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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1901
Page
6
Major Frank L. Dodds is ordered to Omaha to serve as judge advocate of the Department of the Missouri. Other items note a tornado near New Ulm Minnesota injuring two, and Francesco Crispi weakening as his illness deepens.
Thousands gather as 165 865 applicants await 13 000 claims in a public drawing. A commission led by W A Richards and Frank Dale will oversee the event using two 15 foot box wheels and envelopes containing registered names.
President John G. Millburn of the Pan-American Exposition reports the event has covered expenses since early June and built a substantial surplus. He projects August through October attendance in Chicago could cover all obligations and still leave funds.
William Radcliffe owner of the Grand Mesa lakes lease in Delta county is summoned to Washington for state department consultation. The move adds an international angle to the recent shooting by a deputy game warden the burning of Radcliffe's hotel and the mob threat against the proprietor by Delta county citizens. Radcliffe says he is a subject of King Edward.
Weather bureau advices from the great corn belt on Saturday are more encouraging after forty days of drought. General showers break the drought with cooler temperatures. Rainfall varied but accompanied by relief, with temperatures mostly around 90 in the west and no 100 degree highs. Crops not irreparably ruined should benefit, especially late crops, as showers spread over Nebraska Missouri and Oklahoma.
Keo Tuck, an Indian, filed notice at El Reno land office to enter the quarter section adjoining Lawton town site in the Kiowa and Comanche reservation. The tract is touted as among the most valuable of about 13 000 acres to be opened under 1887 statute granting homeless Indians entry to public domain land not already claimed by homesteaders.
In Chicago on July 29 a sack of 1000 silver dollars vanished from the Commercial National Bank after being left outside the vault. Detectives, involved in a second such loss within a year, have found no trace. Earlier, a $20,000 bundle sent to the National State Bank of Burlington from Adams Express turned up only paper slips.
Governor Richards proposed state panels oversee the land opening drawing. Nebraska formed a committee with Dr. H. A. Foster of Omaha as chair and members J. E. Jones Hastings George Hess Omaha F P A Sweezy Blue Hill and Amos Quinn Beatrice. Headquarters at Crow Jones law offices Warren block.
Kansas towns including Atchison report a weekend storm that broke a long dry spell. Missouri Pacific stations across about 90 miles west to Nebraska saw rain totals from a quarter to two inches. The steady, dreary rainfall affected northern Kansas and surrounding areas.
Washington July 29 report from the census bureau shows Arizona with 5,809 farms totaling 1,935,327 acres. Of the acreage 254,521 acres are improved and 1,769 farms are owned by Indians.
Naples July 29 a late bulletin reports Signor Francesco Crispi's heart trouble is increasing indicating his health is deteriorating further.
Adjutant general Colby sent a Washington certificate detailing Nebraska National Guard active service last year. About 17 000 dollars is the government appropriation. 2 077 officers and men served, with 127 commissioned and 1 950 enlisted. Drill attendance averaged 1 007. An officer examination and state military board meeting set for August 7.
Early settlers from Nemaha and Pawnee counties Nebraska and nearby Kansas form the Interstate Old Settlers association. The first annual meeting runs July 31 and August 1 at Turkey creek in Bob Scott's grove, with John Brown’s pioneer camp history noted. Members require thirty years of residence. Governor Sauvage will attend and speak. J Sterling Morton Nebraska City Governor Stanley and Congressman Batley Kansas are on the program.
The west approach of Burlington bridge No. 39 over the Blue river near Wymore was found on fire about 11 PM. Frank Crawford raised the alarm after encountering a stranger who tried to deter him. The bridge gang extinguished the flames after three spans burned.
Hastings Neb July 27 Coincident with the removal of the post office seeming proof of the guilt of Ed Bexton was found His November reports as money order clerk were in complete and the department at Washington has been annoyed there by Bexton insists that he had forwarded the reports When the missing report was discovered and Bexton confronted with it he confessed to issuing a forged money order for twenty dollars Further developments are looked for.
Governor Savage names A. J. Shirley of Ord for Valley county J. A. Edwards of Franklin for Franklin county G. W. Whitehorn of Spencer for Boone county L. K. McGaw of Osceola for Polk county W. A. Myers of Alma for Harlan county J. E. Cox of Cairo for Hall county M. H. Bru ning of Cedar Bluffs for Saunders and Dodge counties to serve as deputy wardens without compensation.
