Miss Hetherington's Decline and Marjorie at Annandale
Miss Hetherington shows signs of deep illness after a night with Sandie Sloane at Annandale Castle. Marjorie Annan is sent to Edinburgh, while Caussidiere appears in the village and sends a cryptic note to meet her on the Edinburgh road. He promises a critical message as the tale continues.
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Miss Hetherington
Monsieur Caussidiere
Annandale Castle
Sandie Sloane
Sandie
Mysie
Lorraine
Marjorie
Edinburgh
Hetherington
Mr. Lorraine
Marjorie Annan
Missetherington
Annandale
Lassie
Kirk
Caussidiere
Mrs. Menteith
Mademoiselle
Edinburgh Road
Leon Caussidiere
Majorie
Visit of Marjorie Annan to Minister Menteith at Leith
In Leith near Edinburgh the Free Kirk minister Mungo Menteith hosts his sister in law Mrs Lorraine and her niece Marjorie Annan. Marjorie is escorted from Edinburgh in a hired fly and greeted with warmth by relatives as a week passes in gentle welcome.
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Leith
Edinburgh
Mungo Menteith
Free Kirk of Scotland
Menteith
Lorraine
Marjorie Annan
Mon Ostriches Run
The ostrich runs with a low head, forward neck loop, and steady gaze. Wings lie along the body, not extended to aid speed, but help in sharp turns even at top speed.
A Matter of Colors Adds Porch Party Invite
A Plain Dealer notice describes Sister Millie asking to borrow a big awning for a porch party tomorrow night. The owner questions borrowing the Joneses’ blue awning and notes Millie’s red hair.
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Millie
Cleveland Plain-Dealer
Log Trouble On The Steamboat Inquirer
A fragment from the Philadelphia North American shows a landlubber asking what is the matter with the log aboard a steamboat while a crew member roars. The overheard exchange captures a moment of nautical miscommunication during a voyage.
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Philadelphia North American
Durrant Free After State Supreme Court Reprieve
San Francisco reports the state Supreme Court granted a writ of probable cause delaying William H. T. Durrant's execution at San Quentin. The condemned man expressed innocence and vowed not to confess, while his mother awaited news and he spent hours reading before news arrived. The reprieve halted the death sentence for now.
US Canadian reciprocity feared over barley tariff talks
Washington officials fear Premier Laurier will seek tariff reductions on Canadian agricultural products, especially barley, during reciprocity talks. They doubt the dairy producers would benefit and prefer focusing on fish and coal trades. The report notes Nebraska growers average 29 bushels of corn per acre.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
Laurier
Canada
Department ofOuials
Department
United States
North Pole Expedition Plans By Captain Bur nier
Captain Bur nier of Quebec organizes a north pole expedition starting March 1 aboard the Wind ward from a Siberia north point. His crew includes seven or eight men with a geologist and a surgeon, traveling with dogs and reindeer at a pace of about ten miles per day for roughly 120 days.
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Quebec
Burnier
North Pole
Jackson-Harmsworth
Siberia
Clark Expected to Be Union Pacific President After Reorganization
Reports from Omaha say Silas H. A. Clark, now improving in health, will be offered the presidency of the reorganized Union Pacific at a New York meeting of receivers and the reorganization committee. Transfers of property may occur by year end, with the new company named The Union Pacific Railroad and lines like Oregon Short Line and Kansas Pacific to come under its control after reorganization.
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Omaha
Silas H. A. Clark
Union Pacific Railroad
St. Louis
New York City
Clark
Dickinson
Union Pacific
Jickinson
Oregon
Kansas Pacific
Kansas Central
Central Branch
Missouri Pacific
Spain Pledges Cuba Reform and Peace Efforts
Premier Sagasta replies to Secretary Woodford with a pledge to curb abuses in Cuba under Weyler era and to seek friendly ties with the United States. The note asks Washington to restrain insurgent sympathizers aiding enemies in Cuba, stating filibuster help delayed peace.
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Washington
Sagasta
Woodford
Cuba
Weyler
United States
Spain
Western Man Wins the Bishopric
The Rt. Rev. Talbot D D LL D was elected bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Pennsylvania at Bethlehem Pa on November 11 after four ballots. He now serves as missionary bishop of Wyoming and Idaho with eighty clerical and 130 lay votes, defeating Rev Dr A Mackey Smith who had 35 clerical and 5 lay votes and later receiving unanimous approval.
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Bethlehem
Talbot
Episcopal Diocese of
Pennsylvania
Wyoming
Idaho
A. Mackey Smith
R. H. McKim
Washington
Bodine
Lincoln Named Director at Pullman Palace Cars
Chicago November 12. Robert T. Lincoln elected director at a Pullman Palace Car Co meeting. An executive committee was formed with E. H. Hulber, Marshal Field, and Robert T. Lincoln, who was named committee chairman. Presidency to fill Pullman vacancy postponed, effectively making Lincoln the leading figure of the company.
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Tincoln
Pullman
Fince
Chicago
Pullman Palace Car Company
Robert T. Lincoln
E. H. Hulber
New York
Marshal ‘, Field
Robert .T. Lincoln
George M. Pullman
Lincoln
Peru seeks advantages under new tariff reciprocity act
Washington November 11 Peru moves to secure advantages under the reciprocity clauses of the tariff act. Dr Euguren the Peruvian minister and his secretary of legation called at the state department and discussed the matter with Secretary Sherman and Assistant Secretary Day.
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Washington, D. C
Peru
Euguren
Legation
Department of State
Sherman
Day
Concessions on Freight Rates Attract Meeting Note
Department of Transportation received notice from Chairman Midgley that at the November 2 meeting the Western Joint Trade bureau decided lines in the association would extend the same freight rates granted for the World Fair to the Transmississippi Exposition. James H. na Wert of St. Louis has been elected permanent captain of Yale freshmen.
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Omaha
Department of Transportation
Midgley
The
Western Joint Tradec Bureau
Middle “States
James H. Na Wert
St. _ Louis
el En
Yale
Murderer Durrant Sentenced to Hang in Two Days
William Henry Theodore Durrant, condemned for the Blanche Lamont murder, was brought from San Quentin to San Francisco and sentenced by Judge Bakers to be hanged Friday, November 12. The case follows his earlier appeal denials and a habeas corpus ruling. He remained calm and defiant as the court set the execution time between sunrise and noon.
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San Francisco
William Henry Theodore Durrant
Blanche Lamont
Minnie Williams
San Quentin
Bakers
Durrant
Baker
State Supreme Court
Cert
Ips
Conference Called On Cattle Quarantine For 1898
Colonel C. P. Johnson of the Interstate Association of Live Stock Sanitary Boards calls a conference of state veterinarians and sanitary boards from Kansas to Arkansas at St. Louis on December 2 to decide a quarantine line regarding southern fever. The aim is a safe, fair plan with cooperation from the Agriculture secretary. The majority of listed states show intent to attend.
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Springfield
C. P. Johnson
Interstate Association of Live Stock Sanitary Boards
Secretary of Agriculture
Average yield of corn reported by agriculture department
Washington November 11. The crop report of the statistician of the department of agriculture issued today gives 23.7 bushels as the average yield per acre of corn from preliminary returns. Last year’s preliminary estimate was 27.3 bushels and 1905 was 26.2 bushels.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Department
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San Quentin Prison
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Edgar
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Nebraska
U. P. Presidency
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Shaddow
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Sallahory Mey
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