Constance Faces a Passionate Confession on the Steamer
In March Constance endures her brother in law Edward’s open love confession as he pleads for her hand, while Evelyn loves him yet while caring for her ailing father. Aboard a departing steamer, emotional turmoil, a fainting spell, and a dangerous secrecy set the stage for a painful, restrained farewell. The scene shifts to a harbor saloon where Edward negotiates a rescue from scandal as Constance wrestles with desire, duty, and betrayal.
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Constance
Mr. Withers
Edward
Jim
Lang
John
Wat Edward
Conferve
Connie
Cii
Evelyn
Europe
Patience
Holfs
Eva
Mra
Tim
Hinathan
Bicycles in the Desert Move Across Sand Tests
Practical tests show bicycles run easily on African desert sand. The piece notes future parallels with camel movement and hints at evolving travel by animal and man across arid regions.
Russia Threatens China Over Manchurian Question
A Tokyo London dispatch reports Russia's M Lessar warned Prince Ching that Japan's Manchurian intervention could force Russia to take final measures and punish China if it sides with Japan China protests while negotiations proceed. The St. Petersburg press cites a Pacific squadron of fifty four ships with 750 officers and 13,200 men sailing east. Moscow reports prepared reserves and rapid call up of infantry.
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London
Tokio
Pekin
M. Lessar
Prince Ching
Japan
Russia
China
St. Petersburg
Far East
Moscow
Locomotive Stolen By Desperadoes Near Beloit
A Chicago and North Western locomotive was stolen by six men from Beloit gravel pits late Thursday night and sped south toward Janesville. The trail halted traffic for about twenty miles as dispatchers ordered all trains stopped between Janesville and Caledonia. Chicago officials and emergency crews launched search efforts to recapture the runaway engine and its crew.
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Chicago & Northwestern
Milwaukes
Janesville
Beloit
Tom Fate
Railroad Company
Caledrnia
Ila
Chicago
Divvision
Prisoner Shot by Guards During Escape Attempt
A prisoner named E Manuel, a second-termer from Madera County serving nine years for perjury, was shot and killed by guards at Fotima state prison during an escape attempt after opium was found on him. He fled toward the hill, after being fired upon by several guards, and died about seventy-five yards from the quarry. Two years’ credits were deducted for opium possession.
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Tebee
Sacramento
Cal
Fotima
E. Manuel
Manuel
Son Tag
Madera County
Robbed the Order Conviction of Leather Workers Official
Charles L. Conine national secretary treasurer of the National Brotherhood of Leather Workers and Harness and Horse Goods Makers, Kansas City, Missouri, was convicted of embezzling 5676 from the order and sentenced to two and a half years in the penitentiary. He fled to Minneapolis as detection neared and was arrested last February. Conine was paid by a surety company for 15 dollars.
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Charles L. Conine
National Brotherhood of Leather Workers and Harness and Horse Goods Makers
Kansas City
Conine
Minneapolis
Mayor on Trial to Show If He Had Authority
The trial of Mayor William B. Hare of Pittsburgh on a misdemeanor charge stemming from the discharge of Samuel Moore, a Civil War veteran, from city employment raises questions about the mayor’s authority over removals for political reasons. The crowded courtroom reflected keen public interest.
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Willam B. Hare
Pittsburg
Samuel Moore
Bes
Rise in Pie Prices Sparks New York Protests
Proprietors and countermen in New York protest a price rise from 3 to 4 cents per pie by four dominant pie manufacturers. Lunch counters plan to resist, and pie availability from New England producers may shrink. Talk of a cooperative factory and a broad boycott of trust-made pies is also reported.
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New York
New England
Woman Kills Family in Apparent Religious Delusion
Mrs. Trerenn described as deranged killed her eldest daughter Laulea 12 and infant Marin 7 months, strangled son Harold 6, and tried to murder 11-year-old before striking him with an ax. She then killed the three younger children with suffocating force. Iverson Drasell found the scene. the cottage showed disorder as a religious mania preceded the tragedy.
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Laulea
I A Salinas
Harold
Marin
Mre. Trerenn
Sheri
W. ‘J. Nesbith
Mr. Iverson Drasell
Pacific Shore
Rania
Mra Iverenn
Railroads to no Electric Motor Power
The New York Central plans electric roads in central and western New York to save local traffic damaged by competition. The Rome Water Town and Ogdensburg line leased to the Central will be electrified allowing New York trolley cars to run to and from joints along Lake Ontario. The project would absorb the Rochester and Suburban electric lines.
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New York Central Railroad
New York State
Bulley
Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg
New York Central
New York
Lake Ontario
Rochester & Suburban Electric
Schwab Power Struggles Tarnish Shipbuilding Pact
Ex Senator Joseph Smith Jr, as receiver for United States Shipbuilding, filed in the U S Circuit Court at Trenton New Jersey. He urges nullification of a $10 million Schwab bond held via the shipbuilding move and seeks appointment of a receiver for Bethlehem Steel. Treasury approves title deeds for a Henry New public building site, southeast corner of Front and Virginia, costing $9 000. Treasury warrant due to Occidental Land and Improvement next week.
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Schwab
Joseph Smith, Jr
United States Shipbuilding Company
Fudge Kilpatrick
United States Circuit Court
Trenton
N. J
Aduit
Wiegal
Charles M. Schwab
Hethlehem Steel Company
Schwab and
J.P. Morgan & Co
United States Shipbuilding Com
Attorney General
Secretary of the Treasury
Heny
New
Front
Virginia Streets
Treasury
Occidental Land and
Denver Woman Kills Husband in Market Street Duel
Jennie Davis shot and killed her husband Beverly W. Davis at their home 2332 Market Street Denver Colorado Sunday. Both are African American. After a quarrel in which he struck her several times she seized a revolver and, during the struggle, fired killing him almost instantly.
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Denver
Jennie Davis
Beverly W. Davis
Market Street
Colo
Davis
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