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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1900
Page
1
London dispatches report in Bloemfontein that 15 000 foreign troops have landed to aid the Boers and that Kruger claims Blomfontein will fall within a week. Belief centers on the main army marching on Pretoria starting April 2.
Capetown reports Kruger has again moved to the Boer front and is said to be on the firing line near Kroonstad.
London reports Clements has occupied Fauresmith unopposed as Roberts cables. Two guns were recovered at the Shafy mine where a large quantity of ammunition was buried. BOYS two wanted about fourteen to sixteen. Pratt and Yates Bag Company. 26 tf
A heavy northeast snow storm in Onicaco causes railroad blockages and two accidents. A B and O express crashes into a freight at Whiting Indiana killing the engineer and wounding the fireman. The New York limited collides with ties at Twelfth Street, passengers shaken but unharmed. The Trunk Line Association has restored the proraving agreement.
Ed Jamison, a Star newspaper printer, died at his Eleventh street home after two weeks illness. Aged about forty, he left a mother, a brother, and three sisters, with many friends. Burial plans carry him to Aberdeen, Mississippi for interment tonight.
The Central Foundary company keeps sending large soil pipe shipments from its city plant to distant lands. Last week three car loads went to Canada and daily shipments head to Canada Cuba Honolulu or major U S cities. Each pipe piece must be labeled, using thousands of labels. one car load required seventy bills of lading.
Joel Wade, a well known farmer from south of Oxford, was badly bruised after a runaway near Oxford on Tuesday afternoon. He was thrown from his buggy by a frightened horse. his son, who rode with him, escaped injury.
In Calcutta on Tuesday the plague caused 217 deaths with 159 new cases recorded. The city’s health measures face mounting pressure as the outbreak persists across the region.
W C Sanders senior member of Sanders Swan Co died at Suwannee Springs Florida this morning at 830. He was based in Atlanta and was a prominent Southern business figure in cotton finance and markets. News reached Anniston from W E B Hulsey of the local office.
London report says Kruger insists the Boers will not blow up Johannesburg mines and warns that any destruction will be punished. He accuses Salisbury of threatening his life and demands humane treatment of Cape prisoners.
The article reports rapid progress on three new cotton mills planned for the area. Site selection is near done and likely on the Woodstock charcoal furnace grounds due to space and railroad access. Public subscriptions to the Anniston Yarn Mills continue with strong support and a likely quick completion of funding.
The Sedgwick arrived in New York with thirteen crewmen in irons after mutiny on the 25th at Gibara. They refused to obey officers and were placed under arrest.
Washington March 29 negotiations progress toward a treaty for the purchase of the Spanish West Indies. The main hurdle is price with Denmark asking three and a half million dollars while the United States offers three million.
Two men accused of shooting officers Kirkley and Adams were arrested at the Birmingham union depot after being traced from Oxford to Rome. They bought tickets, were met by officers, and were arrested without incident. one had prior posts about a robbery under the alias Frank M. Randolph.
London reports that the Duke of Norfolk resigns as postmaster general and volunteers for service with the Sussex Yeomanry, signaling a wartime move affecting civil administration. The notice notes his departure date as March 29.
A listing of sewing notions and accessories with prices, including crochet silk assorted colors, embroidery cotton, darning cotton, velvets, braids, tapes, fasteners, thimbles, corset stays, binding and bindings, needles pins hooks eyes, buttons, hair ornaments and combs, toilet powders, curling irons and pencils, all priced in small coin amounts for a bargain counter display. Special emphasis on bindings and pins with minimal unit counts.
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