Boers Break and Retreat in Transvaal Fighting
British forces break Boer lines near Dalmanatha and Berzendal as Lord Roberts reports slow but decisive progress. Buller praised for skillful maneuver. French advances toward Schwarzkopjes. Baden-Powell occupies Nylestroom. Rundle takes 70 cattle at Brandwater basin.
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Butter
Berzendal
Dalmanatha
eBoer
Buller
Schwarzkoppes
Lydenburg
Baden-Powell
Nylestroom
Paget
Pretoria
Rundle
Brandwater Basin
Steyn Joins Kruger East of Pretoria
PRETORIA Aug 28 reports that President Steyn has joined President Kruger east of Pretoria.
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Steyn
Kruger
Pretoria
Gen De Wet Appears Near Heilbron South of Vaal
Pretoria reports Gen De Wet who recently retreated from north of Pretoria has resurfaced near Heilbron, located south of the Vaal River.
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Pretoria
de Wet
Preetoria
Heilbron
Vaal
Blame the Commissioners and Labor Tensions Rise
Central labor union voices fault at Monday meeting over Sanborn electric Co refusing to hire union labor for city courthouse wiring. Union officials say the city commissioners could enforce, while delegates from the Indiana state federation of labor announce a relocation move to Indianapolis and name five chosen delegates.
Guilty conscience behind Tangier Indemnity report
Washington sources say a report that an American warship pressured Tangier for Indemnity over a US citizen injury likely originated from a guilty conscience. The vessel possibly identified as the Massachusetts state nautical school's Enterprise may have stirred Moorish authorities, pleasing the State Department.
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Washington
Tangier
Morocco
Massachusetts State Nautical School
State Department
Mysterious Shots Rattle Highland Place at Midnight
At 12 30 a m Tuesday two shots rang out in the south end of Highland Place. Rumors of a murder arose but no crime was found to have occurred. No residents could provide any information and one passerby saw no one despite looking from his window.
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Highland-place
Dave Froeheer
Asherville
James Wilcox
Toledo
Fort Wayne
Virden Miners Out In Pay Dispute
Miners at Virden Illinois again out as machine cutters demand seven cents per ton instead of six and a half. President Wirchell of the United Mine Workers may travel from Hazelton Pennsylvania to Virden if a settlement or strike grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wirchell
United Mine Workers
Virden
Til
Retirement millionaire J J Squire dies at 64
Kansas City announces the death of J J Squire a retired millionaire at 64 from Brights disease He served as an officer in the Ohio regiment during the Civil War and built wealth in cattle with holdings on several farms The obituary notes his extensive cattle interests and wealth generation
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Kansas City
J. J. Squire
Bright
Ohio Regiment
Murder at Robin son home in family row ends in death
Albert Robinson aged 36 a former police chief’s son was found dead at his Muncie Indiana home after a family dispute. Police say a back head wound suggests murder and brother in law Charles Keating is being sought. Mrs Robinson and Patrick Keating arrested. Joseph Keating is missing. In Flora Indiana Etta Horner 14 died after eating prepared mustard.
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Muncie
Ind
Albert Robinson
Robinson
Charles Keating
Flora
Aus
Etta Horner
Radner
Here
Lysistrata Yacht Launched by Denny & Dumbar
Glasgow shipyards launched the steam yacht Lysistrata built for James Gordon Bennett. At 2000 tons, 310 feet long and 40 feet wide, she is expected to reach 19 knots, and mirrors Drexel's New Margarita now in trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glasgow
Denny & Dumbarton
James Gordon Bennett
Drexel
Indiana Inklingy from the Hoosier Exposed Murders and Misdeeds
Indiana newspaper notes a burst of local calamities: mule injury, knee loss, heart failure death, kidnapping alleged, 102 year old “Indian princess” death, boy buried alive, ice famine, ice cream poisoning at a Glendale picnic, and poultry theft. Reports also cover arson, curfew tests, sedition fears, and a mass of small-town misadventures across towns like Huntington, Valparaiso, Tipton, Michigan City, Marion, Muncie, Anderson, and Bedford with multiple named individuals and local incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Clark
Jackson
Glendale
Daviess County
North Anderson
Outbreak at Distillery Sparks Rescue Fight in Indiana
Plan to rob a distillery ends in a pursuit at Lentz’s barn where Gaines and Thoma son clash with Lentz. Lentz is shot twice, Gaines kills with a throat cut, all three men confined in Jeffersonville reformatory. Division leadership for Indiana Sons of Veterans announces staff appointments and regional officers.
