Boers Graze British Lines Near Ladybrand New Dispatch
Lord Kitchener reports three officers and 65 men captured north of Ladybrand on August 22 after being driven to unfavorable ground by a superior Boer force. One killed, four wounded. prisoners released pending inquiry. Steyn and Dewet pledge continued resistance. Botha endorses continuing fight amid rising Boer surrenders.
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Mitchener
Ladybrand
Steyn
Dewet
Botha
London
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Orange River Colony
Eliot
Kruger
Cape Colony
Benson
Scherer
Late News Items From Diverse Coal Regions and Incidents
An American engineer representing Senator W A Clark toured Kurghiz mines. A fatal explosion at the El Royal shaft in Helvetia near Tucson killed miner McLaughlin and left King severely injured but alive. A Columbia South Carolina bridge collapse killed four, with one fatally injured and two seriously hurt as 14 ton girders fell seven feet. A Red Lodge Montana man was shot by John Romersa, who mistook him for a bear. Romersa, insane, is guarded. The steamer St Paul arrived in San Francisco with 1.5 million dollars in gold dust and noted Nome court pauses. In South Carolina mills workers who refused overtime on Labor Day faced denial of admission and fines. In Beaumont Texas, two dead and a massive oil gusher threatens to flood prairies. Le Roi mine may resume. Albert Geiser of Baker City arrived in Rossland to restart work under Le Roi, planning crew and wage details for various trades.
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West
W. A. Clark
Montana
Keiff
Voskresnsky Copper Company
el Royal
Helvetia
Tucson
Ariz
Mclaughlin
King
Columbia, & C
Southern Railroad
Congaree River
John Andrews
Red Lodge
Mont
Wyoming Line
John Romersa
Romersa
St. Paul
San Francisco
Cal
Nome
St. Michael
Wickersham
Noyes
Unalaska
Olympia
Cranby
Richland
Capital City
South Carolina
Beaumont
Tex
Texas
le Roi
Albert Geiser
Baker City
Rossland
Geiser
Spokane Street
Third Avenue
Hoyt Wins Western Amateur Championship Title
Hoyt of Glenview club, a veteran west player, defeats Bruce Smith of Ontwentsia in the Western Golf Association final at Midlothian. Hoyt wins six up and five to play to capture the Western amateur golf championship.
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Chicago
Smuggling Ring Tied to Nogales Officials Exposed
Washington reports detail major arrests in Arizona over Chinese smuggling across the Mexican border. William A. Hoey collector at Nogales B F Jossey immigration inspector Frank Howse Nogales Chinaman Clifton Mexico were seized by treasury secret service. A cabal mark A allowed passage. payments ranged 50 to 200 dollars. Special U S attorney to prosecute. Nogales office to be reorganized.
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Washington
United States
Arizona
William A. Hoey
Nogales
B. F. Jossey
Frank Howse
Clifton
Mexico
The
Treasury
Secret Service
Customs and Immigration Administrations
Treasury Department
Department
Hoey
Muncie
Jossey
Fight Likely Near Elk Valley Mine Shootout
In Knoxville a clash erupted as whites attempted to oust imported black workers at Elk Valley Mining Company property, 10 miles from Jellico. A white man James Hatfield was found shot dead, his brother Winfield Hatfield injured, deputies guard the site as tensions rise over the Southern railway branch road project.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Elk Valley Mining Company
Jellico
Southern Railway
James Hatfield
Winfield Hatfield
His Just Dues
Eureka Springs Ark August 26 James Kiser former policeman shot Dr L D Fuller resident physician at Calef fountain Main street after Fuller was assaulted Kiser felled him with a blow then trampled his face Fuller rose and killed Kiser Fuller fatally hurt sworn revenge over a $2 50 service claim for being a special policeman
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Eureka Springs
Ark
James Kiser
L. D. Fuller
Speedy death in wheat wagon accident in Whitman County
Walla Walla Aug 26. L. E. Erickson crushed under heavy wheels of a wheat wagon and died instantly. The accident happened across the Snake River on A. J. Puffers ranch in western Whitman county.
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Walla Walla, Wash
L. E. Erickson
Whitman County
Snake River
A. J. Puffer
Swede Ends Life In Own Hand Near Rocklyn
Davenport Wash Aug 25 Ian Anderson a Swede living near Rocklyn was found ill and in great agony from poison administered by his own hand. The incident is reported as a suicide attempt with fatal consequences.
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Davenport, Wash
Ian Anderson
Rocklyn
Governor pardons "Kid" West in burglary case
Olympia Washington August 26 Governor Rogers has pardoned Kid West who was convicted in King County of attempted burglary. The action ends a lengthy case and clears West of the charges.
