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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1902
Page
3
Author ST GEORGE RATHBORNE presents a tale titled Tile Miss Millions or The Witch of Monte Garlo. The work follows dramatic exploits of a famed heroine within a bustling metropolitan setting, weaving intrigue and peril through romantic and social intrigue.
In a dramatic scene set in Monaco, Merrick defies royalist threats to Constance as Count Leon’s plot collapses. Jones leads a wary, improvised force to suppress a French royalist coup while the cryptogram to influence gaming remains hidden, torn from Merrick amid struggle.
In Monaco’s gardens, Merrick battles seven adversaries to protect Constance as Jones vanishes, while Count Leon and Monaco’s prince’s cadre abandon the scene. The crowd returns to the harbor as the dramatic abduction unfolds and Merrick’s bold defense stalls.
An arc of high society intrigue follows Jones as he exploits a famed system to win big at Monte Carlo. The tale threads through Villebois’s disappearance, Merrick’s speedy London wedding to Constance, and a New York letter from Jones revealing peril, romance, and a vow to seek fortune in China or Transvaal.
Reports say officers favor a bolo bayonet issued for trial by Gen. Crozier. The two edged blade is seen as more practical than the standard bayonet, as hand to hand combat fades and officers in future wars may discard the sword and bayonet as badges of command.
The British Cabinet has served nearly seven years, a heavy strain on members. Most are well off and indifferent to their salaries. Chamberlain, now weighing the $25 000 annual pay, has suffered losses after amassing about $3 000 000 earlier due to costly property investments and risky speculation.
The piece argues higher living costs arise from strong wages and full employment, not tariffs. It cites Dan’s Review on the index and contrasts 1893–1897 price declines with recent gains, noting private industry profits and protected sectors dampen prices while imports have steadied. It also discusses social views on office work versus manual labor and the impact on skilled labor markets and urban crowding.
In a Chicago address James J. Hill of the Great Northern argues protection built iron and steel in Michigan Wisconsin and Minnesota and that wages fell under McKinley era yet rose with tariff. He asserts protection secures demand and questions full free trade for national prosperity.
A New Orleans Item excerpt defends protective tariffs as benefiting farmers, landowners, miners, and transporters. It argues duties on cotton goods boost the Southern economy by expanding mills, job creation, higher cotton prices, and new markets, while sugar duties support farming lands and West factories.
Two Russian students were hanged at Poltava for posting forged czar signed proclamations calling peasants to rise. The incident underscores suppression of anti regime activity amid unrest in early modern Russia.
The United States maintains many navigational aids including 44 light vessels 172 fog signals 221 clockwork signals 475 day beacons 73 whistling buoys and 1400 post lights on western rivers. Coastal lighting covers over 10 000 nautical miles with an annual lighting and buoying cost of about 2 500 000 dollars.
The New York Press notes steep Broadway rents challenge profit for merchants. A cigar company leased 31 feet of frontage for 40000 annually for 21 years, while a small corner shop near City Hall commands 11000 per year and its basement restaurant 7000.
Andrew Furuseth, a Prussian Finn and former sailor, rises as a notable congressional candidate to succeed Julius Kahn in California's fourth district. Known as a labor agitator in San Francisco, he presents as a sharp, intense figure with hay colored hair and a cadaverous build.
The Chicago Record-Herald reports a fad called costumancy in which a seer claims to read character from costume details. To be judged the seeker sends hair and eye color and describes color schemes and styles of multiple garments plus accessories.
An unconscious chauffeur is rescued from a wreck and awakens surprised at the ambulance. He jokes he aimed to break a record, then quips no skyscraper fell, no subway blast, and the only disturbance is in the park board as he dies.
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