Runaway Paris Car Sways Toward Plunging Crash
In Paris Bois de Boulogne a runaway automobile bears a striking young passenger, Princess Irene Olgovitch. A bicyclist heroically thwarts the craft, leaping to the vehicle and aiding the driver and the stunned beauty. Jones, perched on a rock, greets the rescuer as Merrick reads the rescuer’s card and notes the princess’s fame and danger.
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Jones
Bois de Boulogne
Paris
Licketty
Warsaw
Irene Olgovitch
Nicholas
Merrick
Monte Carlo scheme draws in Merrick in Paris
Jones and Merrick discuss a bold plan to steal a magical paper containing Darragh’s Monte Carlo breaking method. The dialogue reveals past adventures in Buenos Aires and the Plata river and hints at a partnership in a high stakes gaming caper in Paris.
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Merrick
Jones
Buenos Ayres
South America
the Plata
London
South Africa
Paris
Monte Carlo
Europe
Lost Monte Carlo scheme leads to Paris rendezvous
In a tense exchange two men plot to uncover Darragh s vanished system for beating casinos. Merrick joins Jones in the pursuit after Darragh s presumed death and a treasure document travels from Seville to Paris as they vow to secure the paper despite Count Villebois and Russian allies.
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Jones
Monte Carlo
Darragh
Algiers
Leon Villebois
Seville
Salt River
Merrick
Mediterranean
Naples
Paria
Senate Defeats Drastic Chinese Exclusion Bill Substitute Passed
The Senate rejected the draconian Chinese exclusion measure and replaced it with a Platt Connecticut substitute extending current exclusion rules to all insular territories. The vote was 48 to 3 on the substitute with 76 to 1 final approval after amendments, permitting limited exemptions for nationals at exhibitions and requiring ID certificates for Chinese in insular possessions.
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Pacific States
Senate
Platt
Connecticut
Insular
United States
Hoar
Friends of the Substitute
Supreme court affirms ruling in bucket shop case
The Holinois supreme court approves the appellate court decision in Central Stock and Grain exchange versus the Chicago board of trade and Cleveland and Western Union Telegraph. It held the injunction against cutting market quotations lawful and that the markets breached the state law in business conduct.
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Holinois Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Central Stock and Grain Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
Cleveland and Western Union
Central Exchange
Cook County
Board of Trade
Appellate Court
Farmers Save $12,000 Through Solomon Cooperative
The Farmers' Co-operative of Solomon Kansas reports its first year closed with wheat 234,538 bushels oats 3,750 bushels bran 140,000 pounds shorts 57,000 pounds mill feed 24,000 pounds binding twine 25,000 pounds. Total business $168,061 with wheat savings to farmers at least four cents a bushel totaling $9,380 and undivided profits of $4,216 on hand.
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Co-Operative Aaso
Solomon
Kan
Farmers’ Co-operative Association of
Chinese forces face unrest as rebels threaten imperial troops
Authorities fear for safety of imperial troops opposing Kwangsi rebels near Canton. Lack of communication with Marshal Su and General Ma raises anxiety as reports say rebels may have surrounded the forces. A courier says over 2,000 imperial troops were ambushed in a defile, with many killed or captured. The viceroy has asked Pekin for reinforcements.
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Canton
China
Marshal Su
Pekin
Horrible Massacre in Diabekir as Armenians Heavy Fight
Kurdish irregulars commanded by Ibraham Pasha attempted to drive Armenians from Diabekir Kurdistan but were repelled. A heavy battle ensued and a Christian quarter was massacred by Kurds totaling about 300. Turks and Kurds suffered many casualties. Armenian reinforcements held the line.
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Ibraham
Pasha
Diabekir
Kurdistan
Boers Hold Out For Amnesty In Cape Peace Talks
A London dispatch says the cabinet met urgently at the foreign office as peace negotiators debate the scope of general amnesty for Cape Colony rebels. Politicians fear a hitch in the talks over amnesty terms.
