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Newspaper
Cuba Advocate
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1900
Page
2
Ambitious plans emerge from Topeka and Wichita as Kansas leaders push centennial celebrations and state improvements. Investments include a $50,000 Wellington water works loan, a 100000 dollar statewide fundraising aim, and a 40 by 80 foot municipal greenhouse in Topeka.
Report from Ex press on July 11 describes Japanese force buildup including thirty six mortars and 120 field guns with pontoon and balloon sections. Additional landings planned at Talu and elsewhere aim to 7,000 troops in China before rains. Shanghai dispatch notes Emperor Guangxu appealing to Russia Britain and Japan for stability while Dowager Empress resumes power amid foreign massacres claims.
The Nebraska weather report for the week ending July TL Hak notes mean temperatures about one degree higher in western counties and four degrees in the east. Many stations recorded over 100 degrees, while rainfall was light overall with some central and northern counties seeing more. Winter wheat harvest nearly finished with good yield and quality. oat harvest began in the south but dry conditions shortened the crop, spring wheat and potatoes damaged, corn progressing, grasshoppers and chinch bugs causing damage in western counties.
A renewed strike against St Louis Transit was ordered by the street car railway workers union after July 2 settlement terms sparked muttered discontent and claims of breach of faith by the company. Aero Will Re Prof W R Winterringer, who fell 4150 feet during a Fourth of July ascent near Nevada, Nevada, is recovering at his Hartington Nebraska home and expects to resume engagements in a few weeks.
Ashland man A Saunders, at a speaking event in Madison at the Ashland auditorium, reports his hip pocket pocketbook containing 83 dollars was taken. He cannot recall exactly when the theft occurred amid the crowd and confusion at the rally.
Report from Shanghai notes cautious optimism as foreigners in Pekin face a rising civil conflict. Prince Ching commands 10,000 troops and seizes artillery while regional officials seek neutrality. Sheng Tai Sheng signals alliances against Prince Tan’s aggressive aims and hints at tensions in southern provinces.
Alexander Jester stands trial for the 29 year old murder of Osbert W. Gates. The case unfolded after Gates disappeared while traveling from southern Kansas to Mitnals, with Jester later found in possession of Wagon and other items. Jester earlier escaped custody and used the alias W A Hill in Oklahoma City. John W Gates, Wa steel magnate and Gates’s brother, is not at the courtroom but is pursuing evidence.
Washington dispatch reports Charley Hoyt of Beatrice named by the interior secretary as a commissioner to negotiate with the Crow Flathead and other tribes at eight dollars per day. Hoyt previously served on a similar commission. Henry W Selay of Nebraska, a pension office clerk, promoted from $100 to $140.
Citizens of the Chickasaw Nation deny intruder status and tax refusal claims. They state their lawful rights under federal acts and oppose federal troop deployment to enforce tax collection. petition sent to the Interior Secretary, Bitcheack, from Fort Worth, Texas.
The United States and Germany reach a reciprocity arrangement. Secretary Hoy and the German ambassador have signed. the president will issue a proclamation to place new duties in effect within days. The pact mirrors the earlier Prussia arrangement on stills, paints, and statuary imports from Germany, drawn under the Dingley Act. In Louisville, Col. Keekham requests Governor of Minnesota for Luther Bisley’s return. Bisley is charged with Worthington Jarrett murder and Bailey is in custody in Chicago. Two more bodies recovered from the steamer Sage wreck, raising the total to 143 victims from the North German Lloyd pier fire at Hoboken on June 30.
Dr Talmage argues grace operates like salt nourishing body and soul. He cites salt mines and crystals, warns that true grace must be earnestly sought, and compares divine mercy to a bridge over guilt, urging persistent spiritual effort and faith.
A medical note argues that modern baldness rises with neglect of fathers’ routines. It cites pomade use, brushing, and limited scalp washing as factors, urging nightly brushing and non rancid products to protect hair growth.
A fragment discusses 18th century English postal rates and reforms including the penny post abolition in 1771 and distance based charges. It also mentions a Victorian era notice about Professor Jebb and provocative student antics in Glasgow with rhetoric classes and plaster fragments falling from the ceiling.
The Kansas City convention completed Adlai E. Stevenson Jr. as the Democratic nominee on the first ballot amid dramatic scenes. Senator Mill was warmly received while Hill protested his nomination before accepting and urging not to be the nominee. The rally ended with Stevenson secured and the party unified.
A Bremen dispatch says Melchars and Co Shanghai telegraph that foreigners in Pekin may have perished as rebellion spreads in north China and Tien Tsin defenses weaken. A Marshalltown report notes a tornado near Steamboat Rock with river rise and a cloudburst washing out rail track, while storms threaten crops in the Iowa region.
A dispatch reports United States Consul McWade swayed Li Hang Chang to issue orders to prefects and magistrates to detect and behead boxers and punish missionaries. A second Li Hung Cheng proclamation declares beheading for uprising and harsh exile for spreading rumors.
The assize court found John Baptiste Lipido guilty of attempting to kill the Prince of Wales as the royal train left a northern city station for Copenhagen. He received a reformatory sentence until majority. A dispatch from Washington notes war department doubt on troop movements to the Philippines.
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