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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1900
Page
1
In Columbia Missouri last night, rival student factions clashed after a debate selection contest. Lights went out and the auditorium was ransacked with doors broken and furniture smashed. Six students suffered torn clothing but no serious injuries reported.
Dr Immanuel Pfeiffer of North Adams will begin breaking his twenty one day fast with an orange at 12:40 noon after a medical X ray examination by Dr Burt. He started the fast March 5 and has had only water. He weighs about 172 pounds and remains in good health, with daily medical oversight.
Edward Lea Leasure, 28, shot George Crotty, 38, an electrician, after a street confrontation with Crotty and the wife of Leasure. Crotty died an hour later at a hospital. Leasure surrendered to police and awaited further action.
In Oil City Pennsylvania on March 26 Amos Elder an oil well driver shot and killed his wife during a brutal struggle. Elder who was intoxicated at the time fled the scene after the fatal confrontation.
Hartford letters from Mr. Clemons indicate Mark Twain and his family will soon move back to Hartford to establish their permanent home in the city.
While attending Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church in Haverhill this afternoon Mrs Frances EB French suffered a paralytic shock and died within moments from its effects.
Roderick Connelly a carpenter of 23 Silver Street South Boston fell through a skylight at his home on Saturday. He was treated at Emergency Hospital for multiple rib and neck bone fractures and insisted on going home after treatment.
Bank of Commerce President Hallowell disputed nearly all statements by Lawyer H N Allin concerning the Moore embezzlement case. He said the Chilean Supreme Court decision did not hinge on innocence but on lack of reciprocity, and claimed the bank had evidence of Moore's guilt.
London dispatch reports that Kitchener sent troops against an entrenched position at Paardeberg repeating errors of earlier generals and that his coolness with Roberts prompted calls for more troops. Boers reoccupy Griquastown as Winston Churchill urges increased force. Total British losses amount to 16,418 killed wounded and missing excluding invalids.
Despatches from Mafeking dated March 14 report ongoing heavy shelling and casualties, with Boers extending trenches while violating Sabbath truces. Churchill urges continued troop shippings to South Africa as Lord Roberts faces delaying relief and Cronje’s escape unfolds amid strategic shifts and mounting pressure on British lines.
A major forest fire began Saturday afternoon near Federal Furnace farm and spread over about 3000 acres toward Great South Pond and East Head. The blaze threatens summer cottages and cranberry bogs, with crews fighting it amid light winds and active fire wardens from Plymouth.
A small fire on the third floor of 30 Crescent Place caused by unknown causes damaged the building occupied by Eva Hirsey. The blaze, reported from Box 23 at 11 a.m. yesterday, caused about $50 in damage.
A large blaze engulfed the Gulver & Co government store in Knoxville Iowa today. Firemen fought the flames but the building suffered extensive damage and losses are reported.
Two Chinese laundry workers were attacked by two Italian residents at 291 North Street after months of race tensions. Tony Camara and Amelio Calleli were arrested on charges of cutting the Chinamen, who suffered head and hand wounds.
Chief Moore of the weather bureau issues an order prohibiting cigarette smoking during office hours. He states a drinking employee is preferable to a confirmed nicotine user, while allowing cigars and pipes.
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