Vatican Finances and Papal Wealth Amid Diminishing Peter's Pence
Rome reports reveal Cardinal Gotti Rampolla and Cretoni delivered most of Leo XIII's bonds, leaving $8,000 in cash. Vatican annual expenses reach about $1,400,000 with salaries and pensions trimmed, while Peter's Pence contributions decline and Vatican finances remain unsettled.
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Tribuna
Gott
Pius X
Leo
Gotti
Rampolla
Cretoni
Pope Leo
Holy See
Pius IX
Vatican
Peter
Holy ‘See
Friars Likely Abandon Philippines Islands
Rome reports the friars face a settlement on the friar lands issue in the Philippines. Franciscans are expected to leave entirely due to lack of property or income, while a few Recollects may stay with remaining holdings. Dominicans to be supervised by their university. Augustinians to use Ilollo building as a school and seek indemnity. Estimated friars remaining post settlement about 150.
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Rome
Ilollo
Taoma
Tding
Philippines
Spain
Is Long Life a Boon London Age Views on Longevity
London readers debate whether long life is a boon as Richard Foskett marks his hundredth by dancing a hornpipe while doctors offer mixed views. One physician calls old age peevish and a burden, while another Venetian centenarian lauds preserved senses and vigor despite age and declares seventy to ninety the most delicious part of life.
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London
Richard Foskett
Map
Lewis Connaro
Dreyfus Commission Expected Decision This Week
Paris reports the Dreyfus commission will reconvene next Wednesday to hear Mortier and Abbey of Justine director exa t tion. Sensational papers claim reinstatement plans, including colonel of artillery and Legion of Honor, but these rumors are not treated as reliable.
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Paris
Dreyfus Commission
Victor Mortier
Abbey of Justine
Dolar
Patton
Ths
Patrie
Suing For His Own Gifte In London Case
London December 13. Baron Henry de Costa a jewelry commission agent sued Miss Eva Harrison at the King's Bench for value of rings given during engagement and £19 damages for detention of the presents. The engagement ended and the plaintiff argued he could not afford to lose gifts. Judgment was pending.
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London
Baron Henry de Costa
Jewelery Commission
Eva Harrison
King’s Bench
Harrison
Mt New Esid
Justice
Lord Kitchener Improves After Leg Injury in India
Calcutta December 19 Lord Kitchener commander of British forces in India is much improved in health. He is confined to his house but can carry on official duties. After his leg broke in a tunnel the coolies fled fearing blame and he lay for some time before aid arrived.
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Calcutta
Lord Kitchener
India
Kitchener
King Edward Drives Irish Tobacco Revival Efforts
King Edward actively promotes reviving tobacco farming in Ireland after centuries of bans. The article reviews historical prohibitions dating to Charles II and Queen Victoria, the role of Virginia, and notes potential profits of tobacco farming in Wexford and other counties.
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Belfast
Ireland
Edward
Charles II
England
Virginia
Wexford
Emerald Isle
Hamburg cruiser tops speed on trial run to Kiel
Kiel reports the new German cruiser Hamburg reached twenty three and one third knots during a trial trip from Swinemunde to Kiel. The vessel demonstrated speed against the Baltic backdrop as officials assessed performance and propulsion.
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Kiel
Hamburg
Swinemunde
London Idle Workmen In Starving Condition
London reports a harsh scene of poverty with more unemployed men roaming streets at night. A Mansion House relief subcommittee will discuss the unemployed crisis after inquiries at Mansfield House Settlement reveal sober, once-wage earners now unable to find work and reliant on small salvages to stave off hunger.
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London
West End
Carmen
Ice
Mansion House Relief Subcommittee
Mansfield House
Desaing Town
West Hirty
No Ultimatum Treaty News From Tokyo
A Tokyo dispatch says Japan has not yet sent an ultimatum to Russia, delaying due to Baron De Rosen’s illness. British officers may join Japan’s forces to study language and tactics, though active duty rules prevent foreigners. Reports of a Russian loan and naval mobilization are dismissed as unfounded.
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Tien-Tsin
Japan
Russia
Tokio
Baron de Rosen
Baron Hayashi
Great Britain
England
War Office
Faron Hayashi
Admiralty
Paris
France
Russia seeks to avert rupture with Japan in pacific move
Paris dispatch reports Russia moved to ease tensions with Japan by insisting its first proposition was not an ultimatum but a preliminary step toward pacific adjustment. If Japan rejects, a second proposal may follow. Washington says Tokyo found Russia’s reply to the ultimatum unsatisfactory according to US minister Griscom.
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Paris
Russia
Japan
Baron de Rosen
Tokio
Washington
State Cement
J. Griscom
United States
Mr. Griscom
Jealous Countess Sends Vipers to Rival in Paris
In Paris Countess de P- grew jealous of her husband’s attentions to Mme. Leonie V- and arranged a deadly joke. A box holding torpid vipers was sent to Leonie with a note claiming a pearl necklace. The snakes killed by a whip wielded by the building porter. The couple have since returned to Italy for divorce proceedings.
