Cape Colony War Debate Intensifies Over Brutal Policies
In a House of Commons debate on the Colonial Office budget, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman pressed for a war update as Cape Colony faces invasion. Chamberlain defended concentration camps, claimed Boers favor surrender, and warned that natives employed by British forces would be court-martialed and executed if captured. The session grew heated with calls for clearer terms and harsher measures against insurgents.
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London
House of Commons
Colonial Office
Cape Colony
Cape
Lord Kitchener
Kritzinger
Chamberlain
Botha
Dewet
Schalkburger
Raki
Edward Gray
Redmond
Pawate SR
The
Daily News
Standard
Chamberlains Declaration Sparks Alarm in Britain
London reports show Mr Chamberlains government threatening sterner action against Cape rebels and promising execution for blacks shot by Boers. Troop withdrawals planned by late September prompt mixed responses, with papers split between resolve and fear of terror.
Britain Faces War Crimes Dilemma in Guerrilla War
The Times notes growing turmoil and rising costs for the Imperial treasury as Lord Kitchener may soon be ordered to treat armed British captives as prisoners of war. It warns of brutal reprisals, condemns brigandage, and cites a Daily News correspondent who accuses authorities of arming natives and deploying armed blacks in Kimberley, Bechuanaland, and Mafeking areas.
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Mr. Chamberlain
Lord Kitchener
Chamberlain
Daily News
Kimberley
Beeueland
Transvaal
Mafeking
Kruger interview cites harsher Boer camps claims
Paris dispatch notes Figaro interview with Mr Kruger denying British camp cruelty charges and asserting camps are far worse than reported. He defends Boer liberty, rejects protectorate, and predicts Britain will grant their rights with divine support. Fischer present says nothing on Kruger's U S visit yet.
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Paris
the Figaro
Kruger
Lord Kitchener
Boers in Cape Colony Put at 700 to 1,000 Strong
The Cape Town Daily Mail correspondent says Boers in Cape Colony total 700 to 1,000, mostly rebels, contrasting with a later official figure. The authorities fear a prolonged war, possibly another year, unless vigorous efforts are made. A Daily Express message also warns of a final stand south of the Orange River and six months of resistance.
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London
Cape Town
Daily Mail
Cape Colony
Daily Express
Oo River
Boers Reported Invading Portuguese Territory
Lourenzo Marques correspondent of the Daily Mail says the Boers number five hundred and crossed the line near Nandzi heading toward Komatipoort. A Wiss farmer reports his farm buildings burned, stock driven off, wife and servants missing. 144 Portuguese troops pursue the invaders. Standerton dispatch notes Kitchener met Botha and Dewet near Plat Raad. Botha demands continued fighting and delays surrender.
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London
Lourenzo Marques
Daily Mail
Nandzi
Komatipoort
Standerton
Transvaal
Walter Kitchener
Louis Botha
Dewet
Plat Raad
Kru
Botha
Seven Lennox crew recount voyage from Manila to San Francisco
Seven men from the disabled steamer Lennox tell how a broken shaft and scarce provisions left the ship adrift off the California coast. They, plus seventeen cabin and forty five second class passengers, faced a perilous drift until a volunteer crew salvaged them and reached Piedras Blancas lighthouse.
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San Francisco
Lennox
Manila
Piedras Blanca
George Looms
J. Spratt
J. Lee
Frank West
P. T. Flaherty
James P. Scanion
Nagasaki
Coata
Williamson
Piedras Blancas
Slocum
Tug Slocum Aids Lennox Near San Francisco
War Department reports tug Slocum, dispatched to assist the disabled transport Lennox, expected to reach the Lennox at 2 AM near San Francisco. Lennox, a chartered transport, was returning to the port to be turned over to her owners.
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Washington
Long
San Francisco
War Department
Slocum
Lennox
National Officers Of Amalgamated Association En Route To New York
National officers of the Amalgamated Association travel to New York to meet Mr Morgan after a conference with Veryl Preston in Pittsburg. Shaffer and leaders seek a clearly defined wage conference agenda before reopening talks with steel companies, amid hopes for a peaceful settlement of the ongoing steel strike.
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Pittsburg
New York City
Amalgamated Association
Shaffer
New York
Pennsylvania Limited
Association
Veryl Preston
Henry
Fifteen Amalgamated leaders aboard train for New York
A special dispatch from Altoona reports fifteen Amalgamated Association officials left Pittsburg on the Pittsburg limited for New York to meet United States Steel Corporation executives. They aim to settle the steel strike and refused to discuss specific terms. Secretary Williams noted only Vice President C. H. Davis of Chicago was absent.
