23 Mar 1900
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Newspaper
Waterbury Evening Democrat
Location
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1900
Page
1
Dispatches from Bulawayo relay claims Russians occupy London and Britain in dire straits. Reports note Mafeking relief distant, Cape Colony unrest, and French active near Thabaneha with cavalry and mounted infantry moving toward Bloemfontein as Lord Roberts eyes a forward push.
New York March 25 It may be stated on excellent authority that serious negotiations aimed at ending the sugar refiners war have been in progress for a week or more The talks conducted by James H Post of B E Howell Son Co represent Mullhaver and National refineries While Arbuckles and Doscher had entered the field the talks were informal and not officially attended by the trust Doscher or Arbuckles friends attended and any agreement would carry weight with the refineries involved
New York report reveals Colonel John Jacob Astor refused government pay for transporting soldiers on his road during the Spanish American War. The Astor line reportedly funded troop moves and military supplies at great cost, with only the plywood line declining compensation. Colonel O. BR Barnet of the quartermaster's department relayed the disclosure through Jeffersonville.
New York dispatch reports Augusta Van Keuren, a missing Rhinebeck schoolteacher since January 10, may be kidnapped and held as a captive. Investigators pursue a new conspiracy theory, with guarded evidence suggesting force used to remove her from town and hopes she will be returned to her family.
Representative Ray of New York introduces two bills to amend the bankruptcy law outlining six added discharge objections. These include false statements in writing for credit, fraudulent transfers, improper preferences, gambling related causes, prior discharges within six years, and refusing court questions. The measure also covers mercantile signas as voluntary petitioners, voluntary receiverships, shortened default notice from 25 to 10 days, and publication service when a debtor absconds.
Albany March 23 The New York Senate killed the mortgage tax bill 33 to 16 after conflict within the Republican party over exemptions. Senator Platt demanded an under 4 percent exemption for mortgages to aid the New York Central rail road, while Governor Roosevelt vetoed any exemption for corporation mortgages. Senator Stranahan’s amendment failed, ending the measure.
D Appleton Co a long time New York book publisher fell to a receiver on a stockholder petition. Liabilities total 1 1 0 0 0 0 and assets are a mix of stock and outstanding accounts. The report notes the firm’s 65 year history. Australia imports shift cannery beef from Australia rising to 30 percent of such imports, surpassing prior years. Berlin claims Australian output outperforms American. Elmira Kerney Bunny shortage of city official is between 55000 and 60000 dollars. Arrest anticipated as he can see his bed.
New York reports Philip Souter Wessels, Transvaal envoy, denies Cape Town’s claim of a secret pact among Transvaal Free State and Cape Dutch to topple Britain. He says incriminating papers were not removed, disputes Milner’s mission aimed at crushing Afrikaners, and notes war outlook sparked by Delagou Bay events and Chamberlain policy.
The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, commander of forces in Ireland, visited Belfast on a military inspection. He received a warm welcome as the Earl of Dufferin proposed the health of the royal visitor at luncheon. The duke praised Belfast’s wonderful development and noted the queen's free will in her country revisions, paying tribute to Irish regiments’ gallantry in South Africa.
New York police sergeant Tims of West Thirty-fifth Street spoke at Metropolitan temple on agnosticism and the Bible. He shared personal notes from twenty-nine years on the force, including leadership of the Jefferson Market squad, and reflected on Christian faith, public life, and the example of Robert Ingersoll.
Rosa Gibbens, longtime servant to Miss Julia Whitehouse, celebrated fifty years of service. She began working for the family at age nineteen after being engaged by Miss Whitehouse’s parents, now deceased. The gathered household, now with married children and homes, showered her with gifts.
A serious riot broke out at the Dominion Tron and Steel company home in Sydney. Italian workers brought from New York and Boston clashed, stabbing Police Chief James Beckham and wounding a patrolman who is feared dead.
A Hawleyville bound train struck a horse owned by EB C Platt Lumber, killing the animal, wrecking the wagon, and throwing driver Ben Smith about twenty feet but he escaped injury. A second wagon occupant fled. In Ripley, a Black man named Lewis Rice was found hanged from a tree limb in the town center after a circuit court trial during which Rice testified for a defendant in a white man’s murder case.
The Republican caucus committee in the Senate authorized Senator Foraker to propose repudiating the tariff feature from the government bill and to try to pass the House tariff bill without amendments.
Maren the Brazilian minister to the court of St James Chevalier de Souza Correa was found dead in bed this morning. He was an intimate associate of the Prince of Wales and had been in good health yesterday.
New York reports an elderly sailor nicknamed Uncle Jack in a Jones Lane boarding house accidentally set his bed on fire while smoking. Gold coins spilled from the mattress as two boys grabbed some, escaped, and were pursued by locals and police. The old man retrieved the rest, paid his bill, and left.
Burton P L Merwin sued Mrs Mary W Smith on March 1 to recover a grain and feed bill. Smith, preferring to plead alone, failed before Justice Corr and lost. She then appealed but distrusted local male lawyers and engaged Miss O Neill of Waterbury, signaling a possible settlement and withdrawal of the appeal.
In New Britain on March 23 State Deputy Fallon of the Knights of Columbus released the list of district deputies. Names include James R. Lane New Travon Dr James Murphy Portland William T Larney Hartford James Teylin New Britain John Lyddy Bridgeport James A Mynnes Waterbury William J Neary Naugatuck Sub district No 1 W T May London District No 8 covers Derby Ansonia Seymour Naugatuck and Torrington from district No 7. Deputy Fallon calls his assistants to meet at New Haven headquarters on Sunday March 25.
Very Rev Dennis O’Donaghue of Sick’s church Indianapolis has been named bishop of Pomeranie North Africa and auxiliary bishop of Indianapolis. He will assist Bishop Shatard and is first Indiana native elevated to the Catholic bishopric after twenty seven years in the city. New German cruiser Prinz Heinrich launched at Kiel. armor belted hull. 8,300 tons. armed with heavy guns and torpedoes. speed about 20 knots. Secretary Addison Porter returns to Washington healthier after travel through the South. Fire at Taber Felt works Dunkirk destroys plant. $25,000 loss. about 50 workers laid off.
March 23 report notes veteran baseball figure Jerry Denny likely to run the Derby team in the State league this season unless other parties assume management. Thor ny offers to take the franchise if others decline, with a league meeting to decide after Derby is represented.
Light your lanterns at 7 15 tonight. Waterbury committee on parks actions noted alongside a day of school visits by Washington teachers. Miss Anna P Wlenting hosted Minnie Hall from Runaway company. Local arrests, infant and adult deaths, a Torrington accident, and a Fairfield Austin funeral with full military honors are reported along with street embankment notices.
A long list of student essays shows wide topics from politics to literature as seniors prepare for graduation. Candidates for class president include Jay McDonald and Joan Dillon, with McDonald leading and Dillon close behind, while other offices offer class prophet, historian, will, ivy oration, and poet posts. The piece also notes Yale’s two mile boat race against Annapolis cadets on the Severn with Dashiel refereeing.
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