Through a wild abode I lay the road
Sam Walter Foss in the N Y Sun reflects on the money maker archetype, smoothing hills, draining seas, building telegraph girths, and guiding global commerce. He contrasts a ruthless pursuit of wealth with the scholar and artist who dream and write, laying a path for the march of mind. The poem notes the spread of industry and empire and ends with a self reflective line on coarse brain and dry heart.
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Sam Walter Foss
N. Y. Sun
Chase on the moving train ends as fugitive escapes
Hendricks and Dr. Lampkin pursue a white headed man through a back room and onto a commuter train. The fugitive leaps rooftops and vanishes between tracks while the detectives, after a perilous chase, lose him at the next station and vow to press on with other leads.
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Hendricks
Union Street
Dr. Lampkin
Trendricks
Lampkin
Hendricks Probes Family Turbulence Over Murder Hope
Detective Hendricks confronts Mrs Champney and her son as talk turns to a murder linked to her brother Tom. Strong suspicion falls on Tom for killing Richard Strong, who had been his partner in westward ventures and once a source of family strife. The scene unfolds with fear and emotional shock as revelations surface.
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Hendricks
Dr. Batonmee
Deterpkin
Dr. Lampkin
Jlow
Minard Hendricks
Hashe
Champney
Vis
Strong
Richard Strong
Sam
Minterprises
West
H Tom
Fred
Tom
A Murderer, Justice, and a Guilty Burden
A distraught sister fears justice may doom an innocent man as news of a suspected killer unsettles a family. Hendricks doubts room searches, urging caution while hinting at past ties between the accused’s brother and Strong. The detective vows restraint and asks about the brother’s business relations. To be continued.
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Tom
Mr. Hendricks
Hendricks
Strong
Dwarf in Battle Earns Genghis Khan’s Praise
Casan, a dwarf, earns respect from Genghis Khan after joining his army. Khan conquers western Hea, captures strongholds, and defeats rivals at the River Irtish. He elevates Casan to khan, granting command of troops and future companionship in arms. Portrait from St. Nicholas via Mary Shearz Roberts.
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Casan
Genghis Khan
Genghis
China
Hea
Lung Ting
Irtish
Mary Shearz Roberts
St. Nicholas
Somebody's Grandma in a Rose Gift Moment
A beggar woman in downtown St. Louis receives a rose from a flower girl, lifts her spirits, and holds the moment close as she moves along among the crowd. The scene ends with the woman whispering thanks and cherishing the single flower as she goes.
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St. Louis
St. Louis Republic
No authority in politics, says a cautious native
A traveler challenges a native to debate politics and the native replies he avoids arguments unless he has mastered the science. He concedes strength but notes a lack of training in boxing and wrestling, hindering authority on political matters. The exchange appears in the Chicago Post.
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Chicago Post
Abstract of Woodford telegram on Spanish Cuban situation
Washington April 2 official statement after cabinet meet ing summarizes Gen Woodford March 31 report on Cuba General Blanco revokes Pando order aiding western provinces and 3 million pesetas lent to restore labor Spanish calls for insular parliament for peace suspend hostilities if insurgents request and notes possible intervention discussions will be in president’s message to Congress and no further negotiations planned
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Washington
Woodford
Cuba
United States
Blanco
Pando
Concentrados
Matanzas
Santa Clara
Havana
Pinar del Rio
Congress
Spain
White House
Receipts and Expenditures During March Show Loss
The comparative government report for March shows total receipts of 52,958,590 dollars, about three million less than March 1807, while expenditures reached 31,882,444 dollars, up nearly five million from March 1897 due largely to defense appropriations. Customs fell by over seven million compared with a year ago, amid a prior tariff surge, while internal revenue rose about one million.
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WasutinetTon
Minister Woodford Preparing to Leave
Lonxpox April 2 A Madrid dispatch says United States Minister Woodford plans to depart Madrid immediately if diplomatic rupture occurs. James Street and D D Hennessy, two jockeys, quarreled near the fair grounds in St Louis. Street was murdered by a third jockey Acton McHale who used a razor to slash Street’s throat and McHale fled. Street fired three shots at McHale before dying.
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Lonxpox
Madrid
United States
Woodford
St. Louis
James Street
D. D. Hennessy
Fair Grounds
Street
Hennessy
Acton McHale
Chippy Cronin
Liverpool
Irng
Streec
Senate Devotes Gape to Cuba Crisis and Cuban Debate
The March sessions in Washington reveal a tense Senate and packed galleries as the Maine court findings are read, Money’s Cuba observations spark impassioned debate, and Simpkins dies prompting House adjournment amid fiery exchanges over Cuban independence and civil appropriation bills.
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Washington
Senate
Maine
Money
Cuba
Representative Simpkins
Horuse
House
Mass
Seenate
Allen
Rawlins
Foraker
Frye
Committee On Foreign Relations
Robert E. Lee
Foreign Relations Committee
K. Caffery
Messrs
Acheson and
Robbins
Thealleries
Mrr. Cummings
N-Y
Boutelle
Chautier
CN. EH
Grosvenor
Rep. O
Bailey
Dem
Tex
Johnson
Indiana
Chandler
N. H
Secretary of State
Secretary of the Interior
American Invalid Society
Boston
Fort Stanton Military Reservation
New Mexico
Oklahomia
University of Kansas
Ollock
Mendy
Hovuski
Naval Committee
Cannon
Appropriations Committee
Dearman
Flying Squadron Prepares to Sail from Portsmouth
In Portsmouth Virginia on April 2 the flying squadron is being stripped of woodwork while sailors send valuables ashore. The Columbia was reported in Hampton Roads to Capt. Schley on Friday. Divers worked on Massachusetts bottom at Newport News scraping for hull maintenance.
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Portsmouth
Hampton Roads
Schley
Massachusetts
Newport News
Lester Wheat Sale Nears Completion for Paria Market
Josu Leiter has nearly closed a deal to sell 2.5 million cashels of wheat, likely to Drey fus of Paris. Delivery is expected in early 623.1 week, with CuicaGo involved in the April 3 timeline.
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Lester
Paria
CuicaGo
Josu Leiter
Dreyfus
Paris
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