Kitchener reports Boer endurance and losses in Transvaal
From London to Berlin and Pekin dispatches dated August 22 describe Lord Kitchener noting 13 500 Boers under arms, then down to about 11 000 due to ongoing resistance and food supplies. Other items include a Prussian court martial in East Prussia with a death sentence for Marten, and Li Hung Chang’s objections delaying Chinese forts destruction. Constantinople reports forceful French concessions demands backed by diplomatic threats.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Berlin
Hickel
Marten
von Krosigk
Cumbinnen
East Prussia
Pekin
Li Hung Chang
Himlf
Moreager
Now&e
Constantinople
French Claims Company
Constans
Porte
Police Department to Be Probed by Commission
Chicago police department to face an investigation by the civil service commission led by President Lin blom. The probe follows charges against the detective bureau over expense accounts. Sessions will be open to the public. Wardman Glennin Wardman Dwyer and Sergt Shields in New York warrants for neglect of duty connected to the West Thirtieth Street tenderloin station. Bonds set for examination next Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Linblom
The
Civil Service Commission
Detective Bureau
New York
Atty. Philbin
Justice Jerome
Society For Prevention of Crime
Glennin
Dwyer
Sergt. Shields
Thirtieth Street
Tenderloin
Reform Bureau Chief Reports No New Disorder Since Canteen Abolition
Dr. Wilbur F. Crafts of Washington, head of the International Reform Bureau and author of the anti canteen law, issued a report after visiting Fort Sheridan on August pay day. He says soldiers claim there has been no more disorder since the canteen was abolished, with only one dissenting voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Wilbur F. Crafts
Washington
International Reform Bureau
Fort Sheridan
August Megart
Dantzic
India
Lord Curzon of
Kedleston
Bombay Presidency
Thomas Jansen
National Bank of the Republic
Thomas R. Gordon
Louisville
Bee
Jim Howard
Goebel
Frankfort
Gordon
Gage
National Society of the Army of the Philippines
Salt Lake City
Lawton
Okla
J. R. Woods
Broomhall
Europe
Russia
Gov. Rogers
Nordstrom
Rose Cecilia Shay
Cincinnati
Fanciulli
Jealousy Triggers Double Tragedy in Wanpetan
In Wanpetan North Dakota on August 19 Claude Fisher aged 30 shot and killed Annie Heinrichs aged 17 and then committed suicide. Authorities say jealousy was the motive in the fatal incident.
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Wanpetan
N. D
Claude Fisher
Annie Heinrichs
Receivers Appointed for Muskoka and Chequassett Lumber Firms
Justice Kruse in Buffalo appoints receivers for Muskoka Lumber of North Tonawanda and Chequassett Lumber after a Baltimore notes listing scandal. Muskoka assets total 283000 with liabilities 385000, signaling heavy creditor losses.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Kruse
Supreme Court
Muskoka Lumber Company
Chequassett Lumber Company
North Tonawanda
Baltimore
Muskoka Company
Chequasset Company Alleged Debt to Cincinnati Hardwood Firm
The Chequasset company is alleged to owe the American Hardwood company of Cincinnati which has recently been placed under receivership. Charles E. Corkran is listed as president and director. Liabilities total 443000 with assets at 376000.
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Chequasset Company
American Hardwood Company of
Cincinnati
Charles E. Corkran
Politician Julius Bodenheimer Dies At 50 In Center
Kokomo Indiana August 21 Julius Bodenheimer a well known politician and former chairman of the Indiana State Populist committee died suddenly at his home in Center Township Monday of heart trouble He was 50 years old Also Chicago August 21 John James secretary of the Commercial club and prominent figure in insurance circles died Monday from pneumonia The Ram's Horn quotes a warning about guidance.
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Kokomo
Ind
Julius Bodenheimer
Indiana State Populist Committee
Center
This County
Chicago
John James
The
Commercial Club
After the Big Storm Stricken Mobile Sees Severe Flood Damage
A tropical storm near Mobile, Alabama, brings 70 mph winds and widespread flooding. Reports claim drownings and wrecks including yachts Ariel and Mayflower, while the coastline and islands suffer. Booms break, timber drifts into streets, and warehouses flood. rail lines report limited service and broad crop damage across the state.
