The Girl in Men's Clothes Imitates a Soldier's Life
Delia and I escape a ruined cottage by disguising her as a boy. We are captured near Chippenham and remain under guard as we are marched to Bristol. In a castle hall a tall officer questions us about allegiance, and Delia reveals she is a girl, not a boy, amid stunned officials.
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Delia
Jack
Zacchaeus
Majjesty
Zacchaeus Martin
Tom Pine
Stubbs
Chippenham
Bristol
Kistol
Deifa
Charles
Felow
Donal
Breakout in Bristol Keep A Prisoner Plans Escape
In Bristol kept, the narrator endures a four week imprisonment in a cold tower with a single narrow window. A jailer’s daughter glimpses pity and a coded note from D. KK hints at escape via a hidden plan, while the prisoner quietly works a file to widen his window bar.
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Bristol Keep
Delia
Bristol
Colonel Essex
Anthony Killigrew
Jack
Essex
Finch
St. Thomas His Street
Redcliff
D. KK
Trick Saved Heavy Loss In Art Deal
A dealer misled a buyer by claiming a rare picture was genuine. The buyer, initially tempted by the work’s fame, nearly paid £20,000. After verification, the buyer returned the piece and the dealer later sold the same item to another collector for £25,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livéx
Cartain
Blank
Friends to Lift Her Burden for Calamity Jane
A Butte reader reports a drive to raise a charity fund for Calamity Jane now in the Yellowstone region. A mover says Jane refused relocation to Park County poorhouse and should be aided in old age after years of helping others.
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Jane
Yellowstone Park
Butte
Park County
Kansas Attorney General Candidate Clarets on Court Ruling
In a past case, Republican attorney general candidate Mr. Coleman cited a decision Garver once on the appellate bench respected. Garver replied that the ruling came after he left the bench, prompting Coleman to insist he also respected the decision.
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Coleman
Republcan
Kansas
Garver
Appellate Court
eSee
Molineux Acquitted After Four Years in Prison
Roland B. Molineux walked free in New York after nearly four years behind bars for the murder of Mrs. Katherine J. Adams. The jury took thirteen minutes to acquit after a four week trial, ending a history of conviction and death sentence previously issued. He departed the Tombs with his father General Molineux amid cheers from supporters.
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New York
Roland B. Molineux
Liberty
Katherine J. Adams
Molineux
Justice Lambert
General Molineux
Brooklyn
Poison in a Bottle Dooms Mrs Adams in New York
Timeline of the Katherine J. Adams case recounts a December 28 1898 poisoning using a bromoseltzer bottle sent to Harry S Cornish. Roland Molineux and Cornish antipathy led to charges and a long legal saga culminating in acquittal November 11 1902.
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Katherine J. Adams
New York
Harry S. Cornish
Adams
Roland Molineux
Cornish
Molineux
Tombs
Court of Appeals
Sing Sing
Steamer Elingamite Wrecked Near Three Kings Islands
The British steamer Elingamite bound from Sydney to Auckland was wrecked on Three Kings Islands. Forty one aboard were saved and ninety six are missing. Six boats and two rafts left the vessel. Twenty seven passengers and fifteen crew have landed in New Zealand. Search boats are sent for the rafts and four boats still missing. Lloyds reports thirty seven passengers saved, with fears the rest are lost.
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Melbourne
Sydney
N.S. W
Auckland
Kings Islands
Wellington
N. Z
New Zealand
Lloyd's
Mason Released Amid Murder Case in Cambridge
Alan G. Mason, Boston clubman, was discharged by Judge Charles Almy after a Middlesex court ruled no evidence sufficient to hold him. In the same session, George L. O. Perry, a young witness, was charged with Miss Clara A. Morton's murder and pleaded guilty before remand.
