Bond of Flesh Ends in Tragic Surgical Folly
Victor narrates a doomed plan to save his beloved Linda by sacrificing his brother Conrad. Aveling engineers a risky operation that kills Conrad and leaves Victor to face Linda's loss and Olaf Aveling's rising fame. Victor retreats to the Tyrol in remorse, questioning his liberty and fate.
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Motly
Linda Thenese
Linda
Victor
Tor
Mrad
Conrad
Aveling
Thad
Paris
Oscar Schreiner
Oscar
Olaf Aveling
Iself
Bloody Arkansas ambush leaves deputy marshals dead
Special report from Little Rock details six men massacred in Pope county mountains. Captain B F Taylor and Joe Dodson killed, Renfrew brothers fatally wounded, two deputies missing. Bandits likely moonshiners led by Horace Bruce and John Church. Location thirty five miles from Russellville, ten miles from Witt Springs. Reward offered. posse expenses capped at 2000 dollars.
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Little Rock
Pope County
B. F. Taylor
Searcy County
United States
Joe Dodson
Stone County
Renfrew
Russellville
Witt Springs
Taylor
Dodson
Renfrew Brothers
Pack
Horace Bruce
John Church
Captain Taylor
Marshal Cooper
Washington
McKenya
Spain Calls Up 80,000 Reserves for Cuba and Philippines
At a Madrid cabinet meeting on Monday the next class of 80,000 reserves was ordered summoned. Of these, 27,000 will be sent to Cuba and 13,000 to the Philippine islands. The minister denied the council discussed colonial reforms or political issues.
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Spain
Cuba
Philippine Islands
Madrid
Discrepancy Found in Lott Accounts Weighs Tax Official
State examiners Purifoy and Cowan report Mobile County Alabama tax collector E B Lott is about 40000 short for 1896. After allowances he is over 26000 short. Future defalcations await determination while Lott’s health and reputation are noted as fragile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lott
Labor Leaders Adopt Platform Denouncing Federal Judiciary
Labor leaders met in St. Louis to adopt a platform attacking federal judges and calling for reforms. The document decries judicial supremacy, urges public ownership of railroads and telegraphs, and proposes a September 1897 strike support plan with a Chicago convention if miners remain unresolved.
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St. Louis
Committee On
Congress
United States
America
Chicago
Perry to Hang Governor Denies Clemency in Murder Case
Georgia Governor Atkinson refused executive clemency for H. B. Perry sentenced to death for the murder of Bery Lanier. The ruling pends the clemency appeal and Perry is slated to hang Wednesday September 8. The decision rests on the jury’s consideration of Perry’s statement versus Lanier’s dying declaration.
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Atkinson
Georgia
Perry
Bery Lanier
Lanier
South Carolina Democratic Senate Primary Returns Favor McLaurin
Early returns show Senator McLaurin leading in most counties as South Carolina votes in the Democratic primary to choose a U S senator. Polls opened at 8 a m and closed at 4 p m with oath and rolls required to vote, and totals from many counties suggest a majority in several counties toward McLaurin while overall turnout nears an estimated 55,000.
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United States
South Carolina
McLaurin
Senate
Abbeville
Anderson
Bamberg
Barnwell
Beaufort
Berkely
Charleston
Cherokee
Chester
Chesterfield
Clarendon
Colleton
Darlington
Edgefield
Fairfiel
Florence
Georgetown
Greenville
Greenwood
Hampton
Horry
Lancaster
Lexington
Marion
Marlborough
Newberry
Oconee
Orangeburg
Pickens
Richland
Saluda
Sumter
Union
Williamsburg
York
Bryan name cheered as Pennsylvania Democrats convene in Reading
The Pennsylvania Democratic state convention met in Reading to nominate candidates for auditor general and state treasurer. A Bryan banner and a burst of enthusiasm marked the gathering as delegates honored William J. Bryan. The convention adopted a resolution to vacant the Philadelphia seat on the national committee by 53 to 26.
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Pennsylvania
Reading
William J. Bryan
Garman
Ermantraut
Ermentrauts
William F. Harriity
Philadelphia
National Committee
Faure Returns to Paris as Bomb Explodes En Route
President Faure arrived in Paris Tuesday evening and was greeted by officials at the Northern railroad station. Ten minutes after his passage a bomb exploded inside the church railings near the Madeleine, prompting police to close the enclosure and make two arrests.
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Faure
Paris
Medeleine
COLOR LINE IN INDIANA ELWOOD WARNED TO LEAVE
Citizens in Elwood Indiana warned Black residents to depart with threats of trouble if they stay. Over twelve years colored people have tried to settle there but were driven out. A recent group of about fifty moved in, found work, and then warnings began, with some leaving and others remaining.
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Elwood
Ind
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Edgar Fawcett
Olaf Avery
Conraf
Dr. Aveling
Schreiner
Nhrse
Patience
Tee Authors’ Alliance, All
BSR
Cawyhe
United States Revenue Men
Arkansas
Labor Leaders Act
Carolina
Mplaurin
Irby and
Evans
Bryan
Indiana
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