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Newspaper
Cuba Advocate
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1901
Page
2
A collage of global notes reports sugar substitutes in Germany and Donegal honey markets, wreck tales on coasts, a Paris hotel scenario, divorce scandals in Buffalo, Clemenceau’s career, a Galveston casket search, Vienna culinary study, and Parisian youth gangs. The items sketch economic shifts, peril, political figures, social issues, and rising urban crime with neutral, archival tone.
A Pennsylvania mining region secret society named Home Makers claims wide foreign membership and vows to keep homes orderly by any means. They defend members who discipline wives, even paying fines if convicted. Other notes report Italy granting Marguerite an annuity funded by her son’s future payments, and prairie dogs blamed for grazing damage with a US agriculture plan to poison them. Official statistics cite 847,627 births in France in 3899.
A Rochester dispatch reports a fire in the Rochester asylum hospital section at 1 am. Nineteen children are confirmed dead with fears of more victims. Rescue efforts carried out as ambulances from City, St. Mary's, and Haheumwan Hospital transported the injured to institutions. About thirty nurses and attendants aided in evacuations.
John Seheroe a 46 year old Lancaster County farmer from two miles from Sprague was found dead in a small creek after disappearing on a return from Sprague. Sheriff Beanwen located the body as ice broke under his weight. Initially thought foul play, a later coroner's verdict declared accidental death due to drowning in the ice filled creek.
Nelile Morris, nearly cut by Walter Weinstock, shows signs of recovery as tension grows near McConnellsville. Weinstock admits intent to kill, signs of potential vigilante action are checked by the jailed suspect’s confession. Rumors of trouble in MacConnelsville persist but lack foundation.
London dispatch reports Cape Town in uncertainty as martial law spreads to Malmesburg and other districts. Cabinet discord delayed wider proclamations while colonists demand reinforcements from England and Kitchener concentrates forces to protect communication lines and Rand mines.
William E Love described as perhaps the most dangerous and violently insane man ever committed to an asylum from Sheridan County was moved to Rushville and then sent to Norfolk. He is deaf and dumb, and during a stay at his mother's house became violently insane, terrorizing the family. Half a dozen men had to intervene to restrain him.
Humphrey Jackman found dead in a Granville Michigan stall with a vicious horse shows eleven wounds not from the animal. Missing $75 payment for services of the season. Soronens jury probes the case amid broader investigations.
The town reels as Herrman Zahn is killed in Snyder amid gossip of a larger thugs gang. Sheriff Kreader and Chief Lydiels arrive with third suspect William Burton from West Point. William Rhea admits firing the fatal shot. Gardner remains silent. Officials fear more arrests as a notorious gang is suspected to be at large.
Burlington yards switchman C L Kirtley died after being crushed under stock car wheels at West Lincoln stock yards on January 6. He fell from a car pushed by a switch engine and remained conscious until his death. fellow crew members found him beneath the engine tracks after the lantern he carried dropped.
St Petersburg report notes the Molokanen Doukhobors seek to leave Russia for Canada and America. About 40,000 adherents, facing rent hikes after state lands near Caucasus were nearly rent free. Delegates report enthusiasm abroad while sect petitions government to restore former rents or permit emigration.
Carl Morton youngest son of former Secretary J Sterling Morton died January 7 at Waukegan after a sudden pneumonia attack. He was nearly 36, a longtime Nebraska City resident and the family mourns the loss.
William J Radford a prominent real estate dealer told the bureau of information that his nine year old daughter Mary may have been abducted. She was ill and missing after missing a noon appointment at the Sixth Avenue elevated station at Thirty first street. Radford waited three hours then learned Mary left the house for the appointment and nothing more is known.
In Paris, an attorney and collecting agent Thomas J Coffman narrowly avoided injury when a wooden mail box with a sliding lid containing dynamite and severed heads failed to ignite. The device, addressed to Dr Sylvester Coltman Theme J, was opened by the lawyer, revealing no explosion.
A scattered report notes a possible visit by European arbitration advocates led by Mr. Shead and John B. Mulholland to address Americans in February, aiming to influence plans against the war. Also details a Valentine ice shipment project and a jewelry store burglary attempt at Slattsmouth with two male suspects.
Bishop William Navier Ninde of the Methodist Church dies at home in Detroit aged about eighty. Authorities believe heart trouble caused the death after he attended a funeral and caught a cold the day before. He has served as a bishop since 1844 and was known widely in the United Churches.
More than 100 workers idle as miners and mine employees of the Clear Lake Co-Operative Coal Co strike after a local union vote two weeks ago over filling state coal contracts. Also noted is Demanis Laver of Peoria suing Peoria Gas Light and Coke Co to reset his meter after paying 70 rents per 1,000 feet as set by a city ordinance rather than the company’s rate of 1.95.
The New York Journal of Commerce notes severe fire underwriter losses, reporting US and Canada combined fire losses for the year just ended at 168,252,250 dollars. Earlier years are cited, with 1800 and 1808 totals given, alongside a Philippine commission bill on church ownership of a historic medical college. Also mentions Bellevue Hospital negligence suspension, a fatal powder explosion at Thompson's Point New Jersey, a Kansas City death from strychnine, and references to Judge John Philips.
Dr. Talmage envisions a transformative two thousandth year with peace and religious revival. He predicts dramatic advances in invention poetry medicine and global churches, urges pride in cities, denounces excessive taxation and crime, and argues the gospel as the true machinery for paradise.
The relic text depicts a biblical scene with Israél and Egypt, as nations rally in a divine deliverance. It contrasts human doubt with expected heavenly aid, envisioning Christian philanthropy clearing a path and triumph over the pursuing forces.
The sun ward and solar approach gain acceptance as healing aids in hospitals. South facing sun rooms with full glass walls extend through floors and provide ventilation and heating for year round sun baths. Readily adaptable to old buildings, the sun ward offers therapeutic light despite limited south views.
A historical note on the English women’s suffrage effort, describing determination to gain the vote, wartime deferments, and calls to consolidate efforts after past splits in suffrage groups. It cites London sentiment, two societies, and the push to unify for municipal and local voting rights as wartime duties wane.
An 1901 railroad policy ended in-car sales by train boys on two major systems. The move, long opposed by travelers and conductors, ends popcorn peanuts cigars newspapers games caramels magazines offered from the car. The change signals a shift in how rail passenger service is conducted.
A reported exchange among prisoners focuses on prospects and morale as two inmates debate future outcomes. The dialogue centers on phrases suggesting optimism or doubt about potential improvements in their situation, reflecting tension and uncertainty within the camp.
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