The Mystery of Agatha Webb
A synopsis of earlier chapters follows the murder of Agatha Webb after a ball. Frederick Sutherland plans to flee with a forged check while Miss Page stalks him over a $1000 stash. Amabel Page and Wattles pressure Frederick as he faces a family crisis, a looming accusation, and a thwarted escape that night.
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THE
Enquirer
Frederick Sutherland
Agatha Webb
Batsy
Philemone Webb
Agatha
Philemon
Alrady
Miss Page
Arso
Anabel Page
Frederick
Zabel Brothers
Wattles
Boston
South Carolina Partridge Law Sparks Blind Tiger Market
Charleston report says a five year ban on selling partridges or quails within the state clashes with inbound birds from elsewhere. Trap hunting and traps used by Negro poachers threaten stocks, while enforcement efforts by game groups and restaurants face mixed results. Temperatures and rough weather affect nesting, yet the stock may recover if protections hold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
South Carolina
Georgia
Delicate youths endure whipping in Delaware jail yard
At New Castle jail yard last Thursday spectators witnessed a quartering of two teen offenders John Auker 14 and William Bradley 17 who each received ten lashes for stealing three cases of perfume from a Pennsylvania Railroad car worth 34 amid crowds including women and visitors from other states Sheriff Taylor administered the punishment before moving the youths to their cells for four months Auker showed tearful resolve while Bradley bore the ordeal calmly alongside veteran offender William Smith who also served ten lashes.
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Delaware
Auker
Bradley
Charles Dumpson
Taylor
New York Sun
New Castle
John Auker
William Bradley
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Sheriff Taylor
William Smith
Cherry Hill
Pledge Not Needed for a Cure in Brown Story
A Cleveland tale recounts Dr. John Westley Brown advising a liquor-tempted cashier by writing a personal card urging self-denial. The man resisted social drinking after showing the card, gradually extending intervals, and after two years remained sober, proving the pledge was not the remedy. Also noted are brief sketches of famous figures with thwarted early ambitions and their alternate paths.
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Cleveland
John Westley Brown
Superior Street
Brown
Dr. Brown
Charlie
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Praise of Boer officers by American captain in Washington
Captain Carl Reichmann, attached to the American military envoy with the Boer army, arrived in New York and plans an elaborate report on the Transvaal war. He spoke highly of Boer General De Wet, calling him a remarkable if brutal leader, and warned the British will have trouble catching him. He noted Boers’ unpredictable resolve, described his own hardships with the Boers, and dismissed rumors he led Boer forces.
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Carl Reichmann
South Africa
Washington
New York
Transvaal
Reichmann
DeWet
Dewetsdorp
de Wet
Lorenzo Marques
Washington Dispatch
Emperor of China Dines with Advisers Studying Christianity
Rev T J N Gatrell of Pekin reports that during 1898 reform era the Chinese emperor urged study of Christianity, ordered 150 Bible volumes for his court, and said there is one true religion. Books included Moody sermons and an illustrated Life of Christ, later rebound in brocade.
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T.J. N. Gatrell
American Bible Society
Pekin
Gatrell
Bible Society
Society For the Diffusion
Mr. Moody
Christ
Imperial
Peter the Great
Japan
France
Curtis
Chicago
Critique of Chinese justice and corruption in railway talks
The writer condemns Chinese courts as farcical and describes torture to force confessions. He cites widespread superstition and extortion, noting how the squeeze system hinders enterprise and inflates officials' wealth. He recalls a Shanghai contact demanding £120,000 to seal a Pekin to Chinkiang railway concession.
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China
East
Shanghai
Pekin
Chinkiang
Centurys long builds told in stray stories
A collage of historic structures with long construction spans is recounted from Cologne Cathedral to Kingsgoberg Castle and beyond Milan Cathedral and the Duomo at Florence. The text notes centuries of work, interruptions, and royal presences marking milestones in these grand projects.
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Cologne
Kingsgaberg
Jutland
Jhorsing
Kingsgoberg
Perth
Kingussle
Scotland
John O’ Groats
Land's End
Murthley Castle
Mount Stewart
Rastormel Castle
Cornwall
Milan
Florence
Arnulfo
Cotton Seed Oil Replaces Linseed in Paints Says New Oil Process
New Orleans chemist Prof. Frederick A. Thomas developed a process to degum cotton seed oil so it dries like linseed oil. A city plant with 1 500 gallons daily capacity exists, with plans for a 50 000 gallon per day facility. The method removes gum, yields a red wine color then light amber oil, and enables fast drying in outdoor work.
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Frederick A. Thomas
New Orleans
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Times-Democrat
Thomas
Walter Scott
New York Commercial
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Anna Katharine Greene
Anna Katharine Green
Mr. Sutherland
Brady
Sutherland
Amabel
Porchester
Game Birds
John Wesley Brown
Howard Pyle
Benjamin R. Tillman
T. DeWit Talmage
Leonard Wood
Andrew Carnegie
George Dewey
Manila
Bronson Howard
Wm. Jennings Bryan
William Dean Howells
Reichman
Manchuria
Emerson Bainbridge, M. P
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