Seething Mass of Rebellion and Boer War News
Reports from Cape Town and London describe the South African war chaos with Cape Colony disturbed, Boers receiving support, and harsh government censorship. Dispatches note high camp mortality, refugee fatigue allotments, and debates over Kitchener’s policies and home government blame.
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Franco Turkish Enbrogliom Postpones Active Coercion
The Franco Turkish standoff remains unchanged as France plans no coercive steps against the sultan until after the czar visits. Munir Bey visits Paris incognito to discuss a possible shift while a celebration for Abdul Hamid II's accession anniversary is cancelled and a military orchestra permission is withdrawn.
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Andre Aboard the Hartford Fr war minister hosted aboard
French War Minister General Andre visited the United States training ship Hartford at La Rochelle after western army maneuvers. He toured cadets, enjoyed luncheon, and expressed hope the visit would strengthen Franco American naval ties. Admiral Menard and Commander Hawley attended a formal banquet with officers and the Marseillaise and America played.
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Gener Andre
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la Rochelle
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Andre
America
Menard
Hawley
Knights Templar conclave winds down with San Francisco next
Louisville August 20 mas conclave visitors depart by train rear guard returns home. White plumes fade as tours to Mammoth Cave and other points wrap up. San Francisco chosen as next meeting place. women guests prominent. grand ball signals final conclave events.
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Knights Templars
Mammoth Cave
San Francisco
FOR ATLANTA POST OFFICE Substations to ease Atlanta relief effort
Representative Len Livingston urged the Postmaster General to establish two sub stations in Atlanta to relieve pressure on the main post office as the city outgrew its current facilities. With Postmaster General Smith absent, the decision awaits the industrial commission’s upcoming report to Congress and consideration proceeds to grant relief promptly.
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Congress
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Post Office Department
Atlanta
Mrs Oscar Davis Ill in Capital Avenue Sanitarium
Mrs Oscar Davis remains seriously ill after about two weeks of illness. She had a brief period yesterday when her condition was dire, but at an early hour this morning she was resting well and there is renewed hope for her recovery. Mr Oscar Davis is also ill at Dr Robertson's sanitarium on Capitol Avenue.
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Capitol Avenue
Health Board Hears Rules For City Health Office
The health board met for under an hour to discuss preparing rules governing the city health office. The matter was referred to the vital statistics and contagious diseases committees to draft rules for next meeting. Mayor Mims urged study of taxing milkmen for cows supplying Atlanta milk and council action on Mangum street land purchase. The meeting, presided by Dr Pierce, also addressed cremator concerns and stables relocation.
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Mangum Street
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Pierce
Jarnagin
Morgan Fathers Mammoth Trade In Ship-Building Scheme
The Bethlehem Steel Company files a 7 600 000 mortgage in Hudson County New Jersey. It lists 53555 acres on the Hackensack meadows tied to a vast Anglo American steel plan featuring a ship building plant docks and potential belt line railroad. Morgan Pierpont Morgan is cited as prime mover and rail interests seek nearby terminal property to serve Jersey City.
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Register
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J Pierpont Morgan
Jersey City
Hackensack
Appeal by Negroes Seeks Presidential Protection Against Lynchings
A Negro Baptist convention in Oklahoma City urges President McKinley to use executive power to ensure fair trials for blacks accused of crimes before any punishment. The August convention condemns offenses but seeks legal safeguards and protection from mob violence.
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Negro Territorial Baptists Sunday School Convention
Eleven Killed In Wreck Near Syracuse New York
Debris from the southbound Pennsylvania railroad wreck last night leaves eleven dead as a list of victims grows. Notable casualties include Rev A Park Burgess of Syracuse and Mrs A Park Burgess, with others from Newark Elmira Seneca Falls and Sodus Point. Injured remain in Rochester hospitals with several in critical condition.
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Elmira
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Burnham
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Munyon
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New York
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Homeopathic
Rochester
E ‘Ff Bradley
Seneca
Jealousy Drives Him to Death by Self Action in Lakewood Note
A tearful note reveals jealous passion as the writer confesses to heartbreak and fear of losing the beloved. He admits renewed jealousy and avoidance of Lakewood to prevent witnessing another suitor near the one he loves, while pleading for love. The message hints at a fatal consequence of unrequited longing.
Last Words of Despondent Lover Found in Letter
A dying man writes farewell lines to his sweetheart begging forgivness and roses on his grave at South Bend cemetery. He asks his love to wear his ring in death and laments the cause being a girl. A fragment on the back shows a pan cil slip and further scrawls to his father.
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Kissel
Anu
Crisis near in steel strike sparks political clash
Reports describe mounting tensions as steel workers push for action while leaders scramble to manage backlash. The Amalgamated Association is drawn into a tangle of contracts and repudiations, with calls to sacrifice Shaffer to save the union. In McKeesport, 568 strikers showed amid heavy rain, far short of hoped 6,000, as Duquesne march ends without access to the mill gate. Pickets withdrawn following a Canal Dover injunction, and US marshals notify nearly all of the 900 strikers.
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Canal Dover Ohio
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Fight in boarding house ends with five arrests
A melee at No 2 Houston Street boarding house led to charges against A T Wood E B Jordan and three others though Wood and Jordan were the principal actors. Wood and Jordan dispute arose after insults and a dispute on the front porch. The fight took place on the third floor hall and many watched as officers investigated. The Recorder’s Court will hear the cases this afternoon.
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E B Jordan
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Jordan
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Joe Griffin
Ww E Norton
Constitution
Moore Finds His Boys Return Home After Missing Days
Moore of No 7% Decatur street reports his two young sons who ran away from home three or four days ago have been found. The chief of police received a letter from Marietti confirming the boys and their mother, Moore’s wife, are together. Moore and his wife are divorced. Moore plans to bring them home immediately.
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Fire Strikes Fair Grounds Race Track. Horses Dead
A blaze in the southwest corner of the fair grounds race track in St Louis on August 30 consumed about a dozen stables valued at 5500 dollars. Several horses perished including Tom Cromwell Miss Faustus and Silent Brook. Reports of a sick boy in a stable could not be corroborated.
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