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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1900
Page
7
An Albany gathering features remarks by ex Governor Prant about forest commission counsel. The dialogue questions the need for a counsel for the forest, while European rail records and Maurice Barrymore anecdotes provide contrasting nods to wit and criticism.
The sensational divorce suit in Mitchell county circuits court centers on Colonel John H. Sweeney and his wife. Deser tion is charged after six years apart. Judge Clyde The plaintiff is Colonel John H. Sweeney. Colonel Sweeney represented Iowa's Fourth congressional district. Mrs. Sweeney fights the case as her counsel challenges the marriage. The proceedings attract large interest in Des Moines and Mason City.
Carl Smith of Council Bluffs was held up and robbed on a Northwestern train near Sioux City Iowa after befriending a smooth stranger who lured him onto the platform. The attacker struck him with a sandbag at a crossing, taking money jewelry and a Chicago ticket before pushing him to the ground. Smith recovered later at the Northwestern depot to report the incident.
In Clarinda Iowa on Saturday the veteran Fifty first Iowa band drew a crowded house. Crowds waved flags in a royal welcome as Mr Landers thanked the audience during opening remarks. The group tours as an army band, a credit to the regiment and to Iowa.
Western senators from cattle and wool regions oppose ratification before March 1. The treaty cuts tariffs on wool and hides from Argentina, a major wool producer with about 75 million sheep. Nebraska Wyoming Montana Iowa Texas and the Dakotas fear harm to domestic wool and hide industries amid reduced U.S. imports and rising foreign demand. Separately Internal Revenue ruling allows fraternal life insurance receipts to be cashed by banks without stamps, after Nebraska collector disputed the ruling and Commissioner Wilson upheld it.
British naval guns command the Boer position and know exact ranges as shells plant in groups of Boers. Durghers head home for Christmas. Jacobedal reports say Free Staters fear ultimate victory amid Cronje's men. Transvaalers conceal their defections and threaten to shoot wavering allies. Free Staters dread subjection to the Transvaal more than to Britain.
A dispatch from Guaymas Sonora reports Yaqui forces that harassed General Torres' troops have withdrawn into the mountains. The tribes split into small bands to raid ranches and government scouting parties at night. Many Mexican-owned ranch buildings, deserted by families fleeing violence, were burned.
A London dispatch reports that typhoid fever and dysentery reduce Ladysmith garrison strength more than enemy artillery. General Buller is expected to renew relief efforts within a week to ten days as reinforcements and siege trains arrive, with Lord Roberts at sea.
Lionel Walter Rothschild, unionist MP for Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire and heir to the Rothschild barony, has volunteered for service in South Africa. He was born in Isté and remains unmarried.
Manila December 27 General Santa Ana near Subig attacked the garrison with an insurgent force estimated at 300. A marine reinforcement from Olongapo drove the Filipinos back with several killed. No American casualties. Forty sixth volunteer Infantry and marines moved from Manila to reinforce Subig further.
Mixed content reports a Prince of Wales visit to a Tindoo school in Madras where children were corrected to say Your royal highness, an heir apparent asked a boy about a compass and received a witty reply. The item blends travel notes, misty colonial scenes, and brief cultural curiosities from across 1890s newspapers.
America says Cascarets Candy is the modern laxative loved nationwide, with letters praising its pleasant taste and reliable relief. Testimonials hail benefits for constipation biliousness headaches and overall well being, urging readers to buy the genuine Cascarets tablet from Sterling Remedy Company.
A fragment recounts a quip about De Wolf Hopper and remarks on his marriages. It mocks fortune hunting and courtship, then pivots to a light ad for Magnetic Starch. A stray note mentions Germany planning a railroad through eastern Africa and a petition to the Cape to Cairo railway.
John Berratt reviews Our Interests in China A Question of the Hour in Review of Reviews January issue, arguing the United States bears duties and chances as a Pacific power. Also notes anecdotes on Lord Watson interrupting counsel and a quip about not interrupting a fool.
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