Prosper Bertomy at the Archangel jail and the judge
Prosper Bertomy is jailed after a $350,000 bank robbery as M. Patrigent, the judge of instruction, questions him and witnesses. Detective Lecoq watches, while another suspect, M. Fauvel, testifies and Fanferrot reports, narrowing the case toward a motive and the Gipsy girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme
Nina Gipsy
Archangel
Fanferrot
Prosper Bertomy
Montmartre
Prosper
Detective Corps
M. Lecoq
M. Patrigent
M. Fauvel
Monsieur
Bertomy
M. de Clameron
Lucien
Madeleine
M. Raoul de Lagers
M. Bertomy
Caryaillon
Mme. Gipsy
Fanferlot
Gipsy
Moneleur
Cavaillon
Wool Cleaning Through History And Modern Machines
The article traces wool washing from hand tub scouring with suds and long poles to modern automatic scouring. It describes traveling aprons, rollers, iron tanks, and toothed forks that move wool through cleansing stages, followed by drying with hot air and large fans to remove moisture without fiber damage.
Bullying colonel berates aid during battle
A story from Richard Harding Davis in Every body's Magazine recounts a colonel who mocked an aide in combat, shouting that the captain was frightened. The captain retorts that if the colonel were as scared as he is, he would be six miles in the rear.
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Richard Harding Davis
Everybody’s Magazine
Session ends with mix of anti trust debate and redistricting
After a forty day session in Columbia the general assembly adjourned sine die amid a flurry of activity. The anti trust bill passes the house and senate with amendments while other measures fail or advance, including road laws, rail consolidation, and a large pension appropriation. Officials anticipate shifts in the upcoming elections and possible runs by several state leaders.
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Yorkville Enquirer
Columbia
Charleston
General Assembly
Senate
W. J. Johnson
House
Robert Aldrich
Barnwell
New Jersey
South Carolina
Aldrich
G. Duncan Bellinger
Southern Railway
Texas
Bellinger
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company
Georgia
Capitol
Winthrop College
Ways and Means Committee
Raysor
Orangeburg
State Board of Education
Gruber
Colleton
Messrs
Elliott
Lever
Col. Elliott
Beaufort
Aiken
Edgefield
Saluda
Hampton
Croft
Congress
State House
A. X. Gunter, Jr
Speaker Stevenson
M. R. Cooper
Jesse T. Gantt
E. H. Aull
J. Harvey Wilson
Sumter
J. Thomas Austin
Greenville
J. Hampden Brooks
Greenwood
Derham
Sharpe
Lexington
N. W. Brooker
J. W. Floyd
Finley
John D. Frost
Henry T. Thompson
Darlington
Leutenant
Spain
J. C. Boyd
Paul H. Ayer
Southern publishing plan urged for the south
A Charleston meeting is announced to discuss southern publishing of school textbooks. A southern publishing plant is urged to end the south’s book leakage to northern presses, with five million school pupils and ten million annual book dollars cited as need. Also, Rev. Minot J. Savage denounces celibacy, extols marriage for love and mutual respect in a sermon.
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South
North
Louisville Courier-Journal
Charleston
D. C
America
Minot J. Savage
Church of the Messiah
Mary
Dr. Savage
Savage
New York Sun
Senate Fight Between Tillman and McLaurin Shocks Capitol
The clash on the senate floor stemmed from Tillman’s charge that McLaurin traded votes for South Carolina patronage over the Spanish treaty. McLaurin called it a malicious lie and both men exchanged blows, with blood drawn, as an Associated Press account notes a sensational scene prompting investigations.
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McLaurin
Tillman
Senate
United States Senate
South Carolina
Senator Tillman
Senator McLaurin
Associated Press
Senator Spooner
General Funston
Philippines
Burton
Kansas
Funston
Old Hall
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Emile Gaboriau
Battlefield Courage
THE
A Southern Publishing Project
Tillman and McLaurin
Committee On
Indian Affairs
Spooner
Wisconsin
Wm. J. Bryan
Bryan
Senator
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