Admiral Schley Guests at Louisville Ball and Visits
Admiral Schley attended a bustling schedule in Louisville, visiting the Girls High School and Pendennis Club breakfast, then a Templars ball at the Galt House. He rode in open carriages through cheering crowds, shook hands with hundreds, and hosted a hogshead of tobacco given to the Knights Templars. The day ended with a cordial visit to the Masonic Home and the Industrial School of Reform before plans for Nashville.
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Admiral Schrey
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Masonic Home
Industrial School of Reform
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H. T. Jeferson
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Jefferson
Sehley
Admiral Sehley Himsclf
Marion E. Taylor
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Weaver
Knights Templars
Schurman on the Philippines in Boston talk
The Philadelphia Press argues President Schurman’s Boston remarks misstate policy aims in the Philippines. It credits his Philippine Commission leadership, notes his initial expansion opposition, and warns that his claim of ultimate independence undermines the duty to hold the islands under American sovereignty.
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Schurman
Boston
Philippines
First Philippine Commission
McKinley
Cornell University
Dewey
Thomases
Roosevelt
Philippine
Ekinley
Prince Henry Starts U S Visit With Quiet Curiosity
Berlin dispatch reports Admiral Prince Henry of Prussia avoiding crowds and displays as he prepares to sail aboard the Kronprinz Wilhelm from Bremerhaven to the United States. He plans to meet American men, discuss the country, and view the voyage with anticipation, aiming for New York docking on February 22.
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Prince Henry
Prussia
Schloss
United States
Kiel
Count von Buelow
America
Kaiser Dock
Bremerhaven
von Tirpitz
Navy
von Seckendorf
von Plessen
Kronprinz Wilhelm
New York
Prince Henry Visit Itinerary Cuts Short Stops Across Midwest
Washington reports the reception committee for Prince Henry finalized the South western trip schedule. The plan aims to balance the prince’s wish to see much of the country with cities’ desires for longer visits, resulting in brief stops. Cincinnati will be under half a day. several cities lose extended visits or night runs, with Atlanta omitted and Chattanooga likely the southern extreme.
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Jan
Prince Henry
United States
Cincinnati
Atlanta
Chattanooga
Prince Henry to visit Chattanooga brief March date
General Boynton telegraphed President Sanders of the Chattanooga Chamber that Prince Henry will reach Chattanooga in three and a half hours on Sunday, March 21. There will be no time for Lookout Mountain visit or formal ceremonies.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Boynton
Sanders
German Officials Deny Philippine Sale Rumor Linked to Prince Henry Visit
Berlin reports German officials deny a Vienna originated story that Germany would purchase the Philippine Islands from the United States. The tale linked a Prince Henry visit to an impending sale, but officials call the rumor unsourced and improbable.
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Berlin
Jan
Vienna
Germany
Philippine Islands
United States
Prince Henry
An Uncharitable Theory Roswell Field
In Chicago Post our two timed venerated leader Mr Bryan showed an unmanly aversion by refusing to kiss school teachers at a Pennsylvania institution because his wife reads the papers. A public man has duties, and Bryan is not usually a man to dodge. He spotted the teachers before reading their petition, and his courage failed. In dark times the lights may go out and the victim faces doom. Under darkness much of the pain of duty may be eased.
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Kent McKinley
Dr. Schurman
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Roosevelt
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Tropics
Porto Rico
Australia
Arizona
New Mexico
Roswell Field
Chicago
Bryan
Pennsylvania Institution of Learning
Many Plans Broached for Demonstration in Terre Haute
In Terre Haute Indiana a large gathering of organized labor representatives laid plans for a demonstration to show strong sentiment against the street railway company. Invitations will go to leaders including Mother Jones and to President Mahon. A parade is set for February 8 at 1 p.m. and actions affecting freight service and tax assessments are discussed as part of broader opposition.
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Terre Haute
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Organized Labor
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Ben Tillett
Electrical Workers
Mother Jones
Mahon
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U-day
Brooklyn
Santiago
Frank Miller
St. Louis
Adjustment Hoped For By Washington Shop Strike
Washington Indiana reports a possible early settlement of the shops strike and lockout as Labor Commissioners Schmid and McCormack and AFL Secretary Perkins negotiate with workers and railroad officials. Indianapolis news notes Madison carpenters sent to Chicago returning home after learning they would displace strikers.
