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Newspaper
Cuba Advocate
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1901
Page
2
The article catalogs global happenings from Bermuda’s Terror being decommissioned after a long uneventful career to a Russian plan for Siberian industry with a US backed $10 million capital. It covers Boer War style combat anecdotes, Puerto Rican storms, bees in Waterbury, and coal heating experiments, highlighting varied 19th century concerns and bold assertions by public figures.
In Elkins West Virginia a Black man William Brooks is found dead after a confrontation with Chief of Police Robert Lilly who is fatally wounded. Brooks allegedly resisted arrest in a crowded house and later died in custody near a park following his capture amid a mob scene.
Nebraska Epworthians announce the 1901 Epworth Assembly at Lincoln Park from August 7 to 15. The program features Slayton jubilee singers Nebraska Wesleyan quartet Mrs Chant Eli Perkins Sage Jones Col Bain Lecturer Stoddard Wishops Toyce Thobury and Robert McIntyre with a chorus of about 209 voices and a W. C. WY congress mirroring last year.
Two young men Jefferies and Somers were attacked by a man on a wagon near West Mills nine miles southwest of Milford. The assailant used a fork, inflicting a deep head gash on Jefferies and wounding Somers in the cheek and ear. Both were taken to town for treatment.
West of Meatrice, Otto's herd of 300 cattle broke through a fence and invaded a Kaftir corn field. Many cattle died and more are likely to perish as carcasses litter a several mile stretch along the road, signaling a heavy loss to Mr Otto.
Charles McClumsey killed his sweetheart in a Spirit Lake restaurant then shot himself. The woman survived. McClumsey died soon after. The case follows years of reported tension and a broken engagement.
A collapse on a wall north of McCook in Frontier County caused a bucket to fall and crush a man. George Wolfe was reported killed by the incident.
Governor Ezra P. Savage of Nebraska designates Friday July 26 1901 as a day of supplication for relief from destructive winds and drought. The proclamation, dated July 22, 1901, calls all residents to gather in houses of worship to pray for Divine Providence.
Mrs Jerome wife of a farmer near Chapman Merrick County discovered a man hanging from a tree in a grove while gathering wood. The body showed strong odor. Shoes lay beside the tree and the deceased was last seen July 10. Local neighbors alerted officials.
A dispatch reports European observers see renewed trouble in China tied to firm action by major powers. Li Hung Chang reportedly adopts an aloof stance toward the provisional government and contemplates ousting it. The Chinese suggest cutting telegraph wires as a tactic.
A man identified as Charlee Kelmer died in Omaha on a Saturday after shooting himself in his home at 4593 North Fortieth Street. He reportedly asked for a kiss from his wife before the act, claiming a long journey and no harm. The event followed a court injunction against him and involvement with a life insurance policy for his wife.
A fire at the Laclede hotel in Ottawa Iowa resulted in one death, John OConner of Mt. Ligasant Ju. The blaze caused little property loss and eighteen other guests escaped with narrow margins.
A mob lynched Lucius Reed after Jesse Phillips killed him in Cleveland Mississippi during a street clash. Charles Baughan was fatally shot in Lincoln Indiana, with J W Riddle and others arrested. Walter McVigher, Nebraska, survived a rattlesnake bite. A 12 year old kidnapped boy Hal Richards escaped near State Center. Pat Haley and Arthur Murphy were jailed at Stevens Point for complicity in Thomas Davis murder. Rice Iowa’s town center burned leaving the business district destroyed. William Hunt known as Harry Wilson, released from prison for liquor influenced crime in Salt Lake City after a prior three year sentence.
Peter Hehi of Beemer formerly Warden Heemer's assistant at the Nebraska penitentiary is called to Laramie to take charge of the Wyoming penitentiary.
An alleged highwayman identified as Will Jones of St Joseph Missouri was probably fatally shot while attempting to escape from a police raid near Leavenworth Kansas. Additional readable fragments indicate a staged ambush or pursuit ending in a fatal wound.
At Nebraska City A I Newburn was shot by Will Brown after a quarrel about his wife Mrs Newburn's habit of riding out evenings with Brown. The 2 calibre ball hit Newburn in the mouth, knocking out three teeth and injuring his tongue. Brown surrendered to officers and the incident, though serious, may be patched up as tensions ease.
Mrs Anna M Johnson postmistress at Rokeby was fatally struck when she drove across a crossing despite warnings. The east bound stock train wrecked her carriage, her horse died, and she was thrown twenty feet. She died en route to Lincoln after being placed on the caboose. Her son Howard Johnson works for Lincoln Transfer Company.
A London disputant Earl Russell arraigned before the House of Lords on a bigamy charge pled guilty after lengthy arguments over jurisdiction. The trial featured medieval ceremony length and ran about an hour. The Earl and Countess Russell testified they acted on good legal advice. Lars Tunsell received three months’ imprisonment for a first class misdemeanor.
Ten year old Newton Miller Jr. of Wahoo Nebraska was dragged four blocks after tying a rope around his body to lead a cow to a pasture. His neck broke and his face was severely mutilated in the fatal accident.
Attorneys for John Quincy Adams a Bassett Nebraska farmer and widower claim he deeded property to a woman named Mrs. Cora Smith a sheep rancher from Nebraska after meeting on a train between Chadron and Sioux City Adams then sought marriage and now seeks to reclaim the farm deeds amid alleged ill advised actions by the man of means.
Confirmation from Denver of a Delta county incident reports seventy five residents burning the Radcliffe hotel cabins and buildings owned by the Grand Mesa Lakes proprietor. The arson aimed to avenge the killing of W A Womack by Dame Warden McHenry last Monday.
Parts of Kansas received rain easing drought as Nebraska reports showers and a lighter touch across towns including Minden Hastings Grand Island and Franklin. Detroit Crescents set a trot record while a Petosky Michigan maple flooring plant burned losing about 400000 dollars plus six million feet of lumber.
The preacher argues sin is sin regardless of status, citing Nebuchadnezzar's downfall and modern scandals of high offices. He warns against luxury in crime, warns youth about quick wealth, and urges return to integrity, honesty, and accountability before God.
An article compares European and American fringe clubs noting Hoogatrassen Belgium hosts a club admitting only entrants with twenty one square centimeters of calypris area. Ghent hosts the Long Haired club requiring beards or chains of specified lengths. Other groups include Les 100 Kilos in Paris for those over 100 kilos and Leg Bitty Klloa in Marseilles with height and weight limits. The piece mentions a former president Mr Be. whose rapid weight gain led to resignation after marriage.
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