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Newspaper
Glenboro Gazette
Location
Glenboro, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 01, 1900
Page
3
London dispatches describe Lord Roberts advancing with Hemilter linking up as Boers retreat south of the Vaal ROC. German and French forces merge in reconnaissance along fords at the Vaal while Pretoria reports growing uncertainty and newspaper suppression.
A fire started in No 8 Company armory within the Windsor opera house block and burned through the floor into a Joseph Applebee & Co wareroom. Firemen extinguished the blaze but flooding below caused about 30000 in damages, largely covered by insurance.
Col. Otter convalescent Ottawa reports he has recovered from his wound and will rejoin his regiment. The message was sent to the militia department on May 26.
The list shows candidates nominated Saturday for the general election on June 9 across districts such as Alberni Bedford Thomson Neill and Victoria City four seats with Martin Yates Brown Beckwith and Turner among the Vancouver group. Parties include Gov Opp Con Prov Party and Labor with figures like White Sangster and Beebe leading multiple districts.
A May fire in Montreal gutted Teller, Rothwell & Co. chemicals warehouse on St Dizier street, with flames reaching adjacent buildings including L Chaput Fils wholesale grocers and Walter Gross & Co. hardware. Roofs burned at times but firemen saved most structures. loss from Teller, Rothwell is about 75,000 dollars.
In Chicago on May 28 the Methodist general conference narrowly voted to maintain the church’s ban on card playing dancing theatre going and other amusements that have been forbidden since 1872. The debate featured bitter exchanges and disorder as delegates argued over amendments to the book of discipline before the final decision.
Reports from Kumassie Acra dated May 25 describe heavy fighting as Lagos Hausers attempt to break the siege line. Three European officers were killed Capt Alpin and 100 Hausers wounded. Ashanti losses are said to be great with three hundred Ashantis killed in a prior action as the rising spreads.
London reports Lord Roberts infantry delay at the Abenoster river due to deep, fordless banks. Pontoon bridges rise as Gen Dartnell’s volunteers occupy Mount Prospect. Bethune’s cavalry ambushed near Laing’s Nek. 5 officers and 63 men killed or wounded. Mafeking relieved. civilians celebrate in market square. Rumors swirl on stock market about Johannesburg raid and Leyds Kruger dispute.
Raleigh May 5 Twenty two miners including John Connelly mine superintendent died in a Cumpock coal mine explosion. About forty or fifty men were inside when the blast occurred believed caused by a safety lamp gauze. Rescue began within an hour and by daylight all bodies except Simon McIntyre were recovered, badly burned.
Three strikers shot in St Louis. a passenger train collision near Mileson. deaths from a shipboard fire. a farmer shot in Minnesota. Tonga king asks Britain to protect his kingdom. rail wreck near Labelle injures eighteen. Southampton cold storage collapse buries victims. Local and international notes include Canadan fire at Montreal warehouse. Welland canal dynamiters sent to Kingston. boxing results in Bridgeport. Chicago lakefront land seizure. BC elections nearing. BBC nominations and Winnipeg convention wrap.
The article reports Canada's pavilion opening at the Faris exposition, Boer envoys touring American cities next week, Dublin suppressing United Irishman, Welland canal dynamitiders sentenced to life, 2000 Buffalo moulders returning to work, and teachers meeting in Manitoba. It also mentions the Mansion House fund closing May 31 with 255500, a fatal Akron electric line accident, Montreal miner Baril released, and no Sunday games for Paris exposition sports.
Winnipeg cricket team wins at Vor tage la Prairie. Immigrants arrive in Manitoba. Dark storm over trading towns with bank robberies and shipwrecks reported. A Chinese cook murder in Rossland linked to Highbinders. Dalmoor wins Ontario Queen’s Pirate in Toronto. Turkey urged to settle indemnity with the US. Major Drummond asked to rejoin his regiment. Major stories include floods, fires, and legal actions across Canada and the US.
Winnipeg markets list Manitoba grain and livestock values with prices for flour oats barley flaxseed and wheat plus feed and meat prices. It records per bushel per 80 lb sack and per pound rates for butter eggs poultry and with regional names like Ogilvie Grenora Medora and Seneca root.
Western Canada Championship and Fourth Annual Trap shooting Tournament under the Winnipeg Industrial Exhibition will be the west's premier event with over 2000 in prizes. Contestants compete for cash to cover expenses and enjoy recreation at the Big Fair with Magan-Trap pigeon throws. Massey Meric Hall hosts War Picture Show exhibitions drawing full houses daily.
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