Boers Attack Reports Stir Natal Front in 1899 News
Cape Town dispatches say Boers assault Mafeking Ladysmith and Dundee with 11 000 men at Sandspruit. Telegraph lines cut Krasipan railway siding. British forces including Natal mounted infantry hold line while preparations and rumors of simultaneous attacks spread. Reports vary with trains attacked near Mafeking and casualties feared.
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Loeton
Eng
Daily Mail
Cape Town
White
Dundee
Natal
Newecastle
Mafeking
Ladysmith
Daily News Teleeraphs
Glencoe
Sandspruit
Krasipan
Maritzana
Oost
Daily ‘Telegraph
Archibald Hunter
Betory
Gen. White
Daily Sad
Cape Kowa
Soxiel
Cape Calon
Railway Department
Havre
Ewart Grotier
Volaraad
Free State
Botha Bridge
London
War Office
Cape Forces
Krespan
Keespan
Toe Worota
Colay
Pattaro
Breraape Town
Cecil Bortoneth
Rhodes
Wryboro
Lorde
Pea
Bor
Laing
Nek
Kimiteriey
Vrsburg
Daroan
Tharstas
Albertina
Ladyerith
Lovate
Pretoria
Transvaal
Itimiatum
Linsteen
Charlestown
Newcastle
Dartan
Orange’ Free
Cape
Coningham Greens
Kroger
Telegraphic Briefs Report Confusing Canadian Rail News
The telegraphic briefs describe Canadian transport topics with garbled names and scattered references to Toronto Ottawa and Winnipeg. Mentions include tickets, government assistance, and a set of uncertain events surrounding rail and transit, reflecting a chaotic clipping of Canadian transportation notes.
Boers advance in Alaska dispute and Cape Colony clashes
A cascade of dispatches reports Boers crossing into Cape Colony at Phillipstown and the Lorde base under attack, with telegraph lines cut and preparations for further operations. Reports from Ladysmith and Pretoria describe escalating tensions, martial law, and potential prosecutions while a separate Canadian plan seeks a temp arrangement on Alaska disputes to avert escalation.
Methodist Mission Board Meeting in Quebec Report
The Methodist board of missions met in Quebec with reports showing a record annual revenue of 5,000 and a notable year over year increase. Receipts from Toronto Hariton London Newfoundland and British Columbia conferences rose by 6 while other conferences fell 2 200. Indian department income up 13 200 and sundries up 220. Total expenditure 258 000 a decrease. Also notes describe a landslide risk in Butte Montana damaging county courthouse and U S senator W A Clark residence. Fire in a militia storehouse at Fort Okla area caused minor damage. In Chicago grain transport rates were adjusted with No 1 export corn to New York at 18 cents per hundred pounds domestic at 20 cents.
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Quebec
Turannua
General Board of Missions
The
Methodist Church
Society
Toronto
Hariton
London
Newfound
British, Columbia
Sandries
Chicago
Central Freight Association
Trunk
New York
Widespread Unrest Affects Rail and Trade Disruptions
The report notes a series of transport and market disruptions across North America amid unrest and labor tensions. Authorities monitor the impact on shipments, groceries, and daily commerce as trains and vessels face delays. Public statements urge calm while investigations identify fault lines and responsible parties.
Dauphin Prairie Fires Cause Widespread Destruction
Oct 16 report details awful prairie fires across surrounding country during last week high gales. Hundreds of settlers trapped, houses barns fences and grain stacks razed in minutes. Many areas northward also damaged as fire swept through districts leaving some families in want.
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Sifton
Scotsman hull lost after gale, crew arrive in Gaspe
Gaspe reports Captain Sxina shire and officers of the ill fated Scotsman reached by government steamer Le Canienne. They sail to Montreal to report that the hull has disappeared since Sunday’s gale. A few Newfoundland vessels remain nearby but cargo visibility is nil.
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Gaspe, Que
Sxinashire
Scotsman
le Cansienne
Montreal
Newfoundland
Rev Louis H Jordan Resigns from St James Church
Toronto reports the Rev Louis H Jordan resigns from St James Square Presbyterian Church to study world religions in Germany and author a comparative volume. A separate note mentions arrestee F J Coates alias Prichard found with stolen CP tickets and a revolver. he was remanded. Armistice extension in Caracas discussed. Balzaria forms a new cabinet under M Trapt hoff succeeding the retiring military chief Crecoff.