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Cape Colony
London
Foreign Office
Kansas Woman Acquitted in Booth Murder Trial
Marie Stanley eighteen on trial in Ottawa Kansas accused of killing James B Booth an aged war veteran. Jury returns not guilty verdict after Booth body found in a well January 16 near Mary McCoy home. Evidence linked Mary McCoy and relatives to the case with bloodstains tied to the McCoy house.
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Marie Stanley
Ottawa
Kan
James B. Booth
Booth
Mary
McCoy
Blodd- Beaing
Stanley
Bessie
Bessie. Browning
Conger Expected to Retire from Mission
The report says Minister Conger will retire from his post with the Chinese court and that President Roosevelt may appoint W. W. Rockhill to succeed him. White House visitors indicate Rockhill was discussed as Conger’s replacement during Conger’s U.S. visit, though the president may abandon the plan.
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Conger
White House
Roosevelt
W. W. Rockhill
United States
Mr. Rockhill
Cuban Constitution Published and May 20 Inaugural Holiday
The Havana Official Gazette publishes the Cuban constitution with an order convening the new government. The order states the constitutional convention will meet in Havana May 5 to examine credentials and count the electoral vote. May 20, Estrada Palma’s inauguration is designated a special holiday.
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Havana
Congress
Senor Estrada Palma
Government circular backs women in civil service
A Washington dispatch reports the civil service commission has championed women’s employment rights. It notes a general bias toward men in government jobs and explains the commission’s circular to department heads urging an end to unequal treatment, though it cannot force appointments.
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Civil Service Commission
Washington Dispatch
Proctor
Lincoln robbery targets Pacific Express clerk near Thirteenth Street
Bert A. Strayer, a Pacific Express clerk in Lincoln, was held up by a white man and a Black man near Thirteenth and R streets. They stole 140 dollars and his watch before returning it with a warning. Strayer reported to police who searched the area overnight but did not locate the suspects.
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Bert A. Strayer
Pacific Express Company
Lincoln
Thirteenth
R Streets
Strayer
Belgian Socialists Push for Universal Suffrage Amid Strike Spread
The Belgian strike broadens among miners and workers with 200000 men expected to join. Socialists plan a formal demand in the chamber for universal suffrage, fearing rejection will trigger serious consequences as the government censors telegrams.
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Chamber
Stabbing at Long Pine Involves Two Local Boys
At Long Pine Nebraska Guy Given the eldest son of John Given was stabbed in the back and spine by Charlie Castle son of J C Castle hardware merchant on their way home from school Tuesday evening. The Given boy lies critically ill at home and Castle’s son has not been arrested. Both youths are under fifteen.
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Long Pine
Neb
Guy Given
John Given
Charlie Castle
J. C. Castle
Given
Castle
Calf with Two Heads Noted at Nebraska Stock Farm
A calf born at W. E. Bryson’s stock farm northeast of Adams Nebraska attracted wide attention. It has two heads two skulls four eyes and appears to have two ears with the inner ones joined. The animal is alive and hearty.
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W. E. Bryson
Adams, Neb
Oska loosa Votes to Expand City Limits
A special election in Oska loosa, Louisiana, approved extending the city limits by about one thousand acres beyond the gold city. The move adds roughly 2,500 residents, swelling the population to about 12,000.
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Oskaloosa
Zenas W Bliss Dies in El Paso
Zenas W Bliss founder of the prohibition free park movement in Chicago and New York died in El Paso Texas from asthma after arriving from the east. He was a compiler of Webster's unabridged dictionary and spent many years in the work.
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Zénas .W. Bliss
Zenas W. Bliss
Chicago
New York
el Paso
Tex
Fire Destroys Homes In Wallin Branch Village
A blaze at a Wallin Kentucky home killed Mrs Wallace King and her two children. The fire engulfed one store and two houses about fifteen miles from Frankfort. Unknown cause starts the fire and results in an $8,000 financial loss.
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Wallace
EL ‘King
Wallin
Frankfort
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