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Newspaper
Western Kansas World
Location
Wakeeney, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1905
Page
2
A collage of light gossip and world notes touches on tea alarmists, cranberry trusts, Mark Twain, Cuba’s elections, and the ethics of aging. It cites Mr. Morgan, Vanderbilt, and Chadwick while waggishly skirting finance, royalty, and theatre, amid quips about politics and marriage.
The Washington Terminal Railway station near completion at Massachusetts and Delaware avenues in the capital city costs 14 million dollars. Designed by Daniel H. Burnham, the white granite edifice is a monumental arch inspired by Chicago's world fair architecture. It surpasses the height of the national capitol and sits on a 1000 by 500 foot plaza with room for a broader city beautiful plan.
Western Writer notes the striking similarities between weddings and funerals. Relatives walk into churches, bridal parties compare with pallbearers, and the lingering scent of flowers and organ music Cohesion ends with relatives discussing the events as in both cases.
Abe Hummell, a famed New York criminal lawyer for over twenty years, has vanished from the public scene after an indictment charging perjury. He has not appeared at the district attorney’s office in a year and his extensive practice is now conducted through associates.
Hummell, once a vibrant district attorney and staple of the Rialto, has faded since his indictment. His former boast of never missing first night gave way to regular absences as he grows pale and slender, shrinking from 130 pounds to about 115.
A farmer sold movable masonry of two ancient abbey windows to an art dealer to pay debts. A government commissioner prohibited removal and advised the buyer to accept the loss. The buyer remained dissatisfied, while the official noted the owner could not remove the windows. A quiet tale of cultural preservation and stubborn legality.
The national irrigation act will revive Pueblo Indian farming along the Rio Grande. A dam will reclaim 122 460 square miles of arid land, boosting mining, crops, and communities. Onions, Bermuda variety, yielded over $600 per acre, with sugar cane honors at St Louis. Alfalfa cereals fruits and vegetables show potential.
John Henry Newman later cardinal wrote the hymn Lead Kindly Light while in the Straits of Bonifacio after sobbing in his bed in Sicily and deciding to return to England, as he prepared to travel to the mainland by orange boat.
The battleship Idaho was launched December 9 at the William Cramp shipyard in Philadelphia. Named by Governor Gooding’s daughter, the vessel resembles the Mississippi and will use electric power for most auxiliary machinery. Idaho carries four 12 inch, eight 6 inch and eight 3 inch breech guns, with a 750 officer and crew complement and a speed of 17 knots.
Mathew Sawyer 97 lived on the same farm where he died in Atchison county south of Everest Kam His wife practiced medicine in border days and helped settlers He hauled corn to Atchison earning 10 cents a bushel and bought boots with a full load Epitaph for Chamberlain and Rosebery remarks referenced elsewhere describe political splits and tribute A Manchester woman reports milk thefts but the milkman reveals he had not left milk for days, clarifying the mystery.
A New York Sun report recounts a woman's wedding gown fragment used to fashion a Civil War flag for Coon Thornton's company. The banner bore Protect Missouri and traveled with troops, later captured, hidden, and eventually returned to Major Kuykendall amid postwar searches. Details follow the flag's journey and a bridge disaster witnessed by a Confederate guard.
The Major reflects on a Civil War case of a soldier whose documented identity clashes with memories from service years. He notes several similar instances found in hospitals at war’s end, illustrating unsettled claims of who wore a given uniform.
The pension roll peaked at 1,004,196 on January 21 and declined to 998,441 by June 1905. The annual report shows 43,453 pensioners dropped to death, including 20,324 Civil War survivors. Total pensions disbursed were 141,142,861, with 133,022,170 to Civil War survivors and widows.
A Confederate battle flag captured in 1862 from the Thirteenth Virginia cavalry by the Eighth Illinois cavalry was returned to the United Confederate Veterans at Memorial Hall during a Columbia post G A R campfire. The flag, reportedly the only one of its kind in any organization, was said to come from the Civil War era. The report also lists pension committee members for the Grand Army of the Republic with Chairman Bernard Kelly and other appointees from several states.
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