Shelling Resumes in Ladysmith Area Reports Unconfirmed Rumors
Dispatches recount heavy shelling around Ladysmith on Monday night with British forces engaging Boers as two guns landed from the cruiser Powerful and opened fire at dawn. Reports claim Boers suffered heavy losses while Ladysmith garrison remains in good spirits and relief is hoped. Buller’s movements and Delagoa cable issues add to confusion amid strained War Office dispatches.
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Ladysmith
Powerful
Ladyswarh
Buller
Delagoa
War Office
Biersiot
Cane Town
Morday
Trassars
Elas
George Stewart A
Gerad
White
Carleton
Nicholson
Steamer Navaboe Arrives As Rescue Details Emerge
An Oct 2 sea tale reports the steamer Navaboe under Captain Staples docking from New York. It recounts a disaster near Charleston where Captain John Gaskill, sole survivor of the George L. Colwell crew, endured 22 hours on wreckage before rescue.
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Alene
Staples
New York
Doars
Charleston
John Gaskill
George L. Colwell
Gaskill
Prisce
Iowns nestmens on the Way Home
San Francisco reports the Iowa regiment began its return, with several men held at a general hospital due to illness. Discharged with the main unit, they will be cared for until fit to depart, including Sergeants Frank W. Baker and Harry M Weonnds and others from companies A D EF BD E and a corporal.
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San Francisco
Iowa
General Hospital
Frank W. Baker
Harry M. Weonnds
Elmer Narver
William
McLean Sid Ia Baird
Rider BD. Stevens
Hugh M. Gof
Edward Woods
Sax Francisco
Tewards
Harry M. Woods
Willain A. McLean
Imma
Hanging at Anamosa to be first Iowa prison execution
Charles Stegai colored inmate waits at the State Penitentiary for the first execution in Anamosa. He is to die December 1 for a Davenport quarrel murder, with the death penalty to be carried out inside a state prison under sheriff supervision after at least one year from sentence. Ames Tenety Defeated. Iowa City. Ga. 23 Two thea gana people witnessed the football game between the University of Iowa and Ames for the state championship. Score: University of Iowa. Ames. Iowa lemissis Are Io Bession. Vows City. Nev. 2 The ith an nal convention of the Eastern Iowa Dental Society was called to order at the University of Iowa. President MacLean presented the visitors with these the university and the freedom of the city.
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Charles Stegai
Cepar Rapi Ov
Anaamosa
Davenport
Ames
Iowa City
la. Ga
University of Iowa
University O. Ames
Iowa
Eastern Iowa
Dental Society
MacLean
Iowa Ore
Mth
Eastern
Erasklyn Raltar
Port Manila
Ohio
Gibsd
Ep Reut
Idennc
Key West
Slosson
Madison Square Carten
Schaefer Hems Baaten
J. C. Breckenridge
United States Army
San Francisco
Saniman
Montreal
Wnd
Traisvaal Waren Board
Standard Risctric Company
Blav Lakes
Cal
William C. South
Hasrani
Washington
Coatris
John D
Louisiana State Board of Health
New Orleans
Massissippi River
Naural Stoneware Company
Iowa Happenings Major Local Death and Fires
Iowa veteran James Doyle, 83, longtime Stay County resident and Civil War veteran, dies. Fire destroys Bayn livery stables in Boone, 38 horses cremated. loss about 10000 dollars, insured. Jail riot plants in Polk County, five girls confined and sent back. Iowa State Agricultural College commencement near. Des Moines reports multiple regional items including a murder trial, railroad right of way dispute, and public notices through Nov. 2.
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Iowa
Nevepa
James Doyle
Stay County
Grand Army
Boone
Boor
Bayn
Riptons
Moises
Polk County
Mitchellville
Inds
Sitia
Adres
Iowa State Agricultural College
Boose
Last Rail of a New Fort Dodge and Omaha Line Laid
The Fort Dodge and Omaha main line from Fort Dodge to Omaha is completed with the last rail laid near Wall Lake. Trains now run from Fort Dodge to Rockwell City and from Coun oy Bind to Denison, marking a completed extension and opening service along the route.
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Fort Doge
Omaha
Fort Dover
Fort Dodge and
Wall Lake
Fort Dodge
Rockwell City
Counoy Bind
Denison
Santa 'S
New Surrey
Wichita
Santa Fe
Arkansas City
Fort Smith
aArk
McAlester Veal Fields
Wichita and Southern
Kansas Midland
Partition of Samoa outline to divide islands among powers
News from Washington reports rapid progress in Samoa partition talks among Germany Great Britain and the United States. A dual government is likely with the United States obtaining Tuvalu Pago Pago harbor area while Britain may cede Gilbert and Solomon Islands to Germany. Germany’s stance on retaining Samoa remains a key sticking point.
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Wasyuxeron
London
Berlin
Germany
United States
Tufuila
Pago Pago
Great Britain
Gilbert and Solomon Islands
Samoa
Ten Thousand Casualties From War Report
The Adjutant General's annual war casualty tally covers May 1, 1898, to June 30, 1899, totaling 10,067 with a 3,154 casualty list including 25 officers and 450 enlisted dead and 197 officers and men wounded. Deaths reach 6,612, excluding additional officer losses. Also noted are distribution figures by theater and service branches.
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Adjutant General of the Army
Washington
Coriuu
Miny
United States
Regular Army
Ted States
Party River
Cuba
Philippines
Alaska
Hawaiian Islands
Falling Walls Collapse in Chicago Storehouse Tragedy
A Chicago building at 120 111 West bade street collapsed last evening killing as many as 40 people and injuring several more. Damages reach $200000 with many adjoining structures damaged. Names listed include Henry Hilltun, Joseph Doctur, and Patrick Peyton among others. The cause is uncertain with theories of an explosion in a seed store or a dust explosion in the area.
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Chicago
Weet Bade Street
Uunson
Eughnet
Henry Ililtun
Ginsen
Joseph Doctur
Jiansen
Olarius Midlin
Lad Muron
Patrick Peyton
New England
Adams
S. F. Leonard
Murder Mystery in Tid ePorby Flats Unfolds
Chicago police probe a murder found in a first floor Tid ePorby apartment with a bullet through the heart. A revolver with one empty chamber and smeared bloodstains were found. the victim lived alone and recently moved in. A man believed to be her husband visited the building on several occasions.
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Chicago
Sol Outcaco
Rush Branch
TidePorby Second Street
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