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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1900
Page
5
A fragmented item reports unrest surrounding a president of an organization with initials A F Lr. Details are unclear but suggest a protest or riot linked to leadership actions and public reaction. No clear names, dates, or locations are readable.
Roberts reports a Boer victory near Osfontein with a turning movement that compelled Burghers to retreat. About fifty casualties in the engagement. British losses around sixty, including officers killed and wounded. Kruger returns to Pretoria and boosts Boer resolve while Ladysmith siege lines shift as wagons retreat to Biggarsberg and Elandslaagte supplies are cut. Peace party agitation in England is cited as boosting Boer perseverance.
Two sets of Texas Republicans contest the party’s national convention delegations with a dispute over the nomination of a presiding officer alleged as the root cause. The situation highlights intra party divisions and disputed selections.
In Waco Texas on March 8 the Texas Republican convention faced a split as Henry Ferguson challenged McDonald for chairman with a sworn affidavit alleging fraudulent election. Ferguson’s faction then held its own session selecting four delegates at large, while the McDonald faction reconvened later and named its own delegates.
Dispatches describe Lord Roberts advancing with 50,000 troops and 10,000 horse in a bold sweep against Boer left flank, forcing trenches to retreat. Reports vary on Boer numbers from 4,000 to 10,000 as British forces press toward Mafeking and Kimberley. The campaign yields clear superiority but no final victory until assessing damage and prisoners.
A Durban dispatch reports a British flying column from Zululand has entered the Transvaal. Major Prendergast commands the force, which includes infantry, Natal scouts, and artillery, and has been skirmishing with Boer lonpox daily after crossing the border in February.
London dispatch reports President Steyn told A G Hailes that burghers will fight to the last man and that events after Pretoria’s capitulation will astonish Europe. He designated a deputy president to stay at Bloemfontein while he goes to Pretoria.
Detailed tally from Feb 14 to Feb 27 shows General Buller’s forces suffering 1239 killed wounded or missing. Inniskillings report 54 killed 162 wounded 22 missing. Dublin Fusiliers 15 killed 97 wounded 15 missing. Connaught Rangers 19 killed 105 wounded 5 missing. Royal Irish Fusiliers 11 killed 63 wounded 25 missing. Scots Fusiliers 15 killed 62 wounded none missing.
A Cape Town dispatch reports a strong Cape Dutch movement seeking a South African settlement that maintains republic independence. A deputation plans to visit England soon to press peace, amid broader opposition to any settlement short of annexation by the British.
London dispatch quotes Sir George White former Ladysmith commander saying delaying relief to April 2 would have caused mass starvation and death among natives and sickness, with stores and ammunition destroyed to avert capitulation. He pleads he urged General Buller not to rush relief efforts and denies responsibility for the fatalities.
London March 8 military authorities order General Cronje and all Boer prisoners sent immediately to the island of St Helena to remain there until the war ends. Lord Roberts selects Lord Bathurst, colonel of a militia regiment, for duties amid the move.
The article notes the escort to St Helena, linked by cable to Cape Town and London last month, and that the cabinet has not proposed or entertained any prisoner exchange at this time.
The Social Democratic convention in Indianapolis adopted a platform advocating constitutional reform to empower all people, public ownership of monopolized industries and utilities, rail and telecom assets, mining and energy resources, shorter work hours, public works for unemployment, free inventions with public remuneration, national labor laws, social insurance, and equal civil and political rights.
The housewife is advised to use Royal Baking Powder for light sweet pastries and perfect hot breads. It is made from pure grape cream of tartar and adds anti dyspeptic qualities, unlike cheap alum based imitators on the market. Royal Baking Powder Co. New York.
The text outlines proposals for universal male and female suffrage and abolition of discriminatory laws. It advocates initiative and referendum and empowering voters to call representatives. It also calls for abolition of war by the United States, replacing it with international arbitration.
The Republican state convention chose delegates at large for Philadelphia. Walter H. Johnson United States marshal H A Rucker collector of internal revenue and H L Johnson lawyer, all of Atlanta, and Judson W Lyons present register of the treasury. All delegates are negroes except Walter H Johnson.
