Leo XIIIDiamonds of Benevolence and Bold Resolve
Pope Leo XIII faced intense scrutiny during Spain US tensions and South African war, yet pursued mercy in governance. Known for benevolence, he fed the poor, oversaw gardens, and kept a busy schedule, while maintaining a sharp wit and strong mind despite aging. His life combined simple routine with wide influence and witty, sometimes stern, humor.
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Leo XIII
Gladstone
Bismarck
Europe
Leo
Spain
United States
Holland
Vatican
New England
Lapponi
Pius IX
Birth of a future pope and rise of Cardinal Pecci
A detailed chronicle of Giovanni Maria Pecci's lineage and early life, leading to his rise as pope, including family background, early illness, education, and pivotal roles under Gregory XVI and Pius IX. The account covers his governorships in Benevento and Perugia, his reputation as a just administrator, and his election as pope in 1878 amid political tension.
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Rome
London
Paris
Victoria
Prince Albert
Louis Philippe
Leopold
Perugia
Gregory
Pius IX
Leo
Pius
Cardinal Pecci
Holy See
Joachim
Pope
Joseph
Gregory XVI
Benevento
Naples
Belgium
Mer
Numcio
Brussels
Church
Four Boys Killed Near Avondale Station
Four youths including Louis and William Marr aged 13 and 11 were struck and killed on the tracks near Avondale on the Cincinnati Lebanon & Northern division. They stepped onto the wrong rail while trying to escape an outbound excursion train and were hit by an incoming passenger train.
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Cincinnati
Avondale
Cincinnati, Lebanon & Northern
Pennsylvania Road
Louis
William Marr
Chinese in Honolulu plan mass meeting over immigration limits
Honolulus Chinese residents announce a mass meeting to protest U S exclusion policies. They intend to urge their government to retaliate by enacting tariff regulations against American goods if immigration restrictions remain.
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Honolulu
United States
Death of Kalamazoo banker Frederick N. Rowley
Frederick N. Rowley, 40, president of the First National Bank of Kalamazoo, died at his home Sunday after a brief illness caused by a stroke of paralysis. He was a prominent financier in Michigan.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Frederick N. Rowley
First National Bank of
Propped Dead. Wisconsin Professor Dies in Bath
Madison July 20 Professor Hamilton G Timberlake of the University of Wisconsin died suddenly of heart disease Sunday while taking a bath He was 30 years old and had been married only three weeks.
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Madison
Wis
Hamilton G. Timberlake
University of Wisconsin
Mrs Blaine Dead In Augusta Home At 76
Mrs James G Blaine died at the Blaine homestead in Augusta Maine aged seventy six after a period of illness. Her maiden name was Harriet Stanwood daughter of a Maine leading citizen. She married James G Blaine in Kentucky and the couple later moved to Augusta where he edited the Kennebec Journal. She leaves a son James G Blaine and two daughters Mrs Harriet Beale and Mrs Walter Damrosch of New York who were present at her bedside.
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Pecci
Sienna
Caelo
St. Malachy
Papacy
Virgin
Joachim
Joseph
Mary
St. Thomas Aquinas
Comtesse Anne
Augusta
James G. Blaine
Blaine Homestead
Washington
State Street
Blaine
Harriet Stanwood
Maine
Kentucky
Pittsburg
Kennebec Journal
Harriet Beale
Walter Damrosch
New York
Knapp Found Guilty of First Degree Murder
Alfred A. Knapp is convicted of first degree murder in Hamilton Ohio for the killing of his wife Hannah Goddard Knapp. Jury verdict reached at 7:30 after a night and day deliberation with no mercy recommendation. case to appeal, likely execution by electric chair.
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Basin
Hiattsville
Gorman
Walters
Felix Alston
C. E. Pierce
Big Horn
Corman
Pierce
Meade
Wyoming
Moffett
Montana and Wyoming Telephone Company
Fenton
Big Horn County
Thermopolis
Ben Minnick
Sheriff Fenton
Ohio
Hamilton, O
Alfred A. Knapp
Hannah Goddard Knapp
Belden
Knapp
Jury Finds Julius Lehmann Guilty in Bribery Case
The jury in St. Louis returned a verdict of guilty against Julius Lehmann former member of the house of delegates charged with bribery tied to passage of the city lighting bill. He was sentenced to seven years in the penitentiary the maximum for the crime and the longest in any doodle case. The seven minute jury deliberation marked a swift conviction.
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St. Louis
Julius Lehmann
House of Delegates
Retired Banker Hangs Self in New York County
Clifton Springs July 18 All Bert Finch a retired banker of New York, with a country home at Greenville Orange county, hanged himself after a period of melancholia while under treatment in a sanitarium here.
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Clifton Springs
N. Y
Allbert Finch
New York
Greenville
Orange County
Plague Reports Rise at Iquique and Antofagasta
Reports from Iquique indicate bubonic plague increasing with five new cases. In Antofagasta thirty three people are ill with smallpox, per Herald dispatch from Valparaiso Chile.
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New York
Iquique
Herald
Valparaiso
Chili
Antofagasta
Russia rejects Kishineff petition on Jewish massacre
Washington reports Russia will not receive or consider the petition on the Kishineff incident. American charge Riddle conveyed Russia’s stance, deeming the affair an internal matter and refusing external suggestions. The State Department believes no further action will be taken unless White House changes course.
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Washington
State Department
Russia
Riddle
St. Petersburg
End Comes Suddenly at Locomotive Engineers Banquet
Winnipeg reports P M Arthur grand chief engineer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers died suddenly at midnight while speaking at the banquet closing their annual convention. Born in Scotland in 1834, he came to America at age six and later worked 20 years on the New York Central railway.
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Winnipeg
Man
P. M. Arthur
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Arthur
Scotland
America
New York Central
Mosquito Swarms Linked to Heavy Spring and Summer Rains
Entomologist L O Howard of the department of agriculture ties the surge in mosquitoes across the country, especially along the north Atlantic coast, to unusually heavy rains this spring and summer. Surface pools created by the rainfall provide abundant breeding grounds.
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Washington
L. O. Howard
Department of Agriculture
North Atlantic
Regiments to Return From Philippines Under War Plan
Washington on July 18 reports the secretary of war will pull back three cavalry regiments and three infantry regiments to the United States as transport becomes available. Selection will favor units with the longest service in the Philippines.
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Washington
Philippines
Secretary of War
United States
Andrew J Shakespeare Dies Former Kalamazoo Gazette Editor
Kalamazoo Michigan mourns the death of Andrew J Shakespeare 69 a pioneer journalist and longtime editor and publisher of the Kalamazoo Gazette the oldest paper in Michigan He served as a delegate to national democratic conventions several times and was a prominent figure in local journalism.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Andrew J. Shakespeare
Michigan
General Young to Succeed Miles as Commander
Washington July 18 The president directs formation of a commission for Gen Young to succeed Lieut Gen Miles August 8 and for Brig Gen Leonard S Wood promoted to major general.
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Victor Emmanuel
Quirinal Palace
Peter
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House of Savoy
McClosky
Camerlengo
London Illustrated News
P.M. Arthur
Locomotive Brotherhood
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