Denver sports briefs end with Norris and Woo notes
Denver notes indicate Norris and Woo involved in a brief sports item dated the 12th. The fragment suggests team or player mentions in a local column.
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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1899
Page
2
Denver notes indicate Norris and Woo involved in a brief sports item dated the 12th. The fragment suggests team or player mentions in a local column.
The U S transport Tartar arrives at San Francisco from Manila with the Twentieth Kansas Regiment under Col Metcalf and 800 discharged soldiers. General Funston, greeted by Gov Stanley, hints plans depend on authorities, praises his command, and sees ending the war soon. He travels with wife Train Weld Up. Northwestern limited train robbery near Maple Park shots engineer Daniel White. robbers blow safe, destroy express car, and flee ahead of pursuing posse.
Gen Otis dispatches indicate Schwan’s column advances on Sapang ang Das Marinas with opposition anticipated. Artillery and wagon trains return to Bacoor via Rosagio. A SOV column marches from Imus to support Schwan if needed. Young occupies Arayat. supply lines advance up the Rio Grande by cascars. Blown to Atoms at Miller's Station. four men killed. nitroglycerine blast damages Valparaiso area.
Washington special reports the United States assuming charge of British interests in South Africa after a notification from Reginald Tower. U.S. chargé d’affaires states the British agent left Pretoria and the move suggests war conditions and a forthcoming neutrality proclamation. Senator Davis predicts Congress will defer civil government for the Philippines, leaving control with President McKinley.
Washington dispatch reports most regiments filled for the volunteer army in the Philippines. The Forty-ninth colored regiment needs under 500 men to complete its ranks. Also, a Reading Railroad wreck near Williamsport, Pennsylvania, left eighteen cars damaged and two tramps dead.
A midnight police raid on The Oxford Club in Boston arrests thirty men for gambling and presence at illegal games. A cart of paraphernalia and 84 000 in poker chips are seized along with two wagonloads of prisoners. The raid follows a famous member's suicide after losing most of his fortune in poker.
Bradstreet's reports distributive trade remains steady with encouraging volume. Industry is active, railway earnings remain strong, prices edge upward, and bank clearings rise. Holiday celebrations lift retail and wholesale activity while strikes fall and business failures stay low.
The California fruit industry is seen as a strong producer with an estimated 15 million dollars for dried and canned fruit. Porter Brothers and state officials predict major gains in dried fruit and canned output, with the California Packters' Association noting canneries may bring in around 6.5 million dollars.
A major blaze swept Mill Valley near San Francisco destroying about 200000 dollars in property. The fire began in brush around the town and 1000 firefighters struggled to save residents as several German exports and other goods are noted in the period’s commercial reports.
A large crowd gathered in downtown Chicago for the twenty eighth anniversary of the great fire. Officials from three sovereigns attended as representatives paid homage at the Government building. A transport ship from San Francisco carried a cargo of horses to Manila, with hundreds of animals lost due to a typhoon and related shipping hazards.
A faulty detonation at the Actia compu works near Millers destroyed two structures named the tankhouse and the wixiouse. The blast was felt several miles away and involved workers Lowe fen and Deen io who were expected to drive into the site.
William Po Morrison, reportedly a wealthy resident, fell from the fifth story of the Avevie flat building in Chicago. He struck the skylight over the rotunda and died from his injuries.
A bullfight in Enghien les Bains ends with a bull breaking barriers amid crowd scuffles and a chaotic scene. In Dayton Ohio thirty three mild syphilis cases reported at a Children's Home. In Kentucky John Cook fatally axes George Davis after insult to his sister. Indianapolis votes swing Democratic with large mayoral majority. A Telegraph dispatch says Boers and Britons engage in deadly hostilities in Natal.
A deadly duel on Camp Street in New Orleans pitted Dominick C. O Malley publisher of the Evening Item against C Harrison Parker state tax collector and Delta editor in chief. They exchanged shots after Parker confronted O Malley near Newspaper Row. Parker was wounded in the side and shoulder while O Malley suffered leg wounds with both men gravely injured.
Soldiers from Company L Eighth Infantry at Port Snelling Minnesota fought after a drunken spree. Privates Steat Welly and Yeazule spent time in St Paul saloons while Corporal Fonnet carried twenty dollars. On return reports say Pevsner was robbed and rioters assaulted the trio. Stout was badly hurt and the guard detained participants.
Judge James Ryan of the Superior Court at Anderson Indiana ruled the recent complaints seeking injunctions to prevent window glass firms in the county from joining the trust are good and sufficient for cause of action.
The old Wabash round house at Fort Wayne burned to the ground. It housed fifteen engine tenders and barrels of oil and supplies. Oil vat damage saved ten tenders. others destroyed. Loss estimated at $20,000.
Chicago cattle and hogs show varied grading with prices from 8.00 to 6.50 for beef, hogs around 3.00 to 5.25, and grain futures for corn oats rye and wheat moving across several regional exchanges including Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo and New York with notable ranges for butter eggs and creamery products.
Reports from Pretoria via London confirm war with the Boers. Milner proclaims treason for aiding the enemy while news lines quell in London due to busy cables. Boer seizures of English railway property spark Cape Town excitement as Orange Free State forces move into Natal and Drakensberg passes.
The U S transport Siam, after leaving San Francisco with about 380 mules for Manila, lost all but nineteen in two successive typhoons. Deck freight washed away, boats wrecked, and animals mangled or killed when crews could not rescue them.
Gen Maximilian Jautsche, an Austrian who served with Cuban forces under Gen Gomez, recounts explosive warfare in Cuba. He studied explosives beforehand and says Gomez ordered extensive use of dynamite to destroy Spaniards and property, citing a dynamited troop train and mass casualties.
Cape Town dispatch reports a British armored train from Mafeking was blown up and wrecked by the Boers near Vryburg killing fifteen British soldiers. War declared by the South African Republic takes effect and the United States notifies Pretoria of the situation.
The article reports plans to trap Aguinaldo by sending Generals Lawton and MacArthur north of Manila while Gen. Schwan conducts a southward demonstration. Cavite province is targeted to disperse entrenched insurgents as part of the campaign.
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