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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1902
Page
8
The marquis, moneyed but restless, hunts the American nabob in London while a poverty driven woman and her aunt face ruin in a shabby attic. A gas poisoned chamber reveals the desperate peril behind wealth and ambition.
In June London bears witness to a grand jubilee for Queen Victoria while a mysterious, wealthy figure known as Don Juan de Overton or the Marquis of Montezuma draws attention. Captain Maurice Livermore and a clubman discuss the enigmatic traveler who spends as freely as vast fortunes allow. Rumor places his wealth at over twenty million pounds.
The marquis acts decisively in a London attic scene, bursting through a locked door to rescue two women from smoke. He frees air by opening a window and dousing the burning stove, then carries the younger woman to safety and checks the older companion for signs of life. The episode ends with a faint return of hope as the rescued couple stir.
A man who aims to be a good lover observes a string of failed relationships ending in heartbreak, as his efforts to please others lead to personal losses and emotional consequences.
Frank Bauer aged twenty seven is found dead by hanging from a tree on his father's Seribneng- Nees area farm after a period of dementia following typhoid fever. A coroner's inquest returns a verdict of temporary mental aberration and absolves the family of blame.
Crazy Snake also known as Chitto Hargo and nine followers were sentenced at Muskoge Indian Territory to two years in the United States penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth Kansas and fined 5000 dollars each on a conspiracy against the government. The group led a resistance to the Dawes commission allotment in the Creek nation and blocked government actions in Indian Territory. Crazy Snake previously led an uprising that required troops from Fort Sill and his arrest last week for inciting further violence. Other leaders named include Gilbert Johnson Kotlea James Abraham Mo Intosh Dortis Mitchell Louis Harjo Squirrel John Timothy George Simmons Little Tiger.
The suffrage bill introduced by Senator Allyn passed the Iowa Senate by twenty eight to sixteen with six absent or not voting. The house had approved it two years earlier but the Senate later killed the measure.
In Norfolk Nebraska two men were jailed after a break in at the Fair store. Goods including an Oxford porter and overcoat were found in their possession. A door was broken open during the incident. George Carson, linked to the house where one man was found, is jailed on complicity charges and will stand trial.
A dispatch from The Hague reports Queen Wilhelmina may take a prolonged rest in the south upon medical advice to restore her health. The correspondent notes the States General will convene to appoint a regent during her absence to govern the country.
Albert W Marriele, veteran journalist of the Black Hills press, died of pneumonia at Deadwood. He was sixty two years old and a Civil War veteran who began the Deadwood Pioneer in 1876, one of the early Dakota newspapers in the frontier region.
The president appointed Myron McCorn, a former Wisconsin representative, as marshal of Arizona, replacing Benjamin Daniels whose commission was recently revoked.
Miss Ellen M. Stone reports from Ristovatz that she and Mrs Tsilka and their infant daughter Elena were freed by local Bulgarians near Strumitza. They traveled to Salonica with escort and await reuniting with Mr Tsilka. grateful for prayers, gifts, and welcome from friends in the region.
Miss Eva Wiseman a Rice School teacher is killed in her classroom by Fletcher Barnett who then shoots himself. Barnett, 23, declared You have ruined me before firing a public safety pistol. Barnett dies after leaping into a 20 foot well. Pupil Bert Hopewell tried to intervene. Wiseman was a Camargo native and Tutte Normal School graduate.
Vic Walker, a deposed colored cab king of Omgha Ward Three, was beaten by Officer Martin who had orders to arrest him. The officer found Walker in a restaurant at 1123 Dodge Street and alleged he possessed a revolver. The weapon was seized and Walker was left bloodied, spending the night in a cell.
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