16 Feb 1900
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1900
Page
1
Clothing department offers all items at cost for cash through February 20. Hats of all kinds and shapes featured. Derby hats reduced from three dollars to one fifty. Limited to Walbrook store, not sold elsewhere.
Bargain alert as stock dwindles with only ten Overcoats left. The seller promotes the remaining stock as fine garments offered at cost for cash, urging quick purchase while supplies last.
In Prrrsecno Pennsylvania February 15 the H C Frick suit to break the Ironclad agreement seeks to expose the market value of Frick holdings as the main target by anti Carnegie adherents. Minority stockholders plan further suits challenging the coke contract, arguing the arrangement harms Frick Coal and coke output losses. The action aims to annul the agreement and release minority holders from its effects.
A Apalachicola visitor reports a grisly find in Chattahoochee Florida a well dressed man murdered with a ladies handkerchief in his mouth and a rope imprint on the neck. The coroner cites violent death by unknown hands. Also noted: Hugh F Fitzpatrick Alabama narrowly escapes a Capitol Ave Traction car incident with a dislocated shoulder and facial injuries.
London reports growing confidence in Lord Roberts as British forces mass for a flanking assault to relieve Kimberley. Dispatches detail French's cavalry crossing Rett river and a new infantry brigade crowding the Orange and Modder rivers, with strategic moves unseen since the American Civil War. Casualties at Rensburg listed as four officers and seven men killed, six officers and fourteen men wounded, two officers and eight men missing. London observers note Dutch forces weakened in anticipation of the attack.
Representative Wheeler of Kentucky introduced a resolution in the House demanding the secretary of state inform relatives of Charles A. Macrum about claims he made as U S consul at Pretoria. The measure seeks whether Macrum’s mail was opened by a British censor in Durban and if any apology was sought, and whether a secret US Britain alliance exists. The speaker sent the resolution to the foreign affairs committee.
Ambitious extension plans move from Tifton through Brooks County toward the Florida line, after Secretary of State approval. The South Georgia Railway aims to reach Tampa, vying with competitors for northern trade, with work expected to begin promptly.
Major Austin Leyden, a 74 year old Confederate veteran with notable ancestry including Sir John Leyden and John McBride, died suddenly in Atlanta. He was honored at St Philip's Episcopal Church by Confederate Veterans and Pioneer Citizens, reflecting a life from canal boats to inventing sewing machines and a Yale locks collaboration, and he served as lieutenant and battery commander during the Civil War.
A Washington dispatch reports a new protocol among the United States Great Britain and Germany to expedite treaty ratifications by using a submarine cable. The pact aims to exchange the instruments in Berlin Washington and London within hours, seeking to stabilize Pacific and Pacific island interests while easing Samoa tensions. An Athens Georgia accident and Albany invitations add to a day of varied news.
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