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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1900
Page
1
The article extols the chafing dish as an essential kitchen item for households. It notes its usefulness for unexpected meals and late luncheons, highlighting ongoing improvements and features of chafing dishes offered.
London reports April 21 that heavy firing continues near De Wetsdorp and Wepener as Boers invest Wepener to force relief. Dispatches note intense combat, with Maseru saying the garrison may fall before aid arrives, while Buller repels attacks elsewhere and sniping persists at Warrenton.
A Boer commando crossed Sunday’s bridge at Elandslaagte and confronted mounted infantry before retreating. Boers shelled Elandslaagte colliery with 4,7 shells forcing a halt in mine work. British guns and the naval brigade engaged. no casualties reported. Boers show activity on ridges and trenches nearby.
General Methuen's field force returning to Boshof faced a 2000-strong Boer force at Swartzkopfontein. The escort held the advance on a hill as Boers opened heavy fire. British casualties occurred. Boers suffered heavy losses as they charged within 200 yards before retreating.
London reports from Lord Roberts that Runidle’s force clashed with the enemy four miles southwest of DeWetsdorp. Yeomanry and mounted infantry seized a position, enabling Rundle to drive them off and hold high ground. Casualties: two severely wounded, Lt. O’Connor and seven men slightly wounded.
A Swartzkop dispatch dated April 21 reports 1 40 Boers attacked a convoy returning to Boshof. British forces repulsed the attack with heavy fire causing Boer losses. British casualties totaled 16 killed and wounded as the convoy reached Boshof safely.
Report from Ploemfontein dated April 20 says British forces control surrounding hills while Boers maintain strong positions and are likely withdrawing. Casualties for the British were light, mainly among yeomanry and mounted infantry, with no fatalities. The engagement was conducted at long range.
In Bloemfontein on Friday April 20 the advancing generals Chermiside and Rundle met Boer forces near DeWetsdorp at noon. The clash lasted until dark with artillery largely dominating, silencing two Boer guns.
Wallace Idaho April 2 delegates were chosen to the state convention at Wardner by the Shoshone county GOP. Resolutions praise President McKinley support criminal enforcement in the county and call for a permanent military post locally.
Winnipeg reports a fierce forest fire along the Southeastern railway corridor from La Brouquerie to Warren Minnesota endangering about 500 people. A special train carrying Buchanan and Keith’s men and railway officials was driven back. no word since nine o'clock. The fire encircles camps near Vasrar, with 100 teams and 150 camps abandoned. a rescue train reached La Brouquerie but retreat is impossible as the line and wires unravel.
Helena April 21 bond of Mitchell and Mussigbrod, contractors of the insane asylum, approved by the commissioners. Bond amount 50000 with 8S E Lambee and J J Hennessy as sureties, indemnifying the state against damages from the new contract.
Dell Butterworth a well known mining man and original owner of the Dig Buffalo mine in the Buffalo Hump district died today in Grangeville Idaho. He was a prominent figure in regional mining circles and his death marks a notable loss for the local industry.
A large strike near Nome reports gold pan runs up to 40 dollars per pan, sparking a Nome stampede as prospectors rush to Bonanza and Cape Nome districts. J. D. Morgan J. H. Fredericks and E. F. Erickson describe rich claims and plan return to Nome. Co. P. Ham notes further discoveries and cautious outlooks for ice-delayed shipping.
The steamer North Star drilling to Alaska with cannery supplies from Astoria ran on Flat Rock north of Ripple Point Trial Island during high tide. It remained half out of water but uninjured and rested, declining aid from D G 8 Quadra, hoping to free herself at high tide tonight. Darkness and missing shore lights plus Captain Hansen’s unfamiliarity with the coast explain the predicament.
London reports a circulating rumor of the death of Richard Croker. J P Andrew of the Irish Granite company said he heard the report and would know if Croker had died. Dr Thomas T Reynolds, Croker's physician, said he had no information of any death and that Croker was last seen alive and well.
Helena April 21 a coroner jury found Dr Edwin Kellogg caused Ada Brumley’s death by illegal operation aided by Logan Smith a waiter at the Montana club. Kellogg faces district court murder in the second degree next Monday while Smith is jailed. Both deny the charges and seek to prove innocence before a 12 man jury.
Assistant United States District Attorney English and Deputy Marshal M H Wall returned from Bozeman where they attended the hearing of B G Burrows and Alden Webster two ranchmen accused of cutting timber on a government reserve The hearing before United States Commissioner McPherson held them to the United States grand jury in 500 bail which they furnished.
London outlets condemn Spion Kop debacle and call for action against generals Buller Warren and Crofton. Lord Roberts exposed weak spots while public pressure grows for officials to be held to account amid war fears and famine debates.
Rev. Charles Phillips arrived in Boston aboard the New England on April 20 to rally American goodwill. He represents many who seek British justice in the South Africa dispute and will lecture nationwide. Phillips, a Johannesburg Congregationalist, spent years in South Africa and is quoted in British press on the Boers controversy.
The House committee on insular affairs approved amendments to the Foraker resolution restricting Porto Rican franchises and private corporate charters. The measures require president approval for franchises, curb stock issuance, regulate public service charges, and limit real estate and currency activities. Chairman Cooper advocate and thirteen members attended the special meeting.
Helena April 21 Governor Smith reports the western governors meeting at Salt Lake should benefit the states and bring them closer. He says participants oppose changing public lands management and favor ceded lands to states if any change occurs. He also appointed Dr C B Miller to the State Soldiers home board to replace F P Sterling, term through April 18 1903.
In Fairhaven Washington on April 21 Erastus Bartlett of Oakland settled for 36866 with the Fairhaven and Bellingham Bay Land company over payment for land within Fairhaven and New Whatcom. The two interests will harmonize with the Bartlett stake in control of the properties. The Fairhaven Land company stock is held mainly by C X Larrabee and James J Hill of the Great Northern railway.
The World will report that Kentucky Governor W. S. Taylor is in New York after the grand jury at Fort Frankfort indicted him as an accessory before the fact in the Goebel murder. He appeals to Governor Roosevelt to block extradition.
Governor W. S. Taylor of Kentucky, in Washington preparing appeal papers for the supreme court, has gone to New York and will return to the capital next week.
Rowland P. Hill a Tacoma Washington professor at Puget Sound university was arrested by a Nebraska sheriff on bigamy charges. He admits a prior England marriage a year ago and says his English wife vanished five years ago leading him to remarry in Nebraska a year earlier.
A disastrous blaze today in Wilmot Wisconsin wiped out every industrial plant. With only a bucket brigade for protection the town faced total loss and no insurance coverage as damage estimates reached into the zero figures.
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