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Kid” West
Olympia
Wash
Rogers
West
King County
Elks Jubilee at Spokane features diverse acts
Spokane prepares for the Elks Jubilee beginning September 10 with the Royal Italian band. The midway will host an Oriental theater and a Chinese theater, with illusions and renowned performers including Victorellas, Traviola, Bim Boom and Burr, Zoarro, Sido mia, and Madam Schell and her three lions, promising a varied program in the main tent.
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Spokane
Victorellas
Zoarro
Sidomia
Madam Schell
Trade report signals expansion with steady or higher prices
Bradstreets weekly trade summary notes a turn in the tide toward broader business at steady or higher prices. Crop gains in the central west and Mississippi valley lift sentiment. eastern centers show solid distribution and price stability aside from grain irregularities. Hog products move with corn. iron and steel show little change amid strike effects.
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Bradstreet
Central
Missippi
Great Eastern
Mississippi
Pittsburg
Chi
Spokane Quotations and Prices for Poultry and Farm Goods
A condensed list of market prices from Spokane including poultry eggs and live stock rates. Chickens turkeys ducks geese and eggs with per unit prices, and vegetables and livestock values. Additional grain prices for local mills and Portland Walla Walla and Tacoma wheat quotes are provided along with a note on the moose call instrument and a faith quote.
TWO BOY HEROES IN ARIZONA TRAIL HUNTERS
Arizona youths Dick and Alfred Foscha aged 14 and 15, sons of deputy Pete Foscha, earned fame as Indian trackers and sleuths. Alfred first captured bandit Sinovia Garcia, shooting his hat and ear. later Dick tracked and captured Vincente Ortega, who received a life sentence at Yuma. The Foschas hunted amid Geronimo era bad lands in Weaver district.
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Arizona
Julian Hunters
Alfred Foscha
Pete Foscha
Congress
Ariz
Alfred
Sinovia Garcia
John Munda
Garcia
Foscha
Dick Foscha
Vincente Ortega
Ortega
Yuma
Weaver
Foschas
Old Geronimo
Hill Mountains
Blue Tank
Recent Judicial Decisions on Contracts and Crimes
Recurring cases include breach of contract where a dealer pursued alternate suppliers and still earned profits, a wife aided by a revolver in a jail crime implicating the husband, and a mineral lease royalty computed from combined product values. The note ends with observations on musical fish and sound-producing mechanisms in ophidum and umbrivas species.
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W. Rep
Ark
S. W. Rep
Tenn
Propriety Among Early Detroit Residents
A Detroit Journal note comments that the aborigines were very proper men, avoiding both pie and knives, implying customs from a bygone era.
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Detroit Journal
The Fugitive Returns to His Ancestral Home
A hunted figure slips through night to his ancestral garden and brick path. He ventures to the dim white room where she sleeps, while the dawn nears and his hound trails behind, returning after a perilous vigil. Century.
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Briarstore
Tek
The Last Quarrel Before the Soft Engagement
In a strained mood Dolly and I quarrel as usual yet share a newfound resolve to end the quarrels and pursue our engagement. Both fear gossip from Dolly’s guardian aunt and the social pressure to wait until we are of age, while we weigh how to make the commitment real.
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Olly
Dolly
Engagement Proposal Sparks Sudden Family Interruption
In a tense drawing room scene Dolly and her suitor move toward an engagement while a timid touch and a kiss build the moment. Dolly's aunt interrupts, misreading the scene as another quarrel, but Dolly reveals the engagement is to proceed, marking a decisive turn in their relationship.
White House Kitten Trade Upsets Social Circles
A Toledo Blade correspondent reports a story of prosperity around a White House aide named George who kept the official cat and its twelve kittens. Demand grew for kittens from both the White House and South Washington, with kittens selling for up to five dollars. George reportedly supplied the sought after pets to fashionable ladies and friends, raising questions about income from the cat business and traceable origins of the animals.
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White House
George
Toledo Blade
Executive Mansion
South Washington
Numbered horses reveal army’s history in wartime records
The English army brands each horse with a number on its hind feet. The near hind foot bears the thousands, while the off hind foot carries units, tens, and thousands. For example a horse numbered 8354 shows an 8 on the left hind foot and 854 on the right. The Touring Club of France meanwhile claims 80,000 members, indicating large organization size.
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Touring Club of
France
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Report ON Trade
Wheat Report
Portland
Walla Walla
Bluestem
Tacomt
Club
North America
Dick Foosema
Parsuading
Elmira Telegraul
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