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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1900
Page
3
Washington March 9 Senator Mason yesterday introduced amendments to the pure food bill. One allows coloring matter in foods that do not affect purity and another provides for the appointment of officials to enforce the act.
Queen Victoria greeted by hundreds of thousands in London as she arrives from Windsor and tours the city. The capital roars with loyalty after Britain’s South Africa campaign gains, with crowds outside Buckingham Palace and a royal balcony appearance. Plans noted for a potential Ireland visit and Irish guards formation.
March 9 Paris witnesses the destruction of the historic Pans and home of the world famed Comache Prancane theater. Only outside shell remains as the dome collapses and the interior is wrecked. Several murals and a valuable manuscript library perish, while sculpture largely survives and is moved to the ministry of finance. One actress Mile, Hearlot, 19, is reported dead. Thieves steal paintings amid the fire, with police initially aiding them by mistake.
West Virginia mine horror reports three more dead bodies pulled from the Red Ash mine near Fire Creek, raising the total recovered to 21 with 28 still inside. Bodies scorched but identifiable as rescue progress reaches 4,000 feet. an inquest will be held. A separate note from Boston cites an incendiary hay-shed fire causing $70,000 damage and arrest of Nicholas J. Canfield. Also Norfolk seeks the disabled Spanish steamship Minerva, drifting since February 21 with a crew of 46, after a search follows the Onondaga’s departure.
Washington March 9 The house unseated Gaston A. Robbins Democrat of the Fourth Alabama district and seated William F. Aldrich Republican, who has contested the seat three times on fraud grounds. Vote was strictly party. Other items: Philadelphia discharged for unionism after Trainmen's Brotherhood links. Fairbanks convicted of attempting to bribe jurors in Ingham-Newitt case. bandmaster David W Reeves died in Providence aged 52. Cuba trip planned by congressional committees on Cuba and Puerto Rico affairs. Lawson fortune from army pay about 1000 dollars. Charles L. Davis will and probate in Pittsburgh. New England settlements over sinking granites and factory debris in Lead, S.C.
In Baltimore, John Hays Hammond, famed geologist once sentenced by Kruger to hang, addressed Johns Hopkins University students. He discussed Rand gold deposits and deep level mining, noting wartime disruptions, labor forces, and policy challenges in South Africa, while reflecting on engineers, politics, and the war’s impact.
A fragment recounts remarks about a Texas judge, biased trial concerns, and a guilty plea about a case involving South Africa. It notes negotiations over 125,000 payments, charity allocations, and the view that golf eschews morality for profit, with discussions on franchise necessity for peace.
Reports say the Boers offered little resistance in retreat, twice repulsing General French's cavalry but likely escaping with their entire force. General White to assume command of Gatacre and the Tenth Division. Mafeking aid requested. London rumor cites unofficial peace overtures. Ladysmith dispatch notes Boer entrenchment near Biggaraburg and Dutch farmers fleeing the area.
Indianapolis March 9 The Social Democratic national convention split over uniting with the Social Labor party The minority backed naming Social Democrat Debs refused the nomination insisting he would not run The convention adjourned amid calls to pressure Debs and efforts to persuade him to reconsider Also details of bucket shop cases and a medical patent ad appear in the report.
Reported Chicago riot centers on an angry clash between strikers and non union workers. William Schindler is shot in the breast by Joseph Walsh and seriously wounded. Others including HU McLain James Colley and Peter Speck are beaten. Walsh is arrested as the crowd disperses and police arrive.
The Second Presbyterian church at Twentieth and Michigan in Chicago was burned last night, destroying a 20 year old building. An event hosted by the Young People's Christian Endeavor society interrupted by the blaze, causing a panic among attendees.
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