Boer War Takes New Life as General Botha Roils Natal
London and New York dispatches report the South African conflict intensifying with General Botha seeking incursions into Natal. Kitchener’s losses and Boer successes fuel British uncertainty while claims against Americans in the Transvaal drift toward settlement. Trades and markets show repression but steel and corn sectors rebound, and trade reports note improvements in demand and a resumed steel work amid broader wartime strain.
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New York
London
the Tribune
South Africa
Lord Kitchener
Botha
Natal
Cape Colony
Stock Exchange
Foreign Office
Transvaal
United States
Claims Commission
Kruger
Leyds
Roosevelt
Utrecht
Gough
Acton Homes
Ladysmith
Tugela
Joubert
Stormberg
E Times
ORF
Street
Bradstreet
Birmingham
Admiral Sampson Retires From Boston Yard Duty
Washington Sept 24 Rear Admiral Sampson has asked the navy department to relieve him as commandant of the Boston navy yard on October 1 due to ill health. Secretary Long has granted the request.
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Sampson
Navy Department
Boston Navy Yard
Long
Schley
Schley Court of Inquiry
Navy Yard
Admiral Sampson
Lemly
Brooklyn
Texas
Iowa
Castine
Marblehead
Massachusetts
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Oregon
St. Paul
Scorpion
Yale
Vixen
Eagle Dupont
Hawk
Merrimac
New York
Wilson
Admiral Sedley
Key West
Santiago
Sedley
Colon
Mr. Raynor
Schroeder
Admiral Schley
Immigration inspectors heighten vigil at New York port
New York Sept. 24 immigration inspectors at the port of New York are exercising greater vigilance due to the general demand for the exclusion of anarchists. The shift reflects policy tightening and enhanced checks on arrivals.
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New York
Port of
Walter Travis Faces Walter Egan for US Amateur Title
In Atlantic City on the Northfield course the United States Golf Association amateur championship opened after postponement due to the president’s death. Walter J. Travis, the defending champion, met Walter Egan of Chicago as starting pressure eased. A morning fog and heavy dew delayed play briefly before the sun dried the links and play began at 9:40.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Walter J. Travis
Walter Egan
Chicago
United States Golf Association
Northfield
Honor
Must Leave the Union Instructs Pittston Coal Workers
In Pittston Pa on September 23 the Lehigh Valley Coal company orders firemen engin eers fire bosses blacksmiths carpenters and driver bosses to pay dues in full to their labor organizations and resign. Withdrawal cards must be returned by October 17 and any employee without a card will be discharged.
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Pittston
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Hanna silent on Roosevelt policy after Buffalo tragedy
Cleveland Sept 23 The Plain Dealer reports Senator Hanna, asked for a brief comment on Roosevelt policy, replied I am done with being interviewed for all time. Grief over the Buffalo disaster is deeply etched on his face as he speaks.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Plaindealer
Roosevelt
Hanna
Buffalo
Whitneys to move racing stable to America
New York Sept 24 William C Whitney confirms he will withdraw his big racing stable from England and confine future operations to American tracks alone.
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New York
William C.whitney
England
Czolgocz Trial Opens In Erie County Supreme Court
The Czolgocz murder trial of Leon F. Czolgocz began in Erie County Supreme Court before Judge Truman O White. Guards tightened security around City Hall as jurors were sworn and the prisoner entered the courtroom with two plainclothes officers behind him. The defense, led by Loren L Lewis, argued the case may close within two days with insanity as the sole defense after alienists ruled out mental illness as a basis for defense.
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Buffalo
Leon F
McKinley
Supreme Court of
Erie County
Truman O. White
City Hall
Franklin Street
Czolgonz
Czolgocz
Supreme Court
Loren L. Lewis
Jowett C. Titus
Carleton E. Ladd
Titus
Czolgosz
Carlos T. McDonald
Allan McLean Hamilton
New York City
Penny
Justice White
Mr. Lewis
Lewis
Ladd
Nebraska City Black man arraigned for fatal attack verdict
Hall Frampton, a Black man, was arraigned, indicted, tried, and sentenced to life in prison in under 30 minutes for fatally harming his stepdaughter on February 17. After a dispute, he used a public safety item to injure her severely and killed her.
