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Newspaper
Lewiston Daily Teller
Location
Lewiston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1901
Page
3
A collage of stray thoughts and brief observations on death by own action in China, football injuries, Alfred Austin and the Boer war, hypnotism in romance, census marriage ages, naval prize firing, New York bonds, Kansas City theater etiquette, encore fatigue, and a tribute to Charles Dudley Warner.
The piece imagines a Good Health party with rigid rules for voters and candidates, and humorously proposes a snorers’ end in sleeping cars to curb nightly disturbances. It notes public grumbling about reforms and fondly envisions extreme sanitary measures, then jokes about keeping roofs intact while snorers cry at crossings.
Uptown butchers serving Riverdale Drive and West End Avenue report porterhouse steaks no longer lead demand. The Delmonico, a porterhouse with tenderloin removed, has gained popularity as diners prefer the tenderloin separate or as fancy cuts. Dealers note bone sirloin and Delmonico now drive carvings, while the tenderloin proves hardest to market.
A lighthearted conundrum plays on health and living arrangements. The joke contrasts a man with intermittent rheumatism who stays with his mother with a man who is well but lives at home, yielding a memory-provoking bite about independence and care in a domestic setting.
Open trolley car carrying 115 passengers sped down an incline near Fort Lee New Jersey after the motorman lost control. Two killed and several injured, conductor Frank Sunstruck likely fatally hurt, others seriously bruised as the car wrecked and passengers were buried beneath. In another incident a Jamaica hotel bound star party wagon collided with a trolley car injuring many. two dead, one severely, and the wagon destroyed.
The Tribune reports 62,000 acres in Beaumont oil fields Jefferson county Texas sold to Baltimore and Pittsburg capitalists. Land lies on the coast near Sabine pass and High Island. Price exceeds 41,250,000. Purchasers unnamed but represented by Alexander M. Fulford of Belair Maryland. Property to be explored for oil and minerals.
In a rear two story and basement structure at 62 Larabee street children chiseled at rotted supports to fetch wood. The building collapsed trapping about 15 youngsters. One child died instantly and several others were buried under the debris.
The Moline Plow company, owner of a large plow factory, has offered an option to New York capitalists that could create a $50,000,000 plow combine within 60 days. The firm has opposed the trust but will sell rather than oppose it, seeking a successful consolidation.
In Atlantic City on May 13 Halstead Lindsley of Harvard defeated Yale’s Charles Hitchcock to win the individual title by two up and one to meet. Harvard also captured the team championship, securing both major wins for the colleges.
Yale captured the meet at Woodside with 32 points ahead of Pennsylvania with 8 and Columbia with 4. The event drew a poor crowd among the Yale Pennsylvania and Columbia teams. An unrelated sentence about a man and a woman's society goose appears in the report.
Noted in Manila on May 18 the trial of Captain Frederick J. Barrows of the Thirtieth volunteers finishes with no verdict yet announced. Southern Luzon paths report continuing expeditions against remaining Filipino bands. Mindoro may be occupied soon with fugitives and arms tied to insurgent forces. Philippine commission backlog grows as civil appointments surge. Local insurgent activity included a bridge fire near Lueban Tayabas driven back with no casualties. In Nevada a sheriff pursues Deerland and Slingsworth. a deadly skirmish results in Deerland’s death and Sheriff Behrens wounded. Slingsworth escapes.
The Russian finance ministry approved a 424 million franc loan for railway finance to be called the Russian 4 per cent consolidation rent. Bonds issued in 500 2500 and 12500 franc denominations with quarterly interest from June 1 and no redemption before January 14, 1960. Bonds tax free in Russia.
In Constantinople on May 13 a third note from the sultan demanded the immediate suppression of foreign post offices and repeated charges of smuggling against foreign officials. Ambassadors returned the note to the porte, causing a partial break in relations between the ambassadors and the Turkish government.
A special from Evanston Wyoming says eight sheep herders returning from Rock Springs were held up in railway yards by two men and robbed of 50 to 100 dollars each. In Washington Comptroller Dawes says Hibernia National Bank teller is short 36000 dollars.
A London cablegram reports Tod Sloan, in New York May 12, nearly despairing of a renewal of his riding license from the English Jockey Club. Cambridge Massachusetts May 13, Harvard instructor Charles Eastman acquitted of murdering his brother in law Richard Grogan Jr during July 4 target practice. General funds sought to erect a monument over General Daniel Morgan’s grave in Mount Hebron Winchester Virginia. Treasury issues a Dewey prize money warrant for 9570 dollars for destruction of the Spanish fleet at Manila Bay May 1, 1898. Lord Saulsbury acts to pursue an related matter.
Paris reports that the powers led by Germany threaten an ultimatum to the Sultan of Turkey over interference with foreign post offices. A naval demonstration is likely within days if demands are not met. The united coalition seeks swift Turkish compliance on the issue.
A May 9 fire in Augusta destroys Union Compress warehouse and devastates Phinizy and Whitney warehouses. Est. cotton loss exceeds 10 000 bales with 28 000 bales nearby. Loss tallies run to about 250 000 dollars, while building and cotton losses at Union Compress, Phinizy & Co, and Whitney reach into the hundreds of thousands. Firemen and citizens battle the blaze as winds hinder containment.
May 13 in Wichita three girls Winona Kilgore Anna Peoples and Jasamine Wilhert attacked Summit saloon with rocks. Bar keeper Fred Wolf defended the place striking them down and throwing them into the street. Miss Peoples sustained a broken wrist. Police arrested all three and jailed them.
Reichstag members plan to adjourn until after November when the government will present the tariff bill. Attendance has dwindled, and key measures have been passed by a small group. In Berlin the move reflects a slow session and pending state actions. In Wichita a mother and daughter abducted an illegitimate child, later killed it, and hid the body in Arkansas River sands. The hospital staff alerted police, and Mary Mark confessed to the murder and indicated the burial site.
A telegram from Chester Illinois reports the City of Paducah, a St. Louis and Tennessee River Packet steamer, struck a snag while backing from Brankhorn Landing between here and Grand Tower. One passenger is believed drowned and eight or nine crewmen are missing as the vessel is expected to be a total loss. The City of Clifton then passed up and heard the crew and passengers’ account.
Reports from Phoenix on May 13 describe large copper finds along the Colorado river border with Utah. The new mining district extends north to Kane County and south to Mohave.
Canton May 13 The Canton State bank failed to open its doors this morning. Officials reported cash flow troubles and a temporary liquidity issue, prompting a day of uncertainty for customers and staff.
In Hawaii cattle ranching gains on dry lands via the algarroba or carob tree, introduced from Africa by French missionaries. Pods and beans supply feed. tree shades stock and supports year round growth. Also, a poison indicator cork aims to prevent wrong medicines, plus reflections on Gladstone and Cromwell, and notes on China’s Great Walls.
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