King William III Dead as Ten-Year-Old Heir Rises
Holland mourns as King William III dies after a decline. Princess Wilhelmina, 10, becomes heiress and Queen Emma acts as regent. Funeral plans set, autopsy performed, empress Emma seeks public support. Emperor William I of Russia and Prince Albrecht send condolences.
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Willem Tel
William II
Anna Pavlowna
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Russia
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Holland
Prince Albrecht
Regency in Netherlands Amid Crisis and Queen Emma Steps In
Queen Emma assumed the regency after Parliament passed a resolution declaring the king incapable of ruling. The Council of State held regal power temporarily as the nation faced a government vacuum. A crowd gathered with officials present as Queen Emma took charge last Thursday.
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Or Or i
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Council of Suite
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MUST BE CHRISTIANS Emperor Williams Notable Speech at Swearing In
Beaits reports from November 23 that Emperor William addressed new garrison recruits during their oath ceremony. He warned of an internal foe, urging that Germany must fight at home against Socialists and that a good soldier must also be a devout Christian, faithful to both earthly and heavenly authorities.
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Beaits
Avior
Purity union formed in Bern to curb local vice
A self described purity union with 390 members including 115 parsons 84 state officials 22 students and 15 army officers has been formed in Bern modeled on English and American lines It plans to submit to police chiefs of major cities ordinances to restrict vice. It says it will not seek to influence legislation unlike similar societies in America, arguing parsons should stay in their province.
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Bern
Parsons
America
A LINGUISTIC MOVE
Berwin November 23 The Kaisers cordial relations with the Czar are celebrated as teachers of Russian are hired to instruct officers sergeants and all cavalry regiments The Lancers leading in the German march frontier defense receive Russian language lessons while Russian frontier guards are doubled and trebled.
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Berwin
Lancers
Vated discussions on the subject may be anticipated
An incomplete fragment notes ongoing talks about a subject likely to be anticipated. The text hints at discussions possibly addressing plans, policy, or actions, with no clear names, dates, places, or outcomes visible in the readable portion.
Brutal Persecution Drives German Brides to Death or Insanity
Berlin reports reveal anonymous letters targeting young brides, leading to two deaths and two insanity cases in a week. Victims were engaged or soon to be married, receiving letters accusing grooms of bigamy or deceit, a tactic triggering fatal shock or mental breakdown.
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DY Dumlap
Berlin
Koch lymph cure sparks Berlin publicity and public support
Berlin papers attack sensational claims about Dr. Kochs lymph and insist the secret remains secure. Koch accepts no interviews as authorities, while Berlin honors him with honorary status and $20 marks fund for hospitals for the poor reflects broad support for his system worldwide.
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Berlin
Dr. Koch
Volks Zeitung
Punished for Cruelty Aboard Antwerp Vessel
Captain Voss, skipper of a merchant ship between Antwerp and New York, was sentenced by the Antwerp Marine Court to seven months in prison for maltreating his crew. Desertion followed during the last voyage. First officer Krugman received 14 months for cruelties and was accused of murder, a charge not proven. Voss also faces a one year ships- command ban after his release.
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Antwerp
Voss
New York
Antwerp Marine Court
Krugman
High Seas
Manchester Martyrs Anniversary Observed in Dublin
The anniversary of the Manchester martyrs execution was marked at Glasnevin Cemetery with a large crowd despite inclement weather. Fife and drum bands accompanied the procession and a wreath adorned the martyrs’ tomb as P. N. Fitzgerald urged continued struggle for Ireland's freedom.
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Manchester
Glasnevin
P. N. Fitzgerald
Ireland
Lutherans Fight Recall of Jesuits in Germany
In Berlin on November 23 Lutherans step up efforts to block the return of the Jesuits to Germany. Petitions circulate in Rhheinish Prussia and Westphalia urging the Reichstag not to authorize the order's return, labeling them with various alleged enormities.
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Germany
BT Dunlap
Berlin
Baring Brothers Trouble Attributed To Hebrews Claim
Loxpoy November 23 report from Dunlap’s Cable says Baring Brothers, Russia’s bankers, faced trouble after alleged Hebrew influence. The article asserts a strike aimed at undermining Barings could devastate Russia’s finances and unsettle vast financial arrangements.
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Loxpoy
Weekly Dispatch
Baring Bros
Russia
Hebrews
Essrs
Dante the
Barings
German Protestant churches seized by order of the Czar
Telegrams from Revel report that Berlin received word the Czar ordered sequestration of all property held by German Protestant churches. Authorities promised interest on capital for the last two years while funds were confiscated to prevent starvation. government initially planned to let churches perish.
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Berlin
Revel
Gulf of Finland
Balfour Presses Salisbury Amid Parnell Scandal
In Loxpox on November 23 the Rt. Hon A F Balfour visits Marquis of Salisbury at Hatfield House. Rumors say he urges the Premier to exploit Liberal disarray from the Parnell scandal and seek an early appeal to the country in Parliament.
