Boers Raid Natal Farm Seizes Fine Horsesch
News from Cape Town and Durban report Boer forces raiding the Natal Stud Company farm near Mooi River capturing about 100 thoroughbred horses valued at 15000 dollars. The Kildoran Castle transport arrives with 2000 troops. Boers fortify Belmont and prepare to resist Methuen’s 10000 man relief column toward Kimberley.
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Durban
Natal
Betcourt
Mooi River
Natal Stud Company
Capetown
Belmont
Kimberley
Methuen
Free State
Kimberiey
Nauwpoort
Roberts of Utah Will Not Be Seated in Congress
Washington Nov 1 There is no doubt congress will refuse to seat Congressman Roberts the polygamist. Opponents argue his three marriages before anti polygamy laws bar seating and comments from Washington lawyers say he lacks legal right. Unanimous public sentiment and protests from churches and women's societies push lawmakers to deny admission, either by objection or direct vote.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Roberts
Washington
House
Kidnapped Man Turns Up With Tale Of Bandits
Banks R. Bastress of Cranberry New Jersey reappears in Hanover Pennsylvania after two months, claiming he was abducted near Camden and taken to North Carolina by a gang of counterfeiters who imprisoned him in a cave and fed him only apples and whisky until he escaped ten days ago. He traveled via Mifflin and Philadelphia, then to Virginia and Maryland before reaching Hanover.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Banks R. Bastress
Cranberry
Here
Hanover
North Carolina
Hbastress
Wieir
Mifflin
Philadelphia
Miffilm
Camden
Pastress
Moancke
Virginia
Wanover
Transcontinental Ticket Rates Stir At Portland Meeting
EZ J Coyle and W E Cameon from Oregon Short Line arrived in the city with Ira Tuttle. The Portland conference restored old rates of 51 to Chicago and 4 to St Paul. No action was taken on selling tickets through brokers. Railroad men seek another meeting and a new Pacific Coast Passenger Association.
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W. E. Cameon
Oregon Short Line
Portland
Ira Tuttle
Chicago
M. Paul
Pacific Coast Passenger Association
Railway Notes Spark Leadership Shuffle and Plans
W W Lemeke resigns as city passenger agent for BR and N and moves to Skaeway to lead the Pacific Coast company. W H Kyle from Vancouver becomes Lemeke’s successor. Rumor links A L Mohier to OR and N presidency as Harriman ponders a KC P&G move. Northern Pacific debates Washington Central lease with Great Northern. Mohier departs St Paul for New York after talks with J J Hill. Peter Larsen, a noted railway contractor, is in town. Clearwater truce ends February 1 and NP may start building in neutral territory. Madison Street cable line begins winter service with five minute intervals to power house and lake via lake-route car.
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Peter Larsen
Mr Walk
Northern
Clearwater
Northern Pacific
Eleven and a half million sockeye eggs taken at Baker hatchery
Baker take hatchery reports eleven and a half million sockeye salmon eggs collected this season. Other items note Davenport waterworks pipe arrival, a proposed Everett monument by John Buford post G A R, and local legal and civic notes from the Spokane and Garfield areas.
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Baker Take
The Stage to Fats and Follies on Broadway Theaters
A catalog of performers at New York venues including Wallack's Tony Pastor's Abbey's and the Grand Opera House list many stars and companies. Names such as Holland Kelly Tanner Sothern Russell Beabrooke and Murphey appear with shows like Danites Wives Pinafore and Uncle Tom's Cabin amid a whirlwind of touring troupes and engagements.
Reed urges firm money standard at chamber banquet
Reed told the audience at the 131st annual chamber of commerce banquet in New York that the money standard should be firmly established. Yale President Hadley and Whitelaw Kee also spoke at the event.
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New. York
Peaker Reed
Chamber of Commerce
Money Standard
Hadley
Yale
Whitelaw Kee
Secretary Long Expected to Resign Amid Family Illness
Washington reports the resignation of Secretary Long is anticipated due to his daughter’s illness. Long, at Colorado Springs with his family, may be replaced by Assistant Secretary Alien after McKinley’s urging, while he remains committed to duty and the Spanish war record.
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Washington, D.C
Long
Navy Department
Bedley-Hampton
Sach
Department
Philippines
Admiral Lampoon
Medley
Bureau of Navigation
Alien
Colorado Springs
Increase in Standing Army Questioned in Congress
Senators discuss raising the standing army to 100,000 men while noting possible limits on regimental composition and the need for civil government in the Philippines. Hawley suggests peace in the islands must come before any detailed government plan can be set out. President McKinley will refer the matter to Congress as conditions allow.
