Evening Light Office Notice Fragment
Fragmentary OCR note mentions an office at dress, tent, and other items. Lacks clear names, actions, or dates to establish a full notice.
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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1900
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR note mentions an office at dress, tent, and other items. Lacks clear names, actions, or dates to establish a full notice.
A damaged excerpt describes uncertain forecasts for Friday and Thursday in the northwest area, mentions cold conditions, and notes a local discovery related to bonds and capital. The fragment includes stray names and incomplete figures, with references to a roadway and a planned event before noon.
London reports 120000 Britons moving toward the Vaal River with Lord Roberts set to command about 80000 and General Buller 40000. Bloemfontein surrendered after a cordial meeting with Lord Roberts, the Union Jack hoisted at the presidency, while Steyn fled to Kronstadt and preparations for Pretoria advance continue.
A mass meeting of Boer sympathizers was held in New York at Cooper Union with presiding George M Van Hoesen. Speakers included Montagu White, John E Milholland, and P Louter Wessels who urged intervention and condemned British actions. Wessels accused England of misusing natives and falsifying surveys while urging America to prevent bloodshed. no resolutions were offered.
London dispatch reports Spenser Wilkinson in The Morning Post contends the occupation of Bloemfontein preserves British leverage. He expects separate-column moves to crush Boer resistance, notes Warre ngs in Natal, and predicts Roberts may cross the Vaal if Natal holds. Serious resistance looms as the campaign tightens.
Montagu White declares in a New York interview that Chamberlain’s warning to President Kruger against destroying Johannesburg will be fulfilled. He recalls Moscow as a holy city and comments on the threat amid the crisis.
Snow swept across north Texas and reached as far south as Waco overnight. The storm caused damage to fruit crops and disrupted conditions across the region as officials warned of continued cold and travel hazards. Continued on Fifth Page.
The Senate passed the Porto Rico relief bill with amendments after Democratic objections in the House. Debate centered on the president’s power over funds and the lack of explicit fund uses. Senators Jones and Spooner clashed over duties collected and the potential return to Porto Rico versus to taxpayers. Continued on second page.
Record snow for the season sweeps from Louisiana to New England as eight inches fall in Washington with icy mix and possible hail. The storm spreads east of the Mississippi with colder weather and freezing risk expected tonight or tomorrow across much of the south, except east Florida where temperatures stay above freezing.
Democratic leaders from every district converge in Savannah to chart a single convention plan for Georgia. The Kimball meeting weighs circuit primaries for judges and solicitors, with most reforms favoring one uniform primary and a single convention, likely in June, to nominate governor, state officers, and Supreme Court justices. The debate includes voter registration, county consolidation, and timing ahead of the Kansas City national convention.
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