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23 Jan 1900
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Newspaper
Winona Daily Republican
Location
Winona, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1900
Page
1
A bold display promises better value based on trade needs and a claim of beating competitors on price. The text emphasizes strong desire for customer trade and asserts superior deals versus rivals.
From Spearmans Camp dated Jan 22 the Daily Chronicle notes heavy fighting in Natal with General Warren advancing slowly through entrenched Boer positions. Boers report 24 casualties in Lyttleton skirmish. naval and land guns dominate, Dundonald’s column on the left flank.
London reports high public anxiety as General Buller withholds movement details after two days of hard fighting. Military experts expect further action, while other British forces remain largely inactive at Methuen Colesberg and Ladysmith. Reinforcements totaling over 5,000 have arrived in Cape Town, likely bound for Natal to support Buller.
The Daily Mail describes hot fighting at Ladysmith with dawn attacks along the line. Boers retreat from trenches to dongas and rocks as batteries shell positions, while British forces press toward the Boer center amid heavy artillery but uncertain casualty counts.
The report shows receipts for six months of the current fiscal year reaching $151,780,158, an increase of $2,026,416 from December 1808. The total has grown to $24,219,308 a rise noted in the context of the period.
Pietermaritzburg reports Lord Dundonald has entered Ladysmith with 1600 men as part of a flying column. The claim cites a single strong source and notes the column operating to the left of the main advance.
General Buller reports Sunday’s fighting in Hart’s brigade with 1 captain killed and 5 men, 3 officers and 75 men wounded, plus 10 missing. Boers around Kimberley resume heavy bombardment from dawn to morning.
A Durban dispatch says the German bark Marie loaded with sulphur, seized by the British cruiser Fearless and taken to Port Elizabeth, has been unconditionally released. The move is seen as Britain’s strive for friendly Germany ties, while Germany still seeks clear rules on contraband and neutral rights through talks.
In the 150 million Kroner budget King Oscar requests 46 new artillery batteries by end of 1903 and 100,000 Mausers to be produced with 50 million cartridges stocked in four years. A reserve mobilization credit is sought and 20 million kroner railway funds earmarked for rolling stock purchases.
In Des Morais on January 23, Representative Carter of Sioux county, a Republican, moved a sympathy resolution for the Boers. Kerr of Grandy, a Republican, moved adoption. On roll call every Democrat voted for it, with six Republicans, but the measure failed 57 to 22.
County Attorney Sheppard told the court the officers were the people’s servants and that the lynching of the Meeks brothers on Saturday night was the people’s enforcement of the law, and he could not censure them.
In Canon City Colorado on January 28 four convicts Anton Wood Thomas Reynolds Kid Wallace and Wagner stabbed William C Roney night watch captain to death and bound two guards before escaping. In Washington on January 23 meteorologist Henry A Hazen was probably fatally injured after being thrown from a bicycle.
The president nominated Colonels George M. Randall and James H. Bell for brigadier general. The Minnesota State Editorial association plans its annual meeting in Minneapolis on February 15–16. Brig. Gen. T. H. Stanton, retired paymaster general, lies dangerously ill in Omaha. An arrest attempt in Macon Ga left two Black men dead and two white men wounded. Theodore Bacon, Western New York lawyer and 1898 independent governor candidate, is dead. A fire in Muncie Ind destroyed the electric street railway power house, shops, barn, and offices, causing $75,000 in losses. sixteen cars were burned and engines ruined.
Christian Scientists of Lead sue to block compulsory vaccination for children as the school board enforces it. George Glover, son of Mary Baker Eddy, brings a test case to prevent entry of his son into city schools. About 20 Scientist children in Lead participate as the suit argues current state law violates religious liberty.
The U S Supreme Court remands the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway case to the South Dakota lower court to investigate the railroad's earnings in the state to determine the equities of the maximum rate. Justice Brewer notes the circuit court findings do not resolve the reasonableness question.
Judge Shiras of the federal court granted an injunction restraining Cedar Rapids from cutting water rates. Application filed by the company marks a significant ruling in waterworks law with nationwide implications. Des Moines supreme court upholds the collateral inheritance tax of five percent on inheritances to collateral heirs.
Louisville police officers testified they issued orders to avoid interfering with the November vote. They stated the orders were followed in good faith and saw no need for militia or extra sworn officers, citing no disturbances on election day.
Toronto January 23 Dominion minister J Israel Tarte announced that several millions will be placed in the coming Parliament estimates to secure grain traffic on the Canadian lakes and St Lawrence route. A key project is deepening to 18 feet and adding locks at North Bay to permit large vessels to reach the East, with Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific railways prepared to move grain.
Erneston Jamaica January 23 Jamaica emphatically rejects Joseph Chamberlain’s English direct fruit trade scheme to divert most colony trade from America to England. The plan would require a 240000 annual subsidy with Jamaica paying half. Public opinion favors American trade.
A. J. Honeycut, 60, an Texas farmer near Center attacked his wife with a knife. Their daughter Rosa, 16, died instantly while the wife and two sons, 12 and 10, were badly wounded and may die. Honeycut remains in jail as authorities guard against lynching.
In Indianapolis on January 28 the scale committee of coal operators met at the Dennison to consider the miners demand for a 20 cent advance in pay. The session focused on wage increases and related terms as part of ongoing labor talks.
The 16th annual report was submitted to the president detailing merit system notes for colonial possessions and district services. It notes about 75 000 classified plus 107 000 unclassified positions with 71 007 fourth class postmasters, 19 446 executive positions in DC and over 162 000 nationwide. Salaries total about 104 million dollars annually. It contrasts removals in classified versus unclassified service and questions the purpose and impact of those removals on service welfare.
In Chicago on January 23 at a mass meeting of Western and transcontinental line agents, a snag delayed the abolition of commission payments and restoration of passenger tariffs. J Hill of the Great Northern and Canadian Pacific leaders oppose the pooling scheme. Great Northern accepts a $25 minimum rate to Northwest points if harmony demands it, citing inability to abandon the field to Canadian Pacific's low fares.
Governor General Wood General Lee and General Chaffee arrived by special train from Havana to Cienfuegos. Mayors joined to seek aid as they cited lack of public works stifling local money circulation and investor activity. Wood and Chaffee toured town public institutions.
Lincoln England houses Newport Arch in Newport Gate the kingdom’s oldest gateway and the only remaining Roman structure. The piece notes fears of theater changes harming acoustics and describes the Alhambra palace in Spain started 1248 finished 1314 as a fortress for 40000 men.
Practical home remedies cover wart removal with fresh beef, headache relief from horseradish on temples, boric ointment for cuts, lemon juice in water for torpid liver and biliousness, and basic wound binding with boric ointment. The guidance reads like a 19th century domestic medical column.
The Pedagogue notes a new St Louis public school will honor the late Eugene Field, a native of the city. President Low of Columbia University has donated bonds totaling 600000 dollars to the treasurer as payment for his library contribution. English educators push lower Cambridge and Oxford student expenses to include humble English sons.
The New York financial crisis signals trusts may falter without new laws. John J. Ingalls pens a sharp epigrammatic essay on trusts, noting such epigrams are as effective as water on a duck's back.
A patient praises a doctor in Tit-Bits for a medicine that cured a heart ailment. The patient and doctor exchange light, skeptical lines about trying the remedy personally.
A partial excerpt discusses latent heat and phase change ideas with unclear reference to a professor and a laboratory illustration. It hints at teaching aims and possible historical context without full details.
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