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Newspaper
Cuba Advocate
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1901
Page
2
A collage of local items reports weather, accidents, arrests, and civic notes across Nebraska. Postmasters appointed in Hough and Williams. electric light projects in several towns. violent incidents and fines. licenses issued. crops and livestock updates. court actions including life sentence upheld and bigamy case.
Governor Savage hints at aiming to recover part of Bartley’s embezzled state funds while withholding his own plans. Secretary Royse probes the Atkinson exchange bank fallout revealing $55,000 state deposits. only $8,000 recovered. Bartley’s alleged loans and a looming supreme court decision loom over efforts to recoup the shortage.
Miss Ona Bers, daughter of Mr and Mrs Wrankers, was shot and killed by Herbert Shack stable boy formerly in the family service. He then shot himself through the heart. Shacklett became infatuated with her but was refused. Their bodies were found on the road three miles west of Newton Kansas. she had been shot four times and appeared to have struggled.
In San Francisco Mrs. Cordelia Botkin, granted a new trial by the state supreme court for murdering Mrs. John P. Dunning of Delaware, prepares to seek a United States supreme court ruling. Attorneys will file for a writ of habeas corpus in state court, then appeal by writ of error if denied. Queen Marie Henrietta of Brussels suffers heat exhaustion while playing croquet at Spa, later recovering with her physician summoned.
W C Johnson president of the state board of pharmacy at Manhattan Kansas died after stepping on a rusty nail a week earlier. He was a longtime resident of Manhattan and had lived there thirty years. In Nebraska C C Miller of Elk Creek injured his right big toe when a bottle fell on it while he was getting ice for his meat market.
The steamer Humboldt arrives in Seattle from Skaguay with forty passengers and about 250000 dollars in Klondike gold. A large amount of gold has left Dawson to travel via the St Michael route.
Chicago officials probe impure milk fed to county hospital patients risking hundreds of lives. Emperor Nicholas orders 308,500 Russian recruits for the current year. One killed and several injured in a Kansas City Northern wreck near Weathexby.
The Nebraska state board of agriculture and fair managers prepare Lincoln grounds for a permanent Nebraska State Fair. They rebuild pens and stalls, erect new buildings, repaint and repair facilities as they rush to welcome visitors for the 1901 exposition likely to surpass prior efforts in scope and display.
A. Rogers of South St. Joseph Missouri was killed on Union Pacific Train No. 6 near Wamsutta Wyoming by N H Copeland a former Omaha bank teller. Copeland attacked without warning firing three shots before Brakeman Schamp overpowered him. Rogers body left at Rawlins Copeland held for the sheriff Copeland alleges hypnotic influence and claims San Francisco ties.
Telegrams from across France describe nationwide celebrations for the Bastille anniversary with military reviews, illuminations, and balls. Wreaths at Strasbourg and Concorde faced police action against socialist displays and a pro Boer war student demonstration was halted by police.
A gang of pickpockets at Colorado Springs robs Epworth League members of money and railroad tickets, even rifling trunks. The Denver & Rio Grande provides passes to stranded travelers seeking onward travel to Ogden.
Rain finally fell across parts of Missouri and Kansas easing drought in pockets around Joplin Cherokee County and Coffeyville. The advances boost crops and pastures though central Missouri and western regions remain hot and dry with 96 to 100 degree temperatures.
A perspective view shows the new chemistry building to be erected at the Agricultural College in Manhattan Kansas. Designed by Capt J Haskell Topeka the contract awarded to Charles A Fellows of Topeka. Estimated cost about 700000. Positioned behind and northwest of the main building midway to agricultural hall. Built of native white stone quarried at Manhattan to harmonize with campus structures. Main front faces west with a prominent pavilion entrance. Octagonal pavilions on other corners add space and character. Open timber mill construction with exposed beams finished in hard oil. Dimensions 165 by 93 feet with a north light walk 29 by 46 feet. Each floor about 14000 square feet.
Secretary Coburn of the Kansas state board of agriculture disputes ruin fears from the dry spell. He notes hay and corn losses are serious but offset by large Kaffir corn and alfalfa plantings and 40 million bushels of old corn held by farmers, suggesting storage cushions impact.
Governor Dockery urged Missourians to gather at churches on Sunday July in a statewide day of fasting and prayer for relief from drought and blessing from Almighty God. The move follows numerous requests for a formal observance the state authority set apart for public devotion.
The Reverend Talmage argues extravagance fuels financial crises by prompting people to overspend beyond means. He cites credit woes, luxury, and public tastes as roots of distress and urges sobriety, debt payback, and restraint to restore prosperity.
A sermon laments religious waste and social extravagance, contrasting costly indulgences with Divine vows. It warns against funding luxuries over God’s work and recalls emotional tales of fortune spent on cigars, rum, and expensive comforts. The speaker urges thrift, humility, and steadfast faith.
A New Yorker in London during stock market excitement sees omens in soup spoons. The first spoon shows Sell, the last mouthful reveals Unload, prompting him to order his broker to close railroad holdings. He profits as the market panics.
Readable fragments describe joined male twins born in China a few years ago. Weighing twenty nine pounds each, they share lower chest tissue and show strong intelligence. A single whisky dose affected only one twin first. they sleep together and can be awakened separately.
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