Boers Thought Ready to Strike in Africa Rumors
London dispatches report unverified rumors from Cape Town that the Boers sent another conciliatory reply to Sir Alfred Milner. Outlander papers press for immediate evacuation. The London press debates war vs submission as troops move toward the Transvaal front. The Terrible cruiser is redirected toward Cape Town, with cabinet timing unclear.
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London
Cape Town
Alfred Milner
Transvaal
Pall Mall Gazette
Kimberly
North
Terrible
Portsmouth
China
Suez
Dawkins News Notes Weather and Local Moves
The rain did not aid corn cutting and frost harmed crops in places. William Laning moves to Kalkaska County Michigan to settle, while William Furnace and Dave Gills relocate to Michigan for timber work. Mrs. Gus Rusey recovers from typhoid fever as school starts September 18. Henry Good sells his Woodburn saloon to Hank Rush. Town readies for Payne Ohio street fair amid plans for local elevators to buy corn after New Haven project.
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William Laning
Kalkaska County
Mich
William Furnace
Dave Gills
Michigan
Gus Rusey
Henry Good
Woodburn
Hank Rush and
Payne
Ohio
Dawkins
New Haven
Cedarville Items Highlight Local Visits and Funeral
Miss Elsie Pratt stayed with her aunt Mrs F Picton last week. Mr Moss began his Cedarville school term Monday. Miss Shubert of Fort Wayne returned home after visiting R Stapleton's. Herbert Shirey of Cuba was laid to rest in Cedarville M E Church with Brother Zimmerman presiding. S W James of Harlan spent Sunday at E Cooks. Mrs W Teeple and family, visiting relatives, returned to Decatur.
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Elsie Pratt
F. Picton
Moss
Cedarville
Miss Shubert
Fort Wayne
R. Stapleton
Herbert Shirey
Cuba
M. E. Church
Zimmerman
S. W. James
Harlan
E. Cook
Perry Township News Silent Social and Travel Notes
Joseph Pepe visited the city last Saturday. Victor Sordelet has been ill for a few days. Miss Sadie Diebold attended a party hosted by August Martin with a good time reported. Edward Schreder spent several hours in Huntertown last week. Jule Griff departs for Muncie Indiana Monday to work in the rolling mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Pepe
Victor Sordelet
Sadie Diebold
Aboite Township Sunday School Convention Thrives
The Aboite township Sunday school convention held at the Disciple church over the weekend drew strong attendance. On Saturday evening A. D. Craig shared a compelling account of his sea crossing experiences, pleasing the audience with his narrative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aboite Township
A. D. Craig
Sunday School Program Elects Officers for Year
The article notes fully the place of Bible study in the Sunday school with recitations by Dessie Decker Roxie Clay and Clara Brosius. Evening session featured Mr Hackett and Mr Yarnelle with children’s songs. Officers elected for the year include John Clark president William Scott vice president N B Kennedy secretary and treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dessie Decker
Roxie Clay
Clara Brosius
Hackett
Yarnelle
John Clark
Wm.Scott
N. B. Kennedy
Edgerton Notes Include Church Project and Local Happenings
Caleb McConnell is on the sick list while W W Auspach prepares the brick for the new M E church. Miss Maggie Eversoy returns from Toledo. Terrell and Auspach took a weekend bicycle trip to Continental Ohio. Frost lightly damaged late corn. Corner stone laying for the M E church set for Sept 23 at 2 pm with Rev Cogking of New Haven to speak. Jackson township farmers picnic at Townley Wednesday. Mr Brown and family visiting Briant Indiana with W W Brighton. Social Saturday night a success with peaches and ice cream. H M Brothers returns to teach this fall and winter. Payne Ohio to host a street fair this week. Wheat sowing is light. Kitty Ferrell to declaim at the picnic Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caleb McConnell
W. W. Auspach
Maggie Eversoy
Cogking
New Haven
Jackson Township
Townley
Mr. Brown
Briant
Ind
W. W. Brighton
H. M.brothers
Payne
Ohio
Kitty Ferrell
Edgerton
Indiana Crop Report Highlights Mixed Indiana Harvests
Indiana weekly crop bulletin notes no rain and cool nights with harmless frost in early mid September. Corn matures and mostly in shock. late corn yields generally large. Tobacco fair, clover nearly finished, beans fair, potato prospects poor due to dryness, rye weak, apples good in north. Fall plowing slow, wheat sown little, farmers feeding livestock and hauling water.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Home from Sweden Oliver Andersons return voyage
Mr and Mrs Oliver Anderson of Lake township have returned from a twenty three day visit in Sweden with relatives and friends. They traveled via Grimsby to Southampton and London, boarding the St Louis to New York. They reached New York August 26 and after visits in Philadelphia Reading and Washington returned home eager to greet friends.
