Boers Defiant in Defeat at Elandslaagte
London dispatches report heavy fighting at Elandslaagte with high casualties on both sides. General White praises Boer bravery while noting Boer movements toward the Orange River and rising fears of Bechuanaland incursions amid fogbound news distribution.
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Kimberley
White
Kock
Elandslaagte
Aliwal North
Orange River
Cape Town
Basutoland
Maserua
Basuto
Herschel
Ca Colony
Kimberley in Great Danger Besieged Forces Surrender
Special cable reports Kimberley surrounded by Boer forces nine miles from Harris Farm with 700 troops occupying the area. Local rifle defense lacked reinforcements and was ordered to surrender to avoid loss of life as wires suggested no help could reach the town.
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Commercial Tribune
Cape Town
Kimberley
Harris Farm
Kimber
Rifle
Cape Town Reports General French Victory at Ladysmith
Cape Town dispatch notes General French's victory at HaIlslaagte as part of the ongoing war updates. The report emphasizes the public enthusiasm in Cape Town and the rapid spread of news across districts.
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Cape Town
Kimberley Under Siege Delivers Shocking News
Kimberley reports its sixth day under enemy pressure as an armored train pursued Boer forces near Spytfontein. Two dispatch riders to Mafeking, Stapleton and Harding, were captured on October 4. Assistant Commissioner Scott shot himself at Seluc, broken by failure.
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Kimberlopy
Orange River
Kimberley
Spytfontein
Mafeking
Stapleton
Harding
Scott
Seluc
Father and Son Die From Gasoline Ignition in Columbus
Charles J. Wolles, dyehouse proprietor, and his son James C. Wolles were severely burned by gasoline explosions at 63 East Chapel Street in Columbus. They were finishing cleaning clothes when the blast occurred and there is little hope of recovery. James fled upstairs and collapsed outside, while Charles fell nearby. The family has long operated the dyehouse.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Charles J. Wolles
East Chapel Street
Court Opens Amid Feudist Trial at Manchester
Clay County Circuit Court starts in Manchester with Eddy Chadwell Floyd Chadwell and Griffins to be tried for Deputy Wash Thacker's killing. Governor Bradley has troops ready to protect the court. Since the last term twenty men and one woman have been shot and four indictments remain.
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London
Clay County Circuit Court
Manchester
Eddy
Floyd Chadwell
Sol
Tom
Jim Griffin
Wash Thacker
Philpot
Bradley
Government Gathers 10000 Troops in Colombia War
The government is assembling an army of 10,000 men in Cauca as the revolution spreads from Cundinamarca to Lima. The gunboat Moyaca is set to depart for Cauca to support operations.
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Colon
Colombia
Cundinamarca
Lima
Moyaca
Cauca
Local spies arrive as town guards show loyalty
The town braces to defend Vryburg as disloyal inhabitants are blamed. More spies have arrived. Two Englishmen, previously impressed by the Boers, escaped last night and reached the town. Local tradesmen pledge to curb food prices to demonstrate loyalty.
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Vryburg
Queen Warns Of Costly War Losses
The Queen at Balmoral Castle expresses heartache over today’s deadly casualties and reveres the sacrifices of those fallen. She conveys sympathy to near relatives and admiration for the courage shown by survivors, noting a great but dearly bought success.
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London
Marquis of Lansdowne
Balmoral Castle
Boer commander Kock dies of wounds after capture
Cape Town report states General Jan H. M. Kock, Boer commander at Elandslaagte, was taken prisoner and died of his wounds within English lines.
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Gener
Kock
Cape Town
Elandslaagte
Jan H. M. Kock
Refugees Flood Town as Transit Transport Ordered
The town overruns with refugees including 1000 released from Transvaal jails. Natives and workers crowd together while Johannesburg roughs, Malays, and Indians speak many languages. A transport is to move British destitute immediately. Damitha guards stop Kaffirs en route to Pretoria. one shot. Boers report 400 killed at Blandslaagte per Ladysmith dispatch.
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Lourenzo Marques
Transvaal
Johannesburg
Boers reported near Dundee in ineffective fire
A dispatch from Cape Town notes Boers are east of Glencoe near Dundee with long range fire that proves ineffective. The report arrives at 22 10 p.m. local time.
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Cape Town
Dundee
Glencoe
Long Mnge
Glencoe Mac Attacked by Boer Column at Cape Tow
Report from Cape Town says Glencoe Mac was attacked yesterday by the Boer main northern column. The Boer advance has the defenders reestablished in a solid line and the situation remains unsettled.
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Cape Tow
Glencoe
Kansas store robbery ends with death after resistance
In Doniphan, Kansas, Charles Kuche and several others faced two armed robbers who demanded money. When Kuche and John Brown attempted to resist, the assailants fired. Brown was killed and Kuche wounded, as the robbers looted the cash drawer and fled.
