British peril in South Africa deepens as Ladysmith siege ongoing
London dispatches report a crisis in the Cape and Natal theaters. British forces under White remain besieged at Ladysmith while Boer advances threaten Durban, with native unrest and potential fall of Maritzburg. Reinforcements from lordly authorities and troops are being readied amid mobilization rumors and urgent diplomacy.
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London
New York
War Office
Capetown
Durban
Ladysmith
South Africa
Aldershot
Transvaal
Orange Free State
Cape
Natal
White
England
General Joubert
Colenso
Maritzburg
Buller
Mr. Chamberlain
Birmingham
Milner
Lord Jonsdale
Westmoreland and Cumberland Yeomanry
Daily Mail
Pietermaritzburg
Koomatiport
Zululand
Mavuna
Pretoria
Germans Urged to Accept Loss of Samoa
Berlin paper says Samoa talks near end and Germany cannot hold the island. If Britain yields Gilbert and Solomon islands, most Micronesia would be German, Guam excluded, and New Guinea would gain value as compensation.
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Berlin
Samoa
Vossiche Zeitung
Germany
Great Britain
Gilbert and Solomon Islands
Guam
New Guinea Protectorate
Iowa Timber Fire Destroys Wood and Crops in County
A large blaze in southern Ames county Tuesday burned more than 200 cords of timber on Van Young’s meadow and spread to a neighboring cornfield, consuming about fifteen acres of shocked corn. Backfiring saved all homes in the fire's path.
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Iowa Timber
Ames
van Young
Mexico China treaty nears signing in Washington
Negotiations in Washington between Mexico and China, led by Ambassador Aspirex and Minister Wa Tingfang, are so advanced that the instrument of treaty relations is expected to be signed early next week. The accord marks the first treaty between the two nations and is seen as yielding substantial benefits to both sides.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
China
Mexico
Aspirex
Wa Tingfang
Trench Fight Near Iloilo Reported in Panay
Lieutenant Slaven of General MacArthur's staff charged a Filipino outpost near Iloilo after spotting about forty insurgents in a trench. Three rebels were killed, several wounded, and Americans incurred no casualties. Filipino forces reportedly range 500 to 5,000 with five cannons. Aguinaldo calls for discipline as Filipino cabinet tensions rise after resignations.
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Uollo
Manila
Slaven
MacArthur
Angeles
Ilofto
Santiago
Loilo
Jaro
Molo
Twenty-sixth
Santa Barbara
Aguinaldo
Congress
Paterno
Nuencamino
Fifteen Hundred Deweys Face New York Reunion
A. M. Dewey, labor department agent, announced a Dewey family reunion for 1400 relatives in New York at the Waldorf Astoria in January or February. Cousin to Admiral Dewey, he says acceptances have come from across the country and over 100 Deweys from the Pacific coast will attend. Admiral Dewey will be asked to set the date.
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Tacoma
Wash
A. M. Dewey
Government Department of Labor
Dewey
Admiral Dewey
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
New York
Pacific Coast
Dr. Dewey
Negro Educational Exhibit Planned for Paris Exposition
Washington November 3 Mr Verdinand W Peck United States commissioner general to the Paris exposition announced after talks with the president that he would provide for a negro educational exhibit. Thom as J Calloway named to direct the exhibit with representation from Hampton Tuskegee institutions and Pisk Vanderbilt universities and other prominent colored schools.
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Paris
Washington, D. C
Verdinand W. Peck
United States
Peck
Thomas J. Calloway
Hampton and Tuskegee Institutes
Pisk and
Vanderbilt Universities
Bureau to direct control of U.S. colonies
Washington on November 3 reports that a colonial bureau under the War Department will assume direct charge of all matters concerning outlying dependencies. The bureau will not become a separate department, and the selection of a chief is under consideration.
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Washington
United States
War Department
Corner in broom corn triples prices, Chicago report states
Chicago reports a broom corn corner driven by W. L. Rosenboom and A. J. Klein. They contracted 2,000 of 2,400 tons worth about 1.2 million dollars and expect around 1 million dollars in profit from the move.
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Chicago
W. L. Rosenboom
A. J. Klein
Wisconsin Club Votes to Expel Senator Mason
CHICAGO November 3 The Tippecanoe club a strong Republican group expels United States Senator Mason from its membership for opposing the national administration policy in the Philippines.
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Mason
Chicago
Political Action Committee
The
Tippecanoe Club
United States
Philippines
Cuban War Claim Filed for Cuban Property Loss
Prof A V Quesada filed with the State Department a claim for loss of property in Cuba during the Spanish American War. The secretary informed him that about 30 million dollars in such claims would be referred to Congress for action.
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Washington
Prof
A. V. Quesada
State Department
Cuba
Spain
Hie
Secretary of the State
Congress
Memorial to Harvard Men memorializes soldiers from Spanish war
Major Tienry Lee Higgenson of the class of 1865 has donated 150000 for a building for the University club at Harvard. The Warren property at the Harvard and Quincy streets corner is offered as the site. If built, the memorial honors Harvard men who fell in the Spanish war.
