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Newspaper
Lewiston Daily Teller
Location
Lewiston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1901
Page
2
London reports from The Sun claim General Botha sought Kruger’s aid to urge Lord Kitchener and the government remains silent on recent South African battle news. The Sun also notes 10 000 Zulu on the warpath after Boer raids in Zululand.
New York dispatch notes a decisive Boer assault near Johannesburg and heavy British losses. The clash at Windfontein signals continued danger as refugees return and the gold belt remains unsettled, with leaders predicting further local skirmishes along the Durban Johannesburg line toward Heidelberg and Randerton.
About 500 men from the Forty sixth volunteer infantry riot outside San Francisco's Presidio reservation over a dispatch of alleged drugging. Mrs Powers' saloon is wrecked as ex soldiers, some paid off, clash with others, one man Morgan is found unconscious and treated at camp. Authorities determine unclear origins.
Over Shamrock St New York June 2 A Glasgow dispatch says designer Watson is greatly worried by criticisms of his workmanship on the challenger He told Sir Thomas Lipton he did not weigh the trial results on the European side He built the yacht with American sailing conditions in mind and still believes she will prove the best challenger he has sent across
The United States will keep control of Cuba until the Platt amendment is substantially adopted. Secretary Root informed General Wood, and the president approved the action. The statement confirms ongoing U S oversight in Cuba pending amendment fulfillment.
Anna Klumpke an American girl from San Francisco becomes heir to Rosa Bonheur’s immense fortune. The will places a Chateau at By Fontainebleau and a Paris house among millions of francs in property. French heirs multiply amid anticipated litigation. one sister is a renowned astronomer assisting Camille Flammarion at a major observatory.
A Washington official’s wife orders gold nails and chains to secure tiny art objects from cabinet thefts as kleptomania among high society figures surfaces. Stories recount hostess observations of a diplomat's wife and others who stole doilies during luncheons, exposing a pattern of depredations in official circles.
Washington June 2 Mrs McKinley grows weaker with no clear improvement after a night of rest. Doctors held a consultation noting she passed a comfortable night but showed little change since yesterday. President McKinley stayed by her side most of the day, receiving a visit from Judge Watson and meeting Senator Bikins, while Drs Rixey and Sternberg remained at the White House.
A street corner meet cute turns into feigned despair and vow to self harm until Miss Wharton and Mistah Carr declare love. Both deny slights and confess misreadings after a playful exchange. The Washington Post notes a mood shift to joy at seven.
The dead body of Mrs. W. H. Klusmire was found buried in a shallow trench one mile north of Holton. Her head showed blunt force trauma, suggesting a club or heavy instrument. The crime occurred on Sunday May 19.
Southampton June 4 The Shamrock Tr will be drydocked and leave for the Clyde on Tuesday June 11 to have a new steel mast fitted. A U S consul reports 300000 Germans 1300000 Italians 800000 Portuguese and 100000 Spaniards reside in Brazil.
The Lafayette statue in Paris, a gift from the American republic, honors Lafayette. Robert J. Thompson led the project, gathering support from the nation’s leaders and 4,000,000 schoolchildren who donated 45858.80 in six weeks. Congress later provided 50000 for the fund, with a gold silver alloy statue planned and a marble pedestal, to be cast by the lost wax method. A staff reproduction will stand during the exposition when the full monument is not yet ready.
American Nerve Johnson, an American art student, fights with a French man over a duel begun after a quarrel. At seven in the morning the duelists meet at a railroad station ticket office to depart for a suburb venue. Johnson demands a round trip ticket with a fierce twist of his mustache, tests the clerk, then apologizes after the clerk asks if he always buys round trips.
In Paris a American woman attempts to use a dubious Ollendorff French in a hotel though staff speak English. A waiter seeks the manager’s help and the maitre d'hôtel intervenes to unravel the miscommunication. She complains of incivility while the manager deciphers her demand for stout.
A collage of humorous slips of the tongue by clergymen and others, with samples such as misheard hymns and comical misstatements during sermons, licensing sessions, and social chats. The piece also notes Major Ross describing malaria transmission, including a detailed account of a guillotine-like instrument used to dissect mosquitoes for microscopic study.
Royal Medical Society deems Dr Patrick Manson's mosquito transmission theory correct. Major Ross, an English army surgeon, led investigations in India using delicate instruments to study how the malarial microbe spreads, focusing on natural conditions and transmission pathways.
The Kovalenko brothers are said to be the oldest in their family group. Michael is 120, the second brother 118, and the youngest 112. All three have lived in the same village all their lives and hold official birth records.
The Scientific American recap explains Galileo's experiment at Pisa in the seventeenth century. Two balls of different weights fell, showing that in air the heavier slows more, while in a vacuum all bodies fall at the same rate.
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