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Lentz
Gaines
Thomason
Reformatory
Jeffersonville
Sid Conger
Indiana Sons of Veterans
F. G. Jackson
Muncie
Frank Boyd
Rockville
W. W. Hagans
Shelbyville
W. C. Glendenning
Geneva
L. E. Truitt
Indianapolis
F. E. Hines
Noblesville
W. H. Scheiber
Huntington
W. R. Lift
Interurban Rail Franchises Signed. Greenfield Service Planned
Contracts signed with Greenfield and Greenwood railways pave way for Greenfield cars to run Indianapolis via the Irvington route. The Greenfield line will operate a three car, three hour round trip on a one hour schedule, with a test run successful. Poles along the route were updated in anticipation of the franchise.
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Interurban Electric Railroad
Greenfield
Greenwood
Indianapoli
Irvington
Afro-American Meeting Defeats McKinley Endorsement
At Bethel church Afro-American editorial meeting the resolution endorsing McKinley and his administration was defeated 7 to 3. Republicans claim Democrats set the issue as a test of sentiment while Democrats call it a bid to distort the association. Officers elected Monday afternoon include President Cyrus Field Adams Chicago Appeal Vice-president George L Knox Indianapolis Freeman secretary Alex L Manly Washington Daily Record treasurer Wm H Stewart Louisville.
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McKinley
Bethel Church
Association
Cyrus Field Adams
Chicago Appeal
George L. Knox
Indianapolis Freeman
Alex L. Manly
Washington Daily Record
Wm. H. Stewart
Louisville
Vanderbilt interests gain control of Pullman stock
On Wall Street sources report Vanderbilt interests have increased Pullman stock holdings enough to secure control. Management changes are expected to follow.
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New York
Wall St
Vanderbilt
Pullman
Friscos Growth San Francisco Population Figures
Washington reports San Francisco has 342 782 residents. The 1890 census shows 298 997, up 14 64 percent from 1880. From 1860 to 1890 the city added 65 038 people, a 27 80 percent rise.
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Washington
San Francisco
Many World Events Lie Behind Grim Headlines
Across the nation and abroad, reports track plague in Glasgow, eleven heat deaths in New York, political upheavals in Roumania and Bulgaria, and violent incidents from Kentucky to Missouri. In Mexico and Chilean-area raids, danger and crime mingle with political shifts and social clashes as the year 1902 approaches.
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Glasgow
New York
Roumania
Bulgaria
New Evidence in Youtsey Case Emerges in Kentucky
In Frankfort Kentucky prosecutors in the Goebel assassination case announce new evidence against Henry Youtsey. They allege he carried a box of steel cartridges from home the morning Goebel was shot and his wife urged him to leave it. They report Youtsey was nervous that night and required morphine to sleep.
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Frankfort
Goebel
Henry Youtsey
Youtsey
Powers
Col. Campbell
Arthur Goebel
Commonwealth
Franklin
Jim Neward
Howard
Mystery women in Vendome tragedy case unclear gunman
New York officials probe whether contractor John H. Esson fired the fatal shot at the Hotel Vendome. Two women figure in the case Miss Lillian Hayes claims Esson tried to kill her and may be heir to his estate while Rose of Chicago is alleged rival.
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New York
John H. Esson
Burns
W. Thirtieth St
Lillian Hayes
Esson
Miss Hayes
Rose
Chicago
Harold H. Striditon
Essen
New York Hospital
Prosperous Conductors Lease Hall For Union Picnic
Division No. 103 of the Order of Railway Conductors has leased a large hall in the Pier son block Delaware street for ten years. They report $857.15 from the fair grounds picnic head end collision fund, with furnishing costs near $1,000. The hall, banquet room and kitchen will include a carpet piano and 175 members. T. W. Love is custodian with 32 years as a conductor on the Bee and Pennsylvania lines.
