Kruger Declares War on England
Johannesburg reports war declared with Boer forces invading Natal and occupying strategic points. Boers cut border fence and telegraph lines, advancing toward Ladysmith and Durban as British mobilization accelerates amid fears of campaigns at five locations. Continent reacts with anti English sentiment while governments prepare for broader conflict.
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Vryburg
Cape Colony
Tere
Berlin
England
Phoula
America
Vienna
Burgomas_lermeger
United States
Ametea
Europe
Lueger
Olberty
Mafeking Braces for Boer Attack Amid Tight Defense
Reports from Mafeking say the town bars wagon traffic and prepares for bombardment by twelve Boer guns. Civilians, including convent sisters and many ladies, convert homes to hospitals while the fort's searchlight sweeps the veldt. Spies are under arrest and railway lines lie within Boer reach as supplies to Boer commissariat face refusal.
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Cape Town
Mafeking
Zeervst
Boer Commissariat
British must leave at once as Kruger bid farewell
London reports a Pretoria dispatch stating Conyngham Greene told President Kruger and officials he will depart in private capacity. Greene and staff leave tomorrow on two special trains. Martial law declared at 1 pm and British residents without permits must depart the Transvaal within eight days.
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South Africa
Kruger
London
Pretoria
Lourenzo Marques
Cape
Natal
Conyngham Greene
Kruger's Artillery at Wozk Ready to Meet the Tortoise
London dispatch from Kimberly reports Kruger's artillery units have been practicing at a distant dummy at 2,100 to 2,500 yards with excellent results. The defenses are erected in all directions and the garrisons say they are ready to meet the foe when he appears above the kopje.
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London
Kimberly
Women Leaving Mafeking in Proceeding Evacuation
Cape Town reports Mafeking remains in excellent defense state as three cottages with women and children are sent out at 6 40 pm on Wednesday. natives say Boers robbed them at Malmanti. Ultimatum news caused no local excitement. A transport rider suspected of crossing the border daily has been arrested at Mafeking.
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Landen
Laings Nek
Kimberley
Vryburg
Mafeking
Lobats
Durban
Albertina
Ladysmith
Ladys Nek
Natal
Ingogo Heights
Orange Free State
van Reenen
Daily Mall
Lobata
Pretoria
Transvaal
Charlestown
Newcastle
Free Ae Roers
Modder Ver
British Advance From Mafeking Eyeing Border High Ground
Colonel Baden-Powell dispatches a strong British force from Mafeking toward the border with field guns and ambulances. The move aims to secure advantageous defensive high ground and strengthen position today.
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London
Mafeking
Baden-Powell
Boers Have Thirty Maxims Says Maxim Dismisses Boer Guns
London October 12 Hiram Maxim said in an interview that the Boers possess thirty Maxims but the British need not fear their artillery describing it as a weakness. He praised armored trains noting their usefulness to Americans in the Philippines and compared the Boers to southern Americans in outlook.
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London
Hiram
Maxim
Philippines
England to Vanquish the Boers Says South Africa Voters
The speaker claims excellent marksmen and fighters are found worldwide, noting the southern era and asserting England will vanquish the Boers. He urges looking across the Atlantic to see what America has achieved and implies English-speaking races' potential.
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Ion
England
Atlantic
America
England's Reply to Kruger Demands Refused
London reports Chamberlain's emphatic refusal to discuss the demands of the South African Republic. Her Majesty's government received the Pretoria ultimatum with great regret and states the conditions are impossible to discuss. The reply was conveyed to Milner in the late evening of October 10.
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Chamberlain
London
Milner
South African Republic
Free State Forces Seize Natal Trains During War Actions
Dispatches from Durban report Orange Free State authorities seized a Natal train leaving Ladysmith for Harrismith and halted a second train due to depart Harrismith in the afternoon. All rolling stock is ordered south, and telegraphic communication with the Transvaal reportedly ceased yesterday after noon Transvaal time.
