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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1900
Page
1
The housewife will find the Royal Baking Powder indispensable in making hot bread biscuits cake and other pastry light sweet and excellent in every quality. Royal Baking Powder Co. 100 William St New York.
A notice proclaims a rousing spring sale at Pric-o in Austin offering a fashionable stock of dry goods with low prices and satisfaction guaranteed or money back. The ad emphasizes quality, variety, and the best value for shoppers.
Readable lines describe new spring wear fabrics including twill shirting at per yard price and apron checks. The garbled text hints at a retail display with fabric options and prices though some OCR errors remain.
An old style advertises a broad assortment of fruits seeds and groceries with low prices. It lists Bartlett pears Green Gage plums red cherries raspberries strawberries peaches gooseberries blueberries or blackberries. It also notes seed packets coffee tea syrups molasses soap baking powder starch and other household goods with per unit prices.
Foreign Office notes on telegrams between Kruger and the British Government emphasize a silent regard and keep contents secret. The public is informed that the documents were made public with limited details provided by officials.
London reports Lord Roberts plans another advance in the Free State while Generals Brabant and Gatacre push through southern districts dispersing Boers. Dispatches from Pretoria say 2000 women form an Amazon corps to assist defense of passes into the Transvaal.
In the Cape theater Lord Methuen leads 2000 troops from Kimberley toward the Transvaal with Fourteen Streams as a staging point. Aerial tramways shuttle supplies delaying advance while Mafeking relief remains unconfirmed. Basutoland reports Free Staters surrendering as telegraph services resume with Aliwal North.
London reports from Bloemfontein indicate no further movement for three weeks as talks proceed. The Daily Mail correspondent notes uncertainty over Milner’s Cape Town departure and says the war could collapse swiftly if negotiations advance.
Lord Roberts inspected the naval brigade near Bloemfontein and thanked the men for their campaign work. He wished luck to those about to rejoin their ships and hoped the others would be present at the entry into Pretoria.
A dispatch from Pretoria reports President Kruger returning from Kroonstad and saying the fighting in the Free State will be desperate. The note is dated March 19 and carried by The Daily Mail.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee will investigate Charles Macrum former U S consul to Pretoria over claims his mail was opened by the British censor. Representative Wheeler introduced the resolution. Chairman Hitt agreed to proceed without House direction if Wheeler approves. Macrum has been asked to appear in Washington soon.
At a board of education meeting the district superintendents recommended removing Histories of England from supplementary reading and only American history will be included in the curriculum.
London dated report cites a Cape Town correspondent for The Morning Post saying the Fischer plot is the real objective. The dispatch notes the claim is based on best authority and hints at broader implications.
Mount Gomery Alabama March 22 Ex Governor Oates issues a letter announcing withdrawal from the race for United States senator to avoid imperiling Senator Morgan's election and leaving the contest to Morgan and Johnston.
Supporters say the Porto Rican Tariff Bill will pass with final approval likely. Harmony Committee reports effective lobbying in opposition ranks to secure passage and strengthen backing from key allies and organizations.
A Republican appeal urges party loyalty to back a measure on free trade. Senator Beveridge plans to postpone his speech advocating free trade.
Washington March 22 The friends of the Porto Rico tariff bill in the senate grow more confident they can pass it. Harmony committee work is affecting opponents who are less deter mined. The Post notes Republican senators press toward a bipartisan agreement. Beveridge will not press free trade amendment for now and will vote to sustain the president's policy.
Washington March 22 Congress opened with Senator Turner asking the secretary of war to disclose whether any concessions to dig the gold bearing bed of the sea near Cape Nome Alaska or other Alaskan waters were granted to individuals or groups by war department officials and the legal basis for such grants.
Mr Turner cited the governor of Alaska saying the war department granted exclusive mining rights to certain individuals for the seabed near Cape Nome. He called the claim a shame reproach and scandal as the resolution was agreed to.
In Washington on March 22 the House debated the Loud bill on second class mail matter. A sharp exchange occurred between Rep. McPherson Iowa and Rep. Lentz Indiana over a charge that Lentz was attorney for the lobby opposing the bill. Friends and foes predict a close vote as Land accepts two minor amendments and says the debate strengthened the measure.
Republicans in the House meeting on March 22 determined to push the subsidy bill this session. Representative Stevens of Minnesota will draft the bill for presentation to the merchant marine and fisheries committee at its next meeting. Chairman Grosvenor is expected to submit a draft report, with Eastern and Western members joining the effort.
Washington dispatch reports General Joseph Wheeler likely to be assigned to Chicago to lead the Department of the Lakes. He may move if he chooses not to contest his congressional seat, planning further talks with the president and Secretary Root before confirming his course.
A Lexington meeting of leading citizens discussed a non-partisan effort to retrieve Kentucky’s lost reputation and quell notoriety from current affairs. Similar efforts are under way in Louisville and Covington, with counties to elect delegates by April 20 for a statewide convention on April 24 in Louisville.
Delegations from Winnipeg to Lake Traverse meet in Fargo to push a Red River drainage project. Committees will mobilize county participation on both sides as a mass meeting is set for Grand Forks on May 15. States seek Washington support for a 1 million dollar appropriation to connect the Red River with the Mississippi.
Paris telegram reports Filipino General Pavia defeated American forces near Cubat and captured the town. The message was received by Agoncillo, Aguinaldo's envoy.
Washington reports the European coal famine grows more intense with consuls across the continent sending updates. Trieste coal currently trades at $10.15 per ton and is described as inferior to American coal.
George P. Gordon of Dalzell Scot Gordon, lead counsel for Carnegie Steel in the Frick unit case, strongly denies rumors of a settlement. The March 22 report from Pittsburgh notes Gordon’s firm represents Carnegie Steel in the ongoing litigation and rejects any talk of compromise.
An English syndicate of coal dealers reportedly closed a deal to deliver 2,000,000 tons of Alabama coal for export from the Port of New Orleans within two years.
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