Monte Carlo Chase and a Mysterious Fire
Merrick and Jones pursue a dangerous plan against the dragon of the year in Monte Carlo. They uncover a hidden paper and puzzle left by a magician while evading emissaries of Count Leon. The duo prepares to depart by train, intent on toppling their adversaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrick
Jones
Mark
Tim
Monte Carlo
Scott
Jone
Merritk
Law
Marseilles
The
Republic
Princess on the Run Fans Flames of Pursuit
On a southbound train a vivacious South African heiress draws the attention of Mark Merrick and Jones. General Mercier accompanies her as a stern escort, while Merrick and Mark seek a safer carriage, wary of dangers surrounding the captivating passenger.
Gas Attack on Train Forces Night Watch in Riviera Run
Jones and Merrick, pursued by unknown foes, are drugged with gas aboard a Mediterranean bound train. As it passes Nice toward Monte Carlo, they suspect a murder attempt and vow vigilance while racing through the dark carriages.
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Joneses
Jones
Count Leon
Merrick
Mark
Monte Carlo
Nice
Grand Mediterranean
Riviera
Rhoarsely
Jack
Destructive St Edward Fire Hits NW Beaver Street Block
Early morning blaze in St Edward Nebraska destroyed five business houses and two vacant stores on Beaver street. Harry Richmond restaurant and dwelling lost goods with no insurance. several other owners faced uninsured or partially insured losses as fire department fights failed to stop the blaze. Total loss estimated near ten to fifteen thousand dollars with insurers including Trans Miss and German Mutual of Omaha. Origin of fire undetermined.
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St. Edward
Neb
Dispatch
Harry Richmond
W. Degraw
Charles Born
E. D. Vieth
White’s Drug Store
Beaver Street
trans-Mississippi and
German Mutual Insurance Companies
Omaha
Dublin City Corporation adjourns as nationalist members deny quorum
The Dublin city corporation failed to discuss Lord Mayor T. C. Harrington’s coronation attendance after nationalist members blocked the meeting, shouting God help the king as forty were outside. The chair declared no quorum and the session adjourned amid derision.
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Corporation
City of
Dublin
T. C. Harrington
Edward
First US wireless telegraphy bids opened for Alaska bases
General Greely opened bids for wireless telegraphy systems to link fixed bases in Alaska where cables fail in harsh climates. Five bids were received and another from Germany is en route. A special signal corps board will review them. The Senate military affairs committee finished the army appropriation bill totaling about 100 million dollars.
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United States
General Greely
Alaska
Germany
Board of Signal Corps
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Cession of Public Lands to Porto Rico Bill Reported Favorable
A bill to transfer all public lands to the insular government of Porto Rico with exceptions for lands designated within a year for naval and military uses. The transfer requires Porto Rico to waive any claims on lands needed by the United States for military, naval, and other public uses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porto Rico
House
United States
Labor Leaders Reach Tentative Rail Concession Amid Anthracite Strike Risk
Reports from New York indicate President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers and President Baer of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad have discussed concessions. If agreed, a planned strike in the anthracite districts may be averted.
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Stoke
New York
Mitchell
United Mine ‘Workers’ Association
Baer
Philadelphia’ & Reading
Peace Likely in South Africa as Boers Suffer Losses
London dispatch reports Gen Lucas Meyer’s wife says peace in South Africa likely after a cable from his husband. Other advices note 208 Boers captured and ten burghers killed near Lindley. Kaap district fronts loosen as O Kiepf relieved by British forces under Colonel Cooper.
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London
Lucas Meyer
Orange Free State
South Africa
Lindley
Orange River
Oo Kiepf
Transvaal
Smutz
Cooper
Lord Kitchener
O’kiepf
Concordia
Cape Colony
Four Die After Molten Metal Floods Steelworks Pit
Four Austrian men were killed and two fatally injured when a torrent of molten metal flooded an open hearth pit at Pennsylvania Steelworks in Steelton near Harrisburg. The furnace overflow turned the pit into a pool of fire, leaving two more workers badly burned.
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Pennsylvania Steelworks
Steelton
Harrisburg
Sibling gun accident leaves two boys hurt in Kansas
Earl Rawson, 16, was shot by his brother Gilbert, 14, near Atwood Kansas. While hunting ground squirrels they toyed with an unloaded gun until Gilbert fired a cartridge into Earls stomach. Earl in critical condition after the incident on Wednesday.
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Earl Rawson
Gilbert
Atwood
Kan
Earl
British Drive Boers in Orange River Colony
A London war office dispatch reports a British offensive led by Colonels Eliot and Barker driving Boers from the Frankfort Heilbron Widefort line toward Kroonstad Lindley Liebenberg Vlei. Ten Boers killed and 208 captured. no British casualties reported. Kitchener says the district holds the most irreconcilable Boers in the Orange River Colony.
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British Bay
London War Office
Orange River Colony
Eliot
Barker
Frankfort
Heilbron
Widefort
Kroonstad
Lindley
Liebenberg Vlei
Kitchener
Threats of assassination loom over Eddyville revival
Evangelist James Coad, conducting revival meetings in Eddyville Iowa, received threats of assassination if he continues attacking the town saloons. He is advised to leave under threat of death and says he will persist with armed guards for protection.
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James Coad
Eddyville
Coad
Western Roads Restore Beef Freight Rates After July 1
Freight rates on dressed beef and live beeves from Missouri river points will be raised about five cents to revert to pre June 30 1901 levels after July 1. Executive officers of western railroads met in Chicago and agreed to restore the former charges.
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Missouri River
Western Roads
Chicago
Farm Sells for 13000 in Valley Center
Frank EB and J H Anderson of Valley Center sold their 240 acre farm for 13000 to C M Hopkins. The purchaser values it as a top alfalfa farm in the county with large alfalfa acreage. The Andersons will shift to sheep raising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank EB
J. .H. Anderson
Valley Center
C. M. Hopkins
Mr. Hopkins
Messrs. Anderson
Local Farmer Found Dead Near McPherson Kansas
Frank Norman, a young farmer living seven miles northwest of McPherson, was found dead at his home. He had been dead an hour or more, and from the position of the body it could not be determined whether he had shot himself or if another had done it.
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Frank Norman
McPherson
Kan
Fremont Boy Dies on Washington Trip
Willie Livingston fourteen year old adopted son of Mr and Mrs John Livingston of Fremont Nebraska died in Washington DC Tuesday. He was returning home from North Carolina with his mother after seeking treatment for diabetes his father has gone to meet the remains.
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Fremont
Willie” Livingston
Washington, D. C
John Livingston
Fremont,Neb
North Carolina
Widow arrested for beating adopted daughter in Kansas
Mrs S M Andress of Larned a widow was jailed for cruelly beating her 13 year old adopted daughter. She paid a 100 dollar fine and the child was removed and placed with the marshal until probate actions decide. The girl is to be sent to the Beloit girls' orphan asylum.
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St. George
Rathbourne
Pauline
Street and Smith
Italy
General Mercier
France
Silady
Jonéa
Ghr and
St. Edwards
Edward VII
Weil
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