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Newspaper
Lewiston Daily Teller
Location
Lewiston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1901
Page
6
The column mocks changing tech and social trends with wit about a new telephone contrivance, Moroccan royalty learning bagpipes, and tales of stolen or copied orations. It rails at literature's distortions of the seventeenth century, then shifts to marriage, wages, and a New York court ruling on a wife's earnings, framing it as a social pitfall and a rallying cry for women workers.
A critical essay condemns the Herron divorce case as a scandalous judicial buyout that leaves a deserted wife to poverty while a third party funds the settlement. It argues such precedents erode civilization, invites future desertion, and questions wealth’s happiness link, citing Kropotkin and Emerson on ownership and power.
Measures aim to curb depopulation in Givet by prioritizing fathers with more than three children and then married men over bachelors for town jobs. A yearly 25 francs prize will go to parents sending the most children to school regularly. The note mentions a poet and Jing in a framed literary exchange.
Shanghai correspondence notes that China can cut costs by taxing money instead of grain, ending the tribute rice system in Anhui and Jiangsu. Officials divert rice, lose value through transit waste, and counterfeit warrants reduce pension and military payments. Merging salt taxation into customs and replacing likin with duties are proposed optimizations. The piece argues reforms could cover indemnity without crippling resources.
Frederick Lust, German-born composer of the tender melody My Rosary, died in poverty after a life marked by a sorrowful lovers’ quarrel. He came to America about thirty-five years ago and achieved notable success as an organist before his death.
The life of a famed composer who created the Trilby Waltz and other works shows a rise to wealth with operas and teaching stints, followed by decline in health and fortune. He wandered from Vermont to San Francisco, Colorado Springs, Chicago, and Boston, before working with the Marie Bell Opera Co. The company dissolved in Clarksville, Tennessee, leaving him destitute though aided by students and friends including Rosa Walker. While nursing illness, he vowed to write a song for her, dreaming of its future.
A poet completes the song My Rosary after nights of toil in his studio and dies at his room after delivering the manuscript to a girl who sings it. The song spreads nationwide as the young woman visits him with flowers, sings at his funeral, and places roses on his grave.
A humorous, practical guide to creating an outdoor fresh air pantry with crosswise windows and wine gauze, plus a detached outdoor closet on tall legs, whitewashed and ventilated. Includes cost estimates and a quip about a cautious millionaire and a lawyer exchange on his heir’s ambitions.
Riverside project aims to enhance Grant's Tomb surroundings with tree planting along the grounds terrace the steep embankment and install asphalt walks. A separate Beaumont Texas project outlines a $10 million oil pipeline backed by a company along the belt. The text muses on engagements and marriage with a wry proverb about haste and in-law repentance.
Lord Kitchener cables from Pretoria describing a Boers surprise attack near Welmansrust on June 12. 250 Victorian mounted rifles from General Beaston’s column were overwhelmed at Steenkoot Spruit, with 2 officers and 16 men killed and 4 officers and 38 men wounded. Two officers and 50 men escaped. many prisoners were captured and later released. The incident marks a serious reverse for the Australian contingent but is offset by a Boer defeat of Dewet. Reflects on picketing negligence and debates over peace talks and federation prospects in southern Africa.
Acting Quartermaster General Bird orders General Long in San Francisco to fit up the transport Thomas to sail July 23 as a special ship for teachers. The vessel will carry 170 female and 400 male teachers to the Philippines, with 250 teachers approved by Judge Taft to sail on the Thomas. Additionally 156 teachers will sail on the Buford and Logan on July 11 and 16.
General Shafter and Colonel Maus, inspector general of California, along with the federal grand jury, probe numerous fraud reports in the army commissary branch in San Francisco. The case follows the arrest of Louis Abram & Son, second hand clothing dealers, with unknown total extent and differing opinions on the scope of fraud.
A temporary grandstand at Sixty-eighth street and Stewart avenue collapsed during the Chicago Normal school field day. Twenty five people were injured, mostly women and children, with several seriously hurt but no deaths expected.
Dispatches from Leadville and Cripple Creek report up to a foot of snow in June, the heaviest on record for the month at many locations. Mild weather today raises concern that floods could follow the winter storms.
John W. Gates and partners have secured a controlling interest in Colorado Fuel & Iron. The plant will be disposed of in New York next week.
Report from Staunton says a cloudburst at Harrisonburg caused extensive property damage and the drowning of a child. Wires to Harrisonburg are down leaving details scarce.
Belgrade reports a serious uprising in the Turkish town of Novi Basar. London notes ex Governor Pingree of Michigan is suffering a severe attack of dysentery and growing weaker.
Dr Leslie H Keeley famed for his liquor habit gold cure died in Los Angeles at age 68 a Dwight Illinois native who served as an army surgeon in the Civil War and built a sanitarium there his methods drew fierce debate yet gained broad public support as believers credited his cure with freedom from alcohol.
The Keeley Institute drew respect from professionals though some secrecy violated medical ethics. Graduates formed a Keeley Association and held reunions praising victories over intemperance via the gold cure. Branch institutions spread nationwide as the scheme expanded. His estate was valued at $1,000,000.
A Sheffield manufacturer revives the ancient practice of chain mail due to clever tech now allowing practical protection. The shift from coats of mail was caused by advances in piercing weapons and unwieldiness, but new ingenuity promises a renewed form of armored shirt.
A fragment describes a flexible garment worn to cover the entire breast and back from neck to thigh, claimed to protect against dagger or sword strokes. The text touts its comfort and broad protective use, noting its value against combat and competition.
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