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SY Duklap
Loxpox
A. F. Balfour
Marquis of Salisbury
Hatfield House
Balfour
Liberal Party
Parnell
Opposing the Emperor Liberal Prussian Diet in revolt
Berlin November 23 Liberal and Freisinnige members joined to oppose a 22,000,000 mark tax to fund a new cathedral opposite the royal castle. They warned they will fight the entire tax reform if the state bears the church building bill, arguing ecclesiastical edifices are private institutions and not taxpayers' burden.
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Duslap
Berlin
Mey
Peror
Civil marriage sparks Catholic protest in Vienna and Pesth
Vienna and Pesth Catholic circles protest Count Apponge of the Hungarian Conservatives after his recent Parliament speech urging civil marriage before a magistrate. The Ultra and Memec newspapers react with alarm over the potential impact on church authority.
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Vienna
Pesth
Count Apponge
Denying a French Report on German Austrian Maneuvers
Berlin November 23. The report in some French papers claiming joint German Austrian army maneuvers during the coming campaign is denied. The official line continues on page six.
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ST Durlap
Berlin
Lover's Mad FREAK Run Down in Florida by Detective
AP dispatch details how Dr Willis R Congdon a wealthy Indiana physician disappeared after a planned elopement with Miss Daray E Curtis. Detective Springfield tracked him to Jacksonville Florida where Congdon admitted flight to marry the woman and return. authorities note possible insanity.
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Florida
Dispatch
Jacksonville
Fla
Springfield
United States Detective Agency
Chicago
Willis R. Congdon
Elkwort
Ind
Congdon
Willis R. Clark
Bristol
Elkhart
New York
Willis
Willis BR. Clark
Daray E. Curtis
Ehis
Postponed Burial After Life-Like Return Seen in Hammonton Drugist
Special telegram from May's Lanoise New Jersey reports George W Fay a Hammonton druggist died from brain abscess and dropsy. On Thursday the swelling faded and the face regained a life like appearance with a red spot under the ear. The family postponed the funeral and reopened the coffin. they now await developments amid beliefs Fay is in a trance. Fay had served time for illegal liquor selling and was celebrated when released.
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Lanoise
N. J
George W. Fay
Hammonton
Fay
Court House
Mayor Grant Defied In Libel Sermon Dispute
Thomas Dixon Jr in New York at the YMCA Hall denounces Mayor Grant over libel claims tied to church remarks. Dixon calls Grant a “tin god” and accuses him of crimes seen by Fassett Committee, pledging not to bow to political pressure despite threats of legal action.
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Thomas Dixon, Jr
Heaven
Hell
M. C. A. Hall
Grant
Onine
Dixon
Fassett Committee
Sheriff's Office
Killing at plantation collation shocks Alexandria crowd
At a negro collation on Chaslend plantation near Lecompte two miles below Alexandria a white man Steve Warner was killed and Edmund Tolliver a colored man mortally wounded after Warner fired five shots. Inside the cabin men exchanged fire. Warner and his wife were killed. Dave and August Oliver are jailed on a related accusation.
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Chaslend Plantation
Lecompte
Steve Warner
Edmund Tolliver
Warner
Tolliver
Arner
Orve
Dave
August Oliver
Tragic Brooklyn Sand Pit Death Claims Two Boys
A large sand pit on Nineteenth Street Brooklyn collapsed trapping five boys. Two six and seven year old brothers of painter Thomas Mc Donouch were buried under earth and stones as rescuers dug for nearly an hour. One boy survived with injuries while another was found dead. the parents watched in grief as both bodies were recovered.
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New York
Nineteenth Street
Brooklyn
Thomas McDonouch
Wealthy Harlem widow commits suicide in brownstone home
Mrs. Sarah F. Henssler a well known charity worker and church member in Harlem shot herself in her three story brownstone after a series of bereavements and ill health. Her son Frederick M. found her body at breakfast with a bullet hole in her forehead.
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New York
Sarah F. Henssler
Henssler
Frederick W. Hensler
New York Institution For the Blind
Marcus Catlin
Hamilton College
Clinton, N. Y
Ramsay
Harlem Presbyterian Church
White Seminary
Cleveland
Frederick M
Militia Called Out After Bishopville Riot
Governor Richardson received telegrams from Bishopville and Sumter county reporting a riot with white residents unable to protect themselves. Rioters reportedly knocked down the Bishopville guard-house and freed two colored prisoners. Sumter Light Infantry ordered to shift to Bishopville. Sheriff Carson urged immediate aid. Captain Brand confirms a special train departure for Sumter troops.
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D. C
Richardson
Bishopville
Sumter
Soecral
Sumpter Light Infantry
Sumpter
Brand
Sumter Light Infantry
Carson
BRAKEMEN STRIKE HITS CHICAGO EASTERN ILLINOIS RAILROAD
Freight trains halted on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad due to a conductors and brakemen strike. Clay county coal mine laborers’ walkout worsens the rush, with coal road crews demanding three brakemen per train and the removal of Trainmaster Bowman while General Manager Saul arrives to oversee the situation.
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Saul
Danville
Revolt Against the Trust forms Central Distilling in St Louis
Central Distilling Company buys ground to build a $200 000 plant with T S Teuscher named in the deal. The firm, formed by liquor wholesalers and compounding firms weary of the whiskey trust, launches with paid-up capital of $200 000 and aims to manufacture copper distilled whisky high wines spirits neutral spirits and cologne spirits.
