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Newspaper
Silver State
Location
Winnemucca, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1901
Page
2
Daily except Sundays at Corner Bridge and Fourth Streets. Subscription rates listed for one year six months and three months by mail. Carrier in Winnemucca charges per week. Address business correspondence to The Silver State Winnemucca.
The report notes conditions at Winneveca Station with mean barometer 29.98 and 24 hour precipitation 0.65 inches, plus a forecast of cloudy nights and warm days. It also covers political chatter about New York Tammany, Ohio judges, and the McKinley era with references to trusts and Hanna.
London papers attack Sir Michael Hicks Beach as Chancellor of the Exchequer for a large budget while noting responsibility lies with Colonial Secretary Mr Chamberlain whose covetousness helped precipitate the Boer War and its costly waste of national treasure.
The piece notes irrigation transforming arid Western plains into livable land, predicting major population growth west of the Mississippi. It cites Riverside and California as success stories and mentions faster population movement each decade. It also reports naval tests on the Potomac and Carbon Steel Company’s cheaper armor plate claiming big-cost savings on battleships.
In Roanoke McKinley frames the Western trip as a political junket focused on imperialism. The speech targets Southern sentiment and mirrors Republican campaign rhetoric from the prior fall. The writer mocks the absence of Teddy Roosevelt and predicts crowds will be bored by Willie.
A compilation of editorials from Denver Times Buffalo Commercial and Lockport Sun affirm the West’s entitlement to river and harbor funds and irrigation projects. They assert arid lands in Colorado Montana Wyoming and Nevada deserve federal support on par with eastern projects, stressing interstate commerce and national welfare.
A Chicago restaurant manager, after an encounter with a colored waiter, lying on the floor in a pool of tomato catsup, shot the waiter who remained over him in a threatening stance. The defense argues circumstantial injury evidence supports self defense, suggesting a strong case. the mention of tomato catsup as thicker than water highlights the altered perception.
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