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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1899
Page
12
War declared as South African Republic mobilizes under martial law. Pretoria and Mafeking brace for siege with border clashes and telegraph cuts. British and German reactions widen the crisis as Steyn proclaims resistance and Pretoria proclaims martial law.
The State Department states the president will not mediate or side with either Britain or the Transvaal. No intimation of mediation acceptance has been received from either party, and the president hopes combat is avoided, but will protect U S interests and citizens if hostilities occur. Also notes a Italian bourse crash with losses in hundreds of millions of lire, and Iowa group meeting seeking changes to tax law. Recruiting for Philippine volunteer army nearly complete with only the Forty-ninth colored regiment short of 500 men.
A digest of brief items: freight costs up 25 30 percent. Minneapolis produce exchange fire. $100000 loss. Canadian cabinet on Transvaal troops. snow in South Dakota towns. Choate returns to London. Frost named major in South Dakota volunteers. Nashville mayor elected. Shannon Miller Crane goes into liquidation. Samuel Jacoby dies in New York. College of the Holy Cross dedication. Frederick George and daughters killed by train in Riverside New Jersey. arson attempt at Fort Toronto buildings linked to pro Boer sentiments. new notes on naval moves from Lisbon to Delagoa Bay.
London reports a battle between General Sir George White's forces and Boer troops near Natal. The Scotsman notes British advances from Ladysmith and hints at Mafeking attacks. Boers threaten railway bridges as Maribogo remains a worry for Baden-Powell's position amid fears of isolation of northern garrisons.
Sir Henry Louis Davies announces Canada consents to a temporary boundary arrangement with the United States at Chilcoot pass. The line follows the river and mountain top, meant to avert local friction. He says the move holds no significance for the underlying dispute and offers no immediate settlement prospects.
Fog blanketed the yacht course and wind failed again delaying the Columbia Shamrock series for the America’s Cup in New York. Public turnout waned with fewer excursion boats and passengers as two more attempts were postponed. racing expected to resume today.
Telegraphic briefs report 3101 immigrants passing through New York barge office on Thursday. Alexandria Virginia marks 150th founding anniversary with an outdoor display. Archbishops conference held at Catholic University in Washington. Princeton’s 153rd commemorative layoration set for October 21 by Whitelaw Reid. William R. Smith, petroleum refining pioneer, dies in Everett Massachusetts at 72. Saisrage railroad workers strike in sympathy with machinists.
Mayor Mac Vicar named the Des Moines reception committee to join the Iowa group touring the state to welcome the Fifty-first Iowa regiment back to its home region. Members include M Seagar and family, Mrs EB Whitcomb, Ned Waldron, S B Garton, and Archie Christy with ties to Company H and its troops. The Iowa Surgeons elected officers at Ottumwa for the coming year. The supreme court considers collateral inheritance tax legality, with three cases set for hearing to resolve estate settlement issues.
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