Transvaal reply shapes uneasy London crisis
English officials press for quick action as Transvaal presents its side. Kruger’s government denounces Britain’s aims, defends franchise terms, suzerainty stance, and mining interests while pledging to defend freedom and self government amid looming war talk.
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London
Colonial Office
Lord Salisbury
The
Times
Transvaal
Cabinet Council
Great Britain
Chamberlain
Foreign Office
Brussels
Associated Press
Kruger
Pretoria
South African Republic
Witwaterstrand
Transvaat
Volksraad
Bloemfontein
Brassys
Conyngham Green
Kruger Addresses His Position On British Actions
New York dispatch notes Paul Kruger, president of the South African republic, replies to a request from The World. He accuses British residents of stirring agitation by actions near the republic and defends the Boer stance amid tensions over the fence line and political friction.
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Om Paul
New York
Paul Kruger
South African Republic
Johannesburg Prepares for Possible Attack
Johannesburg September 6 at a war commission meeting a complete defense scheme for the town was drafted. Commander Viljoen says martial law will be proclaimed immediately on Britain’s ultimatum and a tribunal will assume duties when the state of siege is proclaimed.
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Transvaal
Johannesburg
War Commission
Viljoen
Great Britain
British Commander Arrives at Cape Town Reception
Cape Town September 6 Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Forester Walker arrives to relieve General Butler as commander of British troops in South Africa. He is met by cheering thousands and given a splendid reception.
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Forrester
Cape Town
Frederick Forester Walker
William Francis Butler
South Africa
Chattanooga Street Car Strike Reignites Over Roster
In Chattanooga Tennessee on September the electric street railway workers stirred over rumors the company would reinstate recently discharged union men. Non union workers warned they would quit if any locked out men were rehired. The company announced it would not take back any discharged workers under any circumstances.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Electric Street Railway
Admiral Dewey At Gibraltar Prefers Ashore Rest
Admiral Dewey spent most of the day at the Hotel Bristol in Gibraltar living ashore and receiving visitors. He declined dinner and public invitations due to indigestion. This afternoon he visited the governor's summer residence for tea and is expected to sail for the United States on Sunday.
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Gibraltar
Admiral Dewey
Bristol
Governor’s
United States
National Independence Day Preparations In Mexico City
Preparations are underway for the national anniversary of independence with grand arches built by the states and a troops procession featuring numerous allegorical cars across the capital.
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City of
Mexico
Republic
Issue of Filipino Money Doubled to 3 Million
The recent issue of Filipino paper money totals 3,000,100 dollars. Acceptance is compulsory and redeemable after three years. Insurgents urge interior property owners to furnish gratis carts horses and cattle for the insurgent army.
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Manila
Mrs Be A Greer Dies in Opelika Relative of Alex Stephens
Mrs E A Greer a widow dies in Opelika at an advanced age at the residence of her sons Charles and Ed Odom. She was related to the late Hon Alex Stephens of Georgia.
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Alex Stephens
Opelika
Ala
E. A. Greer
Messrs
Charles
Ed Odom
Georgia
McKinley Made Member of Chicago Union
President McKinley was elected a member of the Bricklayers and Stone Masons' International Union No 2 of Chicago. Union head Gubbins said the president must join as he was to lay the corner stone of the new post office, though membership is conditional.
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Chicago
McKinley
Bricklayers and Stone Masons’ International Union, No. 2
Gubbins
Union threaten McKinley over corner stone work
In Cook county officials delay granting honorary union membership to president McKinley amid a dispute over a stone set for a new post office corner. Secretary Stamm warns of removing the card and nationwide strikes against any construction by non union labor if he proceeds.
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Cook County
Stamm
McKinley
United States
Jiminez In High Favor Amid Dominican Leadership Shuffle
General Imbert was installed today as provisional governor of the city at Puerto Plata. General Jiminez has left for Santiago de los Caballeros with his supporters. The interior and capital populace widely favor Jiminez as events unfold.
