Boers and British clash amid Ladysmith siege reports
Across dispatches from Ladysmith and Kimberley dated Nov 2 to Nov 6, British forces describe the Boers as routing at Bester's Hill but others say Ladysmith remains invested. Cavalry, lancers, and a field battery attacked, with heavy Boer losses and camp capture. reports of wires cut and shifting fortunes persist.
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London
Ladysmith
Bester’s Hill
Times
Lancasters
Daily Mail
Kuruman
British Bechuanaland
Bechuanaland
Delarey
Kimberley
Wreyburg
G. W. Stevens
Nicholsons Nek
Cape Town
Standard
Simons Town
Cape Colony
Drurban
Natal
Pretoria
Cronje
Mafeking
Randstand
Boers Defeated Near Ladysmith In Natal Fighting
A Ladysmith dispatch reports heavy clashes near Ladysmith with 30 Boers captured on George Tatham’s farm. Boers under John Wessels occupy positions west of Besters, tearing up a railway culvert near Pieter’s station. Colenso reportedly in Boer hands. volunteers withdraw as clashes continue.
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Estcourt
Natal
Ladysmith
George Tatham
Orange Free State
Besters
Nosdwathshana
Pepworth
Pieter’s
Colenso
Tatham
Farquhar's Farm missing count and casualties report
Durban dispatch dated November 6 reports the official roll call for November 2 shows 43 members of the Gloucestershire regiment and Royal Irish Fusiliers missing after the Farquhar's Farm engagement. Thirty-two Gloucestershire, ten Royal Irish Fusiliers, and two from the Tenth Mountain Battery were killed. between 70 and 100 escaped, with 150 wounded taken to Ladysmith.
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Durban
Gloucestershire Regiment
Royal Irish Fusiliers
Farquhar’s Farm
Tenth Mountain Battery
Ladysmith
Boers Shell Ladysmith From Groblers Hill
Heavy firing reported at Ladysmith with shelling from Groblers Kloof hill. Boers continue to shell Colenso and Fort Wylie but shells are reportedly falling short and attempts to bring heavy guns into position are noted.
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Ladysmith
Groblers Hill
Colenso
Groblers Kloof Hill
Colense
Fort Wylie
British Lancers Arrive in Cape Town Amid Welcoming Honors
The British transport Ninevah reached Cape Town with the New South Wales Lancers from Aldershot. On landing, municipal authorities and the public gave a warm reception to the arriving unit.
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Cape Town
Ninevah
England
New South Wales Lancers
Aldershot
Elevator falls injure ten in Phoenix Building
In Minneapolis the Phoenix building elevator fell five stories with passengers aboard. Ten people were injured, several seriously, as heavy counterweights detached after a cable failure. Victims include C B Trafton and J H Talmadge among others. recovery expected.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Phoenix
C. B. Trafton
L. Armstrong
Carvey Donaldson
J. H. Talmadge, Sr
W. H. Place
Arthur Fredenburg
Edwin Lindahl
Charles B. Marvin
J. H. Talmadge
Iowa Man Invents Portable Engine for Horse Vehicles
Milwaukee reports a 75 pound machine is designed to attach to any horse drawn vehicle and reach speeds of 50 miles per hour. A stock company with one million dollars backing plans to manufacture in Milwaukee with a nationally known figure to lead the enterprise.
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Iowa
Milwaukee
Wis
United States
Explosion at Washington Ave shoe plant kills four men
An explosion of liquid cement in the basement of the Roberts Johnson Rand building on Washington Ave in St Louis yesterday afternoon burned four workers. Injured men Elmer Conley Joe Mulconry James Braid and Ellis Biggerstaff were rushed to the dispensary with life threatening burns.
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St. Louis
Washington Ave
Roberts, Johnson & Rand Shoe Company
Elmer Conley
Joe Mulconry
James Braid
Ellis Biggerstaff
Cavalry Swims River to Take Bongbong Town
Chase's Third Cavalry and Rivers' Fourth Cavalry swam the river to surround Bongbong and enter the town. The garrison escaped. Six rifles and ammunition were captured.
