Unwritten Law Trial Casts Dark Shadow Over Brussels
In Brussels the Brabant Assize Court heard Carlos Waddington charged with murder in a case framed as unwritten law. Balmaceda, son of a Chilean diplomat, was killed amid a love scandal with Adelaide Waddington. Waddington claimed the act stemmed from an attempt to avert dishonor and force a marriage. The case featured family testimonies and noted Balmaceda’s diary of amorous escapades. Proceedings will continue in coming sessions.
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Brabant
Carlos Waddington
Ernesto Balmaceda
Legation
Santiago de Chile
Carlos
Balmaceda
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Waddington
Chile
M. Waddington
Adelaide
Adelaide Waddington
Mme. Waddington
Americans in Switzerland produce opera at Chateau Trevano
The Washington Post reports Americans in Switzerland increasing in number as summer tours unfold. Lewis Lombard plans to present his opera Errisimnola at Chateau Trevano on August 25 with a 100 member company. Lombard and guests host open house at Atrium, his noted Lucerne area estate.
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Lewis Lombard
Chateau Trevano
Washington: Post 4
A. H. de Haven
New York
E. Rice
Mis’ A. Boyd
R. Sloane
San Francisco
Carlsbad
G. Li -Sehneph
Brooklyn
John J. Knox
Aulugano
Kaiser's Son Hears Bebel Admiration Incognito
Berlin report says Prince August Wilhelm, aged twenty, admires Socialist leader August Bebel and has attended meetings incognito. The Kaiser reportedly expressed clear disapproval of his son's leanings despite the prince noting Bebel is not as dangerous as enemies claim.
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August Wilhelm
New York Times Co
Berlin
Prince August Wilhelm
August Bebel
Bebel
Kaiser
Chipped Potato Famine Hits Lancashire Shops
A special cable from London reports a new famine in East Lancashire where chipped potatoes supply for mill hands has collapsed. Over a hundred Preston shops that provided chipped potatoes for cotton operatives’ suppers closed, and many Blackburn shops joined them as the raw material remained costly and scarce.
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Washington Post
London
Lancashire
Preston
Blackburn
Girl in big robbery confesses after bomb blast
A Jewish girl surrendered to police in Tiflis on June 29 and admitted she helped two accomplices rob a treasury wagon of 170000 in Ertvan square on June 26. The explosion killed two bank employees and injured more than fifty. Authorities say remorse prompted the confession.
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Tiflis
Itunata
Treasury
Ertvan Square
Imperial Bank
William Moore Will Bequeaths to First Cousins
London June 29. William Moore who died in Paignton Devon in May left a will giving 2500 to each of his first cousins who notify within eighteen months of his death. The report notes some of Moore’s first cousins may live in America.
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William Moore
Washington Fost
London
Paignton
Devon
Moore
America
Americans Abroad and Visitors at European Resorts
A Washington Post special cable reports numerous Americans arriving in Europe and Bohemian spa towns. Names include Mrs. Seigbert and daughter, Miss Hatte, Mrs. Marie Friederich, Da.M. Cardéza, Charles Davidson, Miss Alice Thurston, and others. Also listed are diplomats, actors, clergy, and businessmen such as Julius Kahn, Willian Crane, Basil L. Gilderslie, and Charles Josselin. Additional arrivals at Bad Nauheim, St Moritz, Beechat Cabin, and Geneva include T. M. Carter, John W. Atkinson, A. W. Popper, and many families from New York, Cincinnati, and Boston.
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Vienna
Seigbert
Whughter
Hatte
Weiller
Marie Friederich
Da.m. Cardéza
New-York
Charles
Davidson
Aliee Thurston
Merle
Washington
Soule
Boston
William
Niies
Lillian Kilborn
Robert Johnstone
Edgar Auright
St. Lburg
Frank’ B. Moody
Galveston
Frank H. Heard
Buffalo
Aera We
Washington Post
Carlsbad
Tuhe
T. St.Johnny
Dresdén
Julius Kahn
California
Dresden
Mra
Charles M.oelrichs
Willian
H.: Crane
Prof
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L.’.Gildersleive
Charles Josselin
Weahington Post
Bad Nauheim
Kur: Park
Heinrich Copried
Richard Strauss
John W._ Atkinson
Ia.w. Popper
Thomas
Smith
Mise Lawrence
Rots Pittaburg
Misa Juliet
J. P. Meyer
E. F. Stinson
Chicago
A ‘Les Bains
Corne of
Sinny
Indi
Ratantanees
New York
Shallog Louise
Gaylord
Harry
German compulsory accident insurance praised as model
A young American socialist leader endorses Germany’s compulsory accident insurance as a model for the United States. He cites employer funding, welfare exhibitions, and a powerful system reducing accidents, alongside Germany’s forest schools for weak children as key social benefits.
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Washington Post
Berlin
Robert Hunter
America
Grogser- Kurfurst
Bremen
Miss Stokes
Germany
England
Aussia
France
Belgium
Ireland
Hunter
Roosevelt
United States
The
Post
Emmary
Forest School
Forest
New York Times Co
Coventry pageant sparks indecency clash over pink tights
In Coventry a town pageant asks La Mila to wear pink tights and transparent drapery for a virtuous wife reenactment. The mayor and clergy protest calling the costume indecent, while the procession committee presses on citing historical precedents. Public opinion splits as threats of resignation loom.