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Ev. Jordan
Toronto
Louis H. Jordan
St. James’ Square Presbyterian Church
Dr King
Germany
Dinorwic
McKennie
Duncan
F. J Coates
Prichard
Imth
CP. R
Rat Portage
Vigit
Swedish Flag Law Sparks Mixed Reactions in Oslo
Stockholm reports that King Osar regretted the Norwegian council’s motion for a purely Norwegian flag. He noted the union flag emblem implied equal rights for Sweden and Norway. The king concluded he could not refuse to sanction the new flag law under the constitution.
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Stockholm
Post
Tidingen
Council of Stat Goning
Osar
Sweden
Norway
No Sign Of The Scotsman Wreck After Fierce Gales
Reports from Quebec relay a steamship Montrose sighting no trace of the ill fated Scotsman wreck. Officers scanned the rocky shore from near Halifax as wrecking tugs from Halifax were due to reach the site within days. Also noted: Theodore Hazeth president of Dickson Lamber died aged 76 and Baron Thomas Beary Farrer, noted trade authority, died suddenly in London.
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Montrose
Quebec
Sas
Skirmishre
Halifax
Fagents
Dominion
St. John's
Northern Light
Dominion Line
London
Thomas Beary Farrer
Entjah
Board of Trade
Winnipeg Volunteer Officers for Transvaal Service
Winnipeg officers have volunteered for service in the Transvaal. Major Arnold Capt Mackie Capt Parry Capt Standly Lieut Irving Lieut Waoik are among those who volunteered weeks ago. If any officers are needed the men of the 0th rifles may be chosen from the volunteers. The voyage from Montreal to South Africa takes about three weeks.
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Winnipeg
Nol
Transvaal
Major Arnold
Mackie
Parry
Standly
Irving
Waoik
0Th Rifles
Montreal
South Africa
British Agent Pree State Barshe's Rail Move at Ladysmith
The Natal government trains and patrols faced stoning near Ladysmith as Boer movement reports surfaced. News from Newcastle and Charlestown remained sparse while Cape dispatches faced delays due to heavy Atlantic cable traffic and war anxieties.
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Natal
Ladysmith
Ladyeraath
Smith
Newcastle
Charlestown
Hare
Cape Town
Europe
Atlantic
Althoweh
Spain
Wasien
Rethe
Major Hill
Britain
Christorne
Tars
Great Britain
Fragmented OCR reads as a garbled theater teaser notice
The readable bits hint at a theater teaser or stage event with names and dates mixed with stray phrases. No clear date place or organization emerges, but several proper nouns resemble person names and a venue or production label.
Foggy day delays yacht arrivals at New York harbor
Dense fog delays several Atlantic liners off the New York harbor with ships from White Star, North German Lloyd and others due in. Several liners may be detained, including St Louis, Germanic, Southwark, plus West Indian freighters. Betting odds favored Columbia in a bookmaker’s wagering amid uncertain arrivals.
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Ansious
New York
Harter
Ite
Laverjee
Queenstown
Georgic
Geman Lioyd
Genoa
Naples
Ancor
Ner Assati
Mediterranean
Lloyd
Friederich der Grose
Bremen
West India
Anothor
St. Louis
Southamton
Liverpool
Southwark
Antwerp
Columbia, Bell & Co
Columbia
Teie
van House
Strangled in a buggy near Lower Fore Garry
Joseph Clouston a well known settler from south of Little Britain died en route home from Winnipeg with a friend. He apparently dropped on his knees with his head against the dashboard and was strangled as the buggy stopped. Dr Selkirk reported the verdict as accidental strangulation with no one held responsible. Prairie fires swept Selvick, destroying farm premises and hay.
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Joeph Clouston
Winnipeg
Hane
Selkirk
Lower
Fore Garry
Joseph Clouston
Little Britain
Clouston
Hamat le Prairie
Selvick
Policeman Found Dead In Bottineau Search Underway
A Bottineau special reports Chief Police Carry went missing while crossing the mountains on Saturday. A search found him dead from a drag hemorrhage after an inquest. He was about 50, a Grand Forks resident and former local official. Also noted is Uncle John, wrecked off Vancouver Island after leaving Hore Townsend for orders, with crew rescued and returning to Victoria.
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Dea
Grand Forks
Victoria
John
Vancouver Island
Horosala
Eamart
Hore Townsend
Vitoria
Willapa
Eureka
California
Hawaii
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