Lotter Executed as Boer Rebellion Brings Sentences
Middelburg Cape Colony Oct 12 Commandant Lotter the Cape rebel was executed after eight counts including sedition murder and rail sabotage. Two young farmers who joined the Boers after parole were hanged at Vryburg. Other condemned men receive penal servitude. Also reports capture of Commandant Scheeper and commentary on Boer supplies and plans.
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Middelburg
Cape Colony
Lotter
Cape
Petersburg
Orange Free State
Vryburg
Bandits Rob Harrodsburg Post Office in Broad Citadel Heist
Danville Kentucky report details a five man band raiding Harrodsburg post office ten miles from Danville. They seized about $80 then tried to blast into the local bank. Officers Britton and Brown opened fire, about 40 shots exchanged, robbers fled with a wounded companion. In Joplin Missouri zinc ore prices rise with sales up and offers of 27.50 per ton often refused.
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Danville
Harrodsburg
Britton and Brown
Joplin
Berlin tariff bill motioned to pass by federal council
Berlin October 13 report says the tariff bill will pass the federal council without alteration while the Reichstag faces strong opposition from protectionists and agrarian league influence. Gable Rates to Yukon reported October 12 in Vancouver.
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Berlin
Federal Council
Reichstag
Agrarian League
Cable rate changes and press rate adjustments noted
Yukon board eyed new pricing with a 40 cent per word rate replacing ten word minimum. The press rate jumped from $8 per 100 words to $1 for 106 words. Cape Town Building Burned in Vape Town. Colonial Mutual Assurance gutted by fire Friday night causing damages around £200,000.
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Minion
Yukon
Cape Town
Vape Town
Colonial Mutual Assurance
Arrayed Against Buller in British Press Outlook
London reports that Sir Redvers Buller faces near certainty of downfall as the press and court backlash grow. The king’s discipline and Buller’s conduct have violated military etiquette, with Aldershot and social forces seen as backing this shift.
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London
Redvers Buller
Buller
Aldershot
Open Letter to Roosevelt and Congo Rail Plan Show Casings
A Brussels open letter to President Roosevelt by Charles Boisseval condemns British crimes and urges Dutch sympathy for the Boer cause while praising law and order as a Dutch victory. A Times dispatch notes the Free State will build 6 miles of Congo railway linking Lakes Albert and Tanganyika to the Congo river, owned by the Orange Free State. Des Moines reports the Iowa Supreme Court rules cities may not lessen mulct penalties for saloon openings on election days holidays or Sundays.
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Brussels
Roosevelt
Amsterdam Handelsblad
Charles Boisseval
England
Duke of Devonshire
Great Britain
Boisseval
South Africa
Holland
New York
The
Times
Free State
Upper Congo
Albert
Tanganyika
Congo River
Orange Free State
Des Moines
State Supreme Court
Professor James Bradstreet Greenough Dies in Cambridge
James Bradstreet Greenough, 68, professor of Latin at Harvard University, died at his Cambridge home from paralysis after years of illness. He became Latin professor in 1888 and was a noted advocate for collegiate and co education.
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Boston
James Bradstreet Greenough
Harvard University
Cambridge
Man Slays Escaped Patient In Illinois Home
In Mattoon Illinois an apparently delirious escapee named James Rourke forced entry into John Herman’s home during supper. Herman retrieved a 48 revolver from an adjoining room and fatally shot Rourke. The incident ends with Rourke dead and a family spared.
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Mattoon
James Rourke
John Herman
Mr. Herman
Rourke
Missionary Miss Stone in Peril as Kidnappers Demand Ransom
Reports say doctors of Miss Stone, the American missionary, fear brigands will kill her if pursued. Efforts are underway to raise the ransom demanded for her release.
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Miss Stone
Northern Pacific Train Wrecked Near Deer Lodge Montana
The Northern Pacific coast limited westbound is reported badly wrecked between Deer Lodge and Butte with the engine overturned and all cars derailed except one observation car. No cause or injuries known at this time.
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Helena
Mont
Northern Pacific Coast Limited
Deer Lodge
Butte
Quail Violator Fined in Shawnee Territory
Shawnee Oklahoma Territory on October 12 a farmer was arrested while attempting to sell 84 live quails at ten cents each. He was fined 32 dollars and 50 cents for violating game laws.
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Shawnee
O. T
Four room house and two lots on town west side
Four room house and two lots on the west side of town. West and stable on premises. Price $650. Easy terms. Six room house and one lot on west side of town. Price. Six room house and two lots on west side four blocks from Main Street. Brick cistern on premises. Price $1250. Two lots and an old five room house in southwest town part. Price $300.
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Price
Ain Street
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Howell Brothers
Just
Tyler Haswell
Franklin Brothers
Kitchener
French
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Leyds
Paria
Dr. Leyds
Eclair
Cape Gorony
Washington
Thompson
Alabama
John B. McDonald
Third Cavalry
McDonald
Philippines
Tinto
Seattle
Wash
Fowler
Puget Sound Bridge and Company
Manila
Parion
Vancouverr B
New Congo Free State
Professor Greenough
Constantinople
Opt
Chas. H. Boyle
Star Boarder
Northern Pacific
J. W. Batts
Brasos County
A. E. Worley
D. Mike Jr
Telephone
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