Boer Ignorance Vindication From London Times Letter
A Letter to The Times from a Dutch Cape Colony correspondent claims British power hinges on gold wealth in the Transvaal and warns Britain faces casus belli from Germany and Russia. The writer asserts Boer unity, predicts British collapse, and vows South African independence from South Africa to the Cape.
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South Africa
Gots Fae
the Times
Truckle
Zambesi
Cape
Transvaal
Germany
Russia
France
Africa
Great Peace Party
William
United States
England
Wales
Ireland
Judge rules against labor unions in apprentice recruitment case
Judge White of the County Court decides for L. Flacius a Tarentum glass maker, holding he may operate his factory free from union influence and that unions cannot compel apprentices to join. The ruling condemns union rules that bar learning a trade without consent as oppressive and tyrannical, threatening personal liberty and social order.
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Pittsburg
City of Pueblo Returns From Manila Mission
San Francisco reports the U S transport City of Pueblo arrived from Manila after 27 days at sea leaving sick and discharged soldiers behind. Seven enlisted men died en route.
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Old Magazine Building Destroyed by Fire
Fire last night leveled the old magazine building at the fort in Toronto Ontario. Authorities speculate Halloween pranks caused the blaze. No injuries reported. The fire department battled the flames through the night.
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Toronto
Ont
Old Fort
Cause of the Disaster in Natal Battlefield Report
London dispatch published from General White describes the Ladysmith engagement on Oct 31. British forces pushed north to seize Nicholson's Nek but two boulders caused a stampede spoiling ammunition mules and guns. defenders regrouped, yet by 3 p m ammunition exhausted the position fell to the enemy. Casualty totals and broader losses are summarized.
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Africa
Europe
Cape
London
British War Office
White
Ladysmith
Royal Artillery
Natal
Farquhar
10Th Mountain Artillery
Gloucesters
Poe
Lambton
Powerful
Carlton
Nicholson Nek
Nek
Joubert
Yule
Glencoe
George White
King’s Rifles
Leicestershire Regiment
18Th
Hussars
Delagoa
South Africa
War Office
Perriot
Redvera Buller
Capetown
George Stewart White
Carleton
British and German views on war and Ladysmith siege
Reports from London Berlin and Capetown outline Allied and German positions on the South Africa conflict. Lord Haulton declares ultimate victory and emancipation as motives while Berlin cites neutrality and interests. Ladysmith siege updates note heavy Boer fire and brave stand by decimated battalions amid troop movements and cable delays.
Yukon River Steamer Wrecks Kill New York Prospectors
News from Victoria and Seattle report Yukon River steamers trapped by river ice. The Nora and Stratton were lost or damaged with passengers saved. two New York members of the Alaska Prospecting Company died, including Amil Kuhner and Oscar Becker. Survivors from the New York party are John Baker and Theo Diedrick. The Roanoake brought word from St Michaelssland and Cape Nome of the tragedy and bodies recovered by the Nordica.
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Danube
Skagway
B. Lo
N Uw
Abe Have Marsh
Stratton
Selwyn
Seattle
Wash
Roanoake
St. Michaels
Cape Nome
New York
Alaska Prospecting Company
Amil Kuhner
Oscar Becker
Becker
St. Michaelssland
John Baker
Beauport murder case echoed in Mooney death near home
In Lake Beauport, Thomas Mooney was found dead with his head split in the woods near his home. His wife and a neighbor were arrested. the wife told the coroner she had come to Quebec to consult a lawyer about a divorce while her husband was away for four years.
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Quebec
Cordelia Vian Parslow
Thomas Mooney
Lake Beauport
Farming the Taxes in China Extends Duty Collection Plan
Pekin reports the government will farm out the Likin Transit duty of Kwang Lung province for four million taels per year. Foreign observers fear privatized collection will burden foreign trade and raise costs. success could lead to wider adoption, harming commerce nationwide.
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Pekin
Kwang Lung
Big Toronto venture to organize $20,000,000 iron timber firm
Toronto capitalists who formed the Consolidated Lake Superior Co plan to organize a $20,000,000 iron, timber and transportation company. Promoter Mr Clergue, linked to Saint Marie pulp industry, is among backers in this new venture.
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Consolidated Lake Superior Co
Clergue
Saint Ste Marie
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