A British Spy's Work
A British spy's work details a covert assignment and the risks faced by operatives in espionage. The piece outlines training, field operations, and the moral ambiguities encountered during intelligence gathering.
31 Mar 1900
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Newspaper
El Paso Daily Herald
Location
El Paso, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1900
Page
1
A British spy's work details a covert assignment and the risks faced by operatives in espionage. The piece outlines training, field operations, and the moral ambiguities encountered during intelligence gathering.
Reports from Moscow and Bloemfontein on March 31 describe Boer troops facing heavy pressure in Karu Siding, with General French and Colonel Legaliais coordinating flanking attacks as British forces press toward Mafeking. Casualties rise amid intense fighting while Gen. Botha is named to lead Transvaal forces.
Windsor castle is abuzz as the royal household prepares for the queen's departure to Ireland next week. Attendants work hard to ready clothing bedding crockery tinware and pets for the journey amid bustling activity and a large amount of baggage.
To Dublin today the royal party will travel with beds bedding a rolling chair and many photographs and knickknacks in the queen's private apartments. Dogs and two cages of birds including piping bullfinches accompany the group as Windsor residents prepare a grand ovation for her majesty's departure.
Berlin reports a major university driven tribute to Otto von Bismarck with over two hundred memorial pillars raised across Germany. At midnight the James will burst forth from the pillars forming a beacon chain while cities hold speeches and memorial exercises to mark the Iron Chancellor's birthday.
The report outlines progress in labor struggles as machinists secure gains in Chicago. Union actions, employer responses, and local union leadership are noted as the movement presses for better wages and working conditions.
Arizona operates a strong pitching effort, controlling the game from the mound. The staff keeps pressure on hitters, limiting damage and setting the tone for the team's dominating showcase.
In Chicago March 31 Herald reports Arizona ball players will not relocate the pennant. Local teams form as Western League schedule lists games at Omaha Des Moines Sioux City St Joseph Pueblo Denver and more. Ball player Long returns to town and George Markley joins the Colts with a dozen new players slated for practice tomorrow afternoon.
Rev Abe Mulkey opened a ten day revival at Tricity M E church. He spoke on Courage and My Experiences and Business Man. He travels widely, reports about 450 conversions and seventy five revival calls so far this year. He discusses using the press as a business tool and notes an orphanage in Waco.
Thomas Peterson of Perth Amboy marked the 30th anniversary of his historic 1870 vote under the Fifteenth Amendment. He cast Perth Amboy’s vote on a city charter amendment and received a Lincoln portrait gold medal engraved with his name and the circumstances.
Federal Judge Maxey is assigned to sit in the federal court of appeals in New Orleans and Judge Boarman will convene the El Paso district court on April 9. A proclamation of quarantine against the Rio Grande border and gulf coast takes effect tomorrow. Second Lieut Julian Dodge of the Twenty fifth Infantry is reassigned to company A at Fort Bliss.
The Herald voices a strong call for regional unity to demand an international dam at El Paso. It argues New Mexico and Colorado should join El Paso valley residents in pushing the project to irrigate the upper valley, with Elephant Butte or alternatives as next steps.
A dispatch from Delagoa Bay notes the award impacts Americans less than British investors as most American holdings are in stock or second bonds while British hold the first bonds. The land question was denied and landowners in Lorenzo Marquez seized by Portugal receive nothing.
The Democrats of the District of Columbia held a mass meeting and declared that Kansas City convention delegates must be Bryan men. The Norris faction wanted uninstructed delegates but was defeated.
Cambridge defeated Oxford in the annual boat race today in London, finishing twenty lengths ahead. The result confirms Cambridge as the victor in a closely watched athletic contest between the two universities.
The six thousand local machinists ratified a settlement this afternoon and will return to work Monday. The agreement grants the nine hour day and a wage increase to be determined later, with disputes to be settled by arbitration. Machinists hail it as a major victory and the first such broad agreement between employers and workers in their history.
In Pittsburg on March 31 twenty thousand workers gain a 10 percent wage rise effective tomorrow. The pay boost covers pipecutters machinists and laborers across major mills run by the tube combine with McKeesport’s National Tube Company employing about 4,000.
Indianapolis March 31 100000 United Mineworkers members mark fourteenth anniversary of the eight hour day with demonstrations and speechmaking after a prolanation from President John Mitchell.
Our Washington correspondent delivers a sharp witty column filled with lively Irish temper and humorous observations on political quirks and social scenes in the capital. The writing rips into current topics with a playful, distinctly Irish voice.
Tucson and El Paso battle for dominance with looming season. News notes: Armstrongeager staff in Albuquerque scene, Grays fundraising for starter fund, and Herald pennant contests shaping up. Earlier clubs pledge to field strong teams with Bisbee and Arizona cities preparing for summer play.
Dr Frank V Cantwell of El Paso, famed for Cantwell operation, writes Six Nephrectomies in the New York Medical Record March 17. The piece on kidney operations has drawn widespread attention and provoked inquiries from Pasophysicians about the author and his climate.
A fragment from a Washington correspondent mentions reading and attention to a prompt, suggesting emphasis on careful perusal. The passage hints at a communication or editorial angle but lacks clear events or names.
The Mexican band will not perform tomorrow because the uniforma did not arrive. If Taylor is not heard at the Clase opera Monday evening in El Paso, you miss a rare opportunity. Bob Taylor is solo at Clase.
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