Boers Prepare to Raid Natal as War Fears Rise
Johannesburg report says Boers may declare war on 48 hours notice and raid Natal before British troops arrive. Orange Free State likely to join Transvaal. Refuges arrive. one million cartridges sent to Pietermaritzburg. Bechuanaland farmers move to form laager on frontier.
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London
Johannesburg
The
Standard
Natal
Orange Free State
Transvaal
Cape Colony
Smuts
South Africa
Kruger
Great Britain
Standard and Diggers News
Volksraad
Cape Town
England
Raads
the Times
Pretoria
Delagoa Bay
Barberton
Cape
Pietermaritzburg
Bechuansland
Yellow Fever Reports and Local Disturbances
Report from New Orleans notes no new fever cases with house to house checks around two cases. Vera Cruz describes ongoing coast fever with high mortality and demand for drainage. Havana says improvement with no new cases and convalescent patients. Key West garrison to be moved to New York due to fever. Lexington reports Rev J Reeves expelled for conduct unbecoming. Lisgar schooner lost on Lake Huron with seven crew dead. Memphis man John Hemple shot by Sanitary Officer Kline during arrest resistance.
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Atlanta
Frank
Department of the Gulf
Key West
New York
Bryan and Silver at New England meet
The New England Bimetallic league gathering at Crescent Park drew large turnout with Democrats from across New England. Speakers including General A E Warner and Senator Tillman urged free silver and Bryan's nomination while debating imperial costs and civil rights. Tillman warned of a future government by the few. Separately, reports from Penjdeh describe Afghan fighting with Ismail Khan defeated, and Georgia county court changes venue for rioting cases in a murder trial. Senator Carter predicted the Philippines war would end by January with postwar questions on sovereignty.
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Providence
New England Bimetallic League
Crescent Park
New England
A. E. Warner
Marietta,co
William J. Bryan
R. B. Tillman
South Carolina
South
Stars and Stripes
Potomac
Mississippi
Tillman
Cuba
Spain
United States
Philippines
Bombay
Penjdeh
Turcoran
Khorassan
Herat
Sirdar Mahomed
Ismail Khan
Isa Khan
Murmohamed Khan
Afghanistan
Cotton pickers on Paris square duel over wages
Farmers in Paris Texas search for cotton pickers at dawn as black workers hold out for higher pay. The dispute ends with some farmers returning empty wagons rather than accept the raised rate. Other dispatches note water scarcity leading to petty vandalism and a federal suit over timber cut from government lands.
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Paris
Tex
Charley Hood
Little Rock
United States
Jacob Trieber
Saginaw Lumber Company
A. J
Charles Neimeyer
St. Louis
Cuba's Revenue Service Costs Lower at Havana Port
The War Department reports that Cuba's six month cost of collection is 3.03 percent for all Cuban ports and 2.37 percent at Havana, lower than any single US port. It notes US ports like New York 2.80 percent and Boston higher overall, despite Cuba's early service challenges.
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Washington
War Department
Internal Revenue Service
Cuba
United States
Havana
Philadelphia
San Francisco
New Orleans
Baltimore
New York
Boston
Customs Service
Prson
The Corn Crop Production Forecast Breaks Records
The Chicago Tribune reports US corn production may reach about 2.5 billion bushels this year, potentially setting a new record. Nine crops have surpassed 2 billion bushels, with 1885 and 1896 noted as landmarks in historical totals.
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Chicago
the Tribune
United States
Secretary Root authorizes troop ships to Philippines
Secretary Root has authorized the quartermaster to charter the Olympia the Victoria and the City of Rio to transport troops. The vessels are already on the Pacific and will be ready for use within 10 days.
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Washington
Root
Quartermaster’s Department
Olympia
Victoria
City of
Rio
Philippines
Pacific
Notable Wrecks and Deaths Reported in Brief
Reports from Hillsboro Lockhart and nearby towns describe a buggy runaway injuring Dr Krame with fractured collarbone and minor injuries. Other items note Fred Gerner breaking a high jump record in New York. Nearby, Jim Moore was killed in a county dispute and Abe Teague jailed. Rev William Moffatt dies after long tenure at Erskine College. Black Hawk, a famed Winnebago chief, dies at 90 near Brockway Wisconsin.
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New York
St. James Catholic Association
Holly Park
Fred Gerner
Long Branch
Lockhart
Tex
Jim Moore
Abe Teague
City Directory Names Key Officials and Clergy
The listing enumerates city officers including Mayor C. A. Adams and Marshall T. P. Boyett, plus department heads, school board members, church pastors for Baptist, Methodist, Episcopal, Presbyterian, Christian and Catholic congregations, and county officers led by Judge A. G. Board and Clerk G. W. McMichael.
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A. G. Board
G. W. McMichael
Chas
Gainer
J. J. Adams
R. M. Nall
T. C. Nunn
A. W. Buchanan
J. W. Batts
R. J. Deens
Lee Edge
Felix Phillips
P. H. Arrington
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Bryan, Texas
Exeda
Postal
Jerry
Bryan
Dunn & Daly’s
Texas
AD Railway
St. Louis, Chicago
East
New Mexico, Arizona
California
Dallas
Fort Worth
Los Angeles
H. P. Hughes
Traq
Ft. Worts
Souchon
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Mex
Presiding
Lexington
J. Reeves
Methodist Conference of Kentucky
Board of Conference
Goderichs
Ont
Lake Huron
Lisgar
Toronto
Clinton
Memphis
John Hemple
Jacob Kline
Bryan and
Silver
Darien
Seabrooke
John Delagall
el Delagall
Miriam Delagall
Sherif Townsend
Effingham
Carter
Montana
Post
Republican Party
Randolph Lovelace
Howland
Independence
Kas
Clem
Marcus Darnell
Marshal Wilson
Mister
Sedan
Hemphill, Tex
Marshal J. Pratt
Chad Britton
Middlesboro
Cumberland Gap
Tenn
Kentucky
Powells Valley
Oklahoma City
O.T
Kikia’ White
Martin Bales
White
Bales
Hart
Hillsboro
Krame
William Moffatt
Due West
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Erskine College
Associated Reformed Presbyterian
Black Hawk
Black River Falls
Wis
Brockway
Ourtown
James
Janes McDoual
W. J. Wallace
C. A. Adams
Marshall
T. P. Boyett
R. H. Smith
Henry G
Rhodes
H. H. Jones
Constable
C. L. Baker
R. G. Tabor
W.8. Howell
W. W. Harris
Jno
M. Lawrence
Walter Wipprecht
J. Allen Myers
J. W. Howell
M. H. James
M. Parker
J. L. Fountain
H. C. Robinson
Chuaches
R. D. Wilson
J. B. Cochran
Epworth League
St. Andrew’s Episcopal
Herbert E. Bowers
Tor
Navasota
J. D. West
Christian
J. L. Andrews
Christian Endeavor
Free Communion Baptist
A. M. Stewart
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Father Pelnar
ApUanananey
San Antonio
Father Guidice
Bryan Cotton Seed Oil Mill
J. O. Chance
M. J. Cole
A. D. McConnico
F. J. Fountain
Bryan Compress
W. E. Saunders
H.C. Robinson
R. §. Webb
Denver
Ft. Worth
A.A. Glisson,g.a.p.d
D.B Keeler, V.P
T-M
Denver City Railway
FT. Worth, Texas
Ffer
Doland Art Co
Kiam Bidg
Houston
CI Bakery
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