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Paris
Count de P
Mme
Leonie V
Countess de P
Leonie
Italy
Telegraph Clerks Pay Sparks Postal Wage Debate
London officials presented figures to the postal wages committee showing low starting pay for telegraph youth and slow progression. An Edinburgh worker cited 18s weekly rising to 40s, with many resignations. Proposals urged provincial telegraphists earn £72 10s yearly after five years, matching cable company scales to face competition.
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London
Postal Wages Committee
R. G. Davis
Edinburgh
F. G. Mankin
Anynee
Tragic American duel among two St Petersbu r g h students
In Saint Petersburg two girl students staged an American duel over a love triangle. One betrothed to a young man, she and her friend fell in love with him. They drew lots to decide who would die. The betrothed shot her friend, then wounded herself while aiming at suicide. Neighbors burst in as the tragedy ended.
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ST. Petersburg
Princess Henry to Spend Winter in Egypt for Health
London December 19 Princess Henry Battenberg youngest sister of King Edward will spend the entire winter in Egypt with her daughter Princess Eugenie and her youngest son Prince Maurice. The trip aims to build up the frail health of the little prince while she also enjoys Cairo season social gaiety after mourning. This marks the first royal health-focused visit to Egypt since 1872 during King Edward’s convalescence.
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London
Princess Henry
Battenberg
Edward
Princess Eugenie
Prince Maurice
Egypt
Nile
Cairo
Queen Victoria
Henry
Queen Alexandra
The Dream of Eugene Aram in South Africa Trial
A Cape Town report says Englishman Hart was found guilty of killing his friend Armstrong in startling circumstances. The jawbone and skull were linked to the headless body found by a waterside. Hart claimed second sight and near supernatural revelations. The jury added a rider that he was of unsound mind and detained during his Majesty's pleasure.
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London
London Mall
Cape Town
South Africa
Hart
James Armstrong
Armstrong
Monteith
West Portshire
Eugene Aram
Cunard Campania Wins Weekly Mail Race to Queenstown
The Cunard steamer Campania, sailing from New York December 12 and arriving at Queenstown yesterday, easily won this week’s mail race. Her letters were delivered by the first delivery this morning, while the American line ships St Laure, also left New York December 12, were only delivered at 1:30 this afternoon.
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London
Cunard
Campania
New York
Queenstown
St. Laure
What Constitutes Good Book to Read in Bed
London readers seek guidance on the ideal bed book. A librarian’s practical measurements specify a white rough paper, small pica type, exact margins, and four inches of readable copy to keep the text centered and easy on the eyes. Readers urge flexibility to allow flat opening for comfortable night reading.
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London
Lord Rosebery
F. W
Eastbourne
Hundredth Anniversary of Hanoverian Regiments Celebrated
Emperor William reviewed the Hanoverian regiments and thousands of veterans in Hanover on December 19 marking the one hundredth anniversary. He ordered a jubilee medal struck from bronze taken from captured cannons bearing a representation of the Waterloo column.
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Hanover
William
Beethovens death chamber to be preserved abandoned
The plan to preserve Beethoven death chamber and rooms of his home as a museum on the residence site has been dropped due to insuperable structural difficulties. The Beethoven Society the Duchess of Marlborough Lord Napier and others had proposed the incorporation of the rooms into a museum.
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Vienna
Beethoven
Beethoven Society
Duchess of Marlborough
Lord Napier
Emperor's Larynx Secret Kept Until Operation Revealed
Berlin December 19. Dr Moritz Schmidt received elevation to privy councillor with the predicate of Excellency for his discreet two month watch over the Emperor s throat. The Emperor learned weeks earlier that a serious condition existed but kept the secret from all but his wife and chief physician. surgery confirmed the growth was not malignant, and the public was later informed with reassurance.
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Berlin
Moritz Schmidt
Schmidt
Germany
Europe
Frederick
Luthold
Egter
Seccession of Panama Why Isthmian State Deserted Colombia
The Journal prints the second letter by special commissioner Merril A. Teague from the isthmus. He sailed November 17 for Colon and crossed to Panama to report on the new republic. Teague surveys the state, people, and leaders to offer an impartial forecast of Panama’s prospects.
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Nomorrow
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Colon
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Causes That Led to Secession of Panama, From the Journal's Commissioner
The Panama isthmus uprising is blamed on misrule by Bogota and corrupt governance. The piece recounts how Liberals and Conservatives clashed, how Alban coerced funds via a forced “voluntary subscription,” conscripted soldiers as “volunteers,” and imposed monopolies on salt, ice, beef, tobacco, and gambling profits to finance the revolution.
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United States
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Republic
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H. O. Gueger
Panama Bay
Lauterre
Carlos Alban
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Tial
Havi Volun
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Concemsionalire
New York
Pratt & Seymour
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