Captain Hill to Return With First Montana Regiment
San Francisco September 20 The committee to welcome returning soldiers arrives as transports are delayed by foul bottoms Captain Hill of Company F Montana hero and expansionist believes the war will end soon and supports Otis though he doubts anti expansionists He praises Mtna soldiers Kusler Cook Wynne and Wallace and Father McKinnon defends Otis against critics A Montana reception meeting is set governor to preside Shafter may send a band to the Presidio and funds may cover lunch and flowers
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San Francisco
Captain Hill
Montana
Otis
Hill
eKusler
Cook
Wynne
Wallace
Father McKinnon
First
California
Chronicle
Carter
Philippines
Europe
Washington
General Shafter
Presidio
Olonely Wallace
Manila
Porto Rico affairs under Lt. Tetcher police chief
Lieutenant Frank Tetcher arrives on Kilpatrick to organize a native insular police force in Puerto Rico, armed by the government. He reports clearing tigands, capturing Ortez, and notes widespread public opposition to the American system, court criticism, and failed relief after the hurricane. He favors mortgage loans to planters to restock and employment growth over direct shipments of provisions.
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New York
Frank Tetcher
United States
Kilpatrick
Forty
Henry
Tetcher
Ortez
Burk
Forty-seventh Regiment
Insular
Ponce
Fatal Collision Near Kansas City Claims Several Lives
A northbound passenger train and a freight train collided 15 miles southeast of Kansas City Missouri in the morning. Four people were killed and four injured. The dead include B F Reddick engineer and Charles Rider fireman with others named or unidentified. The injured include Fred W Laker engineer and L P Halleck postal clerk among others. Most victims were from Springfield Missouri.
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Kansas City
St. Louis
San Francisco
B. F. Reddick
Charles Rider
D. W. Harlson
Fred. W. Laker
L. P. Halleck
Fred
A. Smith
J. W. Halslett
Harlson
Springfield
Boers Are Prepared for Possible Hostilities
London dispatch notes Great Britain's relations with the Transvaal remain unchanged and no new phase is expected until after Friday's cabinet council. The Morning Post from Pietermaritzburg on September 19 quotes Boers as saying they differ their response two days of rain before hostilities, asserting they are deter mined and prepared to face consequences.
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London
Great Britain
Transvaal
Morning Post
Pietermaritzburg
Boers’ border plan and Pretoria mobilization disclosed
The correspondent outlines elaborate Boer border preparations and a joint plan to seize Majuba, Laing’s Neck and Newcastle as soon as the ultimatum arrives. Secretary Chamberlain spent the day at the Colonial Office, looks worn by anxiety, while a Belgians’ corps in Pretoria is formed to aid the Hours in war. Reitz says aliens may stay in Transvaal if well behaved. Orange Free State officers are confirmed at Pretoria with many field cores at the capital.
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Orange Free State
Pretoria
Majuba
Laing's Neck
New Castle
Natal
Colonrs
Joseph Chamberlain
Colonial Office
Reitz
Transvaal
Dreyfus Leaves Rennes Under Quiet Escort
A Rennes cable reports Captain Alfred Dreyfus left the city at 3 am heading to Vern where he boarded a train to Nantes. Officials, including M Viguie and M Dureault, arrived after midnight with the release order. Matthieu Dreyfus met him at the train, and Rennes slept through the dramatic transfer.
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London
Rennes
Dreyfus
Vern
Nantes
Alfred Dreyfus
Devil's Island
Varn
M. Viguie
Secret Service
M. Dureault
Pen
Dreyfus Health and Departure Details Revealed
Paris dispatch reports Captain Dreyfus in fragile health will not travel to Folkestone. Mme Dreyfus and Mme Labort visits to seek quarters are denied as false. Dreyfus’s destination remains secret to all except relatives while supporters and critics stay silent. Emile Zola declares Rennes trial part of a longer tragedy and predicts justice through vindication for Dreyfus.
