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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1900
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR from a historical page mentions London December 27 and Cork harbor. References appear to discuss drug regulation with phrases about pure drugs and a board, Alderman, and a Japanese suitors note. The text is garbled, with multiple name fragments and incomplete sentences.
At the Lincoln hotel the Jeffersonian club gathered with Democratic and Populist leaders from Nebraska and other states. John W. Kern of Indiana and William Jennings Bryan spoke on principles, reform, and party unity as the crowd reacted with applause to Kern’s critique of “gratuitous counsel” among Democrats. Bryan discussed enduring principles and the need to stand fast for reform, while planning a Kansas Texas tour and a Gulf hunting trip before returning to speak in Omaha and Chicago.
In Scranton fifty three New York recruits bound to fill strike gaps are persuaded to return home by strikers and sympathizers, with police nearby, no violence, and many converted one by one. nineteen of the arrivals go back to New York, leaving only twelve cars in operation. A separate item notes Lulu Marsh, 15, of Rahway New Jersey, killed at Woodbridge when a light engine struck the southbound track as workers crossed to board a northbound train. In Bismarck North Dakota, G B Patterson, mayor, is arrested for maintaining a gambling house, with a hearing set for January 3 and bail declined.
United Mine Workers district covering Hazleton will hold its annual convention in Hazleton on Saturday. Officers for year will be elected and a plan to build a home for Nationsl President John Mitchell will be considered with funds to be raised by miners.
London reports on December 27 acknowledge sparse South Africa dispatches and rising anxiety. Cape Colony area extends further south, Kitchener posts limited gains as Britons retreat from difficult positions. A Johannesburg dispatch notes a mistaken identification allowing Boers to hold key ground. Maoris join New Zealand forces, contradicting earlier promises not to employ blacks. Daily Mail urges more troops, warns against trusting censored messages.
The board of arbitrators has ruled that future coal cars must contain 102 cubic feet of coal. 1 500 employees agreed to abide by the decision. A separate arbitration will decide the discharge of foreman Thomas Morgan. The report also notes a claimed lack of truth about a local prize fight.
The West Point court of inquiry into alleged hazing at the academy continues with twelve witnesses testifying. Cadets describe an exhaustive ritual in 1897 and incidents involving alcohol, while others dispute rumors of witness withholding and note cadets’ eagerness to tell the truth. Congressman Phillips and Horace Booz are slated to testify as the investigation proceeds.
Dover reports a Delaware Democratic conference with about 150 leaders and assemblymen elect weighing strategy to oppose J Edward Addicks in the upcoming state legislature. Democrats favor unity only if Republicans concede one U S senator, with 27 votes needed for election and 22 Democrats 29 Republicans in the chamber. Willard Saulsbury presided urging no coalition without concessions.
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