British Advance in Sudan as Kitchener Seeks Diplomacy
London dispatch from Cairo reports General Kitchener meeting French commander Major Marchand at Anshota. Marchand refused to withdraw until ordered by government. no fighting occurred. British forces hoisted Union Jack and Egyptian ensign, with Eleventh and Thirteenth Sudanese battalions guarding. Gedarif fell to Egyptian troops under Colonel Parsons after a three hour battle, routing 3000 Dervishes. 37 Egyptians killed or wounded, 500 Dervishes killed, and three Egyptian officers wounded.
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Daily Telegraph
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Kitchener
Anshota
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Marchan
Uoleas
Marchand
Goderstand
Cornell Varsity Triumph Over Colgate at Percy Field
Cornell defeats Colgate 20 to 0 on Percy field. Colgate visitors unable to score. Penn hands Brooklin and Marshall 41 to 0 in Philadelphia. Yale beats Trinity 10 to 0 in Hartford. Captain Taussig plans sea duty for Bennipmap crew, aiming to visit Pacific islands. Henry Villard cabin boy discharged after consular investigation. captain not arrested.
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N. Y
Cornell
Colgate
Percy Field
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Brooklin and
Marshall
Hartford
Conn
Yale
Trinity
Diesbargs
Henry Villard
Haywood
Fort Street brawl ends with two soldiers fined
At Fort Street about 6 15 p m two drunken volunteer soldiers knocked down a citizen. Officers Pohaku and Frank Verreira intervened and captured one soldier near Progress Hall. Both R J Welch and J Wickham were fined 2 and costs each for drunkenness. Police intensified Fort Street patrols after the incident.
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Pohokw
Frank Verreira
Potoku
Ferreris
Progress Hall
Block
Pohaku
Hin Bae
Statin
R. J. Welch
J. Wickham
Death Comes to the Olga Crew in Java Sugar Voyage
The German bark Olga arrives at the Delaware breakwater with orders from Samarang Java carrying sugar. Six crewmen died of scurvy on the voyage from Sourabaya, leaving only four men fit for duty and Captain Dreyer among the first to fall ill during the voyage begun in April.
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Philadelphia
Olga
Delaware
Samarang
Java
Dreyer
Sourabaya
Igelokan
First detachment of occupation troops to Cubs on Oct 20
Washington September 24 late report says the first detachment of occupation army troops will be sent to Cubs on October 20. It will be commanded by Major General Wade and will include three regiments, with older regulars following. Most of the corps under General Fitzhugh Lee is expected to join the army.
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Washington
Army of Occupation
Cubs
Wade
Fitzhugh Lee
China's Emperor Poisoned threatens next China crisis
London dispatches report the Pekin palace stating the emperor is seriously indisposed with death likely. Hong Kong and London cables echo uncertainty yet suggest the emperor may be dead, while Dowager's regency is discussed and figures Yang and Chang Yen Hoon are questioned. Berlin notes German worry as Paris political crisis looms amid fears of wider war with France and Germany.
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Daily Mailgays
Daily Telegraph
Hongkong
Sun-!lny
Anya
Yang
Chang Yen Hoon
Washington
Germany
France
Berlin
Paris
National Zeitung
Napoleon
Hanoverische Courier
Football practice on baseball tract discouraging in town
Tonight's football drill drew few regulars as many expected players did not attend. Roy Morgan of the University of California coached the session, and with Pennsylvania versus New York game on, no practice is scheduled this afternoon. The coach urges more turnout to form a fall team by week’s end.
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Roy Morgan
University of California
Pennsylvania
New York
Oregon
Dewey
Monils
Cape Hore
Hawaian Islands
Vesuvius Eruption Increases In Violence Near Naples
Sept 24 report from Naples states Vesuvius eruption grows more violent and feared to reach Bayard Continues to Decline in Dedham Mass notes the man Bayard rested during the day amid dull rainy weather, with a gradual daily decline continuing.
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Vesuvius
Naples
Bayard
Dedham
Mass
Roosevelt Backed By New York Pron for Governor Race
The New York Republican leadership names Theodore Roosevelt as governor candidate with Timothy L. Woodruff as lieutenant governor John T. McDonough as secretary of state William J. Morgan as comptroller John P Jaegel as state treasurer John E Davis as attorney general and a not yet decided state engineer The convention plans to settle all differences on the first ballot Sereno E Payne is named temporary chairman Horace G Waite permanent Chaired Depew to announce Roosevelt Meanwhile Hitt not to succeed Hay in London cabinet role to aid policy for new colonies says a cabinet officer
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Saratoga
N. Y
Pessiming
Theodore Rooselt
Timothy L. Woodruff
Kings
John T. Mel Donough
Albany
William J. Morgan
Erie
John P. Jaegel
Cayuga
Gener
John
Life Insurance Queries in Saturday Edition
Inquiries answered by an insurance editor cover life policies and beneficiaries. If a policy lacks a named beneficiary the proceeds go to the executors or nearest relative. Also noted is Curzon’s elevation and the death of Colonel Henry Higgins from typhoid fever at Camp Hamilton.
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Life Inxar
Visu
Hia
Lexington
Henry Higgins
Eighth Massachusetts
Amsabary
Mags
Camp Hamilton
Judge Hitchcock Illness Delays Kohala Term Proceedings
The Honolulu Star notes Judge Hitchcock remains too ill for work with a carbuncle last winter cited by Dr. Bond. Sheriff Andrews and E. P. Dole coordinate temporary substitution, appointing Judge Stanley to hold Kohala term while Hitchcock recovers. Supreme Court cases proceed, including McGandrews v. Hil Pilipi and motion in Bradford v. Andrews.
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North
Kohala
Henry Smith
Judiciary Department
Andrews
Hitchcock
Bond
E. P. Dole
Stanley
Honolulu
Kinan
Taide Hitchcock
Dole
Smith
Chief Justice Commission
Supreme Court
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Roborteau & Wilder
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Bradford Va
Gev. A. Davis Bne
H. Yorke
Udge Perry
Keakahi Va
W.B. Kalana
W. K R. Castle
W.R. Castle
Kowali
Hana
Maui
John Haainet
Retirement of Volunteer Officers Spurs Commission Rule
The Attorney General holds that retirement of regular Army officers promoted to the volunteer service does not affect their volunteer commissions. In Major-General Graham’s case the volunteer commission remains valid after retirement for age, with the regular Army rank placed on the retired list. The ruling applies to General Coppinger as well, who retires next month.
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Washington
Regular Army
Graham
Volunteers
Volunteer Service Commission
Coppinger
Spaniards in Porto Rico refuse to live under U S flag
About 10 000 Spaniards living in Puerto Rico refuse to remain under the American flag and demand repatriation to Spain at the expense of the government. The report from Madrid on September 25 notes the mass request as a political stance among residents.
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Ports
Riso
Spain
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