cullen
Shipwrecked crew from John Bryce reach safety
The steamship Alameda brings Captain Timothy Murphy and 19 crew members from the American ship John Bryce of Thomaston Maine. The vessel sailed from Port Ludlow on October 6 with timber for Melbourne but was lost in a December 7 hurricane about 800 miles east of the Samoa Islands. One man was lost overboard. Surviving crew reached Apia after seven days in open boats. second and third mates and steward stayed behind.
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Alameda
Australia
Timothy Murphy
John Bryce
Thomaston
Port Ludlow
Paget
Sound
Melbourne
Caeado
Samoa
Steward
Apia
Fire destroys Wilkinsburg livery stable and billiard room
A livery stable and pool hall owned by Johnson in Wilkinsburg were totally destroyed by fire around 1 am. Several horses perished and the total loss is estimated at $7,000. The blaze is believed to have started from an overheated natural gas stove.
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Johnson
Wilkinsburg
Kenton Shooting Fatality Reported After Home Intrusion
Cleveland January 19 report states Bai Cunningham fatally wounded Fred Stricklin who entered his home last night. Stricklin died shortly after the shooting. Cunningham was arrested.
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Cleveland
Bai Cunningham
Fred Stricklin
Kenton
Stricklin
Cuni
German diplomacy and Geffcken case dominate European circles
The text notes growing anti colonial sentiment in Germany and hints Salisbury’s weakness, with Bismarck’s plans to prove unity against English Liberals. It covers the Geffcken scandal, Austrian and Dutch royal succession concerns, Zollverein plans for Luxembourg, Reichstag naval budgets, Stocker’s actions, and reports Admiral Monts’s death on the eve of Frederick’s Kiel voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Lord Salisbury
Prince Bismarck
Me Perins
Morier
St. Petersburg
Geffcken
Bundesrath
Teggeblatt
Vienna
Bismarck
Count von Taafe
The
Presse
Gesicken
Csgg
R Frederick
Berlin
Knce
Holland
Luxembourg
Duke
Nassau
Reichstag
Stocker
Witte
Wissman
Roerwa
Te Getten
Admiral Monts
Admiralty
Frederick
Kiel
Henry
New York Letter Threat from Jack the Ripper
A badly written note received by Captain Ryan of the Twenty first precinct in New York warns that Jack the Ripper will kill a woman before next Thursday. The missive claims England involvement and threatens pistols, indicating imminent violence amid the ongoing police alert.
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New York
Ryao
Twenty-first
Ripper
England
Jack
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