Miss Milo or The Witch of Monte Garlo Chapter Climax
In this chapter Merrick protects Constance as royalists close in around the quarry. The emboldened princess watches Count Leon and a wary President figure as Merrick confronts the mob with a weapon, intent on shielding Constance from danger. The scene hinges on Merrick’s defiant stand amid mounting upheaval and political intrigue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Orient
Occident
Mark Merrick
Merrick
Constancé
1Eir
Leon
Monsieur Jones
Constance
Abduction Attempt at Monte Carlo Escapes Amidst Clash
In a tense scene at Monte Carlo, Merrick fights off pursuers and wields a pistol as seven assailants close in. Constance cries out when his weapon is torn from him and he is overwhelmed, while Count Leons and Monaco’s entourage avert intervention as the triple abduction proceeds and guests drift back to the gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrick
Louis Napoleon
Kit
Constance
Mark
Leon
Jones
Monaco
Itig
Monte Carlo
Brose
Starry night standoff ends with Jones thwarting orleanist plot
In a coastal scene at Mentone the confrontation unfolds as Jones secretly commands from a beachhead while Count Leon negotiates surrender to spare Constance. A shootout is averted when a French voice yields, and Jones’s small force wins the night with strategic patience and restraint.
Monte Carlo Bank Breaker Jones and the Lost Cryptogram
The tale follows Jones who hid the priceless gaming system under Merrick’s coat. Loss of the cryptogram delays Monte Carlo’s doom, while Villebois vanishes and the couple Merrick and Constance wed in London. A London message mocks Jones’s prophecy as he faces further adventures.
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Jones
Merrick
Leon
Monte Carlo
Darragh
Villebois
Equatorial Africa
France
Seudan
New York
Styx
China
Mark
Napoleon
Rio Janeiro
Kruger
Transvaal
Mayor's fighting room to settle quarrels in Steubenville
The Steubenville mayor proposes a novel plan to settle petty women quarrels over back yard fences. He would lock the women in a fighting room for an hour of abuse, after which they would run down like clocks and then reconcile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubenville
Ohio
Land withdrawn in Colorado and Nebraska for first national reservoir
Telegraphic orders from Washington withdraw 890 townships totaling about 900000 acres in Weld, Washington, Logan, and Sedgwick Colorado counties and Cheyenne Nebraska from public entry. Hydrographer Newell recommended the site for a major reservoir under the irrigation law, triggering a preliminary survey to begin and potential government construction if approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling
United States Land Office
Interior Department
Washington
Weld
Logan
Sedgwick
Colorado
Cheyenne County
Nebraska
South Platte River
Snider
Julesburg
Newell
Secretaries Conclude McKinley Bill Settlement Talks
Secretary Shaw and Secretary Cortelyou finished a conference on paying McKinley illness death and interment costs. The Treasury sent notices to all recipients to file claims in regular form with vouchers. funds will be transmitted soon. No detailed expenditures will be made public until all claims are settled, then an announcement will cover the total.
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Shaw
Cortelyou
McKinley
Treasury Department
Congress
Armour & Co. Seizes Hammond Plants Across Regions
A Chicago report says Armour & Company absorbed the Hammond Packing Company and the G. H. Hammond Company. The G. H. Hammond firm carries 3.6 million in stock and 1.55 million in bonds with plants in Hammond Indiana South Omaha and Chicago. The Hammond Packing establishment is located in St. Joseph Missouri.
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Chicago
Armour & Co
Hammond Packing Company
G. H. Hammond Company
Hammond
Ind
South Omaha
St. Joseph
Four Farmers Fined For Out Of Season Prairie Chickens
Four prominent farmers near O Neill were fined 85 dollars plus costs for shooting seventeen prairie chickens out of season. John P Jerry and the Sul livan brothers were arrested by Chief Game Warden Simpkins after a Sunday incident and tried Monday, receiving a $5 per bird penalty. Only two birds were old. the rest were young and nearly unable to fly, raising concerns over the breeding stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Neill
Simpkins
John P. Jerry
Mike
Patrick Sullivan
Federalists in Porto Rico discuss party name change
A large Porto Rico convention met in San Juan on Tuesday to decide whether to rename the party. Resolutions denounce the Foraker law, back President Roosevelt, and pledge support to the administration and the U S Republican Party. leaders include Munoz Rivera and Francisco Acunaga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porto ‘Rico
San Juan
Roosevelt
Munoz Rivera
Francisco Acunag
American Federal Party
Republican Party
United States
Woman dies saving collie on Illinois Central tracks
Mrs Ellen Wright wife of a prominent La Salle resident lost her life Tuesday while rescuing her collie from an oncoming passenger train. She leaped to save the dog near the Illinois Central tracks south of La Salle but could not escape and was crushed by the train. Her sister Mrs John Madison witnessed the tragedy.
