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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1898
Page
7
Election returns show small Yokohama govern ment majority
The Yokohama results indicate a slim government majority on Monday March 21. In Suisan valley California a $500000 deal increased fruit trade activity. Ex congressman Charles W Woodman dies in Elgin Illinois asylum. Robert Bragg of Chillicothe Missouri arrested for Pennsylvania murder. Deputy US Marshal Bill Arnold shot dead at Claremore Oklahoma Territory by suspect Arnold. The Lucania captain reports beating its record at Queenstown with 531 knots on March 15. Philadelphia dispatch notes nineteen vessels chartered to load 3,000,000 bushels of grain for Europe from New York and Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suisan Valley
California
Charles W. Woodman
Elgin
Ill
Robert Bragg
Chillicothe
Pennsylvania
United States
Bill Arnold
Claremore
I. T
Arnold
McKay
Lucania
Queenstown
Philadelphia
Eta
New York
Baltimore
Obituary and world notes from March headlines
A crowded March 22 bulletin lists novelist James Payne dying in London and artist W. H. Overend dead there while Philadelphia editor William M. Taggart dies at home. Other items report Samuel Harper’s pneumonia death in Madison, Senor Gana presenting credentials in London, and local mill layoffs in Willimantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Payne
London
W. H. Overend
Willaim M. Taggart
Tagmarys Sunday Times
Philadelphia
W. G Wallace
Seattle
Wash
Dawson City
France
Shannon
Bombay
Aden
Samuel Harper
Wisconsin Jeague
Madison
Senor Gana
McKinley
Windham Cotton Manufacturing Company
Willimantite
Conn
International Mining Congress
Salt Lake City
Utah
Mixed World News Briefs From March Daybook
The U S S Lancaster sails out of ary dock awaiting orders in Boston. J B Smith Malting of Cleveland placed in receivership with Robert Reitzel named. Armee Teufel editor dying in Detroit. Grand Opera House London Ontario burned, owned by Rothwell Detroit. Edward Barrett of South Norwalk resigns United Hatters presidency. Alaskan Transportation Co incorporated in Trenton New Jersey with 2 million capital. Milwaukee iron supplier Wenzel Toepfer dies. Irish local government bill passes Commons amid cheers. Grand Chief Powell of the Order of Railway Telegraphers seeks HQ in Little Rock. House committee on invalid pensions backs Overstreet bill restricting pension action. Spanish minister meets at state department with Angulo Valera and Cadenas to open talks for a Cuba treaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. S. Lancaster
Ary
Boston
J. B. Smith Malting Company
Cleveland
Robert Reitzel
Armee Teufel
Detroit
Pew Grand Opera House
London
Ont
Rothwell
Edward , Barrett
South
Norwalk
United Hatters of
North America
Trenton
N. J
Milwaukee
Wenzel Toepfer
Wesleyan legislature in special session and other notices
The Maine report not yet received from Ant Madrid notes Spain’s update. Vast supplies arrive in New York for shipment to Cuba. Webster Street nominated to Arizona chief justice confirmed by the senate. Cincinnati chamber to send corn meal to Cuba. Cascade Locks Oregon Lewis Gebshard 70 shoots wife then kills himself. Oscar Gardiner defeats Mike Farragher in Columbus in three rounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thureday
Spain
Maine
Madrid
New, York
Cuba
Berk
New Y Springs
Morgan
Virginia
Célhmbus, C
Mike Farragher
Youngstown
Japan to devote 192000000 yen to warship building
The period 1895 to 1905 is noted for a planned Japanese naval buildup totaling 192 million yen. Reports also note deaths and U S military movements, with figures from Chicago and Cleveland cited among other political and territorial issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Edward Carqueville
West
Chicago
Martin Luther
Truman H. Handy
United States
Cleveland
Multiple Dying Incidents Review Across States
Friday reports list Hans Wachenhusen a Marburg novelist killed in Prussia, and William Osterhaag at Vincennes who shot his wife then died. Also shows Amelia Summervills granted divorce, a Minnesota Republican league reorganization, and various other deaths, crimes, and political notes from across the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans Wachenhusen
Marburg
Prussia
Amelia Summervills
Wesley Cochran
Atwood
Kan
Republican State League of Minnesota
Minneapolis
Vincennes
Ind
William Osterhaag
Prominent Colorado Springs residents press for peace
