Will Have His Way Lion
A compact note names a lion and uses the phrase will have his way, implying a dominant display or decisive action.
14 Mar 1900
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Newspaper
El Paso Daily Herald
Location
El Paso, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1900
Page
1
A compact note names a lion and uses the phrase will have his way, implying a dominant display or decisive action.
The parliamentary paper released last night includes the telegrams from Bloemfontein and the Orange Free State to Marquis Salisbury and Britain's response. The presidents demand recognition of independence as sovereign states and threaten continued war to secure it.
The Topeka Kansas paper reports Rev Charles M Sheldon’s Christian daily has a stronger second edition with more news features and varied matter. The first page carries political social reform topics and a war horrors cartoon. Eight of thirty six columns cover temperance.
A Republican leader stated that Cornelius Bliss of New York could have the vice presidential nomination if he desired it. The impression is that Bliss declined the offer at his family’s request.
New York reports copper at 16 percent keeping pace with silver at 59 percent while lead sits at 4.45. The brief market update captures metal values without further context.
British forces suffer heavy casualties as Boer defenders push back in a fierce engagement. Reports describe a costly tactical setback for the British and rising Boer momentum in the conflict.
Pretoria dispatch reports the Free State capital shifting from Bloemfontein to Kroonstad as fighting rages near Bloemfontein. British assaults repulsed with heavy losses. garrison sick with enteric fever, scurvy, and diphtheria.
The president signed the financial bill today ending weeks of debate. Lawmakers hailed the move as stabilizing markets and funding key programs.
The movement seeks a British government action to hold an imperial convention for a uniform system of interchangeable gold and silver coins across the empire. If the current sovereign and shilling were heavier they would fit Canadian and US currency, with support from the Montreal board of trade and many other Dominion commercial bodies.
The twenty fourth annual session of the Texas Cattle Raisers Association met in Fort Worth. The executive committee report shows receipts of 75743 dollars and disbursements of 67390 dollars. Officers elected include President R. J. Kieberg of Alice Texas and First Vice President Murdo McKenzie of Trinidad Colorado. Secretary J. C. Loving of Fort Worth and Treasurer S. B. Burnett of Fort Worth.
Washington March 14 The president signed the financial bill at 12 45 p m after the conference report passed the House by 166 to 120 with 10 present and not voting The Senate had already approved the conference report placing the measure on the president for signature Representative Overstreet carried the bill to the White House where the signature was affixed as reported.
Terry McGovern, former bantam and current featherweight champion, gives up the bantamweight title to Philadelphia boxer Danny Dougherty due to weight difficulties. He will defend the featherweight crown and continues as Dougherty’s spring partner. Fitzsimmons and Mather are slated for a six round bout at the First Regiment Armory in Philadelphia on March 24.
Society packed the Waldorf Astoria for the Kipling Kirmess hosted by the Society of Decorative Art. The event featured the stage premiere of two Kipling Gadsby stories and readings of famed poems, with a continued program tonight including a costume dance among about a hundred well known young men and women.
Federal Quarantine Officer Kinyoun reports inoculated pigs rats and other animals from glands of the deceased Chinaman show no bubonic plague signs. Board of health lifts quarantine on Chinatown as a precaution against spread of disease.
The Illinois River floods the valley with a sudden thaw swelling the Des Plaines and Vermilion rivers. Farms inundated, factories closed, and Sanitary District offices delaged as the drainage canal blamed for the trouble.
Rev. Thomas K Beecher longtime Park Church pastor and Henry Ward Beecher brother died in Elmira after a paralytic stroke suffered last Sunday evening. He passed away at 12:20 this morning following the service. Beecher served the Elmira church for 46 years.
The Oceanic brought 1500 Irish immigrants to New York on March 14. Among the travelers were many young men eager to flee the prospect of being drafted to fight the Boers in South Africa.
Rev. F. M. Anderson the Virginia state evangelist of the Disciples of Christ was struck on a Norfolk and Western bridge while studying a sermon and killed. He was on the tracks near Chilhowie on March 14.
Warrants issued for thirty leading Kentucky Republicans and four Brown Democratic leaders accused as accessories to the Goebel murder. Authorities allege involvement of prominent political figures in the case advancing through Louisville.
New York dispatch reports that the Colorado and Southern will absorb the Colorado Midland in a plan agreed by the presidents and directors of both lines.
Uniform System Ottawa March 14 delegates from the British Empire league convene with good attendance And trade and financial circles show interest as the league probably will take definite steps in the near term toward significant action.
Court circles whisper that a daughter of the sultan has eloped with Niedjar the Turkish poet. The Vienna rumor spreads amid diplomatic chatter and intrigue.
Chicago March 14 The executive committee of the Farmers National congress fixed the last week of August and Colorado Springs as the place for holding the national congress.
Thirty three Russian emigrants have camped around the Mexican Central depot in Juarez awaiting inspection by General Malloy. They arrived from Vera Cruz five months ago and intend to settle in Kansas if admitted to the United States.
London reports the Duke of Orleans was expelled from the Bachelor's club for not explaining his praise of an artist who drew an insulting cartoon of the queen. The action underscores tensions between royal figures and critical art in the period.
Cecil Rhodes postpones his voyage to England due to a stomach ailment. He was to sail today but remains in Carpe Town awaiting recovery.
R B Isaac faces a crucial habeas corpus hearing tomorrow with Judge Walthall expected to arrive from the east. Patterson and Wallace, his defense team, prepare to argue the writ while the state asserts its case at ten o’clock. Bail arrangements were made at a local bank to cover the required amount.
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