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Manila
Chase
Third Cavalry
Fourth Cavalry
Bongbong
Prominent Montezuma Man Believed to Have Committed Suicide
Montezuma Iowa November 7. G L Bose man a prominent citizen and Dud Yellow who died suddenly here last week is now believed to have killed himself due to financial troubles. Investigators find he was short about 527000 in his accounts with land deal customers and money paid to cancel mortgages he did not apply to that purpose.
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Montezuma
G. L. Boseman
New Lumber Record Seen With Half Billion Cut
Minneapolis reports a potential annual lumber record as mills run past November 15. If activity continues, the year’s total will top 550 million feet, exceeding last year’s 469 million by about 81 million feet.
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Minneapolis
Mill Owner Injured by Vicious Bull Near Cromwell
John Smalley, a mill owner living near Cromwell Indiana, was attacked by a bull and fatally injured. He suffered internal injuries and both legs were broken.
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Cromwell
Ind
John Smalley
Pearson Defies School Transport Rule in Hoosier Truancy Case
Fiora Indiana November 4 John Pearson refuses to send his 7 year old daughter to school claiming the two mile rule. Trustee John M Flora seeks opinion from Attorney General Taxlor to resolve whether conveyance must be provided when a child travels over three fourths of a mile by fields and woods or two and a half miles by road.
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Fiora
Ind
John Pearson
John M. Flora
Taxlor
Pearson
National Women Suffrage Association to Meet in Indianapolis
Indianapolis Nov 6 The National Woman's Suffrage Association plans its annual meeting in Indianapolis in December with a large attendance expected. It will be Susan B Anthony's last presidency, with her birth date noted February 15 and she will not seek reelection. Distinguished speakers include Anna Howard Shaw Henry B Blackwell Alice Stone Blackwell Carrie Chapman Catt Harriet Taylor Upton Mary B Clay Laura Clay Sally Clay Bennett Lily Devereux Blake and other leaders.
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Indianapolis
National Womin’s Suffrage Association
Dee,land
Susan B. Anthony
Anthony
Susan Bo Anthony
Anna Howard Shaw
Henry B. Blackwell
Alice Stone Blackwell
Boston
Carrie Chatman Catt
Harriet Taylor Upton
Ohio
Mary B. Clay
Laura Clay
Mars
Sally Clay Bennett
Explosion at Aetna powderworks kills two workers
A blast rocked the Aetna powderworks mixing house in Aetna Indiana killing two employees. Five hundred pounds of dynamite exploded, with the shock felt as far as Valparaiso and beyond. The cause remains unknown as potential witnesses are dead. One victim identified as Christian son, the other unnamed.
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Aetna
Disease Breaks Out In Fort Wayne City Council Action
Fort Wayne reports a smallpox scare as the city council allocates 3000 for health board efforts. Mrs. Charles Axt and her child were found ill, neighbors exposed, and St Pauls parochial school closed after quarantine of the surrounding area.
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Fort Wayne
Board of Health
Charles Axt
St. Paul’s
Silk Thieves Operate in Northern Indiana Region
Silk robbers broke into George Winnedge & Co. dry goods store and stole 3300 in fine silks. They forced entry by removing ironwork from a heavily barred window. Similar robberies in Goshen, South Bend and several Illinois cities suggest an organized gang is active in the area.
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Indiana
Elkhart
Ind
George Winnedge & Co
Goshen
South Bend
Illnnis
German at Princeton Falls Heir to $75,000 Estate
William Reas, a farmhand living near Princeton, Indiana, learned he inherited a $75,000 estate from a distant German relative. He left Germany 153 years ago to avoid army service, arriving in New York then settling near Princeton.
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Princeton
Ind
William Reas
Germany
Reas
New York
Stabbed His Brother-in-Law in Covington Incident
Covington Indiana November 7 Zack Jenkins was stabbed by his brother in law Stephen Lyons and his condition is alarming Jenkins went to his sister s home intoxicated demanded breakfast found fault with it and struck his sister Her husband ran to her rescue and the trouble ended Lyons is described as a quiet good citizen
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Covington
Ind
Zack Jenkins
Stephen Lyons
Mr. Jenkins
Mr. Lyons
Woman Captures a Negro Burglar in Indianapolis
Mrs James L Lodge of Indianapolis yesterday captured a negro burglar in her home. She found the thief looting her husband’s wardrobe and held him until assistance arrived after her screams. At the stationhouse the suspect said he had a hard tussle with the woman but could not shake her off.
