14 Oct 1899
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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1899
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR reads like a county notice or legal ad from Georgia in 1899. Names such as Virginia and Gear light appear amid scattered phrases about property, value, and place. Readable specifics are limited. likely a public notice or sale listing with unspecified details.
London reports in The Scotsman claim a battle between Sir George White’s Natal forces and Boer troops. Dispatches from Ladysmith describe mobile columns reconnoitering, heavy bombardment, and scarce forage as British and Free State forces mobilize toward key targets including Mafeking and Ladysmith.
Transvaal Commandant General Joubert urges discipline as Cape Burghers sworn in. Postal links with surrounding colonies disrupted while Transvaal and Orange Free State stay connected. Plea to avoid private dwellings and pay for forage. severe punishment for looting promised.
At Brighton a public meeting under the South African Association drew over 3000 people as reports said Rudyard Kipling would speak. The crowd sang patriotic songs before the addresses began, with the chairman leading remarks on the war’s causes and government support.
In Schell City near Nevada, Missouri, burglars blew open the Farmers Bank safe last night and escaped with 3500 dollars. They captured the town watchman on the street, bound and gagged him before fleeing. No clues remain for investigators.
Washington reports the withdrawal of British diplomatic agent Conyngham Greene from Pretoria and the formal state of war with the South African republic. American consul Macrum is instructed to assume British interests duties during the conflict, with limited other American consular presence noted in the region. No neutrality proclamation is planned.
Three masked desperadoes rode into Sevierville bank firing on the door. Thurmer died, Cal Derrick wounded, one robber killed himself after a pursuit. Derrick, a Knoxville liveryman, and accomplice Cruze were linked to the plot as authorities pursued charges and potential lynching fears subsided.
London dispatch reports a representative of Rochefort’s newspaper says Colonel Schneider former Austro-Hungarian embassy aide in Paris was wounded while being taken to the Orient Express. He had returned from Switzerland to duel Captain Ciugnot over evidence in the Rennes trial.
New York Senator-elect Chauncey M. Depew delivered the keynote at the cornerstone laying of Dewey Hall in Northfield Vermont. Admiral Dewey, a Norwich University cadet, spoke as the mortar was laid, praising the alumnus and the university. Depew's oration lauded Dewey's global fame and argued U S expansion and liberty strategy, linking Dewey's victories to national progress and Philippine independence prospects.
An editorial recounts Admiral Dewey's ties to Vermont, praising his lifelong devotion to New England virtues and his role in opening the orient to the United States. It notes his reception in Boston after a Vermont event and cites Dewey’s brotherly loyalty to his homeland. The piece frames Dewey as a custodian of civilization amid imperial aims, highlighting his symbolic statues and remembered quotes.
The electric light committee debated bids for city lighting with a municipal ownership feature. Georgia Electric Light Company proposed three year coverage at 82 50 per arc light and 33 75 for incandescents, with arbitration to set costs. The Atlanta Railway and Power Company bid five years at 73 95 per arc light and 35 95 for incandescents. A $750,000 lighting plant bond was noted. Two reports will go to council with majority by McCullough Holland Burns LaHatte and minority by Thomson.
Boston crowds around 25 000 greet Admiral Dewey upon arrival at Boston after days of rest. Mayor Quincy and civic leaders lead a triumphal procession to the Hotel Touraine. Naval veterans and G A R posts march, streets decorated, fireworks on Boston Common. He will attend school programs, receive a watch, review a parade, and banquet before leaving for New York.
Manila reports Major Cheatham's scouting party drove Tebela rebels from Muntinlo pa with three Americans killed and two wounded. Rumors of disarmed American prisoners are unconfirmed. A native lieutenant is jailed for alleged enlistment in a plot against Americans. Arm seizures at Dominican friars’ headquarters noted. Fourth Infantry links with General Schwan at Perez Das Marinas. Earthquakes felt in Manila at 10 PM.
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