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Newspaper
Cuba Advocate
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1899
Page
2
Grover in Boston mocked by Boston Herald remarks on happiness and folly. Columns discuss servanthood education for women, conjure women, trust expansion fears, Quay and Wanamaker rebukes, Aguinaldo proclamations, Sarcey death, and Pennsylvania inheritance tax ruling declaring the $5,000 exemption unconstitutional.
A city education chief warned Rev Dr Huntington that about one hundred thousand children in his area do not know of the Bible's existence. The piece argues millions nationwide know little of the Book despite its name and cites college students' Bible ignorance. It urges revived parental responsibility to safeguard religion in the family as Sunday instruction proves insufficient.
The article explains rag time as a popular music form with disputed origins, noting comparisons to Mexican dances and marching rhythms. It also reports a Virginia movement for direct popular election of U S senators and a Pennsylvania committee coordinating with other states to push reform nationwide.
Unable to destroy the peach crop with frost Southern Michigan journalists extend efforts to damage the fruit using putworms black bugs and red ants. They suggest a light frost would aid their plan and describe a ladies’ data style fair with a double decked setup and a naval look needing only brass cannons to appear simple and willing.
The report compiles scattered items from around the globe and US. It notes a denied secret marriage, padded Cuban pay rolls, a suspected yellow fever case in New Orleans, and major powers pursuing arbitration. Elihu Dyer inaugurated Rhode Island governor before Otis reports. A fatal fire near an oil well in Marion Indiana injures nine. The War Department informs Otis on troop caps. Plague complicates Dewey homecoming as nations quarantine. Southern Russia wheat crops fail from protracted drought. spring crop in jeopardy. An Indianapolis attorney John A Finch found dead in a St Paul bath tub from heart disease. Kaiser Wilhelm steamer passengers arrive in New York. Paris shipwreck at Cornwall. Beaupre accuses Esterhazy of treason and author of the bordereau. A handcar collision near Colville, Ohio kills two and injures two others.
June 1 dispatches describe Japan preparing for war with Russia and fighting in Mindanao where Zamboanga is bombarded and ruins. The cruiser Brooklyn was damaged by a snag near New York, and yellow fever remains isolated to a single case. In Manila volunteers petition for discharge to Manila with travel pay, while a British steamer is escorted from the area by the Castine.
Nebraska volunteers muster out in San Francisco will receive 74 to 117 dollars travel pay if at home with transport to mustering place. General Otis requested. Brig. Gen. Swan assigned to duty in the Philippines. Insular commission says Porto Rican population ready to embrace American institutions. Brooklyn repairs cost 8000 dollars and take twenty days after Decoration Day. Kiel launch events feature the emperor and Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. Baden grand duchess christens. Treasury reports June 1 cash 898,067,063 with 631,482,969 liabilities and 267,584,094 net balance. Manila dispatch: Ton has command of city defenses. MacArthur commands outer garrisons and rail/river troops.
South Carolina Governor Ellerbee died last night. The report notes the death as a sudden political loss with no further details provided.
The Chilean ministry has resigned while internal affairs stay quiet. Nevada evangelist B H Irwin was robbed of 900 dollars in a Chicago hotel. Harvey Alexander of Red Oak Iowa fatally shot himself. English tourist Reginald Heintz drowned near Lake Michigan after leaving a private yacht. A ink makers group plans to set capital stock at 25 million. William Schultz Jr of Nebraska named a navy laborer earning 2 48 daily. Morton Bliss Co dissolves. Morton Trust Co to succeed. Boots children of Rapid City to be taken to Sioux Falls orphan home. Preparations for returning Alfred Dreyfus from Devil's Island aboard Lafayette with officers on board.
At St Louis a man and a child were killed in a street car accident. The Marion Clark kidnapping case faces potential non prosecution due to costs. Iowa congressman Henderson gains pledged votes for Speaker, replacing Reede who resigned. Two hundred miners strike in Wakefield and Sunday Lake Michigan. Generals Otis and MacArthur praise Colonel Stotsenburg in war report. A Kansas storm leaves two dead and two injured. barns and outbuildings demolished. Spain resumes diplomatic relations. a new minister is presented at the White House ceremony.