Saturday reports show 50 leading citizens petitioning McKinley to avoid war if possible. Other items note Anson option on Chicago league club, Hopkins death, Bombay plague toll, Canadian Pacific earnings, gold imports, Emerson death, El Nacional letter, Pacific assay office plan, Knowlton conviction, bankers convention in Denver, and Seattle battery site bids totaling 45000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
McKinley
Anson
Chicago League
John S. Hopkins
People’s National Bank
Philadelphia
Bombay
National City Bank of
New York City
Hidelbach, Ickleheimer & Co
E. H. Emerson
Universalist
Salem
Masa
el Nacional of
Madrid
Maximo
Blanco
House
Pacific Coast
Seattle
Wash
George
Knowlton
United States
Yreka
Cal
Bankers’ ’Association
Denver
Redvictson
Lyons
Georgia
Treasury
Leslie Combs
Louisville
James
Baxter
Land Office
del Norte, Colo
Ex Governor Willian Larrabee Joins State Board
Cedar Rapids Iowa March 26 ex governor Willian Larrabee is appointed a member of the board of control for state institutions and accepts the post Judge Kinne and Hon John Cownie are the other members of the board
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Willian Larrabee
Board of Control For
Jhas
Kinne
John Cownie
Retrenchment Policy Favored by President Burt After North Platte Talk
Following the North Platte conference, President Burt signals a retrenchment policy to cut costs and curb spending. insiders expect decisive budget reductions and a sharp shift in administration stance in the near future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burt
North Platte
Reduction of Wages Feared On Union Pacific
Omaha report says railroad workers fear wage cuts as retrenchment spreads. Judge Dundy ordered a 10 percent cut during the receivership, resisted by workers, with later reviews by Judge Caldwell. Since new ownership, leaders expect renewed efforts, and about 8,000 operating department workers could be affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha Dispatch
Union Pacific
Burt
Burlington
Dundy
Caldwell
North Platte
Arthur
Sargent
Omaha
Woman Defrauds Uncle Sam Over Widows Pension
Lydia A. Ruth of North Twenty Third Street is bound over for federal trial after a Omaha dispatch says she defrauded the government out of about 600 dollars by posing as the widow of Edward A. Ruth a discharged soldier. She was granted a pension in 1882 and claims she acted on friends advice without knowing the law barred her claim. It is rumored some advisers may be arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Omaha
Lydia A. Ruth
North Twenty-third Street
Edward A. Ruth
Ruth
Lydia
Federal Court
State transit board moves on Tibblens freight rate case
Lincoln dispatch reports the state board of transportation adopted a resolution to proceed with hearings in the Tibblens case against multiple railroads to determine if local freight rates are just and reasonable. The board sought a 32 1 3 percent reduction and has not set a hearing date, sending notices to the companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
State Board of Transportation
United States Supreme Court
T. B. Tibbles
Nebraskas Ranch Manager Shoots Self Near Ravenna
LW W Pool manager of the Nebraska Land and Cattle Co ranch near Ravenna shot himself through the heart in a remote cemetery where his body lay across his children's graves. He had been suffering from brain concussion and extreme irritation prior to the fatal act. A Bancroft dispatch notes Pool’s death as a suicide amid mournful circumstances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LW. W. Pool
Smanager
Nebraska, Land, and Cattle ‘Company
Ravenna
Pool
States rush Trans Mississppi Exposition buildings
Plans for state buildings at the Trans Mississsippi Exposition advance rapidly with Minnesota Montana Arkansas Denver Missouri Iowa Illinois Wisconsin Nebraska Georgia pine palace and Oregon among early and nearly completed or approved projects. Several states including New York and New Jersey may build, while thirty five states have decided to participate and commissions are formed as construction accelerates in main courts and exhibit spaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Publicity
Minnnesota
Montana
Arkansas
Denver
Missouri
Iowa
Mlinois
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Colorado
Georgia
Oregon
New York
New Jersey
Bluff Tract
Midway
Governor Holcomb Responds On State Militia Authority
Lincoln Nebraska answers New York Herald on state militia power in war. He cites Nebraska law allowing organized militia to be called into active service to repel invasion upon presidential requisition and notes unorganized militia may be drafted proportionate to population. He admits limited knowledge of a congressional bill granting direct presidential call powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holcomb
