First Week News Highlights From Telegraph Columns
Rapid rises in leather and hides. Boers cut off Estcourt. anxious for ships overdue at San Francisco. Four transports with Otis reinforcements sailed. New York forms a wireless telegraph company. Boers killed near Ladysmith. British strategy uneven. Protestant Episcopal Church to send missionaries to new possessions. Northern Pacific court ruling blocks 400 foot Spokane strip. Jane Falkenburg wreck found off Cape Flattery with a cat aboard. Major cities vie for the Republican convention. Transcontinental railroads resume rates after Portland conference. Yaqui Indians drill and are urged to fight whites. A Portland butcher injures a boy during a display. Ten ships ashore on the Straits of Magellan. crews possibly captured by cannibals. German probe finds meat inspection in the U.S. reliable. Emperor William hailed in England with flags. Samoan treaty texts await. Cuban industry in decline. sugar interests valued at $680 million. Knights of Honor in New Jersey consider secession. Washington legislature may convene. Oklahoma seeks statehood. Chicago hosts international livestock fair momentum. Smallpox on Angel Island among Forty-fifth soldiers. Kentucky Republicans back Taylor. possible use of force. American consul at Pretoria denied money handling for British soldiers. Spanish prisoners sent to Panay with aid. Meteors seen in Birmingham. Many African Americans turn to prayer in fear. Omaha collision near Humboldt kills several, injures many. Boers reported. remaining notes of W A James family conflicts.
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Global and domestic brief from late news items
Reports include Boers threaten Pistermaritnburg and British moves. U S Navy ship Montgomer y reaches Montevideo. A Baker City Oregon corporation aims to develop arid lands. Lord Salisbury’s bereavement delays diplomacy. Aguinaldo seen near San Fabian and San Fernando. Pulllman company to build Denver repair shops. Brooklyn court rules school boards may not be forced to admit Black students. Vancouver police seek Tascott in Buell murder case. Mexican International railroad funding approved by British Court of Appeals. Navy awards drydock contract at League Island.
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Lord Salisbury
Luzon
Aguinalso
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San Fernando
James D. Richardson
House of Representatives
Pulloian Company
Denver
Brooklyn
Vancouver
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Tascott
Millionlire Buell
Chicago
British Court of Appeals
Mexican International Railroad
Belmont Battle Reports Heavy Fighting in Natal
London reports a great battle at Belmont with British forces driving Boers from a ridge position while suffering heavy losses among officers and men. Dispatches note Natal remains insecure with engagements at Estcourt, Ladysmith, Moor River, and possible actions toward Pietermaritzburg as Boer forces press, while other items cover Alaska drownings, Dewey gifts, and various political and economic developments.
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London
Natal
Batttle
Belmont
Eland
Lang
Methuen
Estcourt
Ladymaith
Willow Grange
Hilyard
White
Ladysmith
Eiher
Moor River Station
Pietermaritzburg
Census of Dairy Products Law Demands Precise Returns
The law requires 12th census data on farm and factory dairy products including milk cream butter and cheese. It urges farmers and factories to prepare accurate written records before June 1 1900 to ensure complete statistics and avoid inaccuracies or incomplete county results.
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Washington
United States
Atatistica
The Pope’s Daily Routine at Vatican in 1899
Rome reports Pope Leo XIII follows a strict daily schedule starting at five in the morning with light coffee and bread. He spends mornings reading and writing, takes afternoon walks in the Vatican gardens, prays, greets visitors, naps, and dines, then reads newspapers at ten each night.
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Vatican
Rome
Pope Leo
Spurious Camm of Virginia May Day Postponement
Fragmentary text mentions Virginia person and New York reference with date May 1, unclear event. No clear names, organizations, or outcomes available to confirm a full news item.
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Camm
Virginia
Pons Daet
New’ York
Comaidhrable
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