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Ariel
Fish River
Cat Island
Fort Morgan
Coast Artillery
Mississippi Sound
Bar
Harold
Puerto Cortez
Mobile
Royal Street
St. Anthony
Cotton Exchange
Western Union
Postal Telegraph
Mobile & Ohio
Whistler
Louisville & Nashville Road
Magazine Point
Bayou la Batre
Flood Floods in York Area Cause Massive Damage
York Pa Aug 22 floods from a Monday cloudburst cause over 100000 in damage. Hundreds of bridges crops and inundated factories stores and dwellings are reported washed away or flooded.
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York
Lipton Sets Sail for America That Aug.
Sir Thomas Lipton departed London for the United States aboard a voyage with Charley Russell J B Hildard and Robert Ure. Designer Watson is expected to join the party at Liverpool.
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Lipton
America
London
Sir Thomas Lipton
United States
Charley Russell
J. B. Hildard
Robert Ure
Watson
Liverpool
Islander Wreck Off Douglas Island Claims Seventy Lives
United States Consul Smith recounts survivors story of the Islander disaster near Douglas Island after striking an iceberg. Captain and officers faced dire choices, passengers rushed for treasure, many perished from cold and wreck exposure. losses include prominent names and substantial gold dust.
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Victoria
United States
Smith
Juneau
Douglas Island
Skagway
Preston Seattle
Ross and
Child
Dawson
John M. Duncan
Brownlee
M. M. Brumbauer
Portland
D. H. Hart
M. M. Manlin
Winnipeg
Lablonde
Canadian Pacific Navigation Company
Glasgow
Indiana marriage law evasion hits every county
An inquiry into Indiana marriage licenses after Jeffersonville Gretna Green cases finds widespread noncompliance. Clerks seldom require affidavits of female residence, making many licenses illegal. Attorney General asserts non resident licenses are invalid and officials can be prosecuted. licenses must be issued in the county of the wife’s residence.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Jeffrsonville Gretna Green
Long skirts blamed as TB spreaders by London experts
A wide range of 1900 era items reported from across the U.S. and abroad includes warnings that long skirts breed tuberculosis, a Santa Rosa warehouse fire causing 150000 dollars in losses, and notable deaths such as Erastus H. Lewis in Jersey City. The period covers political moves, labor actions, and technological advances.
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London
W. H. Hotchkiss & Co
Santa Rosa
Cal
Erastus H. Lewis
New Jersey
Jersey City
Hay
Washington
Newberry
N. H
Kong Kong
Shaw
Sykes
Foat Riley
Kan
Stephen Ballard
Ballard School For
Colored Persons
Lincoln
Brooklyn
Chas. White
Jas. Whitney
Edgar Lane
Rhea
Odgensburg
N. Y
International Association of Textile Workers
American Federation of Textile Workers
Fall River
Zachritz
St. Louis
Louisiana Purchase Company
Forest Park
Cresceus Wins in Straight Heats at Brighton Beach
Cresceus defeated The Abbott in two straight heats for a $12,000 purse setting a world trotting record of 2:03 1-4. The Abbott broke in the second heat. third heat trotted in 2:0. The race drew about 15,000 spectators on a calm, velvet track.
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Abbott
New York
Cresceus
Brighton Beach
Ketchum
Geers
Crescens
Robert McGregor
Alge
Neva Simmons
Sada
Emeniin Ge
Donids
Sua
Aeoten Eee Ieee Sone
AERNG
Ssperceus
German American Union Formed to Fight Tammany
Five German American political groups met in New York on August 21 and created a unified German American Union. A committee was named to represent the group in municipal campaign matters with a goal to consolidate anti Tammany forces and back a nonpartisan ticket to free city government from spoils.
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New York
Silk Seizures Grow as Import Fraud Exposed
New York reports 18 cases of silk imported from Japan seized by Appraiser Wakeman for Collector Bidwell. With Monday’s seizure the government has seized 40 cases weighing over 10,000 pounds and valued above $64,000. Duty now due exceeds $30,000, far higher than the anticipated $9,000 under prior methods.
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New York
Japan
Bidwell
Wakeman
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Transvaal
Baetes
Corkran
Ala
Pennsylvania
Alasfan
Bishop
Jostifes
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Tammany
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