Boers vow to continue fight amid reports from Pretoria
London dispatches dated Aug 27 report Lord Kitchener saying three officers and six men were captured near Ladybrand after being surrounded on August 22 with one killed and four wounded but the prisoners were released. Messages from Breyn and DeWat defend Boer resolve, while Kruger's nephew is among recent surrenderers. American Consul Stowe, marooned in London, notes limited access to ships home as South African occupation and Boer mobility remain central issues.
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Kitchener
Pretoria
Ladybrand
Orange River Colony
Elliot
Breyn
DeWat
Bothe
Sealh
Lord Kitchener
Kruger
Stowe
Cape Town
America
South Africa
Cape Ford
Consular Service
Washington
Cape
War burdens and future prospects in South Africa
The text notes Britain's harsh wartime logistics feeding prisoners and Boer families while the conflict continues. It anticipates a bright future for South Africa after peace, claiming vast mineral wealth remains untapped and England would solve reunification, though timing is uncertain.
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Singland
South Africa
England
Capa 3
Cyclone Destruction Hits Centralia Illinois
A cyclonic windstorm in Centralia on Sunday night caused extensive damage. The Colored Baptist church was wrecked, peach orchards ruined, and 15,000 bushels of peaches lay on the ground near town. Telephone and electric systems suffered heavy damage and streets were blocked by fallen trees. Many homes damaged as rainfall continued.
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Centralia
Ill
Goudhurst
Colored Baptist Church
Train Hits Horse Destroys Barnesville Track. Two Die
A B&O special train carrying Pennsylvania Knights Templar to Louisville struck a horse on Barnesville hill. Engineer Milo Francis of Zanesville died and Fireman Walter Buston of Newark was fatally injured. Passengers mostly escaped with minor bruises.
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Barnesville
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Pennsylvania Knights Templar
Louisville
Barnesville Hill
Milo Francis
Zanesville
Walter Buston
Newark
Filibustering expedition linked to New Jersey port ship
Information from Colombian agents says a vessel at a New Jersey port is to join an insurgent filibustering operation. The ship reportedly carries part of a 5,000 rifle and ammunition consignments for General Uribe Uribe, telegraphed to his New York representative Dr A J Restrepo.
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New York
New Jersey
Uribe-Uribe
A.J. Restrepo
Great Rush of Templars Sees Louisville Besieged by Delegations
The Knights Templars triennial conclave fills Louisville with visitors as trains arrive in waves and brass bands fill the streets. Commanderies march to headquarters amid streamers and emblems, with shops and balloons decorated in masonic symbols. Officials forecast a grand gathering starting Tuesday with a state reception at eight p.m.
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Louisville
Knights Templars
Kentucky
Reuben H. Lloyd
California
Henry Baten Stoddard
Texas
Stoddard
Lidya
Knightly’ d
John H. Leathers
Wille
Svery
Hook
Honolulu
Collision sinks Lusitania off Casquet rocks
The German steamer Lusitania, en route from Hamburg to the Mediterranean, collided with the Spanish steam vessel Amboto near the Casquet rocks. Lusitania sank within an hour. four crew members drowned, while 23 survivors were rescued. Captain Munitz of Amboto reported the incident.
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Havre
Amboto
Munitz
New Orleans
Norfolk
Hamburg
Mediterranean Porta
Casquet Rocks
City Packed as 90,000 Visitors Arrive for Event
City streets jammed with arrivals as hotels, hotels and other inns overflow with guests. Visitors crowd steamboats docked at the wharf and Pullman sleepers parked in various city areas.
Four Men Killed In Bridge Construction Accident
In Columbia South Carolina on August 27 four workers died when two steel girders fell from a hoist over the Con garee river during a bridge project for the Southern railway. One man was fatally injured and two more seriously hurt as 75 onlookers watched.
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Columbia
S. C
Southern Railway
Congaree River
Ongaree Locks
Grain imports shift as US narrows Russia edge in 1901
Washington reports from Consular Agent Harris in Bibenstock show United States grain sales to Germany trailing Russia by 27 million in 1897 but ahead by 1901 by about 494 thousand. Harris predicts growing competition as Europe seeks nonproducing grain. cheaper ocean freights may help the US. elsewhere a major fire at the Ocean mine in Her mine disrupts operations and signals days to quell the blaze at Berwind-White properties.
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Washington
State Department
Harris
Bibenstock
Germany
Russia
United States
Europe
Irwin
Ocean
Herminie
Otto
Noom
Berwind-White Company
Prince Chun of China Travels for Berlin Apology
Rome reports the illness of Prince Chun brother of the Chinese emperor. He arrived from Basel with a Chinese mission en route to Berlin to apologize for the assassination of German minister Baron von Ketteler. Dispatches say orders from Peking direct him to proceed despite delays and new settlement protocol issues.