National Guard
New York
Silas A Holcomb
Lincoln
United States
Cuba
Congress
NEW York Herald
New York City
Nebraska
Silas A. Holcomb
New Nebraska Industry North Loop Disrupts Farming Town
Marshall and Dewey of Westfield Maine established an irrigation driven horse feeding and training operation in Montana style noting local farmers benefit. They imported seventy five head last season and shipped a carload to Massachusetts. Impressed by success they plan a much larger herd next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
North Loop
Marshall and Dewey
Westfield
Masa
Montana
Massachusetts
Increase in celery acreage expected near Kearney
Kearney dispatch notes a large rise in celery acreage for next season with at least 150 acres to be devoted to the industry. Last season over 100 acres were shipped from the station and about a thousand dollars earned. Most celery was sent to Omaha or Kansas City. soil in the Platte Tiger bottom near Kearney is deemed best for growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kearney
Omaha
Kansas
Platte
Pawnee County Fair Dates Set for September 13 15 16 1898
The Pawnee county fair dates were fixed for September 13 15 and 16 1898. Falls City citizens held a meeting to raise food and clothing for starving Cubans. Mayor Miles named a committee to seek aid. Mrs H Levin sues Hastings for 5000 dollars over a sidewalk sprain offers to settle for 500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pawnee
Falls City
Miles
State exhibit plan for Trans Mississsippi Exposition eyed
Commercial and Industrial Association of Alabama weighs securing a state exhibit for the Trans-Mississippi Exposition. Effort aims to have state authorities and governors coordinate the project and provide funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial and Industrial Association of
Alabama
Delegates Report Midwest Interest in Western Canada Lands
Letters from Michigan delegates report on Alameda district in Western Canada as a sought after home for farming. They praise soil and water quality near Alameda and urge friends to consider homesteads, noting potential spring relocations and favorable cattle, grain yields, and wages for workers. Signatories include Gottowski, Mai, Riedel, Mas, Hawley, and Dola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Canada
Michigan
Alameda
Saginaw
William Gottowski
Albert Mai
William Riedel
Winnipeg
Man
M.W. McInnes
Detroit
Mich
Keller
Thia
Canada
Thuringen
Germany
Riedel
Albert Mas
Fred Gottowski
Ludington
M. W. McInnes
Manitoba
Northwestern
CHAS. _HAWLEY
Joseph Dola
Don the retriever saves two ducks in river hunt
A Richmond Dispatch writer notes a superb black setter named Don owned by a hunter in New River area. During a hunt in a river low ground a wounded duck and a dead duck drifted apart. Don devised a plan to save both, first carrying the dead bird to the island, then chasing the disabled one, returning with both trophies to his master.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New River
Don
Richmond Dispatch
Isand
Quarreling Names Echo Class and Race Prejudice
A Boston Transcript excerpt recounts a courtroom aside about naming a child after George Washington Jones and a discussion of racial bias. The exchange contrasts reverence for Washington with a comment on a Black child's name and its impact on national honor. Judge Hicks notes personal dizziness after a restless night as Wicks jokes about sleeping like a top.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Tompking
Hyar
Georg Washington
Jones
Namin
George Washington Jones
Hicks
Also Mentioned on This Page
Yokohama
Saco
Daley
Texas
Pittsburg
Pas
House of Representatives
Hig
Fréasilvy
M. E
Chester
House of Commons
P. W. Powell
The
Order of Railway
Little Rock
Ark
House Committee
State Department
Messrs
Angulo
Valera
Cadenas
Autonomous Cabinet
A. Second Artillery
Fort Sheridan
Fort Slocumb
M. Y
Cullom
National Business Men's League
Callahan
John Kingaton
Oklahoma City
O. T
Kingston
Allen
Committee On Public Lands
Oklahoma Territory
Elkins
George W. Clark
William A. Clark
Napa
Galveston
Ft. Sill
Okl
Perry Young
Clark Grant
Reed City
Drury W. Maunder
City
Supreme Court of Wisconsin
Crescent City Jockey Club
New Orleans
Presbyterian
Carland
South Dakota
Colo
Thomas E. Green
Colorado District
Hallett
Chamber of Deputies
Rome
Crispi
Bank of Naples
Fort Wilson
Gregates
the State Militia
Gov. Holcomb
H. Levin
Ayer
Dre Ayer
Bonner Craft
Weeson
Miss
Walter Baker
A'S
Jecent
Dorchester
Mass
Walter Baker & CO. Ltd
A. J. Tower
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