Keppel Darke's escape from Sing Sing in a deadly wreck
Keppel Darke flees after a fatal train crash while handcuffed to a dead detective. He frees himself with a key found on the detective and escapes amid wreckage, planning a new life and considering how to clear his name. Olympia Raven remains a possible ally, but the mystery of Harry Trent’s murder lingers with cipher clues and shifting loyalties.
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New York
Harry Trent
Olymne Raven
Sallie Matcin
Olympia
Darke
Trent
Dirk
Darkie
Sallie Matehin
Raven
Sing Sing
Paris
Maurice Solange
America
Harry ‘Kent
Solange
Dupont
Aspinwall
Keppel
Olympia Raven
Frank Monroe
Tarrytown
Europe
Burton Fairfax
Poughkeepsie
Bellevue Hotel
Philadelphia
Sarah Althea Trent
Mr. Trent
Miss Raven
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Keppel Ventures to Port Jefferson and Encounters a Dying Stranger
After journeying by catboat to Port Jefferson Keppel wanders inland across Long Island. He finds a ruined house and meets a gaunt dying man with a revolver who warns him to stay back. Keppel pleads for food and shelter as the stranger, speaking French, recognizes Maurice Solange’s curse at last.
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Long Island Sound
Keppel
Port Jefferson
Long Island
New England
Maurice Solange
Notable Men Describe Public Figures and Patrons
A survey of prominent figures notes Secretary Proctor’s fondness for whist and horses, Senator Vilas owning land in Wisconsin, and various distinguished people from Europe and America. It mentions John Burns, Grover Cleveland, Sir William Whiteway, and others with brief biographical traits and roles.
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Proctor
Senator Vilas
Wood County
Wisconsin
Goddard Clarke
Wales
Royal Statistical Society
Heinrich Schmilinski
Hamburg
Robert Lincoln
Oscar Wilde
Bridgman
Morristown
N. J
George
Ruskin
Carlisle
Adam Smith
Grover Cleveland
Manhattan
Democratic
Reform
E. P. Weston
Weston
William Whiteway
Newfoundland
New Leper Colony Established on Darcey Island
Five Chinamen afflicted with lep rosy were moved from Victoria British Columbia to Darcey island for use as a lazaretto. The island about twenty miles from Victoria in the San Juan archipelago offers six rooms with beds and utensils, a store of food, even opium, and one inmate attempted suicide but was prevented.
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Victoria
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Darcey Island
San Juan
Grant
Alderman Holland
San Francisco Examiner
Rainbow Route of Otto Mears A Twelve Mile Wonder
The sale of Otto Mears Rainbow route from Silverton to Ironton attracts railroad interest. The line is only twelve miles long yet celebrated for engineering skill and spectacular scenery. Tourists recall the ride along sheer drops and granite walls with a unique car and turntable system enabling downhill travel.
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Otto Mears
Silverton
Ironton
Mears
Leadville
Herald-Democrat
Koch lymph finds success in Denver with Colorado climate
The Denver News reports Koch lymph treatment for consumption has found notable success in Colorado. Denver leads among Koch hospitals, with Colorado praised by the national Climatologists convention for being a safe haven for pulmonary patients. Medical records since lymph introduction show many cures, some patients returning home with immunity.
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Koch
Colorado
United States
Denver
National Convention of Climatologists
Denver News
Queen Natalies Hair Sparks Sympathy In Distress
The passage notes European royalty including Alphonso XIII and Alexander I with their mothers guiding them. It highlights Queen Natalie, banished and praised as brave, whose hair is described as streaming in distress, provoking public sympathy as noted by the New York Sun.
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Netherlands
Alphonso XIII
Spain
Alexander I of
Servia
Natalie
Mme
New York Sun
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T. P. Barry
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