Wyndham's secret poker scheme meets a veiled Mexican intrigue
Craig Wyndham plans a late night poker session with Don Carlos Escudera and others, then slips away to meet a veiled Mexican woman, Senorita del Puente, at a distant hotel. A ruse involving a trusted servant and a staged disappearance conceals his real movements while Escudera remains unaware.
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Wyndham
Escudera
James
Mexico
Burr Pendleton
Pendleton
Craig Wyndham
Mr. Wyndham
Mr. Pendleton
Senor Escudera
Carlos Escudera
Carmen del Puente
Don Carlos
Seldon
Craig
Walt
Madigan Square
Thirty Third Street
Sixth Avenue
Carleton
Biggs
Thomas
Carleton Bigs
Escudero
Madison Square
Senorita del Puente
the Waldorf
Craven Laws on Curfews in U S Towns
The article notes that curfew ordinances are in force in over a thousand towns and villages nationwide requiring minors to be off streets by 9 pm unless accompanied by a parent or guardian. It questions how any city could be without such laws.
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United States
The
Circuit Rider
Brockton
Standard Oil
Standard Oil Company
Orient
Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
Japan
Texas
Russia
New York Commercial
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Carlisle
Jones
Misscellaneous Reading A Pen Picture of Senator Gorman
Washington text profiles Maryland senator Arthur Gorman returning to the Senate after four years. It praises his old line Democrat stance, notes his possible 1904 presidential prospects, and details his Washington presence, appearance, debate style, and long career from pages to postmaster. It also portrays his Laurel Maryland home life, farming interests, wealth from West Virginia coal and C and O holdings, and his family of five girls and a boy.
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Gorman
Senate
Wellington
Maryland
Mr. Gorman
Washington
Prince Albert
Stephen A. Douglas
Arthur Gorman
Senate Chamber
William Pinckney White
Farmers’ Meeting
Piedmont Ridge
Laurel
Baltimore
Washington Monument
Hobbs
West Virginia
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
The
News and Courier
Debate over Manila barracks prompts Philippine unrest talk
In the Congressional Record discussion on funding Manila barracks an assertion is made that camp conditions in Manila harm troops. A California member cites flooded tents near the bay and a nipa hut site. He urges immediate funding and criticizes harm caused by antigovernment speeches.
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Congressional Record
House
Manila
Kahn
California
Committee On Appropriations
Tennessee
Lunetta
Bay of Manila
Malate
Islands
North Carolina
Pau
Smith
First
Negros
Supreme Court of the Philippines
Robert Lee Bullard
Alabama
House of Representatives
Senate
United States
Lenty
Ohio
Shattus
Mr. Finley
Mr. Kahn
Roosevelt Ousts Hill in Mississippi and Critics Move
President Roosevelt removed Jim Hill a veteran colored Republican leader from registrarial duties in Jackson Mississippi and replaced him with Frederick W Collins a white United States marshal The action shocks Mississippi Republicans who accuse Roosevelt of aiding southern Democrats while two such Democrats are named to federal posts in the state.
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Washington
News and Courier
Roosevelt
Mississippi
Jim" Hill
Jackson
Frederick W. Collins
United States
Man
Hill
White House
Robert E. Lee
Edgar S. Wilson
Lee
Wilson
Grover Cleveland
Standard Oil Company
Pennsylvania
Russia
Orient
Texas
Rockfeller Combine
Lone Star
Combine
Beaumont
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Frederick van Rensselaer Dey
the Brotherhood of Silence
Frederic van Rensselaer Day
Carleto
Buncombe
Philippines
Philippine Islands
South Carolina
Spartanburg
Greenville
Rock Hill
Chester
Society
Southern Appointments
Fice
Representative Lever
Representative Stokes
Bert Kennedy
Kennedy
Amos Cummings
Cummings
Lever
Mr. Cummings
Washington Post
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