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Pittsburg
Altoona
Amalgamated
United States Steel Corporation
Amalgamated Association
New York
Shaffer
Pittsburg Limited
East
Labor Organization
Willams
C. H. Davis
Chicago
Metropolis
Workers
Veryl Preston
East End
Mr. Preston
Amalgamated Board
Steel strike talks in New York and Wellsville clash
Reports from Washington Canton and Wellsville detail the steel strike state. Union and nonunion mills face wage and organizing conflicts as conferees meet in New York after clashes over nonunion membership and wage scales. Nine new workers arrive in Wellsville as pickets fail to block entry.
First Dekalb lynching in Smithville as Charley Davis is hanged
Charles Davis accused of criminal assault on Miss Kate Hues was taken from the Smithville courthouse by about twenty five relatives and friends. He was hanged a quarter mile from town after a mob overran the courtroom. Sheriff J T Odom Deputy Bob Odom and Constable Maney Pass were injured while trying to intervene. Milton Hues, a Smithville grocer and father of the victim, led the mob. The body was hanged to a tree and the mob dispersed amid ongoing unrest.
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Smithville
Tenn
Dekalb County
Charley Davis
Kate Hues
Miss Hues
Davis
J. T. Odom
Bob Odom
Maney Pass
Milton Hues
Governor says, were no marks. Everything is auldt today
Edmond Scott was hanged in Lagrange Georgia today for the murder of two Negro women named Carrie and Mina Hugely. Authorities reported no further trouble and emphasized the day as orderly.
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Lagrange, Ga
Edmond Scott
Carrie
Mina Hugely
Four Drownings Reported In Ohio River Incident
At Chesapeake landing near Huntington West Virginia two grandchildren aged four and five and mother Mrs John T Hemming of Central City drowned when a trail craft boat was upset by waves as the steamer Sunshine passed by. Kathleen Hemming, 14, drowned. George Clutter 15 and Thelma Apperson 7 were rescued. One Hemming child’s body recovered at Ironton. A second drowning case noted: Percy Proctor Jr Cincinnati found in Cayuga lake near Ithaca New York last Saturday, body located today by a farmer near the beach.
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Huntington
W. Va
John T. Hemming
Central City
Kathleen
Chesapeake Landing
Ohio River
Sunshine
George Clutter
Thelma Apperson
Hemming
Ironton
Ithaca
N. Y
Percy Proctor, Jr
Cincinnati
Cayuga Lake
Wreck on Open Switch Wrecks Dayton trolley near Springfield
A Dayton to Springfield trolley crashed into a coal car on an open switch near Donnellsville, injuring fourteen seriously including Miss Loretta Sullivan of Indianapolis and Miss Ward of Indianapolis. Motorman Lindenwood and Conductor Brandon badly hurt. many residents of Springfield reported among the injured.
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Loretta Sullivan
Ward
Springfield, O
Dayton, Springfield & Urbana
Dayton
Don
BE. L. Lindenwood
Cc. D. Brandon
Blanche Gallehue
Springfield
Richard Schutte
George Conrad
Honey Singer
Ree Zelma Turner
H. Brandon
Pleasant Hill
Henry Leaty
Louie Laiblee
A. Miller
Ida Hartman
Carl Smith
Selma
Sam Glover
Jerry Beard
Indianapole
Miss Ward
Indianapolis
John Fogarty
Springfeld
Robert Cochran
Charles Higler
Minor Plagerman
Mary Plagerman
William Woods
Mob hanges Charley Bentley in Leeds for murder
In Leeds Alabama a mob lynched Charley Bentley a Black man after a coroner verdict held him responsible for the murder of Jim Vann and assault on Mrs Williams. Vann and family were asleep when attacked. Vann slain by a rock blow and Bentley fled before capture.
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Birmingham
Ala
Charley Bentley
Jim Vann
Williams
Leeds
St. Clair County
Alabama
Bentley
Vann
Banks Plan to Pay Deposits in Full
New York Aug 2 unofficially announced that Seventh National Bank directors have nearly completed plans to pay all deposits in full. It is claimed that 2,000,000 has been guaranteed and an official statement is expected within a week. Controllers Dawes had urged a law to raise stockholder assessments to restore creditors.
