Distant vows and confrontations in a faded English manor
Seaton Dysart returns to Griselda and Vera, facing hostility from Vera and pressure from his father to marry Vera. A tense dinner, threats of coercion, and hidden scheming unfold as Vera rejects the match and Seaton contemplates escape. The old man redoubles his secret revenge, reading a cursed parchment as a storm brews.
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Seaton Dysart
Griselda
Vera
Diske
Dysart
Seaton
Iiselda
Flas
Gregory
Sabe
Mr. Dysart
Where to Lose Treasure in a Paris Cab
Major Arthur Griffiths notes Paris cab fare stories from Cassell's Magazine showing cabmen returning lost money and jewels. A rich Russian misplaced ten thousand francs regained from the lost property office after a long wait. A Paris jeweler’s eighty thousand franc parure was returned by a cabman who refused a large reward.
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Paris
Arthur Griffiths
Cassell’s
Tno Cab
St. Petersburg
Russia
Palais Royal
Canada
Fires and Conflicts Dominate Week of News
A roundup of major events includes eleven fatalities in a St Louis fire, UK forces taking Boers, Theodore Roosevelt Sr. ill, a $10 million Paterson fire homelessing 1 000 families, Samoa and Panama neutral issues, Sampson retired and Schley dispute, Manchurian treaty opposition, Turkey sultan killing, England and Japan on policy, and notable fires, politics and disasters across the United States and abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
America
Japan
Turkey
Ten Million Dollar Fire Routs Paterson Business District
A massive Paterson blaze destroyed the business section and many civic, educational, and religious buildings. Property losses reach ten million dollars. Thousands are homeless and jobless. relief drives are underway led by Mayor John Hinchliffe.
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Paterson
N. J
John Hinchliffe
Danish West Indies Cession Treaty Details Report
Senate foreign relations committee backs the Danish West Indies cession with a statement noting 1900 U S exports to the islands worth 568 945 and imports from the United States totaling 624 524 The long history includes Denmark’s 1867 offer and prior US interest in annexation amid broader international events.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Danish West Indies
Senate
United States
Denmark
Irelands
Philippiers Targeted by Munson and Brisbe Plot
The dialogue outlines a plan by Munson and Brisbe to capture the Philippiers, indicating an intent to seize or apprehend a group described as the Philippiers. The exchange reveals strategic thinking and potential action.
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Munson
Philippiers
Brisbe
Calamity and Restoration After Destructive Fire in Paterson
The Paterson fire devastated the power house of the Jersey City Hoboken and Paterson Traction Co and spread into the business district. Firefighters from Paterson and nearby towns joined to halt the blaze, which raged through the night aided by a northerly gale. Loss was put at 15 million dollars as officials debated compensation and strategic island acquisitions tied to future US reach in Caribbean and Isthmian canal plans.
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Jersey City, Hoboken & Paterson Traction Company
Broadway
van Houten Street
van Houten
Main Streets
Main Street
Paterson
Seward
St. Thomas
St. John
Porto Rico
West Indies
Central America
South America
Caribbean Sea
American Isthmus
Atlantic
Pacific
Orinoco
Amazon
United States
Extended Monroe Doctrine urged for China and Philippines defense
Captain R. P. Hobson told the New Haven banquet crowd that the Monroe doctrine should be extended to the Philippines and to Pekin walls to keep China open to world trade as the United States did with Japan. He warned Europe faces a possible Slavic invasion and said the United States must be ready to act to prevent a general war, noting the need for a strong navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
United States
Europe
Smallpox Epidemic Declared in Reno Nev
Reno reports several new smallpox cases among whites and the state board of health declares an epidemic in the city The board will likely order public schools closed to prevent further spread
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Reno, Nev
Reno
State Board of Health
Church accident in Panama's Chiriqui claims lives
An incident at the Church of Herencitos in Chiriqui, Panama, caused 13 deaths and left 30 injured, prompting a swift response from local authorities.
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Panama
Herencitos
Chiriqui
Goldendale and Klickitat county raise 10000 for railroad to Portland
Citizens of Goldendale and Klickitat county raise 10000 for right of way to Portland. With funds secured for most of the 41 mile stretch to Lyle and few remaining parcels, grading may start within 30 days. Contracts pending, line to connect Klickitat valley farms expected to ship crops this year.
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Goldendale
Wash
Klickitat County
Portland
Lyle
Swale Canyon
Big Klickitat
Klickitat Valley
Subway blast in Park Avenue injures two
An explosion of dynamite in the Park Avenue subway between 41st and 42nd streets hurled a 30 pound rock through the Grand Union hotel plate glass and broke several windows. Two people sustained flying fragments injuries but none serious.
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New York
Park Avenue
Forty-first
Forty-second Streets
Grand Union Hotel
Flax mill advances boost Salem industry in Oregon
A brief review reports Salem’s flax mill secured as an assured fact, and Albany adds a chair factory. Roseburg plans a board of trade while Falls City forms Brown-Lucas Lumber with 60000 capital. Patent activity shows 126 Oregon patents, and Cedar State sees silver ore replacing lead.
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Salem
Brown-Lucas Lumber Company
Falls City
Market prices and notes from Walla Walla and region
A dense listing of farm staples with regional prices including wheat bluestem oats barley flour and hay plus dairy eggs and poultry rates. It notes a large towboat destined for the Mississippi, a British fire loss figure and new criminal penalties for arson in Trinidad. It ends with a trend of dry goods consolidation and wholesale pressures.
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London
St. Louis
Theodore Roosevelt
N.J
Herrera
Spain
Sampson
Schley
Germany
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
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Colorado School of Mines
Holland
Texas
Albany
N. Y
Roosevelt
Chicago
Newlands
Nevada
Cuba
Pittsburg
Dwight
Ill
Columbia River
Pacific Northwest
American Express Company
Knight Companion
O. R. & N. Portland Oriental
Nome
Waterbury, Conn
House Committee On Ways and Means
Waterbury
Conn
China
Prince Henry
Tiffany
Fergna County
Mont
American China Development Company
Ant
Mankew
Canton
Joseph R. Whitney
Oregon
Daily and Weekly Herald
Marion County
University of Oregon
Hobson
Pekin
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Portance
Commonwealth
Dalles
W. D. Jeffries
Willamette River
Roseburg
Board of Trade
Elgin
South Africa
Eliot
Harvard University
State University
Eugene
Linn County
Commissioner of Patents
Salem Public Schools
Pendleton
John Diamond
Diamond Peak
Coburg
Crystal Spring Mining Company
Grants Pass
Willamette Valley
Walla Walla
Graham
Mississippi
Great Britain
Hasing
Trinda
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