British Borrowing Likely To Continue In South Africa War
London reports in financial circles that Britain may need further borrowing as South African fighting persists. Despite Boer losses and captured commandoes, stock exchange chatter centers on ammunition supplies and Cape Colony unrest with militia trains patrolling borders and Cape Town fortifications.
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London
South Africa
Lord Kitchener
Koch
Carolina
Louis Botha
Krotzinger
Smuts
Lovat
Orange River
Stock Exchange
Cape Town
Cape Colony
Paarl
Worcester
Scheepers
Oudtshoorn
Duke of Cornwall
Pretoria
Bloemfontein
M Battery
Kritzinger Turned Back British Captives Freed
Lord Kitchener reports from Pretoria that Kritzinger failed to cross the Orange River near Herschel and Lovat's scouts suffered losses. Lieutenant-Colonel Andrew Murray and Captain Murray were killed while a Boer raid yielded a gun later recovered. British losses in Vilakfontein: one officer and five men killed, twenty-three wounded, six officers and 109 men captured, all later released. Two Boer commands were captured near Adenburg and near Carolina with transport and wagons. P. J. Botha among those captured.
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Murray
Lord Mansfield
Lord Kitchen
Buffalo
Natal
Lytelton
Botha
P. J. Botha
Lord Kitchener
London
War Office
Pretoria
Kritzinger
Orange River
Herschel
Lovat
Andrew Murray
Jed Lovat
Scheeper
Nek
Vilakfontein
Kochs
Adenburg
Carolina
Missing Miss Bloodgood Sparks Citywide Alarm
Chief Devery issued a general alarm for Helen A Bloodgood of 88 Irving Place after she disappeared last Thursday while shopping. Detectives and railway watches cover transit hubs as halftone photos circulate. the 18 year old daughter of William Bloodgood, treasurer of the American Felt Company, was last seen in a gray suit with a pink waist and straw hat. She attended Miss Porter's school and returned from Europe in June, with the family later vacationing in Adirondacks.
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Devery
Helen A. Bloodgood
Irving Place
William Bloodgood
American Felt Company
Trainor
Miss Porter
Farmington
Adirondacks
Miss Bloodgood
Girl is attacked and robbed on West Twenty third Street
Miss Adelene Burns a sixteen year old girl living on West Nineteenth Street was grabbed from behind on West Twenty third Street near Seventh Avenue. A Black man named George Massey twenty one of West Twenty seventh Street was arrested after a fierce pursuit by Detective-Sergeant Henry. Burns identified Massey at the West Nineteenth Street station and was taken home.
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Adelene Burns
West Nineteenth-st
West Twentythird-st
George Massey
West Twenty-seventh-st
Henry
Central Office
Miss Burns
St. Vincent's Hospital
Twenty-third St
Seventhave
Seventh-ave
Nineteenth-st
Thirtieth
Russian Imperial Family Returns to Russia from Kiel
Emperor Nicholas and Empress arrived at Kiel at 6 PM and left for home at 9 PM with their children. They were greeted by Prince and Princess Henry of Prussia and accompanied to the castle. Count Lamsdorff left the train at Hamburg to travel to Berlin and onward to St. Petersburg.
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Berlin
Nicholas
Kiel
Henry
Prussia
Prince
Count Lamsdorff
Hamburg
St. Petersburg
Paris President Loubet Congratulates War and Navy
President Loubet and the government send congratulations to General Andre and M. de Lanessan for the army and navy's efficiency in recent maneuvers witnessed by Emperor Nicholas.
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Paris
Loubet
War and Marine
Andre and
M. de Lanessan
Nicholas
Miss Stone Still Captive in Turkish District
Constantinople Sept 22 An agent of the brigands who kidnapped American missionary Miss Helen H Stone in Djumabala district vilayat of Salonica has been arrested at Baritza. Miss Stone has not yet been rescued. The Fall River Line steamer Plymouth and Norwich Line steamer City of Lowell will attend Yacht Races commencing Sept 27 Tickets five dollars limited number See Adv Advt.
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Constantinople
Helen H. Stone
Djumabala
Vilayat
Salonica
Baritza
Miss Stone
Fall River
Plymouth
Norwich
City OF Lowell
No poison found on Czolgosz bullets or revolver
Buffalo September 22 reports no poison in the bullets or revolver used to kill President McKinley after chemical and bacteriological tests. Alienists for the defense interview Czolgosz at the Erie County Jail as trial preparations proceed.
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Buffalo
Czolgosz
McKinley
Erie County
Carlos F. Macdonald
New York
Erie County Bar Association
Arthur W. Hurd
Buffalo State Hospital
Penney
Justice White
Supreme Court
Herbert M. Hill
Hill
Herman G. Matzinger
Matzinger
Macdonald
Hurd
Solomon
James W. Putnam
Allan McLane Hamilton
United States
Guiteau
Hamilton
Simon Sterne Dies A Key Legal Figure Of New York
Simon Sterne, eminent constitutional and corporate lawyer, died at 3 a m at his home 40 Central Park South after apoplexy. Born Philadelphia July 23 1839 he shaped railroad and municipal law, advised on interstate commerce and reform efforts, and led major corporate and civic groups. Funeral Wednesday at 9 20 am burial in Salem Fields Cemetery. Widow survives.