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Washington
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Perkins
American Federation of Labor
Madison
Chicago
Indianapolis Hosts Joint Miners Convention Address
In a joint conference in Indianapolis speakers urged harmony between labor and capital. President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers spoke after brief remarks from miner and operator representatives, emphasizing dialogue over confrontation.
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United Mine Workers
Bogle
Tables Torn Apart At Banquet Over Nonunion Carpentry
An embarrassing incident occurred at a banquet when tables built for the event were found to be by a nonunion carpenter. Carpenters' Union officials intervened, demanding replacement. The nonunion worker was discharged and eighty five tables torn up and rebuilt by union carpenters after a settlement.
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D. L. Stoddard
Refused $100000 bribe linked to Lincoln milk plot
Washington special from Baltimore recalls James Alman who died at 73 and had refused a $100,000 bribe to poison milk for President Lincoln. Alman, who supplied milk to the White House and Secretary Stanton, recounts two men offering the sum during April before Lincoln's assassination. He refused, fearing the tale would cause harm if publicized.
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Alman
White House
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Mke
Treasury
Reformers Discouraged in Global Progress View
The Philadelphia Times reflects on public efforts to improve society, noting widespread pessimism about quick success. It argues civilization evolved slowly, citing Asia Africa and the Philippines, urging patience as progress typically requires time.
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Philadelphia Times
Africa
Asia
Philippines
Kaiser Wilhelm II's Brother to Visit Philadelphia Parade
The Philadelphia Record notes Kaiser Wilhelm II's brother will visit next month and participate in a public parade. It emphasizes a cordial welcome to a foreign representative and downplays sensationalism surrounding the visit.
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Philadelphia
Kaiser Wilhelm
Sugar interests clash over Cuba reciprocity stance
The Springfield Republican notes Claus Spreckels’s San Francisco Call opposes tariff concessions to Cuba while Spreckels himself urges California congressmen to vote for reciprocity with Cuba. Through his paper he voices beet sugar interests and through himself cane sugar refining interests, leaving him torn between the two factions.
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Claus Spreckels
San Francisco
Cuba
California
Kentucky Girl Weds a Title in Private Ceremony
Miss Bledsoe Desha Harman, youngest daughter of Col. Bledsoe Desha Harman of Kentucky, wed Rt. Hon. Robert Walter Findlater Ogilvie Lord of Banff in Washington today. The ceremony was held privately due to the bride's mother's recent death.
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Ma Bledsoe Deshe Harman
Col
Bledsoe Desha Harman
Kentucky
Robert Walter Findlater Ogilvie
Banff
Erie Line Not Used Says Cleveland Officials
Cleveland officials declare there is no truth to a report that the Big Four would run trains into Pittsburgh over the Erie and Lake Erie lines. No agreement exists between the Erie Railroad and the other lines, officials state.
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Erie Railroad
Big Four
Pittsburg
Erie
Lake Erie
Terrorism in Ireland and Reform in Parliament
Dispatches from Dublin report terror in Roscommon County with night visits by armed men, public threats, and beacon meetings as tenants resist rent collection. In London, Balfour outlines Commons reform including reduced divisions, chair counts, curtailed debates, extended closure, and double daily sittings. Additional items cover Irish auction seals and Brussels Parliament clashes between Socialists and Catholics.
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Dublin
Roscommon
John O'Donnell
South Mayo
Fairmount
Ireland
Wyndham
A. J. Balfour
House of Commons
Archbishop of Canterbury Attacks American Divorce Moral Decline
The London Tribune correspondent reports the archbishop condemns legalization of marriage with a deceased wife's sister and asserts American morals lag behind English standards. He cites easier divorce in the U S versus England and links rising divorce to a lowered moral line.
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New York
Archbishop of Canterbury
Suport
London
the Tribune
America
England
Wreaths Deck King Charles I Statue at Charing Cross
London observers mark the anniversary of King Charles I’s execution at Whitehall with wreaths placed around his statue at Charing Cross. A notable Edinburgh wreath bore the inscription praising the monarch and noting his beheading on January 30, 1649.