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Santiago
Puerto Plata
San Domingo
Imbert
Jiminez
Santiags de Los Cabercllos
Interior
Transportation commission to attend to there work
A fragment notes a connection to the transportation problem and mentions that the transportation commission will attend to related work. No clear names, dates, or places are readable in the fragment.
Dispensary Board Reprimands Officials Over Beer Deals
A sensational meeting of the dispensary board in Columbia Missouri saw Captain J C Black accuse Commissioner Douthet and Superintendent Bryant of malfeasance. Charges claim dispensing liquor without accounting, redirecting orders to a Macon brewery, and selling alcohol contrary to law. After a long session the board reprimanded the officials amid alleged political conspiracy to disrupt the commission.
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Columbia
3. C
Dispensary Board
J. C. Black
Douthet
Macon
Bryant
William of Germany as Alien Arbiter of French Peace
Rev Samuel A McNeal of Atlanta seeks chaplaincy with broad Georgia support. Names include Ed D Bacon Savannah Albert Tensch James W Scull L HUI Atlant John J Oliver Edward Oliver FF Golphin Charles L Colton Augusta Willis C Walker Columbus Fred D Jones Charleston FR 8 Penn Edgefield S C Rumors of widespread discontent persist while the navy orders Detroit to Laguayra Venezuela to reassure expatriates and foreigners amid post election mutterings.
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Samuel A. McNeal
Atlanta
Georgia
Ed D. Bacon
Savannah
Albert Tensch
James W. Scull
Hui
Atlant
John J. Oliver
Edward Oliver
A. FF. Golphin
Charles L. Colton
Augusta
Willis C. Walker
Columbus
Fred D. Jones
Charleston
Penn
Edgefield
Trusts in Wake War: Industrial Commission In Session
A federal industrial commission resumes hearings in Washington as P C Boyle editor of The OW City Derrick accuses Standard Oil of price-cutting to destroy competition while praising consolidation. Boyle cites growth in production since 1870 and prices dropping. he labels Pure Oil a secretive trust and criticizes independents. The commission plans subcommissions to Chicago and west to study manufacturing transport and agriculture.
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Washington
The
Industrial Commission
P. C. Boyle
United Staes
Boyle
United Pipe Line Company
Producers’ Protective Association
Standard Oil Company
Standard Company
Pure Oil Company
Oil Trust
Chicago
Poliita
Sub
Twenty ninth regiment to move to Philippines in ten days
Acting Inspector General Davis reports the Twenty ninth regiment of volunteers, newly recruited at Atlanta, in excellent condition. The unit, with 43 officers and 1,209 enlisted men, will be en route to the Philippines within ten days. The Gulf inspector praised drill, discipline, ordnance, camp drainage, and rations.
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Washington
Twentyninth Regiment of
Atlanta
Philippines
War Department
Hardin
J. M. K. Davis
The
Gulf
Bankers Elect Hill President of American Bankers Association
Delegates report prosperous condition in all states as the clearing house representatives back a plan to charge exchange for handling checks from other cities. Walker Hill of St. Louis will be the next ABA president with Alvah Trobridge of New York as first vice president. Resolutions favoring the gold standard were adopted amid calls for ongoing banking education.
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Cleveland, C
Walker Hill
American Exchange Bank
St. Louis
American Bankers’ Association
Hil
Alvah Trobridge
North American Trust Company
New York
Committee On
Executive Council
London
Cornwell
E. O. Leach
National Union Bank
Leach
Congress
Myron T. Herrick
Clevalland
Clearing House
Lyons Letters to Registrar Lyons Seeks Officers for Colored Regiment
Washington dispatch notes Judson Lyons registers a large batch of applications from colored men for officers in the coming colored volunteers regiment. Notables include Dr. Whaley of Savannah Dr. B J Brinson of Americus and Dr W C Small of Jacksonville seeking assistant surgeon posts.
