Russia's Social Divide Lands Blow to Privileges
John Callan O Laughlin surveys Nicholas II's abolition of flogging and broader reforms as Russia edges toward legal equality. He notes four major groups nobles merchants clergy and peasants with no true middle class and argues privileges shift among classes, yet enduring social divides persist.
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John Callan O’laughlin
Nicholas II
Alexander
Nicholas
Russia
Alexander II
Zemskiye Natchalniki
Zemstvos
John Callan
O'Laughila
Army Officer's Debts To Private Creditors Fall To Civil Courts
An Army War Department opinion by the judge advocate general states that army officers must seek civil courts for private debt nonpayment. It declares the department is not a debt collection agency and officers are no different from others in private obligations. Courts determine insolvency, and military action only arises if nonpayment risks scandal to the service.
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United States
St. Petersburg
Russia
Army General Staff
Admiralty
Peter the Great
Hus
Nichollas I
Judea Advocate General
Elasma Apathat
Judge Advocate Palnta
Tha Department
Porat
Thack Courts
Praner
Orders to Army Officers and Navy Movements
A mixed digest reports officers ordered to Fort Monroe for drill regulation revision and other duty assignments. It notes detachments to Cavite and duty changes at naval stations, plus dismissal verdict for Captain Phillips. It also covers Massachusetts militia detailing blocked by state governor and a Paul Jones movement to Port Angeles, plus a strike in New York open shop shops and a cold remedy ad.
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Clarence Deema, Jr
Artillery Corps
Paul D. Hunker
Board
Coast Artillery
Fort Monroe
Tutt
John W. L. Phillips
Twenty-seventh Infantry
Fort Sheridan
Miles
Ernor PB Douglas
Massachuetts
Gen
Massachusetts
Douglas
New York
United Club, Hat and Can Makers
Countess Montignoso Visitation Amid Saxony Intrigue
Public sympathy shields the former Crown Princess Louise Countess Montignoso as she travels from Florence to Dresden in a bid to see her children. Officials question her actions and possible forfeiture of a $7500 allowance, while Saxony debates consequences and public opinion. The episode centers on political intrigue by the center party and the countess’s alleged misstep in pursuing access to her offspring.
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Dresden
Montignoso
Louise
Frederick Augustus
Kingdom of
Saxony
Center Party
Dresdner Anzeiger
Leipsig
Florence
Salzberg
Zehme
Countess Montignogio
Leipzig
Dreadham
Saya
Warrant for Mme Syveton and Paria Dog in Ayveton Case
A news agency report says two warrants have been issued but not served in the Ayveton case. One targets Mme Syveton, widow of the deputy, with arrests expected soon. The report cites unconfirmed details amid press restrictions in Servia, and separate dispatch notes denial of Tonga island designs by Sydney naval authorities.
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Mme
Syveton
Paria
Dog
BAVA
Ayveton
Mme, Byveton
Tonga Islands Deportations Spark Malfeasance Charges
Native premier and treasurer of the Tonga group were deported by Britain to Fiji on charges of malfeasance in office, triggering regional tensions and accusations of misuse of authority.
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Tonga Islands
Friendly Islands
Tonga
Fiji Islands
Pope Receives Bishop OConnell of Portland in Private Audience
The Pope welcomed Right Rev W H OConnell Bishop of Portland Maine in private audience at Rome. He praised the diocese as vast and full of faithful clergy. They discussed emigrant nationalities and charity toward newcomers, noting progress in Catholicism and growing devotion to the Holy See.
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O'Connell
Portland
Rome
W. H. O'Connell
American College
America
Morocco Situation Grave: Demand French Withdrawal from Tangier
Paris reports Morocco crisis deepens as Sultan dismisses French advisers. French envoy ordered to pull out consul, commander, and all military and citizens from Rabat unless the Sultan retracts his move and explains promptly. No immediate force yet. show of force possible if no answer.
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Paris
Foreign Office
Morocco
Tangier
Pope seeks meetings with American bishops for immigration aid
Rome dispatch says Pope Pius X instructs Bishops Chatard and Brodrick to tell American colleagues the Holy Father desires personal acquaintance and to assist arriving immigrants by supplying priests of their own nationality. He plans apostolic visitors from religious orders to enforce directions.
