British Victory Sparks London Jubilee and Feverish Scenes
London erupts with joy as news of Roberts and Buller advances spreads. Crowds flood streets, bells toll, and flags rise while the queen and city officials issue congratulations.
01 Mar 1900
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Newspaper
El Paso Daily Herald
Location
El Paso, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1900
Page
1
London erupts with joy as news of Roberts and Buller advances spreads. Crowds flood streets, bells toll, and flags rise while the queen and city officials issue congratulations.
Editors and visitors arrive for the fifteenth annual National Editorial association convention in New Orleans. J Y Gilmore delivers welcome. R H Henry of Jackson Mississippi gives the retiring president's address. evening plans honor the association's anniversary.
Crowds view a seventh annual novelty exhibition at Madison Square Garden as athletes perform amid a newly cleared board floor and a transformed arena. Organizers tout the event as unique and impressive with many novel displays and demonstrations for the public.
Grand jury charges six officials in a get rich quick scheme tied to a security savings society. Witnesses claim the group cleared over 250000 dollars in five months and that a stenographer reported deposits of 5000 dollars for horse race investments with the society keeping all winnings.
A violent nor’easter sweeps the coast with 65 mph winds at Cape Hatteras and towering seas. The 25 crew of the Spanish steamship Minerva are feared lost, and the British steamer Alder is reported in distress though rescue is unlikely.
London dispatch reports Ladysmith relieved after Gen Dundonald and a composite regiment entered the town last Tuesday night. The narrative recounts months of Boer siege operations starting October and includes major engagements, bombardments, and losses on both sides up to January 6, with heavy British casualties and Boer attempts to carry the town.
Reports from Ladysmith describe Buller’s relief of the besieged garrison amid heavy hardship and shortages. The dispatch details ongoing British advances, tropical conditions, and harrying Boer defenses as the war nears a conclusion.
This afternoon at 1 o'clock Mrs Joseph Magoffin hosted an elaborate luncheon at her Magoffin avenue residence for her guest Mrs Morehouse of Denver. Fourteen guests attended. violet green decor and painted name cards enhanced the table with violet centerpieces and violet souvenirs. The hospitality of the Magoffins was praised.
The text notes tomorrow as Texas independence day a legal holiday with bank closures in El Paso. It recounts the 1826 Washington convention that declared independence and formed a constitution, led by Burnett and Zavala, and mentions Houston, the Alamo siege, San Jacinto, and Texas joining the United States. Public schools in El Paso will mark the day with brief exercises.
The body of a woman burned in a Missouri Pacific wreck near Kansas City was positively identified as Miss Elizabeth Grostein of 3137 Sheridan Avenue, St. Louis. She was en route to marry M. Weil in Kansas City.
The War Department orders an investigation into an alleged overcharge at Hilo and Honolulu for unloading mules from transports Aztec and Port Albert. The ships billed $6 per head while planters were charged only 92 cents each.
Reports say Mrs. Rich is insane and fellow American prisoner James F Walcher is believed crazy in the Juarez jail. The text notes George Mundy, an old friend, knew Walcher from Guthrie Oklahoma as a hardworking man.
Silver City reports an elderly resident M. K. White aged seventy a retired merchant committed death by own action by heating this afternoon citing bad health as the cause.
Selena C. Smith files for divorce from Thomas Smith in district court alleging cruel treatment. Married July 1 last year, she claims on August 5 he knocked her down and bit her finger, among other cruelties. The couple are described as well known and prominent residents of Ysleta.
At the post Captain Loughborough refused to confirm or deny rumors of additional prisoners being brought in. The rumor gained strength after Deputy Bryant and Sheriff Boone departed in a buggy from the post.
The completion of wiring in city hall suggests lights can be installed shortly. Officials have completed electrical work and awaiting final approvals before illumination.
Julius Dewalle and Peter Van Derviere were killed when struck by a Grand Trunk passenger train during a blizzard in South Bend Indiana last night.
New York report notes copper in silver at 59 with a reading of 4.45 as of March 1.
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