Marquis of Montezuma Encounters Old Friend in London Passage
The Marquis reunites with McGregor, learns of a risky plan, and grants a temporary loan as he navigates danger from blackmailers. Juanita’s presence raises tension while Mazette’s fate tugs at his loyalties as he contemplates vengeance and future fortune in London society.
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Madrid
Marquis of
Montezuma
New World
Mother Earth
Mazette
Iris
Marquis of Montezuma
Senorita Juanita
Dona Juanita
Senor Jack
Senorita
London
Senor
Jack
A. Ab
Helle.of
San Jose
Marquis in London Booking Scramble Ends in Wild Intervention
A street brawl involving a marquis and three London footpads erupts in a narrow lane. An outsider bursts in with extraordinary strength, freeing the marquis and scattering the assailants. The muscular savior, a red bearded man, cheers the crowd and identifies himself as Donald McGregor.
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Kilkenny
London
Donald
McGregor
Aweel
Mazette Discovers Truth About Nobility in Studio
In a tense studio scene Mazette learns the marquis is not blind, and tears reveal mortification and relief. He explains his hidden identity served a purpose, while she fears consequences and questions the rightness of the revelation. They reaffirm their friendship.
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Mazette
Marone
Marquis
Jack
Chapter XX Mystery of the Vanished Livermores
The marquis keeps track of the Movements of the Livermores who vanished from the sphere they once adorned. The chapter hints at a mystery that continues as the tale unfolds.
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Fegora
Echoes of Hollow Words Resonate as Mockery
A brief proverb-like line suggests that many men's words echo back as empty mocks rather than meaningful deeds. The phrase reflects skepticism about promised actions lacking substance, implying a critique of rhetoric over results.
Bodies Missing After Platte River Tragedy South of Schuyler
Mrs Frank Rima and her niece drowned when two buggies met on a narrow Platte River bridge two miles south of Schuyler Nebraska. About one hundred citizens search the river by boat for the bodies as authorities investigate the accident.
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Frank Rima
Butler County
Platte River
Schuyler
Neb
Otis testifies on Philippines peace after 1900 withdrawal
Major General Otis tells a senate committee that after leaving the Philippines in May 1900 the army had defeated Aguinaldo's forces and calm prevailed through May and June. He notes limited resistance, rising trade, and court activity in Luzon while criticizing native officers for cruelty to captives. He predicts possible future trouble but says most in Manila want peace and calls for native police to enforce stability.
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Otis
Senate Committee On the Philippines
Philippines
Aguinaldo
Luzon
Supreme Court
Culbertson
Hale
Manila
United States
British consul seeks police protection in New Orleans
George Van Sittart, the British consul, declares his life and property in danger from SHoers and Boer sympathizers. He appeals to the mayor and police chief for protection after anonymous threats grow and suspicious individuals linger near his office and home. Journee will investigate and grant protection if grounds exist. Police protection recently extended to British mule stations at the request of British officers and Secretary Hay.
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George van Sittart
New Orleans
Journee
Van
Stuart
Hay
Prince Henry Returns to German Soil
Prince Henry of Prussia lands in Germany after a celebrated Atlantic voyage. The return is marked by pomp and imperial endorsement as the prince’s American mission concludes amid clear skies following an overcast day.
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Prince Henry
Prussia
Germa
Boer Laager Captured Near Vryheid by Gen Hamilton
General Bruce Hamilton seized a small Boer laager east of Vryheid in southeastern Transvaal. Four Boers were killed, six wounded, and seventeen captured including General Emmett, brother in law to General Botha. Lord Kitchener reports eleven more Boers killed, seven wounded, 158 prisoners taken and 126 surrendered during the week.
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Bruce Hamilton
Vryheid
Transvaal
Botha
Emmett
Lord Kitchener
Vatican Treasury Looting Trial Begins in Secular Court
The Vatican Treasury theft trial opens before a secular panel of three officials. Charges allege thefts from the Vatican treasury totaling £16,000, a first for the Holy See to face a secular tribunal. Claims from La Patria say about 2320,000, largely the pope’s personal property, was embezzled.
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Vatican
Patria
Lincoln hosts corn improvers association formation
A Lincoln meeting organized a corn improvers association with 35 statewide attendees. Lee Smith of De Soto chaired, T. L. Lyon of the state university served as secretary. Officers elected include presidents and district vice presidents plus a secretary treasurer. A plan for cooperative field experiments with the experiment station was authorized.
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Lincoln
Lee “Smith
de Soto
Washington County
T. L.~ Lyon
State University
Ilee Smith
Doniphan
Hall County
Ififth
Cobeldirk
Alma
Harlan County
T. W. de Long
Ainsworth
Brown County
T. L. Lyon
Lancaster County
Chinese Rebellion Forces General Ma Defeated in Two Day Fight
Rebels of Kwang Si capture Fang Cheng after a two day engagement that drove General Ma from the field. Imperial troops in Kwang Si Kwang Tung Yun Nan provinces face spreading unrest as passes block reinforcements. Rebel Hung Ming, kin to Hung Sou Chuen, leads incursions with soldiers swayed by higher pay and loot.
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Kwang Si
Fang Cheng
Feng Chuan
Kwang Tung
Yun Nan
Kwang Chou
Marshal Su
Tien
Chow
General Ma
Kao Chou
Hung Ming
Hung Sou Chuen
Rebels Victory Reported in Southern Provinces
Rebels continue crushing imperial troops in the south as Generals Ma and Su admit suppression is impossible with current forces. The viceroy of Canton asks Yuan Shi Kai for overland reinforcements from Chi Li. Imperial troops are defeated at Sek Shing in Kwang Tung while rebels hold Foo Chuen in Yuan Nan and Yung Ning in Kwei Chou.
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Marshal Su
Canton
Yuan Shi
Kai
Chi Li
Sek Shing
Kwang Tung
Yuan Nan
Foo Chuen
Yan
Yung Ning
Kwei Chou
Hastings Man Dies From Restaurant Fire Burns
James W. Lawless of Hastings Nebraska died early today from burns suffered in a fire at Ellen a restaurant. He told investigators the blaze began about half an hour after he retired when smoke woke him and flames shot from the oil heating stove in the next room. The stove exploded as he tried to lower the wick and he was engulfed in flames. His father and brother were expected to travel from Michigan.
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Booth
London
Plessron
James W. Lawless
Hastings
Neb
Ellen
Lawless
Mr. Lawless
Michigan
Missouri River Gorge Thought To Form Above Chamberlain
The Missouri River near Chamberlain South Dakota reportedly dried and left a ferry stranded midstream with a possible gorge forming five miles above the lower Brule reservation and thirty five miles above Chamberlain. Couriers are investigating and have not yet reported findings.
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Missouri River
Chamberlain
S.D
A .Gorgs
Lower
Brule Reservation
Lynching of John Woodward at Vidalia Parish Prison
A Black murderer, John Woodward, who killed Leonard Calvitt a white planter at Union Point Concordia parish Louisiana, was seized from jail and lynched near the parish prison in Vidalia Louisiana, within about three hundred yards.
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John Woodward
Leonard Calvitt
Union Point
Concordia Parish
Louisiana
Parish
Vidalia
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