25 Jan 1900
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Newspaper
Columbus Daily Herald
Location
Columbus, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1900
Page
1
Gen Buller reaches Spion Kop after heavy fighting with Boer defenders. Casualties reported at sea and land total 8 216 with Woodgate wounded. Warren's troops hold position atop the kop as reinforcements address the stalemate and topography.
Reports from Spearman's Camp describe British field artillery shelling Boer positions on the ridge and infantry advances capturing a copse and stone wall. Dispatches note entrenched Boer lines, continued firing, and small British casualties. Other items include European reactions to Ladysmith and a petition urging President McKinley to mediate, with nearly 100000 signatures.
Shanghai report from the North China Daily News says Emperor Kwangsu signs an edict naming Patsing nine years old, son of Prince Tuano, as emperor to ascend the throne January 31.
Washington Jan 25 The second day of debate on the Roberts case featured crowded galleries with less drama. Landis assailed Utah’s admission as Mormon conspiracy and accused church apostles of polygamy, while others argued for majority resolutions. Senate routine business followed with Pettigrew attacking the Sultan of Sulu treaty and a census bill conference report.
Gen Sehwan's column drove 500 insurgents from San Diego near San Pablo with six companies and artillery, 67 rebels killed reported, one American dead and 14 wounded. A flank attack routed 100 rebels, 15 killed, two American wounded. Schwin's forces reached Majayjay and flanked the defense, driving them out. Wheeler leaves for San Francisco via Hong Kong and Guam. Ruskin remains viewed in London. Father Reynolds named Navy chaplain.
Arthur E. K. Laing, an accountant at the private bank of J. P. Lawrason in St. George Ont, is arrested on charges of stealing between 8000 and 10000 dollars from his employer. Gen Otis reports transports reaching Manila with Victoria and Flints hire arriving in January.
Chicago court records list Charles L. Schaar, once in banking in Chicago, filing a bankruptcy petition on January 25. Liabilities amount to $178,814 with no assets reported.
A two hour joint session of United Mine Workers and Interstate Operators Association ends in uproar as Chairman Bogle calls Indiana operator Delegate Ryan a liar. Credentials favor Indiana Illinois Ohio Pennsylvania. Iowa delegates barred pending further sessions.
The Grand Army of the Republic proposes an independent court of appeals for pension cases to sit in Washington, hearing appeals from the pension bureau. The plan aims to reduce widespread dissatisfaction with the current clerical board system and mirrors a circuit court of appeals in structure.
Washington reports that arrangements are nearly complete to transport Gen John A Lawtons remains from San Francisco to Washington for burial at Arlington Army cemetery. The same vessel carries Gen Logan whose body will head to Youngstown Ohio for interment. A telegram from Col Long details car assignments and routes via Chicago and Baltimore and D C. The plan includes special trains and a daily rate for a government car.
The Peoples' deposit bank opens in Matthews Indiana with capital of 100000 dollars. Col Frank McNutty, owner of the Imperial hotel in Knoxville, dies in West Palm Beach Florida for health reasons. Prof J T Johnson president of Hargrove College Ardmore Indian Territory dies at 49. Mrs C C Mobley killed by a train at Smithton West Virginia while scaring chickens. Harry Davis 22 of Parkersburg dies of heart disease after typhoid pneumonia recovery. John D Long Secretary of the Navy elected president of Massachusetts Total Abstinence Society in Boston. House committee favors weather bureau reorganization and retirement system. British Columbia aims to bar underground workers who cannot read or write English.
Samuel Peter Meyer, a murderer, was hanged at Somerset Pennsylvania. A Chicago youth narrator details how a 17 year old, son of working parents, becomes a sport gambler in two years. The piece links card games in a smoking car to a descent into gambling, racing, and crime in Chicago.
Ex-minister to England E. J. Phelps is ill with pneumonia at his New Haven home. Doctors report he is very sick but not yet in serious condition.
Grain and livestock prices listed for January 24 show flour, grain, and livestock values. Wheat and corn quotes from Cincinnati include various flour grades and No 2 red at specific fractions, while Chicago offers No 2 red wheat and No 2 corn with exact cents per bushel.
An employer and a 17 year old apprentice ride the same suburban train to the city. The employer’s smoking car rituals mask a web of misused trust and a scheme on wheat margins that unfolds into a five year crime tale ending with alerted accounts and loss.
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