Boers Advance Across Orange River in War Clouds
Private message reports Boer Burghers crossed the Orange River into Cape Colony and occupied Philipstown aiming to sever Dear Junction rail link. Dispatches say agreement with Chief Linwe to fight Britain, while British forces move toward the frontier.
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Free State
Orange River
Cape Colony
Philipstown
Dear Junction
Cape Town
Linh- We
Great Britain
Mafeking
Baden- Powell
Durban
Natal
Orange Free State
Ladysmith
Harriamith
Transvaal
Vanreenan
Lady Smith
Dundee
Darbat Natal
Conyngham Greene
Kruger
Pretoria
Cape
Krugers Family In Front as Civil War Fears Grow
Report from Volksrust Oct 12 says President Kruger's son and grandson and half the Transvaal legislature are at the front. Boers stream toward the Natal frontier as enlistment officials turn away many, prompting fears of civil war amid divided families and hostilities.
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Volksrust
Kruger
Transvaal
Natal
Mystery Bundle Found In East River Associated With New York Case
The New York Police report a bundle believed to contain entrails found wrapped in a white canvas bag at the East River foot of Dover Street. Bloodied tissue includes gauze marked M A T and the find may relate to the woman’s left thigh found on Fifty seventh Street last Saturday. No link to the murder is confirmed at the morgue.
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New York
East River
Dover Street
Fifty-seventh Street
Movements of US Forces in Manila Theatre
The War Department reports Schwan's column advancing on Sapones and Desmarinas with artillery and wagon trains withdrawing to Bacoor by Baario. A 500-man support column moves from Imus. Young in the north seizes Arayat as supplies move up the Rio Grande by cascoes. One enlisted man wounded and six slightly hurt in insurgent attack on Angeles lines.
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Washington
War Department
Manila
Schwan
Sapanes
Desmarinas
Bacoor
Baario
Imus
Young
Arayat
Rio Grande
Cascoes
Lawton
Angeles
Minne sota Volunteers Return Home With Cheers
The Thirteenth Minnesota Volunteers arrived in St Paul at six this morning to a salute of thirteen guns and cheering crowds. After meeting relatives at the Auditorium they proceeded to Minneapolis for a President review and potential disbandment at the chosen city.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Minneapolis
American Miners Killed by Yaquis Report from Sonora
Willis Magure formerly an attorney from Marquette writes that his two mining partners Reamsey and Miller attempted work in Yaqui Indian territory in Sonora Mexico and were captured and burned at the stake. Hats trimmed and fashionable dress making noted at the Capital Restaurant on Bridge Street.
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Marquette
Willis Magure
Sonora
Mexico
Reamsey and
Miller
Indiana
Capital
Bridge Street
McKinley Arrives in Minneapolis For Victory Visit
Washington and Minneapolis dispatches detail President McKinley and cabinet arrival in Minneapolis at 11 o'clock with vast crowds. The Thirteenth Minnesota Volunteers from the Philippines paraded, then a banquet at the exposition building followed an address by Cyrus Northrup at the university. Pearl Hart, jailed female bandit, escaped from a Arizona jail earlier. Mediation talk between Britain and Transvaal shows no US action.
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Minneapolis
McKinley
Thomas J. Lowry
Kincheon
Philippines
Nicollet Avenue
Tenth Street
Exposition Building
Cyrus Northrup
University of Minnesota
Overland Limited trains change numbers and routes
The new passenger services named the Overland Limited start next Sunday the 15th with trains Nos 1 and 2 running Ogden to San Francisco via Reno and Sacramento. Train No 2 departs San Francisco at 8:00 AM and reaches Ogden at 12:45 AM. No 1 leaves Ogden at 12:30 PM and arrives San Francisco at 5:15 PM. After the change odd trains run westbound and even trains eastbound.
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Ogden
San Francisco
Reno
Sacramento
Chicago
Wveager
East
Local and Personal News Highlights
R A Hoy arrived from San Francisco yesterday. M Abraham of San Francisco arrived this morning. T Fitzgibbons came from Wadsworth yesterday. A broken engine was moved to Sacramento shops for repairs. Laveaga left for Palo Alto to enter Stanford University for English and political economy. Mrs Lillian M Hollister spoke at Armory hall, crowd deterred by bad weather. Adversity flattered no man but dyspepsia turns attention to Hood s Sarsaparilla as a cure.
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M. Abraham
San Francisco
T. Fitzgibbons
Wadsworth
Sacramento
K A
Laveaga
Palo Alto
Cal
Stanford University
Hood
Warships Reach Manila With U S Infantry Units
The transport Columbia arrived at Manila with headquarters and five companies of the Thirty-fourth U S Volunteer Infantry under Colonel L V W Kennon. In London the Dutch Consul General Dr B J Maas will take charge of Transvaal interests in Britain at South African Republic government request.
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Columbia
Manila
Thirty-fourth
U. S. Volunteer Infantry
L. V. W. Kennon
South African Republic
London
B. J. Maas
Transvaal
Great Britain
McCrum
United States
Pretoria
Vermont Welcomes Admiral Dewey During Oct 12 Visit
Vermont extends an official welcome to Admiral Dewey in Montpelier. He is entertained by relatives and friends, reviews a parade from the State House steps, receives a governor's medal, and is greeted by Mayor Seuter. Norwich University cadets, former students of the Admiral, form his personal guard.
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Mont *Elier
Vermont
Admiral Dewey
State House
Smith
Seuter
Norwich University
University
Back From Klondike: Fitzgibbons Returns to Wadsworth Streets
Ex conductor Tom Fitzgibbons, once partner to Ike Lothrop in the Klondike expedition, appeared on Wadsworth streets this week. He looks hale and hearty and says Yukon life is overdone with too many men for the jobs, advising staying away for now.
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Klondike
Wadsworth Dispatch
Tom Fitzgibbons
Ike Lothrop
Yom
Alaska
Yukon
Altar Society Meeting At Lafayette Hotel On Oct 12 1899
Altar Society members are asked to attend at the Lafayette hotel on Thursday October 12 at 3 P M to transact important business. The notice is signed by President Mrs J W Guessford and Secretary Mrs A Seeliger. Also noted a cholera incident in Stockbridge Ga where Rev W B Costley was treated with Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy and says it saved his life. W A Brown druggist carries the remedy.
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Altar Society
The
Lafayette Hotel
J. W. Guessford
A. Seeliger
W. B. Costley
Stockbridge
Ellenwood
State
Chamberlain
W. A. Brown
Cantor of San Francisco To Exhibit Fall Millinery Here
San Francisco milliner Cantor, renowned for leadership in hats, will visit Winnemucca this month with a full line of fall and winter millinery. She will also showcase silk waists and skirts. Ladies should await her arrival for a wide selection and latest styles.
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Cantor
San Francisco
Winnemucca
Fancy trimmed and walking huts arrive at Capital Restaurant
Just arrived new lot of fancy trimmed and walking huts at Capital Restaurant on Low Bridge Street. Call early and get one before they sell out.
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Low Bridge Street
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Armory Hall
William Fletcher
Sir Thomas Lipton
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New York Harbor
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Cerum
Amhel
Paris
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Journal du Peuple
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