22 Mar 1900
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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1900
Page
1
London dispatch reports Plumers' column marching to relieve Mafeking is checked at Lobatsi by Boers. A second Boer force advances to aid the attack. a Lobatsi detachment says the British were nearly surprised and heavy fighting continues.
London March 22 APT reports from Kroonstadt say Boer forces defeated British troops under Gatacre but Londres dispatches claim Gatacre and all are well Springfontein says Gatere remains thirty miles north of Bethulie with Boers reporting great strength Anxiety rises over Lobatsi skirmishes
New York report from March 22 states a stranger identified as P L Doty found asphyxiated in the Ashland House with a crucifix and a bank book bearing Port Jervis NY bank details. Bank officials later identified the depositor as Father P J Duffy a Catholic priest.
London dispatch reports General Roberts notes many Burghers wish to surrender under the proclamation. He sends columns to register names and seize arms as a cavalry brigade moves toward Thabanchu. A detachment from Springfontein occupies Smithfield and captures Transvaalers with arms and wagons.
Maurice Gran of the Maurice Gran Opera company and Henry W. Savage of the Castle Square Opera company announce plans to present grand opera in English at the Metropolitan English Opera Company. The chorus will include about seventy trained voices mainly from Castle Square and the Metropolitan American chorus. The orchestra will feature about forty top New York musicians, expanding as needed.
General William C. Oates withdrew from the Democratic nomination for U S senator in Montgomery following Colonel Roque’s death. With Morgan and Johnson remaining, Oates pledged to back Morgan and plan stump speeches in the Wire Grass region.
Today's Democratic primary tightens in the city while county voting remains light. McCraw leads in Piedmont as Choccolocco favors McCraw and Davis. Ohatchee reports Woodruff ahead as the sheriff race unfolds with Woodruff and Davis contesting for county commissioner between Ira J. Davis and Rk. EF. Hughes of Piedmont.
A Paris newspaper telegram reports that Filipino General Pavia routed American forces near Cubat and captured the city. The message is sent by Aguinaldo's envoy, Agoncillo, to Union Associated Press.
The Anniston-based Anniston Supply Company, active in Birmingham for months on the St. Vincent hospital roof and cornice project about 450000 dollars, recently secured roofing and iron work for Dimmick Pipe works and a 12000 dollar residence for Captain T Bush. They also hold a major contract for a gin factory in Prattville and operate extensive local shops employing many workers.
The first primary results show McCraw leading in the county outside Anniston, indicating strong local support and signaling probable success in the upcoming primary. Get R. O. Watson for hauling services by calling 72.
A wave of highway robberies targets working men and late pedestrians. A white man fleeing a grocery store purchase was robbed on Fourth street. Clef Prather intensifies efforts to catch the depredators as only three policemen are on duty at once.
Allen's Minstrels led by A. G. Allen performs tonight in a large tent at Thirteenth and Moore streets. The show boasts a mammoth stage and opera house quality scenery, with seating for 2500 and admission as low as 15 or 25 cents.
Fifteen hundred to two thousand machinists walk out this morning after last night's meeting. Many non union workers join. They demand nine hours and the same pay as for ten hours. The strike affects fifty five machine shops and manufacturers.
Reports from Columbia dated March 22 state regulators at Chesterfield Court House burned a white woman at the stake. Arrests were made at midnight of A T Steen John Jackson Rej Jackson and Sam Jackson on charges connected to the deed. The motive cited is the woman living with a family of negroes.
A compact 19th century ad lists crochet silk in colors, sewing silk spools, darning cotton, bindings, needles, pins, hooks and eyes, safety pins, buttons, braids, tape measures, thimbles, and hair ornaments including pompadour combs and back combs with prices per dozen or piece. Also mentions hair pins, wire, and tar boxes in assorted colors and sizes.
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