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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1900
Page
8
In a tense Indian setting Don presses Lillie to marriage to shield her from threats and loneliness. She resists briefly, troubled by her father and a past suitor, yet his insistence and emotion break her resolve as a kiss seals a complex consent. The scene blends peril, duty, and yearning.
The wedding of Don and Lillie Gordon closes in England style as Don departs for Bombay. Prince Clement Sing confronts Lillie with a deadly accusation that Captain Gordon shot Captain Dermont, revealing a threat to unmask the husband at the door as Don returns in full dress uniform.
Lady Violet Greville recalls Victoria era constraints on married women and public behavior. She notes women once needed maids for outings and that driving alone drew social stigma. She argues progress now allows women to do almost anything.
Pretoria reports General Piet Joubert died last night at 11:30 after a stomach illness, peritonitis cited by a London dispatch. Funeral planned for Thursday, with a state funeral possible. successor likely General Louis Botha. Capetown speech praised Joubert as brave and honorable, a long-time foe of the British.
On the fourth day of Caleb Powers examining trial in Frankfort Kentucky the court room was cleared except for attorneys reporters and court officers. Defense counsel consulted then called County Attorney Polsgrove and Governor Brown announced no defense testimony would be offered. Brown argued that Taylor's pardon barred prosecution but the motion to dismiss was overruled. Bail was requested while Judge Moore held Powers over without bail for Franklin county grand jury review.
In Hot Springs North Carolina three drunken men J W Floyd Guy Turner and Duke Lamb terrorized streets firing at passersby Deputy J W Paris was shot in the head and seriously wounded Bystander Richard Ralston sustained abdominal wounds that could prove fatal Floyd was wounded in the arm by Chief Rector All three suspects were jailed and fears were raised of mob action against them
Wesley White, about ten miles west of Gering, Neb., was thrown from a vicious broncho and instantly killed. He was the son of Mr and Mrs W H White, well known citizens.
Secretary Hay confirmed England apologized for opening Consul Macrum's mail at Pretoria after a talk with Rep Berry of Kentucky. Berry described the confession as grounding Macrum's charges on three opened letters and Salisbury investigation leading to a Pauncefote apology. The House Foreign Affairs Committee plans a public hearing open to all members within days.
At Omaha on March 28 the Attorney General Smyth filed for appeal in the habeas corpus case of soldiers Fair and Jockens, granted previously. He cites fourteen errors, main one contending an officer order cannot shield criminal proceedings unless its illegality is clear on its face. Prisoners entered recognizance of $1,000 each for appearance if appeal loses.
Testimony in the Horlocker poisoning case at Hastings began with Prosecuting Attorney McCreary for the state and Judge Ragan for the defense. The defense did not finish before adjournment, with Attorney Button, Batty, Stevens, and McCreary remaining to present arguments in the next session.
The body of Miss Annie Lamb was found floating on the Thames five miles below Norwich Connecticut. Earlier, on January 24, she and Frederick Moll, a tailor she worked for, disappeared and were missing until last Monday when Moll's body was recovered at the same location.
Perry Perego, accused of wounding Charles Hanson twice in Franklin Nebraska last Monday, was bound over to the criminal court by Judge Miller in the sum of 500 dollars.
Admiral Dewey served as guest of honor at St. Augustine Florida in the most elaborate banquet to date hosted by General Joseph M. Schofield. The event highlighted military figures and local pageantry reflecting ceremonial grandeur of the era.
Harvey L. Goodall also known as Harvey D Goodall, longtime publisher and proprietor of the Drovers Journal, died in Chicago from heart failure after a long career in agricultural journalism.
Ex congressman and prominent lawyer W H Stanton died in Scranton Pennsylvania at age 56. He was a former leader in the Greenback Labor party. A separate note mentions a Baron D Al esandro invention claiming nets to lessen sea wave motion. claimed more effective than others for the same purpose.
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