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Newspaper
Cuba Advocate
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1900
Page
3
The text recalls an early life with studies in gunnery and local council service. It mentions a Rising Sip and Fanon order conferred in the same year and notes services during the 1894 to 1899 conflict, with titles and dental grade mentions connected to Brneat W. Clements in the Chicago Record.
Frank J. Zeller chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers No 143 in Meadville Pennsylvania attributes his recovery from a kidney ailment to Dodd's Kidney Pills after failing with other remedies. He credits a fellow member who urged the trial and notes seven boxes restored his health enabling him to work again.
Fire at the Gifford hotel in Poplar Bluff Missouri destroyed a large three story wood structure, killing Heck Clark Doniphan Rel Owens Bholby Curley Berry and fatally injuring Etta Hargrove. Missing Eugen Dalton. About forty five guests were inside. many escaped in night clothes as flames trapped residents and the fire department could not save them. Benjamin Shelby forced his wife to jump from a second story window. others were overcome by smoke in the hall.
American trapshooters prepare to sail from New York early next spring for a tour of England and the continent. Fourteen men will go with ten forming the team and four substitutes. The group includes J. A. R. Elliott Kansas City John S. Fanning Chicago Thomas Marshall Keithsburg Frank Parmales Mob o Nebraska Richard Merrell Milwaukee William Crosby Batavia Bollo Heikes Dayton Chauncey Powers Degatur Ill Charles W Budd Des Moines Ia They intend to challenge any European team and may visit Germany France and Austria after England contests.
An army unit led by Captain W. Fountain marched from El Reno through Kiowa Comanche and Apache lands to Fort SUL using emergency rations. The test aims to prove future value for army records. One horse was killed and wounded during transport and Mrs Botts was rescued by neighbors.
The United States declines to demand an indemnity for a killing, blaming a mob in Morocco. The U.S. Consul reports governing authorities failed to meet claims, while the State Department weighs naval backing to support the consul in presenting the case to authorities in Fergain aboard a U S warship as a passenger vessel selection.
Hoven F. Judson, an elderly Nance county resident, was found dead in his corn field near Fullerton on November 9. He left home about 10 AM to bale and was last seen around 11 AM. His son-in-law Hadley discovered Judson's body around 4 PM, lying cold in the field where he worked.
A suburban train collided with an express at Choinay Lerci killing eight people and injuring many as it entered the station. The express was passing the station when the wreckage telescoped the suburban cars and blocked the line for hours.
A twelve year old boy, son of Chris Rud of Lansing Town, was struck by a freight train and his left leg severed. The grieving father became violent, assaulting an officer who jailed him. Twenty minutes later the jail and city hall building was found afire, Rudwag burned to death as the structure burned to the ground.
Marcus Daly a leading mine owner, aged sixty, died in his Box tal Netherlands, New York apartment on November 13. Cause of death cited as heart and kidney complications after years of illness. Several American claimants report losses to the state department over property seizures in the South African republic and Orange Free State. no decision yet on disposition of those cases.
In Bt Joseph Missouri officer Charles 8 Scott shot and killed gambler Thomas Smith in the bay room of the Commercial club. The dispute arose after Smith allegedly accused Scott of publishing an article about him. Scott denied the charge and Smith reportedly attacked the officer, leading to the fatal shooting.
Ambiguous report from Douglas County notes no material changes after events in Omaha. Voters and candidates face an uncertain race with expected outcomes. A separate head on collision near Dallas Texas leaves Fire man Wouvir dead and others injured.
Elizabeth and John Quinn are listed in a mother and child brief from Andienspolle Indiana with unclear details from the damaged text. The snippet references a person named Elizabeth and a man named John Quinn and a local place.
A Belgian traveler reports from Pekin via the Trans Siberian line about the Amur river tragedy. He cites thousands drowned at Blagovetchensk and nearby towns, with hundreds of thousands impacted and entire villages destroyed. The scene is described as horrific beyond words with corpses along the banks.
Official returns from sixty counties show Mr. Dietrich extending his plurality over Poynter to a sizable margin. New Republic figures from numerous counties suggest Woolley and Jones totals with Adams and others, while Madison dispatch adds 200 for District.
The Central Coke and Coal Company of Kansas City buys the Sweetwater Coal Mining property at Rock Springs Wyoming and raises capital from 3 million to 5.76 million dollars. The Sweetwater company produces 600 thousand tons annually, employs about 600 men, and sends much coal to Nebraska. G W Megeath of Omaha will become general manager of the pow company and the general offices move to Kansas City.
The report lists total appropriations and estimates for the navy and related bureaus in 1901 1902 and 1908 1909. It names pay for navy bureau of supplies public works at yards and navy yards and other items with figures for each category.
Nebraska university offers an eleven week winter agriculture course starting January 2 1901 and running to March 23. The curriculum covers horticulture animal care field crops farm laboratories and agricultural engineering with shop work and blacksmithing. Estimated cost ranges from 86 to 140 including room and meals with university facilities and laboratories available.
Governor Poynter proclaims a statewide Thanksgiving Day for Nebraskans urging all to set aside business, attend worship, and give thanks for the year's blessings. He calls for gratitude for health, harvest, and divine Providence, and for remembering those less favored.
The state canvassing board will have little to do as it only canvasses returns for electors regents and supreme court judges. With one vacancy on the district bench due to Egnator W. W. Allen's resignation the board also canvasses the presidential electors and governor’s vote. A joint session will certify the returns and the board may dispatch a special messenger at the county’s expense for the presidential electors. Washington labor officials note the possible trip and expenses involved.
Fragmentary dispatch describes a baby named Marcye Lali and a visitor leaving cards in a reception room at a house. The text is garbled with misread letters and incomprehensible phrases, limiting clear facts or context.
An old advertisement promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure and Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as remedies for deafness, indigestion, dyspepsia, flatulence, malaria, fever, and other ailments. It offers prizes for cures and touts milk as extinguishing kerosene flames. The text combines testimonials and brand names to lure readers into purchasing patent medicines.
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