Boers Halt Cross River Raid and British Casualties
Two Boer commandos totaling 700 men were driven back while attempting to cross the Orange River into Cape Colony. Commandant Lotter reportedly rejected Kitchener’s surrender proclamation. In a separate action near Lady Brand a British detachment of three officers and 65 men was captured and later released after a clash that left one enemy dead and four wounded.
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Cape Town
Orange River
Cape Colony
Fish River
Lotter
Kitchener
London
Lady Brand
Ship Lost 22 Years Solved at Cape Nome
Prospector Harry Barnes arrives at Cape Nome bearing a corked medicine bottle found on Hagenaister Island in Bristol Bay. A faded note inside dated July 24 1879 reports the schooner Albert wreck in Unimak Pass with eighteen aboard and a storm still raging, naming C McLeod as shipmaster.
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Victoria
B. C
Albert
Harry Barnes
Cape Nome
Hagenaister Island
Bristol Bay
Unimak Pass
C. McLeod
Increase Manila Soldiers Guard Duty Heavy
In Manila, there are fewer than 1,000 effective troops and officials plan to add four infantry companies. The move cites heavy guard duties but also notes potential Malay uprisings as a rationale for a larger, ready force.
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Manilla
Cardinal Gibbons Arrival Prompts City Parade
Baltimore readers witness a large Ancient Order of Hibernians parade in honor of Cardinal Gibbons arriving from Rome. J. Cavanaugh serves as chief marshal as divisions from the city and outside members wear green regalia and cardinal badges.
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Baltimore
Order of Hibernians
Cardinal Gibbon
Rome
J. Cavanaugh
Sultan Agrees to 700000 Indemnity Over Seizure of French Lands
Paris reports the Sultan will pay the Quays commission seven hundred thousand francs as indemnity for interfering with French land rights. An extra half million francs is added. In infant foods note rice is an astringent and farina a laxative.
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Paris
Quays Commission
Abrams Endorses Cummins in Iowa Gubernatorial Campaign
Des Moines August 26 news reports H H Abrams superintendent of the Iowa Anti Saloon League says he will support A B Cummins for governor. Abrams argues prohibitionists will back Cummins due to the Democratic plank on repeal of the mulci law and adoption of a high license law. He notes Judge E R Akers, once a Democratic leader, now camps for Cummins.
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Cummins
Des Moines
Capitaleays
H.H. Abrams
Iowa Anti-Saloon League
A. B. Cummins
Abrams
E. R. Akers
Decorah
Iowa
Yale marks site of its founding with a bowlder
In New Haven Connecticut on August 26 the original Yale site in Saybrook is commemorated by a large bowlder placed at a small park. The bowlder honors Yale University’s founding there with grading work remaining and a bronze tablet to be added to the bowlder side.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale
Saybrook
Shore Line
Large Iowa land deal seals farm and fruit holdings
Inter state Commerce Commissioner J. D. Yeomans presided over the sale of the Ashton stock farm of 400 acres and a 160 acre fruit farm in Monona County. Purchaser is H. Edward Evans of Illinois, paying 34.50 an acre. Evans had previously lived on the fruit farm and now buys it back at a higher price.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Interstate Commerce
J. D. Yeomans
Ashton
Monona County
H. Edward Evans
Illinois
Evans
On Mission of Peace Shaffer Disclaims Responsibility
Pittsburg August 26 A report says Samuel Gompers and others will present Morgan with a proposal to end the steel strike, authorized by the Amalgamated Association to seek concessions. Shaffer says fewer men are at work today than last week and denies authority of workers seen in New York. He foresees no peace and a hard fight ahead. Painter plant managers report more workers today than last week.
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Pittsburg
Samuel Gompers
Morgan
Amalgamated Association
Shaffer
New York
Painter
Anarchist Captured in Vatican Garden Plot
Rome dispatch says an anarchist was captured in the Vatican garden today. He carried a revolver and a dirk and admitted intent to assassinate the pope. He was found hidden in the brush along the path the pope takes on his morning drive.
