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Newspaper
Sioux County Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1900
Page
2
A collage of opinions touches on trial openness, forestry plans, and social morals. It cites Dreyfus, Du Paty de Clam, and the Amazon’s weapon, then shifts to journalism, public fires, and early telegraphy milestones.
Washington dispatch notes a short session of the Fifty-sixth Congress starting December 3 will debate appropriation bills, military reorganization, and new census apportionment. The Nicaragua canal bill and Hay Pauncefote treaty moves loom, with the Philippines garrison and army size needing action before July 1. An extraordinary session of the Fifty-seventh Congress may be called to enact reforms.
Daly the famed Montana miner dies Monday in New York City after a long career beginning in Ireland and California. He built Anaconda copper properties and earned about 20 million dollars in twenty years. He retired to New York, survived by sisters, and had a noted political rivalry with ex Senator Clark in Montana.
A Washington correspondent notes delays at Pekin caused by European powers seeking small advantages. The piece traces slow telegraphs and joint conferences as ministers follow home government instructions, with the US proposing concrete aims including punishing Boxers, indemnities, a liberal government, and open foreign access. It also discusses the westward shift of the U.S. population center from 1700 to 1890 and cites census projections near Columbus, Indiana.
A discourse on hydrophobia and public health argues rabid animals roam freely, urging safeguards in cities. It cites Miss Dora Goldthwait and May Bushnell Moody on women and truth, noting women rarely tell the direct lie but may use tactful subterfuges to maintain harmony.
A visitor reports in Virginia Kentucky Tennessee and North Carolina money is scarce and goods are traded for food and skins. Coon squirrel and rabbit hides pass at country stores for groceries with four annual hide buyers from Lexington supplying payment to Cincinnati for new stock.
Fragmentary notes claim small horses outperform draft beasts in battle fields. It is said smaller mounts endure longer without food, work efficiently, and present a smaller target, reflecting perceived advantages in combat conditions.
Across states a Republican plurality totals 99 072 with a predicted nine vote House majority on a joint ballot while Washington anticipates two Senate losses for the party. In Stark County President McKinley’s margin grows by about two thousand from 1896 as St. Louis Democrats dispute thousands of alleged fraudulent votes. Rumors swirl around Samuel Alscholet’s earlier Illinois gubernatorial bid and a potential vice presidential tilt.
The Minnesota senator Cushman K. Davis survived a near fatal blood poisoning risk after dye from a black silk stocking entered through a foot abrasion. Born in New York in 1837, he rose from Michigan law graduate to Minnesota legislator and U.S. senator, now chairing the foreign affairs committee.
The Committee on Site and Design selects three designs for a $100,000 monument honoring Maine disaster victims. War Dept narrows St Michael Alaska reserve to a ten mile radius around the flagstaff. Rumors swirl about senior officers returning from the Philippines. War Dept outlines a 685,000 man regular army with 30 infantry regiments 12 cavalry regiments and a 12 regiment artillery corps. Pension Commissioner Evans Linked to Postmaster General nomination.
Ley of Shelton condemns endowments as driving up student costs and urges seminary focus on pastoral training. EB Kimball touts Christian science cures and rejects fear of material laws. Kruger may visit America after elections. Dowie comments on riots in London and limits on church access.
The annual report to the Secretary of War for year ending June 30 1900 details U S Army strength 98 790 including 2 585 regular officers and 63 861 enlisted and 1 548 volunteer officers and 31 039 enlisted. Regions list Alaska Porto Rico Cuba Philippine Islands Hawaii and China with officer and enlisted totals and deaths totals by region. Casualties include 74 officers and 1 930 enlisted men with double counting noted for seven cases.
The report notes fourteen new dining cars for the Santa Fe line and three giant freight locomotives for its rolling stock. It mentions a thirty mile electric line between Lima and Minster Ohio, ten locomotives for the Cape Railway in Africa, a finished steel bridge over Sandusky Bay at Fremont, Ohio, and various earnings and grain rate shifts affecting Canadian Pacific Milwaukee Road and East Coast shipments.
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