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Cambridge
Mass
Alan G. Mason
Boston
Clara A. Morton
Waverley
Charles Almy
Third District Court
Middlesex
Mason
George L. O. Perry
Miss Morton
Miner elopes with farmer's daughter in Sullivan area
William Wright, a coal miner at Delcarbo, eloped with Grace Sterling of Curry township. The bride's father and brother pursued them to Star City, attacked Wright with bricks and clubs, and drove him from town. Wright returned Sunday hatless and shirtless, sought sheriff protection, and later obtained clothing. The couple then left for an unknown destination.
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Sullivan
Ind
William Wright
Delcarbo
Grace Sterling
Curry Township
Star City
Wright
Keeper sick sparks alarm as wild animals roam barn
John Haberly in charge of Bostock shows menagerie was isolated with virulent smallpox. He and three companions fled, leaving leopards, hyenas, and wolves in a Ninth and State street barn. Haberly hospitalized at a pesthouse after diagnosis. barn to be fumigated. area residents alarmed by howling beasts.
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Lafayette
Ind
John Haherly
Bostock
Menagare
Ninth and State Streets
Haberly
Guy R. Levering
Captured Doukhobors Entrained Under Police Guard
Detained at Minnedosa and forcibly entrained to Winnipeg under mounted police escort after a violent struggle with farmers and townspeople. Zeibroff led the followers in a deadly push to escape as 500 officers controlled the scene amid a blizzard and extreme cold. Twenty escaped to the prairie, while the rest were transported home per government orders.
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Minnedosa
Man
Northwest Territory
Winnipeg
Jesus
Zeibroff
Fredom
Revenge of a Patient: Doctor Shot Dead in Kansas City
Dr W H Kimberlin renowned oculist killed in his Kansas City office Tuesday afternoon by John Scanion formerly a policeman who then killed himself. Both bodies found. Kimberlin shot three times. Scanlon, brother of a local politician, left a note saying he acted because the politician "destroyed my eyes."
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Kansas City
W. H. Kimberlin
John Scanion
Kimberlin
Scanlon
City Hall
Lost in the Mountains Search for Benjamin F. Egan
The Great Northern Railway offers rewards totaling 1000 dollars for the alive recovery or body of Benjamin F. Egan, former Kalispel division superintendent, missing after going with friends into Kalispel mountains near Kalispel a week ago. Breckenridge division also adds 500 dollars. Egan and companions separated after entering the mountains and did not meet at camp.
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Great Northern Railway
Campaign Against Bacolod Proceeds After Inspection
General Sumner completed inspection of the proposed roadway from Iligan to Lake Lanao Mindanao and will return to Zamboanga within a week. He then heads to Camp Vickers to organize an expedition against the sultan of Bacolod. The sultan continues fortifications though may not resist.
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Manila
Sumner
Iligan
Lake Lanao
Mindanao
Zamboanga
Vickers
Bacolod
Ore discovery in Indiana valued at 100 million
Iron ore experts from Birmingham report large, high quality deposits in Sullivan county Indiana near Sul livan and coal veins nearby. Value placed at not less than 100 million dollars with ore purity 60 to 70 percent. Findings support the Indianapolis Southern Railroad plan to tap coal fields and supply the Indianapolis market.
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Indianapolis
Birmingham
Ala
Indiana
Sullivan County
Indianapolis Southern Railroad
Alabama
Rockport
Spencer County
Bloomington
Monroe County
Greene County
One of J. J. Hill's Schemes in Great Falls
James J. Hill begins a West steel and iron push arriving in Great Falls to convert the idle American Smelting and Refining Company silver smelter into a vast iron and steel mill as the first concrete step in his noted enterprise.
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Great Falls
Mont
James J. Hill
West
American Smelting and Refining Company
Virgin Mary Claim Shocks Doukhobor Community in Yorkton
A young Doukhobor woman in Yorkton, dressed in white cotton with canvas shoes, proclaimed herself the Virgin Mary. The report notes that many Doukhobors believe her story and worry she may cause trouble.
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Winnipeg
Man
Yorkton
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