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New York
Rome
Vatican
Wife of Earl Russell Demands Fair Trial in Britain
London reports Earl Russell’s wife, married in the United States, writes to papers claiming he did not receive a fair trial by the House of Lords and that the Home Secretary erred in denying his release petition. A petition by 800 signers and doctors’ statement urged release on health grounds.
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London
Earl Russel
United States
House of Lord
Home Secretary
Canada’s Great Fair Opens in Toronto During Strong Exhibition
The Canadian Exhibition begins its twenty third year in Toronto with two weeks of varied displays. Officials call it the best in completeness among Canadian expositions, showcasing industrial arts, agriculture, and horticulture. The fair will be formally opened by Sir Wilfrid Laurier, premier of the dominion.
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Toronto
Ont
Canada
Dominion
Wilfred Laurier
Maryland Senate Race Opens With Germanism and Negro Issue
Baltimore readers see a heated fall campaign with a clash of banners. Democrats back Gorman arguing for united support to elect him senator if they gain control of the legislature, while Republicans remain open with no single candidate, expecting many aspirants to mobilize Republicans in the race.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Gorman
United States
Chicago Police Investigation Expands to Whole Department
The civil service commission began inquiry into Chicago police charges this afternoon. Current definite charges focus on three detectives accused of faking an express account, with Chief of Detectives Colleran named in a portion of the allegations. The commission intends to probe the entire department.
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Chicago
Chicago Police Department
Colleran
Civil Service
Holbein Narrowly Escapes Drowning After Channel Swim
Holbein started from Cape Gris Nez in an attempt to swim to Dover. He reached a point six miles from Dover before collapsing after twelve hours and forty six minutes in the water. He was nearly unable to move and blinded, his attendants pulled him from the sea using a rope sling due to slipperiness from porpoise oil on his body.
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Dover
England
Holbein
Cape Gris-nez
Boulogne Sur-Mer
Calais
Gideons Hold Convention In Chicago For Illinois Action
Chicago August 26 A two day convention of Christian traveling men will form a state Gideon organization for Illinois. Meeting at First Methodist church the event aims to create a large affair as only one lodge exists in Chicago. Local lodge schedules noon services at Willard hall each Saturday in fall.
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Chicago
Christian Commercial
First Methodist Church
Willard Hall
Lipton Poised to Win America Cup With Shamrock
London observers say Sir Thomas Lipton is set to win the America Cup with the Shamrock. Suggestions arise that if victorious he should seek to alter the deed of gift with the New York Yacht Club. Debate centers on high costs in 94-foot matches versus affordable 30 to 40 footers.
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London
Thomas Lipton
New York Yacht Club
Navy to retire Schley as active list ends Oct 1
Washington Aug 26 Rear Admiral Schley will retire from the active list on October 1 along with other major retirements and promotions in the United States navy announced by the navy department.
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Washington, D. C
United States Navy
Navy Department
Schley
Lipton Denies 98 Cup Race Sellout Story
New York August 26 Lipton denies the Toledo story claiming he was sold out during the cup races of 1898. The denial refutes a long standing rumor about crowd demand and payment for Lipton at that event.
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New York
Lipton
Toledo
Not Much of a Victory in Turkish Crisis
London reports doubt that France gained more than a paper victory from Turkey. French papers hail Turkey's yielding but British observers doubt real gains. The theory remains that M Constans aimed to force a costly purchase, while the Sultan avoids it and takes the practical result with only empty congratulations.
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London
Turkey
France
M. Constans
Mrs Eddy To Give Shoes To Deserving Concord Children
Mrs Mary Baker Eddy will mark children's day at the Concord State fair by presenting a pair of shoes to every child in Concord who presents a need next Tuesday. The gesture follows a custom she started last year.
