Sea serpent reported on Kootenay Lake near Crawford Bay
A 12 foot sea serpent with webbed feet was seen by a 12 year old boy at Crawford Bay on Kootenay Lake. Captain Kane reported the sighting to Nelson, with locals planning to capture the creature dead or alive. The Miner notes no affidavits and presents the tale as reported by residents.
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Crawford Bay
Nelson
Kootenay Lake
W. Kane
Marion
Jake
Sawyer Brothers
Kane
Ile
Chicago Detectives: Defenbach Insurance Case Conspiracy Details
Detective Frank N Smiley exposes alleged plan by Dr A M Unger Francis Wayland Brown to loot insurance. Smiley says Unger would get 4000 Brown 7000 while Smiley as tool would receive 1000. Conspiracy ties to Miss Defenbach death and involves warrants for 5000 from Canadian Order of Foresters and 2000 from Knights and Ladies of Honor. Bail and habeas corpus motions loom as suspects remain jailed.
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Chicago
Frank N. Smiley
Marie A. Defenbach
I. Wayland Brown
August M. Unger
Smiley
Unger
Brown
Miss Defenbach
Defenbach
California
A. M. Unger
Francis Wayland Brown
Frank TH. Smiley
Order of Foresters
Knights and Ladies of Honor
L Lkely
Lynch says Boer war not over and British press biased
Colonel Arthur Lynch arriving in New York as Kruger’s envoy argues the Transvaal war persists and that English control of news misleads Americans. He recalls organizing the second Irish brigade with Botha, fighting at Natal, the Free State, and Pretoria while criticizing British censorship and sensationalism.
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New York
Arthur Lynch
Loguitaine
Kruger
Transvaal
Botha
Paris
Collier's Weekly
Paris Journal
Lynch
Natal
Free State
Klip River
Johannesburg
Pretoria
France
England
South Africa
English Politics and Kruger’s Prospects in America
A critical reflection on the Liberal party’s conduct during a major crisis. The author accuses leaders of complicity and calls for a public opinion shift while predicting sympathetic reception for Kruger if he visits America. The piece likens reconcentrado policies to Weyler’s methods and warns of future debates over the war’s facts.
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Liberal Party
Chamberlain
Rhodes
William Trarcourt
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Pers
Johannesburg
Weyler
Kruger
America
September Yukon trade with Victoria through Skagway noted
Victoria reports September Canadian goods valued at 1.2 million shipped from Victoria and Vancouver via Skagway to Dawson and Yukon points. Telegraph line Hazelton to Telegraph Creek unlikely to finish this season due to misconnection and overlapping parties. Also notes bricklayer shortages delaying local construction and a call for Pacific squadron, plus the death of John J. Hart and a libel suit by Tully Loyce against the Nanaimo Herald.
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Victoria
B. C
Vancouver
Skagway
Dawson
Yukon
Tees
Skeena
Hazelton
Telegraph Creek
Hog Mountain
Pacific Squadron
Assembly Hall
John J. Hart
Bulwer Reported Returning Home from Natal
A Pietermaritzburg dispatch says General Bulwer will arrive there on October 14 and is commonly believed to be returning home.
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London
Pietermaritzburg
Natal
Buler
Russian cruiser Variagy to be shipped to United States
Two hundred fifty sailors depart from Kroonstadt aboard Fortile cruiser to pick up the new Russian cruiser Variagy, constructed by Cramps of Philadelphia, and transfer it to the United States via St. Petersburg.
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St. Petersburg
Kroonstadt
United States
Variagy
Cramps
Philadelphia
Increase the Army Proposed in Major General Brooke Report
Major General Brooke urges expanded military strength in his annual report from Washington dated January 10. The document calls for increased armed forces and broader defense capacity reflecting postwar security concerns.
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Brooke So
Washington
Army reorganization urged for modern efficiency in war times
General Brooke states the east of New York department publicized plan for reorganizing the army on modern lines to create an efficient bulwark in war. He cites Spanish War lessons and the need to mobilize volunteers behind a reorganized force. John Morley wins Montroseburgh seat in Liberal bid with 3900 votes to 2390.
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Eral Brooke
Department of the
New York
War Department
Boer Gold for America story stirs U S intrigue over Davis
London report by Douglas Story, a close ally of Transvaal leaders, claims Webster Davis sought to influence U S voters to back Boer intervention. It alleges Davis received 125000 dollars for stirring pro Boer sentiment and links the plan to Bryan's potential election, with Montague White funding pro Boer meetings in the United States.
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London
Douglas Story
Kruger
Steyn
Joubert
Transvaal
Daily Mail
Mail
America
Webster Davis
United States
Davis
Bryan
Great Britain
South Africa
Montague White
South African Republic
Valet Saves Secretary in Break-In at London Home
London report says William Bayard Cutting the private secretary to US Ambassador Joseph H. Choate escaped a burglary after a window break in. The burglar was seized by the valet and jewelry worth £300 found on him.
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London
William Bayard Cutting
United States
Joseph H. Choate
Let Him Out
James Fitzharris known as Skin the Goat, the Phoenix Park murderer, was released yesterday after being arrested for failing to report under his prison release license. The incident occurred in Liverpool on October 10.
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Liverpool
James Fitzharris
Skin the Goat
Rich yellow sand boosts BC ore value with uranium rise
Reports from the Venus Gold Mining Co show tests indicating yellow sands in Nelson BC ore carry crystals of uranium valued at six dollars per pound, increasing property worth. An extraordinary meeting of Broken Hill Mining and Development Co shareholders at Ymir rejected a French syndicate takeover offer, American stockholders opposing the price.
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Nelson
British Columbia
Venus Gold Mining Co
Yanners
Ymir
Broken Hill Mining and Development Company, Limited
Samuel Newswander
Kasle
B.C
Stephen Bywater
A. Bernard Buckworth
Notable Philadelphia life insurance suit over wife murder
Prof Swithin C Shortridge of Kennett Square sues Provident Life and Trust Co for 7042 in a case tied to his wife Marie Dixon Koons death on December 31 1893. The Philadelphia case recalls a Sedalia Missouri murder and a public hanging after acquittal on a technicality.
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Philadelphia
Swithin C. Shortridge
Kennett Square
Chester County
Provident Life and Trust Co
Shortlidge
Marie Dixon Koons
Shortridge
Sedalia
Life Insurance Company
Panic on London Bourse Ties Berlin Slump to China
Vienna correspondent reports the London stock market panic of October 9 as the worst in years. The slide follows declines in Berlin and broader tension from China’s situation.
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London
Vienna
Daily Mail
Berlin
China
Traitors Alleged in Liberal Circle in Nelson Campaign
Nelson insiders allege traitors within the Liberal camp over Galliher’s nomination in the Yale Kootenay Cariboo race. They accuse labor nominee Christopher Foley of vote-splitting and claim F J Deane of Kamloops sought to sway Kamloops voters. Galliher and Deane were seen socializing with James Wilks, signaling uneasy alliance.
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Nelson
W. A. Galliher
Yale-Kootenay-Cariboo
Jceneme
Galliher
Christopher Poley
F. J. Deane
Kamloops
James Wilks
Mr. Wilks
Mr. Deane
Hume
Mr. Galliher
Deane
Christopher Foley
Mr. Galither
Liberals
Foley
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Ommander
Buller
Variag
Morley
John Morley
Montroseburgh
J. J. Don
Venus Gold Mining Company of
Germany
W. A Galliher
Jim Wilks
W. A. Galliber
Fr. Deane
Dim" Wilkie
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