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Paris
Rome
Pius X
Chatard
Indianapolis
Brodrick
Cuba
United States
Talley Assistant to Lewis Appointment in Virginia
Cabinet meeting yields little public interest with Moody announcing Robert H Talley as assistant district attorney for the eastern district of Virginia. Talley, from Richmond, is noted as a popular bankruptcy referee with long legal experience and strong integrity amid factional opposition.
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District
Virginia
White House
Moody
Robert H. Tadley
Spadat
Washington Post
Richmond
Robert H. Talley
Hugh Gordon Miler
United States District Attorney
Mohawk Tug Floated After Naval Yard Sinking
Norfolk dispatch: After five days of work Merritt & Chapman Wrecking Co floated the naval tug Mohawk which sank while moored at a navy yard pier. Pumps started after 6:20 p m and the tug will be beached and pumped out before repairs at the navy yard. the sinking's cause to be learned. Also, in Hagerstown, Miss Ella F. Shope and Mr. William B. Tutwiler of Rockingham County Va were married yesterday by Rev. Robert Alexander Boyie. the couple left for their new home after the ceremony.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
Merritt & Chapman Wrecking Company
Mohawk
Navy Yard
Hagerstown
Ella F. Shope
William B. Tutwiler
Rockingham County
Robert Alexander Boyie
Postmasters Appointed In Several Localities
Fourth class postmasters appointed yesterday include Clifford B. Heath at Schooley’s Mountain New Jersey and John T. Murphy at Maline- Beapdleta. In Virginia Elizabeth C. Ellison takes Cheatarfield with Marionville and Insac D Robina named for the adjacent district.
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New Jeresy
Schooleys Mountain
Clifford B. Heath
Maline—Beapdleta
John T. Murphy
Virginia
No Joker in Treaties No Arbitration Advised
Senate discussion centers on arbitration treaties with The Hague and possible enforcement of repudiated Reconstruction bonds. Southern states fear international courts could compel payment to foreign holders or other states, despite debates over enforceability and constitutional limits.
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Supreme Court
Senate
The
Hague
Cullom
North Carolina
South Dakota
Foster
Louisiana
New Orleans Times-Democrat
International Court
Great Britain
France
Germany
Hay
Foreign Relations Committee
Commission to Hear Shippers on Sugar Freight Rates
The Interstate Commerce Commission fixed December 29 for a Chicago hearing on a Wichita Kansas shippers complaint. They argue the sugar freight rate from New Orleans to Wichita is unjust and unreasonable versus rates to Kansas City St. Joseph Omaha and Sioux City.
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Jewett
Mantle
P. Y
Navy Pay Office
P. T. Mager
William Cramp
Sona Ship and Engine Building Company
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W. F. White
W. F. White, Detached Naval Station
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Helena
H. Rodman
New Orients
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H.W. Grove
Princess Louise
Belgrade
Servia
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New South Wales
Hunter Baltimore
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Pope
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Timbuctoo
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Committee On Foreign Relations
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Eleventh Streets
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Erlanger
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Mother Goose
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Blaney
Kernan
Reilly & Woods
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Xmas Wehk
Sinn and
Aera Ra
Chase
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Stuart
Patti
Europe
Faust
Macy
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Rupsell
Buckley
Vassar Girls
Tooxconin Arabs, Inc
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Buster Brown
Cornell
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Piers & Stayman
W. B. Moses & Sons
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Holy City
LYRIC
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Walton
Y.M.C. A. Lafayette Opera House
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Gavalleria Rusticana
Lohengrin
Henry W. Ravage
Antiota God Chorus
Cherie Frahman
Lionel Barrymore
Augustus Thomas
Arizona
Alabama
Pawtucket
Empire
Criterion
Lyceum
West Virginia
Carter
Ita
Arter's
Wittle Iver
Pillsy
Amus
ENTS
Convention Hall
David Belasco
Leslie Carter
Oesten Fund
John Luther Long
Delasca Theater
N.Y
Philpitt
Droop
Pa Ave
Choral Society
the Messiah
Chorus OF 150
Anita Rio
Miss Marguerite Hall
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Frank Croxton
Josef Kaspar
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