War Money and Mi en War Office Increases Corps For South Africa
The Transvaal crisis deepens as Britain plans large force deployments to South Africa. Government authorizes provisional expenditure up to 3 million pounds with potential 1 more million. Boer forces occupy border camps near Natal, seizing gold, while reports of an ultimatum circulate. Dispatches cite 40,000 troops, imminent civil defense actions, and fears of war spreading from Pretoria to Bloemfontein with mass troop movements and refugee queues.
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War Office
South Africa
London
Transvaal
Michael Hicks-Beach
War Board
Durban
Laing
Nek
Army Corps
England
The
Press Association
Brussels
Dr. Leyds
Europe
South African Republic
Kruger
Great Britain
Cape
Cape Town
Stewart White
Natal
Frederick Walker
White
Lourenzo Marquez
Delagoa Bay
Volkerast
Commissariat
Veldt
Joubert
Neuwcastle
Volksrust
Milner
Alfred Milner
Pretoria
Bloemfontein
London Morning
Johannesburg
Reitz
Standard
Diggers
Lord James of Hereford
Edgar Vincent
Exeter
Redvers Buller
Boors
Boshof
IEEE
Town Falls
Farwell & Wepfgate
Andrade Ready to Leave Caracas After Defeat
A Caracas to New York cable reports President Ignacio Andrade preparing to flee on the Red D line steamer Philadelphia from La Guaira to Ponce, Porto Rico, and New York, amid insurgent advances led by General Cipriano Castro. Castro’s advance guard is near Caracas, while he avoids a decisive battle, seeking engagement just outside the city.
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Venezuela
You
Caracas
Ignacio Andrade
Philadelphia
la Guarra
Ponce
Porto Rico
New York
Andrade
Cipriano Castro
Castro
Elvillo
Navy to Send Brookyln and Vessels to Philippines
President orders immediate dispatch to the Philippines of the Brooklyn along with gunboats Marietta and Machias. Admiral Dewey urged reinforcement after a detailed interview outlining the Philippine situation and calling for rapid action to end hostilities. The ships will join the Asiatic squadron to expedite operations and report to Manila on arrival.
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Washington
Philippines
Brooklyn
Marietta
Machias
Admiral Dewey
Philippine
Secretary of the Navy
Navy Department
North Atlantic Squadron
Tompkinsville
Dewey
Department
Manila
Admiral Dewey Leaves Olympia for New Duties
Admiral Dewey, with Secretary Long granting full liberty, detaches from the Olympia to tour Vermont at Shelburne Farms and later attend a Boston honor reception on October 14. The Olympia proceeds to Boston for decommissioning and extensive repairs. Rear Admiral Sehley is installed as commander of the Loyal Legion at Delmonico's in New York. President McKinley and party begin a half month tour to Chicago and the Northwest, with cabinet members in tow.
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Washington
Dewey
Secretary Long
Long
Department
Olympia
Tompkinsville
Vermont
W. Seward Webb
Shelburne Farms
Burlington
Boston
New York
Sehley
The
Loyal Legion
Order
Delmonico
Henry L. Jarnett
Tresident
Washineton
United States
McKinley
Great Britain
Transvaal
Flanagan and Leon Fight to a Draw in St Louis
Telegraphic briefs note a 20 round draw between Flanagan and Leon in St Louis on Wednesday. Also listed are Canada observing October 19 as Thanksgiving, Carnegie offering a home for Emporia library, boxer Jimmy Logue's death, Nashville trotting meet canceled, Baptist missionaries sailing to Asia, a Kentucky murder trial acquittal, and a Tucson copper claims sale to Oxide Copper of New Jersey.
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Flanagan
Leon
St. Louis
Dominion of Canada
Andrew Carnegie
Anderson
Emporia
Kan
Jimmy Logue
Philadelphia
Cumberland Park
Nashville
Baptist Missionary Union
Boston
Asia
J. W. Smith
Henry Craig
Carrington
Tucson
A. T
George H. Sisson
New Jersey
Lawton Drives Insurgents Westward in Filipino Campaign
General Lawton dispersed insurgents at Timas pushing them west. Our lines fired by volley as Filipinos fled from trenches. One enemy group, led by a former Nus mayor, retreated toward Perez Das Marinas and another toward San Francisco de Malabon. Lieutenant Knawbonshuo's scouts found 28 dead Filipinos in trenches, six killed by a shell. The first wagon train with provisions reached Ins in three days, and two companies of the Fourteenth Regiment joined to relieve the Fourth, kept awake in trenches by intermittent insurgent fire.
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Lawton
Bacoor
Ths
Lozen
Timas
Nus
Perez
Award in Venezuela case and other Oct reports
Great Britain appears to have gained all it sought in the Anglo Venezuelan boundary award, with the Orinoco waterway open to nations and key wealth areas within British territory. The bulletin notes Venezuela loses the Barima district but gains boundary alignment near Cuini and fort sites are resolved, while plantations and gold fields stay British. The roundup also covers Sutton Neb reunions, tandem pacing records, warrants for a Nebraska senator, a fatal parachute accident in Iowa, a Second Iowa Cavalry reunion, miner unrest in Kansas, a Montgomery murder suicide, a Sieler case dismissal, and a Kansas City dog track result.
