Prince of Courtland Faces Silent Courtship Amid Tournament
In Courtland during the Black Eagle tourney, the white knight earns the queen’s praise and a share of glory. Johann Pyrmont, secretary to the Plassenburg envoy, learns the prince is the honored knight and plans a pivotal meeting with the royal circle amid political schemes and secret papers.
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Black Eagle
Courtland
Dessauer
Vietor
Margaret
Knights of the Black
Queen of Love and Beauty
Margaret of Courtland
Ife
Johann Pyrmont
States
Leopold von Dessauer
von Dessauer
Karl
Jorian
Splater
Sweet Triumph After Love Letter Trip to Stationery Store
A bemused man recounts his visit to a stationery shop in which he asked for a postage stamp to mail a letter for love. The clerk refused for cash, and the man explains he later won a widow’s hand with a penny postal card bought on the street. He declares happiness in winning the widow valued at a hundred dollars.
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Jorian
Germany Says New European Treaties End U S Trade Privileges
Berlin warns the United States that the July 10, 1900 tariff pact will terminate March 1, 1906 when the new Germany Europe treaties take effect. Berlin favors negotiating a new general commercial treaty while Washington awaits formal notice and reply.
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Berlin
United States
Germany
von Richthoff
Russia
Italy
Belgium
Switzerland
Austria-Hungary
Roumania
Servia
Foreign Office
Ministery of the Interior
Commercial Treaty Association
Central European Industrial League
Ministry of the Interior
Washington
State Department
America
Ambassador Tower
Milwaukee Bank President Arrested for Embezzlement
Frank G. Bigelow president of the First National Bank of Milwaukee was arrested on embezzlement charges exceeding 100000 and confessed to defalcations totaling about 1450000. He posted 25000 bond and was released as the case heads to the federal grand jury with Henry G. Goll also pursued.
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Milwaukee
Frank G. Bigelow
First National Bank of Milwaukee
Bigelow
United States
H. K. Butterfield
First National Bank
Henry G. Goll
Goll
Bloodgood
Horace N. Brown
Arthur N. McGeoch
Tigelow
Northwest
American Bankers’ Association
Wall Street
Revolt Surrounds Manakha as Mecca Pilgrims Attacked
Advices from Hodeida report revolutionists surrounding Manakha between Hodeida and Sanaa. Turkish troops in Medina mutiny over biscuit rations. An Egyptian pilgrim caravan near Yambo Araba, 125 miles from Medina, was attacked, with 17 Egyptian soldiers killed.
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Medina
Constantinople
Hodeida
Manakha
Sanaa
Mecca
Yambo
Araba
Union Pacific Completes Bridges Near Edson Mountain
After forty eight hours of heavy work Union Pacific finished three bridges and cleared track around Edson mountain where a large rock slide halted two passenger trains. Crews moved trains from Rawlins and Laramie to resume service.
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Union Pacific Line
Rawlins
Wyo
Union Pacific
Edson Mountain
Laramie
Agreements Near Reciprocity on Vessel Inspections
Washington reports Canada has practically completed negotiations for reciprocal exemption of vessels from inspection by both nations. A similar deal with Britain is awaiting formal acceptance by the British board of trade in a few days.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
British Board of Trade
President Kills Big Game in Colorado Hunt
President Roosevelt's hunting party in Glenwood Springs reports success with three bears killed Tuesday and two Monday. The president, Dr. Lambert, and P. B. Stewart of Colorado Springs participated. Courier Chapman accompanied the group with the tale of the hunt. The three-bear kill was telephoned to the travelers.
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Cole
Roosevelt
Bears
Lambert
P. B. Stewart
Colorado Springs
Chapman
Rojestvensky Deliberates as Russia-Issues Battle Plans
Tokyo dispatches say Admiral Rozjestvensky’s squadron moves remain unclear and conflicting reports fuel speculation. Russia’s aim is to join Nebogatoff’s division, shaping whether he battles Togo decisively or resumes a cautious, vessel conserving approach en route to Vladivostok. Location and date of any engagement hinge on Rozjestvensky.
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Rojestvensky
Nebogatoff
Togo
Korestvensky
Vladivostok
Roj Jestvensky
Japs Win a Battle Near Kaiyuan
April 24 Chinese Kaiyuan forces repelled a Russian attack near Kaiyuan and pursued them to Melnhanchieh with 38 casualties while the enemy left about 200 dead. Additional Russian detachments struck Changtu and Slaotatzu but retreated north after Kal yuan’s defeat.
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Tokig
Kaiyuan
Melnhanchieh
Changtu
Slaotatzu
Kalyuan
Merger Bill Vetoed in Colorado Gubernatorial Fight
Governor McDonald vetoed the railroad merger expansion bill aimed at allowing the Colorado and Southern Railway to extend to the Gulf of Mexico and elsewhere. The measure sparked a bitter Republican split and counted as a key issue in the Peabody Adams gubernatorial race.
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Denver
McDonald
Colorado & Southern Railway Company
Gulf of Mexico
Republican Party
Peabody
Adams
Thief’s Alibi Built On Quick Fire Escape Escape
A Harlem resident thwarted an alleged burglary by feigning distress after spotting a woman at a window. The sudden commotion led neighbors to noise and a swift search, but the supposed intruder’s clever act left the woman unable to identify him, solidifying his alibi.
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New York World
Harlem
Deshabille
Beehive tomb column from Mycenae joins British Museum
The Philadelphia Record notes the marquis of Sligo will donate the intact shaft of a Mycenaean beehive tomb column to the British Museum. Discovered in fragments in 1812 and long kept in Westport Ireland, it is now authenticated by recent measurements and showcases early Greek art with zigzag and carved patterns in dark gray alabaster.
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British Museum
Philadelphia Record
Sligo
Atreus
Mycenae
Greece
Duel at the River Bank Over Insulted Honor
Two men, outraged by an insult to Bach, headed toward a river bank to settle the matter with pistols. They waited alone for bystanders, and after over half an hour, the duel concluded within moments as friends failed to arrive to second the fight.
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Bach
Baltimore
Do It Now Do It and Do It Now Springfield Urges Immediate Action
The Springfield Republican urges readers to act without delay reminding that tasks grow harder when postponed. It warns that tomorrow may not dawn for any reader and urges making right what is crooked before the sun sets.
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Springfield Republican
Stearns Comments on Minister Sparks Private Life Insight
George M. Stearns speaks to George D. Robinson while riding from Springfield to Chicopee. Stearns notes his preference for a quiet home life away from a minister, revealing personal views on religious duties and domestic peace. The vignette appears in the Boston Herald as a reflective anecdote.
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George D. Robinson
Stearns
Boston
Heralt
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