Peril and deceit shadow Ned Burton's hopeful exile
Ned Burton faces a hostile confrontation as Sir Duncan Douglas withdraws support after a midnight note reveals a dangerous accusation. Ned, devastated, contemplates leaving with his wife while Mrs. Burton tries to shield him, and a lingering mist of persecution haunts their steps toward an uncertain future.
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Tom Burton
Ned Burton
Burtons
Ned
Sir Duncan Douglas
Mr. Douglas
Burton
Himsel
Nid
Mr. Burton
Sir Duncan
Scotland
Mrs. Burton
Chapter XVI Revelation Over Mr Burton The Elder
The text notes a wary shift in Mr Burton the elder after the sorrow of losing his child. The passage highlights a change in demeanor and outlook following the family tragedy.
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Mr. Burton the Elder
Garden Walks and Murder Threats Stir Abbeylands Nights
In a tense sequence at Abbeylands a household rifts over a murder case, with Mrs Burton accusing supporters of murder and Lucy caught between loyalties. Mr Ralph presses Lucy for a private talk as intrigue deepens amid garden promenades and a looming family crisis.
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Lucy
Abbeylands
Mrs. Younger
Mr. Burton
Mrs. Burton
Mrs. Forager
Mr. Ralph
After the Ceremony in a Humorous Sketch
Ida and Belle discuss elopement and return with a joke about being made. The dialogue shifts to a baby’s teeth and cost, noting prepaid telegrams to friends, with a final line about forgiving and forgetting.
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Ida
Belle
Stubb
Penn
Cincinnati Suffers Historic Fire Loss Near 3 Million
A devastating blaze in Cincinnati on Thursday touched the Pike Opera House building and surrounding structures. Flames discovered in a grocery cellar at 1:30 AM spread rapidly, destroying the Pike and Seasongood buildings, adjoining properties, and disrupting phone service citywide. The fire, feared to widen, was under control by daylight.
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Cincinnati
George Joffee
Pike Opera House
Fourth Street
Vine
Walnut
Equors
Fike
United States Express Company
Adams Express Company
White’s
Maynard & Kerr
John B. Martin
Empson’s
Henry Strauss’ Cigar
Pike Theater Company
Pike Theater
Seasongood
Pike Building
Baker Street
American Book Company
Zumbiel & Co
Henry Behrens
Reconstruction debate between Root and Hoar over negro progress
The discussion features Senator Hoar arguing that Reconstruction has failed for African Americans, while Bishop Gailor defends Southern views and praises white black friendships in the South. He notes the mixed achievements of full and mixed blood Negroes and stresses listening to Southern perspectives.
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Root
Bishop Gailor
Tennessee
Senator Hoar
Abraham Lincoln
Hoar
Alfred Knapp Admits Serial Murders Including Five Women
Alfred Knapp, an Indianapolis man arrested Wednesday, confessed to a series of brutal murders tying him to five slain women in Cincinnati Hamilton and Indianapolis. He allegedly strangled the victims, gaining a notorious compare to H H Holmes, while his family cites head injuries and possible insanity and notes bouts of ungovernable temper.
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Alfred Knapp
Indianapolis
H. H. Holmes
Cincinnati
Hamilton
Knapp
Ohio
Rock Island
Burrows Moves to Block Reed Smoot Seat
Senate committee chair Burrows presents a protest signed by Rev J L Gerlich urging that Reed Smoot of Utah be denied his Senate seat. The protest, sworn by Leilich of Utah Missionary work in Salt Lake City, accuses Smoot of polygamy and having a plural wife.
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Burrows
Senate
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
J. L. Gerlich
Reed Smoot
Utah
Abr Smoot
Leilich
Salt Lake City
Washington
Ministers’ Association
Salt Lake
Smoot
Subsidy Bill Beaten in House Committee
Senator Hanna’s ship subsidy bill failed to receive a favorable report in the House merchant marine and fisheries committee by a 10 to 6 vote. Republican opponents included Grosvenor, Young, Greene, Fordney, Wachter, and Littlefield. Democrats Hopkins, Minor, Stevens, and Jones supported the motion against the bill. The move to substitute Belmont’s rebate bill also failed, despite Democratic support.
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Hanna
House Committee On Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Senate
House
Grosvenor
Ohio
Young
Pennsylvania
Greene
Massachusetts
Fordney
Michigan
Wachter
Maryland
Littlefield
Maine
Hopkins
Illinois
Minor
Wisconsin
Stevens
Minnesota
Jones
Washington
Spight
Mississippi
Small
North Carolina
Davis
Florida
McDermott
New Jersey
Belmont
New York
Snook
O. H. P. Belmont
Mr. Jones
Messrs. Hopkins
J. Pierpont Morgan
Frye
Methodists Lead United States Churches in Membership Claims
Bishop McCabe asserts the Methodist Episcopal Church tops U S church membership with about 12 million, using census based family figures. He contrasts his figures with other denominations and notes growth since 1854, while listing totals for Presbyterians Baptists and others.
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C. C. McCabe
Methodist Episcopal Church
United States
Buckley
New York
McCabe
Methodist Church
Presbyterian Church
North
Regular Baptists
Protestant Episcopal
South
Congregational
Episcopal ‘Church
Washington cabi net mostly lawyers and Cuba con sular fees rule
Six of nine cabinet members are lawyers Hay Root Shaw Moody Knox and Cortelyou. State Department says Cuba consular fees law takes effect April 15. War Department states it can supply riot cartridges to repel rioters with minimal loss of life. House printing committee reports favorably a Senate resolution to compile all state laws on trusts and corporation regulation under the Attorney General.
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Washington
Hay
Root
Shaw
Moody
Knox
Senate
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Evansville
Charles Negins
Dana
J. C. Patten
Princeton
Fifty
Indiana
Mark R. Chartrand
St. Louis
Grant County
Will
Mississinewa
Anderson
John Foster
Liberty
Espin Kistler
Royal Center
Tell City
Perry
Spencer
Charles H. Brucker
Pulaski
Bert Woole7
Vincennes
The
Standard
Star-Union
Company of Indianapolis
Delaware County
Richmond
United Presbyterian Church
Shiloh
Kokomo
Sarah Wilkinson Martin
Laporte
Joseph Leffler
Delaware Circuit Court
Leo Fitzmaurice
John Fitzmaurice
Leo Adamson
Muncie
Fitzmaurice
Ralph H.spaugh
Supreme. Court
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