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Oliver Anderson
Lake Township
Sweden
North Sea
Grimsby
England
Southampton
London
St. Louis
New York
Philadelphia
Reading
Washington
Aged Justice Daly Dies at Bay Harbor at 83
Charles P. Daly former chief justice of New York County Court of Common Pleas from 1851 to 1886 and longtime president of the American Geographical Society died today at Bay Harbor Long Island. He was eighty three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chas. P. Daly
Court of Common Pleas
New York County
American Geographical Society
Bay Harbor
L. I
Grocer Isaac Miller Injured In Street Accident
Isaac Miller of South Calhoun Street sustained fractured ribs after a horse drawn buggy struck him at the intersection Sunday evening. He was carried home and treated by a physician.
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Isaac Miller
Calhoun Street
Miller
Lumber mill blaze wipes acres of timber near Castoria
In Lowville on September 19 the fire at Theo dore Basselin's saw mill spread rapidly, consuming Castoria enditem acreage of lumber and causing significant losses to the operation.
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Lowville
Theodore B
Basselin
Castoria Enditem
Pardon in Principle for Dreyfus Reported by Paris Council
Paris Sept 19 The council of ministers decided in principle to pardon Dreyfus with the actual pardon likely in a few days. Dreyfus has relinquished his appeal and prediction had muted public reaction on the boulevards. Reports linked to amnesty and next steps vary while officials keep details scarce about departure plans or the high court's upcoming sessions.
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Paris
Council of Ministers
Dreyfus
Cabinet Pardon for Dreyfus Reported Worldwide
On the day the cabinet decided to pardon Dreyfus the prisoner was to be sent abroad before the proclamation. Paris remained calm until six o'clock evening as the decision appeared to pass unnoticed. The pardon was signed that morning and cabled to the Associated Press to avoid demonstrations at Rennes and Paris. Measures have been taken in Rennes and the first semi official notice appeared without comment. The family is said to be assured.
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Dreyfus
Droits de L’ Homme
M. Scheuerer-Kestner
Paris
Associated Press
Rennes
Journal Des Debats
Dreyfus Pardon Decision Sparked Rennes Excitement
In Rennes on September 19 the news that the council of ministers had decided to pardon Dreyfus caused intense excitement, though he remains a prisoner.
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Rennes
Council of Ministers
Dreyfus
Paris Leader Scheurer-Kestner Dies at 86
Paris Sept 19 M Scheurer Kestner former vice president of the senate and longtime Dreyfus champion died suddenly after several days of illness. Born Feb 11 1833 in Mulhouse Alsace he led the Chemila society of Paris directed Republique Francaise 1879 to 1884 and founded a cooperative in 1865. He served in the national assembly 1871 and senate from 1875, later vice president and secretary, defeated for re election Jan 13 1878 and wrote widely on chemistry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
M. Scheurer-Kestner
Senate
Alfred Dreyfus
M. Auguste Scheurer-Kestner
Dreyfus
Mulhouse
Alsace
Chemila Society
Republique Francaise
National Assembly
Dramatic death noted of Scheurer Kestner in London
London papers mark the death of M. Scheurer Kestner from typhoid fever as dramatic, likening it to Nelson and Wolfe at victory. The Evening News adds there is no need now to boycott the Paris exposition.