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Bari
Leofrida
Washington
la? Milo
la Mila
Coventry
Lee
Prue
Drinkwater
Gopyright
The
New York Times Co
Glastonbury Abbey Sold at Auction for £30,000
The abbey at Glastonbury in Somerset was sold by auction for £30,000, including 298 yell? and the historic ruins, house, about thirty six acres of pleasure grounds, pasture and orchard land, and twenty two cottages. New owner Ernest Jardine, a prospective East Somerset candidate, hailed the sale as protecting the site from relic hunters.
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Glastonbury Abbey
Somerset
Great Britain
Yell
Ernest’ Jardine
East Somerset
Suntdin
Connaught Reties and Arabapaelor Whit Wrest Park
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Americans Crowd London in Busy Flood of Tourists
Special Cable reports a surge of American visitors to London in late June with four steamers arriving in three days. Hotel and apartment capacity was strained as managers faced erratic, sporadic demand unlike prior years. Notable Americans abroad included Mark Twain and other prominent figures who left the Riviera for home as the bustling influx continued.
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Washington
London
Mark Twain
Riviera
Munrmer
America
Nuneham Park Hosts Weeklong Oxford Visitants
Mr and Mrs Harie welcome guests at Nuneham Parks Oxford as family and friends spend the week. Edward at Nuneham Park hosts Pierpont Morgan and Campbell Ban among others, with Harcourt and Gondon also noted guests during June 23 period.
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Pierpont
Morgan
Campbell-Ban
Herman
Harcourt
Gondon
Jime
Italians Honor Adelaide Ristori with Monument Plan
A society-backed project would place a modern monument to Adelaide Ristori in Cividale del Friuli to celebrate her tragic artistry and role in unifying Italy. Funding is promised by Queen Margherita, with the Marchesa del Grillo’s son Giorgio as a royal favorite, amid discussions of ancient Rome and Jewish history tied to the del Grillo family.
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Margherita
Washington
Port
Rome
Italy
Adelaide Ristori
Marchesa Capranica del Grillo
Society of
Italian, Dramatic and Lyric Writers
Cividale
Frbli
Marchesa del Grillo
Marchese Giorgio
del Grillo
Marchese
Agatreet
New York Thoes Co
Roosevelt predicted by Depew in London
Special Washington Post report from London notes Senator Depew predicting that Theodore Roosevelt may run for president next year while he doubts Roosevelt will accept a nomination. Depew argues Democrats lack a fit candidate and quips that even Andrew Jackson could not beat Roosevelt if revived.
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Washington Post
London
Depew
Roosevelt
Tax Halts Discussion Amid Theologians Dispute
Amateur observers describe a halted debate as theologians express reluctance to comply with levied taxes. The fragmentary report suggests concern over how taxation intersects with moral or opiate-related issues in the community.
Square parasols trend from Riviera at Ascot
Artistic novelties from the Riviera appear at Ascot where square parasols fringe edges with small silver balls. The fashion, imported from the Riviera, shows sunshades with embroidered panels and delicate fringes set with ling rosebuds or tiny daisies dangling from their stalks.
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Riviera
Ascot
Washington Post
London
New Jam of Nawanagar and His Cambridge Ties
The piece notes the installation travel from the state in a sliver chariot to the perse, where ceremonies were held. It identifies the new Jam as educated at Trinity College Cambridge and describes him as the great Sussex cricketer who was champion batsman in 1808.
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Jam
Trinity i Collge
Cambridge
Sussex
Mark Twain Sobered at Oxford Degree Honor
London June 29 Mark Twain after receiving his Oxford degree presents a sober, dignified demeanor. He says English reception impressed him and that his books may circulate more here due to cheaper prices. He praises the ceremony as venerable and enjoys modest hospitality at Robert P Porter’s home amid a flood of visitors and letters.
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Washington
London
Mark Twain
Oxford
Oxford University
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Dr. Clemens
Robert P. Porter
England
Sheldonian Theater
America
Porter
The
New York Times
Hope for the Red Nosed by Berlin Doctor
Berlin specialist Dr Kapp reports 37 cures of red nose using a galvanic current with brief micro-thermocautery. He claims alcohol and heavy drinking trigger the condition and notes cold exposure, skates, and tight veils aggravate nasal redness in susceptible young women.
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Washington Post
Berlin
Kapp
Tower to confer medal on Grand Duke Oldenburg
Berlin reports Ambassador Tower will travel to Oldenburg on July 4 to present the Grand Duke with the St Louis Exposition diplo mat and medal in recognition of his cooperation and his invention of a new model ship propeller. Lieut. Com William I Howard, naval attache, will accompany him. they will stay at Restede Castle near Oldenburg.
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Berlin
Oldenburg
Grand Duke of
St. Louis
William I. Howard
Usitea
Restede Caatie
Dee Ee
Incendiary Fires Rage in Russian Peasant Uprising
June 29 report from Tula notes a peasant incendiary movement in revenge for parliamentary upheaval spreading across six large estates. Among those damaged is the estate of Count Vladimir Bobrinsky, a conservative royalist. Fires burned farms and manors, with heavy losses reported at several estates and property.
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Russia
Vlddimir Bobrinsky
Vladboh Pened
Feterdags ‘Bownes
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