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Newspaper
Cuba Advocate
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1900
Page
2
Fragmented OCR notes report bamboo tubes used to deter pigeons in China and a whistling air action when birds move. Other items describe South American resources, a Tenasserim rubber plantation plan, a military wound affecting memory, electric railway progress in Europe, and legal ruling on bicycles as machines in Massachusetts.
A Tuesday night storm caused major damage in Washington County areas including Fontanelle and Telbastar with wind and hail. Crops such as wheat oats and corn were harmed and fruit trees stripped. Blair suffered widespread destruction with downed trees and shattered power and telephone lines. Residents sought shelter in cellars as the storm passed.
The death of William Steinitz, famed chess master born in Prague on May 18, 1837, has been announced from Manhattan State Hospital. He won the London 1874 world title, Vienna 1873 emperor’s prize, and defended his crown against challengers until 1904 when Emanuel Lasker defeated him. His mind then declined.
Two gunmen who robbed a Union Pacific train near Hugo were killed by a posse at Bartholomew ranch three miles east of Goodland Kansas. Deputies J W Briggs and George Cullins were wounded as the robbers fled a window. The attackers surrounded the house, set it on fire, and the remaining robber died in the blaze. Names of the bandits were not identified.
A cable dispatch from Chee Fob dated August 5 reports Russian artillery firing on American troops at Yang Tsun during trench operations. Many U S soldiers were killed or wounded before the mistake was found, and fighting continued as Chinese trenches fell to the Fourteenth Regiment. A Russian battery later ceased fire after notification.
Judge Randall orders Detention without bond for Miss Dessie Morrison awaiting the next district term in Eldorado Kansas on a murder charge. Morrison allegedly cut Mrs Olin Wastle's throat with a razor June 10 and pleads self defense.
In San Mandrade Judge Troutt declares that Mrs Netia Craven is not the widow of James Fair and not entitled to any allowance from his estate. The court finds the alleged will conveying much of the late senator's estate to Craven as forged.
A sudden wind at 2 o clock Wednesday morning Aug 18 toppled tents at the state fair reunion grounds. Five tents fell and the big pavilion housing 4000 people was swept down. Most structures, booths and stands were damaged. two people were slightly injured as women and children took shelter in fair buildings. The tents were reset and the reunion continued.
In Lima a dry goods store owned by Carroll and Cooney was robbed of roughly $2,000 in silks. A man with a sample case of silks, who would not account for the goods, was arrested and gave his name as Thomas Williams from Bloomington, Mt. Most. Some of the stolen items have been recovered.
The North German Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse, sailing from New York on August 7 to Bremen, completed the fastest Sandy Hook to Cherbourg voyage on record. The 4184 nautical mile trip took five days nine hours and forty four minutes, averaging 22.7 knots.
A large elevator in Buffalo, North Dakota, reported as the Dakota elevator, burned with four losses and about 400000 in damage. The blaze began in the machinery loft and within fifteen minutes engulfed the capital area and spread to the machinery room and bin storing around 1000000 bushels of grain. Spontaneous combustion is suspected. The facility served the Leigh railroad.
Two masked men robbed a conductor on the Omaha and Council Bluffs Railway near Sixth Street and Nineteenth Avenue. They took a gold watch and 30 in cash from the conductor as the motor car traveled southward. few passengers aboard were disturbed.
The bandit Patejita, a Cuban robber described as a desperate mulatto outlaw, was killed at Palma Soriano by Santis forces after years of terror and murders across the country. The report notes his notoriety and violent crimes.
Colus Huntington president of the Southern Pacific rail road dies near Dorgul New York with heart failure suspected. Wealth estimated at forty to fifty million. Also noted is a Nebraska state fair claim and varied railroad accident reports including a Rio Grande collision.
Governor Stanley of Kansas honored Iowa's requisition for Harry Stephens a convict at the Kansas penitentiary whose forgery term nears expiration. He previously served in Nebraska for forgery and will be taken to Mis county for the same offense as a bank check forger. Winter I. Tuttle murdered his wife in Chariton Town Benton township.
A London rumor spread via the Daily Telegraph claims Steyn may have killed himself, while St. Petersburg reports Chinese forces were surrounded near Hai-Chen and then fled east as Russians closed in. Other items note China seeking peace through Li Hung Chang, Peoria annexing West Peoria, and troop movements toward Taku China.
The sermon argues cities are not inherently evil and have fostered civilization and liberty. It contrasts city and country life, warns against urban temptations, and urges humility and charity toward the needy. He cites Christ’s teaching, historical cities, and modern temptations to illustrate moral dangers and the need for righteous conduct.
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