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Simon Sterne
Central Park South
Sterne
Beaverst
Mr. Sterne
Philadelphia
Law Department
University of Pennsylvania
Sharswood
New York
City of New York
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cooner Union
The
Commercial Advertiser
American Free Trade League
Social Science Review
Committee of Seventy
Samuel J. Tilden
Raw
Yon
Cleveland
Europe
American Bar Association
John J. Lalor
United States
Manhattan, Reform, and Lawyers’ Clubs
Bar Association
Pennsylvania Society
the Press, Democratic, and Nineteenth Century Clubs
Lawyers’ Institute
City Club
Vereinigen Freund, Political Service Club
Zoological Institute
Blooming Grove Park Association
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Boonville Railroad Bridge Company
Central Park Improvement Company
Southampton Coal and Improvement Company
United States Automatic Telephone Company
American Patriotic Educational League Formed in Milwaukee
A Milwaukee gathering formed the American Patriotic Educational League to combat anarchist ideas through education and public sentiment. The group aims to organize across Wisconsin and then nationwide, with a badge for supporters. Several prominent citizens attended the inaugural meeting.
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Milwaukee
American Patriotic Educational League
Hardihood
Mrs McKinley Drives as She Recovers in Canton
Dr. Rixey reports no material change in Mrs. McKinley’s condition as she reaches for outdoor activity with two excursions. A floral wreath from the Russian Emperor rests on the McKinley coffin while thousands visit West Lawn Cemetery and the surrounding memorial displays.
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Canton
Ohio
McKinley
William R. Day
Russia
Westlawn Cemetery
Catafalque
Terrible Scenes in Railway Wreck at Palota
Bucharest reports a collision between the Vienna express and a petroleum train near Palota igniting a huge petroleum fire. A girl burned to death before her parents. Romanian millionaire M. Dinu killed after foot jammed. conductor Schwartz perished. thirty two people killed, many burned.
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Bucharest
Palota
Vienna
M. Dinu
Schwartz
International anti anarchist conference slated for Berne
Brussels dispatch reports the Memorial Diplomatique asserting an international anti anarchist conference will soon meet in Berne. The event aims to coordinate opposition to anarchist movements across nations and align security and policy actions.
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Brussels
Memorial Diplomatique
Berne
Platt backs Low anti-Tammany bid for mayor
Senator Platt pledged Republican support for Seth Low if he accepts the anti-Tammany nomination, stating no pledges would be demanded. He said the Republican City Convention would nominate Low, citing his staying power and trust to run a progressive, nonpartisan administration if elected.
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Platt
Seth Low
Republican Organization
Mr. Low
Low
Fifth Avenue
Pratt
Republican Party
Mr. Platt
Union Still In The Fight For German American Bloc
The German American Union of Brooklyn denied reports of disbandment. A Bushwick Hall meeting reaffirmed confidence in its two representatives on the campaign committee and pledged support for fusion candidates.
Wood Returns to Cuba to Handover Affairs
General Leonard Wood the Military Governor of Cuba left Washington by night for Havana with Alexander Gonzales. He hopes to finish arrangements to transfer island control to Cubans by May 1. The electoral law is acceptable with some modifications, and Wood believes McKinley’s policy will continue under his successor.
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Washington
Leonard Wood
Cuba
Tampa
Havana
Alexander Gonzales
McKinley
Basque Nationalists Congratulate Roosevelt
Basque Provinces nationalists in San Sebastian send a message to President Roosevelt congratulating him on his accession and expressing best wishes for the United States as defender of oppressed peoples.
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San Sebastian
Spain
Roosevelt
United States
Sugar machinery duty cut for Cuba travel from 10 to 6 percent
The War Department reports a proposed reduction in duties on sugar machinery and railroad materials shipped to Cuba. The rate would fall from 10 percent ad valorem to 6 percent, effectively a one cent reduction at the present duty level.
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Washington
War Department
Cuba
Croker Faces Tight Spot Over Tammany Mayoral Nomination
Richard Croker confronts a divided Tammany Hall as Kings County leaders demand a Kings County candidate for mayor. Coler emerges as favored but Croker resists a quick decision while awaiting fusion plans and a full ticket. Asa Bird Gardiner is expected to be nominated for district attorney as vindication sought.
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Richard Croker
Democratic Club
Tammany
Croker
The
Tribune
Lewis Nixon
Nixon
Sullivan
Engel
Foley
Scully
Nagle
Kings County
James Shevlin
Kings
Hill
Syracuse
Kansas City
Saratoga
van Wyck
Low
Tracy
Grout
Flarm
Bird S. Coler
Coler
Tammany Organization
George B. McClellan
Justice Dugro
John Whalen
Mayor van Wyck
Asa Bird Gardiner
Gardiner
Roosevelt
Choosing County Ticket Debate For County Offices
Discussion among anti Tammanyites over candidates for county and borough posts continues as a conference committee prepares another meeting. A prominent politician notes a clash with the Day of Atonement and suggests postponing county selections until the city ticket is settled, citing precedents and caution. The proposed county slate includes figures such as Morgan J. O'Brien James A Blanchard and Rastus S Ransom for Supreme Court seats and Richard Weinacht Paul F Koeppel for County Clerk with other names listed.
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Renny Loewy
Jacob A. Cantor
Tribune
Lst
Supreme Court
Morgan J. O'Brien
James A. Blanchard
Proctor Rke
Everett
John Cla Wheeler
Rastus S. Ransom
Sau Seabury
Rge W. Schurman
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Scotland
Ireland
New-York Tribune
the Tribune
Czar
Standarf
Compiégne and
Rheims
Royal Commission On Historical Manuscripts
Galway
Dublin
England
Dublin College
Grimsby
Home Secretary
Mandoes
Czarina
France
Allan M'Lane
Lewis
Titus
Joseph Fowler
Floyd
Crego
Frederick Haller
City Hall
Delaware Ave
American Patriotic Educational
League
Jayne
Mrs. M'Kinley
Rixey
Romania
Coler Club
Platt Indorses Low
CAN
Brooklyn
Wood
TIVES
Basque
Shevlins
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