New Governors Boers Retreating Northward
Report from the front indicates Boer forces are retreating northward as two Russian commandants are killed in the ongoing conflict. Military observers note strategic shifts while Allied forces pursue.
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Newspaper
Golden Era
Location
Golden, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jan 11, 1901
Page
2
Anglican cathedral fire hits Fredericton with damage
A fire damaged the Anglican cathedral in Fredericton New Brunswick early today. The report spans multiple cities noting related strikes, leadership appointments, military moves and other incidents from Sydney Halifax Seattle London and more, reflecting a broad snapshot of events.
Hill Buys Coal Mines in British Columbia Purchase
St Earl January 6 Negotiations concluded giving J J Hill president of the Great Northern railway control of the Crow s Near Pusa coal fields in British Columbia The syn dicate owners Toronto capitalists valued the deposits at about 100 million dollars though the paid figure cited was five million If developed the mines would supply the middle west and the Great Northern would extend roughly 35 miles to reach them
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hill
Middle West
Great Northern
Railroad Wreck Reported Near Sargent Minnesota
North bound limited on the Chicago Great Western wrecked near Sargent Minn with limited details. In Minneapolis two engines pulled the train and the second jumped the track, baggage car overturned and burned, seven coaches left track, baggage monster Greet, Conductor Healey and the buffet car porter seriously bruised. No passengers hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Minn
Chicago Great Western
Sargent
Minneapolis
Jan
Healey
Probable Disasters Off Astoria Ship Andrada Lost
Astoria Oregon January six reports the British ship Andrada of 2304 tons vanished after a storm drove her northward three weeks ago Pilot Cordiner was aboard and the revenue cutter Perry searches for her Rathdown, 81 days out from Yokohama, is overdue and feared sunk by a typhoon off the Japanese coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Astoria
Ore
Andrada
Columbia
Perry
Rathdown
Yokohama
Brutal lynching shocks Rome as mob hangs Black man
Rome Georgia January 6 a Black man George Reed charged with attempted assault on Mrs J K Lookyear was hanged from a tree and shot by a mob after he protested innocence. Mrs Lookyear did not testify and the mob refused to stop until the prisoner was killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
George Reed
J. K. Lookyear
Reed
Lookyear
New Australian Cabinet Formed With Barton as Prime Minister
The Sydney report lists Edmund Barton as prime minister and foreign affairs head, Alfred Deakin as attorney general, Lyne as home affairs head, Gurner as treasurer, Forrest as postmaster general, Dickson as defence minister, and notes others. Ottawa reports Chinese commission chair R C Clute in city, meeting J Munn on return from England marriage trip. Toronto notes Ontario packing factories combine project with large existing firms, potential value around five billion dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Federated Australia
Edmund Barton
Australia
Foreign Affairs Department
Alfred Deakin
Gen. Lyne
Home Office
Sir George |Urnor
John Forrest
Postminster
John Dickson
Ottawa
R. C. Clute
Tthe Sity
J. Munn
Montreal
England
Toronto
Joseph Lotter
Ontario
Enlistment Surges as Cape Colony War Moves North
Cape Town reports a lively enlistment for the colony's defense with 500 citizens joining and volunteers from civil service and wealthy residents. troops land Monarch to relieve for service northward and plans to guard Hex River passes and the railway. Boers active in Transvaal, railways improving, Fraserburg occupied by British as contingents form for possible fronts. Lord Roberts expected to take command, boosting public morale and recruitment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Milner
Transvaal
Walter Francis Hely- Hutchinson
Natal
Gululand
Cape Colony
Henry Edward McQuilum
Newfoundland
Hamilton John Goold-Adams
Cochuanaland
Orange River Colony
Cape Town
Col. Williams
Middleburg
Vol. Grenfell
Brabant
Uriah Reinet
Maseru
Basutoland
de Wet
Monarch
Worcester
Hex River
Carnarvon
Colesburg
Kritsinger
Middleberg
Fraserburg
Graaf Inez
Williston
Bechuanaland
Blikfontein
Doetzap
Danceils Rieul
Griqualand
London
Lord Roberts
Sydney
N.S.W
Lord Kitchener
Daily Express
Matjesfontein
Killed the Betrayer in Cavalier County
Milton N. Jan 4 A bachelor farmer Wm Barry surrendered claiming he killed his hired man Andrew Mellen after a failed hanging and stabbing episode The sister confessed an intimate relationship with Mellen and had been refused marriage Barry jailed Mellen in a barn and killed him with a knife after giving him time to pray The sister found after an all night search with frostbitten limbs
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton
Barry
Cavalier County
Andrew Mellen
Mellen
Mellon
Fee
Century World Roundup Reports Wide Range of 1900 Events
