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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1905
Page
2
In brief items, events include a rumor Roosevelt may mediate in the Russo Japanese war a 100000 donation to the American Tract Society and the destruction of the Putnam opera house in Orange Massachusetts with a 75000 loss.
The article reports a Wall Street surprise as Asian Pacific plans to raise 100 million in preferred stock spurs talk of a Union Pacific and New York Central, and a possible Chicago & Northwestern merger. Common stock reacts with heavy selling and renewed buying amid uncertain use of proceeds.
In Smolensk workers gathered for the burial of a Pari factory employee killed by a policeman. About six thousand attended through a heavy snowstorm, with red flags and a wreath reading Innocent Victim. After interment proclamations were dropped, a socialist banner read Death to the Czar, and troops dispersed the crowd without serious injuries.
Experiments at Gouverneur Hospital show no cure for cerebro spinal meningitis with diphtheria antitoxin. From January 20 to date the death rate matches last year’s, despite trials. The outbreak spreads within 250 miles with eighteen deaths in Greater New York on Wednesday. Between Saturday noon and Wednesday, Manhattan recorded forty-seven deaths, just above the prior four days.
Lima papers relay Chilean reply to Peru's protest asserting resolve to gain definite dominion and sovereignty over Tacna and Arica without wounding Peru. The British have not received a memorandum about Morocco from German sources or ambassadors similar to the Speck-Sternburg document given to Taft.
The president reorganized the Isthmian Canal Commission with seven members, most given distinct fields. Theodore P. Shonis leads the new body, joined by Charles E. Magoon as governor, John F. Wallace as chief engineer, and senior officers Endicott Haines Ernst Harrod among others to implement specialized duties.
Washington reports a conditional demand for Alaska Governor John G Brady to resign. Secretary Hitchcock, under the president, notified Brady he must quit his mining company role or leave office, the action linked to disclosures about his mining connections.
United States Senator Burton of Kansas arrived in St Louis but refused to discuss his visit or reports linking him to a retrial set for the May term in the federal court. The Supreme Court previously reversed and remanded his case over fees received from Rialto Grain and Securities of St Louis for alleged post office department work on behalf of the company.
Lansing report states eight cerebro meningitis cases in Star township Antrim county with seven deaths. The state board of health official S H Schumen notes the outbreak as spotted fever type meningitis in the locality.
In St. Louis a hotel cook named Paul Kaleeva died after a roast of meat struck him in a quarrel with fellow cook Nicholas Papenjick. The injury led to his death at a local hospital.
Bishop Joseph E. Berry of Buffalo urged young Methodist ministers at the Newark conference to limit talk about women and to make evening pastoral calls only when the wife is present with husband and children. He condemned afternoon visits to women alone as improper.
Singapore reports fifty one ships of Vice Admiral Rojestvensky's second Pacific squadron passing through. Major battleships Kniax Souvaros and others did not arrive, with their whereabouts unknown. Other ships include cruisers Nakhimoff and Aurora plus torpedo boat destroyers under naval flag.
President Roosevelt and party reached Camp Roosevelt eighteen miles southwest of Frederick as darkness fell Saturday. The 480 000 acre reserve hosts about twenty tents, a mess tent, sleeping quarters, and a Detachment of twenty troops from Fort Sill guarding the area while Comanche leader Quanah Parker and associates view the president from nearby Camp. Indians traveled forty miles to witness the visit.
Mexico City reports progress toward a steamship line linking Mexican gulf ports and Canada with trips likely starting in May. The plan initially included Cuban port calls but government opposition may alter this. Regular Mexico Texas City service begins May 1.
War department receives court-martial proceedings in the case of First Lieutenant Albert C. Osborn Twenty sixth Infantry charged with duplication of pay accounts absence without leave and embezzlement. Osborn sentenced to dismissal. He resided in New York and served in the regular army from 1894 to 1899 when he was commissioned as second lieutenant.
At a council in Fort Yates the Standing Rock Indians voted almost unanimously for allotting lands. Each family head would receive 640 acres plus 320 acres for all over 18, with stock, tools, cash, and a total value around 1000 dollars when guardianship ends. Under 18 would get 160 acres. They oppose selling and prefer state citizenship. Leasing was rejected.
Portland Oregon Charles W Eberlin land agent for Southern Pacific testifies before a federal grand jury investigating land frauds in southern Oregon The witness testimony aided by company records suggests a conspiracy to seize large tracts of timber and government land by pairing odd and even numbered sections in the same district The proceedings focus on how railroad land acquisitions aligned with government lands to form a pattern beyond coincidence
G B Spearin of Bayonne New Jersey says he made a $100 000 error in bid details for a New York Navy Yard dry dock project and demands Endicott return his $25 000 certified check or amend the bid The admiral reportedly refused to alter the bid or to return the check.
The McKinley anti trust measure passed the Illinois House 112 to 9 and moves to the Senate. Drafted under Attorney General Stead, the bill defines a trust and extends the provision to insurance firms with heavy penalties. Fines for corporations range from 500 to 1000 for first offenses up to 15000, with individuals facing 509 to 1000 and up to a year in jail.
In Chicago a political storm overwhelmed a rugged city leader as the Republican effort to seize the mayoralty failed. The result commits the city to ending private utility franchises quickly and considers municipal ownership, notably threatening streetcar lines valued in the millions.
Denver judge presides as E. M. Johnson, former Fidelity Savings assoc president, is acquitted of embezzlement after a jury verdict. Judge Frank T. Johnson notes thousands ruined by Fidelity failure and that only questioned sip management was proven, not on trial.
Baron Suyematsu former Japanese interior minister writes in Outlook that Japan will seek indemnity in any peace, arguing Japan faced existential risk while Russia’s defeat would demand material compensation. He argues Japan has not set fixed terms to avoid “skinning the bear before it is shot” and criticizes calls for armistice or “saving face” for Russia.
Reports from Calcutta and Lahore describe a devastating earthquake at Dharmsala Hill Station. About 470 Gurkha soldiers buried alive and 20 to 40 percent of nearby native villagers killed. European fatalities include seven children. Telegraph lines are down, hindering confirmation and rescue. Kangra town reportedly ruined with massive loss.
NEW YORK I was ascertained that the increase in the common stock of the fire railroad company from 112,000,000 to 132,000,000 recently announced was made to prepare for a conversion of its outstanding 10,000,000 of convertible bonds. These bonds have been convertible since April. This amount is necessary to care for the bonds since they are convertible into stock at 59 dollars a share. This calls for twenty shares of stock for each 1,000 bond, and the stock is now selling at 46.
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