29 Dec 1900
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Newspaper
El Paso Daily Herald
Location
El Paso, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1900
Page
1
A brisk narrative details how key papers were hurried through distant routes by fast mail service. It captures urgency, the players behind the effort, and the impact of rapid delivery on a critical decision or event.
At 11 this morning the Boston and Chicago special pulled by engine 999 completed one of the fastest runs on the New York Central. The train hurried from Chicago to New York to reach the Cunard steamer Campania and transfer New Zealand government documents to London.
The item notes the campaign season winding down with renewed vigor and expectations of significant financial contributions as the final push unfolds. Supporters anticipate a climactic finish with substantial spending to secure outcomes.
A brief item notes W C T members following a woman through city streets addressing attire and public behavior in a cautious community report.
Panic sweeps London as several major mining brokerage houses collapse or suspend operations under heavy debt. Traders report rapid selloffs and market uncertainty spreading to related finance firms. Regulators promise measures to stabilize the sector and protect investors.
Wichita dispatch reports Mrs. Carry Nation is brought to court for a preliminary hearing after raiding a bar room and vandalizing property. She requests a continuance to January 5 to allow defense by John G. Woolley and refuses bail, escorted to jail by a large contingent of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
Washington December 29 The Red Cross may incur eleven thousand dollars in cable tolls for messages from European crowns responding to the society about the birth of the new century. London and Globe Express is confident it will recover from a West Australian securities raid. Lord Dufferin leads the London effort with a wealthy board, as watch meetings spread to major cities and messages are read by the Globe.
The Herald reports the carnival movement will directly lead to a Great Southwest Industrial Expo. The piece notes strong interest from carnival members and the chamber of commerce, with more details expected as the effort grows.
Claus Spreckles announces a new gas plant project in Potrero worth 5 million dollars aimed at dominating San Francisco electricity supply and retaliating against Crockett of the Electric Light company over a smoke nuisance dispute.
A mob of fifteen white and Mexican laborers attacked a Chinese camp at Casa Blanca California. They forced eight occupants to surrender and transported them to the Santa Ana river bottom where they subjected them to brutal treatment. Several Chinese were seriously wounded. The violence followed the discharge of Mexican girls from a packing house.
Fred Grubert a Denver barber drank prussic acid in his Blake Street room after mailing letters to two men who aided him. He left a note saying he would die and intended to be buried with his wife in Fairmount Cemetery. the body was found by the house owner, and insurance papers were also referenced.
An American art student recounts a robbery incident in South Korea where two missionaries were assaulted and stripped of belongings, with his life spared. He describes the attackers and the mode of life of the region as context.
In a fragmentary extract the Marshall Field's big store is described as narrowly escaping a violent, barbarous attack by aborigines. The text claims they kill roast and eat their own young children and notes an ordinary diet of yams and lizards.
A blaze in the fourth floor upholstery area at Marshall Field & Co in Chicago narrowly escaped total destruction. The fire prompted a major scare for firefighters as crews fought the flames and chaos erupted during the incident.
A Frisco woman’s death followed a blaze that caused an estimated 100000 dollars in damage as the fire burned. The event occurred while investigators assessed the scene and the home burned.
An American woman reports that the mail steamer Tillamore from San Francisco is believed to have arrived, after the steamers Bertha and Dolphin came from Alaska with updates. The report suggests continued interest in the ship's status and potential implications for maritime communications.
From England for he Washington Dec 29 The British government has made an allowance of $4000 for Mrs Geo F Labram Aurora Ill because of the death of her husband killed by a Boer shell in Kimberley cisco so long overdue from Dutch Harbor is lost
Mc Donald who killed Auditor Morriss of the war department last week and then attempted suicide died this morning. He refused food and drink, determined to die. Labram an engineer with De Beers in Kimberley siege also mentioned.
Police in Paterson New Jersey issued an order banning boxing in the city following the Smith Mahoney incident. The ruling aims to prevent further disorder and safeguard public safety in local venues.
Apolinar Estrada, a carpenter living in a Mexican hut area near the Santa Fe depot, was attacked on Christmas night by about eight men. They knocked him down with a car pin, bound him in a sack, and planned to dump him from a freight train. He escaped, was treated by Dr. H Thompson, and reported the incident to officers.
New York reports Kid McCoy fought after being jostled by two pedestrians. He struck one man who fell and another who bled. McCoy cut his right hand on the teeth of the strangers, and swelling raises fears of blood poisoning.
In St. Louis on December 29, authorities stopped last night's boxing program. The scheduled bouts were declared off as police intervened, curtailing the event.
Nine year old Johnny Tonhoz of Judd, Iowa, missing ten days, was found in a barn loft near Ft Dodge. He is thawed but half starved and likely insane. His parents offered $500 reward for his return or the capture of the abductors. Doctors fear possible leg amputation due to frostbite after vegetable sustenance.
San Antonio unions raise contributions to present a house and lot to the widow of the late Policeman Lacey who died in the Thanksgiving Day riot. Members will perform the labor without charge for the erection of the home.
El Paso's city clerk B. S. Catlin arrived in Austin as the high school bond issue was set for approval this afternoon. The action aims to fund school infrastructure and modernization.
Gale swept the British Isles for 36 hours battering the coast near London. Dozens of vessels foundered and many sailors drowned though many wrecks remain unidentified. Continuous sea fury disrupted shipping and coastal activity.
New York reports bar silver and Mexican money quotations in El Paso on December 29 with prices around 49.50 cents.
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