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New York
Paris
Dreyfus
Folkestone
Mme. Dreyfus
Mme. Labort
Labori
Demange
France
Navy yard to accept ships for survey work by date
Washington September 20 The pay ment has directed that the Bugle and Yankton be accepted at the Portmount navy yard by October 17 as they are for survey work about Cuba and Price and will be thus employed after. The navy department has on the contract for building the Port dock to John Pierce of New York at $1 089 000.
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Washington
Portmount Navy Yard
Cuba
Price
Navy Department
John Pierce
New York
Circular outlines post hurricane building rules for Porto Rico
The war department received Gen Davis circular for Porto Rico inhabitants detailing how to profit from the hurricane by beautifying cities and improving sanitation. It prescribes brick and stone for first division buildings, mixed materials or wood for the second, and lighter thatched or bark-roofed structures in the third, with limits on inhabitants per lot and other regulations.
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Washington
War Department
Davis
Porto Rico
The Leather Trust Elects Board Of Directors In New York
The permanent organization of the American Hide and Leather company will be effected in New York today. The board of directors to be elected includes Thomas Hammond H K White F C Cottle J F Ramsdell C H Burwell and many others. The board will elect officers once it organizes.
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New York
American Hide and Leather Company
Thomas. Hammond
H. K. White
F. C. Cottle
J. F. Ramsdell
C. H. Burwell
Charles W. Todd
H. W. Wadleigh
Wm. Becker
A. W. Downing
Albert Bernard
Thomas J. Ryan
Thomas Kernan
John K. Murdock
Henry Seligman
Frederick Straus
George A. Hill
C. A. Degersdorf
James Skinner
Thomas W. Hull
W. N. Eisen *Drath
F. E. White
Theodore 8. Haight
F. L. Roenlts
Matthew Robson
Aaron Heidht
B. XN. Elms
James B. Weed
Canadians Organize Loyal Air Service Regiment
Toronto news reports Colonel Hughes of Lindsay intends to raise a Canadian air service regiment for the Transvaal war. Minister of Works Tare ’Tarta promises to release a sortie of men from Quebec. The Tk Burgers near Toronto have requested deployment to South Africa.
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Toronto
Hughes of Lindsay
Transvaal
He ¢Wah
Tare ‘Tarta
Quebec
T K Burgers
South Africa
Brooke's Orders trigger talk of general labor strike
Havana dispatch reports General Brooke allowing municipalities to reclaim and dispose of temporary Spanish fortifications, excluding the military road from Moran to Jucaro. Labor groups plan a mass meeting amid debates on an eight hour day while critics accuse authorities of pressuring Americans and Spaniards.
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Havana
Brooke Tuis
Trocha
Moran
Jucaro
General Brooke
Republia
Cienfuegos
Clenfuegoe
Benor Perfecto Lacoste
Monsieneur
Manuel Santunda Fratez
Senor Dexvernine
Oder
Wrecked In a Typhoon off Biwa Lake
A telegram from Shiga governor reported by the Empress of India says the steamer Kohn Maro foundered in a typhoon off Hanakawa Biwa lake. Of 50 passengers mostly women and children, twelve drowned two fatally injured and eight crew perished. the vessel sank.
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Victoria
B. C
Shiga
Empress of India
Hanakawa
Biwa
Strike at Cramp's Yards In Philadelphia
On September 20 at Cramp's yards Philadelphia about 150 ship joiners walked out after presenting demands for a nine hour day and twenty cents an hour. The workers rejected a ten hour day at seven and a half cents per hour and began a strike.
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Philadelphia
Cramp’s
Damands
Telegraphic Briefs Across Europe and America
Telegraphic briefs report Emperor William arriving in Sweden and staying at Snogeholm palace until Friday. A Norwegian cutter Martha Laveault’s master says an anchor and buoy marked Polar Expedition were found on King Island’s north coast. In San Francisco two suspected influenza cases appear at the Presidio hospital. Seattle reports from Alaska describe the Taku Glacier front shattered by a recent earthquake with thousands of tons of ice plunging into the sea.
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Stockholm
Afi
Martha Laveault
King Ih Island
San Francisco
Presidio
General Hospital
Thirty-first Regiment
Seattle
Wash
Alaska
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