Captive on a Ocean Trader Plots Escape to France
Captain Wood, bound and gagged, is freed by conspirators on a voyage aboard the Fleur de Lis. He is kept under guard by Lawford and Colonel McQuade while the gang plans a theft of his fortune. A private escape by dinghy leads Wood to land in France and plot a covert return to England by train via Lamballe and Paris.
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Lysander
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McQuade
New York
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Southampton
Chattahoochee
United States
Black
Walt
France
Lambelle
Brest
Paris
Havre
Population of the United States 1900 Census Rise
Official figures announce a total U S population of 76 295 220 for 1900 with 74 627 907 in 45 states, a gain of 13 225 464 over 1890 and an 21 percent increase. Indians not taxed total 134 158. Alaska data incomplete and overseas stations estimated.
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Cost of National Campaigns Through 1896
The piece details national campaign spending from 1876 to 1896, noting totals rising from over 800000 to more than 4 million. It highlights accounting practices, late campaign operations, and targeted funding to key states including West Virginia Indiana Iowa and Fort Wayne, with Hanna's 1896 canvass costing over 200000.
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Jones
West Virginia
Democratic National Committee
Indiana
Quay
Republican National Committee
New York
Leutenants
Fort Wayne
Iowa
Republican Party
National Committee
Curcaco
the Journal
Atlanta
McKinley
Illinois
Maryland
Kansas
Marcus A. Hanna
Nat’l
Estimating Costs of a Presidential Campaign
A World’s Work article estimates a full political campaign including presidential, congressional and gubernatorial races could total about 20 million dollars. The discussion notes substantial nationwide fundraising and spending implications for the electoral process.
Ant Army Forages In Mud Hut Then Returns With Prey
A city resident in South Africa reports an army of about 15 000 ants marching from a hut to a nearby mound. The foragers encircle the mound, scale it, and return with crickets and grasshoppers for the colony. The operation is described as a precise military foray with planned logistics and shared duties.
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South Africa
Leach
Chicago Chronicle
Jones and Hanna Victory Telegraphs from 1900 campaign
This item reproduces two telegrams from 1900 campaign chairmen Jones and Hanna predicting McKinley victory and Bryan's defeat, with references to imperialism trusts and alleged fraud by Republicans. It includes a Chicago Dispatch note on a stump confrontation about wages and a critique of campaign tactics.
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Atlanta Journal
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Atlanta
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Illinois
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James K. Jones
Chm
Dem
Nat'l. Com
Converse College History and Growth Statement by President Wilson
President B F Wilson responds to The News and Courier describing Converse College founding in 1890 with 176 students, gifts totaling about 170000 from Mr Converse and community, new plant value near 250000, four large and six small buildings, 2000 seat music hall, 7 music faculty, 225 music students, total enrollment 376 with 193 boarders, and plans for a science hall plus emphasis on nonsectarian governance and high grade college work since dropping the preparatory department.
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News and Courier
Converse College
B. F. Wilson
Converse
South Carolina
Spartanburg
Cause of Education
Department of Music
Conservatory
Puritan reporter urges ethics in press at Milwaukee church
George F. Grassie, Milwaukee reporter, spoke at Plymouth Congregational Church on the ethical side of journalism. He argued newspapers should print truth to teach self knowledge, balancing news with religion, atheism, and civic interest while sustaining circulation.
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