25 Feb 1900
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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1900
Page
1
London reports scarce front news with Paardeberg shelling known only as a fact. Cronje possibly breaking British lines near Magersfontein is unconfirmed. Buller’s operations show heavier opposition and doubt surrounds Ladysmith relief progress. A Boer telegram notes British losses after Tugela crossing. Choate met Lord Salisbury over the Sabine seizure.
London reports Feb 25 with mixed dispatches on Cronje and Ladysmith. Boer force 8000 described as surrendering after 1700 killed or wounded. Cronje reportedly wounded or shot. Buller and White said to have touched Ladysmith, but casualty lists cast doubt. Rail chronicle and war-office silence noted. fighting near Pieter's and surrounding Ladysmith continues with heavy bombardment and reinforcements.
The Bar Association will investigate Justice Fitzgerald as he appointed John F Carroll receiver for the Brooklyn Wharf and Warehouse Company. A special meeting is set for Monday February 26 1900 at 8 30 pm to discuss action, with City Club and counsel actions noted.
The article reports the signing of the $35,000,000 tunnel railroad contract in New York, noting Belmont family involvement, the fifty year franchise held by the Rapid Transit Subway Construction Company, and Albert B. Boardman’s view that the Metropolitan Street Railway should operate the new line. It covers witnesses, the signing sequence, and comments on future management and city tax implications.
Lord Roberts emerges as a logical candidate for High Commissioner after the war, with military genius backing his South Africa campaign. His pacification and reconstruction drives restore British prestige, unify colonial loyalities, and bolster imperial sentiment across Canada and Australia. The Unionist government gains steadiness, while critics recede as Roberts and Kitchener appear key to empire foresight. A luxury train advertisement for the New York to Florida Limited follows.
In the Hotel Endicott, Mrs Mamie Hayes was shot in bed by Dr Franklin L Caldwell her husband Dr Ephraim Hayes fled home with his own life ended by a self inflicted pistol shot Morphine ordered by Caldwell from a drug store before the killings. The pair died beside the bed while Caldwell lay on his side with a gun in hand.
Mr. McDonald signs a fifty year franchise transfer for operating the road to a construction company, with August Belmont noted as the source. The piece asserts the law of gravitation will land the road into the Metropolitan Street Railway Company, per A B Boardman.
A condensed chronology lists key events from Mayor Hewitt's 18SS bill to the 1900 January 15 contract opening for an underground tunnel. It covers legislative action, amendments by the Chamber of Commerce, transfers of capacity, appointments, franchise attempts, and financial backing by August Belmont & Co. and McDonald, along with court approval and incorporation milestones.
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