09 Feb 1900
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Newspaper
Akron Daily Democrat
Location
Akron, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1900
Page
2
Descriptions from the Lady Smith area note Boer forces and light bombardment from Bulwana hill and Colenso plateau. Reports mention movements east of Splonkop and heavy baggage, with ambulances headed to the main hospital. Mafeking reports forty Fenian prisoners including a former station master amid treason suspicions.
Ottawa reports total expenses for organizing and supporting two Canadian contingents in South Africa up to May 1 amounting to 2,000,000 dollars. The finance minister will introduce a resolution to provide for this expenditure.
Dispatch from Modder River reports General Hector MacDonald with his brigade returning from Roodesborg drift after making no successful reconnoiters.
Foreign military attaches will leave for the front today as part of ongoing wartime movements.
The British Medical Institute announces that a panel of eminent physicians will provide free three month treatments to all invalids who call at Office Room 36 Central Office Building before March 1. Services include consultation examination and minor surgical operations with frank advice if incurable. De Arthur Rideout leads the institute with daily hours 9 AM to 8 PM with no Sunday tours.
A partitioned wreck on the Peninsula division of the Western rail line near Fort River left nine dead and six injured after freight No 580 crashed into the rear of the Fellah branch accommodation. The late passenger train halted at Ford Hiver to take on passengers when the freight roared by at speed. Rescue teams worked amid a heavy snow scene as the wreck telescoped a passenger coach and other cars, with several victims identified from Escanaba and surrounding towns.
Edmond Galev of the Admertont lite steamship Rt. Louis was detained yesterday on the charge of stealing two lines of value from a ship in New York. The crew, including Morehouse and Che pitaywata, were reported aboard at Arlie on December 18. The theft involved bills stolen from Kerlin in New York.
Telegram from Rear Admiral Witton reports that on the Wheeling explosion off Tone Kong two enlisted men were killed and several injured. Families of the deceased and wounded will receive subscriptions totaling 114,000, with the wounded reportedly doing well.
Horrific scene reported in New York with James J Brown, killer of Policeman Charles Gebbardt, dying after a jail execution fall in Jersey City. Witnesses described a slow, brutal death as the drop mechanism activated and disturbances followed. The incident ended a violent night of events surrounding the convict's capital punishment attempt.
A heated scramble over the Clark local option bill dominates Ohio politics. Liquor interests press Governor Nash and Lieut. Gov Caldwell to defeat or delay the measure. Conference at the Neil House with Nash, Caldwell, Molloy, Hester, and others signals a high-stakes effort to steer the bill away from Senate passage. Public notices urge opposition and warn of party consequences if the measure becomes law.
Hudsonian ticket agent Vulouw dept in Akraw advertises stormship passages to Europe via all landing lines with lowest rates. Full information and tickets available on request at the agency.
Akron officers report dangerous conditions as telephone wires are mishandled across the city. Chief Harrison cites the Thursday accident involving Policeman Howards and warns that open boxes and cut wires hanging on the street risk serious injuries. More care is necessary to prevent further incidents.
The Masons entertained wives and friends Thursday evening at the club room on South Ploward street. Prizes went to Miss Larriette Collins and Mr Howard Irwin. Burdened by odd spellings, the event featured the Valentine Mandolin Club and light refreshments.
Another advance pushed Diamond Mateh stock higher during the day with a peak at 6 28 and a closing figure of 1 27. A total of 6 75 shares changed hands as traders reacted to the annual camp report and sought gains before expiration.
Work will begin on a thorough overhaul of the oil factory at Greentown once the new plant of HW B. Camp is ready. The building will be equipped with new machinery and the elevator test in Minneapolis recently proved satisfactory, as planned by Mr. Camp.
Joseph Varney a Brinteld town ship farmer was fatally hurt when a falling tree while he chopped timber near his home pinned him to the ground fracturing his skull. He was about fifty two and lived with his aged mother.
The Loyal Auzeiger reports that the German protected cruiser Soedadler departed from the Bismarck archipelago for a punitive expedition against cannibals on the AcGiogivaley islands, following the murder and cannibalization of Berlin merchant Herr Nudtarke and Jost Acgust.
Mary Fox arraigned in Mayor's court for assault and battery after allegedly striking Nora Tales with a broom. Several local items follow including a slot machine case, saloon window damage, fines, dances, society events, wreck fixes, a Kent wedding, building progress, a death, a social, a masquerade, and county land map progress nearing completion with March timelines.
The Eighth Regiment band opens a series of sacred concerts Sunday February 11 at 2:30 PM in the Grand Opera House. Fire alarm wire fell across an electric line Wednesday night burning a West Market street telephone pole and damaging machines in Central Union Telephone operating room. J W Scott Akron Rubber Tire Trust Fire district rep named. East end of Buechtel college ruins collapsed Thursday. wind caused dangerous swinging fire escapes. Sheriff Welly reports Lions Cooney taken to Massillon hospital. Millinery department seeks experienced staff at M Oneil & Co. City officials McMillen and Campbell visit Columbus to push insurance fund distribution legislation. A young son of Mr and Mrs M B Flumaker injured by broken glass on Wednesday afternoon. Sr Harvey Todd attended to wounds.
A War Department casualty list from General Otis reports multiple names and units. The document lists killed and wounded in Luzon Panay Samar and other locations with units including Twenty-fifth Infantry Thirty-fourth Infantry and Forty-first Infantry. Several soldiers are named with ranks and hometowns or units. Further details are incomplete due to damaged OCR.
A Washington special reports Major General Elwell Otis will be detached from duties in the Philippines and return to the United States after the new Philippine commission arrives. He will be replaced by the senior island commander, likely Major General Arthur MacArthur, and the Taft commission will be under the War Department, treating the archipelago as domestic territory.
In Benin on February, Emperor Willian received Dr Simar the newly elected archbishop of Cologne who took the oath of homage.
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