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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1905
Page
2
The lead item notes a civil service exam scheduled for April 15 to fill clerk and letter carrier posts in South Dakota. The roundup covers political, business, and social notes including vetoes, retirements, and legal actions from across the nation.
Fifteen witnesses testified before the federal grand jury as officials warned of possible conspiracy indictments against meat packers if witness interference continues. Assistant Attorney General Pagin vowed strong action while secret service watchers remained unseen. Witnesses included three women and men from Swift & Co and T. E. Baker & Co with rail ties noted.
By unanimous vote the Illinois legislature advancing a sweeping anti loan shark bill to third reading. The measure bans wage assignment without both spouses consent and requires three days notice to the employer. Attorney General Stead backs the bill along with Chicago Merchants' Club and several lawyers. Senator Dickson says the bill is needed to prevent ruined homes and desperate debtors.
President W W Turney of the Inter State Cattle Growers association says 99 percent of U S cattle growers believe an illegal combination stifles competition and controls 9 percent of cattle shipped to Chicago Kansas City St Louis Fort Worth Omaha and Los Angeles. They are ready to help the government break up the monster.
ST. PETERSBURG reports that Minister of Railroads Hil koff plans an exhaustive inquiry into organizing a vast river transport system during his upcoming inspection of the Siberian railroad.
London reports the dowager duchess of Abercorn Louisa Jane Russell daughter of the sixth duke of Bedford died of gastritis at Coates Castle Sussex in early May.
SIOUX FALLS S D Judge Car land of the United States court in this city has granted to Isaac L Ellwood of DeKalb Ill a judgment for 20000 against the city of Huron S D Ellwood recently instituted a suit for the recovery of principal and interest on bonds issued in 1890 ostensibly to refund the citys bonds but in reality to fund the fight for the state capital of South Dakota
The Japanese may shift focus to Vladivostok after pulling back from Manchuria front, with reports of five mobilizing corps for continued war. Russian high command considers leadership changes, while Cossack patrols report no Japanese within thirty five miles south of the Russian front and Bandit activity along the Siberian railroad.
In Dzika street a Jewish Bund protest escalates when a police and military patrol disperses the crowd. Four killed and forty wounded as revolvers fire on demonstrators warned against public buildings. Governor Maximovitch faces tense streets and censorship talks with Polish editors.
The post office department issued an order moving the rural mail delivery division headquarters to Omaha and transferring the rural district HQ from Kansas City. Postmaster General Cortelyou appointed Charles E. Llewellyn Nebraska division superintendent and he will take charge April 17 as three clerks move into the new force under Inspector J. R. Harrison. The Omaha district will cover Kansas Nebraska Oklahoma and Indian Territories as before.
Washington reports the president names American members of the International commission studying how the deep waterway project will affect Great Lakes navigation. Appointees include George Clinton New York lawyer General O H Ernst US Army Engineers and Fraf Gardner S William Cornell hydraulics professor. Canadian members are J P Maybe Toronto W King Ottawa astronomer Louis Acoste Ottawa civil engineer. The groups will meet to organize and plan a joint meeting likely in Toronto.
Postmasters serving in Nebraska in the fourth class may retain their jobs for another four year term if proficient and not engaging in prohibited political activity. Postmaster General Cortelyou says the policy applies to all presidential postmasters in the state, a move that could upset Nebraska congressmen who rely on patronage.
Judge Charles E Magoon of Lincoln Nebraska selected as governor and minister in the Panama canal zone under a reorganization of the Isthmian canal commission by the president and Secretary Taft. Morgan expected to act as governor in the interim with Barrett continuing as minister plenipotentiary to Panama.
The will and codicil of Mrs Jane Stanford were proven in San Jose on a Friday. Executors include Charles G Lathrop Timothy Hopkins Joseph D Grant Whitelaw Reid and Thomas B Crothers. The will places 2 000 000 in trust for Ariel Lathrop and descendants 1 000 000 in trust for Jennie J Jawton Amy J Hanson and heirs of Christine Ju Gunning 1 900 000 to Charles G Lathrop and 125 000 to various charitable institutions.
President Roosevelt will depart Washington Monday for a two month western tour to reunite the Rough Riders in San Antonio on April 7 and to hunt in Texas Panhandle and Colorado. Brief stops will include Fort Worth for an address before continuing by rail and remaining in contact with public affairs during the trip.
Reports say newspapers in Saint Petersburg reflect government warnings as they stay silent on peace prospects. Prowar outlets only reprint foreign articles, arguing peace would yield Russia's Pacific position to be abandoned.
The provincial council in Havana voted to erect a monument honoring Miguel de Cervantes author of Don Quixote. The decision underscores the recognized cultural impact of the Spanish writer in Cuba.
Bloomington Illinois report states Dr. E C Hewett, fifteen years president of the Illinois State Normal School, died suddenly on Friday. He was 77 years old.
Alonzo White man was released from jail on ten thousand dollars bail in Buffalo.
CHICAGO The federal grand jury indicted Thomas J Connors general superintendent of Armour and Co for interfering with a witness in the beef trust investigation. Connors a top aide to J Ogden Armour was arrested on a bench warrant and brought to the grand jury room.
Mrs Cassie Chadwick faces a decade in Ohio's state penitentiary after Judge Robert Taylor overruled a motion for a new trial. Convicted on seven counts, she received two two year terms and two one year terms totaling ten years.
At a Hamburg American Line general meeting director general Herr Ballin stated no plans existed to form a community of interests between the Hamburg American and North German Lloyd lines.
In Chicago, Inga Hanson a former Salvation Army girl convicted of perjury was denied a new trial and will serve an indeterminate sentence. The crime involved a bid to collect 50000 damages from the Chicago City Railway over an alleged street car accident that left her reportedly deaf, dumb, blind, and unable to walk, later claimed cured by prayer.
The Austrian consul in San Francisco demands a rigid investigation by Oath authorities into the death of Jacob Oman an Austrian citizen shot by a Castlegate Utah police officer January 27. Oman quarantined for smallpox in a pesthouse with other Austrians. Officer R A Lewis says the shooting was accidental.
News from St Petersburg says Field Marshal Oyama has begun a substantial advance with extended wings. Heavy reconnaissances target the Russian center to expose its position while leadership changes occur in the Russian staff. Reports note heightened Japanese activity west of the Mongolian frontier alongside anti foreign agitation among Chinese groups in Manchuria and Mukden.
Rear Admiral A. S. Barker hauled down his flag on the Kearsarge and was placed on the navy retirement list after a long career. He served on the strategy board in the Spanish War and later commanded the navy yard, New York, before taking supreme command of the North Atlantic fleet in 1903. Rear Admiral Evans succeeds him and has chosen the Maline as flagship.
Mrs Florence Maybrick and her counsel met with Acting Secretary Atlee as part of ongoing legal proceedings involving substantial property interests. An obstacle in obtaining her testimony arises from her legal status, prompting a request for U S intervention to secure from Britain the papers needed to rehabilitate her in the eyes of the law. The State Department is likely to discuss the matter with the American embassy in London.
Paris court rejects Carrie Swain's claim that she was married to Frank Gardner noting correspondence shows no marriage existed and Gardiner's damages counterclaim fails for lack of proof of bad faith.
A U S circuit court on Friday awarded Cass Gilbert of New York 6450 dollars against the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company. Gilbert claimed 3000 dollars for drawing plans for certain world’s fair buildings. Treas. William H L Thompson and other officials said the verdict will not be appealed.
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