Milan Abdication Rumor Sparks Hair Losing King Story
A sensational dispatch reports King Milan of Serbia abdicated amid scandal and a gray hair loss crisis. It notes his son’s fate, Austria Russia and Greece moves, and a proposed separation from his queen amid dull diplomacy, with banker Christich referenced in gossip.
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Lowpox
Milan
Servia
Europe
Austria
Russia
Vienna
Garney
Alexander
Bulgaria
Gervia
Roumania
Rudolf
Madame Christich
Constantinople
Greece
Mr. Christich
Duke of Portland Bucks Beauty With Riches at Derby Odds
Loxpow March 4 The Duke of Portland rides high as Donovan leads Derby quotations at 2 to 1 with Chittabob 6 to 1 and other favorites listed for Lincoln handicap and Grand National. The owner’s wealth and six foot tall fiancée Miss Dallas Yorke stand beside him as chatter swirls about fortune, titles, and future duchess.
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Duke of Portland
Cable
Loxpow
Donovan
Chittabob
Warlady
Wiseman
Roquefort
Dallas Yorke
Duchess of Portland
Bond Street
Great Britain
Portland
Daliis Yorke
Prince of Wales attends Monte Carlo tables in witty exchange
Monte Carlo reports the Prince of Wales arrives after dinner to chat with Jeanne Granier at the gaming tables. The duo share light, half veiled banter that elicits lively, royal amusement and a buoyant mood among onlookers.
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Loxpoxs
Monte Carlo
Prince of Wales
Jeanne Granier
Men of Letters Seek Capital Letters for Journalists
British journalism gains prestige as the Institute of Journalists is formed to grant members the right to append M. I. J. after their names. The new body, inaugurated by the Lord Mayor at the Mansion House, aims to cultivate the journalistic instinct and bestow a Royal or noble privilege through annual subscriptions.
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CABLE
Dispatch
Lospex
March
Royal Academicians
Royal Geographical Society
Institute of British Architects
National Association of Journalists
Bristol
Institute of
Journalists
Victorisa
Price
Wales
M. RE. LJ
Copper Syndicate Pushes Comptoir D Escompte Toward Bankruptcy
A Paris banking crisis unfolds as the Comptoir d Escompte faces severe losses from copper speculation. Director Denfert Rochereau, who died by his own hand, was a leading financier amid a mounting $150,000 ton copper liability. A London panic and failed American arrangements compound the instability.
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Loroox
Comptoir D’ Escompte
Bank of France
Denfert Rochereau
Comptoir
Han
London Stock Exchange
Paris
Comptoir d* Escompte
Itea
Rochereau
Viscount Mandeville’s Fall From Grace in New York Society
A Lowpox correspondent spots Viscount Mandeville, recently bankrupt, amid cafes in Hoffman and the Brunswick. The fallen nobleman, once linked to socialite Lady Mandeville, appears with Bessie Belle Wood, portrayed as a brazen con artist. The piece paints a stark portrait of disgrace and public judgment.
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Lowpox
Hoffman
Brunswick
New York
Viscount Mandeville
Lady Mandeville
Ysenaga
Mandeville
Bessie Belle Wood
Parnell Commission Update Delayed as Sessions Resume
The Parnell commission met for only three days this week with little excitement. Pigott is fading from focus, while a temporary revival may occur when Madrid documents found with the fugitive are presented in court. Sir Charles Russell will deliver the opening statement for Irish members over three to four days, with rebuttals to follow at Irish party expense despite high costs.
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Lowpox
Special
Parnell Commission
Pigott
Madrid
Charles Russell
Shelter for the Destitute Opens in Hanbury Street
The Salvation Army in Lonidch inaugurated a shelter for destitute women and children in Hanbury Street Whitechapel. Each night about 200 women and 50 children will receive beds and meals without discrimination. Beds are simple cushions in rough coffin shaped boxes.
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Lonidch
Salvation Army
Loxtow
Hanbury Street
Whitechapel
Nightly Distress in City as Salvation Army Feeds Children
In a destitute neighborhood, 250 starving children will be fed by the Salvation Army during the day. Almost every inhabitant shows signs of vice and disease. Several people were already inside the shelter yesterday, with drinking basins and uncertain smells noted in the makeshift conditions.
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Salvationists
Davis the Tory Swindler Faces Kensington Seat Fight
The Kensington contest centers on Gent Davis a Tory member who embezzled funds from a young relative and fled with a town woman. Court actions led to prison for contempt then release to resume schemes with a $4,000 fraud involving Blundell Maple. His ally Gent Davis, nicknamed Indigent Davis, faces electors amid mounting evidence of swindling and infamy.