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Washington, D.C
Manley
Connecticut
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Congress
Hawley
Philippines
McKinley
Scarlet fever epidemic hits Mendon with two deaths
An outbreak of scarlet fever rages in Mendon Mercer county with 42 cases and two deaths reported. Secretary Probat of the state board of health is investigating, tracing the epidemic to a house that hosted a scarlet fever case a year earlier. Francie Wilson appeared as Tufts in An Unequal Match at the Chestnut Street theater.
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Columbus
Mendon
Mercer County
Probat
State Board of Heatth
Francie Wilson
Frank Wison
Tufts
Chestnut Street Theater
Philadelphia
Furniture Prices Raised by Middle States Association
In Williamsport Pennsylvania on November 23 representatives of the Middle States Furniture Association met to fix a price schedule. They agreed to advance prices 10 percent immediately, affecting eastern markets as many large factories are part of the group. The association will reconvene in Philadelphia on December 31.
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Williamsport
Middle States Furniture Association
Middle States
Philadelphia
Boys and Men Wardrobe Bargains From Royse and Hoys
Mixed Cheviot suits and pants for boys ages 4 to 9 sell at deep discounts. One piece and 4 to 9 year outfits feature fine wool and tweed fabrics with durable details for school wear. Shirts, caps, flannel negligees and heavy twill shirts offer low prices, including 2 cent caps and 50 cent shirts.
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Royse
Roy
U. S
Army
S. Kirk
Telephone Pronunciation Confusion Delays Call
A caller repeats a number many ways to clarify a dialing error. The operator and caller attempt separate digits and grouped figures until the sender confirms twelve sixty four is busy, then ends the call.
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Central
Dieane
Surgeon for the Maine Leaves to Join British Hospital Ship
At the request of Mrs Whitelaw Reid and other American ladies the secretary of war grants Maj Julian M Cabell medical department leave of absence to accept the position of surgeon on the British hospital ship Maine for service in South Africa. He departs New York for England today.
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Washington, D.C
Whitelaw Reid
Maine
South Africa
Secretary of War
Julian M. Cabell
New York
England
Amusement Bulletin at Third Avenue Theater Tonight
Tonight program at Coonm Hollow presents vaudeville and moving pictures at Olympic Hall with a varied bill.
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Third Avenue Theater
Coonm Hollow
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Caprptown
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Buller
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BR & N
Skaeway
Pacific Coast Company
W. HL Kyle
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Kyle
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Mohier
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Red Crops Society of
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Joe Worthy
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B. M. Holland
Wallack's
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Kelly
Tony Pantor's
Cora Tanner
K. HM. Sothern
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Bronson Howard
Julia Mariane
Pinafore” Company
Henry E. Dixey
Tom Howline
Lillian Russell
Tony Pastor
Thomas Q. Beabrooke
Nettie Cecil
Joseph Jefferson
Rip van Winkle
John Drew
Daly Company
Jennie Yeamans
Topey
Sol. Smith Russell
Edgewood
Richard Golden
Rice
Evangeline” Company
Stuart Roteon and
W. H. Crane
Eve Shannon
Eva
W. J. Ferguson
Abbey's
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Wallack
Modjeska
Grand Opera House
Richard Mansfield
Lee Manteaux Noir
Standard Theater
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Houccicault
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Ada Reban
Dig Clemence
Augustin Daly
Joseph Murphy
Kerry Gow
Roland Reed
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Fourteenth Street Theater
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May Irwin
Flora
Broadway
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Leetie Carter
Kate Clanton
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Sydney Grundy
DeWolf Hopper
Criterion Comedy Company
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Capoul
Fifth Avenue Theater
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Havertey
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Ales
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J. H. Glimour
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Princess Carpiliana
Broadway Opera House
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Germs
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Elecrtic CO
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Pike St
Reserve Fund
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F. L. Miller
Home Office
Collins Block
Joseph Mayer & Bros
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Seattle Transfer CO
Frelgyi
Yres Transfer CO
Phone Main
Jackson Street
Ilman
Brussels
Axminsters
Bato Brussels
Holden & Wilson Furniture Ca
Second Ave
Ayens
White
Lymap
Seattle Heat and Plumbing Co
Stearn
General Repertork West Seale Perry Building
Marion
Sherman, Clay & Co
Steinway” Dealers
C. &. Edwards & Co
del. Western
RB. Aves
New York Jewelry Co
J. G Stewart
Pdinburg
Medical Institute
Amusement Bulletin
Martin
N. B. Curtis
Washburn
Winter & Harper Burke Building
Marion St
Seattle Wash
Ramaker Music Co
C. C. Berg
Orville
W. Lowe
Seattle Printing CO
Yester Way
Foo
Butterworth & Sony
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