Miss Anna Streitner of Ames sues B. R. B. Weber former Geneva industrial school superintendent and other instructors and managers for 10000. She alleges that in 1900 she was kept seven days and nights in a cell for an alleged infraction with insufficient clothing, leading to a diseased arm likely to require amputation.
Ben Glasson from Nelson Neb was killed instantly when struck by an engine on the Narrows east of McCook while crossing the track at a curve. He ignored the stock whistle warning and the coroner's jury absolved the railroad company of blame.
Auburn Nebraska prepares for July 30 arrival of Hon Church Howe consul at Sheffield England. Posters display his portrait as Pawnee City band of thirty plays for ceremony and reception events.
Republicans of Nebraska are called to meet in the auditorium at Lincoln on August 28 1901 to nominate one supreme court judge two university of Nebraska regents and to transact other regular business.
Blackleg has appeared again in Callaway Nebraska with numerous cattle dying in the past week. Cattlemen vaccinate their herds and take measures to guard against the disease as hot weather also brings reports of fat hogs dying from the intense heat.
Adam Frederick a farmer five miles north of Ashton Nebraska was overcome by heat while mowing hay in a ravine. He fell before a rowing machine and was carried home unconscious. Dr Howard of Ashton diagnosed two broken ribs and other internal injuries. His condition is serious.
Deputy Sheriff Hackler arrested William Hastings in Springview Nebraska for cattle stealing. Hastings pleaded not guilty at preliminary hearing and was bound over to the October term of district court in 1500 dollars. He is the fifth Helyer and Bingham man arrested in two weeks.
Pawnee City Nebraska July 29 reports about thirty people traveled to El Reno to secure land. About twenty remain there and will stay past the drawing. Many others arrived Friday and will join residents already there as over fifty thousand campers occupy about a square mile.
The Seward Nebras ka wheat crop yields report turn out better than earlier. scarcely any field less than 25 bushels per acre, some over 40. A farmer in the southern part threshed 200 acres at an average of 30 bushels per acre.
Deputy Game Warden Carter arrested Charles Benton and A W Burns in Fremont for fishing in the Platte River with trot lines using more than five hooks. They claimed ignorance of the law and were fined the minimum penalty.
Lincoln Neb July 27 Chairman J H Edmisten says the populist state central committee will meet in Lincoln August 7 on the same day as the free silverites and democrats meeting.
Seward Nebraska July 27 at a special election an $80,000 courthouse bond issue was voted on and failed to carry.
Rev. Dr. C. P. H. Nason resigns from Second Presbyterian Germantown to become United States consul at Grenoble France. An 1862 Williams College graduate, he was acting pastor of the American Church in Paris in 1899.
President Henry G. Weston of Crozer Theological Seminary, over eighty, will deliver four lectures next week at an interdenominational Bible class in Lake Orion Michigan. He previously served as moderator of the Baptist General Association of Illinois dating from 1849 and began his ministry there.
The piece praises Bobe as a crack rider and portrays Lord Roberts as fearless yet skilled, relying on country sense and horse knowledge. It notes Roberts’ endurance at the death in hunts, his past croppers, and his steel frame that has kept him from serious harm in the hunting field.
Six doctors treated Mr J O Landeman of South Bend for kidney trouble over three years. After using two boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills he is cured, with health greatly improved. The case caused a strong reaction in St. Joseph County as Dodd's Kidney Pills gain attention.
The passage notes Paul Kruger smoked almost constantly for years and drank large amounts of beer daily, but he only tasted alcohol once. This occurred in Bloemfontein after an alliance with the Orange Free State, where he drank a bumper of champagne and liked it enough to never drink again.
A grocery ad touts DEFIANCE STARCH as the only 16 oz package for 10 cents with a satisfaction guarantee. It contrasts with other ten cent starches that offer 12 oz and adds a moral line about labor and divinity.
Grocers offer 2 oz packages of Red Cross Ball Blue at 5 cents to keep whites bright. The ad touts Ball Blue as a moisture free laundry aid alongside inspirational lines about faith, endurance, and sympathy.
Ladies can wear shoes after using Allen's Foot-Ease powder which remedies tight shoes and foot ailments. Sold by druggists and shoe stores with mail offer and free band concerts referenced for London last summer. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Man as the only animal to fence in the earth and out neighbors.
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