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Kruger
England
London
Durban
Natal
Orange Free State
Ladysmith
Harrismith
Transvaal
Reserves Ordered to Prepare for Cape Deployment
Halifax October 12 military authorities act over Transvaal crisis. Lord Seymour orders all Halifax area reserves to be ready to join transport to the Cape if demanded. About several hundred reserves notified of war department instructions.
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Nova Scotia
Cape
Halifax
Transvaal
Lord Seymour
War Departments
Halitaa
Steyn Declares for Kruger in Transvaal Stand
October 12 report from Cape Town cites President Steyn of the Orange Free State issuing a proclamation to burghers pledging resistance to Britain. He argues independence would end if Britain forces annexation and urges unity with the Transvaal, condemning British claims and urging Christians to stand firm.
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Reputo
Alfred Milner
Cape Colony
South Africa
Steyn
Orange Free States
Transvaal
T Ia
Orange Free State
Cape Town
Sorerny
Free State
Great Britain
Chicago
Holland Society
Central Music Hall
Schwan Advance: Troops Retake Towns in Swamp Reach
General Schwan’s expedition has accomplished its objective and troops return to former positions. Insurgents occupy captured towns while U S troops retreat through a vast swamp, surprising Filipinos who did not expect the move. Schwan moves from Perez Day Marinas toward Imus with infantry.
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Manila
Schwan
Perez Day Marinas
Imus
Insurrection in Rosario Echoes of Prisoner Release and Relief Efforts
Reported from Rosario details show insurgents holding many more men than guns and plans to reconcentrate. Prisoners to be released except red handed. civilians endure bombardment as Americans advance. Commissary work praised. transport from Rosario to Malabon hampered by mud. wagons used for cargo by canoes. wire lines kept by Lieutenant Clark with abandonments.
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Rosario
Bacoo
Wayler
Associated Press
Biddle
Horton
Malabon
Schwan
Bacoor
Clark
Seven Ton Rock Steals From Death Spot of Turkey Foot
Historic Turkey Foot Rock weighing seven tons was stolen last night from its long resting place marking where the Indian chieftain Turkey Foot met death. The stone’s removal ends a century old landmark in Toledo location details unclear.
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Toledo
Turkey Foot
Americans Advance In Wet Season Skirmishes Across Cavite
Troops retrace routes from Malabon to Bacoor while Filipino forces fall back to Silang and Indanang. Marines reconnoiter near Bunday site as pockets of resistance along the shore road between Bacoor and Rosario reemerge. At Malabon natives in American uniform are captured or hiding in khaki, some disguised as amigos. A church imprisonment mars a night for Malabon contingents and priests linked to General Trias.
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Muln
Malabon
Bacoor
Slannt
Trias
Silang
Indanang
United States
Filpinos
Alejedrino
Cavite
Viejo
Novaleta
Triag
Cable landings in Cuba halted by U S action
Secretary Root reports petitions urging revocation of Secretary Alger’s Cuba landing ban are rejected. Congress has prohibited granting franchises in Cuba and no authority exists to authorize the Commercial Cable Company to lay or operate a cable there. The Western Union rights originate from Spain, and treaty obligations require protection of such property.
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Commercial Cable Company
Cuba
Washington
Root
Alger
Congress
Western Union
United States
Spain
Episcopal Congress Meets in Paul Despatches Nature Christian Topic
The Protestant Episcopal congress met in Paul on October 12 with the morning topic Nature Christian. Rev. Frederick Palmer of Andover, Massachusetts read the opening paper and sparked a general discussion. An evening session addressed routine congress matters.
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Palmer
Paul
Protestant Episcopal Congress
Irrederick Palmer
Andover
Maas
General Congress
Man on Trial for Murder Claims He Paid Blackmail
Maryville October 12 C G Jesse on trial for the murder of Frank Griffin editor of Griffins Daily Review admitted on the stand that he paid blackmail to Griffin since coming to Maryville for the privilege of selling liquor contrary to law after his drug store was destroyed.
