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...Crocker gallery is the property of the City of Sacramento, having been given in 1885 by the widow of Judge E. B. Crocker, retired railway attorney and former California Supreme Court Justice. Mr. Crocker gathered the collection after the Franco-Prussian war and the stolen canvas was one among several world famous pictures for which Sacramento is noted. So great is the value of the Entombment that it will be difficult to market. The world will probably not see it again for many years...
Lady Rose's father was successively Ambassador to Berlin and Vienna before he decided to retire to his country estates at Apthorpe. In Berlin account is made of King Frederick William IV; the Prussian royal children, with whom Lady Rose used to play; Prince Hohenlohe; Count Halzfeldt; Jenny Lind, singer; Meyerbeer, composer; Mendelssohn, famed pianist. In Vienna reference is made to the Emperor Franz Josef; the Empress Elizabeth; Prince Metternich. Journeys from Berlin to Calais, made by post, entailed crossing Belgian territory, and even here Lord and Lady Westmoreland were received with open arms by the Belgian Royal Family. Mention...
Millions of pilgrims are expected to visit the Eternal City. The Pope is known to be considering the resumption of the Vatican Council, which was hastily prorogued to an indefinite date, owing to the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian war. A circular letter is being sent to all bishops, asking their opinion as to the advisability of resuming the council. The Pope has refused to take any part in the World Conference on Faith and Order which is an All-Protestant Council to be held in Washington...
Died. Princess Helena Augusta Victoria, 77, aunt of King George V of England, and third daughter of Queen Victoria. She married (in 1866) Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, who died in 1917. She is survived by a son, who fought in the Prussian Army during the war, and two daughters. The Court of St. James will go into mourning for one month, but public engagements of the royal family will not be canceled...
Hostilities commenced immediately afterwards. Injuries to scalps, eyes and noses were inflicted by the irate parties. The scene was the most sanguine and disgraceful in the annals of the Prussian Parliament...