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Great Britain
London
Robert Schombergh
Double Movement In Progress by Filipinos at Porac
Mantua Oct 5 Several hundred insurgents have reoccupied Porao after being captured by General MacArthur and evacuated by Americans. Insurgents move toward Mexico southeast of Angeles to threaten the Manila Dagao line. An American private was killed at Santa Ana. two Twenty-first Regiment soldiers killed and seven wounded at Calamba. clashes at Guagua where two privates died. Baltimore sailors wounded by mistaken fire from US troops. Gunboat Urdaneta captured by insurgents beached near Orani. expedition considered a success with no US casualties.
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Mantua
Porao
MacArthur
Mexico
Angeles
Manila-Dagaopan
Fourth Cavalry
Santa Ana
Arayat
Scott
Edwards
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Magalang
Calamba
Twenty-first Regiment
Guagua
United States
Baltimore
Bacor River
Watson
Urdaneta
Orani
Chicago Fall Festival Opens Amid Lights and Flags
Omcaco Oct 5 Chicago's fall festival opened last evening before a vast crowd. At 6 the banners along the court of honor were cut and 25,000 yards of red and white bunting were released. Ten minutes later the Venetian mast festoons lit up with 11,000 incandescent bulbs, making State street between Van Buren and Lake a brilliant scene.
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Chicago
Omcaco
Court of Honor
State Street
van Buren
Lake
Chiefs of Deay court-martial in Nicaragua death penalty
A long court martial in Managua, Nicaragua, convicts General Pablo Reyes and several insurgent officers of the revolutionary movement that began in February at Bluefields. The extreme penalty under law is death for most, with one prominent leader captured and likely to be chained for life by President Zelaya.
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Manaava
Nicaragua
Bluefields
Pablo Reyes
Cap
Zelaya
Their Old Flag Returns War Banner of Texas Rangers
In Dans, Indiana an audience at the fair grounds auditorium witnessed the restoration of Terry's Texas Rangers battle flag to remnants of the Confederate band. Governor Mount of Indiana, Governor Sayers of Texas, and officials attended. James Miller received the flag on behalf of the Rangers Association as cheers rose from the crowd. Separately, the Western Federation of Chautauquas organized in Kansas City with officers named and a headquarters in Winfield, Kansas. In Boston, the Republican convention nominated Lt. Gov. Murray Crane for governor. Lincoln, Nebr., faces a rate dispute as the state transportation board considers lowering telephone charges for the Nebraska Telephone Company.
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Indiana
Texas Rangers
Dans
Terry's
Fair Grounds
Governor Mount
Governor Sayers
Texas
Sayers
James Miller
Kansas City
F. M. Shaw
Boulder
Colo
A. H. Limerick
Winfield
Kan
Missouri
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Nebraska Telephone Company
Thurasay
Yeiser
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Berlin
A. W. Greely
International Geographical Congress
H. T. Allen
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Percival Siegsfield
William
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Rodfish
Arctic
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Bailfish
Hershey Ranch
Frenont
Ned
Standard Cattle Company of
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Bay State
St. Jones
N. F
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Greyhound
Caceras
Lima
Peru
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Algiers
Lord
Edward O'Connor
el Paso
Tex
H. N. Mercer
Mississippi Valley Medical Association
Kentucky Whisky Trust
State Department
Merry
San Juan
Costa Rica
Alajuela
Marblehead
Louis Westerman
Toledo
First Baptist Church
Paris
Dorst
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Sutton
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Jacob Bender
M. W. Cole
Gage
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Memphis
Charles McCarthy
Butler Brothers
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M. J. Sullivan
Fred Whitesides
Flathead County
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Marza Townsend
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Iowa Cavalry
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Second Iowa Cavalry
Congressman Hepburn
Henry Egbert
Davenport
Pierce
Marshalltown
Horton
Iowa Soldiers’ Home
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J. P. Reese
National Mine Workers’ Union
Montcomery
Frank Walker
Charles Rankin
Montgomery County
Sieler
Nicholas Sieler
Westover
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Crosby
Exposition Park
J. A. R. Elliott
W. R. Crosby
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Nebraska Baptists
Omawa
Nebraska Baptist State Convention
H. A. Tingley
Blair
T. B. Kimball
West Point
W. A. Wilkins
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BR. A. Russell
Ord
A. J. Clark
Albion
George Sullivan
Grand Island
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Ashland
J. L. Hedbloon
le Mantdne
H. N. Speer
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Decatur
Ill
Otto Grantz
Denver
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Granta
Morrison
Portland
Alexander Morrison
Ashland and
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Trinity Church
Portland, Or
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