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London
M. Scheurer-Kestner
Nelson
Wolfe
Evening News
Paris Sees Royalist Trial Doomed to Fiasco
A Paris dispatch reports high court action against royalist conspirators aiming to alter government form is unlikely to succeed. No serious charges. Parisians unimpressed. Prosecution collapse could topple the ministry, while radi cals plan to exit a sinking ship. De Freycinet seen as potential next premier amid a unsettled presidential crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
The
Times
Paris
Senate
de Freycinet
Loubet
High Court Investigating Committee Conspiracy Probe
Paris on September 19 reports that the high court's investigating committee is expected to present findings on charges of conspiracy to come before the government. The inquiry focuses on alleged plots and the authorities' response to the allegations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
High Court
Loubet Urges Paris Exposition Directors to Show France’s Unity
Paris on September 19 reports President Loubet visiting the 1900 exposition site. He urged the works directors to strive to present a strong, laborious, united France to the world, stressing progress and peace and that quarrels have not affected her, inviting a proud national display.
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Paris
Loubet
France
Seventy fourth Indiana Veterans hold Monroeville reunion
The Seventy-fourth Indiana Veteran Volunteer Association plans its fifteenth annual reunion at Monroeville on October 12 and 13. The program features music, readings, skirmish sketches, memorials to the dead, roll calls, reports, and elections. Officers include Capt. C. T. Chamberlain as president, W. F. Peddycord secretary, and N. P. Cook treasurer.
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Seventy-fourth Indiana Veteran Volunteer Association
Monroeville
Seventy-fourth
Allen County
Friberger
Harrison
G. F. Freed
Glee Club
Betts
74Th
H.C. Lodge
Mattie Clem
Franc Peddycord
North
Gates
Rich
Cook
Tinkey
McMar
Dodge
Harrington
Gray
S. J. North
America
C. T. Chamberlain
David Harrington
Seventy-fourth Regiment
Chickamauga
Mission Ridge
Dallas
Kenesaw Mountain
Lost Mountain
Chattahoochee River
Peach Tree Creek
Atlanta
Jonesborough
Rocky Creek Church
Munfordsville
Regimental Association
Elkhart
W. F. Peddycord
Nappanee
N. P. Cook
Warsaw
Hoon Affair Disgraced Soldier Tried by Court Martial
General Otis reports Private Lawrence F. Hoon of Company K Fourth Infantry was sentenced to dishonorable discharge and one year confinement in Manila after a court martial found he forged signatures on a petition to General Otis. The document claimed company support for his promotion and listed signatures from sergeants and corporals at Camp Saloma in 1899.
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Manila
Washington
Hoon
Fourth Infantry
Imus
Lawton
Lawrence F. Hoon
U. S. Infantry
E. S. Otis
Philippine Islands
Camp Saloma
Otis
Fourth
Wm. Lawrence
United States Treasury
Malolos
Tropper
Philippines
J. Moore
Mark Baldwin
Bannon
Chandler
H.cash
C. Beal
Uve
Moore
Company K
H. Cash
United States Army
Saloma Church
P. I
Willing to Negotiate for Release of American Prisoners
Washington dispatch reports General Otis confirms a Filipino envoy asked General MacArthur to negotiate with Aguinaldo for freeing American prisoners held by insurgents. The note hints at Lieutenant Gilmore, Yorktown crew, Major Rockefeller, and several private soldiers among the captives, with no names disclosed in the cable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
General Otis
Otis
MacArthur
Aguinaldo
Gilmore
Yorktown
Luzon
Rockefeller
Philippines
Solae
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Dawkins News
Perry Township
Aboite News
Indiana Crop Report
Aged Justice
Madame Dreyfus
Folkestone
Dover
M. Deroulede
Alfred Dreyfub
Veterans OF the Seventy
J. G. Thieme
Clothiers
Cor
Columbia
Clinton Sts
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