09 Dec 1899
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1899
Page
1
Boer dispatch says Methuen is surrounded by superior forces as British attacks intensify on the Colenso front. Reports indicate heavy shelling and tactical pressure increasing as casualties rise.
London reports Lord Methuen restores the railway and eases anxiety as Prins Loos forces are observed between Belmont and Modder River. Boers show dissension in the Orange Free State with rumors of commando moves and a fading belief in Boer morale.
General Forestier Walker reports from Cape Town that the telegraph and railway to Modder River were reopened. A field artillery battery and infantry battalion were dispatched against Prins Loos forces, with 1 000 Boers and one gun who had destroyed the line. Belmont reinforced by infantry and two guns, plus a cavalry regiment from Nauwpoost, occupied Arundel. Casualties listed as fourteen wounded. Other forces position reports include Dordrecht, Stormberg, Waterfall, and Molteno, while Lord Methuen notes December 6 patrol casualties among the Twelfth Lancers and missing Lieutenant Tristram and four men.
From London dated December 8 General Methuen's force at Modder River reports Boers seen daily moving between Spytfontein and Jacobsdahl laagers and firing on patrols. Mounted infantry faced severe fire while patrolling northward. no casualties. An hour of cannon fire was heard at Kimberly.
From Frere camp reports on December 7 the bombardment of Ladysmith continued and a pneumatic dynamite gun began work on Umbulwana Hill. Free Staters loot Actonholmen on the return to the Free State border. General Joubert proposed exchanging Lady Sarah Wilson for a Boer lady at Mafeking. Lady Wilson, aunt of Winston Churchill and wife of Captain C. Wilson, has served as correspondent and Red Cross nurse and was last heard at Setlagoli with her maid.
Cape Town dispatch reports the British gunboat Partridge captured the steamer Mashona commanded by Captain Johnstone after its voyage from New York on November 3 via St. Vincent. The Mashona carried flour destined for the Transvaal and will be landed at Cape Town before the ship is released.
PRETORIA reports renewed fighting began at Modder River this morning at 6 o'clock. British and opposing forces engaged as forces clashed along the riverfront, continuing a tense Gape theater of operations.
London dispatches say no immediate British advance at Modder River yet. Pretoria reportedly relays that fighting resumed Wednesday but details of Metheun’s action remain unclear. Mafeking relief rumors persist as forces prepare from Rhodesia to repair rail links and restore lines with Gaberones strong Boer entrenchments observed between Magalapye and Mafeking.
In Paris on December 8 the Socialist Congress voted to meet annually and form a single Socialist group in the Chamber of Deputies. Red flags were displayed and revolutionary songs sung as police intervened and blows were struck, but delegates dispersed without difficulty.
Frank Green of Tuscola Illinois was arrested near Appison Tennessee on a bigamy charge. He had married the daughter of Dr R A Wilson, a leading local, after settling in Appison two years ago. A woman claiming to be his wife Mrs Louisa Green of Tuscola Illinois and her three children appeared, causing a disturbance and leading to his guilty plea and remand to court.
In Atlanta on December 8 the Willingham bill to annihilate the whisky traffic failed in the Georgia Senate by 26 to 14. The measure, which had passed the House with a narrow margin, ends the drive to enact prohibition through the current Legislature.
In the Chamber of Deputies debate on the colonial budget Firmin Faure calls for beefed up colonial defenses and a French owned cable system. He notes British threats and warns of foreign meddling while Destrournelles doubts France can avoid colonial risks. Decrais promises a submarine cable plan.
Prof Hale of the Cathedral Choir in Baltimore dismisses reports of a Catholic Church mass reform. He says the so called condemned masses by Haydn and Mozart are beautiful and will not be interfered with locally. He notes Archbishop Elder may object but most music lovers disagree.
Expert accountants Johnson and Kenilworthy report a cash shortage of 4623 60 in the books of Clark County Treasurer Pangburn at Jeffersonville. The finding to be reviewed by County Commissioners at a Saturday session. Pangburn claims a 1800 credit from clerical errors and says he will cover the shortage without prosecution. He is known for honesty but offers only carelessness as explanation and faces state office speculation.
Lucy Carbon and her child were killed in Adairsville by Jim Mayfield in a quarrel at the woman's home. Frank Bird was wounded by the same shot. Mayfield fled the scene and eluded immediate capture.
Washington dispatch notes Speaker Henderson has nearly settled key chairmanships with old members favored over new lawmakers. Burton likely to lead Rivers and Harbors, Grosvenor to head Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Tawney to chair Insular Affairs, and Southard to lead Coinage Weights and Measures. Plans also discuss Militia and Banking committees and attacks on trusts via extended postal rules and ICC powers.
Disjointed OCR fragment mentions legal tests, former Speaker Li and Liayiin, a pending decision next Tuesday, and potential assignments including Sullivan LagaaD Haskell and a Warren resident. References to unpaid salaries and weights and measures in Columbia, with unclear context on a United States Marshal appointment.
In a strike of iron molders in Indianapolis the twelve molders at Rockwood four are joined by over 300 molders in nine strikes. The workers demand a ten percent wage advance and will not admit terms that fail to meet their contracts.
Robbers bound and paralyzed Mrs Mary Kocher aged 60 who lived alone east of Massillon Ohio last night forcing her to reveal her $20 savings. They struck her with a cudgel and beat her when she failed to surrender more money, then fled toward the neighbor’s house after looting her minimal funds.
