22 Dec 1900
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Newspaper
Nelson Daily Miner
Location
Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Dec 22, 1900
Page
1
London reports a revived old English Yuletide with lavish costumes and servants dances at noble houses including Osborne Sandringham and Blenheim. The piece notes royal gatherings, festive balls, and a shift toward pampering domestic staff amid society’s holiday display.
London readers survey the Hay-Pauncefote treaty and Nicaragua canal debate with praise for the United States Senate and President McKinley, while railing at perceived endless concessions and overblown praise from officials and press without offering UK counterpoint.
The Hay-Pauncefote canal treaty with Senate amendments was received at the State Department. Amendments will be sent to the British Government, then to London aboard a steamer leaving New York next Tuesday. The process is unusually rapid. the State Department will act no further until London responds.
A dispatch from De Aar Cape Colony reports Yeomanry driving the Boers from Houtakraal with the enemy retreating west. Zonfontein saw a Boer attack on December 18 repelled. The Evening Standard cites a report of Kimberley being seriously threatened, but South African firms have not confirmed it.
The influenza epidemic ravages St Petersburg with a week's mortality at decade highs. Offices sit vacant and homes show shuttered desks as doctors discuss remedies amid widespread illness. Weather favors further spread.
London December 22 Conservative Mr Worsley Taylor succeeds Mathew White Ridley as representative for Trackpool division in the House of Commons. Ridley vacated the seat upon his elevation to the peerage as Viscount Ridley. Taylor won with a reduced majority from the general election when Ridley was unopposed.
The Novosti discussion on the Nicaraguan canal asserts England cannot oppose the United States as America rises while England loses prestige.
The American schooner Jennie Hall captained by Lawson, sailing from Trinidad to Baltimore, stranded eight miles south of Cape Henry at 4 a.m. today. The captain and two crewmen drowned in the disaster.
Morning sun brings first Nelson sunshine in six weeks as mountain tops glow and Kootenay Lake ripples reflect sparkling peaks. Citizens see a festive glow in the city with shop windows warming as Christmas time nears and daily life shifts to lighter, hopeful mood.
A fierce southwesterly wind in the Straits of San Juan Del Fuca persists for 24 hours. The coal laden Robert Dollar failed to progress toward San Francisco and awaits calmer seas while vessels reach Port Angeles. Damaging washouts occur along Port Townsend and the Southwestern. The Forester reports the Charles D Lane signaling distress near Flattery Rock and Tallooah Island with danger of wreck and loss of life.
Five men dynamited the Coffee County Bank vault in Manchester Kentucky and fled with $6000. A hand car was stolen and found by lawmen near Tullahoma. A suspect carrying the treasure was captured. all loot recovered. Bloodhounds were sent to track the remaining four.
Rome reports the Genoa strike worsening as workers reject proposals and vow to continue. Troops deployed, ships blocked in port, and fears rise that electricians and gasmen may join the stoppage.
Washington December 22 KF H Morr is of Indiana auditor for the War Department was shot at 2 15 this evening in his office in the Windsor Building by a man named McDonald formerly a disbursing clerk in the office Morris is thought to be fatally hurt
Edward V Higgins of Coldwater Canyon confessed killing his mother and sheep herder William Sheehan with an axe on December 4. A body is reportedly buried in a hillside grave described by Higgins as the burial site.
Ottawa dispatch reports Charles O'Reilly a city fireman arrested on murder charges in the death of Mrs. Atcheson of 392 St Andrew Street. She died last night from injuries alleged to have been caused by blows after a Tuesday quarrel, with no visible marks noted, at Water Street Hospital where she died after remaining unconscious since Tuesday night.
A formal plan outlines keeping official staff records in the manager’s office detailing promotions and salary increases. Promotions will favor merit and vacancies filled from within, with no general staff cuts despite crop failures. Aimed at training shorthand and telegraphy at major centers to prepare juniors as positions open. Various local notices follow on deaths, accidents, resignations, and political shifts across Ottawa, Kingston, Toronto, Halifax, St John.
Montreal December 22 Mr D McNicoll general manager of the Canadian Pacific Railway issues a notification to department chiefs announcing a management decision to promote him to a new post.
London December 22. Frederick Richard Pickersgill famed painter and Royal Academy keeper from 1875 to 1887 died yesterday. Born in London in 182? he made significant contributions to 19th century British art.
Mid winter promotion results announced as Nelson Public School closed for holidays. Promotions from Primer to higher readers are listed by division with names and highest standings. The note mentions gifts to some teachers and the new term starts January 7. A London diary snippet questions Salisbury linking with ministers, citing a Daily Express item.
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