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Harvard
Cambridge
Mass
Tienry Lee Higgenson
Harvard University
University Club
Warren
Harvard and
Quincy Streets
Nebraska Banks in Excellent Shape, Secretary Reports
Secretary Hall of the State Banking Board releases the annual Nebraska bank report. It shows 393 banks under state jurisdiction with a paid-up capital of 7.532 million dollars. Among them 214 are incorporated, 69 private, and 10 savings banks for the period December 3, 1897 to November 29, 1898. Secretary Hall says never in Nebraska’s history were banks in so solvent a condition. Since then, conditions have improved further.
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Lincoln
Neb
Hall
State Banking Board
Nebraska
Exposition County Collective Exhibits Adjust Cash Premiums
A revised premium allocation changes county standings after the fair. Counties earning early entries receive boosts for continuous display, with June entrants getting 20 points extra, July 10 points, and August 5 points. Leading totals include Park Iowa 2095 points $1000, Delaware 2030 $700, Lancaster 2020 $700, Dubuque 2015 $700, and others sequentially ranked with cash awards.
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Exposition County
Omaha
Park County
Delaware County
Lancaster County
Dawson County
Neb
Lyon County
Kan
Washington County
Boone County
Linn County
Kas
Thurston County
Thomas County
Besieged by Coal Dealers
Omaha reports coal dealers pressuring rail freight departments for early deliveries as November 15 freight rate rises loom. Car shortages slow coal movement though miners supply quickly. strikes in Kansas reduce local output forcing imports from eastern miners to meet demand.
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Omaha
Neb
Chicago
Mississippi River
East
Kansas
Work of the Wreckers Moves On at Exposition Grounds
A Chicago carload of wrecking tools arrives as demolition begins at the exposition grounds in Omaha. About 200 workers are already on site with 300 more to follow in ten days. Furniture from buildings is removed and stored for auction within a month. Public comfort, Nebraska, Telegraph offices and others are emptied in preparation for wrecking to start Monday or Tuesday.
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Omaha
Navy
Chicago
Exposition Grounds
Transportation
Public Comfort
Nebraska
New Elevator Rising in Fremont After Fire
The Omaha Elevator company erects a large replacement on Main street near Union Pacific tracks. The new brick building will measure 28 by 31 feet with a side driveway and eleven bins totaling 20 000 bushels capacity. A brick office engine room and scale house, 14 by 24, front Main street.
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Fremont
Neb
Omaha Elevator Company
Union Pacific
Main Street
Widow of Engineer A. M. Stanley Dies in Moulton
Mrs. A. M. Stanley widow of the late Chicago, Burlington & Kansas City railway engineer died Wednesday in Moulton from heart trouble. Her husband was fatally scalded when his engine overturned near Cincinnati, Iowa, over a year ago.
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Moulton
A. M. Stanley
Unpaid Exposition Workers Press for Claim Settlement
OMANA Nov 6 The exposition association shows no change in finances as workers seek pay. A large delegation planned a morning meeting at the Service building to formally demand money from the executive committee, but few showed and the plan shifts to appointing one man to file suit as needed.
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Neo
Omana
Exposition Association
Creditors Seek Block on Exposition Demolition
A wave of suits and injunctions swarms the Greater America exposition in Omaha as creditors press claims totaling about 98000 dollars. labor and material bills for October top the list while Chicago Wrecking Company faces moves to stop tearing down main buildings. A plan to unite claims for district court action and attach all assets is under consideration, with a creditors meeting possible soon.
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Chicago Wrecking Company
Board of Health Reports in Lincoln Nebraska
State board of health secretaries filed a report recommending revoking Dr Oren Oneals certificate for unprofessional conduct while taking no action. Dr B O W Drasky lost his bid for a certificate for not meeting the four year college course requirement. A restraining order against the secretaries connected to a magnetic healing case sets hearing for November 6. Dr Oneal may appear before the board when findings are filed.
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Lincoln, Neb
State Board of Health
State Board
Oren Oneal
Board of Health
B. O W. Drasky
Brainard
Nebraska
Benjamin J. Welson
Omaha
Holmes
Oneal
Murdered For Money
CALLAWAY Nebraska November 3 Arthur Bird brother of Ted Bird a respected merchant was murdered in Oklahoma territory Bird a traveling collector carried fifteen hundred to two thousand dollars on his person at the time of the attack funds were taken proving the motive The Bird family and Masonic and K of P lodges pledge full pursuit of the guilty parties.
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Callaway
Neb
Arthur Bird
Ted Bird
Oklahoma Territory
Bird
Ofttimes
Masonic and
K. of P
Highwayman Robs Traveler in Hotel Yard at Rushville
In Rushville Nebraska on November 4 a daring robbery occurred after a passenger train arrival. W E Kimball a commercial traveler was attacked in a local hotel yard by an assailant with a blunt instrument, knocked down and robbed of about 50 dollars in bills and silver. He lay unconscious for nearly thirty minutes before the landlord found him. No suspect remained on the scene and efforts to locate the robber continued.