Three of the Union Pacific holdups are said to be in custody, captured six miles from Casper. Senator Fairbanks of Indiana and Comptroller Dawes have left for Seattle to proceed to the Klondike. The American union of Swedish sippers at Worcester Massachusetts choose Johnstown New York as the site for the 1901 festival. Robert Jennings Jr a Pittsburg veterinary surgeon died by poison. Yonkers hammer thrower John Flanane set a 164 feet 10 inches record.
Heat grips Chicago as temperatures soar while Frank Thompson of the Pennsylvania Railroad dies. Trott, a Union League Philadelphia founder, also dies. A royalist plot targets President Loubet at Auteur races. Congressman Bland's condition worsens. Lord Kitchener receives 150 000 pounds for Sudan service. DC Democrats plan a marble bust gift for Mrs. Bryan on June 17. Johann Strauss dies in Vienna at 74, composer of the Beautiful Blue Danube. New York grand jury indicts Marion Clark kidnappers. indictments await Rockland County trial. Three McKendree college students drown at Silver Creek in Lebanon Junction.
French cruiser Sfax ordered to transport Dreyfus from the Isle of Devils to France for immediate proceedings. Madame Dreyfus conveys Cassation Court’s revision ruling and plans for a new court martial trial, sending affectionate words to her husband amid the decision.
The Princess Waldemar of Denmark has devoted herself to national fire brigade welfare. She believes firemen are the bravest citizens and often attends fires to observe and encourage their work.
American forces have occupied the Morong peninsula as General Hall's column camps there. Major Truman's march across Binangonan faced rugged terrain and insurgents fled into the mountains. few were trapped. The Washington unit, 200 fewer than start, endured 36 hours without rations while pressuring insurgent positions.
Washington June 7 President Schurman of the Philippine commission reports to Secretary Hay advocating broader concessions to the Filipinos to end the insurrection. The reply from the President awaits, while General Otis receives instructions aligned with restoration of peace through military superiority. The War department plans to send 3 000 additional troops, possibly drawn from Cuba and Porto Rico, to reach 80 100 total. General Otis will press operations through the rainy season as concessions are evaluated.
In Apia Samoa on May 31 and June 6 the Samoan commission met with Malietoa and Mataafa aboard ships Badger and Mataafa. Mataafa agreed to disarm 1,800 rebels, while the commission warned of possible government formation with or without a king. The chaos edges toward normalization as natives return home and officials consider reducing administration costs.
Representative Champ Clark gave the annual baccalaureate address to graduates in Warrrrenss Missouri at the State Normal School chapel. His talk centered on Daniel Webster and urged students to resist perceived federal judiciary usurpations. He criticized the courts, notably ruling on the income tax law.
ParisJune7 Premier Dupuy defends harsh measures after attack on President Loubet at Auteuil race track asserting a monarchist nationalists plot to overthrow the republic. Rioters jailed as clubs linked to noble figures face closure. society crowds gather outside prisons amid tension and accusations of lacking good manners. Sedalia site for Missouri state fair named Baker tract near railroad shops. Admiral Dewey's Olympia sails from Hong Kong to Singapore en route home.
The eleventh head camp of the Modern Woodmen of America opened in Convention hall Kansas City with a formal opening by head consul William H. Northcott. Delegates and spectators heard welcomes from Governor W E Stanley and others. Northcott praised growth from 1 100 camps to over 6 000 and noted insurance in force at 5 million while costs declined. The session adjourned for lunch after his speech.
Senator Allison of the Senate Finance Committee predicts the next Congress will consider a financial bill and revisit currency policy. He supports maintaining a gold standard while ensuring a flexible currency and notes President’s recommendations on national bank circulation and gold payments for greenbacks. He mentions potential action on silver certificates to stabilize their value.
In Mo and Ohio brief notices report a saloon robbery with owner locked in a refrigerator until rescued, a fraud case verdict with a large potential penalty, a fatal pedestrian collision, an insurance company assignment due to unpaid assessments, and General Charles King’s retirement from volunteer service effective August 3.
The dress weighs 169 and a half pounds including thick underclothes and body of the suit. Boots and leaden helmet bring total to 385 pounds with a maximum safe working depth around 160 feet, though divers have reached 204 feet with extreme pressures. Royal Navy flagships carry divers and cruisers carry four each with full equipment.
The piece notes the Queen's health as she nears a continental visit and cites improved hearing and eyesight. It lists remedies like Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for indigestion biliousness and nervousness, and mentions public benevolence versus private neglect. A girl, in a long dress, stops crying and learns to weep.
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