16 Dec 1899
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1899
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR text shows scattered numbers and place names like Stone Mountain and North Carolina. No coherent event or clear entities other than locations and monetary figures are readable. Cannot determine a definite news item or outcome from the fragments provided.
A massive blaze at the Virginia Carolina Fertilizer Co plant in Americus destroys the acid chamber and adjacent office building, with losses likely between 20 000 and 50 000 dollars. Firefighters battle underequipped streams as cotton bales, coal, and freight cars burn. nearby Americus Oil Co facilities escape major damage though a yard is scorched.
War dispatches describe near Colenso as artillery and infantry maneuvers hint at a major clash. Boer tactics at Magersfontein suspected, with 2,000 Boer casualties reported by specials. British forces including Hector MacDonald and Tooker reassigned to Cape command. Stock market rumors swirl about Ladysmith relief while Britain mobilizes divisions and lists reserves and regulars across colonies.
In a dull closing day of the general debate on the financial bill the Kentucky House saw a sensational personal clash between Democrats Berry and Wheeler. Wheeler accused Berry of slander while Berry accused Wheeler of pandering to Goebel and maligned opponents, prompting heated exchanges before orderly proceedings resumed. Also reports from Louisiana describe a lynching in Barthol Parish after a failed assault on a white farmer’s wife.
The confirmation fight for D. B. Smith as Opelika postmaster, Alabama, resumes in the committees on pastolice and postroide. The panel has again sent the nomination forward and appears poised to report favorably pending a statement from Alabama senators. The committee is unanimous in support and expects no Senate opposition.
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