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Newspaper
Houston Daily Post
Location
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1900
Page
2
A London based AP correspondent charges British authorities with red tape and mismanagement starving soldiers in South Africa. He details supply failures, scant rations, and harsh transport delays, urging accountability from the government and military leadership.
A London dispatch scans Transvaal morale as the war lingers with sulky Boer attitudes. Women, letters, and spies color the mood while public doubt grows over reinforcements and strategic resolve as British and Boer forces clash across South Africa.
London August 14 war office received a relief cable from Lord Roberts detailing actions near Pretoria and at Wiemegen Station. British forces under Methuen and Gough engaged the enemy as reinforcements moved, with six wagons and ambulances reported captured and Mafeking preparations under way. James G Stowe US consul general in Capetown sent an enthusiastic farewell.
August 12 in Owingaville Kentucky Edgar Copper shot and killed Goodpaster after a dispute about a fight a month earlier. With Goodpaster dying he allegedly said You have killed me. Connor then shot himself on Main Street in front of the bank. Both men were well connected and former rivals who had been friends.
A special freight train from Teal, Little Rock, Ark., on August 12, reportedly broke records by covering 1a miles in eight hours and forty-five minutes, including stops. The locomotive was a Baluwis Istomotive of the fourth class with Hiveh driving wheels, hauling fifty rare Uf gratin cars and causing wide attention across the South.
Reports note Conger and Gotteral discussing Pekin ministerial resistance until arrival of allied forces while United States demands are pressed. Seven thousand Christians reportedly killed near Paris, and Waldorf selection approved to command allied troops. Locally, Negroes wounded at Forney and rail, river, and cemetery news across states.
A chaotic report recalls a fitinine surrender near Toyug and a spree that ended with eleven killed and eleven injured in Slatington Pa. Victims include a boy killed and his father injured as a Southern Pacific train wrecks and other wrecks are described between lines of violence and robbery. The narrative names several places and a flurry of disasters in a single unsettled casualty record.
The garbled OCR fragment mentions a French torpedo boat destroyer and Bank of England policy with unclear context. It references naval activity and economic notes but lacks coherent facts or dates. The readable names imply a historical maritime/financial setting without concrete events or outcomes.
Reports indicate many British troops suffer starvation as a mass exodus of civilians from Mafeking is announced, signaling a widening humanitarian strain and potential strategic implications in the siege.
Woco defeated Texarkana in an eleven tuni content. Repulte of National and American line games Entiieg for Jolly's races. The amount of money Houston will receive from the State School fund distribution is $1.7. Berman on The Lord's Need was delivered by Rev. William Hoyne Leavell at the First Presbyterian church. Latice Bender won the Glass gold medal in curling. The Young Men's Hebrew Society entertained two members of the Glalvexton stelaty. The Texan and Lovlnlena Lambie pay made installment for travel with Sam Allen Lumber. Sharks club held a regular meeting. General order No. 6 regarding the No signal encampment was issued from the headquarters of the Department of Texas, Onand Arhiy Republic.
President Loubet arrived in Morany with ministers to review the Chinese expeditionary corps amid cheers of Vive Loubet and Vive la Republique. He denounced factional schemes and pledged loyalty, honor, and indemnity while the Polynesian ship departed despite strikers’ blocks as General Bottlers boarded at 5 o'clock for the voyage.
Washington August 12 Mr Wu the Chinese minister expressed elation at La Mung Chang being named plenipotentiary to arrange peace with the Dowers He said the choice should be acceptable to all concerned and noted Earl Li is a top official with the emperor and empress showing strong confidence in him as an intermediary for his government
The text lauds an appointed representative's work for China and his expected acceptance by powers noting his discretion and wisdom. It outlines demands from the president and Acting Secretary Adoo for protection of ministers, free communication, and restoration of order in China, forming the memorandum's keynote to the powers.
Washington reports reveal a tangle of telegraph messages between the United States and Germany over Count von Waldersee's appointment to command co operating forces in China. Officials note Britain Italy Austria and Japan signaled support, with suggestions to attach officers from cooperating nations to his headquarters. The German emperor congratulated the President and the US leader replied stressing shared humanity and the joint duty in China.
Knoxville Tennessee August 12 Hoelbrook college at Fountain City burned this morning with estimated damage about 45000, insured for 19100. The building will be rebuilt at once and the school will open September 1 without interruption. The college recently passed from the Fountain City Lamp Company to the Baptists of this section who intend begin their first work this year.
A garbled OCR fragment warns of harmful effects linked to liver poisoning and blood toxins, mentioning cascara as a purported treatment and signaling a warning against unsound remedies. The text lacks clear names, dates, or events but suggests unsafe drugging and general health cautions.
Charles R. Ferrell, a former Adams Express employee, was arrested in Columbus after confessing to killing Express Messenger Lane and robbing the Pennsylvan ia eastbound train to fund his upcoming marriage to Miss Mina Costelow. About $1,000 was recovered, with Ferrell admitting complicity with accomplices and detailing how he planned the crime from Urbana to Plain City before fleeing.
A garbled confession fragment describes a confrontation at a door, a struggle over money and a case, multiple gunshots, and a cover story involving a man named C. W. Casylor Cleveland. The speaker notes disposing of evidence, creating a package, and shipping items to another city, then traveling by train.
New York August 12 Mme Camacho of Pennsylvania railroad died on a Newark bound train after suffering heart failure during travel. She and two companions rode in a sleeping car where she collapsed and could not be revived despite medical aid. Body sent to New York City for funeral arrangements.
A tornado wrecked a Pittsburg aluminum plant injuring an engineer Frosha llon and causing near hundred thousand dollars in losses. Walls collapsed and a furnace area failed as the building partially collapsed.
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