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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1896
Page
6
Nebraska items range from Beatrice insurance renewal and Bellevue ferry launch to Norfolk chautauqua and Bennett camp meeting. Highlights include a Juniata death, Falls City burglaries, Madison lawsuit, and Lincoln state events with rail and hotel moves and local accidents.
Claude Licover, convicted killer of his brother in law in Omaha, faces execution in early August unless the governor intervenes. The supreme court upheld the trial court finding no error. Nearby Falls City sees a fruit tree fakir exploiting customers on installment plans while taking produce as payment. In Nebraska City Anna Bopher and Ed Spencer, charged with John Bicker’s murder, had a preliminary hearing and pleaded not guilty. A Knox county special election will decide bonds of $3000 for Yankton & Norfolk Railroad. A 10 year old near Roseland loses an arm and leg after being thrown from a horse into a harvesting machine. The Chadron Christian church dedication funds are raised. the building seats about 200. The Salem interstate assembly opens with Rev. Sam Small leading a large crowd. A. G. Shaw and wife and Carrie Hunter of Valentine were poisoned by blackberry jam. William Warner is arrested near York for sending obscene material. A Tecumseh painter’s trust is broken by a tramp’s drink. Judge Broady sues Captain Hill for $10,000 in attorney fees over a bank failure case. The Falls City G A R reunion draws thousands. coroner’s inquest into Maude Eaa’s death suggests opiate involvement by an unknown. Annie Tesar dies after poison intake amid family turmoil. John Ricker is shot and killed at a Neb. City brothel. several men are arrested. U. P. W. order in Nebraska celebrates with a city parade. County clerks report assess ment abstracts. state board of equalization prepares tax rates. total state property valued at $167,078,270, down from last year, with more improved land and higher value per acre.
Bourke Cochran returns from Europe and urges Democrats to oppose Bryan by seeking a new platform not a new ticket. He calls the Chicago movement a moral threat to labor rights and industry, arguing wages and national will hinge on a sound platform supporting order and free elections.
News from Spitzbergen reports Professor S. A. Andree’s balloon filled and ready to start on July 37. Preparations, once targeted for early July, suggest an unforeseen obstacle delayed completion yet remains imminent.
Vandalism strikes the tomb of former Bulgarian premier Stambuloff in Sofia on August 4. A dynamite bomb severely injures the grave, which had previously been damaged in August last year during separate outrages by vandals.
Johannesburg August 4 The Standard Diggers News prints an interview with President Kruger in which he says he will not interfere on behalf of Dr Jameson. He notes Britain has yet to decide who led the raid and who were ringleaders in the Jameson raid.
On August 4 Col Deever reports David H. Ramey a Pullman carter shot and killed his mistress Mattie Clark then killed himself. The motive remains unknown.
Washington reports Sen. Jones of Arkansas notes Bryan cannot accept the Populist nomination without harming his Democratic and silver party standing. He says Populists must not pressure him before August 5 or risk disunity. Jones predicts Bryan Sewall or McKinley Hobart as likely tickets and praises northern Populists as broad minded despite southern critics.
Congressman W. R. Morrison of the Interstate Commerce Commission says in the Journal interview he will vote for Bryan and free silver. He cautions free coinage at 16 to 1 could panic only if money-market controllers act to induce one, otherwise finances would run smoothly through Bryan's four years. He warns a hostile president and Congress could still cause disruption.
Colonel James F. Tilley was shot in the Baptist church at Metcalf ten miles from Thomasville on August 3 by John T. Ruskin who then nearly severed his head with a razor before attempting suicide with laudanum, which failed.
Will not withdraw from his Montgomery county prosecuting attorney race on the Democratic ticket. He will not support his son Robert for Governor.
Ex-Congressman Richard P. Bland and his wife left Bland to travel from Missouri to Nebraska to join William Jennings Bryan and his wife. Bland will introduce Bryan at each stop on the journey to New York.
Fort Scott Kansas residents report seven people from three families collapsing after consuming buttermilk last night. Physicians conclude illness likely from poisoned product and urge caution while investigations continue.
An evening paper reports a Denver meeting of leading Republicans resolved to demand Senator Walcott's resignation over his support for the Republican national ticket.
Reported incidents from a storm path include lightning deaths of horse teams in Columbus Indiana and a fatality at Oxgilla Illinois. A Cincinnati hurricane caused one death and substantial property loss. A Galveston man shot his wife then himself, a LaCrosse drowning occurred on the Mississippi near the city, and a Columbus Alabama lander collapsed during a sheltering attempt, killing two and injuring another.
Levering positions himself clearly for sound money and urges the Gold Democrats to back him rather than field their own ticket. He argues a unified stance will advance financial stability and party coherence.
Joshua Levering of Baltimore was officially notified of his nomination by the Prohibition party and Maryland's Prohibitionists convened to nominate electors. Levering praised the party for protecting the home and women and children from liquor traffic while urging stable currency and tariff reform.
Turkey formalizes complaint to Greece after reports of arms shipments to Crete insurgents and armed bands in Macedonia. It warns Greece to suppress these acts or face collective action by powers. Rumors say Ankara may deploy force of Albanians against Albanian insurgents, heightening regional tension.
In 1934 the Postmaster General orders railway mail clerks to refrain from active political involvement. Clerks should not attend conventions as delegates or speak for campaigns, and the order aims to avoid directing personal political opinions.
Frederick Gibbs, New York national committeeman, attends Eastern managers meeting with National Chairman Hanna. Discussions center on tariff lines and financial questions, with plans for extensive literature and coordinated party efforts in New York and New Jersey. Hobart will assist from New Jersey headquarters while staying connected to New York.
Iowa Patent Office reports three patents allowed for W A Way Town Falls for dual vessel stove use, J Koegel Des Moines thinning implement, and J S Hogan Menlo adjustable wheel plow device. Offer for free patent info and cheap copies. solicitors tout nationwide service and solicit inquiries.
Quotations from New York Chicago St Louis Omaha and other markets show live cattle prices steady to firm with buyers active. Hogs offered at varied levels with occasional demand strength while grain futures reflect cautious trading alongside seasonal demand shifts.
A disastrous blaze swept through the mill, lumber yard, dwelling, and seven railroad cars of the Sunny South Lumber Company in New Lewiarile Arkansas last night. The fire destroyed about 1,000,000 feet of lumber with estimated losses near 260,000. Heavy insurance coverage is indicated.
A fractured OCR fragment shows the Foarmosté Fepulies Convention at Montrena Vermont in July. The Populist state convention was held and endorsed a plan for straightened sections of the Louis vee tos. The text is garbled but indicates endorsement and local political action.
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