02 May 1900
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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1900
Page
1
In Littletown and Scofield Utah a tunnel No 4 blast at Pleasant Valley mine killed two hundred or more and injured many others. Across a half mile the ground lay as a morgue with every family mourning a lost relative or friend.
Port Arthur Ont May 2 Four Italians charging a blast hole with dynamite were blown to atoms by a premature explosion. The incident occurred as two or three weeks of work were expected. Aniston Electric and Gas Co seeks two experienced linemen for temporary employment.
Manila May 2 The attack on the American garrison at Catubig was confirmed. The force of thirty men from the Forty third regiment faced insurgents in a fierce assault. Twenty Americans were killed and others saved from annihilation by Major Gilmore arriving with reinforcements.
Frankfort Kentucky May 2 Judge Cantrill granted change of venue for five defendants charged with complicity in the Goebel assassination after hearing about forty witnesses. Caleb Powers John Davis Henry E Youtsey Harlan Whitaker and Richard Combs joined in the petition. Attorneys could not agree on counties for trial with Bourbon favored by defense and Woodford or Scott proposed by prosecution.
In Washington on May 2 Senator Teller offered a resolution of sympathy for the Boers. The United States pledged its good offices to the Transvaal government in the resolution.
Secretary Long writes Oppt Chadwick reprimanding him for disrespectful language toward Admiral Schley calling it unwarranted. The notice appears in a Washington dispatch dated May 2. Good undertaking at moderate prices. Shelnutt Murphy 1212 Noble.
The report describes Hamilton's division pressing north at Thaba N’chu with Canadians Gordon's division and Shropshires attacking from the left. Boers retreat from a hillline at Houtnek as civilians are urged to move from Johannesburg. British forces hold the Bloemfontein road and report three kopjes captured.
Pretoria May 2 British subjects are ordered to depart from the country following an explosion at an engineering works in Johannesburg and resulting outcry. The proclamation, issued by Kroger, gives the English thirty six hours to evacuate.
Ladysmith May 2 There is renewed activity on the part of the Boers on this side of Drakensburg mountain Preparations have been made to check their advance.
Washington May 2 The House for the first time in fifty years of canal agitation begins formal consideration of a bill to authorize construction. A debate session occurred last night and the bill faces a vote before adjournment today.
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