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Kensington
Davis
Court of Chancery
Daris
Blundell Maple
Maple
Emperor William Dead A Year Observed In Germany
March 9 marks the first anniversary of Emperor William IIs death with memorial services across Germany. In Berlin the Unter Den Linden palace curtains were opened for the first time since his passing, as Court Chaplain Koeppel officiated a service attended by Empress Augusta and the imperial family including the Grand Duke and Duchess of Baden. The pomp included a ceremony at Charlottenburg with a wreath laid on the sarcophagus.
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Milan
Duke of Portland
France
William
Germany
Prince of Wales
Monte Carlo
Plan of Campaign Adopted by Oldest MP Villiers
The Right Hon. Charles Villiers, the oldest member of the House of Commons and a Unionist, has adopted a plan of campaign. He lives in a Chelsea house owned by Earl Cadogan, whose estate blocks stressed improvements. Cadogan seeks to downsize the mansion, while Villiers remains bedbound claiming feudal rights and refuses to be moved without consent.
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Delonne
Prince of Wales
Monte C Carlo
Viscount Mandeville
House of Commons
William of
Germany
Loxpox
Charles Villiers
Cam
Chelsea
Earl Cadogan
Mcbee
Shrove Tuesday Traditions Draw Visitors to Dorking Surrey
The Dispatch reports from Dorking Surrey on Shrove Tuesday noting the town’s long held customs. Businesses paused and street activity slowed as visitors observed ancient practices tied to the day. The piece highlights the enduring antiquity of local games and the festive mood among Americans seeking picturesque scenes.
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Dispatch
Loxpox
Dorking
Surrey
Aumale Ends Exile, Returns to Native Land
Continent reports reversal of exile order on the Duc d Aumale. The decision follows Royalist support and hints at the Seine election statements. Details are sparse but confirm the revocation of the exile and a return to homeland.
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Aumale
Lospon
Duc d’Aumale
Seine
The New Eldorado Rush for the Diggings Across California
A sensational report of a rich gold discovery in Lower California near Santa Clara Valley triggers a mass migration. Immense wealth, rapid digging, and panic over water shortages drive towns to empty as 2,000 seekers camp at the frontier. claims of $13,000 in a day and $2,000 in two days surface amid warnings of water depletion and harsh frontier conditions.
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Lower
California
Dispatch
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Santa Clara Valley
Real del Castillo
Epsigen
Iego
Nokoe Ee
Tia Junans
Ensenada
San Diego
Coronado
Anthony
Peninsula
John Bragg
Los Angeles
F. Bennett
Bennett
Santa Clare
Mexico
Sudden Deaths in New York Family Twice Strikes
A retired merchant, Joseph Ritter, 72, dies on a Broadway car returning from a board meeting. His sister Lydia Ritter, 71, dies next day under similar circumstances. Both deaths labeled heart failure. funeral planned with two coffins side by side in their Thirty-eighth Street home. Mother-in-law age 93.
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New York
Dispatch
New Yeurs
Joseph Ritter
East Thirty-eighth Street
Jefferson Insurance Company
Broadway
Mr. Ritter
West Forty-seventh Street
Thirty-eighth Street
Robert 8. MacArthur
Dra. Elder
Cottrell
Ritter
Bowery Elopement Ends in Divorce for Minister and Bride
Justice Cullen grants Rev. Leander Scott a divorce from Charlotte Loftye after she eloped from him within days of their ceremony in New York. Loftye, once engaged to reform, soon left to live with a gambler, offering no defense to the suit and providing no financial motive.
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Bowery
New York
Justice Cullen
Supreme Court
Leander Scott
Charlotte Loftye
Florence
Bleecker Street
Scott
Escapee Beck Flees Pursuit Through Cuiiacos Streets
Not afraid of bullets Andrew Beck once jailed at Fort Leavenworth escaped again in Cuiiaco March 9 after deputies located him in a barber shop. He bolted through the back door and down an alley pursued by Deputy Burchard who fired several shots but could not halt him as Beck vanished into the city crowd.
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Cuiiaco
Andrew Beck
Fort Leavenworth
Beck
United States
Marsh
Burchard
After the Indian Land The Lands of Settlers on the Edge of the Sioux Reservation
St Paul March 9 The bill opening the Sioux Reservation will, if the Indians agree, expose 11 000 000 acres of prime South Dakota farmland to settlers. Observers expect rapid approval and swift occupancy as trains bring emigrants and Dakota towns swell with newcomers amid a regional real estate boom.
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St. Pau
South Dakota
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Chamberlain
Pierre
Dakota
Dakotas
Sioux
Rumors Fly of Nipsic Sinking in Samoa
San Francisco crowds swarm bulletin boards as rumors spread that the US steamship Nipsic was sunk by a German vessel near Samoa. Officials deny confirmation, crediting Breslau dispatches while awaiting definitive word.
