CAPT HOWGATE FREED AFTER PRISON TERM FOR US FUNDS
Capt Henry W Howgate, once a Civil War soldier and ex disbursing officer, has been released from Albany penitentiary after serving most of an eight year sentence for misappropriating about forty thousand dollars from the United States government. He vanished in 1883 and was later tracked to New York City where he used another name.
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Albany
Henry W. Howgate
United States
Howgate
Signal Service
North Pole
Congress
Potomac
Arctic Circle
New York
Metropolis
New York Mail and Express
Howard
Alabama
Congressman White
North Carolina
Francis M. Anderson
Washington, D. C
Judge Anderson
Virginia
Harriette A. S. Marsh
Woman's Benevolent Association of Chicago
Perna
Countess of Contades and Her Puppets Stir Court Debate
A French countess known for eccentricity keeps dolls as companions, dining with them and directing servants to treat each as a guest. The court considers appointing a guardian as her behavior draws concern. Chinese Temples Unearthed From Sonora Site Reveal 4th Century Chinese Adventurers and Inscriptions Detailing Early Sea Voyages.
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Mme
Jeanne de Montiers
Contades
Sonora
Mexico
Railway to China line England projects from Egypt to Yangtse
A plan for a Great Britain led railroad from Alexandria or Port Said across Sinai and Northern Arabia to Kurrachee, then Kunlong to Yangtse su Chow and Shanghai. It would link Europe India and China, transform Mediterranean Pacific trade, rival the Transsiberian, and bolster Britain in the East. Expected within the next decade per World's Work.
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England
Egypt
Great Britain
Alexandria
Port Said
Sinai
Arabia
Persian Gulf
Baluchistan
Kurrachee
India
Shanghai
Australia
Europe
China
Mediterranean
Pacific
Transsiberian Railway
Own Their Engines and the Romantic Ideal of Locomotive Masters
A discussion contrasts railroad lore with practical discipline in engine supervision. The piece describes engineers who “own” their engines as a metaphor for deep familiarity, then shifts to a Sydney Christmas snow stunt where a jeweler rents snow to display a giant snowball. It notes Bishop Turner resigning amid church college disagreements.
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Sydney
New South Wales
Australia
College of Bishops
African Methodist Episcopal Church
H. M. Turner
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H. W. Howgate
Vassar College
Treasury
WD Odoes
Acker
N. H. Andrews
Springfield
W. H. Hooker & Co., Proprs
Buffalo
Thompson’s
Denver Directory
Airec
Fred Muelle
Larimer Street
Denver
Colorado
Eve
Denver Tent and Awning Co
Arapahoe Street
Brown Palace Hotel
Stradley Institute
Colo
Illustra
Ine
Giticura
Tern
Cinciused Enquirer
Alm Grove
Ave
McKeesport
Tina Phor
Joy- Ra
Nou
Mera Les
Guar Senn
C. R
Dvie Orm
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