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Kuchs
John Brown
Doniphan
Brown
Scottish Rite Masons Visit General Pike Grave Pilgrimage
The biennial pilgrimage of the Supreme Council of Scottish Rite Masons to General Albert Pike's grave in Oak Hill Cemetery took place in Washington. Short services followed Masonic rites with Representative Richardson of Tennessee presiding.
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Washington
Ohie
Supreme Council of
Scottish Rite Masons
Albert Pike
Oak Hill Cemetery
Richardson
Tennessee
Special Philippine Commission Leaders En Route to Washington
Colonel Charles Denby and Prof Dean Worcester, Special Commissioners to the Philippines, travel from Vancouver to Washington D C. Denby and his wife with their son T G Denby proceed to Washington after meeting Mrs Worcester in Chicago. Worcester will join his family in Ann Arbor before heading to Washington.
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Chicago
Charles Denby
Dean C. Worcester
Philippines
Vancouver
Washington
D. C
Denby
T. G. Denby
Worcester
Ann Arbor
Bryan Leaves for Iowa to Campaign in Nebraska Fight
The Bryan couple passed through Toledo en route to Harland Iowa where William Jennings Bryan will speak Monday. He plans to campaign across Nebraska next, predicting a warm race and a larger Democratic majority. He argues Nebraskans oppose the administration war and foreign policy and believes Nebraska outcome will echo into the 1900 contest.
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Toledo
Ww. J. Bryan
Harlan
Bryan
Nebraska
Boers Capture Elndiaatye in Brilliant Action
Dispatches from the Cape Town front report a bold Boer assault at Elndiaatye. The Boers fought in strong positions and seized every chance to press their guns into service. Wounded are being moved to Ladsmith as care remains a priority.
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Cape Town
Elndiaatye
Carpenter Peter Rishel Dies After Fall Ten Years Ago
Peter Rishel, a 41 year old carpenter from Muncie, Ind, died this morning from injuries suffered ten years earlier in a fall from a two story building.
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Commercial Tribune
Muncie
Ind
Peter Rishel
Confessed Illinois Killer Details Broad Crime Spree
McBride, a convict from Stillwater, confesses to Warden Wolfer about a long- running series of crimes across Illinois and Nebraska. He names two Geneva officers murdered in 1886, a post office robbery, a marshal’s murder in Ose, Kansas, and multiple burglaries and highway robberies. He recounts planning with accomplices, including a man later identified as Harry Easter, and says he confessed to ease his conscience.
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Warden Wolfer
Joseph Graighn McNott
Geneva
Ill
Julian Geneva
Ose
Kan
Grant Ant
Julia Buchmore
Tskirts
McBride
George Butler
Illinois
Nebraska
Wolfer
Hiss
Harry Ester
Joliet Penitentiary
Train Robber Lyle Captured After Wyoming Heist
Ogden Utah October reports James Lyle aided Union Pacific robbery in Wyoming on June 2. Sheriff Layne says Jo Lyle captured at Rigby after nine-man gang led by Donala and Butch Lyle sought escape routes through the Wind River country. Lyle had been discharged from Troop G.
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Ogden
Utah
Lla
Layne
Union Pacific
Wyo
Exp
Jo Lyle
Rigby
Lyle
Donald
Butch
Bothers
Donala
Wyon
Rawlins
Big Horn Mountains
Green River
Whemey
First Unit States Cavalry
Rey
Rough Riders
Windfall Robbers Loot Local Metal Store in Windfall
Genal Store at Windfall Indiana robbed last night. Loot valued over 1000 dollars including 200 pairs of shoes. A team wagon was used to haul away merchandise. Police investigating the Genal Store robbery linked to J. H. Sellmer.
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Muncie
Ind
J. H. Sellmer
Route Record Rider Breaks 1000-Mile Goal
William H. Brown completed a 1000 mile test on a triangular course near Valley Stream Long Island in eighty four hours seven minutes, beating the prior record by seven hours. He rested during the run and finished in good condition.
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New York
Wm. H. Brown
Valley Stream
L. I
Otto Kneusli Dies City Editor At Germania
Otto Kneusli city editor of the Germania in Millwaukee died today in his sleep from heart failure at age 54. The longtime journalist served the paper and its readers with steady reporting and editorial work across decades.
P. J. Stanhope M P Defeated On Anti War Amendment
In Parliament the anti war amendment proposed by P. J. Stanhope M P was defeated. The queen's speech debate proceeded without the proposed change, marking a setback for Stanhope's policy position.
Attack on Launch Kills American Officer in Philippines
An American officer was killed and two men wounded when Filipino forces attacked a launch near San Isidro during General Lawton’s Rio Chiquita expedition. Rebels fired from the shore as the boat moved past. Otis denied a Filipino commission’s request to interview General Osis through General MacArthur, citing vague proposals and a refusal to accept any representative of the Filipino government.