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Registrar of the Treasury
Washington
Judson Lyons
Register of the Treasury
Augusta
Atlanta
Savannah
South
Whaley
B. J. Brinson
Americus
W.C. Small
Jacksonville
Fla
Colored Regiment
Revolution Forces Rise in Venezuela as Navy Cruiser Sent
Washington reports a renewed Venezuelan crisis after a prolonged peace. A revolutionary movement is in progress, with the state department receiving information from an unofficial but trusted source. The cruiser Detroit was dispatched by the Navy Department to Venezuela.
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Detroit
Navy Department
Venezuela
Washington
State’ Department
Oan
Two Coaches Die In Roanoke Rail Crash
Two eastbound Norfolk and Western coaches jumped a 30 foot embankment near Narrows Roanoke division killing A B Luck a Roanoke contractor and an unknown infant of Bluefield West Virginia. Twenty eight were injured mostly cuts and bruises with eight taken to Roanoke for care. wreck caused by spreading of a rail. Traffic delayed a few hours.
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Roanoke
Narrows
Radford
Norfolk and Western Railroad
A. B. Luck
Bluefielda
W. Va
Army Nurses Meet in Convent. Clara Barton Addresses
The National Army Nurses Association held its meeting in Philadelphia on September. A large delegation attended and the highlight was Miss Clara Barton of the Red Cross Society delivering an address to the members. Annual reports were presented.
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Clara Barton
Philadelphia
National Army Nurses Association
Red Cross Society
Sam Jones In Contempt in Whisky Prosecution
In Chattanooga Tennessee on September 6 Rev Sam Jones and evangelist George R Stuart were found in contempt of the circuit court for failing to appear in a Sunday whisky investigation subpoenas were deemed regular and if needed for the probe they will be brought to the city by peremptory process.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
S. Sam Jones
George R. Stuart
Estil
Bloody Crime in Louisiana Near Bunkerhill
Unknown assailants kill Bud Sullivan aged twenty two by four gunshots near Bunkerhill Smith County. Two months earlier George Sullivan was shot in an ambush, and a prominent citizen fled the neighborhood amid nocturnal house shootings. Two factions are said to exist, and more bloodshed is feared.
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Sullivan
Dusvilla
Mias
Bunkerhill
Smith County
Bud Sullivan
Jesse Sullivan
George Sullivan
Coal Greek Miners Strike at Sale Creek Mines
Two hundred coal miners at the Sale Creek mines in Hamilton County, Tennessee, walked out in a strike over supplying coal to Dayton Coal and Iron Company, whose miners are also striking for higher wages. The workers demanded the company stop furnishing coal to Dayton, but operators refused and the men laid down their picks. Tonight there is a prospect of settlement in the Dayton strike.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Sale Creek
Dayton Coal and Iron Company
Dayton
Heat Center at Little Rock Hottest Spot in Country
The weather bureau bulletin reports Little Rock Arkansas district the hottest area in the nation for the past twenty four hours ending 8 this morning with an average maximum temperature officially 102 degrees Today remained equally hot across the district within Arkansas centered on Little Rock Arkansas
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Arkansas
Little Rock
Ark
Weather Bureau
United States
M, LABOR! MAY WITHDRAW Attorney for Defense Cries Out Against Injustice of Ceurt
A defense attorney for the labor side cries out against perceived injustice in court. The outburst follows scheduling issues and alleges bias, with supporters gathering outside the courthouse as the case proceeds.
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Ceurt
Dreyfus Case Hinges on Emperor Will Testimony
Rennes September 6 observers say Dreyfus salvation rests on Emperor William allowing Colonel Schwarzkoppen to testify or deposit documents linked to the bordereau. If the Kaiser signals approval, Dreyfus is spared. if not, conviction seems likely. Paris battles heat and delay as King Humbert may align with the Kaiser. Labori grows pale amid court clash over accusations. withdrawal considered if judges remain hostile.
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Rennes
Dreyfus
Emperor William
Colonel Schwarzkoppen
Germany
Paris
Schwarzkoppen
Wiliam
France
Humbert
William
Wurtemburg
Afisaca-Loraine
Turin
M. Labori
Labori
General Elliot
Janaust
la Dame Blanche
Jouvaust
Jouaust
Maitre Labori
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