The Man with the Blt of Gold? David Balfour and Alan Breck
Escaped captive David Balfour joins Highland ally Alan Breck on the voyage from 18th century Scotland. They face a mutinous crew while planning defence in the round-house with pistols, cutlass, and a steadfast door layout as danger looms.
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David Balfour
Alan Brock Stewart
Ebenezer Balfour
Shaws
Robert Louis Stevenson
Mr. Riach
Hoseason
Riach
Hoseuson
David
Agvoay
Hielandman
God Isles
Carolina
Roundhouse
Ransome
Stewart
Alan Breck
Alain
Strick
Alan
Paintings Found at Pompeii Unearthed by Hellenic Society
At a Hellenic Society meeting Mr. Talfourd Ely discussed newly discovered Pompeii paintings illustrated by photos. Works ranged from depictions of Hercules strangling snakes to Ixion and Dionysius discoveries, with trades shown realistically and some scenes rendered in ideal form.
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Pompeii
London Times
Hellenic Society
Talfourd Ely
Hercules
Hero
Leander
Ariadne
Theseus
Herculaneum
Zeus
Pausanias
Perseus
Andromeda
Ixion
Dionysius
Polo the Traveler who Spanned Asia and Beyond
The passage praises Marco Polo as the first to trace a route across Asia and to describe kingdoms deserts and rivers from Persia to Japan. It notes his journeys through Abyssinia Zanzibar Madagascar Siberia and the Arctic and says nothing new has been learned of many lands since his time.
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France
Andaman Islands
Abyssinia
Zanzibar
Madagascar
Siberia
Arctic Ocean
Illuminous Letters for Earl's Court Exhibition
London opening heralds a novel ad form with incandescent lamp letters spelling words. Each letter stands 390 feet high and forty feet from the ground, covering 10 000 square feet. Tests show visibility up to six miles on clear nights, though full effectiveness at distance remains uncertain.
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Earl’s Court
London
Storms, races, and political boosts across the nation
Storms hit near Republican City Nebraska while Maine Democrats adopt a platform. Kentucky plunger Riley Grannan wins 250 000 at Gravesend on June 13. Mayor’s wife killed in Kansas runaway. Chicago convention expected to back the gold standard. Heavy rains and crop damage reported in Mason City Iowa. Twenty two leprosy patients in White Castle hospital and leper cure claim.
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Republican City
Neb
Maine
Riley Grannan
Gravesend
BR. R. Blacker
Manistee
Mich
Varrity
Chicago
Clarence Sheets
Lawrence
Kas
St. Louis
Mason City
Iava
Downing
Wis
Fitzsimmons
London
Corbett
Navy
McAdvoo
Tron City National Bank
Llano
Tex
Markhamastown
Missouri
Martin Clihal
Forsythe
H.W. Clay
Blaine County
Idaho
Frank H. Parsons
Horace Boise
Lake Shore
Wansson
Stewart
Nevada
New York
McKinley
Campbell
Ohio
Senate Boal
Graves
Whitney
Teller
Dubois
William C. Whitney
Belle Bennett
Topeka
South Africa
Drummond Castle
France
Benjamin HH. Bristow
the Treasury
Grant
New Yor
Bristow
Mr. Bristow
Elkton
Wyckoff
New Amsterdam Bank
Broadway
Geo. H. Semple
Semple
Wycke
Henry Barton Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher
Chicago, Milsaukee & St. Paul Company
Denver
Colorado
Sen
St. Lewis
C. M. Bowie
Whitesville
Law
de. Delphin
Feo Leon
Rius
Whitecastle
Bowie
Enat
Chicaze
Trade and Labor Assembly
Butte Mont
M. J. Elliott
Railway Union
Woodstock
Daniel McDonald
B. M. Lindsey
M. J. Geiger
Massacre near Van reports Armenian deaths
A dispatch notes sixty Armenians killed in a massacre near Van. Other items mention an English resident in Italy predicting a coming revolution, Druses killing Turks in Damascus, the Dowager Empress of China’s death, and tensions between German and Japanese figures over China.
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Van
Italy
Damascus
China
Germany
Marshal Yamagata
Li Hung Chang
Foreign Office
William
Prince Hohenloue
Silesia
Berlin
Silesian
Hanna Elected Chairman of Republican National Committee
At St Louis on June 19 the Republican National Committee elected Marcus A Hanna as chairman to fill vacancies caused by the silver bolt and later unanimously named him permanent chairman. Joseph H Manley of Maine acted as temporary secretary and James Francis Burke of Pittsburg as temporary assistant secretary. Powell Clayton of Arkansas presided briefly as temporary chair.
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Republican National Committee
St. Louis
Marcus A. Hanna
Joseph H. Manley
Maine
Powell Clayton
Arkansas
N. B. Scott
West Virginia
Marcus A, Hanna
Mexico
Solomon Luna
Colorado
J. F. Sander
Nevada
C. H. Proule
Idaho
George FE. Shoup
Utah
O. J. Salisbury
Arizona
W.M. Grifith
District of Columbia
Alaska
H. C. Payne
Wisconsin
Mark A. Hanna
James Francis Burke
Pittsburg
Col
H. L. Swords
Iowa
Wailing Trial Angers Newport Jury Attorneys Clash In Court
In Newport on June 17 the Wailing trial heard Attorney Hays of Greencastle finish his plea for the commonwealth. His demand to fiend in hell drew tears from Mrs. Walling and Mrs. Chas Walling, with many ladies in tears. Col Washington spoke for Walling, while Col. Nelson and Commonwealth Attorney Lockhart argued, prompting a disruption as Washington and Nelson clashed. The case featured courtroom tension and a stinging exchange over a witness term.
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Vetag
Newport
Hays
Greencastle
Commonwealth
Wpeerl Bryan
Walling
Hell
Clinton Walling
Attorney Hays
Fearl Bryan
Col. Washington
Lockhart
Col. Nelson
Washington
Helm
Tingley
Col
Nelson
Kentucky
Ninnier
Nelan
Nington
Efe
Davies
Pease
Wash
Bermuda filibusters a Philadelphia special June 1
Details emerge on the Bermuda expedition to Cuba in early May. Thirty-five men perish when boats cut adrift from the filibuster as two Spanish gunboats approach. Captain Riley orders the boat to be cut loose and capsizes, the crew calling for help as cruisers close in and heavy fire erupts.
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Philadelphia
Cuba
Bermuda
Riley
Bermida
Governor Brinley Receives Congratulatory Letters
Early morning mail at Governor Brinley’s home on Saturday includes congratulatory messages from officials and leaders. An autograph letter from ex-President Harrison dated June 19, 189 No. 674 North Delaware street Indianapolis Ind expresses congratulations and asks Brinley to share regards with Mrs. McKinley.
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Brinley
Governor Hands
Harrison
North
Delaware Street
Indianaylis
Ind
St. Louis
McKinley
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Cape Wrath
Conneil
Hineh
Hieeh
Adrane
Bright
Hosenson
Lrance
Seathind
George
Scotland
Wall
Thad
Louis
Noething
Marco Polo
the News
Hanna
Cuban
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