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Rushville
Neb
W. E. Kimball
Kimball
Death by own action in Fort Madison man dies from paris green dose
Robin Hoffman son of Mrs Katherine Hoffman died at his residence north of Fort Madison on Monday afternoon from a dose of paris green taken in a personal crisis.
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Fort Madison Fn
Robin Hoffman
Katherine Hoffman
Polish Youth Committed After Religious Delusions
TECUMSEH Nebraska November 4 Philip Strohaus a young Polander was taken to the Lincoln insane asylum after hallucinations including a belief he was sent by Christ to kill Rev Wredevie Spernien Catholic pastor here authorities deemed him dangerous and placed under care.
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Tecumseh, Neb
Philip Strohaus
Lincoln
Strohaus
Christ
Wredevie Spernien
Death of ex Governor Alvin Saunders in Omaita Neb
Ex Governor Alvin Saunders died at his Omaita home aged 65 after a long illness. Appointed by President Lincoln as territorial governor of Nebraska in 1861 his tenure faced Civil War pressures and frontier Indian hostilities. He supported a transcontinental railway linking the Platte Valley to the Pacific.
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Omaita
Neb
Alvin Saunders
Saunders
Lincoln
Territorial
Nebraska
Great Platte Valley
Great Central Railway
Atlantic
Pacific States
Finances of Exposition weaves a tangle of debt in Omaha
The World Herald outlines the late exposition finances in Omaha. Receipts total under 420000 with 130000 or more in debts by closing. Unpaid bills include lumber coal rent and salaries while management seeks loans and a post closure debt around 125000 to 210000 with capital stock.
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Omaha
Neb
the World- Herald
Cady Lumber Company
Thomson-Houston Light Company
Grand Court
Go Down With the Bridge
Nebraska City Nebraska November 3 A bridge demolition went awry as contractor John Whalen his son and William S Schmidt fell with the South Table creek truss bridge into the creek bed about twenty five feet deep Schmidt suffered leg and head cuts and a sprain Whalen had internal injuries light and the son a hip wrench The workman ignored warnings about the danger of removing the bridge in that manner and escaped more serious harm
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Nebraska City
Neb
John Whalen
William S. Schmidt
South Table Creek
Mr. Schmidt
Mr. Whalen
Old Resident Killed by Fall
News reached Hastings of the death in Lincoln of Mrs. Mary Stevens from injuries after a stairway fall. She was well known in Hastings, a longtime resident and mother of Attorney J. C. Stevens. Mr. Stevens left on an early train but arrived after her death. the body was brought back to Hastings for burial.
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Tiastings
Neb
Lincoln
Mary Stevens
Wray’s Assailant Held for Trial in Nebraska
Jas H Ross shooter of J T Wray on October 30 faced a preliminary hearing before Justice White at Culbertson. Defense cited W S Morlan and B C Eldred of McCook, with County Attorney Taylor related to the defendant.
Various 1899 News Tidbits From Across The Nation
Railroad declares semi annual dividend of 24s per cent. About 500 girls strike in Ohio potteries for 25 per cent raise. Pullman Company reports capital increase from 10000 to 3500. Paderewski to perform for families of gold diggers. Celina ashore off Abaco in heavy seas. Captain Ludlow retires after 30 years service. Mafeking dog killed after four hour bombardment. Roanoke arrives Seattle with gold and passengers. William O Smith to represent Hawaiian islands in Washington. Baron Wylton dies in London born 1829 and made a baron in 1866. Tramp injures Rollin Thorne on box car. Brazil and Bolivia sign boundary protocol. Reward offered for Noble Shepard. Receivers named for Heaton Peninsula Manufacturing. Forty third infantry sails to Philippines. Cuban planters abandon grinding to replant. Storey Clark Piano workers strike. Death of Rev John Wesley Cracraft. St Louis Evangelical Alliance protests against Utah congressman seating. Blue Lakes City power house fire causes 75000 loss. Army casualties total 10076 with 3454 casualties in action and 6619 deaths overall.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Ohio
Pullman Tumber Company
Kansas City
Aail
Celina
Bath
Abaco
Nicol Ludlow
Navy
Matanzas
Roanoke
Seattle
St. Michael
Cape ‘Nome
William O. Smith
Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands
Washington
Congress
Seasilos
John Wesley Cracraft
Protestant Episcopal Church
Saratoga
N. Y
Sinosis
Evangelical Alliance of
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Ignace Paderewski
Juandon
Baron Wylton
Hylton- Jollife
Coldstream Guards
Ife
Rollin Thorne
Lake Shone & Michigan Southern
Thorne
Brazil
Stephens
Noble Shepard
St. Louis
Heaton Peninsula Manufacturing Company
South Boston
Forty-third Volunteer Infantry
Fort Ethan Allen
Newane
Storey & Clark Piano Company
Adjutant General of the Army
LYE
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