A Remarkable Tale of Love and Revenge
In a London home Fedora confronts Jack Livermore’s past and the marquis’s plot to ruin him. Jack reveals Fedora’s former betrothal to Jack, her marriage to the captain, and a lifelong quest for vengeance. He offers mercy yet warns that her children must bear the consequences of their mother’s sins.
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West Brompton
Livermores
Lstener
Mexico
Livermore
Jack
Captain Livermore
Lion of the Hour
London
Fedora
Ophir
Bolomon
Central American’ Republic
Spain
Madrid
Heaven
Ake
The Marquis Faces Love and Betrayal in a Quiet Knock
In Chapter XXI the marquis debates forgiving or pursuing past misdeeds as love awakens for the miniature painter. A startling ally turns foe when Wedora shocks him, delivered by a hotel servant bearing a silver card late that evening. The scene ends with a cliffhanger.
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San Jose
Marquis
Wedora
Patrick Convicted in Rice Murder Trial in Nine Weeks
Albert T. Patrick lawyer was convicted of murder in the September 2 1900 case against the aged Texan millionaire Herman Melville Rice. The jury deliberated three hours after a nine week trial, finding Patrick conspired with Rice's valet Charles F. Jones to obtain Rice's $7 000 000 estate, with Jones alleged to have killed Rice by chloroform at Patrick's instruction.
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Albert T. Patrick
Hiam Marsh Rice
New York
Patrick
Lynching in La Junta and brutal assault under investigation
A mob in La Junta hanged W H Wallace a Black Pullman porter from an electric light pole after a fourty four thousand strong crowd hunted him all day. Meanwhile Mrs H H Miller traveling from Los Angeles to Denver was severely assaulted in Santa Fe yards by an alleged porter with bloodhounds later identifying Wallace. Miller remained critical and investigators say past assaults may link to a single suspect.
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W. H. Wallace
Court House
Ja .Junta
Colo
H. H. Miller
Washington H. Wallace
Denver
la Junta
Wallace
Sedalia
Bigamist Nelson Arrested in Missouri on Bigamy Charge
Christian C. Nelson, a railroad contractor and horseman, is jailed in St Joseph on a bigamy charge after returning from San Antonio. He reportedly wed Mary A Parker in September in St Joseph and claims three wives while denying ten others. A Chicago San Francisco Des Moines New York and other city warrants exist. Dorothy Harvey of Des Moines is named as one of the wives who he allegedly wooed and duped by selling her home to fund horses.
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Christian C. Nelson
St. Joseph
San Antonio
Tex
Nelson
Mary A. ‘Parker
Plattsburg
Chicago
San Francisco
Des Moines
New York
St. Paul
Sumter
D. C
Conway
Ark
Must Stay in Jail Judge Denies Writ in Bastardy Case
District Judge Jessen refused George Peters habeas corpus and remanded him to jail to satisfy the 1897 bastardy judgment of 1200 dollars to Minnie Killian. A new trial motion was overruled. Peters paid 275 dollars, claimed as full settlement via a misrepresented agreement without the plaintiff’s attorney knowledge. court ordered the 275 applied to the prior judgment.
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Liberty
Jessen
District Court of
Als County
George Peters
A. J. Graves
Turkers and Macedonians Clash in Park Accident
Tim Clark, captain of the high school football team, delivered a wild shot put throw in a park practice in Altilnton Indiana. The 12 pound ball struck 8 year old Hugh Callahan in the head, causing a fractured skull and death within minutes.
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Atlinton
Tim Clark
Hugh Callahan
Cecil Rhodes Dies Peacefully in Capetown
Cecil Rhodes died in Capetown South Africa at 5 57 p m after remaining conscious until 6 65 p m He suffered two successive heart failures the immediate cause of death was heart failure.
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Cecil Rhodes
Capetown
S. A
Rhodes
Six Die in Cleveland Gas Light Cave-In at Main Street Plant
A cave-in at the Cleveland Gas Light and Coke plant on Main Street buried six workers under a clay bank. Thirty five or more men labored at the excavation for a new building. Wives and children rushed to the scene as rescue efforts continued.
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Main Street
Cleveland Gas Light and Coke Company
Congress Unseats Rhea and Seats Moss in House
The House votes by a ten vote margin to unseat Kentucky Democrat Rhea and seat J. McKenzie Moss, formerly a Democrat, who aligns with the Republicans on key issues. The GOP majority stands at forty three, with only Hanbury and Vreeland voting with Democrats. others abstained or did not vote.
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Rhea
House
Mr. Rhea
Kentucky
J. McKenzie Moss
Hanbury and Vreeland
New York
Kansas Doctor Acquitted in Garden City Case
Robert E. Gray of Garden City was acquitted by a Chicago jury after a fort night on trial for causing the death of Miss Irma Brown of Garden City by alleged malpractice. The state argued the operation caused her death, while Gray claimed death resulted from complications after a fall.
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Kansas
Robert E. Gray
Garden City
Who
Criminal Court of
Chicago
Irma Brown
Gray
Cuban post office embezzlement cases reach Havana court
Trials before the audencia court in Havana on embezzlement of Cuban postal funds conclude withSentences for Co F W Neely ten years imprisonment and fine of 356701 Reeves ten years imprisonment and fine of 25510 Rathbone ten years imprisonment and fine of 35324 all ordered by the audencia court as outcomes of the cases.
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Audencia Court
Havana
F. W. Neely
W. H. Reeves
Estes G. Rathbone
Army reorganization assigns MacArthur Funston Robbé to new departments
By presidential decision Maj. Gen. Arthur MacArthur is placed in command of the Department of the Lakes with headquarters in Chicago. Brig. Gen. Frederick Funston takes command of the Department of Colorado based in Denver. Brig. Gen. William A. Robbé is assigned to command the Department of Dakota with headquarters at St. Paul.
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Funston
Arthur MacArthur
Department of the Lakes
Chicago
Frederick ‘Funston
Department of Colorado
Denver
Department of Dakota
St. "Paul
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Ceel. Rhodes
Negro
Col
Bigamist
Mr. Nelson
B.joseph
Cleveland
Sofia
Sistovia
Kasetoria
Eropean
Turkey
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