Naval Exhibition Opens with Prince of Wales in Rain
The Chelsea naval exhibition opened with the Prince of Wales presiding in wet weather. A full display includes a model Eddystone Lighthouse, a complete Nelson era flagship Victory, and galleries named for Nelson Bow Cook Howe and Blake. Exhibits cover old and new warships, ordnance, and naval relics with naval charities benefiting from profits.
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Prince and Princess of Wales
Princess Maud of Wales
Duke of Clarence
Avondale
Duke of Connaught
Princess Christian
Admiralty
Archbishop of Canterbury
Prince of Walesa
Princess of Wales
Eddystone
Chelsea Hospital
Thames
Chelsea Embankment
Neleon
Naval School
Greenwich
Nelson
Benbow
Cook
Howe
Blake
Burnley
Gainsborough
Ewell
van Dyke
West Hall
Reynolds
Benjamin West
de Martino
Maclize
Phillips
Captain Cook
Exmouth
Shannon
Chesapeake
Duke of Edinburgh
Battle of
Trafalgar
Seppings
Harry Down
Armstrong
Camperdown
Bulwark
Clerical Charlatan Baxton Linked to Revelations Beast Tale
London observers ridiculed the Mansion House prophecy meeting led by Baxton the so called head of a prophecy society. The Lord Mayor Savory denied Baxton’s leadership and the event proved dull despite Baxton’s absent but pervasive influence.
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Ger
Napoleon Itl
London
Cable Toth
Loudon
Baxton
Napoleon III
Bismarck
Gladstone
Disraeli
Boulanger
Savory
Spurgeon
Paris
Wales reprimanded over dirty tenements in London
Loxroox May 2 The County Council reprimanded the Prince of Wales for the filthy condition of the Duchy of Cornwall tenement block at Vauxhall. The council demands extensive alterations to improve light and air for the tenants, noting the property’s disgraceful state and that revenue benefits the Prince.
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Rome
Londons
Dunlap
Cable Company
Loxroox
County Council
Prince of Wales
Vauxhall
Duchy of Cornwall
Remarkable Steamer Gourock to Liverpool Dry Dock
The City of Paris steamed from Gourock to Ireland and back to Liverpool arriving this afternoon. Its foul bottom prompted immediate dry docking and cleaning before continuing service. First New York voyage postponed to May 13.
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Gourock
Paris
Ireland
Liverpool
New York
Baron Hirsch Plans Vast Hebrew Colony in South America
London May 2 Baron Hirsch faces skepticism as reports circulate he contemplates a huge project to form a new Palestine in South America for hundreds of thousands of oppressed Hebrews. Critics note even millions in funding may not render the dream practical, likening it to Lord Shaftesbury's 1840 proposal.
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Lord Shaftesbury
Baron Hirsch
Palestine
South America
Dis- Paton
Peace Society
Syria
Lord Palmerson
Baron Hirech
Atlantic
Free Education Bill and Denomi National Schools Debate
The piece argues the Government free education bill will include denominational school clauses opposed by Radicals. It notes Irish Nationalists favoring sectarian control with state endowments, while non conformist Radicals may block the proposals, shaping election gains for the Tories whichever path the Radicals take.
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House of Commons
The Evils Exaggerated and the Spirit Temperance Inquiry
Lorpox May 2 reports that the House of Commons special committee on adulteration of spirits has found that temperance fears about fusel oil and other alleged poisons are overstated. After extensive experiments and evidence, the committee says remedies are of doubtful utility and cannot be recommended.
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Temperance Societies
London
House of Commons
Famous Bolckow paintings fetch £69380 at Christie sale
The Bolckow collection of paintings was offered for sale at Christie & Manson's rooms. Total realized money reached £69,380 with Meissonier's Sign Painter topping at £6,772. Other notable prices included Troyon's Going to Market £4,935 Webster's Roast Pig £1,207 and Erakine Nicholl's China Merchant £1,260. Average prices were reported as good.
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Durlaf
Lonpor
Bolckow
Christie & Manson
Meissonier
Troyon
Post Mortem Humor From Will of Local Doctor
In Guascow on May 2 a dying joke surfaces as a doctor’s will is filed. He bequeaths his entire estate to two sisters and ends with a clause directing his sister Elisabeth to donate ten shillings to buy a handkerchief for his wife to use in weeping after his death.
