South African War Appears Inevitable
Ambassador Choate says the United States has not been asked to mediate between Kruger and Great Britain and knows nothing of any mediation proposal. Pretoria reports the volksraad approved Kroger’s franchise proposals and will draft them as law. A detachment of 200 royal engineers sailed from Southampton to South Africa.
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Lossex
Transvaal
Johannesburg
J. B. Robinson
Alfred Milner
United States
America
Foreign Office
Associated Press
Pretoria
Volksraad
Kroger
Royal Engineers
South Africa
Southampton
Sugar trust remedy urged by sugar expert
A sugar expert from the customs bureau testifies on duties and refining gains since the Dingley bill era. He favors a law giving the president power to reduce duties on imported articles used in trusts, arguing the consumer benefit from price reductions over 20 years. He warns of a trust menace yet supports reform within law. The session also covers Judge Emory Speer’s baccalaureate address at Mercer University about race and law. News notes include Manuel Westnedge death, Cleveland strikes, Venezuelan troop movements, Atlanta building plans, and Dawson navigation deaths.
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Industrial Commission Today
S. M. Buynitzky
Customs Bureau
Treasury Department
Bugnitzky
United Starme
Speer
Mercer
Macos
Mercer University
Emory Speer
Judge Speer
South
Jeffries Triumph Over Fitzsimmons Ends Desperate Fight
James J. Jeffries of California defeated Robert Fitzsimmons in the eleventh round before a huge Coney Island crowd. The fight featured a brutal pace, with Jeffries drawing blood from Fitzsimmons and sealing victory with a decisive late left hook. Police held back protests as officials declared no arrest needed.
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New York
James J. Jeffries
California
Robert Fitzsimmons
Coney Island Athletic Club
Jeffries
Fitzsitumons
Fitzsimmons
Hercules
Dovery
Herp
Jeffries 1S
Ife
Tom
Pleasant laxative Syrup or Fras advertised by Call California Fig Syrup Co
The California Fig Syrup Co promotes Syrup or Fras as a mild laxative with cleansing effects and remedies for colds headaches fevers and constipation. It claims to extract medicinal qualities from senna and aromatic plants without irritating kidneys or liver and warns customers to buy only labeled packages to avoid imitations. Available at druggists for 10 cents per bottle in San Francisco Louisville and New York.
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Call Fountaiie Syrup Co
California
California Fig Syrup CO
San Francisco
Cal
Louisville
New York
Sumter Sheriff Sales In Americus Georgia July 1899
Sumter County sheriff announces sales at the courthouse door in Americus on the first Tuesday in July 1899. Properties include multiple city lots on Hampton and Forsyth streets with tenants in possession, and a 402 acre tract in Sumter County. Also listed are a black mare, a brown mare, a bay horse named Abb, and a four year old mare mule. Executions are issued from the Sumter County court for taxes and other judgments. Listed property includes parcels owned by M. Whatley, Patsy Harris, Comer, Huguley, and W. C. Gray with various boundary descriptions. Sheriff's office signs the notice, with sale timing and Tennant in possession noted.
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Americus, Ga
Cty
Americus Ga
Hampton Street
M. Whatley
Barn Street
Roperty
Sumter County
Roperty Point Douiant
Americus
Forsyth
Loto T
Patsy Harris
Jim Elis
Jim Tn
HK. Harris
City of America
Forsyth Street
Br. Huguley
Mardhi Hall
Sumter
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Mra
Ballis
Cant & Nds
Dos
Johnson
Lindsot Liteton
Westby
R. Stewart
Vince Kigiere Place
W. C. Gray
LN. Hudson & Bro
Plainuit
Lew
Plact
Horne
W.aler
Peano Ee
Tols
JO. McArthur
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Yolam Spice CO
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Nuleda
Choate
Kruger
John Bull
General Otis
Manila
Richard B. Westnedge
Cleveland Electric Railway Company
Andes
Venezuela
Aipriant Castro
Los Angeles
Jim
Alaska
Dawson
National Department of Agriculture
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Victor
Tom Sharkey
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Bay of Manila
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Paranaque
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Ninth Infantry
Colorado Volunteers
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Fourteenth Infantry
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Ovenshine
Colorado Infantry
Colorado
Fourteenth
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Ala
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Ensley
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Pioneer Company
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Myron O. Wick
Youngstown
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Lalor
Wasuixetos
John J. Lalor
Milwaukee
Redskins
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Pollock
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Osage Indian Reservation
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Opum
Here
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HR. Bennett
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Gras
Navy Department
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Henry M. Ni
Adnock
Schumpert -Shoe Co
Sumter Sheriff Sales
Sumrgen Coury
J. H. Allen
Debonis
W. A. Blick
Petion
A. C. Speer
Pias
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