15 Feb 1901
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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1901
Page
1
A collage of foreign notes touches Sweden farm laborers land allotment and work days for owners. It recalls Daniel O Connell’s early cross examination and a witty rebuttal about a pint of whisky. Heidelberg reports debunk claims incandescent light harms eyes and recommends electric lighting for halls. News items close with Emperor Wilhelm II awarding the Black Eagle order to Graf von Bülow before Christmas.
The British postal department commission studying wireless telegraphy will report in favor of adopting the Marconi system at the earliest opportunity. It is arranging Marconi patent purchases and negotiating with France and Germany on their positions regarding the Marconi inventions.
Kansas bans first cousin marriage and Mr and Mrs William H Beck are jailed for the offense after arrest on the complaint of Mrs Beck’s brother, allegedly seeking vengeance. After release they plan to marry in Nebraska and return to Kansas with no interference.
The piece notes women taking on new jobs as shoe wearers and describes an England practice where a woman will wear new shoes for a customer for two to four days for a stated price. When busy she handles several pairs at once, with implied effects on mood and customer temper.
A medical journal notes that today an almshouse patient receives more rational treatment than George Washington did in 1799. The remark highlights a century of scientific progress and raises the prospect that future generations may view current methods as crude and unscientific despite their perceived effectiveness.
The secretary of agriculture Mr Wilson replies to a sensational reporter with a satirical list of important investigations. He notes the country would not receive such telegraphed reports, and the reporter agrees in misunderstanding his humor.
Tenantry and friends of the late Earl of Airlie, killed at Diamond Hill near Pretoria last June, have accepted a memorial design and chosen a site on Tullo hill near Cortuchy. The tower echoes Airlie castle in Forfarshire and will feature rock-faced ashlar base with carved family arms and regimental badges.
During restoration at St. Martins church in Vovey Switzerland a primitive edifice was found a few feet below the floor. The relic resembles a church but shows oriental influence and is remarkably well preserved. Experts deem it among the earliest stone buildings.
Estherville man John A Freeman jailed for life in Anamosa for wife murder and house arson. LeMars worker amputates forearm after hand caught in corn-sheller. Cincinnati child smothered after lamp ignited bed clothing. Atlantic man Andrew Peterson attempts suicide at age nearly 3. Creston Burlington yards fatal collision injures Rev Joseph Moran. Supreme court blocks county funds use pending bond case in May. Libertyville Postmaster Israel Trout killed by mill belt accident. Peyton murder case quashed then recaptured in St Louis. habeas corpus planned.
After a little over two hours the Centerville district court jury acquitted William Quinlan in the murder of James Davison at a Mystic area dance last May. Quinlan had faced self defense claims. this was his second trial after a prior disagreement.
General De Wet crossed the Orange River north of Norvalspont and moved toward Philippolis as British forces pursue with seven columns under Knox Hamilton Maxwell White Pilcher and Crewe. Boers feigned concentration then captured a pom pom from Major Crewe and shifted west into Cape Colony amid buoyant London sentiment.
Peking dispatch reports Prince Ching and Li Hung Chang presenting a reform decree and details on how Emperor Kwang Su would allow punishment by self death for envoys destined prisoners. Chinese plenipotentiaries reportedly accept an accomplished fact but push for publication of executions empire wide. General Tung Hsian’s loyalty and power fuel doubts he will be executed, risking civil war if pressed.
London reports that Britain will not accept the U S Senate amendments to the Nicaragua canal project. A counter proposal is expected, likely extending negotiations beyond months. Lord Pauncefote will route the reply and lead talks as the Hay Pauncefote treaty expires.
Cape Town reports Kruitzinger led commando captured twenty seven Australians Caupe police and draguong eight miles from Ballaspruit on February six after a clash that left three British and five Boers dead. British released later. Two hundred Boers raid Prince Albert district looting and damaging crops. Seven British Yeomanry captured near Vryburg as commando retreated. Piet De Wet arrives in Cape Town to push Afrikaner peace movement.
A west end Creston yard wreck involved three locomotives when a passenger train hit a switch engine in a blinding snowstorm. Rev. Jas Moran, rector of the Episcopal church, was seriously injured while all enginemen escaped by jumping clear.
The president sent to the senate the nominations of James A. Wilson of Delaware and Kitzhugh Lee of Virginia, then brigadier general of volunteers, for brigadier general in the regular army.
The Bourse Gazette urges France Russia America and Japan to join in an alliance to offset the Anglo German bloc. It argues the powers should accept Russky leadership and seek peace without delay. Also reports Milan dean of Servia dead and martial law in Valencia Spain.
Sir Alfred Milner reviewed 7,000 volunteers and praised officers for stemming the Boer invasion. He warned that Boers have penetrated near the western and southern edges of Cape Colony and urged precautions to safeguard property, arguing alarmism is preferable to loss.
Sir Edward Clarke denounces Lord Roberts for rejecting June 1900 peace terms after Buller’s conferences with Botha. He cites unconditional surrender as the war’s turning point, lists heavy casualties and costs, and urges terms acceptable without dishonor to the Boers.
A congressional hazing report on West Point states the deaths of Cadets Booz and Preth were not directly caused by hazing but suggests it may have hastened them. The committee sends a bill for strict hazing and brutality regulations to Congress, urging stronger discipline.
Judge Lacombe in the United States circuit court appointed George J. Gould and Helen M. Gould receivers of all income of the Countess de Castellane exceeding 200000 per year. The suit by Eugene Wischoff on behalf of creditors seeks equal treatment and formation of a general creditors’ bill. It alleges the countess owes about twenty million francs in England and France and that her income since her father's death has averaged 2600000 per year.
The interior minister admits widespread distress across large areas due to crop failures. Russia has allocated 1.4 million roubles for relief, with 5 million more expected from government funds, while appealing to private charity. In Western Siberia reports of hunger plague grow, with thousands said to be dying and the government dispatching aid and mobile medical teams.
Over several days in February 1910 the Senate advanced pension and naval appropriations while debating the shipping bill and naval measures. The House passed the post office bill amid discussions on railway mail service and fast facilities and later approved army funding as it moved to the sundry civil bill.
In Topeka on February 13 the capital punishment bill introduced by Senator Smith of Edwards County was defeated in the Kansas Senate by 18 to 11. The vote followed rising pro capital punishment sentiment after the Leavenworth burning of Alexander, with officials surprised by the decisive tally. To Abolish Hazing Washington February 7 The hazing paragraph of the military academy bill requires the superintendent to enforce rules approved by the secretary of war and summarily expel cadets found guilty of hazing.
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