Transvaal Reply Drafts Stir Diplomatic Speculation
London dispatches report the draft of the Transvaal reply to Chamberlain’s dispatch discussed by the Velkeraad. The British position remains unsettled with Kruger’s stance unclear while Cape Town papers split on outlook for war or peace.
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London
Transvaal
Catonies
Joseph Cham
Berlain
Velkeraad
Hen Berlain
Colonial Office
Associated Preas
Lond Wolseley
George Stewart White
Kruper
Chamberlain
Kruger
Great Britain
Cape
Natal
Chamber- Jaivs Korlay
Pretoria
Rand
Mlommponteln
Orange Free
Mead
Orange Free State
Tranzeant
Tacoma Jury Fails to Agree on Mayor Bribe Case
In Tacoma Washington the jury trying Mayor Johnson Nickens for soliciting a 12500 bribe to approve an ordinance compromise could not reach a verdict and was discharged after a night of deliberation. The trial had related allegations against the Tacoma Light and Water Company for fraud in selling the plant to the city.
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Tacoma
Wash
Johnson Nickens
Tacoma Light and Water Company
Twenty-Eighth to go to Manila aboard ship
Secretary Got ordered the Twenty-eighth Volunteers under Lieutenant-Colonel Leon Eli Méhle and the Twenty-ninth under Colonel Hardin from Fort McPherson for San Francisco to embark for the Philippines. The order followed the same form as other regiments.
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Silver State
Washington
Leon- Eli Médle
Hardin
Fort McPherson
San Francisco
Philippines
Hurricane destroys 200 homes in Anguilla and nearby islands
Advices from Anguilla and surrounding Leeward Islands report a September 7 hurricane wrecking 200 houses and leaving 800 people homeless. Similar property damage occurred on St Martin with widespread losses and disruption reported by St Kitts observers.
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Thomas
D. W
St. Kitts
Anguilla
Weet Britiah Islands
Leeward Group
St. Martin
War and the Press: Ludlow Approves Action on Reconcentrado
Secretary Root endorses General Ludlow's suppression of the Reconcentrado, a Havana paper. The War Department upholds the measure, stating the paper vile and indecent, and that publication rights do not override community protection. The petition for punishment is denied.
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Washington
Root
Ludlow
Reconcentrado
Havana
Secretary of War
General Ludlow
Brooke
War Department
President appoints Henry W. Dieder consul at Bremen
The President named Henry W. Dieder United States Consul at Magdeburg to be Consul at Bremen, replacing Louis Lange Jr who retires after a State Department probe into his office methods. In Owen Sound, Ontario, about 130 Canadian Pacific freight handlers struck for higher wages, guiding tensions around docks as 25 special constables arrived from Toronto to protect new workers.
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United States
Bremen
Frank Mason
Mason
State Department
Washington
The
Presnt
Henry W. Dieder
Magdecure
Louis Lange Jr
Owen Sound
Ont
Sept. M
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Toronto
Pridgeon
Windsor
Exposition Opens at Philadelphia Announcement
President McKinley pressed the telegraph key at the White House to start machinery for the Philadelphia Export Exposition. There were no incidental ceremonies noted.
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Washington
Sept
President McKinley
Painters Win Partial Victory in Wage Battle
Philadelphia report says twenty employers agreed to a wage increase after a strike by Amalgamated Journeymen Painters. The action reflects a partial win for the union as negotiations continue.
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Philadelphia
Amalgamated Journeymen Painters
Alexander at Gibraltar sails coal to Manila station
The collier Alexander, sailing from Norfolk August 30 with a full coal cargo for the Manila naval station, has arrived at Gibraltar. Also reports of floods in Salzbourg area with troops deployed as waters recede slowly.
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Silver State
Gibraltar
United States
Alexander
Norfolk
Manila
Salzeburg
Austria
Tragic Collision on Pittsburg Virginia & Charleston Line
Two railroad workers died and two others were injured near Bairds Station after a collision between the pay train and a freight train on the Pittsburg Virginia and Charleston line. The dead include engineer Edward Reheacher and fireman Charles Hettig. paymaster James B. Halken among the injured. A miscommunication of orders caused the accident.
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Pittsburg
Pittsburg, Virginia &Harleston
Bairds Station
Edward Reheacher
Charles Hettig
James B. Halken
Orde
Riots, Rumors and Courtroom Grip in New York and London
Conflicting testimony erupts as Mayor Van Wyck faces a heated inquiry over the Ramapo water contract and alleged misdeeds by officials. Croker accuses secrecy while judges urge prosecutions for notarized depositions. across the Atlantic, Dreyfus demonstrations echo calls for broader liberty amid tariff and trade debates in London and New York.
Trust Conference discord shows rift over committee bias
Day two of the Trust Conference in Chicago opened with William Wirt Howe presiding as delegates and spectators dwindled. A debate over appointing a fifteen member committee without reading or debate split factions, with an amendment to let delegates appoint one from each state passing 9 to 14.
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Taylor
Indiana
Prince
Texas
Collins
Tiiis
Award Rosewater
Omaha Bee
United States
Cochran
Reach
Lawson
Purdy
New York Tariff Reform
East End
Dreyfus
peHenes
Chicago
Sept
Wiliam Wirt Howe
New Orleans
Howe
House
F.C. Farr
Missouri
Atkinson
West Virginia
Luce
Michigan
Nevada Cavalry Delayed in Newport Departure
The Nevada Cavalry could not sail on the Newport and will take the next available transport. Colonel Charles Denby and Professor Dean Worcester of the Philippine Commission have been instructed by President McKinley to return as soon as possible.
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Manila
Nevada Cavalry
Newport
Chas, Denby
Dean Worcester
Philippine Commission
McKinley
Rifles Against Our Cannon In Pacific Engagement
The dispatch from Manila dated Sept 14 reports Admiral Watson detailing a sharp battle at Balemao. The Paragua, under Davidson, silenced insurgents in about twenty minutes after taking hits, destroying a captured Filipino schooner. Filipino police, 250 strong, armed and organized by the provost marshal, were reviewed in Manila.
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Washington
Navy Department
Admiral Watson
Manila
Secretary of Navy
Davidson
Paragua
Balemao
Ocasion
Luneta
Floods claim victims across German Austrian regions
Flood waters devastate southern Germany and Austria with rail bridge collapse at Isen causing a train wreck and five deaths. Danube tributaries flood, Schwarza bridge at Payerbach sinks, ten people swept away. In Kalisch Poland a synagogue panic crushes thirty two women and children, many injured.
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Berlin
Seamen Strike Halts Tyne Shipping Movements
Seamen prevented from leaving the Tyne as a shipping strike continues. Ships including the Montreal Liner Cervon and the steamer Silverdale are unable to depart while crews press the strikers’ demands. Information from The Bilowr State's Leased Wire reports tense conditions aboard.
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London
Tyne
Montreal
Cervon
Silverdale
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Maxet
Coeneel Mors
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Chicago Chronicle
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