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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1899
Page
12
In the night a customer complains of imperfect plumbing and frost damage. The advertisement urges readers to send for Shaper and Braden for prompt expert repairs and practical demonstrations of plumbing mischief control.
The piece weighs the Liberals' leadership question amid speculation that Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, 63, may succeed Gladstone. It contrasts him with Sir Edward Grey, notes Campbell-Bannerman's long service, leadership roles including war secretary and Ireland chief secretary, and lauds his experience over oratory.
Simon Herry Sage reports that frogs do not hibernate under leaves or tree tracks but in dry ground holes unlikely to freeze. They dig in with hind feet and enter backward, leaving no outside trace. Some frogs under frozen leaves appear active while others in ground holes survive freezing with intact organs.
The former king Mataafa is restored to the Samoan throne vacated by the death of Malictug. The new ruler, once king in 1881, will govern with guidance from Britain Germany and the United States, amid Samoa’s 24 islands with major centers Bavali Upolu and Tutuila.
Luecheni, convicted for killing the em presa of Austrig, is sentenced to life imprisonment. He is moved to Prison de l Eveché in Geneva, to serve six months in underground solitary confinement with bread and water two days weekly. If well behaved, he will be treated like other criminals thereafter.
A Calcutta rumor claims a herbal cure for elephantiasis found by Venezuelan frontier natives, vouched by a priest and deemed potentially valuable. Meanwhile Canada purchased 140 ExQuime dogs for Klondike mail delivery, imported from Greenland and Labrador at a cost $300 each, chosen for speed and trainability.
Albert J Beveridge of Indiana is set to succeed Senator Turpie and become the youngest U S senator. Born during the Civil War era, Beveridge rose from a logger’s son to a law career, earning early support from friends that funded his education and later a prestigious legal and political path. His youth is seen as boosting his appeal among voters and peers in Washington.
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