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Concord
N. H
Mary Baker Eddy
Concord State Fair
Local Iowa Outlook Shows Variable Cloudiness and Light Showers
Indications for Iowa suggest partly cloudy skies with probable local showers this afternoon or tonight in the eastern portion. Tuesday appears generally fair with mild conditions across the state.
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East Portion
Diet Guidance and Infant Nutrition Insight
A typhoid fever patient may recover with rice water as a suitable diet. A baby can be fed to the neck with milk and still feel hunger, highlighting concerns about feeding sufficiency in infancy.
High School Athlete Kills Showman in Correctionville
In Correctionville Iowa Joe Sullivan a candy butcher with a West show was shot and killed early Sunday by J Harley Cave a 21 year old high school athlete. The incident followed taunts after midnight as the show performed. Cave fled to a hotel and surrendered in Sioux City later that day.
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Sioux City
Joe Sullivan
Correctionville
J. Harley Cave
Cave
Sullivan
Steelworkers Fail To Attend South Chicago Strike Meeting
A mass meeting of trades unionists in South Chicago yesterday urged steelworkers to strike but the target group stayed away. Speakers denounced steelworkers while pressuring them to join the Amalgamated association, noting Joliet and Bay View plants did not send reps.
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Chicago
Davis
Amalgamated Association
Joliet
Reprimand Considered for Capt James Fosyth
Washington August 26 It is understood the issue of reprimanding Capt James Fosyth who headed the Key West naval station during the Spanish American War has been taken under advisement Forsyth spoke against the Schley Sampson controversy defying Secretary Long and accusing a junior officer of being placed above his seniors as the cause of the disputes He also criticized McKinley
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Washington
James Fosyth
Key West
Forsyth
Schley-Sampson
Long
McKinley
Mushroom outbreak at Sunnyside Park sickens seven
Chicago August 26 seven people fall ill after eating toad stools handed out by Town Hall Police Station officers P J Gallagher and C E Zable at Sunnyside Park. Gallagher’s 15 year old son John found the mushrooms and helped gather them for park employees who ate them and became ill.
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Chicago
P. J. Gallagher
C. E. Zable
Town Hall
Sunnyside Park
Gallagher
John
Srcon
General Kitchener Reports Boer Resistance Despite Proclamations
Telegraph dispatch from Pretoria dated Saturday cites General Kitchener saying Delarey issued a counter proclamation urging Boers to persist in the fight despite Kitchener's last proclamation.
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London
Kitchener
Pretoria
War On Ice
Lower Glass Prices Cut 25 Percent National Plate Jobbers
Pittsburg August 26 The National Plate Jobbers Association cuts 25 percent from glazed plate glass prices due to unsettled European markets and low abroad prices.
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National Plate Jobbers’ Association
Pittsburg
King Alfonso Plans France Visit for Naval Maneuvers
Madrid reports King Alfonso will travel to Reims to join President Loubet and the Czar in the French naval maneuvers. The trip may extend to a meeting with Kaiser Wilhelm. General Weyler may accompany the king.
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Spain
Madrid
Alfonzo
Reims
France
Loubet
Kaiser Wilhelm
Gen. Weyler
Horseless Race Track Dream Sparks Reader Wit
September Smart Set humor hints at a horseless race track, imagining a future invention to ease life. Merritt muses on practicality while Cobwigger notes inventive need. The brief quip reflects playful demand for new tech ideas from a past era.
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Cobwigger
Merritt
Rain Fears Dim Knights Templar Parade in Louisville
Rel Louisville August 26 forecasts rain dampening tomorrow's Knights Templar parade. Commanderies pour into the city with over twenty thousand templars expected and about fifteen thousand set to march in the procession despite weather worries.
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Louisville
Knights Templar
McNally Plans 400 Mile Boston to New York Swim
Boston’s Peter S. McNally will swim from Boston to New York starting next Sunday. He aims to finish within 30 days and reach the Battery before noon on Monday Sept 30. The course covers about 400 miles, though the nautical distance is 282% miles.
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Boston
Mass
New York
Peter S. McNally
Mr. McNally
the Battery
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