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Charing Cross
Edinburgh
Charles the
Whitehall
Porters and Dragomans In Deadly Cairo Hotel Clash
A Cairo hotel dispute over backshesh division led to a shooting affray in front of a leading hotel. The head porter killed two dragomans and wounded a third, stirring excitement in the native quarters with no rioting reported.
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Central News
Cairo
Egypt
Montenegro princes denied duel rumor over insult claim
CETTINJ Montenegro January 30 There is no truth in Vienna and Budapest reports that a duel occurred between hereditary Prince Danilo Alexander and his brother Prince Mirko over Princess Jutta wife of Danilo daughter of the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Strelitz.
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Vienna
Buda Pesth
Danilo Alexander
Prince Mirko
Mirko
Jutta
Mecklenburg-Strelitz
French socialites pledge to curb expenditures for elections
Paris January 30 French royalist and social leaders issue a circular pledging to cut superfluous expenses such as balls parties and gowns and to devote the spared funds to support the
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Paris
Budapest Quiet After Reported Parliaments Riot
Budapest remains tranquil and there was no rioting as reported in the United States that 10,000 workers attacked the parliamentary building this afternoon and 86 rioters were wounded by mounted police.
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Hungary
United States
European oil cartel talks seen with Royal Petroleum named
A Central News dispatch from Amsterdam reports negotiations advance toward a general European oil combination. The Royal Petroleum Company has been approached by a London banking syndicate financing the effort.
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London
Central News
Amsterdam
Royal Petroleum Company
Emperor orders naval college at Che-Foo with Beresford instructor
London January 3 The Tien-Tsin correspondent for the Standard reports the Emperor has ordered Admiral Yeh to establish a naval college at Che-Foo and to hire Rear Admiral Lord Charles Beresford as naval instructor at the college.
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Che-Foo
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Colege
Taotal Says Indemnity Payment to Be Made Tomorrow
London dispatch reports the Hang-Shanghai Times correspondent stating that the first monthly installment of the Chinese indemnity to the powers will be paid tomorrow. The note indicates a formal payment schedule as arranged with the foreign powers.
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Taotal
Bankers’ Commission
Hang-Shanghai
The
Times
Hobson and the Navy Pension Dilemma
The Philadelphia Inquirer laments Hobson’s lack of reward for service. Dewey fared better but Hobson received no backing from a sympathetic board to grant him continued support, forcing him toward pension and a bid for Congress, which was denied.
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Dewey
Sun Navy
Congress
Joe
Paine's Celery Compound Praised by Omaha Officials
A leading wholesale drug house reports that Paine's Celery Compound has outsold all rivals in Omaha over the past month. Mayor Frank E. Moores lauds its benefits for nervous system health, prompting a citywide canvass by competitors. Physicians and druggists cite numerous cures among insomniacs and those with nervous debility, noting many unsolicited testimonials from Omaha residents.
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West
Frank E. Moores
Omaha Bee
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Bee
Omaha News
Celery Com
Burlington
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Jerome's Influence Spreads as D A Jerome Moves In
New York Commercial Advertiser notes district attorney Jerome’s move to Rutgers Street. Critics say reformers, thieves, and shady lawyers expect a shake up as pickpocket rings near Canal Street and Eldridge vanish after word of his office. Residents claim Essex Market Court will see more cases and cheaper justice.
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Jerome
Rutgers Street
Fourth Assembly District
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East
Tammany
Rutgers Uare
Schiff Fountain
Rutgers Square
Canal Street
Eldridge
Essex Market Court
East Side
Rivington Street
Fagin
Allen Street
Coal Is the Chief Problem in Industry Scribner's Magazine
The piece argues coal shortages hinder Italy's industrial growth second only to war demand. It notes most coal used domestically and for railways is imported, worsening Italy's trade balance as fuel costs rise. Seaport prices range from Fi to £10 a ton with Milan manufacturers paying 12 a ton versus Germany.
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Scribner's Magazine
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Milan
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