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United States
Olga
San Francisco
Samoa
Breslau
Mare Island
Alameda
Oceanic Company
Secretary of the Navy
Union Iron Works
Charleston
Southern Pacific
Ae Charleston
Nipsic
Extraa
Washington
Americe
Sydney
Zealandia
Dushere
War times in Samoa and ships near Apia in 1889
Part of Captain Mullane’s letter from Apia dated January 25, 1889, describes Samoa amid war rumors. Germany proclaims martial law, threatens deportation or imprisonment for arms, while German and American laws clash. Samoa asks England and the United States for protection as battles loom and vessels gather, with Malietoa’s exile noted.
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Wasurmetos
Mullane
United States
Nipsic
Apia
Samoa
Germany
Mataafa
Fritze
Adler
Sper
Cokestier
Auckland
England
Malietos
Africa
Maréehall’s
Sam
Adams
California
Samoan Times
Tonenen
Hawley
Eens Blaine
Secretary Tracy Interviewed in New York
General Benjamin F. Tracy, the Secretary of the Navy, was intercepted by a reporter as he traveled from Washington to New York at 10 30 p.m. The interviewer showed him the latest San Francisco fractionist lemon of the United States.
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New York
Benjamin F. Tracy
Secretary of the Navy
Washington
Neway 3
The
United
The Bottom Knocked Out Rumor Denied
Secretary Tracy left Washington for New York as Commodore Walker, acting head, dismissed rumors of the Nipsie’s alleged destruction. Telegraphed San Francisco reports from Auckland to Europe could not reach San Francisco before the East. Cabinet did not discuss the destruction, indicating no department confirms the rumor.
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Atlantic Ocean
United States
California
Sancisco
Navy Department
Auckland
The First Shot editorial on the Olga clash
In San Francisco the California Democrat previews tomorrow an editorial titled The First Shot. It reflects on U S S Nipsic and the German corvette Olga and argues two roads for Americans: stay and support the flag or emigrate if the country fails. The piece weighs loyalty and national identity amid looming conflict.
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San Francisco
U. S
Nipsic
Corvetta Olga
C Fornia Democrat
Clayton Fiends Justice Opens Morristown Court Session
The Circuit Court of County county sits in Morriston as Judge George Cunningham delivers a charged appeal for law and order. He urges jurors to pursue the Clayton assassination case regardless of political ties, insisting crime is not partisan and must be punished.
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Bes
Clayton
Comn
Post Office Clerk Faces March Hearing for Letter theft
Moses Myers, a New York post office registered letter clerk, was to be examined on March 9 for allegedly opening letters and taking 135. His counsel requested time, and the exam was postponed to March 20 at 11 AM. Myers, engaged to a Pittsburg heiress, was arrested by Inspector Ryan and found with five foreign letters and 37 jars, admitting to taking 35 from registered mail. He is free on $2,500 bail.
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New York
Moses Myers
Post Office
Shields
Kellogg
Myers
Pittsburg
John T. Shaw
Ryan
Postoffice Ment
Cerry
Cleveland's Callers Attract Attentions To Ex President
Special Telegram From New York reports Grover Cleveland and his wife receiving many visitors at his law office. In the evening they dined with Mr and Mrs Stuart G Melson at 118 Madison Avenue. Mrs Cleveland had joined Mrs J Woodward Jr for a matinee earlier, during which many people called at the hotel seeking meetings with the former president.
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Dispatch
New York
Grover Cleveland
Burdick criticizes revenue bill taxing lumber, gas firms
Harrisburg dispatch notes McKean County representative William E. Burdick objects to exemptions for iron steel and cotton producers while lumber firms and natural gas companies bear taxes. He argues inequities in the general revenue bill and urges delay for proper consideration as the House debates sections on returns, local use funds, and multi county taxation.
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Hos
William E. Burdick
McKenm County
Harrisburg
McKenn
McKean
Evening luncheon features Madeira from 1789 vintage
A Harrisburg luncheon hosted by Senator Delamater and Chairman Andrews in honor of Hon. Simon Cameron included the serving of about six bottles of Madeira wine from the 1789 vintage.
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FIOM
Harrisburg
Delamater
Andrews
Simon Cameron
Madeira
Two Women Injured in Railroad Trail Collision at Manor
Mrs Rose aged 33 of Penni street and Mrs Ot suffered injuries when struck by two railroad trains near Manor around 8 o clock in the evening. The incident occurred on March in Manor and Penn streets.
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Manor
Rose
Penni Street
Penn
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