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Order of
Pierson Block
Delaware St
Tomlinson Hall
Fair Grounds
T. W. Love
Bee Line
Pennsylvania
Clerk Fred Shepherd’s pranks on county commissioner noted
Fred Shepherd, clerk of the Board of county commissioners, is fishing in Canada. Tuesday, John McGregor received three postals. One mentioned Green Bay and Augusta Nike, another praised Manitowoc and West Newton, adding cracked ice. McGregor saw through the joke, a practical joke tied to an old tunnel quarrel.
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Fred Shepherd
Board of County Commissioners
Canada
John McGregor
Green Bay
Augusta
Nike
Manitowoc
West Newton
McGregor
Shepherd
Man Found on Independence Island Nearly Starved
Harrisburg report states Harry Parsons, 79, colored, was found on Independence Island Monday after three days without food. Despite abundance of watermelons and cantaloupes on the island he refused to eat, leaving him nearly famished.
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Harrisburg
Harry Parsons
Independence Island
City Markets Sugar Cure Dried Ham Prices
Indianapolis August 28 city market report lists provisions including sugar cured smoked meats such as hams and bonesless hams with Reliable brand quoted at 10 to 13 percent. dried best hams Reliable at 12 4 50.
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Indianapolis
Tiggae
California
Comprehensive Grocery Price List with Meat and Produce
A detailed catalog of prices for oils, meats, vegetables, fruits, nuts, canned goods, fish, seeds, and staples. Includes castor oil, bergamont, bacon, lard, lard alternatives, sausages, pickled meats, fresh pork, potatoes, beans, onions, tomatoes, cabbage, apples, peaches, bananas, lemons, honey, pineapples, watermelons, canning fruit, berries, meats, and dairy products with per unit and per measure figures. Names of brands, grades, and packaging noted throughout.
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Indiana
Ridgewood A
Phoenix A
Empire A
Ideal
Windsor
Ridgewood
Lion
Jersey
Singapore
Imperial
Young Hyson
Pic
St.ti
California
Johnson
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Bergendai
Lord Roberts
London
Eifast
Transvaal
Sly de Wet
Wheeler
Hazelton
Lysistrata
Indiana Inklings
Lawton
James Griswold
Valparaiso
Clarence Hanna
Tipton
Levi Kline
Andrews Butcher
Bush Reagan
J. Singerly
Lebanon
Olga
Michigan City
White Dove
Jefferson County
Daniel W. Bowen
Spencer Carr
Crawfordsville
Anderson
Elmer Welsh
James Queeny
Knox County
C. C. Beck
Point Isabel
Marion
Edward
Henry Probst
South Bend
Ova Frazer
Evansville
American Window Glass Company
Ralph Brown
Franklin National Bank
Brown
Elmer Healy
Fisher's Station
Mara Flanders
G. H. McLin
Siuntington
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
F. O. Winequist
Victor North
Oliver Thomason
John Gaines
Frank Lentz
Bedford
Virginia
Afro-American Council
Vanderbilts Control Pullman Company
Akron
Bresci
Humbert
Reynolds
Jonesville
Samuel Graves
Sedalia
Jesse James
Pingree
Michigan
Roosevelt
Marshalltown
Denver
Col
Jos. Bannett
Flora Betts
Leandro Carrasco
Chihuahua
Mex
Carrasco
Kappa Kappa Gamma Society
Columbus
J. H. Penfield
New York City
Mary Whiting
Lincoln
Neb
Pennington
Philadelphia
Lucy Allen
The
Key
Ann Arbor
Mich
Prosecu
City Markets
Washington and
Saks & Company
Saugers
Haddock
Ealers
Timothy
Kentucky
G. S
Harnes
W. S
New York State
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Ohio
Pittsburg
Kanawha
Winifrede
Raymond City
Brazil
Island City
Slack
Blossburg
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