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Ellen Wright
la Salle
Ill
John Madison
Library funding offered for Lorraine Ohio project
Andrew Carnegie has offered to give $30,000 for the building of a library in Lorraine Ohio on the usual conditions. Sparks From the Wives Edward Moyer aged 14 was killed by being thrown from a horse at Jacksonville Indiana. W R Wells was hanged at Atlanta Georgia for the murder of a blind man Frederick Pierce last February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Moyer
Jacksonville
Imperial Hand Bell Ringers at Epworth Assembly
The Imperial Hand Bell Ringers directed by H G Shipp will perform at the Epworth assembly in Lincoln Park from August 6 to 14. The group features a 110 bell set from London and unaccompanied string quartets via mandola and mandocello, promising a high musical standard.
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Sembly
Epworth
Imperial Hand
H.G. Shipp
Shipp Bros
London
England
Lincoln Park
Turkey declines naping of Miss Stone case
United States Minister Leishman presses Turkey over the Stone kidnapping case. Tewfik Pasha replies that brigands were from eastern Roumelia and negotiations occurred in Bulgaria, so Turkey cannot act against outsiders outside Turkish jurisdiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Stone
United States
Leishman
Buried Treasure Tale Aboard the Hermann Sails South Seas
The schooner Hermann sails from San Francisco on a voyage billed as leisure but rumored to pursue buried treasure valued at 70 million dollars. Captain James Brown of the Atlantic coast leads the ship with four or five companions, while locals recount a mutinous crew hiding the treasure on a Japanese vessel.
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Hermann
San Francisco
South Seas
James Brown
Atlantic Coast
Paducah Woman Fatally Shot by Teen Son in Accidental Firearm Tragedy
Mrs. Saul C. Vaughan, 64, a Paducah society figure, was accidentally shot in the stomach by Vaughan Dabney, 13, with a Flobert rifle. The youth, overwhelmed by grief, attempted suicide and required an opiate for relief.
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Saul
C. Vaughan
Paducah
Flobert
Vaughan Dabney
Quivera Monument Unveiling Planned at Logangrove
A program announces the unveiling of the Quivera monument at Logangrove Junction City Kas on August 12 Captain Robert Henderson of Junction City funds the memorial for the Quivera Historical Society to commemorate Coronado's 1541 Kansas march Professor J W Bromer of St Paul will unveil the monument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quivera
Logangrove
Junction City
Kas
Robert Henderson
Quivera Historical Society
Kansas
J. W. Bromer
St. Paul
Tragic Rejected Suitor Fatally Shoots Self in Cleveland
Frederick Morrison of Salem Ohio, riding with Miss Mary Cowley on Miles avenue, Cleveland, drew a revolver and shot himself after Miss Cowley refused his marriage proposal. Morrison died shortly afterward, with the tragedy stemming from unrequited attentions he had expressed for some time.
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Frederick Morrison
Salem
Ohio
Miles Avenue
Cleveland
Mary Cowley
Morrison
Miss Cowley
Cuban Cabinet Resignations Prompt New Nominees
Emilio Terry resigns as secretary of agriculture and Diaz steps down as public works chief. President Palma is to receive the resignations. Reports say two senators Manuel Sanguilly and ex Governor Doliz of Rio Del Pinar have been asked to fill the vacancies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emilio Terry
Palma
Diaz
Manuel Sanguilly
Doliz
Rio del Pinar
President Seeks Panama Canal Guidance From Captain C
President Roosevelt desires a Wednesday consult with Captain C a retired navy chief engineer from the Spanish War era. The discussion focuses on geographical and climatic conditions on the Isthmus of Panama and their bearing on the canal project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.’ J. McConnell
Roosevelt
Panama
Canal
Cholera Flare in Tokio and Painter Whistler Recovering
Foreign cables report cholera outbreak in Tokio to the state department while American painter James McNeill Whistler telegraphs London that he has nearly recovered from illness. The Münster academy gains university status by Emperor William's decree. A naval court finds no blame for Illinois grounding at Christiana harbor.
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Buch
Tokio
State Department
James McNeill Whistler
London
Academy of
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