Boers Expect War as Britain Presses for Pretoria
London dispatches report deepening gloom in Transvaal as Boers resist Britain's stance. Transvaal moves to draft reply to Chamberlain while arming burghers and preparing to march. Orange Free State in secret session. Cape frontier patrols tighten. Armored train to Ladysmith and Bechuanaland border guards bolster defense amid rising unrest among local groups.
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London
Transvaal
Pretoria
Cape Town
Executive Council
Orange Free State
Free State
Chamberlain
Raad
Great Britain
Johannesburg
Blake
Cape
Dundee
King’s Rifles
Ladysmith
Fifth Lancers
Bechuanaland
Pietermartingburg
Natal
Durban
Alfred Milner
South Africa
Pall Mall Gazette
War Office
Currie Line to Sail Braemar Castle with Troops to Cape
The Currie Line received orders from the Admiralty to prepare the Braemar Castle to sail for the Cape on October 6 with 1,400 officers and men. The ship's passenger list is canceled as workmen convert it into a transport. A fresh batch of troops is being assembled, though the exact composition remains unknown. Some London South African circles expect no war and anticipate Boers’ capitulation to British demands.
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Aldershot
Currie Line
Admiralty
Braemer Castle
Cape October
Braemar Castle
London
Bank President Sentenced to Seven Years in Utah Penitentiary
Judge Thayer of the U S Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court ruling in the United States v. Bacon. James H Bacon, former president of the American National Bank, was convicted of making false reports to the Comptroller of the Currency about the bank's condition on December 28, 1893. He is sentenced to seven years and must surrender to the U S District Marshal for Utah. appeal claimed trial errors.
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ST. Paul
Thayer
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
United States Court For
District of Utah
United States of America
James H. Bacon
Bacon
United States
Utah
Acon
United States District Court of
Release of the Prisoners in Manila News
Manila reports that American authorities refused Spain's request to send a vessel under the Spanish flag to collect prisoners at insurgent ports. They will use an American ship instead. Aguinaldo says prisoners will be delivered by October 9. Tagals seek protection under American sovereignty. A native officer offered 1000 Maccabee tribesmen to defend Laguna de Bay. Fighting near Cebu involved the Nineteenth, Sixth, Twenty-third Infantry and Sixth Artillery.
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Manila
Jaramillo
Spain
Philippine Islands
Aguinaldo
Minanao
Fireman's blaze cremates three boys at Buckskin Farm
Fire destroyed the Wiltze farmhouse at Buckskin Indiana le n the morning. Michael Wiltze and his two sons aged 8 and 11 perished as well as a 17 year old named Grice in the blaze.
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Buckskin
Ind
Michael Wiltze
Griece
Garrison in Danger Amid Insurgent Movements Near Manila
Manila dispatch reports insurgents urging Malabon natives to rise against the American garrison. Captain Allen near the big church with 70 men struggles to patrol amid manpower needs. English observers note favorable treatment of American prisoners and possible defectors among Filipinos. Aguinaldo enforces order, while Paterno falls from favor for peace tactics. Fire destroys Storage & Warehouse Company. India storm causes 800 deaths. Jamaica talks of steamship cables to South Africa. Chicago reaches New York after a long voyage. flag changes signal shift in fleet command.
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Manila
Malabon
Allen
Sixteenth Infantry
Tarlae
Vittoria
Associated Press
Aguinaldo
Mariquima
Paterno
Dewey Fund Reaches 42145 and Western Crime Sparks Interest
The Dewey Home Fund totals 42145. A new yellow fever case is reported in Jackson Mississippi. Seligman of New York has engaged 750000 gold in London for shipment to America. The Pan Presbyterial Alliance meets in Washington with 25 million members. Thacker and posse search Bisbee Arizona for Cochise train robbers. Stockman John Duncan killed at Hooker’s Hot Springs with George Morgan implicated. Ha v a n a stevedores resume work as Ha vana port operations normalize. A five story brick building on Filbert Street in Philadelphia houses Mackey Furniture on lower floors and Reliance on upper floors.
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Jackson, Miss
J. & W.seligman & Company of
New York
London
America
John Duncan
Hooker's Hot Springs
Arizona
George Morgan
Havana
Filbert Street
Philadelphia
Mackey Furniture Company
Reliance
Fatal threshing machine explosion kills farmer in South Dakota
Sioux Falls, Sept 27 A threshing machine exploded on Henry Brandt's farm killing Brandt and fatally injuring Fred Lance while seriously burning Robert Smith Lance, a former private in the First Nebraska regiment, had just returned from the Philippines Brandt's body was found mangled in a straw stack 200 feet away
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Sioux Falls
Henry Brandt
Brandt
Fred Lance
Robert Smith
Lance
Philippines
Nebraska
McVeagh Pleads Carter Case in Courtmartial Row
Washington Sept 27 Attorney General Griggs heard Wayne McVeagh counsel in the courtmartial of Army Captain O M Carter. McVeagh urged a judicial review saying affirming the proceedings would be cruel and wrong. He attacked the court as unfit and argued charges were a jumble of discordant counts.
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Washington
Griggs
Wayne McVeagh
0. M. Carter
Army
McVeagh
Costly Incendiary Fire Destroys Homes in New Madrid
A fire on Main Street New Madrid is believed incendiary and swept the west side destroying twenty two houses and offices. Loss estimated at 100000 dollars, partially insured. The suspected incendiary escaped.
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ST. Louis
Post-Dispatch
New Madrid
Main Street
Going Wild Over Dewey Denotes Naval Demonstration
Admiral Dewey and the Olympia head to the government anchorage with a procession of warships and newspaper boats in New York harbor. Rear Admiral Sampson retains full control of the naval portion of the Dewey honor demonstration, while Howison attends as a guest. In Kansas City, G A R Commander Shaw denounces the New York parade as insulting to Civil War veterans.
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Silver State
Wien
New York
Admiral Dewey
Atlantic Highlands
Olympia
Major Burbank
Fort Hancock
Government Anchorage
Thompkinsville
Dolphin
Allen
Dewey
Manila
Sampson
Howison
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Philip
Kansas City
Grand Army
Republc
Albert D. Shaw
Topeka
Shaw
Karl's Clover Toother Promises Cure for Digestive Ailments
Advertises Karl's Clover Toother claimed to cure constipation indigestion and sick headache for over fifty years. Prices 25 and 50 cents. Money refunded if results unsatisfactory. Eagle Drug Store.
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Karl
Eagle Drug Store
Richards the Photographer Arrives in Winnemucca from Wells
Richards the Photographer arrived on No 2 yesterday morning from Wells where he has been for two months. He will stay in Winnemucca a week or ten days before traveling to California. Calls for photos should be before October 8, as he leaves the 4th. He employs Mr Handley a leading Sacramento photographer and guarantees first class work.
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Darjeling
Kurseong
Kingston
Jamaica
Chicago
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Port Said
Tompkinsville
Lancaster
Dewey Home Fund
Pan-Presbyterian Alliance
World
Seasion
Washington Today
Thacker
Posse
Bisbee
Cochise
Carter
Admiral Sampson
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