War correspondent killed at Omdurman report
The Weekly Call notes a newspaper correspondent was killed and another wounded in the Omdurman fight. It remarks a modern war reporter takes similar risks to soldiers, compares to Santiago, and says Khartoum fell with fewer casualties than expected as British forces push the dervishes back. It also flags alleged Spanish plunder in Porto Rico and urges attention to good faith by Spanish commissioners.
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Omdurman
Santiago
Porto Rico
Columnist critiques foreign notions of honor in crimes and war
Col Henry, the impulsive French officer, acknowledged forgery when his honor was appealed to. Spain entered the war and withdrew on a plea of national honor. These foreign concepts of honor perplex a law abiding American.
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Col. Henry
Spain
Zolas I accuse letter stirs French politics
The confession tied to Lieut.-Col Henry raises political stakes and shocks observers. The cabinet resists a rehearing of the Dreyfus case, yet a hearing seems inevitable and unsettled in France.
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Zola
Col. Henry
France
Dreyfus
London Heat Sparks Soldier Desertion Parallels
London endures 91 degree shade heat with extreme humidity. The hot spell mirrors the hardship endured by soldiers in the Soudan, shaping the public sense of suffering and endurance amid harsh conditions.
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London
Rapprochement Reported Between England and Germany
The alleged rapprochement between England and Germany would mark Europe’s most significant diplomatic event since the Faure Nicholas II demonstration two years ago, when the republican and Cossack reportedly joined hands.
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England
Germany
Europe
Faure
Nicholas II
Washington hints no more reinforcements to Dewey fleet
It is intimated that no further ships will be sent to Admiral Dewey at Manila. If peace talks fail and hostilities resume, a quick decisive blow on the Spanish coast would be used to influence Madrid's war party.
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Washington
Dewey
Manila
Spain
Madrid
Spanish prisoners on NH coast set to return home
The Spanish prisoners who have spent the last two months on the New Hampshire coast will be acknowledged as indebted to Yankee generosity. If Spain adopts more humane treatment in the future, a great good will come from the object lesson provided.
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New Hampshire
Spain
Peace Conference Sees Little Practical Effect Expected
The international peace conference will probably have as little practical effect as past monetary conferences. Delegates will assemble, give speeches, and adopt resolutions praising amity while nations continue preparing to counter rival movements.
German Ambassador Denies Emperor Ties in Dreyfus Affair
Amid the Dreyfus scandal the German ambassador asserts that documents of German origin are forgeries and warns that dragging the German emperor's name into the matter could sever diplomatic relations, signaling rising tensions between Paris and Berlin.
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France
McKinley Praises U S Troops At Camp Wi koff Address
In his Camp Wikoff address President McKinley paid tribute to all U S forces. He stated that every service member has served the country in its time of need and will continue to be needed, receiving lasting gratitude from the people.
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United Sates
McKinley
Camp Wikoff
Porto Rico senator misses Spanish parliament session
A Porto Rico senator who declined to attend the Spanish parliament follows recent events. He notes Porto Rico is American now and not Spanish territory, and has no right to a Cortes seat, as Cuba and Porto Rico face new political realities amid Spain's adjustments.
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Porto Rico
Spain
Cuba
Abusive language by captain leads to court martial
News in brief reports Capt. T. R. Marks of Co C 106th Indiana relieved for striking an enlisted man and to stand trial by court martial. Other items include secret Spanish session furor over government and generals, Chamberlain on Germany treaty, Cabrera elected in Guatemala, and updates from the Philippines, G A R council, and Denver press laws.
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T. R. Marks
Co. C
Indiana
Weyler
D’almenas
Joseph Chamberlain
Germany
R. B. Hawley
Texas
Columbus
Manuel Estrada Cabrera
Guatemala
Hong Kong
Aguinaldo
McKinley
Philippines
James A. Sexton
Chicago
Cincinnati
A. D. Shaw
New York
London
Pekin
Claude MacDonald
Li Hung Chang
Joseph Leiter
Elder Leiter
Lopez
Iowa
San Francisco
Shaw
Shafter
Washington
Ebbitt House
George Gray
Delaware
Peace Commission
Day
Davis
Frye
The
Netherlands
Hague
Amsterdam
Bridge collapse and European disasters claim multiple lives
Reported drowning include at least 35 workers when two spans of a railway bridge at Hogansburg NY collapsed on the 6th. Fires in Maddaloni Italy killed seven men two women and two children. An Austrian Alps incident saw a newlywed couple die after a rope failure and a husband leap to his death, with another visitor fatally slipping two days later.
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St. Lawrence River
Hogansburg
N.Y
Maddaloni
Caserta
Italy
Austrian Alps
Wars and Disasters Across Continents and Skies
A compilation notes the drowning of Gen Joseph Wheeler's sor Thowmas W Wheeler and Second Lieut Newton Kirkpatrick during bathing at Camp Wikoff New York. Candia Crete battles claim Carlochino the British vice consul. G A R parade in Cincinnati under blue skies. British and American maneuvers end with flags raised on Salisbury Plain.
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W. Wheeler
Joseph Wheeler
Newton ‘Kirkpatrick
First Cavalry
Wikoff
L. I
Mr. Carlochino
Candia
Crete
Cincinnati
Salisbury Plain
England
British Association For the Advancement of Science
Bristol
Crooks
Manila
Philippines
Cretan
Chicago
R. G. Dunn,Co
United States
Canada
Conference of
Island of
Barbadoes
Assassination of Empress Elizabeth Stuns Europe
News wires report Empress Elizabeth of Austria killed near a Geneva pier by anarchist Luigi n i. The event triggers worldwide mourning as details emerge about the weapon and suspect. Also noted: Alfonso XIII returns to Puerto Rico. Jerome Arizona fire. laundry workers’ convention in Cincinnati. Masonic Temple fire in Washington Courthouse. Philadelphia gasoline explosion. parade plans for Porto Rican troops. New Westminster fire with deaths and missing.
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Austria
Geneva
Switzerland
Luigini
Europe
San Juan de Porto Rico
Barcelona
Jerome
Ariz
Laundrymen’s National Asociation
Grand Hotel
Cincinnati
Masonic Temple
Washington Courthouse
Springfield
South Second Street
Philadelphia
Elizabeth
Burgplatz
Co. Kimball
Miles
New York City
New Westminster
B. C
Frazer River
Daisy Leiter Chosen to Christen Illinois Battleship
Miss Daisy Leiter will christen the new battleship Illinois as Governor Tanner announces. She is daughter of L. Z. Leiter and sister of Joseph Leiter, with ties to the Illinois wheat trade and India’s viceroy family. The ceremony likely proceeds without controversy over the champagne flask.
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Chicago
Ilinois
Miss Lester
Jackie
Empress Elizabeth of Austria Assassinated in Geneva
Geneva reports an anarchist named Lucchoni stabbed the empress near the heart as she walked from a hotel to the steamer landing. She died at 3 PM after medical aid failed. Funeral plans call for Vienna remainder. The emperor Francis Joseph endures grief with public mourning announced.
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Austria
Geneva
Switzerland
Lucchoni
Hotel Beaurivage
Francis Joseph
Rue Des Alhes
Square Des Alpes
Vienna
Elizabeth
Marie Valerie
Schoenbrunn
Stephanie
Darmstadt
Austria's Grief Empress Elizabeth Coffin Embalmed
Geneva reports strict access to the murdered empress Elizabeth's coffin. The body is embalmed and dressed in white. Emperor Francis Joseph will send high court officials to transport the body to Vienna. flowers arrive in abundance.
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Vienna
Geneva
Elizabeth
Francis Joseph
Austria
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