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Newspaper
Cuba Advocate
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1899
Page
2
A New York Adirondack case centers on Mrs. W S De Camp who fought to stop lumber log drives on Moose river. Courts blocked a law making Adirondack streams public log highways, upholding her injunction and protecting forests, fish, and streams from damming and destruction.
George Middleton of Clark Street Dime Museum is arrested under Illinois anti freak legislation that bans public exhibition of deformed persons or those with notoriety. A. J. Dickson obtained the warrant as Middleton met with his manager. Barney Nelson portrayed the charged freak in crayon portraits amid controversy over Nina Van Zandt and the Malato dispute. The law, pushed by lawmakers and museum opponents, aims to cripple the exhibition trade at downtown venues.
Mary Kingsley recounts a West African tale about a young black government official in uniform who orders ladies to coal a gunboat. He strikes a worker, is doused by water, and humbly returns to society as officials roar with laughter at his blunder.
A meteorite group of four stones fell January 25 near Mt Zombo in British Central Africa. Witnesses heard a thunderous crash and detonation seen ninety miles away. Villagers crowded the site in reverent silence while officials arrived.
A dense July briefing notes land decisions and movements from the national Congress and departments. Secretary Hitchcock affirms a land decision on Geo H Schanffelberger, while 200 horses and 50 escort wagons depart from Chickamauga to San Francisco for Manila. Nebraska patent awards go to Beels, Delaet, Kejl, and Arton. Russian wheat shortages are projected at 85 to 120 million bushels. Otis is retained in command amid Philippine optimism. Secretary Alger resigns to take effect August 1. The Navy orders 100 machine guns, and Patriota returns to Hamburg. Reciprocity talks with Britain advance. Jamaica and Bermuda accords await formal signing. Continuous updates cover floods, exhibits, and Alaska boundary discussions. News totals include Filipino bar reforms, postings to the Philippines, and U.S. troop movements.
Eighteen Hungarians deported after landing and heading to Rathtoun coal mines in Tennessee. Nebraska postmasters appointed including Cedar and Scotts Bluff counties. Meiklejohn returns from Wisconsin. Spaniards in Havana organize for American citizenship. Root to lead War Department. debates on reciprocity treaty with Spain continue. Dewey hosts reception for Addison Harris aboard the Olympia. Lincoln to host First Nebraska Volunteers return from the Philippines. census work in Cuba eyed under Brooke and Meyriam supervision.
Delegates from Gotham trades unions gathered at the Central Federated Union meeting to discuss forming a new labor party. A convention was set for August 7 and broader union participation was urged, with protest against alderman decisions over funding for the poor and striking workers.
Anrsélene Sleigh adapts the Bolles carriage with steel runners and a studded rear driving wheel for winter use by Dr Casgrath of Quebec, a gasoling engine driving the forward mechanism. Counterfeiting cases emerge as the Secret Service seizes bogus bills. Luther's Bible notes intrigue in Berlin. Various ads tout Allen's Foot Ease, Faultless Starch, catarrh cures, and a note on the mare that makes the money go.
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