Boers Attack Train as Cronje’s Son Surrenders at Klerksdorp
London dispatches report a Boer attack on a reconstruction train after Klerksdorp fell to British control. Cronje’s surrendered son, once linked to Mafeking, is identified. Also noted: Holloway the boxer-adjutant captured. Afrikanderbond congress opens at Paarl amid constitutional concerns.
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Cronje
Pugilist
Holloway
London
Klerksdorp
Johannesburg
Kroonstad-Vierfontein
St. Helena
Mafeking
Roberts
Pretoria
Methuen
Kimberley
Jim” Holoway
Transvaal
Afrikanderbuhd
Paarl
Cape Town
Puerto Rico Classified as Foreign for U S Constitution
Judge William K Townsend in Goetze & Co v United States holds the Treaty of Paris valid and Puerto Rico is a foreign country for constitutional purposes while remaining part of the United States for tariff matters The ruling confirms a 45 cent per pound duty on 100 bales of filler tobacco and that Puerto Rico’s inhabitants status remains until Congress acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William K. Townsend
United States District Court
John H. Goetze & Co
United States
Puerto Rico
Townsend
Congress
Board of Appraisers
Ten Die In Jackson Street Tenement Fire
Ten lives were lost and six injured in a early morning fire that destroyed the five story building at 34 Jackson street in New York. The dead include Louis and Elise Marion Albert and Emma Marion and several Cotters with multiple family members listed. The injured list names Mary and Margaret Marion and others. A possible misidentification is noted for Mrs William Cotter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jackson Steel
Jackson Street
Louis Marion
Elsie Marion
William Cotter
Mamie Cotter
Kate Cotter
Albert Marion
Emma Marion
Jacob Cotter
John Cotter
Mary Marion
Margaret Marion
Frank Marion
George Cotter
Patrick Burns
Floods pressure farmers as high water slows relief efforts
The floods cripple fields in Brazoria and Wharton counties with grass overtaking crops amid farmer discouragement. A new recovery adds one body, bringing the total to five in Brooklyn after a Cooperage ruin collapse. In Vincennes, Squire John W. Burrus, longtime cobbler and former justice of the peace, was struck and killed by a train.
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Indianapolis
John E. Sullivan
Marion County
Sullivan
Simon Coy
W. F A. Bernhammer
Washington
Treasury
United States
Bureau of Engraving
Brazoria
Wharton
New York
Paul Wiedman Cooperage Company
Brooklyn
Vincennes
Ind
John W. Burrus
Wheatland
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Ms & A
M. H. James
Bryan
John Wittman
Bryan, Texas
Reasona
Burt Norwood
F. S. Wilcox
Defautter
Fl Paso
Tex
Ascension
Mex
Cuidad Juarez
Mexico
South McAlester
I. T
Myron Clark
Haleyville
Clark
Ardmore
I.T
Wynne
Ark
Nat Mallens
Earl, Ark
P. A. Mahon
Mallens
Mahon
Mullens
Constantinople
Legation
Porte
Lloyd GC. Griscom
Jamaica
Kingston
Imperial Bank
St. Louis
Houston
A. 8. Roberts
Postal Service
General Government
Brazos Bottoms
Telephone
Bryan Grocery CO
A. Searcy
J. L. Hearne
Wootan Wells
Texas
R. H. Wade
the American Laundry
Exchange Hotel
J. F. Parks
G. Fas Emory
P MN
KI. James
MENA
Grice & Zimnerman
Sabet Boone
Cire Bounds
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