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Newspaper
Cuba Advocate
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1900
Page
2
A sprawling item list from Kansas presses mentions Hutchinson meetings, Topeka city closures, and Salina fisherfolk plans. It notes Sterling salt output, Manila hospital duties, and a Shawnee County missionary, plus local deaths, rail figures, and university enrollment by county.
London dispatches detail Lord Roberts widening pursuit of Boer commandos in the southeast. Reports vary on whether the enemy is fleeing north or south while Bloemfontein signals Roberts can mass forces quickly. Wepener investment abandoned and hunger tightens Mafeking as British control of roads constrains Boer retreat paths.
Rufus Wright a millionaire tire manufacturer died after a shooting at the Leland hotel Chicago. Police expect a sensational inquest and coroners probe. Wright reportedly claimed the shooting was accidental and exculpated Mrs Lottridge. His son-in-law Fired Morgan witnessed his death.
Local politician Patrick Carey, brother of Alderman Thomas Carey, was killed by saloon keeper William Maxwell who claimed the shooting happened after a quarrel over a handshaking gesture. Maxwell’s 13 year old son Henry was wounded when Carey allegedly tried to calm the scene. Maxwell arrested.
Reports detail Boer prisoners including Colonel Schiel being sent to the citadel after an escape attempt. A letter to a Dutch cruiser was misplaced, a large knife was found on one prisoner, and guards faced charges of misdirection amid naval confusion.
Augustus Frank of Kearney Nebraska was found dead in his bed at the Paxton hotel in Omaha. Coroner to hold an inquest as clues point to possible self inflicted death tied to despondency over a child’s death and financial reverses. A telegraph to Montreal and other telegrams suggest a personal note to friends and family.
Friends expect Dr Benjamin Andrews superintendent of Chicago public schools to present resignation at Wednesday's board meeting with May 1 as the effective date. He will briefly travel to Europe and then become chancellor of the University of Nebraska upon his return. Prof I M Fling presented the officiation to the Nebraska presidency. July 11 at Lincoln. State committees of populists, democrats and free silver republicans met at Lincoln to set a date for the state convention. Populists stuck to July 11. democrats eventually accepted. Lincoln favored for meeting site by all committees.
The trial of ex-Congressman David J. Colson, surviving principal in the Colson Scott duel of January 16, will begin in Frankfort, Kentucky. The incident left Lieut. Ethelbert Scott, Charles Julian, and Luther W. Demiree dead and several others injured, drawing participants from mountain districts.
Insurgents believed led by Mascadd roam the Marivales mountains across the bay from la. A force about 200 attacked Rilanga where three companies of the thirty-second infantry are stationed on Monday night but were repulsed. They struck Captain Goldman with thirty men near Orion, killing two Americans before Goldman withdrew.
The War Department division of customs and insular affairs announced Havana port receipts for January to March 1900 totaled 3,126,414 dollars, up from 1899. February receipts were 67,32 and March 1,006,269. An embezzlement case from Armour Packing Co. in Kansas City led to Alonzo Pisher being arrested in San Francisco and to an extradition for trial. In Red Cloud, sheriff Dowet Alma transported suspects for safekeeping after a Saturday rush caused thefts from Orleans stores worth about 400 dollars.
Winston Churchill telegraphs the London Morning Post from Bloemfontein arguing the war will be extremely costly. He estimates two hundred fifty thousand men needed, notes remounts will prove vital, and reports many troops arriving suffer fatigue and high death rates before recovery.
A sermon picturing Joseph’s garden tomb and the garden of Easter, contrasting costly postmortem honors with ante mortem neglect. It casts the tomb as broken beyond repair, urges living to honor the dead with flowers, and extols Greenwood and other great cemeteries while stressing care for ancestral graves. The preacher personifies flowers as immortal spirits and honors the risen Christ as victory over death.
The speaker reflects on funeral pomp versus true dignity at a burial, urging modesty and charity. He envisions Christ’s rise beyond tombs, asserts the inevitability of resurrection, and calls for joyful Easter reverence. Four gardens of Eden, earth, and heaven intertwine as the faithful awaken to gladness and peace. Flowers replace bloodshed, and the church sails toward heavenly port.
A garbled, period-voiced summary recounts royal elopements and romantic intrigues from Spain to Madrid, including Infanta Elvira and a painter lover, Princess Josephine’s marriage to a Havana poet, and Isabelle’s elopement. It also nods to Kitchener and Rhodes in late 19th century scandal, with terse disparates and sensational notes.
A fragment notes a Hamburg street car conductor enforcing seating rules with a 40 cent fine for an unseated passenger. It also mentions a telescope under construction claimed to reveal planetary secrets, and a quip comparing such discovery to Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for digestive issues. A Shakespeare quote appears about dying this year and being free next.
A spring stomach distress message describes bilious feeling bad taste dull headache sleeplessness poor appetite and general distress. It warns the stomach is overworked and calls for tonic digestive strength to restore function.
Sarsaparilla ad touts Hood's remedy as the best stomach and blood medicine known to the medical profession. It cites grateful letters including Mrs Taos of Norwich North Carolina claiming Pisa's Cure for Consumption saved her life. The brochure warns about horse feeds and mentions products like Rocksalt and a proverb about dogs and fleas.
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