Imprisonment Pending Receipt for Rough Diamonds in Africa
A Butte man, John Herd, faces prison unless he provides a receipt for rough diamonds found in his South Africa collection. He traveled from Cape Town to Kimberley, obtained permit to inspect De Beers mines, and collected Boer coins and gold quartz specimens. He described trials crossing veldt under British guard and noted De Wet’s troops.
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de Beere Consolidated Mining Company, Limited
Herd
J. Grimm
Aohn Herd
Watson Avenue
South Africa
Kimberley
DeBeers
Transvaal Republic
Dom Paul
Boer Republic
Butte
Cape Town
Kitchener
de Beers
United States
General DeWet
Johannesberg
The
Standard
Mr. Herd
General Cronje
Cronje
DeWet
Delagoa Bay
St. Helena
Peter Cronje
Helena
The Mormon Wife and a Westward Booking Clash
Western theatre manager Wattles confronts Charles E. Blaney in New York over a proposed play The Mormon Wife. A backstage brawl follows with Blaney victorious. The piece would target Mormon beliefs amid a bustling season of short lived shows and notable legal notes involving Earl Lord Hope.
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Kathryn Kidder
Augustus Cook
Napoleon
Broadway
New York
James K. Hackett
Harold Russell
Miss Kidder
Augustus Pitou
Wagenhals & Kemper
Louis James
Frederick Warde
Mr. James
Henry Irving
Ellen Terry
London
Lyceum Theater
Wattles
David 0. Wattles
Charles E. Blaney
Blaney
Peple
Mr. Blaney
Watties
Avenging Angels
Long Island
Cupid
Adam
Bijou
Savoy
Buffalo
Murray Hill Theater
Dobbs
Jack
Caleb West
Francois
Madge Smith
Hannah
Braves of the Orient
Leontine
Minnie Seligman
Philadelphia
Nat Goodwin
Goodwin
Pope Leo XIII Richest Man in the Catholic World
A historical appraisal estimates Leo XIII’s income at roughly £875,000 per year with Peter’s Pence contributing the largest share. The Vatican runs on about £200,000 yearly expenses, leaving a substantial balance and a vast property empire overseen by Rome. The pope governs immense church wealth, while living plainly and directing finances as a major financier and statesman.
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Leo XIII
Vatican
Peter
Italy
Secapitios
OCC
Cccsese Secees
Eiadaes
Ccesss
RCO
St. Peter’s
Papal
Cardinal Manning
Rome
Leo XII
Mery
London
Bank of England
SMP
France
Spain
Austria
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Africa
Shylock
Rialto
England
New York Exchange
Max Rogers
Rogers Brothers
Mildred Howard de Grey
Trilby
Terpsichore
Office of Law & Mrianger
Mr. Rogers
Miss de Grey
Rogers
Cleveland
Loudon G. Charlton
Mme
Lil- Han Nordica
Mme. Nordica
Eduard Zeldenrust
Gregory Hast
Mmes
Charlotte Maconda
Webb Gardner
Soprani
Katharine Fisk
Mise Lotta Mills
Leonora Jackson
Flavie Vanden Hende
Emil Hofmann
George Hamlin
Albert Ques
Macklyn Arbuckle
Daniel V. Arthur
Stuart Robson
Mr. Arbuckle
William H. Crane
Bronson Howard
Robson and Crane
Arbuckle
Wall Street
Liebler & Co
Benjamin Howard
Howard
Don John
Viola Allen
King
Nance O'Neill
America
Australia
Charles B. Verner
Miss O'Neil
Nance O Neill
Telephone Girl” Company
Ethel Robinson
Annie Lloyd
Marie Richmond
Anna Conrad
Irene Young
Haby Kendall
Amy Thompson
Browning Sisters
Irving Brooks
Charles R. Burrows
Arthur Conrad
Eugene Wiener
Newark
Rosenthal
Charles Verner
Toulse Carter
J. Hamlet
H. Peerbohm
Kyrle Bellew
Dinker DE Beers
Matabole Giels
Izapriee Zanes
Sal
Lord Hope
Earl
Charles Frohman
Telegraph
Carl
Eric Hope
Yarmouth
George Alexander Sylvester
Hope
Chicago
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
Chautauqua
M. Byron
Eno
Theoret Root
Pital
Masonic Temple
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