Love and Treachery at Duval Gallery and Garden
An American nabor plans revenge as the Marquis visits M. Duval in London seeking a cache of miniatures. He meets Dona Juanita at Lady Catherwood's garden party and recalls the past with Dona Juanita and Senorita Barrajo, while plotting against a ruined lover and a betrayed vow. The chapter closes with a renewed encounter looming.
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Marquis
Livermore
Lady Catherwood
Catherwood Conservatory
Catherwood
Senorita Juanita
Gautarica
Barrajo
Pedro
Senor
Jack
San Jose
Senorita
Barrato
Don Pedro
Dona Juanita
England
The Modern Monte Cristo and London’s Fateful Gamble
In London two weeks bring the Marquis of Montezuma fame with daily newspaper accounts and invitations. Captain Livermore and Hon Prentice Langford renew acquaintance with the American Midas, but luck deserts him as he gambles away funds and stakes all in a final bid for fortune.
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Marquis’ of
Montezuma
London
Peason
Livermore
Prentice ‘Langford
Midas
In England a Sphinx like Jack meets Dona Juanita
In a chapter set in England the Marquis of Montezuma overlooks a chance encounter with Dona Juanita as she reveals recognition of Jack. The scene uses poised dialogue and subtle tension about lingering plans and secrecy in a host’s drawing room.
Germany adds eight hundred physicians since 1900
Germany now has about 28 175 physicians up from 27 375 in 1900. The increase reflects steady growth in medical staffing over the period.
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Germany
Violently Insane Fullerton Minister Confined After Escape
E. O. Elliott, a Methodist minister and Fullerton resident for years, has become violently insane and is jailed awaiting insanity board action. He suffers epilepsy and early morning escaped from a second story room in the Fullerton National bank building, claiming a white dressed black woman tossed him out. Sheriff Davis arrested him after the bank cashier raised the alarm.
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E. O. Elliott
Fullerton
Board of Insanity
Fullerton National Bank
Miller
Bank
El-iott
Sheriff Davis
Filliett
Indians in Washington Delegation of Winnebagos
A Winnebago delegation led by Harry Ray John A Logan and George White visited Washington to press tribal welfare issues They urged settlement of a land payment due from lands ceded while Iowa location and protested the retention of agent Matthewson and middleman led land leases The group praised Congressman Robinsons stance on the land and agent matters
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Winnebago
Washington
Harry Ray
John A. Logan
George White
Congressman Robinson
Indian Department
Iowa
Nebraska
Matthewson
Boer Victory In South African Convoy Battle Described
Telegrams from London report February 24 near Klerksdorp where 467 British troops guarding a convoy were overwhelmed after a third Boer assault. General Delarey coordinated a fierce push, mules fled under fire, and Northumberland fusiliers broke free only to be overpowered again as wagons burned and casualties mounted.
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London
Klerksdorp
Delavey
Northumberland Fusiliers
Delarey
Rescue Bodies of Dead Friends From Thunder Mountain
A Boise special reports prospectors reached town after a fourteen day trek through snow to recover the bodies of Bert Tullis formerly of Telluride Colorado and two others Campbell and Sykes killed in a Thunder Mountain snowslide. The corpses were frozen and wrapped in hides as they were hauled over mountain passes amid extreme hardship.
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Boise
Idaho
Thunder Mountain
Bert Tullis
Telluride
Col
Campbell
Sykes
Street Car Strike Paralyzes Norfolk Streets
A mob of 500 strike sympathizers blocked the main line of the Norfolk Railway and Light company in Norfolk Virginia from noon until dark. Police failed to control the crowd as cars operated under military guard and were moved to barns. martial law will be declared. Four infantry companies from Emporia Suffolk Smithfield and Franklin were ordered out, forming the full Seventy first regiment.
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Norfolk
Norfolk Railway
Emporia
Suffoll
Smithfield
Franklin
Milwaukee Rooming House Deaths Attributed To Accidental Asphyxiation
Two adults, Gus Wehner of a Chicago publishing house and Madge Pfeffer of Edgerton Wisconsin, were found dead in a Milwaukee rooming house. Death was ruled accidental from asphyxiation. Pfeffer had been in Milwaukee since last fall attending a business college and the pair had known each other about a month.
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Gus ‘Wehner
Chicago
Madge Pfeffer
Edgerton, Wis
Milwaukee
Miss. Pfeffer
Convention of O Cattlemen At Denver Sees Talks On Public Lands
The American Cattle Growers Association held its second annual convention in Denver on March 4. F C Lusk presided as hundreds of delegates listened to welcomes by Governor Orman and Mayor Wright. A C Cleveland of Nevada responded. Lusk urged Congress to regulate leasing of the public domain noting harm from free grazing on public lands.
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American Cattle Growers’ Association
Denver
Colo
F. C. Lusk
Orman
Wright
A. C. Cleveland
Nevada
Lusk
Boers Arranged for Purely Unofficial Washington Reception
Messrs Wessels and Wolmorans with Montagu White consul general for the South African republics in New York arranged for a purely unofficial reception by Secretary Hay at Washington. The Boers are described as private citizens of another country visiting the United States. The delegates declined to state their mission and prospects for official recognition, noting several proposals under consideration with no decision yet made.
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Messrs. Wessels and
Wolmorans
Montagu White
New York
Hayat
Washington
United States
Department of ‘State
Accidentally Shot Leaves Teen Wounded in Arm
Arnold reports fourteen year old Frank Allen was accidentally shot while hunting with Roy Hansberry. The gun slipped and discharged, striking Allen below the elbow and narrowly missing Hansberry’s head. Allen was taken home for a doctor who removed about an inch and a half of bone, leaving him likely crippled.
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Arnold
Frank Allen
Young Allen
Roy Hansberry
Hansberry
Allen
Marching on Jail Sparks Race Tension in Marion Alabama
An organized mob of Black people is marching toward Marion to confront the county jail and attempt the release of two Black inmates. Local citizens form a "soldiery" and thousands of men are ready under arms, with one inmate Luke Sanders reportedly facing a hanging.
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Marion
Ala
Luke Sanders
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Somer & ‘Lucrn
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Mazette
Strand
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Duval
M. Duval
Monsieur
M’sieur
Monte Cristo
Marquis of Montezuma
Genor
Ney
Convention of
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