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Newspaper
Nutley Sun
Location
Nutley, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1900
Page
7
Fragmentary report mentions embezzlement of postal funds, a man arriving in Washington, three days, a possible $1,0000 cash discovery, and references to Chief Cashmore. Details are garbled and incomplete.
Senate discussion centers on armor plant funding with a cap of 800 per unit. Opponents push for a plant in the district while a separate party favors a state owned production site. No action was taken as debates reveal party disagreements and procedural hurdles.
A naval squadron participated in ceremonies as the admiral in chief submitted a report on the part played by the unit. The fleet entered the harbor with guns ready and Texas troops joined the event at the installation of the new governor.
May 10 report notes BR related building trades exposed in a triad dispute. Details are unclear from the fragment, but the item points to a local labor matter involving tradesmen and authorities.
London May 10 General Hutton's mounted unit including Canadians and part of French cavalry crossed the Zand river and pressed toward Boer convoys. Boers opened fire with ten guns and enveloped British flank causing a retirement to Welgelegen. Roberts advances steadily with Broadwood and Bruce Hamilton pushing beyond Winbury amid daily skirmishes.
Lightning set fire to a loaded trolley car on the Passaic Hoboken line. Fifty post offices reported April receipts rising by 250000 dollars. Mount Vesuvius eruption suspends cable car service. Race problems conference opens in Montgomery Alabama. Sierra Nevada wreck off Melbourne with 25 believed dead. Admiral Hichtorn says Kearsarge and Kentucky nearly completed. Spain sees demonstrations against government finance policy. ministry alarmed.
May 10 report from Cape Town says General Buller advances on the Biggarabé area while Boer forces retreat. Brandfort losses are heavier than initial estimates, with British patrols capturing men in nearby farms and confiscating horses and guns. Lord Roberts orders a tougher policy to curb rear-guard guerrilla fighting, including commandeering horses and destroying farms where guns are found.
In Scranton Pennsylvania on May 10 Mrs Mary Weathers attempted to kill herself and two children using a knife and hatchet. She cut her 5 year old daughter's throat and repeatedly hacked at her own neck before collapsing with the hatchet raised toward her 10 month old. Neighbors transported mother and daughter to hospital. The child is expected to recover but the mother has slim chances.
Captain B G Lemly of the navy has begun his third term as judge advocate general after Senate confirmation. Initially appointed in June 1892, he has served two four year terms, with his renewal viewed as a high compliment to his proven conduct of highly difficult duties in the naval bureau.
In Philadelphia on May 10 a leper named John Anderson died in a rude hut inside the Chester County almshouse. He had been an inmate for ten years and died alone on bare boards. He was among the few genuine leprosy cases found in the country, visited only by scientific observers since his arrival a decade ago.
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