Cape Town Enlists Home Guards Amid Pessimistic News
Cape Town residents continue to enlist as home guards and request reinforcements from Britain. General Kitchener reports heavy losses at Naauwepoort and Lindley with 2 officers and 15 men killed and 2 officers and 20 men wounded, while 20 Boers were said killed or wounded.
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Cape Town
Ds Home Guarda
Kitchener
London
Cape Colony
Great Britain
Knox
Babington
Delarey
Anl
Heilbron
Lindley
Laing
Bryan Addresses Chicago Bryan Club Banquet on Democratic Principles
Chicago Bryan Club honored William J. Bryan at a New Orleans anniversary banquet with Mayor Harrison as toastmaster. Bryan praised Democratic principles, discussed the party’s defeats and hope for the future, and warned against imperialism and monopolies while emphasizing reform and money questions.
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Chicago
William J. Bryan
Chicago Bryan Club
New Orleans
Harrison
Brean
Gratefui
Halen
Defeat Yet Resolve In Liberty's Cause Across Centuries
The passage argues that struggle will endure and the work of the party will resound in history. It proclaims that truths cannot die and freedom survives temporary reverses. It contrasts the courage of South African fighters with enduring declarations of independence and mentions Cronje, Roberts, and Kruger in immortal terms.
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South Africa
Cronje
St. Helena
New Currency Scheme For Philippine Dollars Proposed
Secretary Gage seeks authority to coin unlimited Filipino dollars bearing local emblems. Each coin contains 45 cents worth of silver and costs 50 cents in gold, with redemption in gold optional. Government to issue freely to cover Philippine post expenses at their face value 50 cents.
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Washington
Gage
Philippine Islands
Congress
East Indies
China
Philippines
United States
Boer relief official cites Boer under arms and British losses
New York consul general of the Orange Free State in America reports to the Boer relief fund that Boer forces exceed 16 000, with 5 000 invading Cape Colony and 270 000 British troops opposed. He notes Boer casualties under 1 500 and widespread property losses, with rifles including Mausers and Lee-Metford using dumdum bullets captured from the English.
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New York
Charles D. Pierce
Orange Free State
Boer Relief Fund
America
Cape Colony
Great Britain
Woolwich
The Deceiving Dowager and Chinese Decree
Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching received a dowager’s decree ordering them not to sign the preliminary note. After a conference they chose to sign anyway, citing the first edict and accepting the possible death penalty for disobedience.
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Pekin
Li Hung Chang
Prince Ching
Taku
Sea
China
Senators Named by Party Caucuses Across States
Minnesota GOP at St Paul nominates Knute Nelson for re election. Tennessee Democratic caucus at Nashville names W E Carmack by acclamation. Kansas GOP at Topeka supports J R Burtom for U S Senator. South Dakota Republican caucus at Pierre names J R Gamble for U S Senator. Idaho joint Democrat Silver Republican Populist caucus at Boise nominates F T Dubois after all night session.
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Republican Legislative Caucus
St. Paul
Knute Nelson
Democratic Legislative Caucus
Nashville
Tenn
W. E. Carmack
Turley
Kansas
Topeka
J. R. Burtom
United States
J. R. Gamble
Pierre
U. S
F. T. Dubois
Boise
Idaho
Fire at Rochester Orphan Asylum claims many lives
A nighttime blaze at the Rochester Orphan Asylum in Hubbell Park killed twenty seven people and injured twenty five, the worst disaster in Rochester since the Lantern Works fire of 190? with thirty one dead.
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Rochester
N. Y
Rochester Orphan Asylum
Hubbell Park
Lantern Works
A Mother's Heroism at St. Croix Fire
Mrs. Cornelia Barth died after rushing into her burning home to save her one year old child. The baby survived uninjured, while the mother received fatal burns and the house and goods were destroyed. The event occurred as part of a broader Indiana centenarian state pageant with notable speeches and tributes at the capital.
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St. Croix
Cornelia Barth
August Barth
Fort Wayne and nearby towns note residents spanning three centuries
The Fort Wayne area honors Mrs. Mary Rank and Mrs. Catherine Skinner who were born in 1800 and have lived through the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Peter Surprise in Lake County is believed Indiana’s oldest man, born 1792, now entering his third century. In La Porte Mrs. John Loskoski, born in Poland in 179, also spans three centuries and lives with her daughter in the city.
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Fort Wayne
Allen County
Mary Rank
Catherine Cooper Skinner
Lowell
Peter Surprise
Indiana
Lake County
Lower Canada
Great New Country
Big Lakes
Michigan
Laporte
John Loskoski
Poland
Laporte Centenarian
Governor Mount Eyes Sale of State Institutions in Indianapolis
Governor Mount plans to urge the General Assembly to sell state property in Indianapolis that houses the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb the Woman's Prison and Reformatory for Girls and the Institute for the Blind. Proceeds would fund larger modern facilities in suburban areas amid overcrowding and long waiting lists.
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Governor Mount
General Assembly
Indianapolis
Institution For the Deaf and Dumb
Woman's Prison and Reformatory For Girls
Institute For the Blind
Juvenile thieves hit Shelbyville stores and homes
Shelbyville police confront a band of youths led by older juveniles. Shirley Law, twelve, confessed to robbing the residence of 8 J. Cooper and returning the goods. Frank Meley, twelve, and Will Lingo, thirteen, robbed Jacob Stephan’s store tapping his till and securing six. They were caught on a follow up attempt two hours later.
