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Newspaper
Wilson News
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1899
Page
2
London crowds greet ministers at Downing Street as the cabinet mulls mobilization amid Cape War tensions. Despatches indicate Britain eyeing Delagoa Bay, with Boer resistance growing and European allies weighing joint action.
At the State Farm in Raleigh on September 22 witnesses examined Wednesday reported testimony in favor of Dr H B Ferguson. Eight witnesses testified he was competent and attentive. Summerell witnesses praised his character but on cross examination cited cases where convicts were severely punished by whipping.
Cape Town September 23 During the parliamentary session Cecil Rhodes renewed his accusation that several members had accepted money from the Transvaal to influence policy. The claim follows prior public warnings about possible hostilities.
Report from Manila on September 25 states insurgents captured the Urdaneta gunboat on the Arani river. The Petrel found the vessel ten days overdue opposite Arani on the bay’s NW shore. The ship had been scuttled with nine missing crew members, including one officer, and its Nordenfeldt and Colt automatic one pounder guns were gone.
A lumber yard at Hencken & Willenbrock on East River burned this morning with a loss around two hundred thousand dollars. Four hundred pounds of government dynamite narrowly escaped detonation as watchmen hurled it into the river. Separate dispatches note military actions in the Philippines and a rising American flag on Sulu Island, with Otis solid with Washington and not recalled. An unrelated brief promotes Hart's Essence of Ginger as a remedy for colic and diarrheal pains.
The Rennes court martial costs are estimated at twenty thousand francs, payable by Dreyfus, plus his counsel fees. Generals appearing before the court received six dollars per day.
In Belgrade on September 25 two prisoners who attempted to assassinate ex-King Milan were condemned to death. Ten others received twenty year terms, one fifteen year term, and several five year terms.
Philadelphia dispatch reports Vice President Hobart seriously ill with kidney disease. Mrs Hobart is ill from a nervous collapse caused by intense caregiving amid his illness. The update notes Hobart is regarded as very sick.
Local AST Wilmington branch releases notice of upcoming annual meeting date and venue details. Officials urge members to attend and vote on agenda items. The notice emphasizes eligibility and registration requirements for attendees.
The notice lists numerous daily and service exceptions for lines including Scotland Neck Weldon Greenville Washington Clinton and Richmond with unusual times. It names agents Emerson Kenly and Moermeron as officials and outlines arrivals and departures with connections and Sundays and holidays variances.
Rochester N Y September 25 George F Danforth former Court of Appeals judge who had retired due to age dropped dead after concluding an argument in the Supreme Court this morning.
Passaic New Jersey reports Kaplan's Block, a tenement sheltering twenty families, burned at two this morning. One firefighter injured as tenants escaped, losing all their belongings. In Paris, the Petit Bleu notes Dreyfus's health is steadily improving amid public concern.
Madrid reports Admiral Montijo is placed on the reserve list and loses promotion rights for his Manila Bay surrender after defeat by Admiral Dewey. The sentence marks a formal judgment from the authorities.
Relief in six hours from distressing kidney and bladder illness attributed to New Great South American Kidney Cure. It claims rapid relief for bladder, kidney and back pain in both genders and immediate reduction of water retention. Sold by E F Nadal, Druggist, Wilson, NC.
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