Across cities from Strathroy to Hudson and Kingston the Bulletin notes a deaf mute killed at a crossing, Stonehenge gale damage, Bank of England rate shift, a German consul appointment, Royal Marines leadership, Dowie sailing to the United States, and the death of Rev Joseph Donovan. It also covers a high school caretaker fatally injured, a centenarian death in Brooklyn, a Chinese laundry tax detention in Montreal, and a decaying debt drop in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strathroy
Charles Kemp
London
Stonehenge
Winnipeg Markets price list across grains and livestock
Winnipeg Markets lists prices for flour and milled goods from Lake of the Woods to Imperial XXXX, with per sack costs for various patent breads and milled products. Mill feed and ground feed rates are given per ton, while oats, barley, corn, flax and hay fetch bid ranges. dairy, cheese, eggs, vegetables, dressed meats, poultry, hides, wool, tallow, and Seneca root all appear with unit prices and per-bushel or per-pound figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medora
Ogilvie Milling Company
Glenora
Manitoba
Imperial
Ignatius Donnelly Dies in Minneapolis Visit
Ignatius Donnelly formerly a congressman and lieutenant governor of Minnesota, and last presidential campaign Populist vice presidential nominee, died of heart trouble during a Minneapolis visit. A noted author who argued Bacon wrote Shakespeare, he leaves a young wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ignatius Donelly
St. Paul
Ignatius Donnelly
Congress
Minneapolis
Donnelly
Bacon
Fire destroys Bellaire Stamping plant in Harvey Illinois
Chicago reports a fire destroying the Bellaire Stamping company plant at Harvey Illinois a Chicago manufacturing suburb. Loss estimated at 400000 with about 375000 covered by insurance. A separate item from London notes Senator Proctor of Vermont bought the Carraia quarries in Italy for 10 million dollars securing control of large part of world statuary and building marble output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Bellaire Stamping Company
Harvey
Thin City
London
Ita
Proctor
Vermont
Italy
Looking Backward You and the Big Mustached Man
In a recollection scene two men converse about past mischief and growth. One, recently returned from Australia, recalls being a bold kid who teased the other’s sister, while the other replies with tempered, amused scorn acknowledging the speaker’s past as a runt and noting his current sturdier, stronger presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Australia
Yrou
Thunder distance riddle in archaic dialogue
Fragmentary excerpt from The Cleveland Plain Dealer features a humorous exchange about thunder distance and a lightning calculator. Names such as Joseph and Ann appear amid garbled lines about antique bottles and a costly bill.
Political Quips From Era Incomplete OCR Snippet
Fragmentary quote styled as political quips from Chicago and Minneapolis papers mentions voters praying and politicians seeking favor. Names and clear facts are garbled, yielding a partial picture of a discussion on voting, office seeking, and a reference to the Smith family.
Pursued By A Cruel Household Master And Death Plot
A former maid recounts fleeing a cheap cottage job with an elderly, ailing wife. The master, Dyson, schemes to murder her for inheritance while showing overt cruelty, planning to marry a neighbor widow. The witness sabotages the plot, saving the woman as tension builds.
The Dyson Murders and a Hushed Widow’s Tale
A recounting survivor tells of a staged poisoning plot by a man named Orakteu Toat and his wife the Dyson family. The cellar and factory excavation framed a deadly plan ending with the wife’s death and the narrator’s brutal assault. Dyson fled to America. the killer escaped hangman’s rope.
State Lines and State Notes Across the Union
STATE LINES Alabama has a fine old capitol wet on a hill and rich in historical associations but no governor's mansion and 14 beginning to think it needs one New Jersey has the largest hothouses in the country devoted to orchids with 400 varieties and representations from almost every tropical and subtropical country Private contributions secure at least 20 traveling Mbrakew In the rural counties of Pennsylvania this fall and winter the legislature has made no appropriation for their support The state free library in commission is gratified by the generosity of the public Minnesota has a law for the prevention and suppression of forest and stable fires with fire wardens and only ten forest fires in 1800 These burned over 8033 acres and damaged timber to the extent of 1641 Ebony was esteemed as a luxury by the ancients in India it was used by kings for cups and images and was believed to annul the power of poisons
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
State Free Library
Commission
Minnesota
Dr Chase Ointment touted as cure for piles
An advertisement extols Dr Chase's Ointment as the only absolute cure for piles, claiming world recognition and word of mouth praise. It cites testimonials from Mrs. James Brown of Ottawa and merchant George Thompson of Blenheim, Ontario, urging readers to purchase at 60 cents a box or mail order.
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Ont
Dr. Chase
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