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Newspaper
Cuba Advocate
Location
Cuba, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1899
Page
2
A collage of humorous, domestic, and historical items touches on the coal trust, clever sayings, a Yaqui maidens powder tale, the Great Salt Lake, a divorce timing tale, meat prices, confidence men, and a Savannah harbor scandal.
The Illinois state fair grounds are praised as the most beautiful and complete show grounds. The Springfield complex features a central magnificent dome and supportive side buildings, with the fall fair to begin the last Monday in September 1899. Secretary Garford oversees preparations despite an accident.
Official actions in military affairs outline movements of the army and navy with implications for the nation’s future history. Brief notes summarize strategic decisions, deployments, and policy shifts shaping U.S. security and defense posture.
The item notes rumors that Andrew Carnegie will run for Parliament and that he would not need to renounce American citizenship since he was never naturalized.
Temperature readings show the season’s peak with a spread of five degrees, while contractors halt work due to steel scarcity and rising prices. Arkansas judge rules on race-related strike issues at Fort Smith. Rockefeller informs the Washington commission he cannot attend this week. The Kearsarge battleship logs 17.25 knots at Newport News amid a fouled bottom after thirteen months. S. L. Case of the G A R forwards pension reform ideas to limit pension costs by raising the age threshold to sixty.
In Chicago President McKinley is named honorary member of the bricks and stone masons union. Nebraska pensions issues show increases for Michael J Barnett and William Fasbender. Testimony before the industrial commission accuses Standard Oil of mismanagement. Army soldiers move toward Manila on Union Pacific lines. Calhoun declines Illinois governor bid and Des Moines post offices race grows. Nashville competes for the army post site.
At Naco near the International line a deadly exchange left one cowboy and a Mexican guard dead and several wounded. Four American citizens will face murder charges in Mexican custody as cowboys gather in Bisbee and Naco, armed and ready to attempt a rescue of Ramsey and France.
The Windward arrived at Brigus reporting all aboard well after a voyage from Etah North Greenland. It will be followed by the Diana in a week, both steamers having assisted Lieutenant Peary in gathering winter supplies and spring expedition equipment.
September crop figures show corn 85.23 wheat 70.0 oats 7.2 potatoes 86.8. Yellow fever cases at Key West total 189. Gage to attend yacht race between the Columbia and Rocks. Secretary Root cites destitution in Porto Rico. Sidney N S W cabinet resigns. Emery blames railroads for Standard Oil growth. Illinois Western normal school deadlock. Esquimalt British naval base planned. Royal artillery ordered there. British war department active. no new Transvaal developments. Venezuela rebellion grows. Castro commands 10 000. Congress may block Paris exposition over Dreyfus verdict. Todd scientific trip may worsen S and Central American tensions.
The dispatch notes Dewey's visit to the garrison library and meeting with the U S consul at Gibraltar while Sampson and naval veterans receive ovations in Philadelphia. It also mentions India's currency bill to make gold legal tender amid mint delays and tax concerns.
In Johns township Iowa the long running Wales and Wakefield feud erupts on a public highway as Wales is shot in the face with a revolver and Wakefield surrenders to authorities in Centerville. The incident may be ruled murder and follows two years of fighting arson and shootings between the families.
Prominent railroad leaders discuss a plan to create a transcontinental system by linking the Illinois Central to Omaha. The connected line would weld Union Pacific and Illinois Central to run from Chicago to the North Pacific coast. A separate item notes Mary Gallagher poisoned her three children and herself with laudanum in Port Perry, Pennsylvania. the infant died, two young girls survived.
Aguinaldo selects a new set of advisers and shifts toward a more conservative strategy. Report notes other items: naval academy exams for Goldie and Koch of Nebraska, a San Francisco deployment around September 15, and illnesses among troops. Also mentions union politics and relocation orders involving Major Pershing and Roosevelt literary activity.
Sand will be used to extinguish fires in the New Telephone Company's Indianapolis exchange, chosen for its safety to electrical equipment. A large tank stores the sand above the exchange room and feeds automatically to all parts of the building to smother a fire effectively.
In a sparring exchange Juddock tells Haddock that opening a local grocery would reveal a hidden motive. The absurd exchange appears in a Puck dialogue as a mock mystery about a new neighborhood venture.
