Submarine Plot Aimed At Saint Helena Escape
In a heated strategy session, colonel and allies discuss circumventing naval patrols at Saint Helena. A concealed submarine boat, hidden in a hogshead, is proposed to ferry a passenger from a merchant vessel to the shore and back, with the craft sunk after use to aid a royal escape plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St .Helena
Longwood Sea
Windward
Leeward
M. Carnac
Mr. Holmes
Camilla
Astent
Adame de Montaut
Holmes
M. de Montaut
Jamestown
St. Helena
Beaman
Hell
Europe
M. le Comte
Monsileur
France
Imperial Marine
Camilla Reveals Irish Origins and Imperial Plot
Camilla explains her Irish birth and French upbringing, recounting a family escape during the rebellion, how Napoleon protected and later favored her father, and how she and her husband served the imperial cause. She narrates exile since 1814 and links to a submarine scheme with Germanic intrigue.
New Brigadiers Named in U S Army Promotions
The article reports the elevation of Wesley Merritt to Major General and the retirement of McCook, with Zenas Bliss and John J. Coppinger selected as Brigadier-Generals. It traces Merritt’s Civil War rise, Bliss’s long service and Rhode Island roots, and Coppinger’s Irish birth and wartime exploits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bew
Merritt
Bliss
Coppinger
Schofield
McCook
Wesley Merritt
General Merritt
Harper's Weekly
West Point
Second Dragoons
Scond
Ty-Third Infantry
James G. Blaine
Harrison
Ireland
Fourteenth Infantry
Papal
Rome
Keough
Seventh Cavalry
Little Rosebud
Nowlan
Trevilian
Cedar Creek
Ninth Cavalry
Fifth Cavalry
Military Academy
Gettysburg
Yellow Tavern
Howe's Shop
Five Forks
Virginia
Zenas R. Bliss
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Shafter
First Infantry
Merriam
Z. R. Bliss
Tenth
Rhode Island Infantry
Seventh
Fredricksburg
Wilderness
Rhode Island
John J. Coppinger
Barnard to join University of Chicago astronomy faculty
Renowned astronomer Professor E E Barnard of the Lick Observatory will teach at the University of Chicago in the fall. He will spend much time at the Yerkes Observatory in Lake Geneva once completed, as Chicago and Yerkes push toward advancing astronomy. Barnard and Burnham are noted observers. The piece also notes the Moliere Fountain in Paris and its sculptural details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E FE Barnard
Astronosovates
Chicago
E. E. Barnard
Lick Observatory
University of Chicago
Yerkes Observatory
Lake Geneva
Barnard
Lick
Sylvester W. Burnham
George E. Hale
T. J. J. Lee
Kurt Lawes
Moliere
National Library
Rue Richelieu
Paris
Louis XIV
Regnier
Comedie Francaise
Mollere
Molierc
Prodler
Geneva
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International Pi Press Association
RAND
Menally & CQ
SY Henry Newbolt
Tam
A EN Dick
Admiralty
Ana
Madame de Montaut
Tipperary
Anthony Donoghue
Castle Carrol
Wolfe Tone
Orangemen
Bantry Bay
Fitzgerald
O'Connor
Hoche
Gen
Bonaparte
Napoleon
Metabus
Virgil
Diana
M. de Montaur
Uct
Cuba
United States Army
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