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Manila
Lawton
Rio Chiquita
San Isidro
Otis
Angeles
MacArthur
Osis
Ephraim D Sayre Dies At 79 In Kentucky Bank Family
Ephraim David Sayre, 79, of Ahxington Kentucky, died at his home. For 51 years he led the local bank founded by his uncle, and served as president of the Security Safety Vault and Trust Company. He organized a Cemetery Company, helped guide the first Southwest railroad, and led the Kentucky Bankers Association. He leaves a family and a cousin in New York, Dr. Lewis A Sayre.
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Commercial Tribune
Ahxington
Ephraim David Sayre
David A. Sayre
Allegheny Mountains
Security Safety Vault and Trust Company
Cemetery Company
New York
Lewis A. Sayre
Kentucky Bankers’ Association
Mrs Clay Brock's Baby Divides Clay Family Ties
A boy born to Dora Clay Brock at Pinchard Woodford County is linked to General Cassius Clay who seeks to have the child named after him. The former pair had separated after a marriage formed when she was 13 at White Hall. General Clay remained fond of her despite the split.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Dora Clay Brock
Pinchard
Woodford County
Cassius Marcellus Clay
Riley Brock
Piichard
General Clay
White Hall
Clay
Major Guy Howard Killed in Philippines Action
Major Guy Howard son of General O O Howard was killed in action in the Philippines, a cable from Oct 22 reports. The message, dated Saturday, was read by Judge J M Woolworth, father in law of Major Howard.
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O. O. Howard
The
Philppines
Omaha
Neb
Philippines
Guy Howard
J. M. Woolworth
Howard
Five Bodies Found After Blizzard Leaves Shepherd Missing
In Great Falls Montana a blizzard has claimed nine men with five bodies recovered. The latest body identified is H. Herold the shepherd. Sheep alone without herders roamed the plains and gnawed beard clothing and parts of boots.
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Great Falls
Mont
H. Herold
Wesley James Marries Ninth Wife in Norfolk Wedding Tour
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune reports Wesley James a 7% year old Black man from Charlotte N C newly wed to his ninth wife during a wedding tour in Norfolk Va. He says he has fifty six children with two sets of twins among them including five year olds from his first wife and one year old twins from wife No 8.
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Commercial Tribune
Norfouk
Wesley James
Charlotte
N. C
Norfolk
Wesley
South Chicago fire devastates block injuring twelve
A South Chicago business block burned in the early hours injuring twelve and destroying fourteen buildings. The Grand Central Hotel and an old landmark were consumed with losses estimated at 120000, most insured. The fire started in a barn at Peter Hason's saloon and spread rapidly, guests escaping with minimal clothing.
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Chicago
Grand Central Hotel
Peter Hason
Mine Under Town Eveleth Mn to be Re moved
Spruce Mining Company filed articles of incorporation with a $1,000,000 capital to open Eveleth mine beneath the village. The site removal is finished and the mine is described as very rich and large. It will operate as a shipper next year with a minimum output of 15 000 tons, and more as operators can produce.
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Duluth, Minn
Spruce Mining Company
Eveleth
Loving Cup for Blue Courtesy in South Carolina
Marion South Carolina residents plan a silver loving cup presentation for Lieutenant Victor Blue on his return from Cuba where as a scout he located the Spanish fleet in Santiago Harbor and mapped its anchorage during his honeymoon visit. The Patriotic Society of Award of Merit will grant the first medal of gallantry to Blue for his daring reconnaissance.
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Columbia
8. C
Marion
S. C
Victor Blue
Lieutenant Blue
South Carolina
Patriotic Society of Award of Merit
Cuba
Santiago Harbor
Sir John Needham Dead After English Marriage
Wooster residents learn via cable that Sir John Needham has died in Eccles England. He married Miss Kate McSweeney two years ago, daughter of the late John McSweeney Wooster criminal lawyer.
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John McSweeney
Wooster, O
Commercial Tribune
Wooster
John Needham
Ecles
England
Kate McSweeney
Rumor of Barkly West capitulation reaches Cape Town
Reports from Cape Town on October 23 say Barkly West northwest of Kimberley may have fallen to the Boers without a battle. Cape Volunteers are rumored to be dispatched to relieve Kimberley.
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Cape Town
Barkly West
Kimberley
Cape
Death of Kansas Pioneer Higginbotham
Hon. Geo. W Higginbotham, a Kansas pioneer, died at his Manhattan home today from heart disease.
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Kansas
Manhattan
Kan
Higginbotham
Election Fervor Rises Over Ohio Appraisers Vote
The Columbus Bureau notes a likely full turnout as 2500 decennial land appraisers are to be chosen impacting Ohio realty taxes for a decade. Kinney predicts strong stay-at-home voters will come to the polls, while Republicans push for broad participation amid McLean and Nash campaigns.
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Ohio
Kinney
McKinley
Bryan
Nash
Seward
McLean
Jones
Hanne
Charles Dick
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Special Cable Commercial Tribune
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Clay Brock
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