Abolition of flogging reshapes Russia's social order
John Callan O Laughlin argues Nicholas II’s decree ending flogging marks a major social reform that challenges the old privileges of nobles and paves the way for broader equality before the law. He notes four social groups nobles merchants clergy and peasants and describes evolving class tensions and potential future reforms in Russia.
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John Callan O’laughlin
Nicholas II
Alexander
Nicholas
Russia
Alexander II
Zemskiye Natchalniki
Zemstvos
John Callan
O'Laughila
Army officers urged to seek civil courts for debt
An opinion by the judge advocate general at the War Department states that army officers must handle private debts through civil courts. The department is not a credit agency and courts are the proper path to determine indebtedness. Only if nonpayment risks scandal to the service may military authorities intervene.
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United States
St. Petersburg
Russia
Army General Staff
Judea Advocate General
Elasma Apathat
Judge Advocate Palnta
Tha Department
Porat
Thack Courts
Praner
Military and naval duty shifts and dismissals a cold front
Orders assign Lieutenants and officers to report for drill regulation revisions at Fort Monroe and for duty at Cavite and other stations. Navy changes list detachments, pay officers bound for Cavite, and transfers within the Asiatic fleet. A court martial sentence of dismissal for Captain John W. L. Phillips is approved. Massachusetts cannot detail Gen Miles without governor Douglas request. Naval vessel movements note Paul Jones arrival at Port Angeles. A New York strike targets open shop in hat and cap makers unions. An advertising line promotes Laxative Bromo Quinice Tablets for colds.
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W. L. Cottman
Wyoming
J. E. Rollef
Navy Yard
Norfolk
T. J. Arms
Southern
Portsmouth
N. H
Cavite
P. I
San Francisco
Cal
Jewett
Mantle
P. Y
Navy Pay Office
P. T. Mager
William Cramp
Sona Ship and Engine Building Company
Philadelphia
W. F. White
W. F. White, Detached Naval Station
P. 1
New Orleans
H. Phiips
Helena
H. Rodman
New Orients
Cincinnati
C. A. Richter
Deta&ched
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 Seeks Children Visit Amid Saxony Intrigue
In Dresden last week Countess Montignoso former Crown Princess Louise faced strong public sympathy and was said to have forfeited a $7500 allowance tied to staying off German soil. Reports say she left Florence impulsively to see her children, accompanied by her attorney, amid court tensions and a insistence that meeting them was not possible.
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Montignoso
Louise
Frederick Augustus
Kingdom of
Saxony
Center Party
Dresdner Anzeiger
Leipsig
Florence
Salzberg
Zehme
Countess Montignogio
Leipzig
Dreadham
Saya
Warrant Issued for Mme Syveton in Paris Case
A news agency reports two warrants issued but not served in the Ayveton affair. One targets Mme Syveton widow of a deputy. arrests are believed imminent though not confirmed. King Peter signs a press law in Servia, curbing freedoms, aimed at anti dynastic and opposition papers. Foreign officials deny plans to reach Tonga Islands.
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Syveton
Paria
Dog
BAVA
Ayveton
Mme, Byveton
Belgrade
Servia
Peter
Deportation of Tonga Premier and Treasurer on Malfeasance Charges
The native premier and treasurer of the Tonga group were deported by the British to the Fiji Islands on charges of malfeasance in office. This action followed unrest in the Tonga Islands, formerly known as the Friendly Islands.
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Tonga Islands
Friendly Islands
Tonga
Fiji Islands
Pope Receives Bishop O Connell of Portland in Rome
The Pope welcomed Bishop W H O Connell of Portland Maine for private audience in Rome. He spoke of the vast diocese the need to care for emigrants with charity and noted the progress of Catholicism and the faith of American clergy and faithful. The Pontiff praised the church’s harmony and devotion amid immigrant communities.
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O'Connell
Portland
Rome
W. H. O'Connell
American College
America
Morocco Situation Grave Immediate French Withdrawal Ordered
The French foreign office declares the Morocco situation grave and demands the immediate withdrawal of the French consul the commander and all military mission members from Rabat and all French citizens unless the Sultan offers a suitable explanation. No steps have been taken yet but a force demonstration will follow if no prompt reparations are made.
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Paris
Foreign Office
Morocco
Tangier
Pope Pius X seeks personal meeting with American bishops
Rome dispatch says Pope Pius X instructed Bishops Chatard and Brodrick to tell American colleagues he desires to meet them soon and aid immigrants with priests of their own nationality. He plans apostolic visitors to ensure compliance, while a separate note from Paris reports a suspected French military reverse in Central Africa and a Russian envoy change in Washington appointments. The Hagliah Canal Company predicts canal rates will fall to about 1.10 cents per ton.
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Paris
Rome
Pius X
Chatard
Indianapolis
Brodrick
Cuba
United States
Central Africa
Timbuctoo
Jonden
Dean
Bues
Talley Assistant to Lewis in Virginia Docket
Richmond dispatch reports Robert H. Talley named assistant United States district attorney for the eastern district of Virginia upon recommendation by L. L. Lewis. Talley, a longtime referee in bankruptcy, is praised for integrity despite party 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 Floated After Five Days Sink At Navy Yard
The Merritt and Chapman Wrecking Company floated the naval tug Mohawk after five days of work. The tug sank at a navy yard pier and will be beached and pumped out before repairs. The cause of sinking remains unknown pending inspection tonight.
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Washington Post
Norfolk
Merritt & Chapman Wrecking Company
Mohawk
Navy Yard
Postmasters Appointed In Several Localities
Fourth class postmasters were appointed yesterday in New Jersey at Schooleys Mountain Clifford B Heath Maline Beapdleta John T Murphy and in Virginia at Cheatarfield Elizabeth C Ellison Marionville Insac D Robina.
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New Jeresy
Schooleys Mountain
Clifford B. Heath
Maline—Beapdleta
John T. Murphy
Virginia
No Joker in Treaties No Imp erative Arbitration
Senators warn that enforcing repayment of repudiated Reconstruction Bonds via an international court could hit Southern taxpayers hard if Senate ratifies arbitration treaties. Debate centers on a 6 to 4 Supreme Court ruling forcing North Carolina to pay ten bonds, potentially enabling cross state claims and transfers to foreign holders.
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Senate
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Hague
Cullom
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South Dakota
Foster
Louisiana
New Orleans Times-Democrat
International Court
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France
Germany
Hay
Foreign Relations Committee
Iestere
Tia
Capitol
Washington
Committee On Foreign Relations
Alan
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Mississippi
South Carolina
Tennessee
London
Louisi
Virginia
West Virginia
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 that sugar freight rate advances from New Orleans to Wichita are unjust and unreasonable compared with rates to Kansas City St Joseph Omaha and Sioux City.
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Paul Jones
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Andre Bohreff
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Ruasti
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William B. Tutwiler
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Erlanger
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Mother Goose
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Blaney
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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
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David Belasco
Leslie Carter
Oesten Fund
John Luther Long
Delasca Theater
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Droop
Pa Ave
Choral Society
the Messiah
Chorus OF 150
Anita Rio
Miss Marguerite Hall
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Josef Kaspar
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