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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1900
Page
1
Dispatches describe a British reconnaissance raid near Belmont and Cook's Farm with Colonel Pilcher leading 100 Canadians, 200 Queenslanders and 200 Cornwall Light Infantry. The laager was captured with forty Boers taken prisoner after a bold turning movement and gun support by Major De Rougemont.
An AP representative relays a fast moving engagement where British forces including Colonel Pilcher with the Queenslanders and Lieutenant Ryan with mounted infantry assault Boer positions near a kopje. Thirty five Boers surrender after intense fire as torontos and Australian units press the laager. British losses total three killed, three wounded, one missing. Douglass Cape Colony and Modder River reports note enthusiastic loyalist reception and coordinated cavalry actions north of the Orange and Riet rivers.
Report of a January 1 recon shows Boer camp at Frere in good humor. British ask what Roberts has done and Buller’s actions. Boers reply with a sharp jab: How did you like our lyddite in the late battle Rats.
Frankfort Ky Jan 3 Inauguration of Governor Taylor with a 7000 word message advocating repeal of the Goebel election law. Democratic senatorial caucus nominates J C S Blackburn for US senator with a unified vote. Goebel contest and Bekham challenge filed late afternoon. John H Whatt en arrives and posts bonds after alleged bribery claim.
Governor Pingree denies plans to bolt the Republican party after an equal tax amendment rejection. He says aid to Democratic senators was possible to counter anti measures, not a switch. Also reports on Sheriff Porter’s grand jury warrants, Bishop Spalding’s European voyage, and mint die demolitions in Philadelphia.
A steam pipe burst at the Glucose Sugar Refining Company works in Marshalltown Iowa on Monday. Employee Henry Krock was scalded to death and two or three other workers suffered severe burns. Near Marietta, W H H Woodward, a farmer, was seriously hurt by an accidental gun discharge.
Attorney General Griggs has returned the transcript of interstate commerce hearings on the new freight classification. He argues current rates may be charged with proper notice and commodities may be reclassified by railroads, denying any anti trust remedy. He says action would be futile without a commission appeal under the interstate commerce law.
Madison merchants reach agreement to close stores at 6 pm on weekdays during 1900 with exceptions on Wednesdays and Saturdays, and from December 1 to May on.
The dynamite blast breached earth walls allowing Chicago river water to flood the sanitary canal, sending a torrent into the big ditch toward Lockport. Officials say the canal will fill in about four days and flow into the Des Plaines, Illinois, and Mississippi rivers. Shovels used by trustees become silvered souvenirs. The trustees acted largely on their own responsibility with state approval expected.
Water fills the canal signaling a milestone in Chicago sewage disposal. Officials credit the project with protecting public health and tying Chicago to a future national waterway. Since shovel day in 1892, about 33 million dollars have funded work from Lemont to Bridgeport, generating widespread employment.
Chicago police at Lincoln Avenue station halted a Northwestern elevated train after crews ignored city orders. Commissioner McGann halted construction as unsafe. The dispute centers on a contract requiring compensation to the city and bridge rights, with the city later denying permits and the loop company contesting the contract validity.
Indiana canning plants pressure horse supply with condensed stalk meal cakes valued at 25 dollars per ton, manufacturing cost 10 per ton, amid South Africa horse needs. Brazil and Kentucky reports record fires and misdirected claims accompany varied local incidents.
The Lawton fund reports 39263 in contributions far exceeding initial expectations. Archbishop Chapelle, papallegate to the Philippines, has reached Manila. Massens Illinois reports a town nearly burned, losses totalling 20000. Prince Hermann von Hatzeld Trachenberg gains hereditary dukedom. Colonel W A Elderkin retired dies in Middletown New York. Piersons of Chicago celebrate golden wedding with forty descendants. Wallace Bradley, Delavan pioneer merchant, dies. Japanese minister to Berlin awards crown prince the Order of the Chrysanthemum.
General Wood in Havana outlines a plan to create subject commissions on finance judiciary and public works to reorganize Cuba for self government. American and Cuban lawyers will join the judiciary panel, with Rubens Conant and Runele among likely members. A permissive cabinet and careful employee lists follow orders to map the new administration.
Milwaukee officials report an injunction restraining about a dozen Wauwatosa citizens from paying extra fare or filing civil or criminal suits against the Milwaukee Street Railway Co. The order, drafted by the company’s lawyers, was trimmed by Circuit Court Commissioner Harper. some suits have already begun.
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