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Central Distilling Company
Teuscher
Wood & Well
Charles Kebstock & Co
Steinwinder & Seliner
L. & A. Scarff
Nelson Distilling Company
A. Kerischebsaum
Teuscher and
Barden
Hailstorm Kills Four Sheep Herders in Lincoln County
Reports from Seven Lakes in the Gallinas Mountains Lincoln county indicate a severe hailstorm killed four sheep herders and left sixteen others missing along with about 1600 head of sheep. Messengers describe the storm as the worst of its kind in the mountain region.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Seven Lakes
Gallinas Mountains
Lincoln County
Plot of a Massacre and War Preparations in Sioux Conflicts
A Pine Ridge dispatch reveals a planned ambush of General Brooke’s troops by ghost dancers near White Horse creek and Wounded Knee. Reports say Two Strikes and Sitting Bull aim to spark a broader war. militia are warned but no outbreak is expected before spring. Forts Lincoln and Yates tighten control as settlers face threats.
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White Horse Creek
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Eesing Lees
British Merchants Back Expedition To Trade On Africa Coast
A 160 ton steam yacht sails with 24 men under Commander Cameron and James Bennett to explore the west African coast. The aim is to find new goods such as fibers gums and oils to boost trade, ascend rivers like the Gambia, and uncover minerals including gold asbestos coal and silver. The expedition, largely funded by British merchants with Lagos contributing, plans six months on the coast and will showcase goods to inland communities to stimulate demand.
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Cameron
James Bennett
England
Africa
British Colonial Office
Gambia
Bennett
India
Gulf of Guineas
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Lagos
Woman Aims to Kill Juvenile Asylum Official in New York
A 43 year old woman Sofia Peters was jailed at Washington Heights police station after attempting to shoot Elisha Carpenter superintendent of the Juvenile Asylum. Her motive tied to locating a daughter once housed there. The incident disrupted the carriage ride home as the assailant was disarmed and the horses ran free.
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New York
Sofia Peters
Washington Heights
Elisha Carpenter
Carpenter
J. Carpenter
van Loon
Bulldozers hunted down in Baton Rouge rampage
In Ninth ward Louisiana officers press action after days of bulldozing violence as Duke, a wounded colored man, testifies against assailants. Sheriff Slaughter and Judge Buckner confirm affidavit. Duncan Garrig is arrested on a bulldozing charge and released on $1,000 bonds as more arrests are expected. Negroes flee farms to towns amid uproar.
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Ninth Ward
Duke
Slaughter
Buckner
Luckner
Duncan Garrig
George Garrig
Block Mine Strike drives demand for 2 a day
Braz Isp November 23 miners ask for two dollars per day from operators. Day men and drivers in block mines are out, with about 2000 workers idle as committees seek to persuade holdouts to join the strike. Some mines operate under contract at 90 cents a ton, while operators have not yet replied to the committee. Southern county miners face unusual demand during the suspension.
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Braz
Isp
Mount Diablo Vineyard Co. winery seized for illicit distilling
Deputy internal revenue collectors seized the Mount Diablo Vineyard Company's winery and distillery at Clayton on Friday for illicit distilling. The action will cost the firm several thousand dollars in fines and duties, with the Government in charge of the plant until proceedings conclude.
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Cal
Mount Diablo Vineyard Company
Clayton
Internal Revenue
Mont Belmont Seriously Ill With Pneumonia In New York
New York dateline November 23 reports August Belmont is seriously ill with pneumonia at his residence 109 Fifth Avenue. He has been under medical care and his condition is monitored by doctors.
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New York
Oretator
Belmont
Fifth Avenue
Judge White Reveals Jury Tampering in Myers Case
In McKeesport James Edward Myers is found guilty of second degree murder for the murder of his aunt Miss Margaret Douglass. Judge White reports a suspected attempt to tamper with the jury by a man seen in the Yoder building and orders an investigation while noting delays in telegraph delivery. The verdict was read after a tense scene in court with a merciful consideration for Myers.
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James Edward Myers
Margaret Douglass
McKeesport
White
Yoder
Court House
Mr. Newsin
John 5. Robb
F. P. Cohen
Sewickley
Odin
Myers
Thousand Volts Strike California Electric Worker
Sans Francisco November 23 L W Morgan a California Electric Company employee received 1000 volts while repairing a wire on Kearney street He clung to the live line 43 feet from the sidewalk A fellow worker cut the wire and Morgan was dropped unconscious into the arms of a rescuer He suffered severe burns but began to recover despite intense pain.
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Sans Francisco
L. W. Morgan
California Electric Company
Kearney Street
Arma
Morgan
Plaquemine Mill Fire Disturbs Plaquemine Area
Plaquemine La November 2 The Plaquemine Lumber and Improvement Company mill burned this afternoon destroying a sawmill and causing smoke and flames to rise over the river town.
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Plaquemie, la
Plaquemine Lumber and Improvement Company
Sdaogig Ca
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