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Rome
Prince Chun
Switzerland
Berlin
Baron von Ketteler
Peking
Basel
Prince Chun Kiong
Bank of New Metamoras Closes Doors After Deposits Lost
The Bank of New Metamoras in Washington count closed its doors after a private bank failure. It had $50,000 on deposit with Superior Street Savings and Banking Co of Cleveland, which failed last Friday. Depositors could not withdraw funds, leading to the closure and uncertain resumption prospects.
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Marietta, O
Bank of New
Express Robbery Trial Ends With Slaying Suspect At Large
In Columbia D C on Aug 27 Tom Watson testified against Barton Warren in a 1899 express robbery case. Warren shot Watson at Branchville in cold blood, killing him. Warren remains at large amid the case's fallout. In El Reno Oklahoma on Aug 27 a Lawton dispatch reports 112 degrees Monday, the hottest of the summer, with poor sanitary conditions and feared fever outbreak.
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Columbia
D.C
Tom Watson
Barton Warren
Warren
Watson
Branchville
el Reno
Okla
Lawton
Deacon Wilson Dies at Home in Minnesota
Wilford L Wilson known as Deacon Wilson died at his Minnesota home on a recent Monday. The obituary notes his local involvement and family connections.
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Deacon Wilson
Paul
Minn
Deason Wilson
Thie City
National Civic Federation seeks steel strike settlement
As Pittsburgh reports talks with United States Steel Corp. skip details and Shaffer denies knowledge of any new peace plan. Mills reopen with crews, cranes, and new plants in operation while labor leaders arrive in New York seeking information and possible conciliation efforts.
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Pittsburg
National Civic Federation
United States Steel Corporation
Shaffer
Enture
Combine
Painter's
Star
American Tin-Plate Company
Lindsay and McCutcheon
Mulls
Combine of Cults
Stree
Star Mills
New York
Amalgamated Association, Industrial Commission Civic Federation
Labor
Ralph M Easley
National Civic Federation of Labor
Henry White
United Garment Workers of America
Amalgamated Association
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
City
Buffalo
Washington
Gompers
Easley
White
Steel Trust
Jenks
Industrial Commission
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Eheffer
Mitchell
Mr. Easley
Severe storm damages Marion church and crops on countywide scale
In Marion Illinois on August 27 a severe storm struck residences including the M E church causing extensive damage to fruit and corn crops and flooding streams. Reports note blown down crops and mud, with widespread damage elsewhere. In New York Washington reports the torpedo boat Wilkes will be launched at Morris Heights on September 28 with Miss Elizabeth Wilkes christening the vessel.
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Marion
Ill
Washington
Wilkes
The
Gas Engine & Power Company
Morris Heights
Elizabeth Wilkes
Poisoned by Carbolic Acid Accident in Bussey Farm death
Ira Godfrey a 60 year old Iowa farmer died after carbolic acid mixed with liquor when a bottle broke in his pocket as he drank. The incident occurred Sunday in Bussey Iowa.
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Bussey
Ira Godfrey
Daring Capture Milestones in Mindoro Camp
Mindoro dispatch details Lieut Hazzard of the Third cavalry leading Macabebe scouts to seize American deserter Howard a Filipinos leader after night infiltration of Col Atienza camp eight scouts bound gagged Howard and took him away. Capt Harold Jackson of the First Infantry surprised Gen Lukban at Pambuken Samar wounding Lukban and capturing his family two officers also captured.
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Manila
Mindoro
Lieut. Hazzard
Third Cavalry
Howard
Fergueson
Col. Atienza
Harold Lt. Jackson
Lubkan
Pambuken
Samar
Lukban
Lieu Tennant
Miners die as cage cable snaps in Chenoa mine
Four miners perished when a cage fell 247 feet after a supporting cable snapped at a Chenoa county mine. Names listed include Barretto Buiseppe and Bobino Bria, with Bonino Battilla and Thomas Jones among the victims. Two men reportedly stepped off minutes before the accident. State mine inspector summoned. coroner’s inquest to follow.
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Bloomington
Chenoa
Barretto Buiseppe
Bobino Bria
Bonino Battilla
Thomas Jones
Wales
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Charles C. Vogt
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Messrs Morgan
Schwab
Jolet Joliet
Bates Machine Company
Vnehor Line
Fthiajia
Gen Sternberg
Philippines
Mullane’s
Mullane
Fifteenth Street
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Lieut. Hazsard
Lorain
Jo “Willis
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