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Nebraska City
Neb
Frampton
Peary Arctic Club secretary returns from relief expedition
Herbert L. Bridgeman secretary of the Peary Arctic club and the young men who joined him return home. Mrs Peary and her daughter, born in the Arctic eight years ago, accompany them. Bridgeman says Peary plans to start for the pole from Cape Hecla next April, and may reach it even if not. He notes a walrus meat supply sufficient for the undertaking. The party halted at Cape Henchel, where their winner headquarters are.
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New York
Herbert L. Bridgeman
Peary Arctic Club
Michael Beat Walthour in Madison Square Garden
Jimmy Michael defeated Bobby Walthour in two straight heats of five miles each behind motor pace. Walthour set an indoor record for one and two miles in the second heat with splits 1:32 2-5 and 3:06. Time for heats 8:01 4-5 and 8:04 3-5. Nat Butler won the mile professional handicap in 2:01 1-5 and Frank Kramer won the five mile professional in 10:34 3-5.
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New York
Jimmy Michael
Bobby Walthour
Madison Square Garden
Walthour
Nat Butler
Frank Kramer
Professor Joseph F Johnson Leaves Pennsylvania Chair
Joseph F Johnson resigns from the University of Pennsylvania finance chair and accepts the political economy and banking chair at New York University School of Commerce beginning its second year October 1.
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Joseph French Johnson
New York
the Tribune
Joseph F. Johnson
University of Pennsylvania
New York University School of Commerce, Accounts and ‘Finance
Prominent Southern Attendees Welcome Roosevelt at White House
President Roosevelt received visiting senators and representatives from North Carolina Tennessee Mississippi Georgia and West Virginia among others in a display of bipartisan support. He reaffirmed his aim to govern for all people not tied to regions or classes while plans proceeded to move the McKinleys belongings from the White House and prepare for the Roosevelts’ residence.
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Washington
United States
New York
South
Roosevelt
Pritchard
North Carolina
Representative Kluts
Representative Gibson
Tennessee
White House
Senator Pritchard
Money
Mississippi
Quesada
Nunes
Havana
Leonard Wood
Cuba
Livingston
Georgia
Cowles
Navy
Hay
Gage
Scott and Elkins
West Virginia
Millard
Nebraska
Burton
Kansas
Heatwole
McCleary and Stephens
Minnesota
Gibson
Dayton
Elkins
Scott
McKinley
Buffalo
Cortelyou
General Gruese Leads 100 Soldiers Toward Chorrera
In Panama near Colón on Sept 24, General Gruese's 100 government soldiers departed for Chorrera. Report says revolutionists led by General Azpur are believed to be encamped nearby. A local insider warns against underestimating public sentiment.
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Pekin
Yuan Shi Kai
Prince Chung
Tao-Tai
America
Philippines
Austria
Corea
Panama
Colombia
Galveston
Gruese
Chorrera
Azpur
Worlds Biggest Ship Celtic Sets Record As Giant Liner
The White Star liner Celtic is described as the largest ship afloat, surpassing the Oceanic and Great Eastern. It weighs 36,700 tons, spans 700 feet with 55 foot beam, carries 2,742 passengers plus crew, and uses 1,704,000 rivets.
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White Star
Celtic
Wessel
Oceanic
London
Norwich
New York Harbor
Immense Celtic provisions reveal voyage scale and fare
The article details the Celtic's anticipated cargo for an ocean voyage, including 200 barrels flour, 50,000 pounds beef, 12,000 pounds lamb and more, with 46 tons of potatoes and vast dairy and fruit provisions. It also notes lifeboats, coal consumption, and compares with the Oceanic, then shifts to reflections on death’s painlessness and theories of dying, citing various causes.
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Celtic
Oceanic
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