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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1904
Page
2
News notes report August St. Gaudens will design a monument to the late Senator Hanna. The item sits among a wide array of international and national updates including labor wages, naval policies, and regional incidents.
Washington notes highlight Cuba reciprocity and Panama canal as major legislative acts. Senate ratified Cuba terms under Platt amendment and the Panama canal framework while economy governs supply bills. Estimated revenues exceed expenses, with no new river harbor or public building measures. An American arbitration group seeks world peace with $50,000 for its next meeting in St. Louis. Also a plan to transport Porto Rico teachers to the U S for summer study.
Washington lawmakers plan long days this week aiming to end the session by Thursday. Minority Leader Williams will be considered on resolutions seeking information about prosecutions tied to the Northern Securities case and results of coal trust investigations. Alaska delegation bill sits as a continuing order while pending conference reports, with other major appropriations and minor matters likely to be acted upon.
Archaeologists suggest that the range and design of tools indicate the sophistication of a culture. Researchers study stone blades, bone implements, and pottery to infer daily life, trade, and technological advancement of ancient communities.
Vienna reports the emperor is surprised by opposition in Hungary and the United States to the emigration law. He attributes the dissent to misapprehension and says once the terms are fully understood the opposition will disappear.
The president signed the Rosebud reservation bill and the opening will use a Kiowa and Comanche style lottery. Prospective settlers may register at Bone Steel Fairfax and Chamberlain through mid May, with a drawing in Chamberlain likely by July 1. The plan aims to prevent wild scenes and involves 245 quarter sections of public domain.
Washington reports the Senate will devote the week to finishing business and clearing the calendar before adjournment. The military academy appropriation bill awaits passage, with conference reports on supply bills and debates likely on the canal zone government bill and desert land matter.
Cabinet discusses government supervision of wireless telegraphy after Russia’s message. Secretary Hay introduces the topic as international affairs may require future diplomacy. Delegates note no conventions exist yet and anticipate action to regulate the wireless system.
A severe tornado hit McPherson Kansas on Sunday afternoon demolishing six residences and damaging property north of town. Three people were injured, one seriously, as a funnel cloud followed a ravine’s path. The Rieff and Fisher homes and outbuildings were destroyed with family members escaping. The Fisher orchard suffered extensive damage.
Secretary Taft writes Senator Proctor urging purchase of four great camp sites for joint maneuvers by the regular army and militia. He withdraws disapproval of the original project which had named the lands for speedy acquisition.
In Chicago three murderers faced the scaffold after a bank robbery. Niedermeeyer went first at 10 35 pm with a red rose, then Gustav Marx at 11 17 am and Harvey Van Dine shortly after, all showing nerve and calm resolve. The executions followed with details of the method neck injuries and final pronouncements.
Representative William R. Hearst of New York petitions Attorney General Knox urging the Department of Justice to act under the Sherman law against a unite Reading Company and Central Railroad of New Jersey under common control. The request seeks restraining orders, stock reversion to rightful owners, and full anti trust action for any willful violations.
In Mukden Russian general Kondratsvitsch blames Japanese use of numerous spies in New Chang. He notes spies disguising as beggars and lackeys, growing pigtails, and crossing into Chinese territory to relay information via telegraph, hindering Russian efforts.
Mrs. Daniel Wooth rop called the National Society of the Children of the American Revolution to order in Julius C. Burrows absence. Delegates filled the meeting as reports for the year showed strong growth with membership now over 600 and the organization in excellent shape.
The House approved a joint statehood bill naming Oklahoma and Indian Territory as Oklahoma and Arizona and New Mexico as Arizona by a 147 to 104 vote. Debate focused on immediate consideration. Senate discussed Capitol extensions and office building plans with varied opinions. Several minor bills were also enacted.
The Senate passed the Burke bill allowing 416000 acres of Rosebud Indian lands in Gregory county to be opened for settlement. An amendment set land prices at 4.5 dollars per acre for three months, then 3 dollars, then 2.50 dollars. After presidential approval, Representative Burke will seek interior regulations governing sales.
Thornton Fleetwood a 72 year old man died in a St Louis city hospital charity ward after telling attendants he once taught at Eton England. He had no known relatives in America or England and died of a severe cold. If unclaimed he will be buried in Potter's Field.
The Senate approved the pension appropriation of 137 million dollars and the river and harbor bill of 3 million dollars on Thursday. Debate included criticism of delaying a general river and harbor bill. Senators McCumber and Scott spoke on the pension measure with Scott supporting a 25 dollar monthly service pension.
The article notes many prominent Japanese Christians including one cabinet member, two supreme court judges, two lower house presidents, three vice ministers, and 13 Christian MPs in a 300-member parliament. It adds 155 Christian officers in the army and Christian editors in Tokyo papers.
The article notes two high class city clubs in the metropolis each with over three thousand members and substantial real estate assets. It highlights flourishing club life in major communities and the rapid expansion over the past generation.
English papers report a new craze using three small colored crosses on a table. A magnet moved along the line attaches crosses in order, revealing the experimenter’s character and fate. Cabinet ministers have reportedly consulted the method.
On an extremely cold day Brady, the author, sought his physician for a slight ailment while deep in literary work. He hurried into the reception hall and urged the doctor to finish quickly to return to his story where the hero and heroine wait by a babbling brook and risk freezing.
The text states that touching the emperor with iron is treasonous and that Tseng-song-tal ong chose death by abscess in 1800 rather than submit to a surgeon’s lance, viewing medical treatment as dishonorable.
An old ad promotes Defiance Starch claiming clothes stay white with a ten cent box size sixteen ounces. The snippet also contains a proverb about a man’s value being his contributions to the world.
Western railroads nearly agreed on grain rate adjustments on Thursday and began checking rates under the settlement plan. The plan reduces the St Louis differential over Chicago from 5 to 3 cents and sets through Nebraska rates as locals through Omaha, except for parts of northeastern Nebraska.
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