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Dunlaf
Cable Company
Guascow
Elisabeth
City of Paris Trial Run Promises Faster East Passage
The City of Paris ocean greyhound completed a highly successful trial trip off Glasgow on the Clyde. Five measured miles yielded an average of over 21 knots, and owners expect to lower her speed record on the Eastern passage.
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Lorpox
Paris
Ocean Greyhound
Inp
Glasgow
Clyde
Stanley Declares He Will Not Return To Africa
Loxpox May 2 Mr Stanley ends rumors of a Africa return after being named President of the Kongo State by the King of um He states he will remain in his present duties under no circumstances would he go back to the Dark Continent.
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Stanley
Africa
Tragedy in Pest House Ends in Mass Slaying and Suicide
In a Budapest tenement at Schiffgasse No 5 Oscar Cosaky, formerly Theodoric Orthesky’s son in law, kills his wife his daughter his mother in law and his nephew with an axe then takes his own life after writing to press and police about ruin and fate. He had recently been janitor of a large tenement and left notes requesting decent burial for the victims and freedom for his own body.
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Pet Duklap
Bupa Pests
Europe
Schiffgasse
Buda Pesth
Theodoric Orthesky
Paulis Orthesky
Oscar Gosaty
Oscar
Herr Orthesky
Ouscar
Fran Orthesky
Leonins
Signe
Herr Cosaky
Vienna
Buds
Danube
Cosakysen
Oan
Saly
Poland Prompts German Polity Toward Reconciliation Policy
In Berlin on May 2 the Reich government weighs conciliation of Poland to form a safe coalition. Chancellor von Caprivi defends policy in Posen and Western Prussia, noting schools and church protections. Poles back stronger German defense as a sign of closer accord.
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Berlin
Prince Bismarck
Center
Freisinnige
Prussia
Posen
Todiny
Diet
Budget Commission
von Caprivi
Germany
von Crispi
Tragic gas caved oil shaft era in Tidbute district
Special Telegram to the Dilpatch describes B H McCutcheon who, after burns in a Triumph Hill fire, recalls oil excitements in the Tidiante area. A Tarentum and Tidiante shaft venture, depth 165 feet, faced gas danger and a fatal accident when foreman Hart was killed by a gas explosion, ending tunneling plans and the project.
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Dilpatch
New York
B. H. McCutcheon
Tidioute
Triumph Hill
Consolidated Stock and Petroleum Exchange
McCutcheon
Ripley County
Ind
Pennsylvania
Mr. McCutcheon
Tarentum
Pittsburg
Oil Creek
Allegheny River
Drake
Oll
Tidbuts
Hart
William Bristling Up Claims German Abuse in Paris
Lowpox May 2. The war scare fakir continues his campaign with a new claim that Kaiser Wilhelm is angered by how Germans are treated in Paris. He says German workers are boycotted and insulted and embassy members snubbed at clubs, but the statements require verification and are likely untrue.
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Lowpox
Kaiser Wilhelm
Paris
A Strange Homance of the Peerage in Divorce Court
In a 12 year divorce case Dysart versus Dysart and Sugden the Right Honorable Earl of Dysart obtains a divorce from his wife for infidelity with Charles Sugden a young actor linked to London's noble circle Sugden later marries the Countess after the decree but deserts her years later leaving her to live on charity The case unsettled polite society amid the British peerage shadowed by scandal and loyalty.
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SY Dunlaf
Lompos
Dysart
Sugden
Earl of Dysart
Charles Suayden
Soolety
Suyden
St. Leonards
London
Les
Justine Sars
Evictions Spread as Coke Strike Narrows City
A special telegram from Disfaton reports continued coke works unrest with over 500 workers, many quitting to join the strike. The Frick Company denies extensive defections while labor leaders say Italians and other returnees undermine the strike. Evictions of 12 families proceed in Westmoreland led by Sheriff Clawson as notices reach Mt Pleasant and nearby plants.
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Jimtown
Sterling and Juniots
Frick Company
Houtadale
Painter Mines
McClure’ Company
Hoe
Westmoreland
Clawson
Company E
Morewood
Martin Wiensinski
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Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
W. M. Dowell
H.C. E.childs
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G. J
MER
Wales
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the Dispatch
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Mabel Jordan
von Capemi
Russia
Goa
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New York Enterprise and Mining Com
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Cokers
Hanover
Mamani Son's
Peon Avenue
Schenley View
Lawrenceville
East Liberty
Penn Avenue
Sixth Street
Matilda Street
Schenley View Place
Price
Straub & Morris
Third Ave
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