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Indianapolis
James L Lodge
Captain Christopher F. Hettler Dies in Fort Wayne
Captain Christopher F. Hettler prominent German citizen and G A R member dies in Fort Wayne. He served as captain of Company O, One Hundred and Forty second Indiana during the war and was an active Odd Fellow.
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Christopher F. Hettler
Fort Wayne
Company O
One Hundred and Forty-second
Indiana
Stole a church from Morrison grounds in Indiana
Forrest Indiana November 7 W E Morrison contemplates action against a man who removed a church donated to a group called The Soul Sleepers from Morrison’s grounds. Charles Andrews supplied the materials and labor funded by the congregation with land and building to revert if not used for church purposes. The church now sits on another man’s land being converted into a dwelling. Morrison weighs injunction versus larceny action.
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Soul Sleepers
Morrison
Schooner Chuiquila Ashore Near Miller's Station
The schooner Chuiquila ran aground near Miller's Station Indiana after a two day gale on the lake. Eight crewmen are feared lost with one body lashed to a mast and another found on the beach. The vessel was badly battered and a total wreck at grounding.
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Miller’s Station
Millers Station
Ind
Hanging death in Indiana barn shocks Clark County
In Bunyantown Clark County Indiana Jerry Nov. 8? years old was found dead yesterday having taken his own life by hanging in a barn near here. He left home Thursday and was found by a son. He was a man of considerable means who lived in the county most of his life. No cause is known for the act.
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Bunyantown
Ind
Tjerry
Clark County
Snlickiv
Remonstrance Upheld Against Mason Saloon License
Judge Mount of the Howard circuit court upheld a remonstrance by Russiaville citizens against John R. Mason’s license to operate a saloon. Mason’s June filing was opposed, but commissioners delayed. Court ruled remonstrance effective two years from filing and instructed county to deny license for that period.
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Russiaville
Ind
Scottish Rite Masons Set Fall Convocation Dates
The Scottish Rite of Indiana will hold its fall convocation in Indianapolis on November 21 to 23. Day one sees the Adoutram grand lodge of Perfection grant degrees four through fourteen. Day two features Sarafah council granting the tenth and sixteenth degrees and Rose Croix confer the eleventh and eighteenth. Day three ends with the Indiana sovereign consistory conferring degrees nineteen to thirty two.
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Indianapolis
Scottish Rite of
Indiana
Adoutram Grand Lodge c of Perfection
Sarafah Council
Princes of Jerusalem
Amputation and Church Fire Reported in Indiana Towns
In Tipton county Sidney Leason, 15, suffered a severe ankle injury from a catfish spur causing blood poisoning and his leg was amputated. In Ebenezer the new M E church burned down yesterday with a $3,000 loss, coincidentally tied to a sermon theme about building anew.
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Tipton
Ind
Sidney Leason
Ebenezer
M. E
Mr. Baker
Fire destroys Mooresville general store in Waverly
The Marion Fields general store at Waverly, Mooresville, was destroyed by fire. Loss estimated at 3000 dollars with 700 dollars insured. Cause of the blaze is not yet determined.
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Mooresville
Ind
Marion Fields
Waverly
Market Quotations From Nov 6 Grain and Live Stock
Prevailing prices for grain and provisions on November 6 reflect dull Wheat at OTC and Chicago notes. Indiana market shows mixed oats firm cattle steady hogs strong with specific bid ranges. Chicago figures show precise opens closes across wheat corn pork lard ribs and cash market closing values.
Cincinnati Grain and Livestock Prices Report
Grain and livestock prices from Cincinnati and Chicago show mixed activity. Wheat No 2 red at 71 cents, corn No 2 mixed 85 4 cents, hogs $3.45 to $4.20, sheep $2.00 to $3.90, lambs around $3.25 to $5.10, cattle at $2.75, hogs $3.50, lambs $4.25 to $3.65.
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Cincinnati
Toledo Grain Market Report Highlights Prices
Wheat higher at No 2 cash 69340 and corn, oats steady. No 2 mixed prices at 34 and 23e with dull market for oats.
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Hoosierdom
Jerry Noel
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World
Indianapolis Journal
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Sullivan
P. A. Barco
East Side Public Square
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