War Likely as Transvaal Rebuff Sparks Rush to Battle
Telegraphs from Pretoria report the Transvaal’s uncompromising reply and British demand rejection. Boers urge quick field action as war rumors spread. The Royal Munster regiment arrives in London and Northumberland Fusiliers prepare to sail for Natal amid public enthusiasm for combat. General White outlines planned Natal command.
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Capetown
Pretoria
Transvaal
Great Britain
Fretoria
London
Royal Munster Regiment
Orange Free State
Northumberland Fusileers
Army Corps and Ordnance Corps
Gaul
Southampton
Natal
George Stewart White
Plymouth
Fire destroys Jacob North printing house in Lincoln Neb
A large blaze in Lincoln Nebr Sept 16 destroyed the Jacob North Printing house a three story block and spread to the Masonic temple and other buildings. Losses include 150000 for Jacob North 150000 for the Masonic temple 250000 for the St Paul Methodist church and total damages near 500000 with many firms wiped out.
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Lincoln
Neb
Jacob North
Masonic Temple
Polsheimer
Methodist Church
Webster Block
Western Newspaper Union
Nebraska Independent Printing Company
Masonic Lodges
Bras Ry
Woodruff Printing Company
The
Evening Post
St. Paul Methodist Church
Gilmore and Party Captured At Baler Reported In Washington
A New York Journal and Advertiser special says letters from Manila to military officials disclose that Lieutenant Gilmore and 14 Yorktown enlisted men, captured by Filipinos at Baler over six months ago, are mentioned in Washington. Garza, a Spanish planter, described their confinement at Bigua, subsisting on meager rice valued at about one peseta per man daily, with 8,000 Filipinos reported in the vicinity and Maurer rifles among the weapons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Journal and Advertiser
Gilmore
Yorktown
Baler
Washington
Islands
Garza
Manila
Bigua
Garga
Philippine conflict reports supply and looting on Luzon coast
Dispatches note troops receiving arms and interior distribution while artillery and infantry equipment rise alarmingly. Filipinos are said to wear American uniforms and cork helmets from the wrecked Centennial, looted on Luzon’s northwestern coast. Saturnus destruction detailed to Navy officials as relief measures for Lieutenant Gilmore’s party proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garga
Luzon
Geega
Navy Department
Gilmore
Welcome Dewey Parade Preparations Under Way
New York reports rapid progress toward completing preparations to welcome Admiral Dewey. John Philip Sousa will lead his band as escort for the Olympia contingent in the land parade. General Roe estimates at least 34,000 troops will march, growing as excitement spreads. General Miles has accepted the mayor's invitation to join the reception ceremonies.
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New York
Comple
Dewey
John Philip Sousa
Olympia
Roe
Nelson A. Miles
Warren W. Foeter
Mexican independence anniversary celebrated in New York
General Francis Walton governor of Yucatan and his party honored Mexico's independence anniversary and Diaz's birthday in New York last night. Before departing, the governor anticipated plans to repay and drain the entire city of Merida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Francis Walton
Yucatan
Mexico
Diaz
Merida
Three Americans Report Vast Copper Gold Find in Kettle River
From Vancouver to Grand Forks, Harry Donoghue Harry McLauren and Thomas Ranve announce discovery of enormous copper gold deposits on the east and north forks of Kettle River. Stampede follows as news spreads, with specimens described as the finest ever seen in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
B.C
Kettle River
Grand Forks
Harry Donoghue
Harry McLauren
Thomas Ranve
North Forks
Bryan's Anti-Trust Talk in Chicago
Chicago Sept 16 Colonel William Jennings Bryan spoke to a packed Civic Pedera ton Trust conference. He argued monopoly is indefensible and warned that trusts raise prices after eliminating competition. Bryan pressed that high tariffs aid trusts and criticized placing capital above labor in government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Pederaton Trust
W. J. Bryan
Tryan
Cochra
Bryan
Auextion
London Letter Speculation on Transvaal and Ambassadorship
Speculation on prewar and postwar moves in the Transvaal includes Milner's likely nullification of the London convention and Victoria resuming sovereignty, with plans for British occupation and a new Transvaal constitution. The piece notes fluctuating military estimates and mentions Sir Thomas Henry Sanderson as likely ambassador to Washington, alongside ongoing diplomatic activity in London, Invernesshire, and Berlin.
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Thomas Henry Sanderson
Washington
Esquimault
London
Associated Press
Transvaal
BBA
Alfred Milner
Chandoe
John Murley
Dreyfus
Esterhazy
Ty Ford
Pauncefote
Thomas Henry Sande
C. G
As & Te
Watd
United States
Choate
Bradley Munehin
Invernesshire
Woolwich
Chatham
Portsmouth
Plymouth
Buck
Germany
Paris
Duke of Manchester
Hughes-Hallet
Dinard
Andrew Carnegie
Sea Breeze
Beatland
Cromarty
Fifes
A. J. Drexel
Watson
William O'Brien
The
Irish People
Dublin
Re-United Ireland
Halifax
Esquimalt
Globe
Aio
Kaquimatt
Expedition returns from Peary relief voyage to Greenland
Charles Frederick Sylvester curator of anatomy at North Princeton reports on the Peary relief party journey from North Sydney to Disco Island and Miah. The trip yielded abundant scientific material, encountered Sverdrup’s Fram, and included visits to Esquimic settlements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
N. J
Charles Frederick Sylvester
University
North Sydney
C. B
Sylvexton
Tatiana
Sydney
Discoe Island
Greenland
Peary
Foulkatford
Howev
Fram
Nansen
Sverdrups
Diana
Miah
Esquimiux
National Legislation Debated At Trust Conference
Chicago September 16 The trust conference opens with morning sessions featuring W J Bryan J H Radmond and experts on patents monopolies and federal remedies for industrial art. Afternoon debates cover reports and five minute summaries with possible rule changes. A resolution for national regulation of trusts may be considered before adjournment with supporters urging a firm record and calmer action.
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Chicago
Trust
W. J. Bryan
J. H. Radmond
G. W. Northup
David Kinley
Cline Federson
John J. Han
TB. Walker
Tr Wis
Wmn
J. Bryan
Tain National Reqikbulion
Donn W. Ela
William J. Hrgan
Albert Shaw
W. Bourke Cochran
Chicago Strike Chooses Stand on Post Office Work
Chicago officials report the building trades vote in favor of halting masonry work on the post office until stone cutters unionize while allowing arch and street decoration tasks to be performed by non union electricians. A general strike on the post office building is anticipated within days and President McKinley may skip the cornerstone ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cornell
M. K. Sullivan
Post Ofice Works
Transport Belgian King Sails with Troops and Relief Ship
The Belgian King transport sails for Manila and San Francisco on Sept 16 carrying seven companies of the Twenty-fourth Infantry, recruits, 20 Women forces, and 100 hospital corps members along with the hospital ship Relief. Despite inspectors condemning passenger travel, the Relief will stop at Honolulu and Guam, with medical supplies, surgeons, and staff aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Pacific
Hon` Alulu
Guam
Clemency Appeal in Manila Death Sentence Case
Senator Foster of Washington appealed to the president for clemency for Corporal Damphaffer and two Sixteenth Infantry privates condemned for assaulting native women in Manila. No papers were received from Otis yet. A full hearing will be arranged after documents arrive. Foster met with Adjutant General Corbin, who said Otis would cable the decision today to delay execution pending department review.
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Washington
Foster
Damphaffer
Manila
Sixteenth Infantry
Otis
White House
War Department
Corbin
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