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New York
Seventh National
Dawes
Seventh National Bank
Sull
Ac Oe
Expressly for Clara. Woman hospital after peach poison note
Mrs. Clara Wendell found a bag with two peaches on her doorstep and a note reading Expressly for Clara. She ate them and showed signs of strychnine poisoning. Edward De Forrest was arrested after a quarrel with the woman led to suspicion.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Clara Wendell
Clara
Edward de Forrest
Rumors of Lynchings in Carrollton Unfounded Says Sheriff
In Carrollton Mississippi rumors of new lynchings circulated but proved baseless. A posse hunted suspects in the Taliaferro murder case with no arrests by nine tonight while three McCray siblings had been previously lynched. Sheriff Woodall released witnesses and reported calm as armed men remained out.
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Carrollton
Miss
Woodall
New Orleans
The
Picayune
Taliaferro
Sallie Sutton
Belford McCray
Governor returns from Carrollton amid lynching disgrace
Governor Longino arrived in Carrollton after last night’s lynching of three Black individuals accused only of complicity or knowledge of the Taliaferro murders. He urged restraint and criticized the widespread disgrace, as an alibi had been established for one man and one woman.
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Jackson
Miss
Longino
Carrollton
Taliaferro
Ex-Corn King's Losses Spurred State Ment to Customers
Chicago August 2 George H Phillips plans a circular to firm customers announcing resume of Board of Trade operations by Monday to Wednesday at latest The statement promises a full and satisfactory ledger summary before any new trades and asserts overpayments from the May deal totaled under 250000 About 9 percent of overpaid customers may refund the balance Phillips says no legal obligation to refund exists but hopes for voluntary repayment The firm paid brokers over 20000 today but will delay customer settlements until ledger review Osman resigned as secretary Philips assumed his stock and now serves as secretary and general manager.
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Chicago
George H. Phillips
Board of Trade
Phillips
Abel D. Osman
Osman
Tragedies of a Kind in Manti Utah
Rasmus Anderson, twenty seven, shot Miss Emily Campbell, twenty two, and P Christensen, the stage driver, then killed himself. Campbell, visiting Salt Lake, was lured home by a forged message about her mother’s oath. Anderson fired four shots as the stage headed here. two struck Campbell, one hit an arm, the driver’s arm was shattered. Campbell may recover.
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Manti
Utah
Rasmus Anderson
Emily Campbell
P. «. Christensen
Miss Campbell
Salt Lake
Anderson
Fatal double tragedy in Brownstown courtship ends in murder suicide
In Brownstown, Charleston county last night Wyatt Harless aged 30 shot and killed Maud Polley 18 in a romantic dispute. He then fired a bullet into his own head and may recover. Both from respectable families with Maud highly esteemed.
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Charleston
W. Va
Brownstown
Wyatt Harless
Maud Polley
Twenty Stowaways Rescued From Nord America Off New York
Twenty people were put aboard the steam pilot boat New York after the Nord America cleared the bar, claimed as stowaways by the captain. They denied the charge and said they were passengers robbed of pouches and money. The group stayed on the pilot boat overnight and were landed at Atlantic City this morning.
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New York
Nord America
Aulantie
Cresceus Smashes Early World Record Slow Wind Margin
Cresceus reduced his week old world record by about half a second in a mile trot attempt. The race featured a first half in 59.34 seconds and a 1 mile mark around 2:02.25, with wind potentially affecting the final time.
Crescens Triumphs In Record Mile At Columbus Grand Circuit
Crescens the trotting champion trotted a mile in 2 0 8 matches a week old record, wind hindered a faster time. Crowd of 12000 cheered as wreaths were placed and George Ketcham praised Ohio horses and Crescens’ power after the 2 31 pace test at the Columbus Grand Circuit meeting.
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Columbus
Crescens
Chame Pion
Cleveeland
Cresceus
George Ketcham
Tim Murnin
Ish Laho
Ketcham
Crepeceus
Mr. Ketcham
Ohio
Close of Grand Circuit Meet Harold H Captures 29 Pace
Columbus Aug 2 Twelve thousand spectators watched Harold H. win the 29 pace in straight heats at the Grand Circuit meeting closing today. The undefeated gelding led from the start, finishing each heat well ahead. Major Marshall took second, while John R. Potts won the 2.1 pace in a dominant drive from the six-horse field.
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Columbus
Crescens
Harold H
Feld
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Canton
M. A. Hanna
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Steel Trust
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H. H. Thompson
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Wuischner Music Company
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