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Maryville
Mon
C. G. Jesse
Frank Griffin
Griffins Daily Review
Griffin
Salling Aquor
Programme To Be Outlined Today In Tragic Death Case
A poverty struck man, Jesse, faced ongoing money demands from Griffin who threatened to publish a defamatory statement about Jesse’s daughter. After Griffin’s attacks in print, Jesse found his wife distraught. overwhelmed by distress and financial woes, he encountered Griffin on the street and, in a moment of unsteady judgment, drew his pistol and shot.
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Jesse
Griffin
Vermont Welcomes Dewey Admires a Costly Medal
Vermont extends a formal welcome to Admiral Dewey in Montpelier on October 12. The celebration far surpasses the Bennington monument dedication, the region's previous grand event. Dewey spent the forenoon receiving old friends and neighbors amid elaborate ceremonies.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Admiral Dewey
Bennington Monument
Captain Saffold Slain in Manila Attack
Special from Mobile reports Captain Manon Bolling Saffold, native of Selma born 18__, was killed Monday near Manila while commanding a battalion from the Thirteenth and Fourteenth United States infantry and some Tagalog auxiliaries. He was the son of the late Benjamin Saffold of Selma. his grandfather, Hon Reuben Saffold, once chief justice of Alabama.
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Mobile
Ala
Manon Bolling Saffold
Novaletta
Manila
Fourteenth
United States Infantry
Benjamin Saffold
Selma
Reuben Saffold
Nashville Democrats Win Elect Head Mayor Ticket
Nashville voters backed Hon J M Head and the full Democratic ticket in a decisive town election held October 12. Head led with a large vote margin as Nate Dortch and Alex G Flie trailed. turnout was light, reflecting a foregone conclusion in the race.
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J. M. Head
Nashville Town
J M Head
al Nashvle
Mr Head
Nate Dortch
Alex G Flie
Mayors expanded power under new city charter Paris
Under the new city charter the mayor's powers are materially extended and with the city council backing him several promised reforms in city affairs are anticipated. Other officials named include Mayor James M Head city attorney Edwin Price Comptroller H J Cheney Treasurer Charles M McWahe Tax assessor Roger Eastman City judge J 8S Buchanan Marshal Bud Worley.
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George W Stainback
Board of Pubic Works
James M
Edwin
Price
H J Cheney
Charles M Mc Wahe
Roger Eastman
Buchanan
Bud Worley
Law revision urged for Interstate Commerce Code
Senator JL H Kyle of South Dakota says the Interstate Commerce Commission will report by January and recommend a new code. He proposes an official to study large corporations, bank examiners, and government use of data, plus immigration restrictions. Kyle cites European societies funding undesirable entrants and notes broad trust influence in the country.
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Chicago
JL H Kyle
South Dakota
Industrial Commission
Kyle
Europe
America
Major Is Appointed
Washington reports Colonel A. B. Frost of the First South Dakota volunteers has been named major of the Thirty ninth volunteer regiment.
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Washington
A. 8. Frost
South Dakota Volunteers
Thirtyminth Volunteer Regiment
Committee To Hear Report On Dewey Brumby Reception
Ten members added to original list as Atlanta city groups plan a steering committee to organize the Dewey Brumby reception. Mayor Woodward chairs with leaders from the Business League and Chamber of Commerce, aiming for a grand event and substantial expenses coverage.
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Dewey- Brumby
Council
James G. Woodward
Dewey
Brumby
Atlanta
Woodward
ColHer
Business League
Lee
Chamber of Commerce
Engli Sh
Dewey and Brumby
Wodward
Steerng
Cullkr
Clark Howell
J W
R F Maddox
H. H Cabanizs
Hoke Smith
Frank Rice
Joseph T Orme
J K Orr Alt
Mr Orme
la G
Capial City Club
Allen D. Candler
W. J. Northen
C. A. Collier
Business Men's League
L. H. Beck
D. N. McCullough
J. W. Pope
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