In Hinton West Virginia on March 8 an explosion in the Red Ash mine likely caused by a miner using an open lamp in an unused room killed 42 workers. Had the blast occurred twenty minutes later casualties would have been far higher as 34 men had been recovered, with 20 dead and 5 seriously injured.
An official report to the Hinds county board of supervisors details a dire outbreak in the Jonesville neighborhood in the southern part of the county. The area is described as heavily afflicted with virulent smallpox and nearly 100 deaths have occurred in the past six weeks.
Fire broke out between 2 and 3 a.m. in the laundry building of the state hospital at St. Peter Minnesota and the entire structure burned out with nearly all machinery. Origin unknown but fire started in the laundry drying room. Loss estimated at 15000 dollars.
A bomb was thrown through a window at the Paris residence of Alfred Picard, commissioner general of the Paris exposition. It did not explode. A lady saw two men light the fuse and raise the alarm.
A 3,000 strong Boer commando offers to surrender at Osfontein but demands terms deemed impossible by the authorities. The dispatch from London dated March 8 reports the conditional surrender proposal.
C W Rand of Burling ton a prominent lumber businessman in the Mississippi valley died in Riverside California where he went for his health. The report mixes with a dispatch about Vancouver notes on Japan diet approving a bill to buy nine railways for 200 million yen by 5 per cent bonds.
A Berlin Herald report says the German Chamber of Commerce, in committee and on Henry Achelis’s report, unanimously rejects the Reichstag panel’s American meat import recommendations as exceeding sanitary needs, risking meat access for the people and harming German trade and shipping. Privy Commercial Councilor Frenzied met with the chancellor to discuss the meat issue.
News from Oaxaca reports 800 Mayas fought 1,000 government troops led by Colonel Ferdinand Gonzales. The Mayas were entrenched near Guada and driven back after heavy firing. Thirty seven Indians died and many wounded. three soldiers killed. over 800 guns abandoned by retreating Indians.
Chicago March 8 tensions between Building Trades unions and contractors deepen as the Building Contractors' council declares no arbitration will be offered. Leaders fear a strike and lockout in Chicago, turning the dispute into a test of endurance for both sides and the industrial commission to resolve.
Miners in the Massilon district threaten to strike if their demands are not met. Bowman Shaw, father of Iowa Governor Shaw, dies in Morrisonville Vermont at age 54. Schoneman Bros millinery store in Philadelphia suffers a fire causing about 700000 dollars in losses. Thirty two refrigerator cars of ham and bacon depart Chicago for San Francisco to be shipped to Manila. National Land Company of Dakota files Delaware incorporation papers for 2 million dollars to pursue land colonization and building projects.
Wheat cash prices record No 1 hard at 6sc No 1 Northern 644gc No 2 Northern 68 No 8 58c Arrivals show No 1 hard 66c No 1 Northern 64gc May 65c July 66c Flax arrivals at 1.58 May 1.58 September 1.11
In Minneapolis on March 7 wheat prices for delivery in May and July show 64%4c and 64%4c for No 1 Northern and track prices around 63%4c for No 1, 63%4c for No 2 Northern at the local market.
In Sioux City Iowa on March 7 the cattle market held steady with beeves selling from 4.00 to 4.75, cows bulls and mixed stocks 2.00 to 4.00, stockers and feeders 3.50 to 4.40, calves and yearlings 5.50 to 4.70. Hogs rose by 2 4 cents to 5 cents, with prices ranging from 1.65 to 4.70.
SouTh St. Paul market notes on March 7 show hogs firm with prices from 4.70 to 4.75, cattle steady for butcher stockers strong and feeders steady with stockers 3.50 to 4.60, cows 2.25 to 5.75, heifers 8.40 to 3.60, steers 4.00 to 4.15, calves 6.00, bulls 2.10 to 3.40, and sheep and lambs in strong demand with sheep 4.00 to 4.20 and lambs 5.00 to 6.25.
A condensed list of futures and cash prices for Chicago commodities including wheat corn oats and pork with March May and July contracts, flax cash prices in regional marks, poultry butter and eggs, and dairy values. Prices show mixed movements across grains and livestock with regional flax quotes and dairy yields. May and September readings appear for several items with varying cents and dollars.
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