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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1900
Page
1
Ashillon Glass Factory makes green glass hollow ware beetles flasks and similar items. Macs 1BRON Bridge Co manufactures bridges roofs and general iron structures. F Von Kanel runs East Side Jewelry Store on East Main Street. Coleman dealer in watches clocks silverware musical instruments at No. h South Erie Street.
Pennsylvania Lines ticket agents offer inquiries on low Florida fares and winter resorts in the South with free fall information on tickets and schedules. Contact nearest representative or G L. Kimball, assistant general passenger agent, Cleveland, for details on travel, party size, and start date. Also notices on grain drinks, health tablets, and overland California trains referenced alongside agent contacts.
A Missouri Pacific freight train stalled in a snowdrift in a Kansas City area blizzard. The St Louis day express was delayed and the St Louis local rammed into it. Fire added to the horror. Two unknown women died. Injured included Mr and Mrs Schmidtlapp and daughter from Cincinnati. Mrs Schmidthepp fatally hurt. She was an intimate friend of Mrs McKinley.
A million dollar fire swept Newark New Jersey on February 28 causing unknown liver losses. Four firemen were injured. Principal losses include W.O. Styder and Co 0 000 build ings and various owners 275 000. 4 W Mantz TD Bornstein and L 8 Phun Co 15000.
Senate committee testimony details payments tied to Montana legislature votes and a murder connection in Helena. Witness Stephan Bywater recalls carrying funds, stock sale proceeds, and a promise of pay for supporting Clark for the senate. Other witnesses include Clerk Ricketts and bank official T Karty as investigators pursue the case.
Wasmixeron December 28 reports Admiral Watson’s fleet in the Philippines grows with three more Spanish gunboats The General Alava is fitted for troop transport to aid garrison deployment The Quiros and Villalobos 347 ton gunboats can make the Hongkong Manila run This reduces need for armored ships and Oregon Monterey and Monadnock may be ordered home
Montagu White of Pretoria says the surrender of General Oronje ends offensive actions. British forces have forced the Boers onto defense, with Pretoria described as impregnable. He adds the war's remainder may be long and less dramatic, though not a military expert.
War Department list details deaths among U S forces in the Philippines including by explosion of guncotton, drowning, fever and typhoid with ranks from infantry to cavalry and multiple regiments such as Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth infantry. Names include William E Br and Ernest W Schoo maker among many others.
The report outlines tensions over alleged tributes demanded by a Congo Free State governor. British colonial secretary Joseph Chamberlain and U.S. Ambassador Joseph Choate discuss referrals to the Foreign Office and State Department, with Secretary Hay urged to receive representatives. A medical investigation is said to be underway.
Two rival state governments operate in Frankfort with officials claiming lawful authority while banks suspend funding. State funds are frozen and payments to legislators, counties, contractors, and charitable institutions await court authorization. Democratic White officers set up offices in the State hotel as the crisis unfolds.
San Francisco Feb 28 The steamship Australia from Honolulu reports that after 12 days without signs of plague three cases appeared yesterday all fatal The victims include two Chinese males and a half breed woman The Honolulu dispatch notes fire damaged block suspected of housing the woman and that $100000 and $345023 were appropriated to combat the plague and sewer extensions Precautions on sugar shipments and careful cleaning of unsanitary areas are under way.
Lennon Feb 28 British forces under General Roberts captured 29 Transvaal and 18 Free State officers. Notable names include M. J. Wolverans of the Volksraad and Frus a Scandinavian, Major Albrecht a renowned German artillery expert, and Major Von Dewitz a noted engineer. Guns taken include three 75 centimeter Krupps, nine one pounders, and one Maxim gun from the Transvaal. from the Free Staters a 75 centimeter Krupp and a Maxim gun.
Rome reports a painful impression over General Cronje's capitulation with newspapers praising the Boer commander and his troops. Vienna notes General Oronje capture as the war's first decisive British success, framing it as the war's key turning point.
News from Paardeberg and Pasroeperd reports General Cronje surrendered unconditionally at daylight after a prolonged siege. About 1,150 Orange Free State citizens and remaining Transvaal citizens total near 4,000 to 8,000 Boer prisoners, to be moved to Cape Town under Major General Prettyman. Canadian and British forces led a heavy assault, with casualties and wounded among several units, while General MacDonald is expected back soon.
Feb 23 Wasttxatox Reuters notes the Republican managers are confident modifications from Monday night will yield a narrow majority in today’s final vote. The Porto Rivon bill debate closed in a blaze of glory with crowded galleries as Dolliver of Iowa and Bailey of Texas delivered closing arguments for about an hour and a half.
Sabine released by British authorities at Port Elizabeth and has moved on. Ambassador Choate has not reported to the state department on his representation to the foreign office. George B Barrow and his wife, linked to the Central Park Baby kidnapping, are described. Barrow is sent to Mattawan asylum after four years in Sing Sing, wife remains in Auburn prison serving six and a half years.
In New York on February 28 the market showed broad activity led by Third Avenue. Early trading saw shares sold rapidly with prices sliding from 68 to 63 as bears pressed many issues. Sugar broke but later rallied, while railroad stocks and utilities fell in the broader weakness. Government bonds advanced with mixed stock performance, and a late rally failed to steady losses in several sectors. In St Louis Miss Ame Taylor, daughter of Mrs George Taylor, married James Kimbrough Jones son of Senator J R Jones Arkansas at the West End hotel in a ceremony conducted by Archityld Carr.
Crowds in London celebrate Lord Roberts victory with cheers for "Bobs" and flag displays especially in the East End, while Queen Victoria visits Netley hospital to commend wounded soldiers. Cable reports from Pretoria note US Consulate observer Captain Reichmann arriving andBoer officials welcoming him as dispatches confirm smooth consulate operations.
Delegations from Porto Rico in Washington issue a statement to Congress opposing tariff theory, arguing for absolute free relations for the island. They note a U S Trinidad treaty grants free duty free machinery implements and food to Trinidad, calling the gesture unequal to Porto Rico under consideration by Congress.
Debates on the Hawaii government bill continue with Mr Turley defending constitutional aims while Mr Penrose and Mr Spooner press for senate full membership. Proceedings focus on whether the governor or legislature may name senators and how vacancies should be filled, with plans to vote on the measure and discuss the conference report on the financial bill.
In San Juan Porto Rico February 28 500 laborers marching from Ponce to Adjuntas formed a protest and entered Adjuntas waving flags and banners demanding five cents per hour. The workers say current pay is eight cents and they work from sunrise to sunset for thirty cents. They remained orderly and appointed a committee to negotiate with contractors.
Maniarra Ohio, Feb 28. Harvey Benedict and Chester Campbell of Williams town were blown to atoms while preparing to shoot a well with nitroglycerine. A few minutes later a load of nitroglycerine exploded, annihilating Samuel Fleming, his team and wagon.
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