In Indianapolis on December 8 the state suffrage movement formed the Indiana association. Officers named include President Mrs John M Judah and Vice President Mrs Mary Armstrong Kokomo with other posts filled by Mrs A A Forest Irvington Recording Secretary Mrs Bertha Wade Indianapolis Treasurer Mrs Alice Waugh Tipton and Auditors Mrs L Ketcham Indianapolis and Mrs Virginia Peterson Kokomo. Lew Wallace Jr nephew of a famed author attacked Mayor Taggart over liquor enforcement. Speakers included Rev J A Milburn Mrs John M Judah and Mrs Cherry Chapman Catt.
Evansville Indiana dispatch reports Thomas A Pheral a stationary engineer on Outer Canal Street attempted suicide Thursday after discovering his daughter 16 years old earlier went to Henderson with a companion. Morphine emetic used, doctor aided recovery. Pheral previously injured by a streetcar and has since remained home with wife selling hominy.
Findlay Ohio December 8 Herbert McDonald an oil well rig builder died after an accidental hatchet strike caused a fall from a derrick fifty eight feet high. He struck a beam on descent and died at age 22 his parents Teadie in Paulding County.
The governor sent a sharp response to Judge Tarvin, delivering a scorching rebuke. A proposed long distance duel is met with sarcastic reception, signaling tension between official authorities over the matter.
Kentucky Chief Magistrate defends himself against blame for the Maysville mob incident. He accuses Judge Tarvin of falsehoods, asserts he would have acted to protect lives if he knew of planned violence, and denies widespread use of state guard troops in Covington and Newport.
Louis Straus of the firm Louis and Gus Straus died after a long illness in Lexington. He left an estate valued at over a half million. He backed trainer John E Madden and was a major breeder and judge of thoroughbreds, including Hamburg Plaudit and David Garrick, with relatives in Cincinnati.
Exalted Ruler J C Kennedy reports J H Dolan who bilked Elks nationwide was arrested in Anderson Indiana and will likely be brought to Columbus Ohio for trial Dolan a Columbus Lodge member was expelled yet kept his card enabling him to swindle Elks Knights of Pythias and Odd Fellows across the country
Bert Hayes, about 36, killed himself in Akron city jail by cutting his wrists and throat with a pocket knife after being jailed for intoxication. He said he feared being returned to Aberdeen, North Dakota, where authorities accuse him of a serious crime.
In Shamokin Pennsylvania Catholic priests addressed 2000 mine workers urging them to attend tonight’s miners meeting and vote against a Nanticoke sympathy strike. UMW President John Fahey announced no meeting would be held tonight awaiting the business men’s strike outcome. Local belief holds the union fears miners may refuse to strike after church influence.
Samuel G. Brooker, a former clerk in the City Auditor's Department under Mayor McKisson, was arrested today on indictments charging obtaining money by false bills. The arrest marks the first actions from the City Council investigation, with three secret indictments returned by the grand jury.
The American Woolen Company executive committee voted to raise wages by 10 percent across New England mills, affecting about 26,000 workers and taking effect January 1. Springfield reports a 10 percent rise in Boston Duck Company mills starting December 18, covering several plants. In Indiana, United Mineworkers learn of a 15 percent wage increase in Fairmount coal region from two major operators, with more West Virginia operators expected to follow.
At a meeting of the Augusta Manufacturers Association the wage scale for operatives increased by 10 percent, effective January 1, affecting nearly 8,000 workers.
Jay A. Buck, treasurer of Midland Lodge of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers at Pittsburg, is alleged to have embezzled 1600 dollars, double the initial claim. Pittsburg headquarters ordered prosecution and lodge plans to settle with the national body. Buck’s Sunday school post and church aid were dropped as the case unfolds.
James N. Teeple, postmaster of Charlestown, Indiana, was baptized today in the Ohio River depot where his wife and child drowned last August. Since the accident he has professed religion and wished to be immersed at the same place with Rev. W. C. Payne officiating. Only three witnesses to the tragedy attended the baptism this afternoon.
In Memphis Tennessee on December 8 the Southern leaders of the People's party met and directed the Executive Committee to call a February meeting to set a date for the party's next national convention.
At a Boston Episcopal clergy meeting, Harvard President Charles W. Eliot, an Episcopalian, criticized the church service form. He condemned repetition in prayers, the baptismal phrase Man is conceived and born in sin, and the priestly absolution of sins, urging a more liberal, extemporaneous approach.
Rev. W. F. Hastman, president of the United States Child Saving Association, was tried in Nashville on a charge of assaulting Ella Paschal an orphan girl placed in the home he managed. The grand jury investigated after details emerged in New York and a warrant was issued. Hastman had come from Chicago posing as a philanthropist and led the association.
Special dispatch from New Albany Indiana reports Buck McKinney once a Ren gang member and noted bandit died at the Soldiers Home in Marion. He enlisted in 1846 with Company F Third Indiana Infantry in the Mexican War and later began a criminal career starting with horse stealing. He served life in the penitentiary and killed an inmate before being pardoned by Governor Hendricks.
Elders Jorgensen and Huhl of the Mormon Church report a pleasing reception in Sheboygan. They say two more elders will join soon and plan meetings at a hall or a convert's home. They conduct house to house canvassing, distribute literature, explain the Mormon faith, and will call again.
Tiffin Ohio December 3 Jay Gilding died at his Arcadia residence after accidentally shooting himself while hunting last Saturday An operation performed shortly before death revealed a piece of skull imbedded in the brain The tragedy occurred near Arcadia and follows the accidental self inflicted wound.
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