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Newspaper
Wilson News
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1899
Page
3
Dispatches report Pretoria panics as Boers withdraw their five year franchise offer and prepare for possible action. Johannesburg notes a hostile reply to a British note and calls for renewed talks in Cape Town amid tense border movement and rail passenger crowds.
In Pittston Pennsylvania a clash at Steven's Colliery between striking miners non unionists and police led to one death and over twenty injuries as a thousand gathered at shift change. Police fired on the crowd and a second wave of violence is feared with reports of five deaths overall. The majority of those involved were Poles and Hungarians.
Labor men marked Labor Day with sports excursions and picnics, drawing large crowds. Letter carriers marching to Scranton impressed observers. The Central Federated Union met at Westchester Park in Brooklyn, while the Central Labor Union held a festival. The United Building Trades of Hudson County held a reunion in Baldwin Park Jersey City. Advices from across the country report broad observance.
A proclaimed medical marvel claims a record of cures unequaled in medical history proving God's Sarsaparilla has merit unknown to any other medicine.
Observers report signs of impending conflict as Pakeman, editor of the Transvaal Leader, is arrested while Moneypenny of the Johannesburg Star is absent. The Raad rejects English suzerainty and the five year franchise, with demonstrations signaling intent to repudiate Britain. Residents brace for war as officials stockpile, and key figures evacuate to Natal.
A Shanghai dispatch reports serious trouble in Kianshan Hinterland between Germans and Chinese. Six Chinese were shot. The German Minister issued an ultimatum to the Chinese Government demanding life and property security or Germany will take steps to protect its interests.
In Key West four yellow fever cases are confirmed. Acting Surgeon Eve wires Surgeon General Sternberg, who orders the Key West garrison of batteries B and N, First Artillery, moved to Fort McPherson Georgia for safety.
Gen Otis reports Lt Col Barnes has razed Argo Gula stronghold killing twenty one, wounding many and seizing large supplies. The town lies behind a near vertical road. an officer and two men were struck by falling boulders.
The National Letter Carrier's Association is in possession of the city for events in Scranton on September 4. An afternoon parade drew about three thousand participants with Postmasters Van Cott and Wilson from New York and Brooklyn. Postmaster General Smith and Assistant Heath, along with Governors Stone and Roosevelt, were expected to attend.
One fatal yellow fever case is reported in New Orleans on September 2. The news causes business disruption and quarantine concerns for nearby towns while the State Board of Health convenes to assess the situation.
The Olympia was sighted off Gibraltar this morning and fired salvos as Dewey arrived. Visitors stream from Cadiz Malaga and other Spanish ports and from Tangier to view the Manila hero. Dewey sails for New York on the fifteenth.
Havana reports seventeen yellow fever cases traced to Key West. Major Davis orders preventive measures and directs steamers from Tampa and Miami to sail directly to Havana, avoiding Key West contact.
The steamer Metiopis capsized a pleasure yacht on the Maumee River near Toledo last night. Ten people were aboard. five were rescued with difficulty and five drowned.
Five of Colonel Bell's regiment engaged a Filipino force near Perac. One American was killed and another wounded, but the rest routed the insurgents and drove them from the position near Manila.
Distressing kidney and bladder disease relieved in six hours by New GREAT SOUTH AMERICAN KIDNEY Cure. It relieves bladder and back pain and water retention almost immediately. For quick relief and cure, this remedy is sold by E F Nadal, Druggist, Wilson, N C.
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