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Shelbyville
Shirley Law
J. Cooper
Frank Meley
Will Lingo
Jacob Stephan
Ex-Wardens Named Defendants In Pension Suit
Marion special reports ex wardens James Murdock James W French and Charles Harley of the State Prison at Michigan City sued in Tippecanoe Circuit Court for Isaac Norris a Marion Soldiers Home member seeking 3000 dollars. Norris alleges he signed over his pension while an inmate and the wardens have refused repayment since his pardon in 1999. Norris served nineteen years of a life sentence for a 187 murder.
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Marion Special
James Murdock
James W. French
Charles Harley
Michigan City
Tippecanoe County
Allen & Peterson
Isaac Norris
Marion
Mount
Norris
Lafayette
Magnificent new home of the Columbia Club on the Circle
The Columbia Club formally dedicated its magnificent new home on the Circle with a banquet Monday night. The event marked a notable improvement in the club’s facilities and social prominence for members.
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Columbia Clab
Circle
Eile
Grand Hotel Change of Ownership in Indianapolis
Mayor Taggart sells controlling interest in the Grand Hotel Indianapolis to Ohmer Bros of Dayton Ohio and retires from management while retaining a financial stake. Taggart has managed the Grand for seven years. In Shelbyville the Christian Church raises 10000 for a new building with roof garden modeled on Columbus venue. Nancy Hanks Lincoln grave deed transfers to the state for park development in Spencer County.
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Taggart
Indianapolis
Ohmer Bros
Dayton, C
Grand
Christian Church
Shelbyville
Z. T. Sweeney
Columbus
Egging
E. F. Mahan
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Governor Mount
Spencer County
Nancy Hanks
Preferred Death to Whipping by Horse Medicine
Daniel Alley twelve son of Squire Alley attempted suicide at home Sunday evening after fearing punishment. In front of his mother he said his father would whip him in fifteen minutes then swallowed part of a horse medicine containing aconite. A physician treated him and he is expected to recover.
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Daniel Alley
Squire C. P. Alley
Hunter Killed by a Friend in Montpelier
Toby Praim, a prominent young man in Montpelier, was shot and killed by a friend during a Saturday hunting trip. Bruce Barr, son of a farmer, accidentally discharged a gun. Praim was struck in the chest and died within hours.
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Montpelier
Toby Praim
Bruce Barr
Praim
Murder Suspect in Jail in Otisco Rail Tragedy
Jeffersonville special reports a mangled body found on the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern tracks near Otisco three miles east. William Gilmore of Ottumwa is identified. Frank Montague of Ottumwa is jailed for his murder claiming three Black men killed Gilmore. Montague says they were pork packers seeking work.
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Jeffersonville
All Right
Long B. & O
Big Four
Otisco
Wm. Gilmore
Tunwanil
Ila
Frank Montague
Ottumwa
William Gilmore
Montague
Gilmore
Fishermen Drowned in Lake Michigan Storm
Charlies Ely of Michigan City and Fred Mecklenberg set out on Lake Michigan Monday to lift their hooks. A storm struck and their boat and tackle washed ashore. Bodies not recovered. Ely aged fifty one left a family. Mecklenberg aged forty five and unmarried.
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Charlies Ely
Fred Meckienberg
Michigan City
Lake Michigan
Ely
Mecklenberg
Backward Bridegroom Sued
Terre Haute report states Miss Addie Reeves, daughter of a farmer, filed suit for 95,008 damages against neighboring farmer Daniel Smith after he failed to appear at her home on Sunday.
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Terre Haute
Addie Reeves
Daniel Smith
New Century Promise of Reform and Victory in Cities
Dr. Talmage envisions the coming century as a time of sweeping reform driven by the gospel. He foresees universal peace, the eradication of crime and vice, larger churches, and cities saved through faith, with taxes and misrule fading as virtue and mercy prevail.
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Christ
Earth
Heaven
Hell
God
United States
Churches of Christ
Tae
Twelve Hundred Brains and the Patterson Incentive
A National Cash Register official recalls how a worker in the Jackson county foundry proposed improvements. The idea of 1,200 brains at work spurred a formal suggestion system with special prizes for top inventions, rewarding merit and progress.
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John H. Patterson
National Cash Register Company
Patterson
Typesetting Machines Spread From Tribune to Nation
A typesetting machine once kept secret in the Tribune composing room emerged as a labor saver. Owners linked to D Q Mills Ogden Mills and Whitelaw Reid faced resistance while a Cour ier Journal and Cincinnati Commercial Gazette adopted the device. Now a $10 million corporation sells and manufactures it with widespread use in 1250 American offices and multiple machines per office, including large daily newspapers with high counts.
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Tribune
The
D. QO. Mills
Ogden Mills
Whitelaw Reid
Louisville Courier-Journal
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
New York Presa
Euphemia and Revolutionary Ancestry Question
Euphemia asks if she could be a Colonial Dame or DAR member. She declares she has one ancestor who sided with the revolution, noting lineage matters for eligibility.
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Euphemia
Detralt Sree Press
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