The piece notes the mikado's fondness for horse racing with no betting and high admission prices limiting attendance to upper classes. It also discusses wear of coins in circulation with experiments showing $500 in sovereigns could lose value over a century, and mentions Primitive "Puetar" Berens.
Embargo on Lake Superior navigation lifted after the sinking of the steamer Houghton. The Soo passage resumes with a vast procession of ships headed down the lakes and more vessels moving toward Lake Superior. A separate report notes Sheriff Henderson of Logan County West Virginia and a fifteen-man posse approaching the Hatfield fort in the mountains without bloodshed.
Officials in Washington show cautious reaction as the Dreyfus verdict gains attention. Sentiment leans in favor of Dreyfus and against the injustice, with concerns that the outcome could affect the Branco American treaty and U S participation in the Paris exposition. Senators and representatives fear shifts in Franco-American sympathy.
Indignation runs through England after the Dreyfus court martial verdict. Jewish quarters hold special prayers, crowds sob and hiss at music halls showing incidents, and political leaders call France to account as Canon Scott-Holland warns a nation is on trial.
Major Esterhazy says the Dreyfus verdict in the Dreyfus affair was just and based on the evidence and the court martial's ruling. He claims the sentence followed a government understanding and predicts a possible reduction of Dreyfus sentence by half. He calls the affair a farce arranged in advance and anticipates liberation.
The Dreyfus court martial judges, by mutual agreement, urged President Loubet through General Lucas to spare Dreyfus a fresh degradation. The court signed a mercy recommendation Monday afternoon to remove the degradation from the punishment. Labori’s secretary relayed the action to Dreyfus, who said he still has hope.
Dr. Jacob W. Smith of Terre Haute Indiana has been arrested for the September murder of Henry Craig of Bath County Kentucky. Smith claims self defense and says he remained free for years, now jailed awaiting Kentucky officer delivery.
Four masked men robbed a Southern Pacific train near Cochise Arizona blowing the safe open. They took everything in sight and the amount of loot was described as small by early reports. Police investigated and pursued leads without immediate arrests.
A consignment worth one million dollars in Klondike gold has arrived at Seattle aboard the steamer Cleveland from St. Michael. The ship carries 100 passengers from Dawson and Cape Nome.
Fragmentary text hints a train incident with a damaged front section and an unclear cause. Mentions a pilot and engine condition, with scattered phrases suggesting an inquiry into responsibility.
The judge bound Fred Hipke over to district court on a rape charge for a seventeen year old girl after a preliminary hearing. The accused, escorted by deputies, faces a $4000 bond which his counsel requested reduced to $2000 but was denied. Meanwhile Sam Pope, shot in a Fremont dispute, shows signs of recovery and fears a new attempt if Jerome is released.
Lincoln hosts a free street fair on September 23 in a Mardi Gras style carnival night. The event aims to unite all residents in a joyous, memorable celebration for the town’s welfare, with eager crowds urged to attend.
Comptroller of the Currency Dawes approves a final dividend of 2.4 percent for the creditors of the First National Bank of Ponca Nebraska, totaling 22.4 percent on $114,208 in approved claims. Lincoln National Bank is named reserve agent for Crete bank and United States National Bank of Omaha for Pender bank.
A gasoline stove explosion in Hastings fatally injures Mrs. L C Hocking wife of a Northwestern railway employee. She attempted to light the stove for supper when the can exploded enveloping her in blazing fluid. Neighbors quenched the flames but doctors fear she will not survive. The fire caused only nominal damage to the house.
Plotts and Bigelow, two laymen, were bound over to district court for shooting George Kelley near Tekamah last week. Plotts faces 500 dollars and Bigelow 400. Bail not furnished. Kelley was injured in a dispute over damages after approaching their camp to recover a loose horse. prognosis suggests he may lose his foot.
Jecob North Sr a renowned Lincoln printer and publisher died Monday evening after illness. He led Jacob North & Co., born in Norwich England and came to Lincoln in 1872. He leaves a wife four daughters and three sons.
A traveling man recalls a western dining room scene where a waiter shouts dessert stack prompting him to pile dishes, followed by a string of short clippings on church fairs, advertising quips, health tonics, a stamp collector, a jeweler joke, and foot care powder ads. The snippets showcase mid century humor and consumer tips.
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